Re: black fingernails, et al, was Re: Paper - baby oil Digi Negs

[jefulton1 <jefulton1@comcast.net>]

On Aug 31, 2009, at 11:58 AM, Judy Seigel wrote:

> On Mon, 31 Aug 2009, jefulton1 wrote:
>
> > Until a couple of years ago I developed everything in my darkroom  
> > but it has become so difficult to purchase chemistry that drug  
> > stores now handle the majority of the development (or a good pro  
> > shop nearby). but everything else is here and most of that is  
> > digital but for the stuff that digital cannot do.
> > Jack F
>
> And how long do you think those pro shops will be around -- not to  
> mention F-I-L-M ???
Mmm, mmm . . think, think . . . June saw me lugging a metal sculpture  
of my best pal from Montana to New Mexico. I was shooting my Mamiya  
7ii and, dang, film was gettin low. Fr east of Reno, north of Elko,  
past Twin Falls, Butte, Bozeman Montana, all the way down past  
Sheridan, Casper and Cheyenne Wyoming there was nary a roll of 120 and  
I phoned photographers, stores, etc. It was not
until Denver and thank the very gods above for the iPhone did I find  
film. Still have it.

And, for goodness sakes, who wants to get into dichromate. I can see  
the headlines . . oops, will newspapers be around as long as  
film? . . . "Guy Dies-Ate-Chrome:
> One thing I'd bet for sure ... nobody, but nobody's gonna put their  
> hands in the dichromate !  (I mean, probably in the wash water,  
> plenty jerky enough already, but not in the solution itself !!??)
>
> J.