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May 3, 2020 09:30:01 #
[quote=dennis2146]You are cherry picking specific items to make a point. First off mops are for hard floors while vacuum cleaners are for carpets. Sure people had iceboxes but the ice man delivered just as the milk man did. Maybe not easier but simpler. What is so tough with an operator. Tell the operator the number and she calls. Pretty simple. Surgeries are not always safe these days.
Life in general was simpler years ago.
Amen
Life in general was simpler years ago.
Amen
May 3, 2020 10:01:35 #
billnikon
Loc: Pennsylvania/Ohio/Florida/Maui/Oregon/Vermont
[quote=Drbobcameraguy]
No air bags, no shoulder harnesses, no anti lock breaks, no steel belted tires, no guard rails, no sun roofs, no intermittent wipers, no leather heated and cooled seats, no effective mosquito spray, no hybrid golf clubs, no under a dollar a gallon gas, no air conditioning for home or auto, no garage door opener, no Microwave, NO SMALL POX, MEASLES, or POLIO VACCINES. Higher infant mortality, high cancer rates, SHROTER LIFE EXPECTANCY, longer hospital stays, no low cost 35mm camera's, no color slide or print film, no electricity, no indoor plumbing, no credit cards, no internet, less safe air travel, more air pollution, no automobiles, no washing or drying machines, no paved roads, horse and buggy transportation, no roads, no wheels, living in caves, hunter and gatherers, dinosaurs, YES, IT DOES NOT GET ANY MORE SIMPLE THAN THIS.
dennis2146 wrote:
You are cherry picking specific items to make a point. First off mops are for hard floors while vacuum cleaners are for carpets. Sure people had iceboxes but the ice man delivered just as the milk man did. Maybe not easier but simpler. What is so tough with an operator. Tell the operator the number and she calls. Pretty simple. Surgeries are not always safe these days.
Life in general was simpler years ago.
Amen
Life in general was simpler years ago.
Amen
No air bags, no shoulder harnesses, no anti lock breaks, no steel belted tires, no guard rails, no sun roofs, no intermittent wipers, no leather heated and cooled seats, no effective mosquito spray, no hybrid golf clubs, no under a dollar a gallon gas, no air conditioning for home or auto, no garage door opener, no Microwave, NO SMALL POX, MEASLES, or POLIO VACCINES. Higher infant mortality, high cancer rates, SHROTER LIFE EXPECTANCY, longer hospital stays, no low cost 35mm camera's, no color slide or print film, no electricity, no indoor plumbing, no credit cards, no internet, less safe air travel, more air pollution, no automobiles, no washing or drying machines, no paved roads, horse and buggy transportation, no roads, no wheels, living in caves, hunter and gatherers, dinosaurs, YES, IT DOES NOT GET ANY MORE SIMPLE THAN THIS.
May 3, 2020 13:44:03 #
billnikon wrote:
No air bags, no shoulder harnesses, no anti lock b... (show quote)
You forgot all the modern conveniences that contribute to death. Driving while texting. Enhanced cancer rates. Need I go on. 😂
May 3, 2020 13:46:19 #
JohnSwanda wrote:
Many photo processing services now, like Walgreen's, sends your film off to get developed, and they scan them and keep, or probably throw out, the negatives. Saves the shipping. You have to read their small print.
Oh yeah and they have the scan on files too. Well history repeats right?
May 3, 2020 23:48:54 #
JohnSwanda wrote:
And like they are doing you a favor by keeping it.
It was only 25 cents for developing and printing, but $9.99 for the negatives.
May 4, 2020 08:01:02 #
dickwilber
Loc: Indiana (currently)
When I input "National Photo Co." in Google it returned information on a collection of prints from the Washington DC area taken between 1909 and 1932. But when I input the line “National Photo Co., Westport Station, Kansas City, MO” Google returned some newspaper clippings from July 1924 including this newspaper advertisement: “REEL, DEVELOPED AND GLOSS Prints 25¢. Fast Service. Free Enlargements. National Photo Co., Westport Station, Kansas City, Mo.”
It would seem likely that in 1924, the people using a mail in service to develop their film might place little value in the negatives. What would they do with them, where would they store them? Only the finished print had any real value. When I had my first camera's, as a child in the late forties and early fifties, no one in my household put great value in those little bits of celluloid --- wish I had them now.
It would seem likely that in 1924, the people using a mail in service to develop their film might place little value in the negatives. What would they do with them, where would they store them? Only the finished print had any real value. When I had my first camera's, as a child in the late forties and early fifties, no one in my household put great value in those little bits of celluloid --- wish I had them now.
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