Comments on: Delhi Pictures http://chilco.textdrive.com/~dmahugh/2007/02/04/delhi-pictures/ Wed, 03 Dec 2008 03:39:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Doug’s World » What Resolution is best? http://chilco.textdrive.com/~dmahugh/2007/02/04/delhi-pictures/#comment-17673 Doug’s World » What Resolution is best? Sun, 11 Mar 2007 07:04:14 +0000 http://chilco.textdrive.com/~dmahugh/2007/02/04/delhi-pictures/#comment-17673 [...] What resolution is best for images on blogs? Everyone has an opinion, and mine is that 1024×768 is ideal. That’s the resolution I use whenever I put up a series of pictures, or for the full-detail versions of thumbnails. [...] […] What resolution is best for images on blogs? Everyone has an opinion, and mine is that 1024×768 is ideal. That’s the resolution I use whenever I put up a series of pictures, or for the full-detail versions of thumbnails. […]

]]> By: Doug http://chilco.textdrive.com/~dmahugh/2007/02/04/delhi-pictures/#comment-14817 Doug Thu, 08 Feb 2007 17:45:18 +0000 http://chilco.textdrive.com/~dmahugh/2007/02/04/delhi-pictures/#comment-14817 Hi Thomas, good to hear from you. I just got around to clearing the moderation queue -- 200 comments, all spam except the one from you. :-) Hi Thomas, good to hear from you. I just got around to clearing the moderation queue — 200 comments, all spam except the one from you. :-)

]]> By: Thomas Schmidt http://chilco.textdrive.com/~dmahugh/2007/02/04/delhi-pictures/#comment-14688 Thomas Schmidt Tue, 06 Feb 2007 18:25:27 +0000 http://chilco.textdrive.com/~dmahugh/2007/02/04/delhi-pictures/#comment-14688 Hey Doug, that was the most amusing story I read since a friend's email from vietnam when he described traffic and travelling some years ago... And great photos again - some of them remind me of your Eiffel tower shots. Thomas Hey Doug,
that was the most amusing story I read since a friend’s email from vietnam when he described traffic and travelling some years ago…
And great photos again - some of them remind me of your Eiffel tower shots.
Thomas

]]> By: Megan http://chilco.textdrive.com/~dmahugh/2007/02/04/delhi-pictures/#comment-14611 Megan Mon, 05 Feb 2007 20:10:01 +0000 http://chilco.textdrive.com/~dmahugh/2007/02/04/delhi-pictures/#comment-14611 Well, Doug, I didn't say I wanted *you* to pick out a carpet. I think you were wise not to attempt it. Well, Doug, I didn’t say I wanted *you* to pick out a carpet. I think you were wise not to attempt it.

]]> By: Mom http://chilco.textdrive.com/~dmahugh/2007/02/04/delhi-pictures/#comment-14570 Mom Mon, 05 Feb 2007 04:10:29 +0000 http://chilco.textdrive.com/~dmahugh/2007/02/04/delhi-pictures/#comment-14570 I have been in carpet factories in Morroco and in Cairo this fall, and they do all seem about the same sales pitch --no matter what the country. My sales resistance has improved. My trip in 1993 is when I really got carried away. But I still have good memories of the experience --even though in hindsight I made foolish decisions--my grandkids have spilled all kinds of things on them, but they are still holding up. I have been in carpet factories in Morroco and in Cairo this fall, and they do all seem about the same sales pitch –no matter what the country. My sales resistance has improved. My trip in 1993 is when I really got carried away. But I still have good memories of the experience –even though in hindsight I made foolish decisions–my grandkids have spilled all kinds of things on them, but they are still holding up.

]]> By: Doug http://chilco.textdrive.com/~dmahugh/2007/02/04/delhi-pictures/#comment-14555 Doug Mon, 05 Feb 2007 00:11:53 +0000 http://chilco.textdrive.com/~dmahugh/2007/02/04/delhi-pictures/#comment-14555 Megan, I had no idea you wanted a carpet. An opportunity squandered. And I think that could work great as you suggested, although we should probably buy the carpet at the end of the day, to keep our driver cheerful in anticipation. Rikshaws are great for photos, that's the thing. You have no glass windows to deal with, you can poke your camera out either side, and it's quick and easy to jump in and out. Actually, Mom and I had one good rikshaw driver in Agra named Amin. He brought us to a marble shop, and Mom asked what was in it for him, and he said without hesitation "two percent, Ma'am." We liked his honesty so much we bought some stuff. But the general rule is, they never admit there's anything in it for them and are offended if you suggest that -- they're just trying to help. Megan, I had no idea you wanted a carpet. An opportunity squandered. And I think that could work great as you suggested, although we should probably buy the carpet at the end of the day, to keep our driver cheerful in anticipation.

Rikshaws are great for photos, that’s the thing. You have no glass windows to deal with, you can poke your camera out either side, and it’s quick and easy to jump in and out.

Actually, Mom and I had one good rikshaw driver in Agra named Amin. He brought us to a marble shop, and Mom asked what was in it for him, and he said without hesitation “two percent, Ma’am.” We liked his honesty so much we bought some stuff.

But the general rule is, they never admit there’s anything in it for them and are offended if you suggest that — they’re just trying to help.

]]> By: Ceorge Siede http://chilco.textdrive.com/~dmahugh/2007/02/04/delhi-pictures/#comment-14546 Ceorge Siede Sun, 04 Feb 2007 20:13:50 +0000 http://chilco.textdrive.com/~dmahugh/2007/02/04/delhi-pictures/#comment-14546 Yo Doog, Nice dog shot! Tell Megan that one of those carpets is about the most puke resistant flooring of all. With all those patterns you never notice a little stain. Xorge Yo Doog, Nice dog shot!

Tell Megan that one of those carpets is about the most puke resistant flooring of all. With all those patterns you never notice a little stain.

Xorge

]]> By: Megan http://chilco.textdrive.com/~dmahugh/2007/02/04/delhi-pictures/#comment-14540 Megan Sun, 04 Feb 2007 18:40:54 +0000 http://chilco.textdrive.com/~dmahugh/2007/02/04/delhi-pictures/#comment-14540 Okay, Doug, when you and I go to India maybe we can make a deal with a rikshaw driver: We will buy a carpet, one, but then he has to just drive us around to take pictures all day. Could it work? Impossible? Probably. I wouldn't really mind getting a carpet sometime, though. Fishbauch just puked on the windowsill. Better go clean that up. I guess we'd need a puke-resistant carpet, huh? Do they make those? Ask next time. Okay, Doug, when you and I go to India maybe we can make a deal with a rikshaw driver: We will buy a carpet, one, but then he has to just drive us around to take pictures all day. Could it work? Impossible? Probably. I wouldn’t really mind getting a carpet sometime, though.

Fishbauch just puked on the windowsill. Better go clean that up.

I guess we’d need a puke-resistant carpet, huh? Do they make those? Ask next time.

]]> By: Tom http://chilco.textdrive.com/~dmahugh/2007/02/04/delhi-pictures/#comment-14535 Tom Sun, 04 Feb 2007 16:51:46 +0000 http://chilco.textdrive.com/~dmahugh/2007/02/04/delhi-pictures/#comment-14535 Hey, Doug, could you grab me a rug or two next time you're there? I kid, I kid. Great pictures, as usual -- and I think you've maintained your record of at least one dog picture per major trip. Very interesting about the perception of the U.S. and Saddam Hussein, too. I wonder if his politics would have reversed if you had been from Iraq. Hey, Doug, could you grab me a rug or two next time you’re there?

I kid, I kid. Great pictures, as usual — and I think you’ve maintained your record of at least one dog picture per major trip.

Very interesting about the perception of the U.S. and Saddam Hussein, too. I wonder if his politics would have reversed if you had been from Iraq.

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