Red Ring Tupperware Party, Clown Hunting (21)

[Chet]

I always appreciated GM cars where you adjusted the points/dwell with an Allen wrench through a little window on the side of the distributor cap.

I hated dwell! Points I could handle.

[gjl711]

I always appreciated GM cars where you adjusted the points/dwell with an Allen wrench through a little window on the side of the distributor cap.O do remember that. :)

[Jon]

If the Dog Kisses thing is anything like the old joke about "Your turn to use camel," then I don't want to know.

The history buff in me finds those old WWII images fascinating. The photographer in me wants to know how they achieved those exposures on ASA 25 film, indoors, without the subjects spontaneously combusting due to the 50K watts worth of light surrounding them! :shock:25? That didn't come along until Kodachrome II. ISTR 6, but anyhow 10 tops.

The wife is a breast cancer survivor....5 years now. First thing they did was to make a very, very generous contribution to the American Cancer Society. They are willing to spend every remaining cent on the dog. The vet told them it wasn't a matter of money. The cancer had simply spread too far....the dog had been in for his usual visit in January and they didn't find anything then. Safe to say they were crushed.
Bad news vastly outweighs the good, then . . . My sympathy; we've lost a few pups over the years.

[FlyingPhotog]

Good point on film speeds Jon...

They probably had 20K lights then!

[Jill-of-all-Trades]

Just put a cap, rotor and new plug wires on my car. Yup, I couldn't believe I still had one of those cap and rotor things either.

Always a good maintenance item!

It's been a long time since I worked on a car with a distributor.

It's been a long time for me..... Oh, wait, no it hasn't.

It has been a long time since I've owned a car with a distributor!!!

Yeah, me t... Never mind... I still own one with a distributor...

[gjl711]

Yeah, me t... Never mind... I still own one with a distributor...
Actually i think I do as well. My son's car is a 97 T-bird. I'm not sure but I'm guessing it still has a distributor as well.

[L.J.G.]

I hated dwell! Points I could handle.

Doing it electronically by dwell was always better than trying to do it with a feeler gauge! I loved it when electronics came out, it made the job easier. Now instead of things like feeler gauges and tools we have a laptop to plug in and if you have the program (like HpTuner etc) you tune via the keyboard.

[gjl711]

It's a never tune car. He picked it up for $400 5 years ago as a beater. He's in the service now so passed it to my youngest. It's never had an oil change. In fact, the only thing we've done to it is put in a new rear brake line. We are waiting for it to die. It did spring a hose leak about 3 years ago. We just pumped it full of radiator stop leak and it hasn't leaked since. My son does top it off with oil from time to time though but that's about it. It just keeps on going and going.

[Jill-of-all-Trades]

It's amazing how some abused vehicles just don't die. And yet some barely make it through a well cared for life.

[L.J.G.]

And yet some barely make it through a well cared for life.

The letters F-O-R-D came instantly to mind when you said that Melody.

[Jill-of-all-Trades]

But then you get one that has seen nothing but neglect, but yet still purrs.

[gjl711]

It's amazing how some abused vehicles just don't die. And yet some barely make it through a well cared for life.When I worked 5 miles from home my philosophy was to pick up a beater for no more than $250 and drive it until it dies. Then sell it to a junk yard. I'd usually get anywhere from 8 months to 2 years out of the car and maybe $150 from the junk man.

Car payments = $10 a month.
Insurance = liability only so dirt cheap.

I had a bunch of cars like that. I can't remember them all but some notable ones were.
Plymouth Duster with a 198 slant 6. That car just kept going and going. I finally sold it because I got tired of it. It wouldn't die.
Dodge Monoco - another great will not die car. Very roomy.
1979 Grand Prix. I wish I would have kept this one. What a beast. I never had it timed, but this thing was crazy fast.
Datsun B210 - The only way to accelerate in this car was to get it going down hill with a strong tail wind. Looked nice, but was 3 squirrels short in the engine department.
Toyota Corolla - Biggest turd I ever drove. Turned me off to Japanese cars forever.
1967 Caddi. - Another one I wish I would have kept. Other than the horrendous gas mileage, this car drove like a dream.
196? Goat - Another scary fast car. This and the Grand Prix could actually sit there and spin up the rear tires till they were smokin'.
Plymouth Valiant - The only cool thing about this car was the push button tranny. How high tech.

I can't really remember many of the others. I think there was a Chrysler in there but I can't remember which model. Also had a really old Mercedes diesel but only had it for a week. It was an early 60's car that I picked up for almost nothing. Guy offered me $1000 for it so I sold it right there. It was way to slow anyway. Comfy but slow.

[Chet]

We had a Ford Granada with cragers, monster mags with air shocks and capped off rear brakes for bleach burnouts. You could put the thing in reverse while going 50mph and it would go in to reverse. We couldn't kill that car, and let me tell ya we tried. So we sold it well beat for more than we paid for it. Six months later we bought one for $50 just to kill, and once again we were disappointed that it took the abuse.

[Belmondo]

Doing it electronically by dwell was always better than trying to do it with a feeler gauge! I loved it when electronics came out, it made the job easier. Now instead of things like feeler gauges and tools we have a laptop to plug in and if you have the program (like HpTuner etc) you tune via the keyboard.

The beauty of the GM cars was you could put a dwell meter on it, and adjust the points with the engine idling. It only took a few seconds. Any other car you had to shut off, remove the distributor catp, tweak the adjustment on the points, put the cap back on, start it, read the meter, repeat if necessary.

[FlyingPhotog]

The Few .. The Proud
http://crosswindimages.com/img/s3/v23/p319323203.jpg

[Woolburr]

Just read an interesting article. Seems that Verizon's iPad3 customers with 4G LTE are burning up their monthly bandwidth allotments in less than a day. Two Netflix HD movies will put them over their monthly allotment. Yikes.

[L.J.G.]

The beauty of the GM cars was you could put a dwell meter on it, and adjust the points with the engine idling. It only took a few seconds. Any other car you had to shut off, remove the distributor catp, tweak the adjustment on the points, put the cap back on, start it, read the meter, repeat if necessary.

Yep, we did not have too many of those engines over here though, the 307, 327 and 350 were really the only real notables. We had the Holden 308, but it just was not in the same class of power, 175hp at the rear wheels was about average for a stocker. Now we have the LS engines, horsepower straight from the factory that is more than the bombed up ones we had and spent a small fortune on. Even my new 4 cylinder diesel has 163hp and 265 ft/lb of torque and it returns over 40 miles to the gallon!

[Greg_C]

ARRRRRRH, had a CF card fail tonight at an event I was shooting at. Just as I was taking the last shots I needed. Camera & PC both report no images on the card.

Lucky I managed to cycle everybody through very quickly to get some shots on the SD card.

Know any good recovery software? PC shows the folder empty on the card as if it's just been formatted - but I didn't didn't do that. It just gave a Err 02.

[FlyingPhotog]

I've never looked to see if it's available on their website, but Sandisk does package recovery software with at least some of their cards (or at least I think they did.)

Sorry your 1s and 0s aren't behaving Greg.

[Greg_C]

Thanks Jay, running a demo of CardRecovery on it now and it's finding heaps of .cr2's but it's not showing their date at the moment. I remember seeing that Sandisk one now, time to look for it also, it's a Sandisk Extreme Pro 16G card, just over 12mths old.

Talk about major panic attack at the time it happened!!!

I'm at least happy with what I got on the SD card now I've looked at them, bonus if I can get the CF images back. Won't know if I'll trust that CF card again even after a PC format, which a quick bit of reading says is the best way to start again after something like this. I've ALWAYS formmated in the camera just before I start using the card on each shoot.

[FlyingPhotog]

Same here...

"They" say there are two types of cards:
- Those that have failed
- Those that will fail

:confused:

[Greg_C]

Crisis averted, images recovered. I feel much better now.

Card marked as suspect. I'll low level format it in the PC tomorrow after the night's PC backup.

[Timphoto]

Glad you were able to recover your files Greg.

[Greg_C]

Glad you were able to recover your files Greg.
Yeah thanks, the night got a little better, just watch my football team come from 12:0 down to win 12:20. Only prob was a star player was carried to hospital with a compound fracture of the lower leg, out for the season I guess.

[gjl711]

ARRRRRRH, had a CF card fail tonight at an event I was shooting at. Just as I was taking the last shots I needed. Camera & PC both report no images on the card.

Lucky I managed to cycle everybody through very quickly to get some shots on the SD card.

Know any good recovery software? PC shows the folder empty on the card as if it's just been formatted - but I didn't didn't do that. It just gave a Err 02.
I received a copy of San Disk Pro with a card I bought a few years ago. Since then they have gone to a subscription service renewable every year, but the package i used worked very well. It was able to recover all the images off the card after I formatted it.

http://www.sandisk.com/products/software-and-services/data-recovery

[Greg_C]

I received a copy of San Disk Pro with a card I bought a few years ago. Since then they have gone to a subscription service renewable every year, but the package i used worked very well. It was able to recover all the images off the card after I formatted it.

http://www.sandisk.com/products/software-and-services/data-recovery
I ended up springing for CardRecovery. It did the job and was a lot more light weight and cheaper than Recovery Pro. ie CardRecovery was 800kB compare to 25MB.

I don't like this subscription model for software, I try to avoid it where possible.

[Greg_C]

Off to bed, good night.

[gjl711]

I'm not a fan of the subscription model as well. The version I have is just a small program, no subscription.

[Harm]

oi oi

[gjl711]

oink oinkEdited for correctness. ;):)

[gjl711]

I'm in the mood for pork chops. Took some out of the freezer this morning. Gonna grill them up Korean style tonight. :)

[Harm]

so with some cat and kimchee?

[gjl711]

Oink/meow/and PU. What a dinner.

Hmm.. actually, I haven't had a good bowel cleaning in a while. Maybe I should stop by the Asian market and pick up some hot and spicy kimchee. :) *flame on*

[Harm]

we don't need to know about your bowels: :D

[vipergts831]

Good morning tuppers :D

[gjl711]

It's a flaming hot kimchee morning.

[vipergts831]

It's a flaming hot kimchee morning.

:lol::lol::lol:

I will be taking a trip over to BH in an hour or so to check out the 5dmkIII and D800 in person. Brought my CF card to snap some images and check them out at home. So lets see what happens :D

[gjl711]

I'm interested in your perspective. I'm so on the fence with this one. I have someone who want's to buy my MkII and for a pretty decent price. Just waiting for more of these to get our and get some real world examples. The one's i have seen so far are not all that impressive. Nice high ISO but lots of NR as well. The new AF does look nice though.

[vipergts831]

I'm interested in your perspective. I'm so on the fence with this one. I have someone who want's to buy my MkII and for a pretty decent price. Just waiting for more of these to get our and get some real world examples. The one's i have seen so far are not all that impressive. Nice high ISO but lots of NR as well. The new AF does look nice though.

I share your same sentiments JJ. I actually had a 5dmkIII preorder and only cancelled it a few days ago. Like you i wasn't really impressed by what i was seeing. The IQ jump has been showcased in JPEG images. However, i shoot RAW and i just couldn't trust what i was seeing out there. So i figured why not make a trip down today and give them a few snap shots. You are in a very good position because you have a 5dmkII and the difference (for now from the few images out there) doesnt seem large enough.

[JWright]

Just read an interesting article. Seems that Verizon's iPad3 customers with 4G LTE are burning up their monthly bandwidth allotments in less than a day. Two Netflix HD movies will put them over their monthly allotment. Yikes.

This is one of the reasons I don't want a 4G device.

The high demand for bandwidth because of all the tablet computers and smart phones is affecting the spectrum in negative ways. Amateur radio operators are concerned the government is going to start looking at our bands as a possible source of more spectrum and bandwidth.

ARRRRRRH, had a CF card fail tonight at an event I was shooting at. Just as I was taking the last shots I needed. Camera & PC both report no images on the card.

Lucky I managed to cycle everybody through very quickly to get some shots on the SD card.

Know any good recovery software? PC shows the folder empty on the card as if it's just been formatted - but I didn't didn't do that. It just gave a Err 02.

I just pulled over 500 images off a corrupted card for a friend. I used Lexar Image Rescue 3. I think i got it when I bought a couple of their cards.

The zip file is 2.11Mb. If you want I can try to e-mail you the file if you can't find it anywhere else.

[Belmondo]

As it turns out, 4G is currently not available here in the desert yet, so I don't have a problem. I did get to connect with 4G briefly when we were in Orange County a couple days back, and it is a lot faster. It does make me curious, though. I'm going to check and see how much of my monthly 2Gigs I've used with just the normal browsing I do.

[FlyingPhotog]

Moorning...

I thought 4G was on hold due to potential conflict with GPS, no?

[Belmondo]

It might be the reason they're slow in getting it to all areas, but they definitely have it in LA, San Diego, and other major cities on the west coast. We, regrettably are not a city. We are a small town (comparatively speaking).

[gjl711]

Moorning...

I thought 4G was on hold due to potential conflict with GPS, no?Maybe for Apple but the rest of the world has had 4G out for over a year.

[gjl711]

Maybe it's just ATT.

[vipergts831]

As it turns out, 4G is currently not available here in the desert yet, so I don't have a problem. I did get to connect with 4G briefly when we were in Orange County a couple days back, and it is a lot faster. It does make me curious, though. I'm going to check and see how much of my monthly 2Gigs I've used with just the normal browsing I do.

From what i have read if you stream video for an hour you will used up 2gigs. I do appreciate the 4G connection. Really snappy. Great coverage all over NYC.

[Belmondo]

Just checked mine, and it says I've used 343 MB since 3/16, and have 1705 MB remaining for 24 days. Since I only had a portion of one day on 4G, it does appear like it's going to go fast. I'll have to be careful

[Harm]

From what i have read if you stream video for an hour you will used up 2gigs. I do appreciate the 4G connection. Really snappy. Great coverage all over NYC.

who would stream a video for an hour?

[Jon]

Moorning...

I thought 4G was on hold due to potential conflict with GPS, no?

No - that's LightSquared, who bought a block of satellite comms spectrum leases and wanted to build a land-based system in that frequency zone, which would have obliterated any high-precision GPS work. The regular wireless telcos are using spectrum that's allocated for ground-based mobile communications, and doesn't interfere with GPS or other satellite bands. However, I've seen at least some reports that AT&T's latest (nominally 3G, though they're calling it 4G based on performance) devices are faster than the Verizon LTE 4G devices.

[Chet]

who would stream a video for an hour?

My kids watch Netflix all the time on our portable devices.

[thomascanty]

who would stream a video for an hour?

My kids watch Netflix all the time on our portable devices.

^^^That! And Hulu. And that other thingamajig app I have installed on my tablet, but I forget what it's called.

There's TONS of TV shows and movies out there ready and willing to eat up all o' yer bandwidth.

And, when you aren't streaming video, how's about audio? Pandora, anyone? It's the audio that really kills you anyway. Rip a DVD and you'll find out that the audio track takes up a helluva lot more hard drive space than the video part...

[vipergts831]

Just checked mine, and it says I've used 343 MB since 3/16, and have 1705 MB remaining for 24 days. Since I only had a portion of one day on 4G, it does appear like it's going to go fast. I'll have to be careful

My kids watch Netflix all the time on our portable devices.

^^^That! And Hulu. And that other thingamajig app I have installed on my tablet, but I forget what it's called.

There's TONS of TV shows and movies out there ready and willing to eat up all o' yer bandwidth.

And, when you aren't streaming video, how's about audio? Pandora, anyone? It's the audio that really kills you anyway. Rip a DVD and you'll find out that the audio track takes up a helluva lot more hard drive space than the video part...

A lot of people are starting to complain about the pricing plans. Wouldnt surprise me if they raised the GB allotment in the future (example instead of 2GB at 30, 3GB at 30 etc)

[thomascanty]

A lot of people are starting to complain about the pricing plans. Wouldnt surprise me if they raised the GB allotment in the future (example instead of 2GB at 30, 3GB at 30 etc)

Then there's people like me, with T-Mobile, where (so far) unlimited actually means unlimited...

Of course, I don't usually prefer to press my luck. I might occasionally stream Pandora via my cell phone on the drive to/from work (an hour's drive each way), but I do most of the heavy lifting when I'm borrowing a wifi connection from someone... :lol:

[Belmondo]

My iPod 2 is with AT&T, and that's unlimited (for now).

[Belmondo]

I do most of the heavy lifting when I'm borrowing a wifi connection from someone... :lol:Obviously that's the way to go whenever possible.

[Woolburr]

Best low cost card recovery I've found....Recuva from Piriform (http://www.piriform.com/recuva)

Hard to beat free and it works as well as any of the paid recovery programs I've tried.

[gjl711]

Woohoo!! work week is over. Weekend time. :)

[Greg_C]

Thanks for the link Dan.

I know it skirts the topic of politics but do you guys have to run a gauntlet of volunteers handing out how to vote forms from each political party? State election here today an Tracey and I walked around to the kids old school to vote. I hate it, there are usually at least 5 people from each party and in our area we have 4 candidates.

[gjl711]

Thanks for the link Dan.

I know it skirts the topic of politics but do you guys have to run a gauntlet of volunteers handing out how to vote forms from each political party? State election here today an Tracey and I walked around to the kids old school to vote. I hate it, there are usually at least 5 people from each party and in our area we have 4 candidates.
Yea, we have the same. They have to stand something like 500 feet away from the polls, but they are there. Just part of the process. I usually just say no thanx, I've already done my homework and pass on by. They are not very aggressive and let you pass without indecent.

[Greg_C]

Yea, we have the same. They have to stand something like 500 feet away from the polls, but they are there. Just part of the process. I usually just say no thanx, I've already done my homework and pass on by. They are not very aggressive and let you pass without indecent.
I do the same, but can be closer to the booths. It's the number that gripes on me.

[Jill-of-all-Trades]

Thanks for the link Dan.

I know it skirts the topic of politics but do you guys have to run a gauntlet of volunteers handing out how to vote forms from each political party? State election here today an Tracey and I walked around to the kids old school to vote. I hate it, there are usually at least 5 people from each party and in our area we have 4 candidates.

Hmm... never had anything like that here. I usually have to go to my old elementary school to vote. Walk into the gym, find the old lady taking care of my part of the alphabet, they usually recognize me, cross off my name, hand me a ballot, walk behind cardboard screen, vote, fold, put in box, go home. It takes longer to find a parking spot...

[Woolburr]

We get swarmed with them here and they literally harass you all the way from the parking lot to the front door. 500' would be a treat. You could park and vote without dealing with them at all.

[Jill-of-all-Trades]

I imagine that would be really, really annoying. We may have stuff like that in the bigger cities, but not out here.

[Jon]

Thanks for the link Dan.

I know it skirts the topic of politics but do you guys have to run a gauntlet of volunteers handing out how to vote forms from each political party? State election here today an Tracey and I walked around to the kids old school to vote. I hate it, there are usually at least 5 people from each party and in our area we have 4 candidates.Yeah. I just blow by them, except to say "hi" to people on our street.

Yea, we have the same. They have to stand something like 500 feet away from the polls, but they are there. Just part of the process. I usually just say no thanx, I've already done my homework and pass on by. They are not very aggressive and let you pass without indecent.
That.

[gjl711]

Whoa!! big storm. Lots of wind and hail.

[Jill-of-all-Trades]

Whoa!! big storm. Lots of wind and hail.

Hold on!!

[gjl711]

Well that was intense.

[Jill-of-all-Trades]

Quick thrashing I take it.

[Jill-of-all-Trades]

Just looked at the radar. Looks like we're gonna get rain but probably not much else.

[gjl711]

Yup. Blew in all noisy, lots of rain and went away.

[Greg_C]

Looks like we've got a partly cloudy Saturday, better than the rain we've had lots of. Lawn mowed so it can dried out.

[gjl711]

Anyone see the real world D800 samples ad FM? They are pretty impressive.

[JWright]

Moorning...

I thought 4G was on hold due to potential conflict with GPS, no?

No - that's LightSquared, who bought a block of satellite comms spectrum leases and wanted to build a land-based system in that frequency zone, which would have obliterated any high-precision GPS work. The regular wireless telcos are using spectrum that's allocated for ground-based mobile communications, and doesn't interfere with GPS or other satellite bands. However, I've seen at least some reports that AT&T's latest (nominally 3G, though they're calling it 4G based on performance) devices are faster than the Verizon LTE 4G devices.

And the FCC recently told LightSquared to pound sand after DOD came out in opposition to their proposal.

Yea, we have the same. They have to stand something like 500 feet away from the polls, but they are there. Just part of the process. I usually just say no thanx, I've already done my homework and pass on by. They are not very aggressive and let you pass without indecent.

I haven't been to an actual polling place in several years. In California we have the option of becoming a permanent mail ballot voter. It neatly eliminates all the hassles of going to the polls, including over-zealous campaign workers...

[FlyingPhotog]

Anyone see the real world D800 samples ad FM? They are pretty impressive.

Have you seen the "5D3 Does Lacrosse" thread...

Way beyond expectation...

[gjl711]

Have you seen the "5D3 Does Lacrosse" thread...

Way beyond expectation...Yes, quite impressive. Can't wait to try one out.

[JWright]

Have you seen the "5D3 Does Lacrosse" thread...

Way beyond expectation...

Very impressive...

[Woolburr]

Had to walk away from the 5D3 threads....one of the biggest blowhards going on and on about the "stupid" _a appearing before his filenames, followed by the pronouncement that colorspace doesn't have any effect on anything. I suspect he uses Chrome for a browser too. :lol:

[Belmondo]

Just drove in to Las Vegas tonight. That trip is a killer in ideal conditions, but when you do it in the dark on a Friday evening when every other idiot is on the road, it increases the stress level by orders of magnitude. And yes, I did include myself as one of the idiots. We couldn't do it any other time because of my brother-in-law's work schedule.

Anyway, we're here, so I'll try to make the best of it.

[FlyingPhotog]

Vegas Baby! :D

[thomascanty]

Put $10 on black!

[FlyingPhotog]

Eric Stratton, Rush Chairman...
Damn glad to meet you!
http://crosswindimages.com/img/s3/v45/p439592639.jpg

[Woolburr]

:lol: ....Dorfman, I've thought long and hard about this. Your Delta Tau Chi name is... Flounder.

[Woolburr]

Spring
http://www.frogdawg.com/img/s3/v39/p450637964-4.jpg (http://www.frogdawg.com/p1005523398/e1adc308c)

[FlyingPhotog]

Purdy Purple Flahr...

Why Flounder?

*BELCH* Why NOT!

Louie Lou-eye... Whoa no baby we gotta go...

:D

[gjl711]

Happy 18% gray Saturday.

[Timphoto]

Happy 18% gray Saturday.

It's close to that here this morning with the marine layer of clouds, but it looks to be breaking up soon. It's about 10 degrees cooler than I like for the beach, but it's great walking weather. I managed a 4 mile walk in about about an hour this morning.

[gjl711]

It got cooler here as well. 55 outside right now, but that ok. I have to get up into the attic and wire my new bathroom. All the conduit is run but i got to get the junction boxes mounted and the wiring run.

[Timphoto]

You have to use conduit in the attic? Or is that just to get down into the bathroom wall?

[gjl711]

You have to use conduit in the attic? Or is that just to get down into the bathroom wall?We live in an unincorporated area so we can still use knob and tube if we want. :)

I just run conduit because it's easier and safer in the long run. So I just ran a main from the breaker to a distribution box in the attic and then from there wired in the lights, several outlets, the fan and such. It's not that hard but it does get hot up there.

[Belmondo]

Dateline: Apple Store, Fashion Show Mall, Las Vegas, NV

Belmondo here.

This place sucks. I suspect for me, it's like a triple-Tuesday would be for JJ.


Just sayin'.


Good news is, I get to go to Fry's later today, and tomorrow, I get to go home.

[Jill-of-all-Trades]

Dateline: Apple Store, Fashion Show Mall, Las Vegas, NV

Belmondo here.

This place sucks. I suspect for me, it's like a triple-Tuesday would be for JJ.


Just sayin'.


Good news is, I get to go to Fry's later today, and tomorrow, I get to go home.

Triple Tuesday.... that sounds rough!

[thomascanty]

Dateline: Apple Store, Fashion Show Mall, Las Vegas, NV

Belmondo here.

This place sucks. I suspect for me, it's like a triple-Tuesday would be for JJ.


Just sayin'.


Good news is, I get to go to Fry's later today, and tomorrow, I get to go home.

Fry's is GOOD news?!?

Wow... Today must really suck for you! Sorry to hear it!

[Belmondo]

Fry's is GOOD news?!?

Wow... Today must really suck for you! Sorry to hear it!

Fry's can be fun. It is really good for esoteric items. I'm looking for a tool to cut square holes in sheet metal/plastic. I think it's called a nibbler.

[gjl711]

...

This place sucks. I suspect for me, it's like a triple-Tuesday would be for JJ.....Triple Tuesday.. Nothing can be that bad.

[gjl711]

Fry's can be fun. It is really good for esoteric items. I'm looking for a tool to cut square holes in sheet metal/plastic. I think it's called a nibbler.Electric or pneumatic? I got a air nibbler. Noisy as can be but it beats cutting it out with tin snips.

[thomascanty]

Fry's can be fun. It is really good for esoteric items. I'm looking for a tool to cut square holes in sheet metal/plastic. I think it's called a nibbler.

Nibbler?!? I love Nibbler!
http://images.wikia.com/en.futurama/images/2/26/Lord_Nibbler.png

[Jill-of-all-Trades]

Fry's can be fun. It is really good for esoteric items. I'm looking for a tool to cut square holes in sheet metal/plastic. I think it's called a nibbler.

Oooo.... Nibblers are wonderful things!

[Belmondo]

Electric or pneumatic? I got a air nibbler. Noisy as can be but it beats cutting it out with tin snips.

Manual, actually.

[Greg_C]

Bi-annual neighbourhood rubbish exchange program. Put an old freezer and microwave and some bikes on the footpath. Now to see how long before they are scavenged. Local Council will pick up the left overs during the week.

It's funny to see all these light trucks go by with all this cr@p on them.

[Jill-of-all-Trades]

Sounds like town-wide garage sales here. Amazing what kind of stuff people will buy. Amazing what kind of stuff people will try to sell, and at crazy prices. Good bargains can be found, but one needs to spend many hours looking.

[Greg_C]

Sounds like town-wide garage sales here. Amazing what kind of stuff people will buy. Amazing what kind of stuff people will try to sell, and at crazy prices. Good bargains can be found, but one needs to spend many hours looking.
Except ours are free!!!

[Jill-of-all-Trades]

Except ours are free!!!

Yeah. We don't do free things much. Some people will put stuff out with 'free' signs, but they usually aren't much worth looking at.

Go to garage sale day in a small town and everywhere you look there will be pick up trucks. With most of them hauling some sort of treasure. :D

[gjl711]

Manual, actually.Oh boy.. Gonna have really sore hands if you have any decent amount of nibbling to do.

[gjl711]

Bi-annual neighbourhood rubbish exchange program. Put an old freezer and microwave and some bikes on the footpath. Now to see how long before they are scavenged. Local Council will pick up the left overs during the week.

It's funny to see all these light trucks go by with all this cr@p on them.
We have salvagers who come the nigh before the trashmen come and take anything that has value. I've met the guy and his wife. They make a pretty decent living salvaging. They are mostly interested in metals but some items are good enough to sell outright.

[Jill-of-all-Trades]

There are lots of salvagers around here, my neighbour included. My friend had an old BBQ that didn't work so she just put it at the curb and it was gone that day. Hard times mean that people will find any way possible to make a bit of money.

[Woolburr]

Had to shoot a family portrait earlier.

http://www.frogdawg.com/img/s8/v9/p297109242-4.jpg (http://www.frogdawg.com/p796924084/e11b586fa)

[Greg_C]

Just saw a guy cutting the cords and copper tubes out of the freezer. Kinda p1ssed me off a little as it did still work - but was almost 30yrs old and very expensive to run and wouldn't seal properly - even with new seals a few years back. Silly to get annoyed about it though, I've no use for it any more.

[Greg_C]

Had to shoot a family portrait earlier.


Cute family!

[Woolburr]

Thanks....nobody even blinked. :lol:

[gjl711]

I love your flaher shots Dan.

[Woolburr]

Thank ya!

[Greg_C]

Time for a guessing game. Which one is me? Guess what I'm doing at the moment?

http://www.steadyhands.net/share/IMG_0004_small.jpg

[Harm]

I have no idea what you look like. Pure guess... 2nd from the right, top row.

1976.... I wasn't even a glint in my parents eyes!

[Greg_C]

Middle row.....



Stuff's gone from the footpath. All of it.

[Jill-of-all-Trades]

I have no idea what you look like. Pure guess... 2nd from the right, top row.

1976.... I wasn't even a glint in my parents eyes!

I think my parents met, by letter, in '77. Then met in person winter of '77/'78. Married October '78.

[Harm]

I think my parents met, by letter, in '77. Then met in person winter of '77/'78. Married October '78.

My dad came over to England from India, although he was born in Tanzania, to meet someone he had never heard of for an arranged marriage (set up by respective families). Instead of marrying this woman he met someone else, the next day, via another family. They got married in India then moved to the UK in 1976. That someone else is my mum :)

[Greg_C]

3rd from left.

I just tried to write down the names of the class. I can get to about 15 or so. it helped that we were all in the same class from grade 1 to 7. These days they mix the kids up each year.

[Woolburr]

4th from the left, middle row. Or maybe 3rd from the left....:lol:

[Greg_C]

4th from the left, middle row. Or maybe 3rd from the left....:lol:
hehehe, maybe if I photoshopped the hair away it would help comparing to my FB profile photo.

[Jill-of-all-Trades]

My dad came over to England from India, although he was born in Tanzania, to meet someone he had never heard of for an arranged marriage (set up by respective families). Instead of marrying this woman he met someone else, the next day, via another family. They got married in India then moved to the UK in 1976. That someone else is my mum :)

Arranged marriages are nuts.

My Dad lived here in Ontario, Mom was living on Thetis Island, BC. They met through mutual friends.

[Harm]

Arranged marriages are nuts.

My Dad lived here in Ontario, Mom was living on Thetis Island, BC. They met through mutual friends.

Yeah, when I was growing up my parents did ask me I I wanted one. I declined. Although it is a decent backup plan ;)

Could always get a dowry too ;)

[gjl711]

Arranged marriages are nuts.
.I work with many who got married via an arranged marriage. All in all they seem happeir and few have divorced. I can't say the same with my US friends.

[gjl711]

My Dad lived here in Ontario, Mom was living on Thetis Island, BC. They met through mutual friends.My wife was my room mates blind date. He got too drunk and i ended up driving her home. Asked her out and here we are, 38 years later and still going out. :) I wasn't even 18 when we met.

[Jill-of-all-Trades]

I work with many who got married via an arranged marriage. All in all they seem happeir and few have divorced. I can't say the same with my US friends.

My friend's parent's marriage was arranged. They did somewhat know each other before they got married at least. I know a lot of the marriages work out well, but I can only imagine what life would be like being married to someone you just really do not love or like, and having both families expect that you have a happy life together.

In general it seems like marriage has become a sham. People just don't respect it for what it is anymore.

[gjl711]

In general it seems like marriage has become a sham. People just don't respect it for what it is anymore.For some this is surely true. Look at the joke Kardashian made of the whole thing. But I still think many take it seriously, or at least I hope so.

[Greg_C]

I me my wife via friends who invited me to a New Years party. Started dating a few weeks later.

[Jill-of-all-Trades]

For some this is surely true. Look at the joke Kardashian made of the whole thing. But I still think many take it seriously, or at least I hope so.

Many still do take it seriously... my brother is getting married in 14 days. My parents held to the "till death do us part".

But there are soooo many that have the "let's give it a shot but if it doesn't work out who cares" mentality.

[Greg_C]

A good friend is a divorce lawyer. Don't want her job.

[Harm]

Well, I met my wife at university. Parents didn't really approve of the relationship. So we eloped a year later, which really pissed them off. We will have been married 9 years this year. Everyone is a happy bunny :)

[thomascanty]

My dad's parents met in a bar. He lived in the U.S. She came over here to try to find her father, who jumped ship and went AWOL from the Belgian Navy. Her visa was about to expire, which meant she would have to return to Belgium soon, and she was crying over a beer in the bar. She wanted to stay in the U.S. and keep looking for her father. So, my grandpa told her "What the hell, I'll marry ya so you can stay."

It was a match made in heaven... :lol: They were married almost 50 years and had six children. My grandmother never did find her father. Nobody knows what happened to him.

[Harm]

Nowadays you just tunnel in from Mexico, and nobody will care! Your grandad lucked out!

[Jill-of-all-Trades]

I know how my Grandparents met! :D

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7179/6883787465_6861e5277c_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/horsepowershutterbug/6883787465/)
First Encounter (http://www.flickr.com/photos/horsepowershutterbug/6883787465/) by Horsepower Shutter Bug (http://www.flickr.com/people/horsepowershutterbug/), on Flickr

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7058/6883788981_171f64dcbe_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/horsepowershutterbug/6883788981/)
First Encounter B (http://www.flickr.com/photos/horsepowershutterbug/6883788981/) by Horsepower Shutter Bug (http://www.flickr.com/people/horsepowershutterbug/), on Flickr

R.A.B. was my Grandfather, Robert Almond Bicknell
F.I.D. was my Grandmother, Florence Irene Day

[Woolburr]

http://www.pbase.com/woolburr/image/142273818/original.jpg

Spring colors are as much fun as fall colors sometimes.

[Jill-of-all-Trades]

You have more colour than we do so far. Grass is green and growing nicely here, leaves are just starting to grow. So we have a lot of grey and brown still.

[thomascanty]

The cherry and dogwood trees here are all in full bloom. That's usually the only color we get in the spring, other than the poppy fields, and from what I've heard there's nothing going on out there this year, since we had so little rain. I was thinking of heading out that way tomorrow to check it out anyway, but, surprise! It's going to be raining all day...

[gjl711]

You have more colour than we do so far. Grass is green and growing nicely here, leaves are just starting to grow. So we have a lot of grey and brown still.It's been such a strange year that our apple trees had no blossoms. They went right to leaves. The magnolias bloomed and lost their blooms in just a few days.

[*sigh*]

Absolutely....I've discovered that some of the issues I was having were related to system settings. Once I made a couple of tweaks suggested by their support folks, it is running fine and fast....way faster and smoother than 3....more stable than 3. This is a good thing.

BTW....the issues I had were related to my catalog. Part of it was set to render using Adobe 2010 process and part Adobe 2012. Once I converted everything to Adobe 2012.....the bizarre things that were happening just vanished.Question... what's the easiest way to update all the pictures to Adobe 2012?

[FlyingPhotog]

Question... what's the easiest way to update all the pictures to Adobe 2012?

Develop Module
Convert One Frame
Right Click
Copy Settings
Check None
Check Process Version
Copy
Grid View
CTL + A (Select All)
Right Click on One Image
Paste Settings (Applies your one copied parameter to all images selected)

[Woolburr]

I used a slightly different method, but your way is just as easy.

[Harm]

Well I am still up :). And so is Alexander :(

Just fed him, hoping he would go to sleep, now he is talking away. So we will way h the grand prix!!

[FlyingPhotog]

I used a slightly different method, but your way is just as easy.

Do you use "Sync" Dan?

[Woolburr]

Yes....I used sync

[FlyingPhotog]

Not sure I completely understand all the differences among Sync Vs Settings From Previous Vs Spray Can.

[Woolburr]

Another F1 demo derby.

[FlyingPhotog]

Malaysia is a cool track

[Woolburr]

I don't know that I understand it either. I just use sync because that is the first way I learned to do things.

[Woolburr]

Nice track....but the rain is nuts. Thought Hamilton and Button were going to take each other out after that pit stop.

[Timphoto]

Dateline: Apple Store, Fashion Show Mall, Las Vegas, NV

Belmondo here.

This place sucks. I suspect for me, it's like a triple-Tuesday would be for JJ.


Just sayin'.


Good news is, I get to go to Fry's later today, and tomorrow, I get to go home.

So after the masochism in Las Vegas, you get to sit in traffic with all the others on the way home? Last night, the airport in San Diego was packed with folks flying to Las Vegas.

The flight into SFO was one of the roughest I've been on in a long time. The pilot ordered the flight attendants seated and belted in for the last half of the flight. Someone hit the call button and they got on the PA and said unless it was a medical emergency, they were not going to respond. The plane got *very* quiet.

Had to shoot a family portrait earlier.

Nice family.

My wife was my room mates blind date. He got too drunk and i ended up driving her home. Asked her out and here we are, 38 years later and still going out. :) I wasn't even 18 when we met.

We met on the internet. A friend of mine owns a successful ISP. One of his buddies was starting a dating site. My wife's hairdresser cut my buddy's friends hair. The hairdresser badgered my wife into putting her profile on that new dating site. The rest is history...it'll be 12 years come April 1. No fooling. :-)

It's been such a strange year that our apple trees had no blossoms. They went right to leaves. The magnolias bloomed and lost their blooms in just a few days.

It's been a crazy year. Right now, Hiway 29 is closed north of Calistoga due to snow. We've had 8 inches of rain so far in March and more is predicted. It's 38 degrees this morning.

Develop Module
Convert One Frame
Right Click
Copy Settings
Check None
Check Process Version
Copy
Grid View
CTL + A (Select All)
Right Click on One Image
Paste Settings (Applies your one copied parameter to all images selected)

I'll have to try that.

[JWright]

Fry's can be fun. It is really good for esoteric items. I'm looking for a tool to cut square holes in sheet metal/plastic. I think it's called a nibbler.

I have one I could loan you if you want to come down here and get it... :)

We have salvagers who come the nigh before the trashmen come and take anything that has value. I've met the guy and his wife. They make a pretty decent living salvaging. They are mostly interested in metals but some items are good enough to sell outright.

Around here we call them scavengers. IT's a great way to get rid of unwanted items. Some things disappear before they even hit the ground. I suspect most of it ends up in Mexico.

We met on the internet. A friend of mine owns a successful ISP. One of his buddies was starting a dating site. My wife's hairdresser cut my buddy's friends hair. The hairdresser badgered my wife into putting her profile on that new dating site. The rest is history...it'll be 12 years come April 1. No fooling. :-)

Heather and I met at the zoo. She commented about my motorcycle and as they say "The rest is history." Like Tim, we will have been married 12 years this year.

[gjl711]

The flight into SFO was one of the roughest I've been on in a long time. The pilot ordered the flight attendants seated and belted in for the last half of the flight. Someone hit the call button and they got on the PA and said unless it was a medical emergency, they were not going to respond. The plane got *very* quiet. That would really raise the anxiety level for sure. My worst flight was landing in TX during a t-storm. We were on final and really low and all of a sudden you hear the engines full throttle and a sinking feeling in your stomach. All I could think about was flight 191. We made it back up and went around. 15 minutes later on final again and the same thing. Either the conditions were really that bad (and the looked it) or the pilot was just really nervous from the first missed approach. Third time he made it but it was a rough landing.