GKPE: General Ramblings thread

[::John::]

john irons most certainly isn't robyn's brother, he was having you on! he is MY MOTHER'S BROTHER!! my uncle john! see second photo, left to right: nanna, john, me, mum

I just sat down and worked it out... I haven't seen or heard of him since 1976/1977. That photo is very much how I remembered him.

Hmmm

As Clive said - thanks and it's taken this thread way off topic.


Wazza - I can't place the bridge but know I should know it...

[tag141]

Wazza, just seen July Performance Car. Great pics in there, look so much better in print than on this forum.

[Wazza]

Cheers mate.

800 pixels never do justice, and would never print well from that resolution.
It's where a decent lens comes into play, when they're still pin point sharp at 100% view.

Still proud of it, and thankful they gave my website link as well

[jasestu]

Cheers mate.

800 pixels never do justice, and would never print well from that resolution.
It's where a decent lens comes into play, when they're still pin point sharp at 100% view.

Still proud of it, and thankful they gave my website link as well

Had a big rush of hits on your site yet?

[weka2000]

well ive just woken up :lol: Dam something hit me hard. Still a bit groggy even though I had nothing to drink.
Must be some 24hr bug

[theflyingkiwi]

well ive just woken up :lol: Dam something hit me hard. Still a bit groggy even though I had nothing to drink.
Must be some 24hr bug

I was thinking that's a bit quite around here today.

[S-S]

great shots wazza, i like that version of the church

What did you mean by ""shooting through" on his families, a hangover from his own horrific upbringing."?
By the way, what did he die of?
How much gold did you pan then?

to 'shoot through' is to leave without a word and not come back for a long time... his childhood was not pleasant and it gave him serious issues about long term commitment. he was married a number of times.

i dont recall what he died of - maybe heart condition? google it

we got some 'colour' from the pan and flakes from the sluice but barry had some little nuggets too, he showed me once. he was possum/rabbit/pig/goat shooting for DOC and gold panning was more of a hobby.

I just sat down and worked it out... I haven't seen or heard of him since 1976/1977. That photo is very much how I remembered him.

well if you want to get in touch again pm me and i'll see what i can do

well ive just woken up :lol: Dam something hit me hard. Still a bit groggy even though I had nothing to drink.
Must be some 24hr bug

the shore had it a week or two back, must be moving south
hamilton beware lol

believe it or not i actually took some photos today, if any are worth looking at ill post a couple later

[Wazza]

Had a big rush of hits on your site yet?

D1NZ and other sites link directly to me, and other forums.

Get 5-10Gb bandwidth a month, and quite a few hits a day


Thanks SS :)
Ther'es another one I had, shooting straight through
http://www.warrenwilliams.co.nz/gallery/landscapes/south_island05/481.jpg

Trying to get the cross down the middle.
Too bad for the white out

Home time :D

[Mark Vuleta]

I can't place the bridge but know I should know it...


Try this

[theflyingkiwi]

what's going on here, people are starting to post pictures, we can't have that. :)

[Mark Vuleta]

Sorry, I shall refrain:oops:

We're all trying to be Moppie & outdo his SI shots, I think we're winning!

[Mark Vuleta]

Cold in Hamilton tonight Mark??

[theflyingkiwi]

thats ok Mark, you got some nice shot there. anyway somethings got to get moppie to start posting his SI shots. it's a shame we can't lock him in with tim and the wedding forum :)

[akiwi]

what's going on here, people are starting to post pictures, we can't have that. :)
Shhhhhhhhh Moppie might read this & believe it! You know.. the tone is missing.:rolleyes:

[::John::]

Try this

Ah, thanks - down by Tuatapiri - my bro-in-law comes from down that way.

[Mark Vuleta]

Ah, thanks - down by Tuatapiri - my bro-in-law comes from down that way.

I scanned a photo that I picked up from my uncle the other day, picture dates from 1962. Inaugural Arthur Lydiard Jogging Club Run. My father had his Tuatapiri rugby jersey & socks on. He played for them for about 3 seasons back in 1958 onwards.
My father had never seen the photo before. Can you guess which one he is??

[weka2000]

Weka scaned all his photos and not one of the SI :cry:
Least Ive got an excuse Moppie :rolleyes:

[::John::]

Hmmm - Timaru - getting a bit closer to 'home' for me.

Um - the tall fellow with glasses?

Check out the socks of the 2 in front - best business attire-type adapted for sport! :)

[Mark Vuleta]

Yep, very professional back in those days, now you know who is responsible for the mad jogging craize.

I think 2nd from front might be going to golf afterwards:lol:

[akiwi]

Hmmm - Timaru - getting a bit closer to 'home' for me.

Um - the tall fellow with glasses?

Check out the socks of the 2 in front - best business attire-type adapted for sport! :)
Yep, The clothing wasn't as functional then as it is now.
I was around then (Just)

[Mark Vuleta]

I was around then (Just)

Now your showing your age:rolleyes: I'm a version about 2 years latter

[S-S]

Sorry, I shall refrain:oops:
We're all trying to be Moppie & outdo his SI shots, I think we're winning!

i think we are too! 3 cheers for all of us and our less than recent south island shots! hoorayyyyyyy!

lol

Weka scaned all his photos and not one of the SI :cry:
Least Ive got an excuse Moppie :rolleyes:

LOL its not much of an excuse... after all, ive never actually taken photos there myself (considering how old i was last time i went, and the fact that mum wouldnt let me near her nikkormat) and yet i managed to post 2 and bung up the forum for hours on off-topic gossip!

[S-S]

museum interior...
c&c please

[S-S]

museum exterior...
c&c

[DiscoLizard]

Ok... so who was it that I drove past in Mission Bay today with the big white (70-200 2.8L? 300 2.8?) lens? I almost crashed the boss's Saab trying to look at your... equipment :oops:

[joeseph]

museum interior...
c&c please
very nice - classic rule of thirds picture. Not quite fucussed on the eyes but breaking that rule deliberately eh? (corrected this in pic #2)
Had me wondering if a view slightly lower & half a step to the left would have seperated out of focus rear leg from front leg without getting the hands (talons?) all crossed up.

Ok... so who was it that I drove past in Mission Bay today with the big white (70-200 2.8L? 300 2.8?) lens? I almost crashed the boss's Saab trying to look at your... equipment :oops:
not guilty - spent the morning trailing car-yards out south then spent a very relaxing hour or so at Villa Maria sampling their black-label chard.

[akiwi]

museum interior...
c&c please
Excellent. Did you get the colour in PS or did they have blue lights on it?

museum exterior...
c&c
WOW. That is sharp. The DOF is also very good.

Ok... so who was it that I drove past in Mission Bay today with the big white (70-200 2.8L? 300 2.8?) lens? I almost crashed the boss's Saab trying to look at your... equipment :oops:
Certainly couldn't have been me. Don't have either of those lenses.

[S-S]

very nice - classic rule of thirds picture. Not quite fucussed on the eyes but breaking that rule deliberately eh? (corrected this in pic #2)
Had me wondering if a view slightly lower & half a step to the left would have seperated out of focus rear leg from front leg without getting the hands (talons?) all crossed up.

that would have been better, you're right. unfortunately i was also handicapped by the background - that plain wall wasn't very wide and next to it on either side were 2 very busy spaces

Excellent. Did you get the colour in PS or did they have blue lights on it?

WOW. That is sharp. The DOF is also very good.

i just changed the WB to tungsten in lightroom to get the blue tint, then exported it from there with a little bit of contrast enhancement. taken with 50mm f/1.8 prime.

the sparrow was taken with my lil ole 70-300 kit lens (bigma too large to lug around the museum all day with a school trip) and had no adjustments except a bit of crop

[DiscoLizard]

not guilty - spent the morning trailing car-yards out south then spent a very relaxing hour or so at Villa Maria sampling their black-label chard.

Only an hour?

Certainly couldn't have been me. Don't have either of those lenses.

Didn't think you'd pop over for some movenpick without letting us know :D

[DiscoLizard]

i just changed the WB to tungsten in lightroom to get the blue tint, then exported it from there with a little bit of contrast enhancement. taken with 50mm f/1.8 prime

Mr Creepy-Hands man looks fantastic... clean up the bg and he'll look even better.

[kelstar]

Love the sparrow shot. The skeleton is cool too - kind of has an eerie feel to it with the blue light.

[Nzshrimper]

here is a couple of South Island views -

South Island contrasts.

1.
http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u185/nzshrimper/as-cold-as-ice.jpg

2.
http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u185/nzshrimper/attheendoftheday2.jpg

[tag141]

Shrimper, I had an entry form for the Fiordland photographic competition. Your Kia would be a real contender in the nature category, interested? Winner in category gets $300 as far as I remember.

[NordieBoy]

Some more South Island...

http://www.photostorage.nelson.geek.nz/photos/Walkabout/Walkabout%2020060703/slides/20060703-123436.jpg

http://www.photostorage.nelson.geek.nz/photos/Walkabout/Walkabout%2020061023%20-%20West%20Coast%202/slides/20061022-110312.jpg

[akiwi]

here is a couple of South Island views -

South Island contrasts.

1.
http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u185/nzshrimper/as-cold-as-ice.jpg

2.
http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u185/nzshrimper/attheendoftheday2.jpg

That Ice shot is Cool.... (Get it?):rolleyes:

Some more South Island...

http://www.photostorage.nelson.geek.nz/photos/Walkabout/Walkabout%2020060703/slides/20060703-123436.jpg

http://www.photostorage.nelson.geek.nz/photos/Walkabout/Walkabout%2020061023%20-%20West%20Coast%202/slides/20061022-110312.jpg
More great SI shots.

[momentz]

This lil guy arrived for me in the mail today!! Crested T. Pachanoi! :D:D Supposedly about 1 in 1000 regular cacti turn out crested, which makes this little fella pretty special

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v441/evobit/Plants/_MG_8297_web.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v441/evobit/Plants/_MG_8298_web.jpg

[S-S]

ok... thanks for the comments on my pics :-)
that ice shot is fantastic, love it, and what kea photo? show us
also liking that rusty bolt photo
and that cactus looks like a fat-*ss caterpillar all scrunched up

[tim]

Ice and tussock shots are cool, very nice. Bolt could be anywhere.

[weka2000]

Well im still not 100%. Feel im running on about 75% energy.
Should get out and do something photographic as Sandras not working this weekend.

[momentz]

Well im still not 100%. Feel im running on about 75% energy.
Should get out and do something photographic as Sandras not working this weekend.

Went to the zoo yesteday, got a couple of great shots. Perfect day for it today too.

[wakko]

love the tussock shot and the rusty bolt :)

[Nzshrimper]

That Ice shot is Cool.... (Get it?):rolleyes: .

*plays imagery drums* - thanks thou.

ok... thanks for the comments on my pics :-)
that ice shot is fantastic, love it, and what kea photo? show us
also liking that rusty bolt photo
and that cactus looks like a fat-*ss caterpillar all scrunched up

cheers - i love the fact that the ice is thousands of years old and is releasing trapped time as it melts.. (its at Fox's glacier)

Ice and tussock shots are cool, very nice. Bolt could be anywhere.

thanks Tim, now what have done with the real Tim ;)

Well im still not 100%. Feel im running on about 75% energy.
Should get out and do something photographic as Sandras not working this weekend.

nah stay put until you get well - cause we all know that you aucklanders hate it when the temp drops below 20

Went to the zoo yesterday, got a couple of great shots. Perfect day for it today too.

post some then.. (don't become a moppie.) :p

As for the womens basketball - not doing so well on the tour of china. :cry:

[Nzshrimper]

- SNOW AT LAST -

http://www.nzski.com/cameras.jsp?site=mthutt

:D :D :D :D

[weka2000]

**** New Term ****

"doing a moppie"

A person who goes on a trip with a camera but never posts any photos of it. :lol:

[S-S]

cheers - i love the fact that the ice is thousands of years old and is releasing trapped time as it melts.. (its at Fox's glacier)

post some then.. (don't become a moppie.) :p

hmm i get what you mean by that, but it worries me that thousand-year-old ice is melting at all really... better take as many shots of the glacier as you can cos projections arent good

do we have a new definition for 'moppie'? ;)
maybe someone should post it at urbandictionary (http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=moppie)?

[S-S]

**** New Term ****

"doing a moppie"

A person who goes on a trip with a camera but never posts any photos of it. :lol:

you've really got to stop pre-empting my train of thought LOL ppl will start to talk! :lol:

[Nzshrimper]

you've really got to stop pre-empting my train of thought LOL ppl will start to talk! :lol:


NEWS FLASH - we are already.... :p

[Nzshrimper]

as for that moppie character - we never saw any of his V8 shots either. does he know how to submit photos... lol

[momentz]

it worries me that thousand-year-old ice is melting at all really... better take as many shots of the glacier as you can cos projections arent good

It shouldn't worry you. The temperature of the planet has been warming and cooling since it's conception, with an overall warming trend which started long before humans existed, let alone built cities and started polluting. We're just on the upward turn of a peak in the overall graph. Eventually we''ll peak and then start cooling again. OMG GLOBAL COOLING. Humans putting so much **** into the atmo that sun can't get rhough. Or some other such scaremongering. Didn't you ever listen to Augie (rip).

[tag141]

It shouldn't worry you. The temperature of the planet has been warming and cooling since it's conception, with an overall warming trend which started long before humans existed, let alone built cities and started polluting. We're just on the upward turn of a peak in the overall graph. Eventually we''ll peak and then start cooling again. OMG GLOBAL COOLING. Humans putting so much **** into the atmo that sun can't get rhough. Or some other such scaremongering. Didn't you ever listen to Augie (rip).

Got to agree.

[Nzshrimper]

hmm - yes i agree that the earth does go through peaks and troughs (temp wise) - but we are clearly accelerating the process here.. and as a species we do have the power to stop (slow down) that acceleration.

If you take an object such as a tree that takes CO2 from the atmosphere and converts it to O2 thus keeping a balance in the earth - cut it down and burn it -(producing more c02 in the process) and don't replace the tree with another tree - what then is left to remove the extra C02. At some point in the very near future we will reach a tipping point that may result in the balance of the earth being destroyed.

The last ice age we had was caused by an event or a series of events - large asteroid or volcanic eruption that blocked out the sun. it may be that the next ice age will be caused by man. but the earth will win. we as a race will be wiped from the surface and the next cycle will begin. - if we act now thou we can slow down that process. -

its not as if we can jump ship and go next door yet..

we are on an island (called earth) that has a finite amount of resources - we have the power to manage the resources - or we could all bury our heads in the increasing amount of sand that we have - and pretend it is not me causing it.

scaremongering - i think not.

Its a bit like a smoker saying that his lung cancer was not caused by smoking.... yeah right.

[momentz]

I agree that we should act responsibly, and that we may be accelerating the process. But, there is a large amount of scaremongering going on still.
Humans are not the 'cause' of the warming trend, that would happen with or without us. I for one don't believe we have less than a hundred years till another doomsday, etc.

[DiscoLizard]

It shouldn't worry you. The temperature of the planet has been warming and cooling since it's conception, with an overall warming trend which started long before humans existed, let alone built cities and started polluting. We're just on the upward turn of a peak in the overall graph. Eventually we''ll peak and then start cooling again. OMG GLOBAL COOLING. Humans putting so much **** into the atmo that sun can't get rhough. Or some other such scaremongering. Didn't you ever listen to Augie (rip).

No offence, but all of your arguments have been thoroughly debunked several times. Augie was a nice, but scared and ignorant old man. I still liked him.

The global cooling argument:
http://www.realclimate.org/index.php?p=94

Basically the popular press found an interesting idea and let their imagination run wild. Difference this time is that it's the scientific press who are running wild, and the popular media who STILL aren't getting it.


The warming/cooling cycle argument:
A naive reading of this cycle indicates we should be experiencing a cooling trend now, and indeed we were very gradually cooling over the length of the preindustrial Holocene (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Holocene_Temperature_Variations.png), something around .5C averaged over 8000 years. It is informative to compare those fluctuations to today's changes. Leaving aside the descents into glaciation, which were much more gradual, the very sudden (geologically speaking) jumps up in temperature every ~100Kyrs actually represent a rate of change roughly ten times slower than the rate we are currently witnessing.

Here is a list of "enviro-****s" and "left-wing loonies" who believe that Anthropogenic Global Warming is real and well supported by sound science:

NASA's Goddard Institute of Space Studies (GISS)
http://www.giss.nasa.gov/edu/gwdebate/
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/globalwarming.html
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
http://www.grida.no/climate/ipcc_tar/wg1/index.htm
National Academy of Sciences (NAS)
http://books.nap.edu/collections/global_warming/index.html
State of the Canadian Cryosphere (SOCC)
http://www.socc.ca/permafrost/permafrost_future_e.cfm
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
http://yosemite.epa.gov/OAR/globalwarming.nsf/content/index.html
The Royal Society of the UK (RS)
http://www.royalsoc.ac.uk/page.asp?id=3135
American Geophysical Union (AGU)
http://www.ametsoc.org/policy/climatechangeresearch_2003.html
American Institute of Physics
http://www.aip.org/gov/policy12.html
National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)
http://eo.ucar.edu/basics/cc_1.html
American Meteorological Society (AMS)
http://www.ametsoc.org/policy/jointacademies.html
Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society (CMOS)
http://www.cmos.ca/climatechangepole.html

Every major scientific institute dealing with climate, ocean, and/or atmosphere agrees that the climate is warming rapidly and the primary cause is human CO2 emissions.

On top of that list, see also this joint statement that specifically and unequivocally endorses the work and conclusions of the IPCC Third Assessment (http://www.grida.no/climate/ipcc_tar/wg1/index.htm) report, issued by
- Academia Brasiliera de Ciências (Bazil)
- Royal Society of Canada
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Academié des Sciences (France)
- Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina (Germany)
- Indian National Science Academy
- Accademia dei Lincei (Italy)
- Science Council of Japan
- Russian Academy of Sciences
- Royal Society (United Kingdom)
- National Academy of Sciences (United States of America)
- Australian Academy of Sciences
- Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Sciences and the Arts
- Caribbean Academy of Sciences
- Indonesian Academy of Sciences
- Royal Irish Academy
- Academy of Sciences Malaysia
- Academy Council of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences


This post liberally quoted from various websites.

[lil_miss]

and on a happier note - what a fantastic day for taking photos!! :)

[DiscoLizard]

and on a happier note - what a fantastic day for taking photos!! :)

Amen! :D

[Wazza]

Yeah.

Unhappy day for some...
*curses*

My oil burning car seemed to get a bit too low last night, when ferrying a few passengers around - had only topped up all few days ago, (400km back), and that obviously wasn't enough. Good idea of not having a car over the next few months. Now the car I was selling for $2500 is probably worth closer to 0.
Sorry to Kirst for breaking her Rolla, with 254,000km on the clock -
The bottom end sounds to have gone, and running rough, and little power.
Rolling body anyone? :p

[weka2000]

Well despite all the great advice sports is still crap. Maybe wrong sports. To many people running around gives my Autofocus a hard time.

Anyway wazza and chris thanks for tips heres 1. Woops forgot to shoot in portrait mode :(

[weka2000]

you've really got to stop pre-empting my train of thought LOL ppl will start to talk! :lol:

Let them talk long as there are no photos of what we are up to we will be fine :lol:

Oh David I assume you will not be contributing to the problem. Get a bike and stop polluting Aucklands air :p

[lil_miss]

My oil burning car seemed to get a bit too low last night, when ferrying a few passengers around - had only topped up all few days ago, (400km back), and that obviously wasn't enough. Good idea of not having a car over the next few months. Now the car I was selling for $2500 is probably worth closer to 0.
Sorry to Kirst for breaking her Rolla, with 254,000km on the clock -
The bottom end sounds to have gone, and running rough, and little power.
Rolling body anyone? :p

Motor up?? :P

[Wazza]

Nah, it's well and truly buggered.

It really burnt the oil, and put in oil on 5th June after a wedding, 1 litre then.
And another 500-600mL about 5 days ago.

The fact it's burnt through that much PLUS some, just shows it was time for the motor to go anyway.

Time to find a wreckers I think.
My budget for UK has suddenly dropped a fair whack. GRRRr (I was once even looking at keeping the car till I get back, but though an extra $2-3k would go nicely to settling in)..

[momentz]

My oil burning car seemed to get a bit too low last night, when ferrying a few passengers around - had only topped up all few days ago, (400km back), and that obviously wasn't enough. Good idea of not having a car over the next few months. Now the car I was selling for $2500 is probably worth closer to 0.
Sorry to Kirst for breaking her Rolla, with 254,000km on the clock -
The bottom end sounds to have gone, and running rough, and little power.
Rolling body anyone? :p

Don't berate yourself too much. It was probably worth closer to $1500 in a running state anyway, needing rings replacing with 250 clicks on it. A $400 motor would see it back up and rollering once more. I'd ask $500 for it as is.

[Wazza]

Kirst wanted to sell it herself 5 months ago for 3500-4000
I paid $2500 for it.

20V 4AGE with a few other mods.
A 2nd hand engine will cost $800 as it's the 20valve.

I bought a 2nd hand 16V couple years ago for another car, and that cost about $500 plus install.

Cars devalue too much anyway. :)

I sold my 16V, one, with same k's worse condition, not lowered, standard everything, crap stereo for $2000. So this car was at least worth that

[lil_miss]

Just put it on trademe with a $1 reserve :)

[Wazza]

Already on there, as an ONO listing.
So don't know if I can just upsell it to that sort of listing.

[momentz]

Just so I can't be called a moppie, here are a few pics from the zoo yesterday.. Siggy 70-200. Who says you need a supertele at the zoo? :D

http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?p=3384938#post3384938

[DiscoLizard]

Oh David I assume you will not be contributing to the problem. Get a bike and stop polluting Aucklands air :p

Trying to get one :)

Airplanes are much more of a problem than cars!

[S-S]

It shouldn't worry you...

have you seen An Inconvenient Truth?

Let them talk long as there are no photos of what we are up to we will be fine :lol:

LOL

Nah, it's well and truly buggered. It really burnt the oil,

i dunno, my car goes thru a fair bit but still runs fine
i guess it depends on what kind of engine it is. mines a workhorse, done 380500 and counting. one day ill get it reconditioned

Just so I can't be called a moppie, here are a few pics from the zoo yesterday.. Siggy 70-200. Who says you need a supertele at the zoo? :D

http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?p=3384938#post3384938

lol "orriginal king julian pon ya case mon..."

[lil_miss]

Welcome, giant pansies. Please feel free to bask in my glow.

teehee

[S-S]

aaah shutupyou'resoannoying! :p

lol

[iKirst]

Poor rollerrari :(
Ah well, I gave it a good life.
Don't feel bad, Warren. It was just unlucky. Tired motors need more TLC over time, and I would have kept her had I actually had the time to drive it.
You still got 5 months before she packed a sad.

Crap happens and all that stuff


And for my news, I am no longer netically challenged. Back in the land of adsl. My lovely flatmate is a big fan of the faster kind, so upload and download speeds are most excellent

Party on :)

[Wazza]

Well I'm sure going with a bang and a fizzle on the money side. :lol:

Good job I can still afford a new camera too. Now where's that 1D3.
Or late this week will have to buy a cheap 5D+24-105 combo

[joeseph]

Nah, it's well and truly buggered.

It really burnt the oil, and put in oil on 5th June after a wedding, 1 litre then.
And another 500-600mL about 5 days ago.
only 1.5 litres in 10 days? surely a candidate for a can of Wynns "stop smoke" and sell to some other unsuspecting victim...

For a car that before an engine rebuild, used 4L per week,
click here (http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~duncanc/images/cars-mini1.jpg)
but then we get into semantics of what constitutes a "car"

[weka2000]

Well I'm sure going with a bang and a fizzle on the money side. :lol:

Good job I can still afford a new camera too. Now where's that 1D3.
Or late this week will have to buy a cheap 5D+24-105 combo

Is a 5D up to the conditions of your travel?
You may need your camera raincoat.

[Wazza]

:lol:

I don't feel so bad now.
It never did smoke that much, only under revving, and even now, despite the awful sounding knocking, and no extra punch or valve timing sound through VVT, it's not actually smoking. I had a feeling with the Toyota VVT, it was only burning oil under these conditions, no leaks, just under acceleration..

[Wazza]

I don't think a 20D is :p

I'm still not sure between your 1D2 and 5D.
Two very different cameras as you well know.

[tag141]

My last post on global warming (call me a global warming cynic). I have hard proof that global warming does not exist....

I live in Invercargill and it's frickin freezing.

Also a few years ago, Dickie Attenborough heard this conversation while in Antarctica.

Baby polar bear goes up to his sister and says "Am I a polar bear?" His sister replies "You eat seals, have fish breath, white fur and big paws. Of course you're a polar bear. If you don't believe me, go ask mum." He goes to his mother and says "Mum, am I a polar bear?". His mother replies "You eat seal, have fishy breath, white fur and huge paws, of course you're a polar bear. If you don't believe me go ask your father." He finds his father and says "Dad, am I really a polar bear?". His father looks at him and says "You eat seals, have fishy breath, white fur and big paws. OF COURSE you're a polar bear. Why do you ask?". He replies " Cos I'm bloody freezing!!"

Dickie Attenborough is a boozed up ned I met in a pub one night, not 'the' dickie attenborough.

[iKirst]

I believe we are effectively at the end of an Ice Age. It's the circle of life - terra ferma and oceanic styles :p

Silver label beckons me...

Party on Wayne..

[momentz]

Quote for the day:

"Capitalisation is the difference between helping your uncle Jack off a horse, and helping your uncle jack off a horse"

[tag141]

Do you think the astronauts on the Mir spacestation got through to a call centre in India when they rang the 0800 number?

[jasestu]

Wouldn't they be cosmonauts if they were on Mir?

[Wazza]

I believe we are effectively at the end of an Ice Age. It's the circle of life - terra ferma and oceanic styles :p

Silver label beckons me...

Party on Wayne..

History does show ice ages come and go, and clearly we had one 10,000 years ago which is still in the melting trend.

But also, scientific measurements of CO-2 in the atmosphere also doesn't lie. It can't be good for us, the amount up there.
Plant more trees :D

[tim]

Quote for the day:

"Capitalisation is the difference between helping your uncle Jack off a horse, and helping your uncle jack off a horse"

Love it!

[tag141]

Wouldn't they be cosmonauts if they were on Mir?

Probably but it is an international space station. I can hear the helpdesk
"What operating system do you use?"
"Have you tried turning it off and on?"
"Have you contacted the vendor?"

[jasestu]

If it was our helpdesk, and you just wanted something simple done, they'd try to take remote control of the station and would end up irrecoverably crashing it...

[joeseph]

Wouldn't they be cosmonauts if they were on Mir?
and do they still have the recovery CD's?

[tag141]

and do they still have the recovery CD's?

Quick, phone NASA. The back up is on a hidden partition.:rolleyes:

[S-S]

Quick, phone NASA. The back up is on a hidden partition.:rolleyes:

lol yeah, ironically, that part that your spacecraft jettisoned on its way up here; in 2 days, 3 hours and 46 minutes, it will orbit past our current position at a speed of 10,000 miles per hour

do not attempt recovery unless you are a trained professional

[S-S]

man, one great thing about cold cold weather is: HOW SPARKLY is everything looking tonight? i can only imagine how it looks sans light pollution...

who saw the pretty watercolour wash sunset of apricot through green to violet? shame i was on my way to the supermarket with no camera or i'd post a photo of it now :(

[Nzshrimper]

man, one great thing about cold cold weather is: HOW SPARKLY is everything looking tonight? i can only imagine how it looks sans light pollution...

who saw the pretty watercolour wash sunset of apricot through green to violet? shame i was on my way to the supermarket with no camera or i'd post a photo of it now :(

dont do drugs - its not worth it kids look at what it has done to ss :rolleyes:

[Nzshrimper]

Probably but it is an international space station. I can hear the helpdesk
"What operating system do you use?"
"Have you tried turning it off and on?"
"Have you contacted the vendor?"

If it was our helpdesk, and you just wanted something simple done, they'd try to take remote control of the station and would end up irrecoverably crashing it...

and do they still have the recovery CD's?

Quick, phone NASA. The back up is on a hidden partition.:rolleyes:

thank you for calling microsoft - press 1 to activate office 2003 - 2007 - xp press 2 to activate windows XP operating system.

If you require help please press 0

" presses 0 ' awaits the answer - Shaina twain is playing over the hold.

thank you for holding your call is important to us here at Microsoft you are number 3 in the que.

<ten minutes passes> (or 3 laps of the earth with 'warning warning' bleating out of the tannoy)

an operator from India answer the phone - 'hello my name is John (yeah right).. how can i help yous today' bestest English possible. ;)

Do you have the OEM sticker on the side of the box sir. Is the only unit this product is installed on. etc.

I am sorry sir this product has been activated before and it is against Microsoft licence policy to have this product running on two or more units. May i suggest that you contact the person whom supplied you the product as you may have been victim of piracy or contact your local vendor and purchase a licenced product.

thank you for calling Microsoft today
<click>

Nasa radio to space station " i knew we should have never got the software from the Philippines." - crashes and burns..

or the pilot approaching heathrow in a 747 - on his screen appears. - microsoft has finished installing updates please reboot to complete the process.

[tag141]

Can they update the OS by downloading a torrent?

[S-S]

dont do drugs - its not worth it kids look at what it has done to ss :rolleyes:

you have no soul. :-|

[Mark Vuleta]

Hey SS, caught up with a couple of your mates at Maraetai this afternoon;)

[::John::]

you have no soul. :-|

But, you have to admit, he has a great sense of humour... ;)

Hey SS, caught up with a couple of your mates at Maraetai this afternoon;)


ACK!!! They be necking!

[weka2000]

Wazza just a thought. I assume you will need to get some power adapters for the different countrys you visit in order to charge battreys etc.

[weka2000]

who saw the pretty watercolour wash sunset of apricot through green to violet? shame i was on my way to the supermarket with no camera or i'd post a photo of it now :(

I saw it but no photos.

[Wazza]

Power adapters? Nah, 6 batteries will do. :lol:
Was thinking of getting an extension cable, NZ style, then only need one wall mount.

Last night the Corolla fully seized it's engine driving home from Kirst's party at 2am. Front wheels locked up. Was quite fun.
Had to wake my dad to tow me home.

[momentz]

Last night the Corolla fully seized it's engine driving home from Kirst's party at 2am. Front wheels locked up. Was quite fun.
Had to wake my dad to tow me home.

Well done, you've turned a repairable engine into a boat anchor! :lol:

[weka2000]

Power adapters? Nah, 6 batteries will do. :lol:
Was thinking of getting an extension cable, NZ style, then only need one wall mount.

Last night the Corolla fully seized it's engine driving home from Kirst's party at 2am. Front wheels locked up. Was quite fun.
Had to wake my dad to tow me home.

Looks like a 5D then :lol:

Well you will drive it when you know its not working well :rolleyes:

[weka2000]

Well today is perfect waterfall weather. Cold outside but the bush should be warm and out of the wind.

[momentz]

the bush should be warm

Eh?

[weka2000]

Eh?

Trees act as a shelterbelt from the wind.
Not a country boy :p

[weka2000]

Trying photography with out a camera

[momentz]

Did you scan a leaf?

Ps.. you said the bush would be warm AND sheltered. Not warm BECAUSE it's sheltered.

But I don't think the bush will be warm, sheltered or not :P

[weka2000]

Did you scan a leaf?

Yep. Trying something I read in a book. Need to work out how to get a 3D effect

[weka2000]

Well I might head out to the beach and watch the sunset. Umm which beach

[S-S]

Yep. Trying something I read in a book. Need to work out how to get a 3D effect

the scanner will give a 3d effect for objects (which havent been flattened by the lid!) if you place the item to one side of centre

and i agree, the bush will be cold because of how damp it is, not because of any wind exposure

[weka2000]

Well its now 12.30 go shoot some waterfalls at Upper Nihotupu for a couple of hours. Then Karekare for Sunset (providing road is not closed due to slip repairs) low tide at 5.30 ish.
Come home and thore out :lol:

[S-S]

sounds fun, im jealous :(

does anyone know anything about 35mm slide scanners currently on the market (in other words, what's a good brand/model and what should one stay away from)?

[Wazza]

Well done, you've turned a repairable engine into a boat anchor! :lol:

Either way it's a $500 shell.

They said to do a full rebuild, would have been more expensive then to buy a 2nd hand refurbished motor at $700/800 + fitting.

Was told if I drive it, take it easy, which I did, and if it blows, shows its really messed up, and if not.. Well it's still messed up. :lol:

[Mark Vuleta]

does anyone know anything about 35mm slide scanners currently on the market (in other words, what's a good brand/model and what should one stay away from)?

I've got a Canon 8000F which has various adaptors for slides, 35mm negatives etc.
It works really well but it is a labourously slow process. Before our family re-union last Christmas, I scanned about 1000 slides & probably 3000 negative exposures. Took many many months doing a couple of hours a night.

My one does 4 slides at a time or 12 negatives. It is about 3 years old and I'm sure that there are better ones on the market now. This one has a feature called FARE which is a scratch/dust eliminator (version 2). I think they are up to version 4 now.

Your welcome to borrow it, I dont use it too much these days.

[Mark Vuleta]

The most important thing with this type of scanning is keeping everything clean & negatives flat. Then the ongoing post processing takes time as well.

[weka2000]

I have a Canon8400F does the job.

[S-S]

I've got a Canon 8000F which has various adaptors for slides, 35mm negatives etc.
It works really well but it is a labourously slow process. Before our family re-union last Christmas, I scanned about 1000 slides & probably 3000 negative exposures. Took many many months doing a couple of hours a night.

My one does 4 slides at a time or 12 negatives. It is about 3 years old and I'm sure that there are better ones on the market now. This one has a feature called FARE which is a scratch/dust eliminator (version 2). I think they are up to version 4 now.

Your welcome to borrow it, I dont use it too much these days.

oh thats very kind, i might take you up on that
my mum has trays and trays of slides and i was wanting to digitise them all for her (and me) - now all i have to do is convence her to hand them over LOL

[iKirst]

Oooh, you should see my house :p

[Wazza]

Take some pics for proof.
I got some people shots, but none of the crazy mess!

[theflyingkiwi]

Oooh, you should see my house :p

well it looks like you are going to have a busy sunday then :p

[iKirst]

No pics...

Have sent one of the flatties off to hire a rug doctor. The birthday boy is out.
Cleaning almost complete, entirely thanks to only me.
One casualty.. I just jammed my finger in the door while I was trying to carry a few boxes... bent the nail entirely in half. I know it doesn't sound painful, but I have acrylic tips, which are so strong they have no give to any movement. And it's literally bent it's way through my fingernail and into the finger..
err.. ouch. F! Ouch even.


The only sad thing about the entire exercise was discovering the flatties used every last ounce of hot water with their abundantly long showers. waaaa

Excellent party though ;)

[lil_miss]

heh :) glad to hear it was a good night.. Sorry we didnt make it :(

[iKirst]

That's ok Serra :)
I'm sure there'll be more. And we actually reaped the rewards of this one...
Our alcohol multiplied rather than depleted, hah

[Nzshrimper]

wtf - this has been going on for a week now - heaps of drop outs and modem lock ups.. tried two other routers a laptop and another desktop. and guess what still having the same issues.

now on hold to telescum... :rolleyes:

have been asked have i tried restarting the router and the pc.. :evil:

[Nzshrimper]

hmm - we will send a tech out to you as it would seem there is as fault. - (no sh1t) he will contact you within 4 days to arrange a time to visit..

wtf 4 DAYS YOU HAVE TO BE KIDDING ME. right thats it no more of this sh1te i am going to find another provider.
Do these guys have the same repair training provider as Canon.

[S-S]

hmm - we will send a tech out to you as it would seem there is as fault. - (no sh1t) he will contact you within 4 days to arrange a time to vist..

wtf 4 DAYS YOU HAVE TO BE KIDDING ME. right thats it no more of this sh1te i am going to find another provider.

about a year ago, i came home and went to my pc to check email
no traffic
so i tried using a browser
no traffic
msn was signed out.. uh-oh, bad sign
so i picked up the phone... silence, no dial tone
went to the non-cordless phone - same.

rang telecom on my cell: "oh yes, we have a large number of reported faults in your area, we suspect a problem with the local exchange. we will send out a technician but i'm afraid due to the high number of bookings there will be a small delay..."

/me expects to hear a wait of a day or two

"... we won't be able to have a tech there before 14 days time"

/me WHAT??????

telecom person verified that yes 14 (FOURTEEN) was the number she had just said and no it was not a mistake. i was like are you KIDDING ME? WTF???

so she said she would add some minutes to my mobile so that i could make calls. i told her it was a prepay. then she calculated a rate of compensation for the phone line at $9 a day for 10 days (she said she was only allowed to compensate after the first 4 days had elapsed). then she added $90 to my prepaid account and told me "sorry about your internet, theres nothing we can do about that"

i hung up the mobile and looked out my front window.

there was now a TELECOM TECHNICIAN'S VAN parked right next door (wasnt there when i came home). i went outside and saw a tech fixing the neighbour's line. so i said hey my phone's not working either... 20 minutes later he had fixed it and gone away and i was $90 richer for a total inconvenience of about 1 hour!

LOL :lol:

[weka2000]

Im back and really smilling I will flood soon with WOW pics :lol:

[tag141]

Im back and really smilling I will flood soon with WOW pics :lol:

can't wait. Moppie, are you taking note...

[Moppie]

can't wait. Moppie, are you taking note...


What???????? ????????????

[weka2000]

Well These 2 stood out. 5D

Surf photos to come

[Nzshrimper]

dont make them too big as it will take me atleast 5 hours to down load a page with the kbps i getting at the moment.

[Nzshrimper]

What???????? ????????????

feck it lives.. :p

[Nzshrimper]

love it tony - the first one looks almost metallic. (once i had worked out which way was up)

[S-S]

Well These 2 stood out. 5D
Surf photos to come

liking that waterfall one

[forsaken]

Excellent party though ;)

gutted I missed it :(

still had a blast in Taupo though

[kelstar]

Well These 2 stood out. 5D

Surf photos to come
That waterfall shot is awesome.

[weka2000]

Oh now I know what they mean when they say "DONT shoot into the sun"

Its like wazzas favorite bloody annoying trick with a flash.

5min later I could see again

[momentz]

Nice work Tony, the sun shot is a corker. Waterfall is a bit wtf is that, and the other is good but a bit stereotypical NZ, no real focal point.

[theflyingkiwi]

nice shots tony, the waterfall is very abstract and I guess that's why I like it :)

the sunset, that's really cool. the sun looks larger than life

[lil_miss]

Love the first one! :) Awesome... sunset looked fab from our deck :D

[weka2000]

My other sunset shots have bury people in them. I guess thats why I like Karekare more, less people more wild.
Surf shots are not worth posting. I need a desent ground swell and a bit more light.

Thanks for the kind words

[tim]

Tony, I like those photos, the waterfall one is quite cool and kinda abstract, one of the best i've seen from you recently - though I haven't been on this thread much so i'm not looking that hard. The 2nd and 3rd are good photos.

Here's a thought from a recent NZIPP regional landscape print judging. If anyone could've gotten the photo just by being at the right place at the right time and putting their camera on auto, it probably won't win an award. That said if it's the top of the Himalayas at dawn maybe that would be an exception. That's not to say it's not a great photo, just not an award winner. It might give you something to think about. Don't ask me I suck as landscapes, ask Wazza :)

[NordieBoy]

Ice and tussock shots are cool, very nice. Bolt could be anywhere.

Could have been anywhere but it was at Cardrona :D

[Wazza]

I like the waterfall one. Looks so bizarre and almost shot the wrong angle or something, due to the water bounce - rather abstract looking :)

[tag141]

Just did my good deed for this year. Lent someone my 10D and 28-135 on a 'semi-permanent' basis. Now to convince them this forum is THE place to hang out on the 'net and then have mini GKPE down here. Sorted.

[Wazza]

I like those semi permanent loans.
Gave Kirst my 50mm and 70-300 Sigma that way.. Ended up just saying she can keep them. :)

[S-S]

Oh now I know what they mean when they say "DONT shoot into the sun"
Its like wazzas favorite bloody annoying trick with a flash.
5min later I could see again

that one's cool - like a fire or something

flash anecdote: back when cameras were an add-on for phones, a friend of mine got one and attached it to his new phone (it had a swivel so it could face any way)
he was at a party and a girl grabbed it and goes oh cool, held it up to her face to look through and went "click" *FLASH*

unfortunately, she mistook the flash bulb for the viewfinder...
a very bright flash it was too...

[NordieBoy]

Now THIS (http://www.stuff.co.nz/4099286a10.html) would have been fun to capture with a 17-40L :D

[weka2000]

Tony, I like those photos, the waterfall one is quite cool and kinda abstract, one of the best i've seen from you recently - though I haven't been on this thread much so i'm not looking that hard. The 2nd and 3rd are good photos.

What did you do with the old Tim :p

[Naveb]

Well These 2 stood out. 5D

Surf photos to come
Im loving the 1st one, awesome shot! :)


Now THIS (http://www.stuff.co.nz/4099286a10.html) would have been fun to capture with a 17-40L :D
Scary as! They're bloody lucky...the pilot must of done really well to control that one!

[S-S]

What did you do with the old Tim

poor tim - ppl are never satisfied are they?

[FlyingPete]

Ouch, just in from work this morning:

[iKirst]

^crikey!

Tony - I love that waterfall shot.
Your best yet :)