Sunsets in paris...
Oct 20th 2004, 4:45 am
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Re: Sunsets in paris...
On Tue, 19 Oct 2004 23:38:11 +0200, [email protected] wrote:
>On Tue, 19 Oct 2004 10:04:10 -0600, Hatunen <[email protected]> wrote:
>>Yes, I'm in Tucson (that's me being quoted there). The only
>>problem with spending a month in Tucson is he may never want to
>>leave.
>>I moved here in 1966 to be a grad student, stayed after I dropped
>>out, left to pursue my employment in 1979, and now that I've
>>retired I've returned to the place I always wished I never left.
>Thanks, you've made me a bit more enthusiastic about forking out the
>cash for his trip.
>My son has had a change of plans, it's now February or March. So why
>have they picked Tucson for architecture?
I've been wondering the same thing. There is a distinct
Mexican/Spanish influence here, but it's certainly not universal;
there are no architectural restrictions as there are in, say,
Santa Fe.
A number of fancy expensive resorts were built during the time I
was gone, but I don't suppose that's it. There was once a fairly
distinctive residential style here, caused by several factors
such as hot sun, but no air conditioning save "swamp boxes",
leading to overhangs and things, a lack of lumber leading to
adobe and adobe brick construction (also influenced by the
voracious desert termite) and so on. But in the 1970s they found
a way to control the termite, air conditioning became
commonplace, and they started Californizing new conwtruction.
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>On Tue, 19 Oct 2004 10:04:10 -0600, Hatunen <[email protected]> wrote:
>>Yes, I'm in Tucson (that's me being quoted there). The only
>>problem with spending a month in Tucson is he may never want to
>>leave.
>>I moved here in 1966 to be a grad student, stayed after I dropped
>>out, left to pursue my employment in 1979, and now that I've
>>retired I've returned to the place I always wished I never left.
>Thanks, you've made me a bit more enthusiastic about forking out the
>cash for his trip.
>My son has had a change of plans, it's now February or March. So why
>have they picked Tucson for architecture?
I've been wondering the same thing. There is a distinct
Mexican/Spanish influence here, but it's certainly not universal;
there are no architectural restrictions as there are in, say,
Santa Fe.
A number of fancy expensive resorts were built during the time I
was gone, but I don't suppose that's it. There was once a fairly
distinctive residential style here, caused by several factors
such as hot sun, but no air conditioning save "swamp boxes",
leading to overhangs and things, a lack of lumber leading to
adobe and adobe brick construction (also influenced by the
voracious desert termite) and so on. But in the 1970s they found
a way to control the termite, air conditioning became
commonplace, and they started Californizing new conwtruction.
************* DAVE HATUNEN ([email protected]) *************
* Tucson Arizona, out where the cacti grow *
* My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps *
Oct 20th 2004, 4:46 am
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Re: Sunsets in paris...
On Tue, 19 Oct 2004 23:38:50 +0200, [email protected] wrote:
>On Tue, 19 Oct 2004 20:41:01 +0200, Mxsmanic <[email protected]>
>wrote:
>>Hatunen writes:
>>> Yes, I'm in Tucson (that's me being quoted there). The only
>>> problem with spending a month in Tucson is he may never want to
>>> leave.
>>The advantage to spending a month in Tucson is that it can be done in a
>>single afternoon.
>On one of your guided tours or what?
It's a joke, a variant on the old wheeze, "if your doctor gives
you six months to live, move to Emporia; it will seem like six
years".
************* DAVE HATUNEN ([email protected]) *************
* Tucson Arizona, out where the cacti grow *
* My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps *
>On Tue, 19 Oct 2004 20:41:01 +0200, Mxsmanic <[email protected]>
>wrote:
>>Hatunen writes:
>>> Yes, I'm in Tucson (that's me being quoted there). The only
>>> problem with spending a month in Tucson is he may never want to
>>> leave.
>>The advantage to spending a month in Tucson is that it can be done in a
>>single afternoon.
>On one of your guided tours or what?
It's a joke, a variant on the old wheeze, "if your doctor gives
you six months to live, move to Emporia; it will seem like six
years".
************* DAVE HATUNEN ([email protected]) *************
* Tucson Arizona, out where the cacti grow *
* My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps *
Oct 20th 2004, 4:47 am
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Re: Sunsets in paris...
On Tue, 19 Oct 2004 23:43:07 +0200, [email protected] wrote:
>On Tue, 19 Oct 2004 16:59:03 +0200, Tim Challenger
><[email protected]> wrote:
>>On Tue, 19 Oct 2004 10:54:40 GMT, louis xiv wrote:
>>> Aren't they different and beautiful in Autumn/Winter when the sun is lower
>>> in the sky?
>>The sun's always about the same hight in the sky at sunset. Oddly enough.
>by incredible coincidence the sun is at the same height at dawn.
Not here: the sun rises over the Rincon Mountains.
************* DAVE HATUNEN ([email protected]) *************
* Tucson Arizona, out where the cacti grow *
* My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps *
>On Tue, 19 Oct 2004 16:59:03 +0200, Tim Challenger
><[email protected]> wrote:
>>On Tue, 19 Oct 2004 10:54:40 GMT, louis xiv wrote:
>>> Aren't they different and beautiful in Autumn/Winter when the sun is lower
>>> in the sky?
>>The sun's always about the same hight in the sky at sunset. Oddly enough.
>by incredible coincidence the sun is at the same height at dawn.
Not here: the sun rises over the Rincon Mountains.
************* DAVE HATUNEN ([email protected]) *************
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* My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps *
Oct 20th 2004, 7:25 am
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On Wed, 20 Oct 2004 13:39:57 GMT, "Gregory Morrow"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>Mxsmanic wrote:
>> Sunsets are some of the most boring images around. Try selling photos
>> of them sometime.
>They are some of the first shots that budding photographers usually take.
>They can then impress their friends with their sunset shots, e.g., "Wow!
>Look at these pretty sunset shots I took!" in order to elicit "oohs!" and
>"aahs!". At least that was the case with me ;-)
Arisona sunsets are spectacular enough that they are popular on
calendars featuring Arizona and framed for hanging on walls. They
even created a drink named for them:
http://www.webtender.com/db/drink/2399
For some Arizona sunsets:
http://www.arizona.worldweb.com/Phot...ets/index.html
************* DAVE HATUNEN ([email protected]) *************
* Tucson Arizona, out where the cacti grow *
* My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps *
<[email protected]> wrote:
>Mxsmanic wrote:
>> Sunsets are some of the most boring images around. Try selling photos
>> of them sometime.
>They are some of the first shots that budding photographers usually take.
>They can then impress their friends with their sunset shots, e.g., "Wow!
>Look at these pretty sunset shots I took!" in order to elicit "oohs!" and
>"aahs!". At least that was the case with me ;-)
Arisona sunsets are spectacular enough that they are popular on
calendars featuring Arizona and framed for hanging on walls. They
even created a drink named for them:
http://www.webtender.com/db/drink/2399
For some Arizona sunsets:
http://www.arizona.worldweb.com/Phot...ets/index.html
************* DAVE HATUNEN ([email protected]) *************
* Tucson Arizona, out where the cacti grow *
* My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps *
Oct 20th 2004, 7:39 am
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Re: Sunsets in paris...
[email protected] writes:
> Yet another reason for your poverty?
No. I don't sell photographs of sunsets, since they don't sell well.
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> Yet another reason for your poverty?
No. I don't sell photographs of sunsets, since they don't sell well.
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Oct 20th 2004, 7:40 am
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[email protected] writes:
> On one of your guided tours or what?
I don't give tours of Tucson.
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> On one of your guided tours or what?
I don't give tours of Tucson.
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Oct 20th 2004, 7:42 am
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Steven writes:
> And how's the sunlight tonality those days? its on the pale side or is it
> yellowish, or how?
That depends on many factors. Outside the atmosphere, the character of
sunlight is virtually constant.
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> And how's the sunlight tonality those days? its on the pale side or is it
> yellowish, or how?
That depends on many factors. Outside the atmosphere, the character of
sunlight is virtually constant.
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Oct 20th 2004, 9:01 am
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On Wed, 20 Oct 2004 21:42:41 +0200, Mxsmanic
<[email protected]> wrote:
>Steven writes:
>> And how's the sunlight tonality those days? its on the pale side or is it
>> yellowish, or how?
>That depends on many factors. Outside the atmosphere, the character of
>sunlight is virtually constant.
I've never seen a sunset from outside the atmosphere, and
probably never will. Unfortnately.
But the atmosphere doee play a role in earthly sunsets seen from
outside the atmosphere.
************* DAVE HATUNEN ([email protected]) *************
* Tucson Arizona, out where the cacti grow *
* My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps *
<[email protected]> wrote:
>Steven writes:
>> And how's the sunlight tonality those days? its on the pale side or is it
>> yellowish, or how?
>That depends on many factors. Outside the atmosphere, the character of
>sunlight is virtually constant.
I've never seen a sunset from outside the atmosphere, and
probably never will. Unfortnately.
But the atmosphere doee play a role in earthly sunsets seen from
outside the atmosphere.
************* DAVE HATUNEN ([email protected]) *************
* Tucson Arizona, out where the cacti grow *
* My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps *
Oct 20th 2004, 9:08 am
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Hatunen writes:
> Arisona sunsets are spectacular enough that they are popular on
> calendars featuring Arizona and framed for hanging on walls.
David Muench could make a trashcan look good, I'm sure.
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> Arisona sunsets are spectacular enough that they are popular on
> calendars featuring Arizona and framed for hanging on walls.
David Muench could make a trashcan look good, I'm sure.
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Oct 20th 2004, 9:09 am
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On Wed, 20 Oct 2004 21:39:54 +0200, Mxsmanic <[email protected]>
wrote:
>[email protected] writes:
>> Yet another reason for your poverty?
>No. I don't sell photographs of sunsets, since they don't sell well.
but if they did sell well, would you sell them and become rich?
wrote:
>[email protected] writes:
>> Yet another reason for your poverty?
>No. I don't sell photographs of sunsets, since they don't sell well.
but if they did sell well, would you sell them and become rich?
Oct 20th 2004, 9:09 am
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On Wed, 20 Oct 2004 21:40:28 +0200, Mxsmanic <[email protected]>
wrote:
>[email protected] writes:
>> On one of your guided tours or what?
>I don't give tours of Tucson.
that's another market you have missed out :-)
wrote:
>[email protected] writes:
>> On one of your guided tours or what?
>I don't give tours of Tucson.
that's another market you have missed out :-)
Oct 20th 2004, 9:10 am
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On Wed, 20 Oct 2004 21:42:41 +0200, Mxsmanic <[email protected]>
wrote:
>Steven writes:
>> And how's the sunlight tonality those days? its on the pale side or is it
>> yellowish, or how?
>That depends on many factors. Outside the atmosphere, the character of
>sunlight is virtually constant.
not many people knew that :-)
wrote:
>Steven writes:
>> And how's the sunlight tonality those days? its on the pale side or is it
>> yellowish, or how?
>That depends on many factors. Outside the atmosphere, the character of
>sunlight is virtually constant.
not many people knew that :-)
Oct 20th 2004, 9:50 am
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[email protected] writes:
> but if they did sell well, would you sell them and become rich?
Sure. But sunsets never sell well.
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> but if they did sell well, would you sell them and become rich?
Sure. But sunsets never sell well.
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Oct 20th 2004, 11:07 pm
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On Wed, 20 Oct 2004 23:50:45 +0200, Mxsmanic wrote:
> [email protected] writes:
>
>> but if they did sell well, would you sell them and become rich?
>
> Sure. But sunsets never sell well.
not yours anyway.
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> [email protected] writes:
>
>> but if they did sell well, would you sell them and become rich?
>
> Sure. But sunsets never sell well.
not yours anyway.
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Tim C.
Oct 21st 2004, 12:08 am
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On Thu, 21 Oct 2004 13:07:09 +0200, Tim Challenger
<[email protected]> wrote:
>On Wed, 20 Oct 2004 23:50:45 +0200, Mxsmanic wrote:
>> [email protected] writes:
>>
>>> but if they did sell well, would you sell them and become rich?
>>
>> Sure. But sunsets never sell well.
>not yours anyway.
Perhaps there's a niche market for him in pornography?
<[email protected]> wrote:
>On Wed, 20 Oct 2004 23:50:45 +0200, Mxsmanic wrote:
>> [email protected] writes:
>>
>>> but if they did sell well, would you sell them and become rich?
>>
>> Sure. But sunsets never sell well.
>not yours anyway.
Perhaps there's a niche market for him in pornography?
