Monastery

[Minox]

Nikkormat FT3, Rollei 80s

 

[Alder Statesman]

Very nice image.

 

[Trask]

Instructive re: what Rollei 80S can look like. I'm curious as to what developer was used?

 

[Minox]

Rodinal 1+25, 8 mins (30" inv, then 1 inv every 2 mins)

 

[Sirius Glass]

Where was the photograph taken? Which country for starters, please?

 

[Minox]

The place is called The Prislop Pass, in Romania.

 

[pentaxuser]

A nice picture They have some very dull monasteries in Ireland, made of brick, based in towns and cities and which look like offices. They were called monasteries of labour

Maybe that's a strictly British joke of nearly 50 years ago and not easily understood now. If so, I'll explain it if requested

pentaxuser

 

[Ballinderry-Michael]

Julian, did you use an orange filter?

 

[Minox]

Yes, indeed I did, although that nice contrast I wanted from this shot eluded me.

 

[Minox]

A nice picture They have some very dull monasteries in Ireland, made of brick, based in towns and cities and which look like offices. They were called monasteries of labour

Maybe that's a strictly British joke of nearly 50 years ago and not easily understood now. If so, I'll explain it if requested

pentaxuser

I know the type, and many of them have rather nice architectural styles. I do prefer the older ones, with some good history, in the countryside, they do have more stories to tell Anyways, why monasteries of labour? Do tell, pls!

 

[MattKing]

Anyways, why monasteries of labour? Do tell, pls!

Do not encourage him!
(hint - it is a malapropism, of a sort)

 

[Ballinderry-Michael]

Yes, indeed I did, although that nice contrast I wanted from this shot eluded me.

To be honest, I think the contrast you got is pretty much perfect. The sky is just right, contrasting with the snow and white (?) buildings.

 

[pentaxuser]

I know the type, and many of them have rather nice architectural styles. I do prefer the older ones, with some good history, in the countryside, they do have more stories to tell Anyways, why monasteries of labour? Do tell, pls!

OK Matt nearly stole my thunder as the saying goes. Here goes.

A man is in a pub at lunch time and gets talking to a friendly person who is clearly not from the local area but who sounds Irish He asks him where he has come from. The Irishman replies that he has just come from the monastery down the road. The man was unaware of any monastery down the road and asks which monastery. The Irishman replies "The monastery of labour "

It turned out that he worked in what we in the U.K. used to call "The Ministry of Labour" which was responsible for helping people to find a job If you are Irish your accent can make the Ministry sound like monastery

It's a play on words and loses all its humour when it has to be explained. Some say its our strange British sense of humour

Here's another: A man says to his friend: "Who was that lady I saw you with last night?" and the friend says: " That was no lady, that was my wife

Finally two strangers get talking to each other in a pub. One asks the other where he is from and gets the reply of Liverpool so he says: It's a nice place Liverpool The wife and I used to go there to see the mother-in-law. The first man ask where in Liverpool his mother-in-law lives and the other man says : She doesn't live in Liverpool. She lives in Manchester but she looks better from Liverpool

We are truly a strange race in the U.K.


pentaxuser

 

[Minox]

It turned out that he worked in what we in the U.K. used to call "The Ministry of Labour" which was responsible for helping people to find a job If you are Irish your accent can make the Ministry sound like monastery

It's a play on words and loses all its humour when it has to be explained. Some say its our strange British sense of humour


pentaxuser

Baldrick: Me father was a nun. Blackadder: How do you mean? Baldrick: Well, when the judge asked him if he had a job, he said: none.

Indeed, British humour, delicious but hard to understand for many

 

[Minox]

To be honest, I think the contrast you got is pretty much perfect. The sky is just right, contrasting with the snow and white (?) buildings.

Thank you!

 

[Minox]

Do not encourage him!
(hint - it is a malapropism, of a sort)

Too late now