Good news, bad news...

Tony-S · Sep 24, 2009

The good news:

The following arrived at my home in Colorado:

Ilford Pan F+ 120 (5 rolls)
Ilford Delta 100 120 (5 rolls)
Ilford Delta 400 120 (3 rolls)
Ilford Delta 100 4x5" x 25 sheets
Perceptol 3x1L
Arista Stop bath
Ilford Rapid Fixer
Kodak Photo Flo 200

The bad news: I'm in Sofia, Bulgaria*

*Alright, I have to admit that Sofia is a very lovely city. In fact, I just had two Guinness beers at the Fox and Hound pub tonight, which is Guinness' 250 year anniversary. Not bad, not bad at all. I think the film can wait.

Cheers.

johnnywalker · Sep 24, 2009

Lucky you, not having to play with all those stinky chemicals. Hope you have some film with you!

Christopher Walrath · Sep 24, 2009

Sounds like a fair trade, more or less. Tip one for me, will ya.

Silverhead · Sep 25, 2009

Tony-S said:
*Alright, I have to admit that Sofia is a very lovely city. In fact, I just had two Guinness beers at the Fox and Hound pub tonight, which is Guinness' 250 year anniversary.

All you're doing is trading one form of chemistry for another

RalphLambrecht · Sep 25, 2009

Tony-S said:
The good news:

The following arrived at my home in Colorado:

Ilford Pan F+ 120 (5 rolls)
Ilford Delta 100 120 (5 rolls)
Ilford Delta 400 120 (3 rolls)
Ilford Delta 100 4x5" x 25 sheets
Perceptol 3x1L
Arista Stop bath
Ilford Rapid Fixer
Kodak Photo Flo 200

The bad news: I'm in Sofia, Bulgaria*

*Alright, I have to admit that Sofia is a very lovely city. In fact, I just had two Guinness beers at the Fox and Hound pub tonight, which is Guinness' 250 year anniversary. Not bad, not bad at all. I think the film can wait.

Cheers.

Your location tag doesn't reveal it, but whoever goes to Sofia, Bulgaria and is adventureless enough to drink Guinness in the 'Fox and Hound', instead of enjoying the local brews must be a Brit! Unbelievable.

Marco B · Sep 25, 2009

RalphLambrecht said:
Your location tag doesn't reveal it, but whoever goes to Sofia, Bulgaria and is adventureless enough to drink Guinness in the 'Fox and Hound', instead of enjoying the local brews must be a Brit! Unbelievable.

Well, maybe he prefers a "slow working developer"

Sirius Glass · Sep 25, 2009

RalphLambrecht said:
Your location tag doesn't reveal it, but whoever goes to Sofia, Bulgaria and is adventureless enough to drink Guinness in the 'Fox and Hound', instead of enjoying the local brews must be a Brit! Unbelievable.

Ralph,

With reference to another thread, I am not drinking Guinness.

Steve

Ian Grant · Sep 25, 2009

I don't think I'd go to Sofia to drink ground charcoal

There should be some very good local Bulgarian wines or is it just us Brit's who buy them ?

Ian

RalphLambrecht · Sep 25, 2009

Sirius Glass said:
Ralph,

With reference to another thread, I am not drinking Guinness.

Steve

Are you sirius?

RalphLambrecht · Sep 25, 2009

Ian Grant said:
I don't think I'd go to Sofia to drink ground charcoal

There should be some very good local Bulgarian wines or is it just us Brit's who buy them ?

Ian

Yes, you do. Then you leave the store while saying (instead of thinking) 'look how cheap it is', not realizing that they raise the price as you leave, and the locals hate you for it. You did it in Spain. You did it in Portugal, France, CZ... You will do it in Bulgaria too, I'm sure.

I hate Guinness, but I love English ales, and the Bitters and...

Well, you can't be all bad. People who make good beer are good people!

Tom Kershaw · Sep 25, 2009

RalphLambrecht said:
Well, you can't be all bad. People who make good beer are good people!

And hopefully good photographic materials well into the future.

Tom

RalphLambrecht · Sep 25, 2009

Tom Kershaw said:
And hopefully good photographic materials well into the future.

Tom

Exactly! Is that why some people call developers 'brews'?

Ian Grant · Sep 25, 2009

RalphLambrecht said:
Yes, you do. Then you leave the store while saying (instead of thinking) 'look how cheap it is', not realizing that they raise the price as you leave, and the locals hate you for it. You did it in Spain. You did it in Portugal, France, CZ... You will do it in Bulgaria too, I'm sure.

I hate Guinness, but I love English ales, and the Bitters and...

Well, you can't be all bad. People who make good beer are good people!

Did you know I'm a brewer . . . . . . . All photographers should be

When outside the UK, I eat & drink in the non tourist places with the locals. Better food, cheaper prices and much more fun. Oh and ravish the local women (OK just the one and she is my wife )

As a British ex pat I can honestly say I've never drunk any British beers outside the UK, despite really missing them.

Ian

RalphLambrecht · Sep 25, 2009

Ian Grant said:
Did you know I'm a brewer . . . . . . . All photographers should be

When outside the UK, I eat & drink in the non tourist places with the locals. Better food, cheaper prices and much more fun. Oh and ravish the local women (OK just the one and she is my wife )

As a British ex pat I can honestly say I've never drunk any British beers outside the UK, despite really missing them.

Ian

Good man! I knew there was a reason I liked you.

Martin Aislabie · Sep 25, 2009

Ian Grant said:
When outside the UK, I eat & drink in the non tourist places with the locals. Better food, cheaper prices and much more fun.
Ian

I've noticed this is really true in Spain

We Brits seem to want sub standard food and then pay extra for the privilege, when we are abroad

Weird :confused:

Martin

Sirius Glass · Sep 26, 2009

RalphLambrecht said:
Are you sirius?

Yes.

I used to like Guinness, but I no longer like the Stout.

When I travel, it try the local beers and wines.

Steve

tim_walls · Sep 26, 2009

RalphLambrecht said:
Yes, you do. Then you leave the store while saying (instead of thinking) 'look how cheap it is', not realizing that they raise the price as you leave, and the locals hate you for it. You did it in Spain. You did it in Portugal, France, CZ... You will do it in Bulgaria too, I'm sure.

There is a delicious irony in a German offering advice on how to behave correctly when entering another European country...

Tony-S · Sep 26, 2009

RalphLambrecht said:
Your location tag doesn't reveal it, but whoever goes to Sofia, Bulgaria and is adventureless enough to drink Guinness in the 'Fox and Hound', instead of enjoying the local brews must be a Brit! Unbelievable.

Oh, no - I'm a Yank. I had plenty of Bulgarian beer while there. The Guinness was for nostalgia. After all, those 250 year anniversaries only come around once!

RalphLambrecht · Sep 27, 2009

tim_walls said:
There is a delicious irony in a German offering advice on how to behave correctly when entering another European country...

Do you care to elaborate?

Aurum · Sep 27, 2009

I wonder if Hungarian Borostyán is available in Bulgaria. For a Eastern European beer, its surprisingly easy to drink, and a lot better tasting than a lot of German and Austrian lagers that taste like biting onto tinfoil

RalphLambrecht · Sep 27, 2009

Tony-S said:
Oh, no - I'm a Yank. I had plenty of Bulgarian beer while there. The Guinness was for nostalgia. After all, those 250 year anniversaries only come around once!

Perfect! So, which was the best one?

tim_walls · Sep 27, 2009

RalphLambrecht said:
Do you care to elaborate?

I'm sorry, did I disturb your thread? I should have noticed your towel on it...

Or in other words, I was of course merely alluding to the (well deserved, in my experience) reputation of German tourists as the most overbearing, arrogant, rude and tight-as-a-gnat's-chuff you're likely to find, and suggesting that people in glass houses might be well advised to lay off the slingshot.

RalphLambrecht · Sep 27, 2009

tim_walls said:
I'm sorry, did I disturb your thread? I should have noticed your towel on it...

Or in other words, I was of course merely alluding to the (well deserved, in my experience) reputation of German tourists as the most overbearing, arrogant, rude and tight-as-a-gnat's-chuff you're likely to find, and suggesting that people in glass houses might be well advised to lay off the slingshot.

This reply does not deserve an answer.

johnnywalker · Sep 27, 2009

Perhaps Mr. Walls didn't get his bourbon today.

Sirius Glass · Sep 27, 2009

johnnywalker said:
Perhaps Mr. Walls didn't get his bourbon today.

Gee, I though it was because he was not breast fed!

Steve

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