12-010 Garand Picture of the Day

[Snafu]

Holding their trousers high, marines ford a stream while on patrol in the 'Punchbowl Valley' area of the eastern front in Korea on Sept. 5, 1951. The Marines encountered no resistance on the patrol and United Nations troops gained control of the area. (AP Photo/George Sweers) #

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[maxim]

They must have been very confident as they all have their rifles slung, even the BAR gunner nearly across the stream. The clarity and ability of such fast b/w film to stop the water in motion and have so much of the shot in focus. An now Kodak is going down the tubes. Looks like maybe a commo line strung across on the right side.

[Harlan (Deceased)]

When I see photos of soldiers crossing streams or slogging through rice patties chest deep I've always thought about how miserable it must have been marching for miles in water soaked boots. I know they waterproofed them with oils, but they'd get soaked inside during crossings like this.

That is sad about Kodak - I guess digital cameras would make it ard for them to survive.

[browningautorifle]

I did lots of that with soaked boots Harlan. You really don't notice it much as I recall. It's not like stepping in a puddle in penny loafers. You get used to it.

[Bob Seijas]

Kodak was in real danger when Ampex invented video recording in the 1960s. After seeing it the first time, I said to myself, "Film is dead." The company's attempts to evolve were half-hearted, deep down they were a photography company. I'm surprised they lasted this long. Company blindness sometimes is astonishing -- two guys at Xerox invented the computer mouse, management wondered who would want such a toy, declined to pursue it. The inventor of the Marlboro cigarette box took it to RJ Reynolds first, they rejected it as impractical. Sounds like the Brits in the 1930s when they rejected the idea of an autoloader.

[Snafu]

They must have been very confident as they all have their rifles slung, even the BAR gunner nearly across the stream. The clarity and ability of such fast b/w film to stop the water in motion and have so much of the shot in focus. An now Kodak is going down the tubes. Looks like maybe a commo line strung across on the right side.

Kodak makes me very sad.
G Eastman built Rochester
Kodak gave many families a good income job.
Much of the technology developed there will never be told (DOD)

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That is sad about Kodak - I guess digital cameras would make it ard for them to survive.

They had it before most companies did

[Mark in Rochester]

Kodak and Xerox both are in death spirals

[Harlan (Deceased)]

More OT (Sorry moderators)
I was in the copier industry for 30 years, and you are correct - the industry is in huge trouble. There's so much competition they're selling copiers for below cost just to sell the service contracts.

I started working at Xerox 30 years ago when they were the only thing around and they wasted money like you wouldn't believe. They had customers over a barrel and pretty much treated them how they wanted to. When they lost the patents on Xerography and all the Japanese companies started selling better made copiers, Xerox had a hard time adjusting to competition.

Now ALL copier companies are in big trouble. I lost my butt because I had so much tied up in stock from the copier company I worked at for 20 years - Our stock plunged from $80 per share to $3 almost over night after 911 and never recovered. The same thing happened to Xerox. I left my stock in, hoping it would go back up, and it did creep back up to $25 or $30 over the next several years, but then ALL copier company stocks plummeted back to almost nothing. Pretty sad.

Jim - Guys like you are just TOUGH! I've gotten my hunting boots just slightly wet from walking through dew covered grass and it was miserable. For the past several years I only use rubber boots now to hunt - Beside staying dry, they don't absorb odors like leather does. When you bowhunt you have to get so close to deer, odor of any kind is a big deal.

I just dug up this photo of me and my little baby heading out to deer hunt a couple of years ago. Tony was sixteen and already three inches taller and 60 pounds heavier than me. (Must be something in the water these days)

[Sarge1998]

Can't do anything about the 3" taller, but the 60 lb. difference can be adjusted. My wife went through the same thing with her Lucent stock, so my empathy is genuine to your plight.

[browningautorifle]

When you bowhunt you have to get so close to deer, odor of any kind is a big deal.

I know what you mean Harlan, I used to bowhunt too. Still have my gear. It's real work sometimes. I have rubber boots and prefer not to get my toes wet nowdays. (Since I'm old and decrepit)

By the way, there's a recruiter looking for Tony...he has an M240 for him!