Late intro from Rhode Island, USA

sixkings55 · Mar 11, 2017

Hi everyone.
I joined in 2011 but never became active with the site. I originally found this site when I was looking for information about processing film. I found my answers and a lot more. There are very knowledgeable people here and are always willing to share what they know. I've also enjoyed viewing all the great photos I've seen on this site and I've learned a great deal from them to help me become a better photographer (I hope). I want to thank all of you.
I'm no longer working so now I have a lot more time to spend on doing photography. My interests vary and the equipment I use has grown over the past years.
I really enjoy photography and I look forward to sharing and getting to know other photographers here.
Art

chip j · Mar 12, 2017

Welcome! Where's Rhode Island?

removed account4 · Mar 12, 2017

hey chip j:
where's rhode island ?
funny you should ask ...

ri is where the american revolution really started ..
https://www.landofthebrave.info/the-gaspee.htm
its why we have the "bill of rights" in the us constitution
http://www.usconstitution.net/rat_ri.html
its why the usa has freedom of religion
http://twelvetribes.org/articles/roger-williams-religious-freedom
its why the north won the us civil war
http://www.civilwar.org/battlefield...ry-articles/battle-of-gettysburg-general.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_S._Greene
it was where the american industrial revolution started
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slater_Mill_Historic_Site
it was the costume jewelry capital of the world
http://articles.latimes.com/1986-06-06/business/fi-9083_1_costume-jewelry
its where the american diner was born
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diner
its where you can have a ny system wiener and not be in ny.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_wiener

sixkings55 · Mar 12, 2017

Thanks for replying to that John, couldn't have said it better myself, lol.

sixkings55 · Mar 12, 2017

chip j,

To answer you where Rhode Island is on the map we are located sandwiched between Connecticut and Massachusetts, it's the smallest state in the Union.

Trail Images · Mar 12, 2017

Hello Art. Welcome to APUG.....

removed account4 · Mar 12, 2017

sixkings55 said:
Thanks for replying to that John, couldn't have said it better myself, lol.

pleasure's mine art !
( and i didn't even mention talking heads, downtown boys, brownsville station, viola davis,
david hedison, jim woods, the farelly brothers, aaron siskind, harry calahan, arshile gorky, the first
indoor shopping mall, the first planned shopping community, squid, quahogs the daily planet &c... )

great to see you here. looking forward to coffee !

Sirius Glass · Mar 12, 2017

Welcome to APUG

chip j · Mar 12, 2017

sixkings55 said:
chip j,

To answer you where Rhode Island is on the map we are located sandwiched between Connecticut and Massachusetts, it's the smallest state in the Uni

sixkings55 said:
chip j,

To answer you where Rhode Island is on the map we are located sandwiched between Connecticut and Massachusetts, it's the smallest state in the Union.

Yes, my comment was a joke.

sixkings55 · Mar 12, 2017

chip j,

glad of that. it wouldn't have surprised me if you weren't joking, I've seen some videos of people being asked simple questions about the US and they didn't have a clue, lol.

sixkings55 · Mar 12, 2017

Sirius Glass said:
Welcome to APUG

Sirius Glass,
thank you.

winger · Mar 13, 2017

Welcome from a former MA resident!

bdial · Mar 13, 2017

Welcome from a little ways north in the North East.
Why is it called Rhode Island if it's not an island?
Other trivia, it's smaller than San Bernardino county in California.

sixkings55 · Mar 13, 2017

winger said:
Welcome from a former MA resident!

bdial, Thank you.
It's smaller than a lot of places. I'm sure you already know about it's name, but for those that don't.

http://sos.ri.gov/divisions/Civics-And-Education/RI-History

sixkings55 · Mar 13, 2017

winger said:
Welcome from a former MA resident!

winger, thank you.

sixkings55 · Mar 13, 2017

This may sound dumb but how do I go about posting pictures?

Kodachromeguy · Mar 13, 2017

Welcome to the member from the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. When I was at Univ. of Rhode Island (MS oceanography) my checks had that spelled out in total. Somewhere in the Providence area, there used to be a well-known repair person who could fix large format lenses or adapt barrel lenses to various shutters. I assume he must be long retired. Also, as I recall, I used to visit a photo shop in Providence that still had brand new Canon M39 thread mount lenses. In hindsight, why didn't I buy them all?

bdial · Mar 13, 2017

sixkings55 said:
This may sound dumb but how do I go about posting pictures?

In a thread, you can click the "upload image or file" button.
As a subscriber, you can post in the media gallery, click on "Media" in the forum menu bar, then "Add Media" in the lower menu bar.

removed account4 · Mar 13, 2017

bdial said:
Why is it called Rhode Island if it's not an island?

HA!

there are 2 stories, really 3 ..
giovanni da verrazzano ( 1524isn ( was doing his exploring-thing
up the coast from NYC ... and he either saw block island (1)
or newport (acquidneck island) ( 2 ) colossus of rhodes fame ) ...
and there was also adriaen block who in the early 1614ish found
"block" island ( new shoreham named after him ) and called it
"roode eylandt" rhode = red in dutch ( 3 ) .. because it had red soil.
roode became rode then rhode ... roger wiliams called place he ended
up "providence" so whichever island was rhode island and the rest was
providence plantations ...

sixkings55 · Mar 13, 2017

Kodachromeguy said:
Welcome to the member from the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. When I was at Univ. of Rhode Island (MS oceanography) my checks had that spelled out in total. Somewhere in the Providence area, there used to be a well-known repair person who could fix large format lenses or adapt barrel lenses to various shutters. I assume he must be long retired. Also, as I recall, I used to visit a photo shop in Providence that still had brand new Canon M39 thread mount lenses. In hindsight, why didn't I buy them all?

kodachromeguy,
Thank you.
I think it's funny that RI is the smallest state but has the longest name. I don't know about the fix it guy. Hunt's used to be downtown.

sixkings55 · Mar 13, 2017

bdial said:
In a thread, you can click the "upload image or file" button.
As a subscriber, you can post in the media gallery, click on "Media" in the forum menu bar, then "Add Media" in the lower menu bar.

thank you.

sixkings55 · Mar 13, 2017

jnanian said:
HA!

there are 2 stories, really 3 ..
giovanni da verrazzano ( 1524isn ( was doing his exploring-thing
up the coast from NYC ... and he either saw block island (1)
or newport (acquidneck island) ( 2 ) colossus of rhodes fame ) ...
and there was also adriaen block who in the early 1614ish found
"block" island ( new shoreham named after him ) and called it
"roode eylandt" rhode = red in dutch ( 3 ) .. because it had red soil.
roode became rode then rhode ... roger wiliams called place he ended
up "providence" so whichever island was rhode island and the rest was
providence plantations ...

Yea I read some of those stories. Strange how the early explorers would sail in somewhere
and would claim it theirs' and put their name on it when it already had a name.

Sirius Glass · Mar 13, 2017

They would claim land that was already inhabited and owned. But then again there were not even concerned with facts. They had an alternative truth.

sixkings55 · Mar 13, 2017

Sirius Glass said:
They would claim land that was already inhabited and owned. But then again there were not even concerned with facts. They had an alternative truth.

I read somewhere a historian wrote the only reason they got away with it is the natives were peaceful and believed no-one owned the land and there fore couldn't sell what wasn't their's.

removed account4 · Mar 14, 2017

then there is that stone tower in newport, the one the "vikings", "chinese" and "aliens from venus" built
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if you ever find yourself in newport ( acquidneck / rhode-island) its worth the walk
both to check out the tower, and visit jim's museum...

Late intro from Rhode Island, USA

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