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Well that's interesting...because it just so happens that another thread title of mine: "Engine Out Equals Floppy Tranny?" got a huge amount of likes as "the best thread title ever!" on the Pelican Parts Porsche Technical forum.
Oh...and to translate: When I'd lowered the engine out of my Porsche 944 so that I could rebuild it, the transmission (located in the rear of the car) suddenly felt quite loose and "floppy," which is actually normal, but which at the time I'd found extremely unsettling...and so in a state of panic I'd posted the first thing that came to mind as a plea for help...much as the case here with my peed-on negatives!
Postscript: I'm happy to report that all of the peed-on negatives have now been cleaned up and inserted into fresh sleeves...and that they all look fine! (edit: whew!)
What happened to the mouse?
Keith Pitman
I hope you've learned your lesson and started using a trackpad and ditched the mouse.
Traps have been in place for two nights...but no mouse!
Thing is...I'd been away from my darkroom for over a week - and it was during this time that the mouse came along and wreaked havoc with its pee - but only on two areas on my lab (enlarger) bench...a pile of negative sleeves and the inside of a drawer just under this where I store enlarger lenses (which are all untouched).
Before this event I'd never seen any mouse-related evidence on, inside, or around the lab bench (although I did have a pile of mouse babies drop into my darkroom sink from an opening in the ceiling awhile ago!). But the thing about mice is that if a cozy dark room remains unused for even a few days - they tend to show up. So my bad for not placing the negative sleeves back into their "mouse proof" storage boxes up on their shelves in an adjoining room.
In the meantime (being reminded of Drew's post)...its been awhile since we've been in the company of cats - so maybe its time!
Next time develop them in Rodentnol.
Silver Photographers Never Die, They're Just Getting Fixed
My Stuff: https://www.tundraware.com/Photography
Reference Material: https://photoarchive.tundraware.com/
Silver Photographers Never Die, They're Just Getting Fixed
My Stuff: https://www.tundraware.com/Photography
Reference Material: https://photoarchive.tundraware.com/
It might have been even more intriguing without that exclamation mark! Don't be peed off because of what the mice pee on: establish a cooperative working relationship with them. Ever persuade one to model for you? Even my farm cats admired this model so much after it's brief on-camera appearance that they invited it to lunch. (Speed Graphic with open shutter, flash triggered by contacts on mouse trap)
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