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RE: (erielack) May calendar photo

   The sun NEVER shines in Binghamton............. I KNOW!!!
When I first worked there in the early 60s, I used to think what a 
difference it made in the 60 miles between Scranton & Binghamton. Later when 
I had a small house in Conklin just about a mile south of the DL&W yard, I 
found that you had to be careful about putting in a garden. The elderly 
farmer who lived just down the hill form me told me there'd 'always be a 
frost on memorial day & that labor day would  see one too. What I finally 
resorted to was starting tomato plants & others on windowsills then setting 
them out on June1st. I had a great garden, but u had to be careful.
   After I started school at SUNY Binghamton I took a couple semesters of 
Geology and the instructor remarked on the area being a 'boundary zone' with 
side effects from the confluence of the chenango & Susquehanna rivers that 
resulted in less than 50 or 60 days of full sunshine and major differences 
just a few miles south in Pennsylvania - other days had precipitation as 
rain or snow.  My house didn't have a garage (much desired up there) and 
some mornings my F-150 simply wouldn't start - even with a new battery & 
clean light oil. I would therefore start coffee perking and go out with a 20 
minute fusee and put it under the oil pan. After a cup of coffee, i could go 
out & start the truck. I worked with a German guy at Amtrak who told me that 
in Russia in 1944, they had to build fires under the trucks BUT if set the 
truck on fire, "YOU VOULD BE SHOT!!"

Regards,

Walt Smith


>From: "Paul Brezicki" <doctorpb_@_bellsouth.net>
>Reply-To: "EL Mail List" <erielack_@_lists.elhts.org>
>To: "EL Mailing List" <erielack_@_lists.elhts.org>,        "Schuyler 
>Larrabee" <schuyler.larrabee_@_verizon.net>
>Subject: RE: (erielack) May calendar photo
>Date: Thu, 3 May 2007 06:07:50 -0400
>
>Hmmm, I've heard the sun almost never shines in Binghamton  ;-)  Sunny 
>mid-day photography is always dicey, and not just bacause of the heat. The 
>glare you refer to is UVL which bleaches color and tends to cause blah 
>photos. Also bright overhead sun creates harsh shadows. The best times for 
>outdoor photography are early or late, when the sun's lower angle gives 
>more atmosphere to filter out the UVL. Colors are richer, and the 
>photographer is more comfortable!
>
>Paul B
>
>From: "Schuyler Larrabee" <schuyler.larrabee_@_verizon.net>
>Subject: RE: (erielack) May calendar photo
>
>
>I was finally in the office long enough and with enough time today to turn 
>the page to show this
>picture.  Oddly, to me, it is evocative, but not necessarily in a positive 
>way.  As a Binghamton
>native, I well recall those HOT, humid days where the sun is high, like in 
>this photo, and there's
>no breeze, and the glare is a killer.
>
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