We don't have scorpions in Indiana, gracias a Dios!
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On 8/31/10 2:12 AM, "NSURIT@xxxxxxx" <NSURIT@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> That is especially true if you are in a darkroom, loading film in the dark
> and your jeans are so ragged that they are tickling the top of your feet.
> That is just one of the lessons I've learned as I've finally made my way
> back into a wet darkroom. No, I didn't get stung, however it wasn't until I
> was in there, in the dark, with the film out of the canister, that I
> started thinking about often we kill a scorpion inside the house. That didn't
> help get the film on the roll. In fact it may have contributed to my
> dropping
> one roll on the floor while I was trying to load it. Cr%p, now not only
> do I have to worry about one crawling across my foot but I also am going to
> have to feel around to find my film and risk picking one up. Got those two
> rolls loaded and then went and put on some shoes. I'd like to tell you the
> two rolls of 120 went better, but I be lying to you. Didn't drop either
> one, but I think it took longer to load it than it did to process it.
>
> Another lesson was that even though the Paterson tank takes either one roll
> of 120 film or two rolls of 35mm, the two rolls of 35mm take more
> chemistry. I knew that and had forgotten it. It has been three or four
> years
> since I've done any processing.
>
> It is coming back and one rule that I will observe from here on out is,
> "No flip flops in the darkroom."
>
> Bill Barber
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