DP Plague of Angels TPB - Dirty Pair

My Trip to the Philippines (32)

While I would never describe a 12 hour flight as "pleasant", at least there were movies to watch and plenty of food. The food wasn't spectacular...essentially we are talking microwave dinners here...but there was a reasonable variety and frequent enough meals and snacks. You could also keep track of where exactly over the ocean you were should you so desire. Overall, I cant complain about the flight between LA and Manilla in either direction. Though finding flights with reasonable layovers proved to be impossible. For more (and higher resolution) images, see https://supload.com/r1QakCHTV.

Harmony Explosion 2018 (25) – I’ll Take You Dreaming

Source: Bit.Tube | Harmony Explosion 2018 (25) - I'll Take You Dreaming

Main Street performs 'I'll Take You Dreaming' at Harmony Explosion 2018 at the Florida Institute of Technology in Melbourne, Florida.

View on Daily Motion

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Vintage Photos - Oestreicher (329-332)

See the previous post in this series here. Feel free to skip the quoted intro text if you have read it before.

I had the opportunity to pick up a huge batch of slides recently. These are pictures spanning from as early as the late 1940s to as late as the early 1990s (maybe earlier and/or later but these are what I have sampled so far). These came to me second (third?) hand but the original source was a combination of estate sales and Goodwill. There are several thousand...maybe as many as 10,000. I will be scanning some from time to time and posting them here for posterity.

Apparently, getting your pictures processed as slides used to be a fairly common thing but it was a phenomenon I missed out on. However, my Grandfather had a few dozen slides (circa late 1950s) that I acquired after he died. That along with some negatives is what prompted me to buy a somewhat decent flatbed scanner that could handle slides and negatives (an Epson V600). That was the most money I was willing to spend on one anyway. It can scan up to four slides at a time with various post-processing options and does a decent enough job. The scanner has been mostly idle since finishing that task but now there is plenty for it to do.

This set continues a rather large batch of slides that originally came from an estate sale and appear to have belonged to a locally well known photographer from the Spokane Washington area and later Northern Idaho named Leo Oestreicher. He was known for his portrait and landscape photography and especially for post cards. He career started in the 1930s and he died in 1990. These slides (thousands of them) contain a lot of landscape and portrait photos but also a lot of photos from day to day life and various vacations around the world. Here's an article on him from 1997 which is the only info I have found on him: http://www.spokesman.com/stories/1997/jan/04/photos-of-a-lifetime-museum-acquisition-of-leo/

Many of these slides had the date they were processed (presumably) stamped or printed on them (month and year). I've found that in cases where I could verify the date, either because a more specific date was hand written or there was something to specifically date the photo in the photo itself, that this date has typically been the same month the photos were taken. In other words, I expect that in MOST cases these photos were taken relatively near the processing date. No doubt there are some exceptions.

There are no labels or dates on this set. Subject matter includes buildings, boats, cars and people. These are likely from the late 1950s or early 1960s.

Click on one of the images or the link below to also see versions processed with color restoration and Digital ICE which is a hardware based dust and scratch remover, a feature of the Epson V600 scanner I am using. There are also versions processed with the simpler dust removal option along with color restoration.

https://supload.com/HyDTK5JoN

The entire collection that has been scanned and uploaded so far can be found here.

dp eden - Dirty Pair

My Trip to the Philippines (31)

At this point, I'm back in the U.S. We landed at LAX and had to go by bus to another part of the airport to go through customs. I think our driver was trying to kill us. He apparently wasn't paying enough attention and had to slam on his brakes to avoid colliding with a plane that was being pushed back from its gate. I wouldn't have been so nad except that there were no seats and everyone was standing. Fortunately, nobody was hurt.

Vintage Photos - Oestreicher (325-328)

See the previous post in this series here. Feel free to skip the quoted intro text if you have read it before.

I had the opportunity to pick up a huge batch of slides recently. These are pictures spanning from as early as the late 1940s to as late as the early 1990s (maybe earlier and/or later but these are what I have sampled so far). These came to me second (third?) hand but the original source was a combination of estate sales and Goodwill. There are several thousand...maybe as many as 10,000. I will be scanning some from time to time and posting them here for posterity.

Apparently, getting your pictures processed as slides used to be a fairly common thing but it was a phenomenon I missed out on. However, my Grandfather had a few dozen slides (circa late 1950s) that I acquired after he died. That along with some negatives is what prompted me to buy a somewhat decent flatbed scanner that could handle slides and negatives (an Epson V600). That was the most money I was willing to spend on one anyway. It can scan up to four slides at a time with various post-processing options and does a decent enough job. The scanner has been mostly idle since finishing that task but now there is plenty for it to do.

This set continues a rather large batch of slides that originally came from an estate sale and appear to have belonged to a locally well known photographer from the Spokane Washington area and later Northern Idaho named Leo Oestreicher. He was known for his portrait and landscape photography and especially for post cards. He career started in the 1930s and he died in 1990. These slides (thousands of them) contain a lot of landscape and portrait photos but also a lot of photos from day to day life and various vacations around the world. Here's an article on him from 1997 which is the only info I have found on him: http://www.spokesman.com/stories/1997/jan/04/photos-of-a-lifetime-museum-acquisition-of-leo/

Many of these slides had the date they were processed (presumably) stamped or printed on them (month and year). I've found that in cases where I could verify the date, either because a more specific date was hand written or there was something to specifically date the photo in the photo itself, that this date has typically been the same month the photos were taken. In other words, I expect that in MOST cases these photos were taken relatively near the processing date. No doubt there are some exceptions.

This set has a couple of outdoor spring photos from April 1957 and a wedding photo from 1958...there have been photos from this wedding in previous posts and there are probably still more to come.

Click on one of the images or the link below to also see versions processed with color restoration and Digital ICE which is a hardware based dust and scratch remover, a feature of the Epson V600 scanner I am using. There are also versions processed with the simpler dust removal option along with color restoration.

Pat + Del - 2/22/58
April 1957
April 1957

https://supload.com/ryzXVQ09E

The entire collection that has been scanned and uploaded so far can be found here.

Info (July/August 1989)

Info (July/August 1989)

Info was a magazine that was produced on Commodore computers and for Commodore computers. Primarily it covered the Commodore 64, Commodore 128 and Amiga lines. It was first produced using a Commodore 64 but after a short time it was produced using an Amiga. The July/August 1989 issue includes: Features

• Interview: Dale Luck - One of the original Amiga Designers, Dale is also the producer of Xwindows and the BOING Mouse. Find out why Dale's name strikes terror in the hearts of the Commodore board, and how you can buy a BOING Jacket!


• Fun With Amiga Sound - We all know the Amiga is great for serious musicians, but what about the rest of us? Here are 23 products for just foolin' around.


• Chump - Our annual romp into the forbidden land of computer industry irreverence.

Departments

• Editors' Page
• Reader Mail
• News & Views
• New Products
• Games for Amiga
• Games for C64
• geoStuff
• Copy Corner
• Public Domain

Reviews

• Masterpiece
• Mindlight 7
• geoProgrammer
• Maverick 2.0
• RAMBOard
• Professional Data Retrieve
• Silentwriter LC890
• Transcript

Etc.

• Show Report
• Real World
• INFO Update
• Back Issues
• FREE Mouse Pad
• Ad Index

...and more!

DP Cover - Dirty Pair

Why a Free Society Cannot Transform Wishes into Rights

Any careful observer of American politics must be struck by the ever-expanding roster of things people have asserted rights to. But when such arguments are seriously considered, there is little to them beyond shared desires or wishes for certain things, which supposedly implies that there ought to be rights to them.

From there, it is but one further step to legislative, executive, or judicial attempts to create such rights, promoted as social improvements guaranteed by government.

Obligations, Rights, and Duties

This “ought implies is” argument about rights reverses the claim that “is implies ought,” which David Hume famously shot down. It ignores that in a world where scarcity is inescapable, our desires always outpace what is producible, which means that newly asserted rights may well be impossible delusions. Further, it ignores that making good on any particular newly created right must violate other’s existing rights to themselves and their efforts. And it, too, deserves rejection.

Few have thought as carefully about this confusion between wishes and rights as Leonard Read. His insights are particularly well developed in his “Doctor, Whoever You Are,” section in his 1969 Let Freedom Reign. In a world where turning one wish into a political right leads to still more attempts to use the same magic on another wish, and every such step further erodes liberty, Read’s views are worth serious consideration on their 50th anniversary.

"Now in vogue is a fearful combination of wishes and methods, as fanciful as Aladdin’s lamp…the transmutation of wishes into rights! Do you wish for better housing? Then better housing is a right. Do you wish for…higher returns for goods and services, shorter hours of labor, protection from competition? Then these are rights. Do you wish for free medical care? Then free medical care is a right!"

"And what is the nature of the jinni called upon to transmute wishes into rights?... government. It extorts from all, allocating the legalized loot to those who effectively make their wishes heard."

"How do we go about healing this sickness? We must acquire an understanding that wishes, regardless of how numerous, do not constitute a right. I have no more right to your professional attention than you have a claim on me to wash your dishes. We are dealing with an absurdity."

"We live and prosper by specialization and exchange…others tend to encourage me to specialize at what is of value to them, and I tend to encourage them to specialize at what is of value to me. This is how people in a free society exert their wishes. But note that these wishes do not carry with them any right on my part to command what others shall produce or any right to force on them the terms of exchange."

"When the notion that a wish is a right is put into effect by police force—the only way it can be done—then specialization is no longer guided by consumer wishes nor are the terms of exchange…Other citizens are then forced to perform labor for which they receive absolutely nothing in return. Exchange is by coercion rather than by free choice."

"The fact that many of us wish more medical attention than we can afford does not give us a right to your [physician] services or a right to force others to [finance them]…wishes to the contrary notwithstanding!"

Benjamin Franklin is said to have written, “If man could have half his wishes, he would double his troubles.” He was referring to the problems our wishes would cause ourselves. But we go far beyond causing ourselves problems whenever we try to transform our wishes into rights.

We Corruptly Invent Rights

We cause all our fellow citizens problems because our efforts to create rights for ourselves must pick their pockets—assert our ownership of their resources rather than acknowledging their self-ownership—despite lacking moral or ethical justification. Leonard Read rightly recognized this as no different than looting enforced by a “might makes right” mentality.

If not for the corrupting lure of something for nothing, people would long ago have rejected the idea that wishes imply rights. But as ever-more goodies have been added to bait the lure, most Americans seem to have decided to stop thinking about the burdens borne as a result of these invented rights.

Our reasoning has been warped by a too-narrow view of our self-interest, which ignores what we can achieve jointly only by defending voluntary arrangements, which respect one another’s self-ownership. That makes it particularly important to revisit Leonard Read’s wisdom about wishes and rights, for otherwise our coveting will corrupt and punish us further and further.

Gary M. Galles

Gary M. Galles is a professor of economics at Pepperdine University. His recent books include Faulty Premises, Faulty Policies (2014) and Apostle of Peace (2013). He is a member of the FEE Faculty Network.

This article was originally published on FEE.org. Read the original article.

Vintage Photos - Oestreicher (321-324)

See the previous post in this series here. Feel free to skip the quoted intro text if you have read it before.

I had the opportunity to pick up a huge batch of slides recently. These are pictures spanning from as early as the late 1940s to as late as the early 1990s (maybe earlier and/or later but these are what I have sampled so far). These came to me second (third?) hand but the original source was a combination of estate sales and Goodwill. There are several thousand...maybe as many as 10,000. I will be scanning some from time to time and posting them here for posterity.

Apparently, getting your pictures processed as slides used to be a fairly common thing but it was a phenomenon I missed out on. However, my Grandfather had a few dozen slides (circa late 1950s) that I acquired after he died. That along with some negatives is what prompted me to buy a somewhat decent flatbed scanner that could handle slides and negatives (an Epson V600). That was the most money I was willing to spend on one anyway. It can scan up to four slides at a time with various post-processing options and does a decent enough job. The scanner has been mostly idle since finishing that task but now there is plenty for it to do.

This set continues a rather large batch of slides that originally came from an estate sale and appear to have belonged to a locally well known photographer from the Spokane Washington area and later Northern Idaho named Leo Oestreicher. He was known for his portrait and landscape photography and especially for post cards. He career started in the 1930s and he died in 1990. These slides (thousands of them) contain a lot of landscape and portrait photos but also a lot of photos from day to day life and various vacations around the world. Here's an article on him from 1997 which is the only info I have found on him: http://www.spokesman.com/stories/1997/jan/04/photos-of-a-lifetime-museum-acquisition-of-leo/

Many of these slides had the date they were processed (presumably) stamped or printed on them (month and year). I've found that in cases where I could verify the date, either because a more specific date was hand written or there was something to specifically date the photo in the photo itself, that this date has typically been the same month the photos were taken. In other words, I expect that in MOST cases these photos were taken relatively near the processing date. No doubt there are some exceptions.

Unfortunately none of these are labeled and there are a couple of interesting ones here. The first looks to be the house of someone important. Given the flags maybe it is an ambassador's house or something. However, I don't recognize it and can't say for sure. My first though of the second photo was that it is a picture of people gathered to watch a launch at Cape Canaveral. This would have been in the late 1950s or early 1960s so we're talking pre moon-shot stuff if that is the case. Again, I can't be sure as it is unlabeled and undated but maybe I'll find more later that will help me identify what this was. The last two photos are of various people.

Click on one of the images or the link below to also see versions processed with color restoration and Digital ICE which is a hardware based dust and scratch remover, a feature of the Epson V600 scanner I am using. There are also versions processed with the simpler dust removal option along with color restoration.

processed March 1958

https://supload.com/H1hHO2scN

The entire collection that has been scanned and uploaded so far can be found here.

My Trip to the Philippines (30)

The return trip was even longer than the trip there. This was in part due to a couple of lengthy layovers. For instance, I was stuck in Manila for about 8 hours...

Dirtypr - Dirty Pair

Vintage Photos - Oestreicher (317-320)

See the previous post in this series here. Feel free to skip the quoted intro text if you have read it before.

I had the opportunity to pick up a huge batch of slides recently. These are pictures spanning from as early as the late 1940s to as late as the early 1990s (maybe earlier and/or later but these are what I have sampled so far). These came to me second (third?) hand but the original source was a combination of estate sales and Goodwill. There are several thousand...maybe as many as 10,000. I will be scanning some from time to time and posting them here for posterity.

Apparently, getting your pictures processed as slides used to be a fairly common thing but it was a phenomenon I missed out on. However, my Grandfather had a few dozen slides (circa late 1950s) that I acquired after he died. That along with some negatives is what prompted me to buy a somewhat decent flatbed scanner that could handle slides and negatives (an Epson V600). That was the most money I was willing to spend on one anyway. It can scan up to four slides at a time with various post-processing options and does a decent enough job. The scanner has been mostly idle since finishing that task but now there is plenty for it to do.

This set continues a rather large batch of slides that originally came from an estate sale and appear to have belonged to a locally well known photographer from the Spokane Washington area and later Northern Idaho named Leo Oestreicher. He was known for his portrait and landscape photography and especially for post cards. He career started in the 1930s and he died in 1990. These slides (thousands of them) contain a lot of landscape and portrait photos but also a lot of photos from day to day life and various vacations around the world. Here's an article on him from 1997 which is the only info I have found on him: http://www.spokesman.com/stories/1997/jan/04/photos-of-a-lifetime-museum-acquisition-of-leo/

Many of these slides had the date they were processed (presumably) stamped or printed on them (month and year). I've found that in cases where I could verify the date, either because a more specific date was hand written or there was something to specifically date the photo in the photo itself, that this date has typically been the same month the photos were taken. In other words, I expect that in MOST cases these photos were taken relatively near the processing date. No doubt there are some exceptions.

The photos from this set are from the late 1960s and early 1970s. The first few are pictures of the inside and outside of a couple of different houses and the last is a picture of the American Consulate in Tangiers from circa 1972.

Click on one of the images or the link below to also see versions processed with color restoration and Digital ICE which is a hardware based dust and scratch remover, a feature of the Epson V600 scanner I am using. There are also versions processed with the simpler dust removal option along with color restoration.

processed May 1970
Katsimitas Patio - processed June 1966
processed January 1968
American Consulate - Tangiers - processed May 1972
https://supload.com/H1r7Q2ic4

The entire collection that has been scanned and uploaded so far can be found here.

Harmony Explosion 2018 (24) – Wake Up Jacob

Source: Bit.Tube | Harmony Explosion 2018 (24) - Wake Up Jacob

Main Street performs 'Wake Up, Jacob' at Harmony Explosion 2018 at the Florida Institute of Technology in Melbourne, Florida.

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dirty p - Dirty Pair

Vintage Photos - Oestreicher (313-316)

See the previous post in this series here. Feel free to skip the quoted intro text if you have read it before.

I had the opportunity to pick up a huge batch of slides recently. These are pictures spanning from as early as the late 1940s to as late as the early 1990s (maybe earlier and/or later but these are what I have sampled so far). These came to me second (third?) hand but the original source was a combination of estate sales and Goodwill. There are several thousand...maybe as many as 10,000. I will be scanning some from time to time and posting them here for posterity.

Apparently, getting your pictures processed as slides used to be a fairly common thing but it was a phenomenon I missed out on. However, my Grandfather had a few dozen slides (circa late 1950s) that I acquired after he died. That along with some negatives is what prompted me to buy a somewhat decent flatbed scanner that could handle slides and negatives (an Epson V600). That was the most money I was willing to spend on one anyway. It can scan up to four slides at a time with various post-processing options and does a decent enough job. The scanner has been mostly idle since finishing that task but now there is plenty for it to do.

This set continues a rather large batch of slides that originally came from an estate sale and appear to have belonged to a locally well known photographer from the Spokane Washington area and later Northern Idaho named Leo Oestreicher. He was known for his portrait and landscape photography and especially for post cards. He career started in the 1930s and he died in 1990. These slides (thousands of them) contain a lot of landscape and portrait photos but also a lot of photos from day to day life and various vacations around the world. Here's an article on him from 1997 which is the only info I have found on him: http://www.spokesman.com/stories/1997/jan/04/photos-of-a-lifetime-museum-acquisition-of-leo/

Many of these slides had the date they were processed (presumably) stamped or printed on them (month and year). I've found that in cases where I could verify the date, either because a more specific date was hand written or there was something to specifically date the photo in the photo itself, that this date has typically been the same month the photos were taken. In other words, I expect that in MOST cases these photos were taken relatively near the processing date. No doubt there are some exceptions.

There are dates stamped on this set of slides that are presumably from the time they were processed/developed. The dates range from 1958 to 1961 and include what might be a funeral, a baby shower and a bunch of kids outside a church. This looks to be the University Methodist church that has been in a few other photos.

Click on one of the images or the link below to also see versions processed with color restoration and Digital ICE which is a hardware based dust and scratch remover, a feature of the Epson V600 scanner I am using. There are also versions processed with the simpler dust removal option along with color restoration.

processed July 1958
processed March 1961
processed July 1960
processed July 1960
https://supload.com/SJq-HlK9V

The entire collection that has been scanned and uploaded so far can be found here.

Sega Visions (October/November 1993)

Sega Visions (October/November 1993)

Sega Visions was Sega's answer to Nintendo Power, however it never quite had the same level of popularity and didn't last nearly as long. The September/October 1993 issue includes:

• Say What?...Overheard at Sega - All the news and gossip that's fit to print...and some that ain't.
• Yo Sega! - Readers write in with ?'s and !'s.
• Sega Game Features
• Sonic Spinball - Jumpin' Blue Blazes, Look at Sonic Now!
• Jurassic Park CD - A Sega CD adventure so real you'll think you are there.
• Disney's Aladdin - Disney's hit movie comes to life on your Genesis.
• Sneak Peeks - A first look at some cool games
• Star Trek: The Next Generation on Genesis
• Sonic Chaos on Game Gear
• Just Review It
• Sega CD Tips and Strategies
• Lethal Enforcers
• The Secret of Monkey Island
• Robo Aleste
• Genesis Tips and Strategies
• Aero the Acro-bat
• Mazin Saga
• Zombies Ate My Neighbors
• Chuck Rock 2: Son of Chuck
• Haunting Starring Polterguy
• The Addams Family
• Robocop III
• Cliffhanger
• General Chaos
• The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle
• Game Gear Hints on the Go
• Quest for the Shaven Yak Starring Ren Hoek and Stimpy
• Star Wars
• Journey from Darkness: Strider Returns
• Desert Strike
• Robocop III
• Heavy Equipment
• Outback Joey from Heartbeat
• Deluxe Carry-All and Holster Case
• Departments
• Sonic Comic
• Sports Playbook
• NFL Football '94 Starring Joe Montana
• Bill Walsh College Football
• World Series Baseball
• Wimbledon Tennis
• N.H.L. Hockey '94
• Boxing Legends of the Ring
• VizKidz! - Neato Games and Stuff - not for adults!
• Totally Sonic
• Sega Visionaries
• Power Shopper - Hot deals on games.

...and more!

The 10 US Cities with the Greatest Tax Burdens

In 2015, Chicago imposed a nine percent tax on Netflix and PlayStations. In 2017, Chicago imposed a seven cent bag tax on every single plastic or paper bag used. In fact, Chicago is so thirsty for taxpayer dollars they imposed a five percent tax on bottled water. They even have a special additional tax for candy and soda.

In 2013, Forbes Magazine named Chicago the fourth most miserable city in the US. Coincidence? Maybe not.

New Transparent Tax Statistics

According to a new report from Truth in Accounting, residents of the Windy City are the most heavily taxed in nation, and it’s not a close contest. Below is a breakdown of the 10 US cities with the largest per capita taxpayer burden.

Chicago’s combined Taxpayer Burden: $119,110

New York City’s combined Taxpayer Burden: $85,600

Los Angeles’ combined Taxpayer Burden: $56,390

Philadelphia’s combined Taxpayer Burden: $50,120

San Jose’s combined Taxpayer Burden: $43,120

San Diego’s combined Taxpayer Burden: $35,410

Dallas’ combined Taxpayer Burden: $33,490

Houston’s combined Taxpayer Burden: $22,940

San Antonio’s combined Taxpayer Burden: $16,660

Phoenix’s combined Taxpayer Burden: $13,290

Most statistics don’t include underlying expenses not included in official reports. Taxpayers are responsible for paying for debts incurred by the government for schools, transit agencies, housing administrations, and more.

When all factors are accounted for, Chicago’s citizens actually carry a heavier burden than the people of New York City. And not just by a few pennies here or there, but by over $30,000 per taxpayer! As Lori Lightfoot, the recently elected mayor of Chicago, explained, "We live in one of the most taxed cities and the most taxed county, unfortunately, in the country."

Gold Medal in Tax Olympics

According to Chris Lentino of the Office of Illinois Policy,

In a comparative analysis of taxes and fees in the nation's top 15 cities, Chicago won first place more times than any other city. After analyzing 24 different taxes and fees—from those on cellphones, cigarettes, ridesharing and more—Chicago is leaps and bounds ahead of its competitors, with 10 No. 1 rankings.

If having the highest taxes were a competition, Chicago would be a clear winner. When a city takes its citizens money it is saying “we know how to spend your money better than you do.”

In reality, each individual is in the best position to choose how they would like to exchange their money for various goods and services. Taxes serve many different purposes, some more noble than others, but it’s abundantly clear that spending is pretty much out of control when citizens are taxed $119,110 on average in order to balance your budget.

Catherine Alles

Catherine Alles is an Editorial Apprentice at the Foundation for Economic Education. In high school, Catherine competed in speech and debate and now coaches at her local club and at summer camps. In addition, she has led public speaking workshops at YMCA Youth in Government programs and community colleges. In August of 2018, she created a YouTube channel sharing some of her debate tips in lecture format. She loves group fitness classes, pouring latte art, watching the sunrise over Lake Michigan, and creating new dishes in the kitchen. You can follow her culinary creation journey on her food Instagram.

This article was originally published on FEE.org. Read the original article.

My Trip to the Philippines (28)

This is the view from one of the hotels we stayed at in General Santos City. Across the street is the SM Mall. For more, higher resolution pictures see https://supload.com/H1wac9KnE #travel #philippines #hotel #share2steem #gensan

Harmony Explosion 2018 (23) – They All Laughed

Source: Bit.Tube | Harmony Explosion 2018 (23) - They All Laughed

Main Street performs 'They All Laughed' at Harmony Explosion 2018 at the Florida Institute of Technology in Melbourne, Florida.

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dirty 2 - Dirty Pair Calendar (1990)

Vintage Photos - Oestreicher (309-312)

See the previous post in this series here. Feel free to skip the quoted intro text if you have read it before.

I had the opportunity to pick up a huge batch of slides recently. These are pictures spanning from as early as the late 1940s to as late as the early 1990s (maybe earlier and/or later but these are what I have sampled so far). These came to me second (third?) hand but the original source was a combination of estate sales and Goodwill. There are several thousand...maybe as many as 10,000. I will be scanning some from time to time and posting them here for posterity.

Apparently, getting your pictures processed as slides used to be a fairly common thing but it was a phenomenon I missed out on. However, my Grandfather had a few dozen slides (circa late 1950s) that I acquired after he died. That along with some negatives is what prompted me to buy a somewhat decent flatbed scanner that could handle slides and negatives (an Epson V600). That was the most money I was willing to spend on one anyway. It can scan up to four slides at a time with various post-processing options and does a decent enough job. The scanner has been mostly idle since finishing that task but now there is plenty for it to do.

This set continues a rather large batch of slides that originally came from an estate sale and appear to have belonged to a locally well known photographer from the Spokane Washington area and later Northern Idaho named Leo Oestreicher. He was known for his portrait and landscape photography and especially for post cards. He career started in the 1930s and he died in 1990. These slides (thousands of them) contain a lot of landscape and portrait photos but also a lot of photos from day to day life and various vacations around the world. Here's an article on him from 1997 which is the only info I have found on him: http://www.spokesman.com/stories/1997/jan/04/photos-of-a-lifetime-museum-acquisition-of-leo/

Many of these slides had the date they were processed (presumably) stamped or printed on them (month and year). I've found that in cases where I could verify the date, either because a more specific date was hand written or there was something to specifically date the photo in the photo itself, that this date has typically been the same month the photos were taken. In other words, I expect that in MOST cases these photos were taken relatively near the processing date. No doubt there are some exceptions.

There are no labels are dates on any of the slides in this set but all appear to have been taken near a lake in the mountains somewhere and they were likely taken in the late 1950s or early 1960s.

Click on one of the images or the link below to also see versions processed with color restoration and Digital ICE which is a hardware based dust and scratch remover, a feature of the Epson V600 scanner I am using. There are also versions processed with the simpler dust removal option along with color restoration.

https://supload.com/Hys_AJKqE

The entire collection that has been scanned and uploaded so far can be found here.

My Trip to the Philippines (27)

This is the final set of pictures from Lake Sebu. There are a few more from the boat tour of the lake as well as some shots from shore. See https://supload.com/S1tE48D34 for more (and higher resolution) pictures.

River Chase (Commodore 64)

River Chase (Commodore 64)

River chase was a very early game for the Commodore 64. It is somewhat a clone of River Raid but is a little different. The story is unimportant but as the player, you control a boat which is trying to escape another boat. This other boat is of course shooting at you. You are not completely defenseless however as you can drop mines behind you. There are a variety of obstacles to avoid as well. As Commodore 64 games go, this one isn't very exciting. However, for the time it was released, it wasn't bad. River Raid is more complex and quite a bit better in a variety of ways but this one has its own unique gameplay as well. Unfortunately, if you want to play this one you will have to track down an original or find a disk or tape image to use with an emulator. This is quite an obscure title and original copies probably won't be easy to find. The early days of the Commodore 64 were filled with relatively obscure clones of arcade games, some more unique and better than others. The above ad is from the Fall 1983 issue of Info 64. This was the first issue of this Commodore 64 specific magazine.

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