Comments on: New Year’s Thoughts and Wishes https://scooterinthesticks.com/2009/01/new-years-thoughts-and-wishes/ Exploring life on a Vespa, Royal Enfield Himalayan, Honda Trail 125, and a Kawasaki W650 Tue, 08 Jul 2014 21:47:07 +0000 hourly 1 By: Steve Williams https://scooterinthesticks.com/2009/01/new-years-thoughts-and-wishes/#comment-2703 Tue, 13 Jan 2009 11:21:00 +0000 http://69.195.124.229/~scootet3/?p=456#comment-2703 Joe EE: The half life of computers, cameras, and printers has a lot to do with why I am not thrilled to spend money on them. I saw my D200 become “obsolete” in a year. Or at least it could not deliver what a D700 could.

It’s those thoughts that make film and the darkroom look good.

As far as the Vespa goes it looks good still.

Heinz N Frenchie: The farm up the road has a wagon in their dairy store that used to deliver the milk — back in the 1930’s. When I first came to town back in 1972 we still had home milk delivery from 3 dairies that continued into the 1980s.

And there is one farm that still will deliver milk. Not sure how they can afford to do that… Must be organic or something. Magic maybe…

Bob O: It’s a helpless feeling when the tires slide and nothing seems to help. Glad you are ok. Be careful out there!

]]> By: Bob O. https://scooterinthesticks.com/2009/01/new-years-thoughts-and-wishes/#comment-2695 Sat, 10 Jan 2009 01:03:00 +0000 http://69.195.124.229/~scootet3/?p=456#comment-2695 Steve,
Happy New Year to You and fellow scooterists. A biker friend said there are two types of people who ride motorcycles: Those who’ve dumped them, and those who will.
Well, I went down today. I didn’t get hurt, no damage to the bike, I just had to readjust/tighten the mirrors. I just have not yet mastered frozen dirt roads-with a new rear tire! I found myself going downhill backwards, and thought using the front brake should slow me down. It did, just not perpendicular to the road surface. The next 16 miles into town were fine though-last 13 of it on paved roads (with bare/dry spots!). Be safe!

]]> By: Heinz N Frenchie https://scooterinthesticks.com/2009/01/new-years-thoughts-and-wishes/#comment-2691 Fri, 09 Jan 2009 02:44:00 +0000 http://69.195.124.229/~scootet3/?p=456#comment-2691 Reading that list really makes one feel old. Things we have come to love and have lived with for so many years about to bite the dust. One thing grabbed me as my Dad at one time delivered milk house to house with a horse drawn buggy and my grandfather owned a dairy farm. My how life changes from year to year.

]]> By: Joe EE https://scooterinthesticks.com/2009/01/new-years-thoughts-and-wishes/#comment-2688 Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:47:00 +0000 http://69.195.124.229/~scootet3/?p=456#comment-2688 Steve,

Don’t give up the Vespa. Camera gear now has the same half life as computers, because that’s what they are. If you can wait for the photo gear, it will become less expensive over time; but your chance to be out on the Vespa is invaluable.

]]> By: Steve Williams https://scooterinthesticks.com/2009/01/new-years-thoughts-and-wishes/#comment-2676 Sun, 04 Jan 2009 12:45:00 +0000 http://69.195.124.229/~scootet3/?p=456#comment-2676 Jean: Congratulations on starting your blogging adventure. You’ll never know where it leads you…

Joe: Thanks!

]]> By: Joe https://scooterinthesticks.com/2009/01/new-years-thoughts-and-wishes/#comment-2674 Sat, 03 Jan 2009 12:18:00 +0000 http://69.195.124.229/~scootet3/?p=456#comment-2674 Poached with credit

]]> By: Jean Vanhoof https://scooterinthesticks.com/2009/01/new-years-thoughts-and-wishes/#comment-2673 Sat, 03 Jan 2009 11:08:00 +0000 http://69.195.124.229/~scootet3/?p=456#comment-2673 Well Steve, same problems with nearly extincted professions, animals, plants, and especially some good ways of life…Even our language is becoming poorer and poorer, many beautiful Flemisch (Dutch) words are getting lost in time, which is a real bad loss I think.
Meantime, i’ve decided to become a blogger too.
This is my spot.
http://jeanvanhoof.blogspot.com/
Greetings from Mol, Flanders, Belgium.

]]> By: Steve Williams https://scooterinthesticks.com/2009/01/new-years-thoughts-and-wishes/#comment-2672 Fri, 02 Jan 2009 16:03:00 +0000 http://69.195.124.229/~scootet3/?p=456#comment-2672 Satheesh: When I was a kid my uncle was a ham radio operator and I was fascinated by the whole deal. For years I used to look at the Allied Equipment catalogs and dream about getting a ham radio. Never went as far to learn Morse code though.

Can you do Morse code?

Brent: I think I am going to abandon film all together. I have done what I wanted to with it and not what I am interested in pursuing will better be served in digital. That means a lot of new stuff though– computer, printer. I have my eye on the Epson 2880 right now!

]]> By: Steve Williams https://scooterinthesticks.com/2009/01/new-years-thoughts-and-wishes/#comment-2671 Fri, 02 Jan 2009 16:00:00 +0000 http://69.195.124.229/~scootet3/?p=456#comment-2671 irondad: Technology does change things and I guess only time will tell whether it was good or bad.

As far as face-to-face goes I think you are right. But things change…

angelo: Your list is pretty close to mine. I haven’t seen a good swimming hole in years…

conchscooter: I called the dealer this morning and they told me the part came in and they installed it and were testing things now. So I hope to have it back soon. If I give up the Vespa it will probably be for no two-wheeled device in favor or more photography gear!

]]> By: Steve Williams https://scooterinthesticks.com/2009/01/new-years-thoughts-and-wishes/#comment-2670 Fri, 02 Jan 2009 15:56:00 +0000 http://69.195.124.229/~scootet3/?p=456#comment-2670 Tim: Glad to have you stop by. I think the coming months will be sort of dramatic and offer lots to talk about. The challenge will be to sort out what is real and what is just noise and misinformation.

Have a great New Year.

Doug K: I used to have a couple F3HP cameras like that. They were workhorses in their day. Sometimes you just need to say goodbye to things like that…

Anonymous: I know there is a lot of research going on with American Chestnut in West Virginia. The American Chestnut Foundation has some research plots there and I think their stated goal is to reintroduce American Chestnut as the dominant species in the Northeast forests. We have some of the resistant strains growing in plots here and they are impressive.

I hope you are right and we come out of the current financial troubles as a better and stronger people!

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