First World Problems...

What the hell am I going to do with this thing? First of all, it weighs 17 pounds. Second, film was last made for it in 1977 (total guess*). Third, modern digital cameras produce superb quality photographs, and my eye for the fine points of photography does not extend to the qualitative difference between film colors and digital colors.

And all of this means nothing, because it was my wife's grandfather's camera, and we can never discard it.

This x 1,000 is why I want to burn the place down and start over!

*Ooh! I was close. The last color film was manufactured in 1977, and the last black & white film was made in 1992.

Posted by: CBD at 02:55 PM

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1 Those were the days!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 24, 2026 02:57 PM (8schn)

2 Isn't that the same miniature camera model OSS used to take photos of NAZI war plans?

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 24, 2026 02:57 PM (/lPRQ)

3 I was on a plane, and the internet wasn't working...

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 24, 2026 02:57 PM (c6sRh)

4
CBD,

I hope you are having a good. day.

Thank you for all you do to keep this place going.

Posted by: four seasons at May 24, 2026 02:58 PM (3ek7K)

5 I was on a plane, and the internet wasn't working...

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 24, 2026 02:57 PM (c6sRh)
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Was it a fly-by-wire plane?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 24, 2026 02:59 PM (8schn)

6 Donate it to a museum or college so she can see it without you possessing it. I mean I'd be tossing it in the trash after showing her the pic you took (so she still has the memory of it), but I'm a townhome owner, so I'm ruthless on useless stuff. No use, no use here.

Posted by: Nova Local at May 24, 2026 02:59 PM (tOcjL)

7 So, I guess there's no hope for my Polaroid Swinger.

Posted by: IrishEi ?! at May 24, 2026 02:59 PM (3ImbR)

8 ebay, and then use the money for steaks

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at May 24, 2026 03:00 PM (oyck1)

9 Thanks to Hour of the Wolf for the heads-up. Willow'd:

Who was the 'journalist' that Ace said should get a hot dog stand, because he looked like he'd be really great at slinging dogs? It was a whole article of its own, with riffs like how he could probably pay for his retirement by just parking outside Brian Stelter's studio.

Posted by: SciVo at May 24, 2026 03:00 PM (Sy6m/)

10 @ScottJenningsKY
·
38m
🚨After receiving a briefing from a Senior TRUMP Administration Official on the status of the Iran negotiations (someone in the know & not just speculating), I can tell you the following:

-USA IS NOT GIVING IRANIANS MONEY FOR NOTHING

AND NO CHICKS FOR FREE

Posted by: Don Black at May 24, 2026 03:02 PM (ZxPkt)

11 So, I guess there's no hope for my Polaroid Swinger.

Posted by: IrishEi ?! at May 24, 2026 02:59 PM (3ImbR)
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It was only a nickel less than the price in town.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 24, 2026 03:02 PM (8schn)

12 Actually, that's pretty cool. I'd like to have one. I wouldn't buy it, but if I had it I'd display it on a bookshelf. I have a few old cameras I keep on my bookshelf, sort of a Man Cave thing.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at May 24, 2026 03:03 PM (4BekB)

13 FWP:

my grocer no longer carries Family Size Keebler Sandies

all is lost...

Posted by: Don Black at May 24, 2026 03:03 PM (ZxPkt)

14 Antiques Roadshow? We'll see you and your wife there!

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at May 24, 2026 03:03 PM (NFX2v)

15 So, I guess there's no hope for my Polaroid Swinger.
Posted by: IrishEi ?!

Just search the net for "Polaroid Swinger film".
Plenty out there.

Turn off 'safe-search' for best results.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 24, 2026 03:03 PM (/lPRQ)

16 As said downstairs, my 1WP is I self inflicted wrecking my tailgate on mh truck. I shut it and that msde it worse as can't open it now.

Posted by: Skip at May 24, 2026 03:04 PM (Ia/+0)

17 CBD, I inherited 2 ancient cameras from an aunt

one like above, and the other a Box Brownie
I kept them for a while, then gave them away to a collector

Posted by: Don Black at May 24, 2026 03:05 PM (ZxPkt)

18 Way back in 80s, had a camera not unlike that thst instant pictures. Got film a couple times and played with it

Posted by: Skip at May 24, 2026 03:05 PM (Ia/+0)

19 I bought Mom and Dad a Polaroid 440 camera and kit as a present. This was at the Danang PX where there was any number of high quality Jap cameras available. Mom and Dad wanted one of those Polaroids. I should have bought a couple cases of film.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at May 24, 2026 03:06 PM (gm9Sb)

20 > that msde it worse as can't open it now.

Posted by: Skip
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try a bigger hammer

Posted by: Don Black at May 24, 2026 03:06 PM (ZxPkt)

21 -USA IS NOT GIVING IRANIANS MONEY FOR NOTHING

AND NO CHICKS FOR FREE
Posted by: Don Black at May 24, 2026 03:02 PM (ZxPkt)

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How are they going to move these refrigerators? How are they going to move these color TVs?

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at May 24, 2026 03:06 PM (n9eFH)

22 If you have someone who is a photographer or interested in photography, decorating with a few antique cameras on the wall is a cool idea!

Posted by: Piper at May 24, 2026 03:06 PM (Wmg4n)

23 USA IS NOT GIVING IRANIANS MONEY FOR NOTHING

AND NO CHICKS FOR FREE
Posted by: Don Black at May 24, 2026 03:02 PM (ZxPkt)

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How are they going to move these refrigerators? How are they going to move these color TVs?
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at May 24, 2026 03:06 PM (n9eFH)

They can join China's Belt and Road initiative.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 24, 2026 03:07 PM (qx7Zg)

24 I just bought a new dishwasher. Yay.

Posted by: Piper at May 24, 2026 03:08 PM (Wmg4n)

25 Isn't that the same miniature camera model OSS used to take photos of NAZI war plans?
——

Ha! Ironically from my reading of the wartime spook stuff, German (or Swiss maybe) miniatures were preferred or practical for that stuff. As might be envisioned, they were hard to get for allies. One thing they came up too, was the “Microdot”or miniature documents contained in the sentence at the end of a period in an otherwise ordinary letter or document.

While it was totally illegal nobody cared too much, and the FBI and other orgs opened a lot of mail. Disappearing ink, ciphers, all sorts of stuff.

One thing that put the US at a disadvantage, considerable intelligence could be gleaned by going to any decent sized library, and subscribing to major magazines. “Aviation Leak” it was termed.

Posted by: Common Tater at May 24, 2026 03:08 PM (sEgd8)

26 I just bought a new dishwasher. Yay.
Posted by: Piper at May 24, 2026 03:08 PM (Wmg4n)

Saijo isn't cutting it as a pre-washer?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 24, 2026 03:09 PM (qx7Zg)

27 Find a young(er) relative who is a camera nut and make it a gift?

Posted by: m at May 24, 2026 03:09 PM (6wpGE)

28 Skip, is the tailgate electric open or manual? There are you tube videos that show you how to get into the tailgate from the inside panel to use an emergency manual override of the electric button to open the gate. We had to do that once on a tailgate that malfunctioned and wouldn’t open with the button on the gate nor the key fob.

Posted by: Jen the original at May 24, 2026 03:10 PM (M4pvf)

29
my grocer no longer carries Family Size Keebler Sandies

all is lost...
Posted by: Don Black

Don't despair!

https://tinyurl.com/mryxmkff

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at May 24, 2026 03:10 PM (oyck1)

30 -USA IS NOT GIVING IRANIANS MONEY FOR NOTHING

AND NO CHICKS FOR FREE
Posted by: Don Black
-----

Coming up to 10:45 PM in Tehran, we'll see how negotiations are going in a little while.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 24, 2026 03:11 PM (pRWl6)

31 25 German cameras, binoculars, etc. were always prized for clarity in lenses. Fun fact. During the First World War, trade continued between Britain and Germany, German lenses for Brit rubber, until mid 1915.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at May 24, 2026 03:11 PM (gm9Sb)

32 My FWP is that I have a working scanner, so I can now hear the police reports about dogs locked in cars with all the windows up and engine off.

F'in Idiots!

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 24, 2026 03:12 PM (qx7Zg)

33 3 I was on a plane
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 24, 2026 02:57 PM (c6sRh)

I thought you were gonna say you were in the pool.

Posted by: m at May 24, 2026 03:12 PM (6wpGE)

34 26 I just bought a new dishwasher. Yay.
Posted by: Piper at May 24, 2026 03:08 PM (Wmg4n)

Saijo isn't cutting it as a pre-washer?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 24, 2026 03:09 PM

Ha! Saijo is actually really funny about food. I am not sure if it is because he spent the first 9 months of his life in a cage, but he won’t eat anything and everything. If you offer him something he doesn’t like, he will very gingerly take it from you, and then spit it out in a corner of the room. Almost like he doesn’t want to offend you.

Posted by: Piper at May 24, 2026 03:12 PM (Wmg4n)

35 What you’ll quickly find, good used tailgates are proportionally expensive. And the paint won’t even match.

Posted by: Common Tater at May 24, 2026 03:12 PM (sEgd8)

36 Manual opening, will try again when its not miserable outside.

Posted by: Skip at May 24, 2026 03:13 PM (Ia/+0)

37 33 3 I was on a plane
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 24, 2026 02:57 PM (c6sRh)

I thought you were gonna say you were in the pool.
Posted by: m at May 24, 2026 03:12 PM (6wpGE)

Not in this weather...

Posted by: Nova Local at May 24, 2026 03:13 PM (tOcjL)

38 37 33 3 I was on a plane
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 24, 2026 02:57 PM (c6sRh)

I thought you were gonna say you were in the pool.
Posted by: m at May 24, 2026 03:12 PM (6wpGE)

Not in this weather...
Posted by: Nova Local at May 24, 2026 03:13 PM (tOcjL)

NTTAWWT

Posted by: m at May 24, 2026 03:14 PM (6wpGE)

39 My grandfather was in the Army Air Service after WWI (he didn't finish flight school until after the armistice), and his assignment was to monitor Germany's compliance with the Treaty of Versailles, taking lots of photos to document what they were doing. I have the camera he used for that, and every camera he ever owned since. The best one is the Realist, a 3-D camera. They still make the film for that.

Posted by: Otis Criblecoblis at May 24, 2026 03:14 PM (+2GyC)

40 32 My FWP is that I have a working scanner, so I can now hear the police reports about dogs locked in cars with all the windows up and engine off.

F'in Idiots!
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 24, 2026 03:12 PM (qx7Zg)

What do those people get charged with, do you know?

Posted by: m at May 24, 2026 03:14 PM (6wpGE)

41 FWD!!

Not used to being up during the daytime. Must try to stay awake.....zzzzzzzzz

Actually I'm fine, just a bit groggy. I'm making lists of things to do and not forget before I travel across the mighty Appalachians to my former homestead in Pennsyltucky! Thinking of visiting the Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site and the Horseshoe Curve National Historic Site. Its on my route home, more or less.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at May 24, 2026 03:15 PM (sAmhv)

42 Deal is off! no deal !!
Lol
Our Dear Leader got an angry call from Bibi

And the GOP warhawks

He calls into ABC News in total panic

Posted by: Paul at May 24, 2026 03:16 PM (1xQU5)

43 There must be some artisanal hipster film manufacturer who can make some replacement film for you.

Then you can stage a 1977 party and have everyone dress period-appropriate for a photo shoot. A little weed, a little wine...

Nothing Bob Crane-y, mind you.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 24, 2026 03:16 PM (kpS4V)

44 My kid got a new Polaroid for Xmas. She loves it. She is fascinated by old tech.

Posted by: Accomack at May 24, 2026 03:16 PM (1ZN8d)

45 41:

FWP!!!!

Oops....

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at May 24, 2026 03:16 PM (sAmhv)

46 That is an, absolutely wonderful, display piece. I'd center it on a shelf surrounded by old family photos.

My 29 year old eyes suggest that is a 1947 or 48 Polaroid Land Camera Model 95. You're not going to use it again unless you hire someone to alter it's guts and make it more conduscent to modern film. That one has no replacement film options.

Were it me, I'd find a nice antique table that catches the eye on its own, center the camera in the middle and surround it with very old photos of relatives including its original owner.

Posted by: Orson at May 24, 2026 03:16 PM (dIske)

47 Polaroid Swinger trivia:

The Swinger's catchy commercial jingle was written by....

Barry Manilow!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 24, 2026 03:16 PM (8schn)

48 I've ordered cookies off Amazon before. They suffer in transit.

Posted by: Don Black at May 24, 2026 03:16 PM (ZxPkt)

49 but thnx for the tip

Posted by: Don Black at May 24, 2026 03:17 PM (ZxPkt)

50 40 32 A friend in Ohio bought a scanner at Radio Shack, and got lucky that it had the local cop cristals. Listening in, he heard the news about his idiot kid getting locked up.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at May 24, 2026 03:17 PM (gm9Sb)

51 Troll sighting.

Posted by: m at May 24, 2026 03:17 PM (6wpGE)

52 Been watching A Bridge Too Far, still 1/2 hour to go

Posted by: Skip at May 24, 2026 03:17 PM (Ia/+0)

53 That is a lovely camera. I am sure you will treat it well.

Posted by: EFG at May 24, 2026 03:18 PM (nGRqb)

54 I've ordered cookies off Amazon before. They suffer in transit.

Posted by: Don Black at May 24, 2026 03:16 PM (ZxPkt)
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Sounds like they need to be comforted after they arrive. Perhaps they have a chip on their shoulder.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 24, 2026 03:19 PM (8schn)

55 I still have - what? - 3 or 5 old Polaroid cameras WITH the proper cases. One has an electro-acoustic rangefinder. They are such neat cameras - and I enjoyed the hell out of 'em - I can't get rid of them. Yes, I still have an UNOPENED pack of film for one of them … but I don't want to open it 'cos I can't buy more now.

Posted by: Dr_No at May 24, 2026 03:19 PM (ayRl+)

56 My FWP is that I have a working scanner, so I can now hear the police reports about dogs locked in cars with all the windows up and engine off.

F'in Idiots!
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 24, 2026 03:12 PM (qx7Zg)

What do those people get charged with, do you know?
Posted by: m at May 24, 2026 03:14 PM (6wpGE)

I heard the initial report, but had to step away, so I didn't get to hear the result.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 24, 2026 03:20 PM (qx7Zg)

57 There is a collector hobby market for vintage cameras and film. I guess it keeps OK if sealed up well and refrigerated. Getting it developed might be a problem. Kodachrome was a specialized process.

Flashcubes. Remember those? I’m sure they sell well on eBay.

Posted by: Common Tater at May 24, 2026 03:20 PM (sEgd8)

58 54 I've ordered cookies off Amazon before. They suffer in transit.

Posted by: Don Black at May 24, 2026 03:16 PM (ZxPkt)
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Sounds like they need to be comforted after they arrive. Perhaps they have a chip on their shoulder.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 24, 2026 03:19 PM (8schn)

They could be sprinkled on icecream. The drear work of chopping them into sprinkle-sized pieces having already been done.

Posted by: m at May 24, 2026 03:22 PM (6wpGE)

59 My FWP is that I have a working scanner, so I can now hear the police reports about dogs locked in cars with all the windows up and engine off.

F'in Idiots!
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 24, 2026 03:12 PM (qx7Zg)

What do those people get charged with, do you know?
Posted by: m
===

Worked with a lady who locked her baby in the car.

She said as soon as the door closed, she realized the keys were still in it, looked in window, yup, keys in there. Started to mouth "oh, shit" as she turned around, saw a big enough rock, swooped it up, stepped to the back window, and SMASH. Not even ten seconds tops.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 24, 2026 03:22 PM (/lPRQ)

60 41 FWD!!
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at May 24, 2026 03:15 PM (sAmhv)

45 41: FWP!!!!
Oops....
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at May 24, 2026 03:16 PM (sAmhv)

FWD FWP!

Posted by: m at May 24, 2026 03:23 PM (6wpGE)

61 Kodak says if the 1924 British Everest expedition camera carried by George Mallory could be found, there should still be usable images upon development. Cold and dry up at 29000 feet.

Posted by: Common Tater at May 24, 2026 03:24 PM (sEgd8)

62 I'm in the midst of digitally archiving many family artifacts. Earlier this week I came across a 1968 Polaroid of my father and his siblings.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 24, 2026 03:24 PM (2Ez/1)

63 Old cameras look good as sculptures on a shelf if you have a number of them.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at May 24, 2026 03:26 PM (n5tGW)

64 Polaroid Swinger trivia:

The Swinger's catchy commercial jingle was written by....
Barry Manilow!
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey,

More trivia -

Before the Polaroid "Swinger" they were known as "people of the inverted pineapple".

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 24, 2026 03:26 PM (/lPRQ)

65 >Kodachrome was a specialized process.
+++

You could write a song about that.

Posted by: P. Simon at May 24, 2026 03:27 PM (2Ez/1)

66 65 >Kodachrome was a specialized process.
+++

You could write a song about that.
Posted by: P. Simon at May 24, 2026 03:27 PM (2Ez/1)

It gives you the nice, bright colors.

Posted by: m at May 24, 2026 03:28 PM (6wpGE)

67 Edward Land, inventor of the Polaroid, was a standup guy and played a large though largely unknown role in high altitude spy photography for the U-2 and subsequent space satellite imagery.

Posted by: Common Tater at May 24, 2026 03:28 PM (sEgd8)

68 A Smithsonian donation seems appropriate.

Posted by: Patrick at May 24, 2026 03:28 PM (9UngV)

69 >Edward Land, inventor of the Polaroid, was a standup guy and played a large though largely unknown role in high altitude spy photography for the U-2 and subsequent space satellite imagery.
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and taking naughty photos of the missus
snap snap grin grin

Posted by: Don Black at May 24, 2026 03:30 PM (ZxPkt)

70 Certainly could be interesting to search web for old film

Posted by: Skip at May 24, 2026 03:30 PM (Ia/+0)

71 Paul, you finish your homework or I'll take it away!

Posted by: Mama at May 24, 2026 03:30 PM (2Ez/1)

72 I just bought a new dishwasher. Yay.
Posted by: Piper at May 24, 2026 03:08 PM (Wmg4n)

I am pulling the motor out of my clothes washer today to see if that is the reason it stopped working.
Seriously, it is that, the clutch or the timer switches, since that is pretty much all that I have not removed and inspected, and none of the other options smell like fried electrical equipment.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 24, 2026 03:30 PM (rbvCR)

73 (sEgd

Posted by: Bugs Bunny at May 24, 2026 03:31 PM (as+Gn)

74 Nudge, nudge. Wink, wink. Say no more, say no more!

Posted by: Is she a goer? at May 24, 2026 03:32 PM (2Ez/1)

75 "Edward Land, inventor of the Polaroid, "

------

I think you mean Edwin Land.

Posted by: Wesley Crusher at May 24, 2026 03:32 PM (n9eFH)

76 >>>@13 FWP: my grocer no longer carries Family Size Keebler Sandies ... all is lost ...Posted by: Don Black
==================
Greetings, DB ... Cat Scratch Kitchen has a Youtube video named "The Best Copycat Keebler Sandies Recipe You Need to Try" ... Recipe ingredients and directions are included.

Posted by: Kathy at May 24, 2026 03:32 PM (zuKcR)

77 The Soviets took the first photos of the far side of the Moon. But they used American film - special thin film stuff confiscated from a downed plane

Posted by: Common Tater at May 24, 2026 03:33 PM (sEgd8)

78 It's gorgeous. Display it on a shelf.

Posted by: DinsdalePiranha at May 24, 2026 03:33 PM (yFfLy)

79 What a macaroon!

Posted by: Bugs Bunny at May 24, 2026 03:31 PM (as+Gn)
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I won't forget that!

Posted by: Pepperidge Farm at May 24, 2026 03:33 PM (8schn)

80
Every time I throw something like this away, I need it 3 years later -- or I see one on the internet for $10,000.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 24, 2026 03:34 PM (n7rxJ)

81 I have a 100+ year old Leica 35mm camera. Ridiculously complicated.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 24, 2026 03:34 PM (jehhT)

82 ! Fucking spell correct

Posted by: Common Tater at May 24, 2026 03:34 PM (sEgd8)

83 There may be a collector who will pay good Money, and give it a good home.

Posted by: Question Authority bumper sticker at May 24, 2026 03:34 PM (P+ul4)

84 Certainly could be interesting to search web for old film
Posted by: Skip at May 24, 2026 03:30 PM (Ia/+0)

It used to be possible to source old film types from Czechia and Serbia (probably Serbia, maybe Montenegro, I forget) since they had the old Agfa-type Soviet era producers.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 24, 2026 03:34 PM (rbvCR)

85 TY Kathy

Posted by: Don Black at May 24, 2026 03:34 PM (ZxPkt)

86 Certainly could be interesting to search web for old film
Posted by: Skip
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15 So, I guess there's no hope for my Polaroid Swinger.
Posted by: IrishEi ?!

Just search the net for "Polaroid Swinger film".
Plenty out there.

Turn off 'safe-search' for best results.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 24, 2026 03:35 PM (/lPRQ)

87 >>>Just search the net for "Polaroid Swinger film".
Plenty out there.
~~~~~

Last time I used it was at a Harlem Globetrotters game. If I hadn't written on the photos, you might have thought they were pictures from a family album of ants.

Posted by: IrishEi ?! at May 24, 2026 03:35 PM (3ImbR)

88 Who was the 'journalist' that Ace said should get a hot dog stand, because he looked like he'd be really great at slinging dogs? It was a whole article of its own, with riffs like how he could probably pay for his retirement by just parking outside Brian Stelter's studio.
Posted by: SciVo at May 24, 2026 03:00 PM (Sy6m/)

Oh I remember now, it was Chris Hayes. And with that, I was able to find it and discover that I misremembered: it wasn't Stelter funding his retirement, it was Ed Schultz covering the rent.

March 13, 2015

And Now a Polite and High-Minded Conversation With Chris Hayes In Which We Discuss The Important Matters of The Day As Well as His Future With MSNBC

https://ace.mu.nu/archives/355499.php

Posted by: SciVo at May 24, 2026 03:35 PM (Sy6m/)

89 76 >>>@13 FWP: my grocer no longer carries Family Size Keebler Sandies ... all is lost ...Posted by: Don Black
==================

If you happen to live near an Aldi:

https://tinyurl.com/ywtd4y6y

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 24, 2026 03:36 PM (2Ez/1)

90
I just bought a new dishwasher. Yay.
Posted by: Piper

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Yay indeed! What kind?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 24, 2026 03:36 PM (n7rxJ)

91 When I was a kid I thought that "Land camera" meant that it wasn't suitable for underwater use. I had no idea that the guy who invented it was named Land.

There are several outfits that've geared up to start manufacturing Polaroid films again, though I don't recall seeing any for cameras this old.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 24, 2026 03:38 PM (IG3/x)

92 Yay indeed! What kind?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 24, 2026 03:36 PM (n7rxJ)

Mine is a brunette.

Posted by: Reforger at May 24, 2026 03:38 PM (594J6)

93
As much as I know that I was a much better photographer with film and my Canon AE-1 and a span of five lenses from macro through "regular" to telephoto. when the time came to say, "Adios!" to them, I did so with only the slightest twinge of regret.

My photos that I liked best, because I had to work at them, were of people, particularly our scouts, engaged in their activities. Vistas, landscapes, and the like I conceded to others.

A camera on a smart phone is vood enough for me and mine at this stage. Have I surrendered something? Sure. But I have other areas where I wish to be creative, too.

So it goes.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 24, 2026 03:39 PM (s9VOe)

94 92 Yay indeed! What kind?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 24, 2026 03:36 PM (n7rxJ)

Mine is a brunette.
Posted by: Reforger at May 24, 2026 03:38 PM
____
The horde never disappoints.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 24, 2026 03:40 PM (2Ez/1)

95 Start searching for a collector that wants that camera (might take 3 years of on and off searching) and unload it to said collector for a pretty penny, otherwise it will be worthless.

For the purpose of memories, open that thing up, set it on a dark mat, and take multiple digital pictures of it from every angle, then your wife can look at those when she wants to.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 24, 2026 03:40 PM (O7YUW)

96 Yay indeed! What kind?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 24, 2026 03:36 PM (n7rxJ)

Mine is a brunette.
Posted by: Reforger

So is mine.

Wait a minute....

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at May 24, 2026 03:41 PM (as+Gn)

97 Henry Ford museum in Dearborn MI would be a great contact. They have an online contact form to submit for discussion on placing your item and their displays of this type of item are top notch.It would be preserved and cataloged with your wife’s grandfather’s name and will be seen by thousands of people rather than being stored away at your home.

Posted by: Jen the original at May 24, 2026 03:41 PM (M4pvf)

98 Edward Land, inventor of the Polaroid, was a standup guy and played a large though largely unknown role in high altitude spy photography for the U-2 and subsequent space satellite imagery.
Posted by: Common Tater at May 24, 2026 03:28 PM (sEgd

True.
There was a time when where Land worked was classified when connecting that location with film.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 24, 2026 03:42 PM (2WIwB)

99 FWP!!!

I just rebooted my gateway. The Internet just.....stopped. I was watching the Indy 500 and then it just stopped. A spinning circle letting me know something is amiss. So, with my decades worth of advanced technical experience, I rebooted the gateway. Hope that works.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at May 24, 2026 03:42 PM (0FDsh)

100
Chris Hayes, if I recall correctly, wrote of sobbing softly into the sleeve of his sweater. About what? Who the hell knows?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 24, 2026 03:42 PM (s9VOe)

101 I carried an AE-1 and all the accessories and lenses and accoutrements (including, a fucking Tripod) on a backpack trip through Grand Teton NP. This was in addition to all the other stuff ordinarily carried in a backpack in the 1980s

Posted by: Common Tater at May 24, 2026 03:42 PM (sEgd8)

102 Oh shit. Here she comes.

Posted by: Reforger at May 24, 2026 03:43 PM (594J6)

103 You can modify these to shoot 120 with 3d printed parts.
I have one of these in my collection but haven't modded it yet.
I still like to shoot film as a hobby, mostly because my Dad left me a decent Olympus with a full load of lenses. It helps that you can now pick up lenses and accesories for next to nothing.

Posted by: stv at May 24, 2026 03:43 PM (XMeSM)

104 My FWP:
Commercials that use a door bell that sounds exactly like mine.

Assholes.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 24, 2026 03:44 PM (2WIwB)

105
Henry Ford museum in Dearborn MI would be a great contact. They have an online contact form to submit for discussion on placing your item and their displays of this type of item are top notch.It would be preserved and cataloged with your wife’s grandfather’s name and will be seen by thousands of people rather than being stored away at your home.
Posted by: Jen the original

Well, at least until the local Moo Slims go all jihadist and sack and burn the place down the ground.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 24, 2026 03:45 PM (s9VOe)

106 You can make your own film, you know.

Posted by: fd at May 24, 2026 03:45 PM (vFG9F)

107 DanMa'am hung onto some film from a projector from the mid 50s to early 60s, family films made by her dad. Sent them of to those guys that do old films. Got three CDs worth of excellent color films ranging from her parents first house in Denver (under construction and finished), many days on the beach in La Jolla and a lot of her as a baby to about 5 years old with her little brother. And the cars of the era.

Very cool stuff.

Posted by: DanMan at May 24, 2026 03:46 PM (8uzBS)

108 I later sold the whole shootin’ match for $175, not too bad I thought. Telephoto, standard lens, etc. the flash device even still worked. There is still a market. I think it went to eastern europe or some russia adjacent place

Posted by: Common Tater at May 24, 2026 03:46 PM (sEgd8)

109 > Kodachrome was a specialized process.

Posted by: Common Tater at May 24, 2026 03:20 PM (sEgd

Yep. Processes C-41 and E-6 (color negative and Ektachrome color slides respectively) could be done at a local lab or even at home with a bit of care. Process K-14 (Kodachrome color slides) was...not easy to process. You had to have an actual analytic chemist on staff if you wanted to get good results.

Part of it was that Kodachrome was actually dyed during development, while the others had the dyes already in their specific layers of the film. However, this meant that you could use super-mondo-skookum dyes, making for unmatched image quality and image stability.

Ektachrome slides from the 70s mostly look like ass. Properly stored Kodachrome still looks grerat.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 24, 2026 03:46 PM (IG3/x)

110 I've been informed that the vacuum cleaner needs to get to work.

Posted by: Reforger at May 24, 2026 03:46 PM (594J6)

111
I am pulling the motor out of my clothes washer today to see if that is the reason it stopped working.
Seriously, it is that, the clutch or the timer switches, since that is pretty much all that I have not removed and inspected, and none of the other options smell like fried electrical equipment.
Posted by: Kindltot at May 24, 2026

We have already replaced the washing machine we bought when we built the house. It’s crazy, the part that was broken was more than a new machine.

I definitely upgraded the dishwasher from what the builders put in with this purchase, hopefully that makes a difference.

Posted by: Piper at May 24, 2026 03:46 PM (Wmg4n)

112 OT- Babylon Bee

Study finds link between checking the news and wishing Jesus to return:

https://tinyurl.com/2z9fnwmh

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 24, 2026 03:47 PM (looXz)

113 I'd like, as one of the Troublesome Texans on this blog, to observe that every FWP presented so far in this series is hylic in nature.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 24, 2026 03:48 PM (0sNs1)

114 Did you get an AI dishwasher that arranges the dishes for you?

Posted by: fd at May 24, 2026 03:48 PM (vFG9F)

115 I still have a Nikon F2 35mm SLR which I got in 1977. Haven't thought about finding film, but can't get rid of it either.

Posted by: RS at May 24, 2026 03:48 PM (GYx3d)

116 78 It's gorgeous. Display it on a shelf.
Posted by: DinsdalePiranha at May 24, 2026 03:33 PM (yFfLy)

That would require dusting?!!!???

Posted by: m at May 24, 2026 03:48 PM (6wpGE)

117 Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 24, 2026 03:42 PM (s9VOe)

According to Brave AI, Hayes "tweeted the phrase 'Looking out the window and quietly crying into my sweater' in April 2007."

"The search context does not specify the exact personal reason for his distress at that time, noting only that he was working as a writing fellow at the Nation Institute and a contributing writer at The Nation magazine."

Musical interlude:

The Neighbourhood - Sweater Weather (Official Video)
https://youtu.be/GCdwKhTtNNw

Posted by: SciVo at May 24, 2026 03:49 PM (Sy6m/)

118 I've been informed that the vacuum cleaner needs to get to work.
Posted by: Reforger at May 24, 2026 03:46 PM

Doing the sucking that failed Presidential candidates won't do?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 24, 2026 03:49 PM (0sNs1)

119 Almost surely already covered, but I thought Fuji continues to make film. Possibly other manufacturers.

Posted by: rhomboid at May 24, 2026 03:49 PM (U/Byj)

120 90
I just bought a new dishwasher. Yay.
Posted by: Piper

=============

Yay indeed! What kind?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 24, 2026 03:36 PM (n7rxJ)

Bosch 800, black stainless.

Posted by: Piper at May 24, 2026 03:50 PM (Wmg4n)

121 I bought one of the early digital cameras; a Sony Mavica. It took a 3.5 inch floppy disk. 1998.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 24, 2026 03:50 PM (jehhT)

122 I love stuff like that camera. It's even cooler if it works.

I love the little hinges and springs and buttons and all the nickel-plated hardware. Cute!

Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at May 24, 2026 03:51 PM (FMtrg)

123 121 I bought one of the early digital cameras; a Sony Mavica. It took a 3.5 inch floppy disk. 1998.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 24, 2026 03:50 PM (jehhT)

A floppy disk? That's one of those 3-D prints of a Save icon, right?

Posted by: Kids these days at May 24, 2026 03:52 PM (n9eFH)

124
One can tell gobsmacking whoppers when viewing old and faded Polaroid photos with one's grandchildren.

"Oh, that was a day when the Sun was especially bright and its light overexposed photos often. All the swells wore sunglasses all the time."

"Now, that was a day with really heavy fog. Moms used to admonish us, 'Don't go outside without your galoshes, Dougie -- you know how slippery things get in this fog!"'

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 24, 2026 03:53 PM (s9VOe)

125 It's gorgeous. Display it on a shelf.
Posted by: DinsdalePiranha at May 24, 2026 03:33 PM (yFfLy)

That would require dusting?!!!???
Posted by: m at May 24, 2026 03:48 PM (6wpGE)

Don't block access to the whiskey!

Posted by: Diogenes at May 24, 2026 03:53 PM (2WIwB)

126 After the Butlerian Jihad, digital cameras are outlawed and this camera will be cutting edge again.

Posted by: Goatweed at May 24, 2026 03:53 PM (jK3NL)

127 Was freezing while it was drizzling. Now boiling. Backwoods Indiana, I love you.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 24, 2026 03:53 PM (IifvS)

128 "black stainless"

+++
Guess that rules me out.

Posted by: Old Lady Emhoff at May 24, 2026 03:54 PM (2Ez/1)

129 Indy 500 going to go to a shoot out.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at May 24, 2026 03:56 PM (n5tGW)

130 Was going to fix my Krups coffee grinder (estimated age, 25 years+). Opened it up, only problem, as I thought, was some of the coating on the power wire had cracked, leading to a semi-break in the wire. Seems fairly easy to re-wire it using existing cord. Then I thought - well the cord is all old, it will likely crack again (just inside the housing, not where you can touch it).

So getting out the large pry bar to open up my wallet and spend the $25 for a new one. Utter defeat.

Hoping the krauts' QC on small appliances remains near perfect.

Posted by: rhomboid at May 24, 2026 03:56 PM (U/Byj)

131 >>>>every FWP presented so far in this series is hylic in nature.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 24, 2026 03:48 PM (0sNs1)
*****
And YES! I had to look that up.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at May 24, 2026 03:56 PM (4BekB)

132
Our daughter took my Canon AE-1 and accessories off my hands. She has arteest friends who will put them to good use, and for that I an glad.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 24, 2026 03:57 PM (s9VOe)

133 113 I'd like, as one of the Troublesome Texans on this blog, to observe that every FWP presented so far in this series is hylic in nature.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 24, 2026 03:48 PM (0sNs1)

wut

hylic
adjective rare
relating to matter; material.

Posted by: m at May 24, 2026 03:58 PM (6wpGE)

134 > 'Don't go outside without your galoshes, Dougie -- you know how slippery things get in this fog!"'
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 24, 2026 03:53 PM (s9VOe)

Come out of the garden, baby
You'll catch your death in the fog
Young girl...they call them the diamond dogs

Posted by: David Bowie at May 24, 2026 03:58 PM (IG3/x)

135 Guess I could buy new power cord with a plug and just attach the contacts, so another 25 years before that problem recurs.

So, humiliation, not just defeat. Easier to click the online store icon then fix it.

Posted by: rhomboid at May 24, 2026 03:59 PM (U/Byj)

136 How's this for an FWP and a land camera?!

https://tinyurl.com/2nk3xrjn

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 24, 2026 03:59 PM (8schn)

137 I carried an AE-1 and all the accessories and lenses and accoutrements (including, a fucking Tripod) on a backpack trip through Grand Teton NP. This was in addition to all the other stuff ordinarily carried in a backpack in the 1980s
Posted by: Common Tater
------
My backpacking days in the 70-80s were documented with a Rollie 35 and Kodachrome slides. I have some of the family there. We took the easy route - take the ski lift up, then walk down. 3 days.
That's another "one of these days". Scanning two shoe boxes of slides.

Posted by: buddhaha at May 24, 2026 04:00 PM (mSL0+)

138 The kids/grandkids came over earlier for our cookout. It's been pouring rain for a week and, of course it poured today.

I grilled in the garage. My truck smells wonderful.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 24, 2026 04:00 PM (jehhT)

139 I think this week I'm going to finally install the stove top I found on a jobsite 18 years ago. Upgrades to stuff that had already been installed. So new but roughly removed once.
The one in my trailer is really showing it's age.

Vacuuming is done though.

Posted by: Reforger at May 24, 2026 04:01 PM (594J6)

140 Wouldn't want to call you late for supper
FOOD NOOD

Posted by: Skip at May 24, 2026 04:02 PM (Ia/+0)

141 It goes in a curio cabinet. Out of space in your curio cabinet? You buy another curio cabinet. At least this is the "solution" I've found for this sort of problem. For various definitions of the word "solution".

Basically, you're making a museum of you. Once you have enough curio cabinets you get tour guides, a concession stand, and headphones with oral history by voice actors to hand visitors, that sort of thing.

I'm hoping to one day be able to have an amusement park section with a jungle themed logjam ride for weary visitors that need to cool off.

Posted by: banana Dream at May 24, 2026 04:03 PM (3uBP9)

142 Top pic looks very similar to the Kodak Brownie that I took on my first class trip. Went to the Crystal Caverns in PA. On the bus ride out, we passed the Union water sphere just off the Garden State Parkway. At the time it was billed as the world's largest water sphere, so by way of testing the camera and my Ansel Adams chops, I snapped a pic from the back of the bus. Saved the rest of the film for the amazing sights from the caverns.

Got the film back from the developer, and the water sphere shot was the only one that printed. Perfectly framed, and world's tallest at the time though, so I got that going for me...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at May 24, 2026 04:03 PM (nbLIj)

143 For folks with old film cameras (raises my hand), film is still made for 35mm, 120 rolls for twin lens reflex, and 4x5 inch sheet film for old press cameras. The prices make me gasp when I think about what I paid thirty years ago but it is available. If I got back into film photography again I would revive my darkroom gear as well. Most film developing and printing is simple and procedural, not rocket science. I've seen some photos my grandfather took of my aunt in a high chair during WW I. He developed the film in their bath tub and printed with daylight exposure.

Posted by: JTB at May 24, 2026 04:04 PM (yTvNw)

144 142 Went to the Crystal Caverns in PA. On the bus ride out, we passed the Union water sphere just off the Garden State Parkway. At the time it was billed as the world's largest water sphere, so by way of testing the camera and my Ansel Adams chops, I snapped a pic from the back of the bus.
Posted by: Joe Kidd at May 24, 2026 04:03 PM (nbLIj)

Cool. I had to look up "water sphere," and then "Union water sphere." I think I would've called that a "water tower"; I guess it's one type of water tower?

Posted by: m at May 24, 2026 04:09 PM (6wpGE)

145 81 I have a 100+ year old Leica 35mm camera. Ridiculously complicated.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 24, 2026 03:34 PM (jehhT)

heh

Posted by: m at May 24, 2026 04:10 PM (6wpGE)

146 Cool. I had to look up "water sphere," and then "Union water sphere." I think I would've called that a "water tower"; I guess it's one type of water tower?
Posted by: m at May 24, 2026 04:09 PM (6wpGE)

Union, NJ was home to several of the best 24 hour diners in the world, but the town fathers chose to promote the water "sphere". Tells you everything you need to know about Union, NJ...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at May 24, 2026 04:13 PM (nbLIj)

147 What a finish.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 24, 2026 04:15 PM (viF8m)

148
I grilled in the garage. My truck smells wonderful.
Posted by: Martini Farmer

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 24, 2026 04:22 PM (pRWl6)

149 146 Cool. I had to look up "water sphere," and then "Union water sphere." I think I would've called that a "water tower"; I guess it's one type of water tower?
Posted by: m at May 24, 2026 04:09 PM (6wpGE)

Union, NJ was home to several of the best 24 hour diners in the world, but the town fathers chose to promote the water "sphere". Tells you everything you need to know about Union, NJ...
Posted by: Joe Kidd at May 24, 2026 04:13 PM (nbLIj)

; )

Posted by: m at May 24, 2026 04:27 PM (6wpGE)

150 Really fun race, glad they didn't finish under yellow.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at May 24, 2026 04:27 PM (n5tGW)

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