How To Become a Barfly
Today’s Pics: The Usual Suspects, aka previously unpublished pics from the aforementioned Kyoto
Heh. S’true, ya know… from the new-to-me web site Howcast. There’s much more useless shit stuff there you might need to know… like “How to Increase Your Sperm Count,” and “How to Choose a Tattoo That’s Right for You.” On the other hand… there’s some merit in “How to Pick the Right Thong.” Even if you’re male… especially if you’re male (work safe).
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Here’s a WikiTravel page I wish would have existed when The Second Mrs. Pennington and I set out on our New Years Hitchhiking Extravaganza back in 1975-76… Hitchhiking in Japan. I read through it and can vouch for its accuracy, should you ever be in a position to do such a thing. Alternatively you could just read A Road Trip of a Different Sort and live vicariously (Part Deux also, assuming you’ve not "been there and done that")… it’s much cheaper but most definitely not as entertaining as the real thing.
Oh… Other entries in “Off the Beaten Path” are pretty cool, too. One could spend hours and hours and hours here. Don’t ask me how I know.
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Today’s Pics: The Usual Suspects, aka previously unpublished pics from the aforementioned 
Those are some great photos. Did you take them in B&W or did you work on them recently.
ReplyDeleteThe originals were black and white, Lou. What you see is what came directly out of the scanner... there was no tweaking done at all.
ReplyDeleteExcellent pictures! B&W is fabulous somehow. More evocative?
ReplyDeleteB&W does give pictures a certain quality that is lost with color...I think for me it's the reminder of simpler times.
ReplyDeleteUncle Sam's Navy gave me a pair of those glasses in boot camp...I shudder at the thought. I don't know if the glasses made me look bad, or if it was the other way around.
Christina: B&W was also a whole helluva lot cheaper to shoot than color, back in the day... both in film purchase price and processing. We were ALL about "cheap" (well, make that "inexpensive") back then.
ReplyDeleteBR: I got my Rape Prevention Glasses (RPGs) from the same source, kinda sorta... just a different shade of blue. Replacing the RPGs with wire frames was one of the FIRST things I did once I had the financial ship righted.
Agree with all, great photos as well as those in the Road Trip and Part Deux posts. A grand adventure!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Ann. I'm glad you liked the old posts.
ReplyDeleteHeh. When I got mine in Basic, we called 'em BCGs. Birth Control Glasses.
ReplyDeleteI hear ya, Christina. I think it amazing I EVER got laid... considering the handicap the RPGs/BCDs presented... ;-)
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