Sometimes life is just a never ending loop. I was caught in this loop over the weekend. That's the photo loop. I had to laugh at all of the sit-coms that made a half hour joke of vacation slides.
Family B was invited over to Family A's house for dinner and drinks. Everyone compliments Mrs. A on such a lovely dinner while husband A slips from the room. Then Family B hears that unmistakable noise. I can't quite explain it in the two dimensions that text allows but close your eyes and with the right hand click the magic button. Now with minimal electronic intervention, slide 1 is pushed back up into the carrousel, as it is being advanced one position so slide 2 can drop into place.
That in itself marks the start of boredom. After making it through the Sit-Coms and laughing when you're in mixed company so that no one knows that you're guilty of subjecting your neighbor to your vacation slides of Branson Missouri, you sell your slide projector at your next garage sale.
As 124 film gave way to 110 and the disc camera was poised to change the nation, slide processing became extinct. Remember grandma's pocket 110 camera with the FLASH CUBE? We were so in luck when the cube made way to the flash tower (?). It contained 10 flashes, but you had to flip it after number 5.
The disc camera was a new concept and quite a spiffy one at that. By default the film was auto-advancing an the flash was built in. Built in, how flipping exciting is that? It was the disc camera that taught me about grain. No matter how much you loved the photo, blowing it up to even a 4x6 made it look like a beginner mosaic.
Now you're wondering where in the hell this blog post is going. I'm wondering too, but don't despair, as I won't bore you by telling you I voluntarily spent hours looking at stranger's photos. Especially those of a Mr. Greyhound Rick, who's photos will be displayed on my blog, with proper credit.
Flickr - You can see anyone's vacation photos in the privacy of your own home. Just don't tell anyone.
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