Kiwi - GKPE - General Ramblings (4)

Great im bidding on a 107cm Gold/Silver reflector. The 5in1 was out of my budget. Cant wait to get it. Im going to try some high key backlighting shots from a window and a silver / gold reflector on the subject.

Perhaps this is the easiest way to take a portrait of someone. I mean they dont have to go out anywhere they can just stay home and have a cup of tea. Works well. So ill try this technique on four ladies.

Cheers Peter! (for the video, gave me an idea of how to achieve this)

Right, im off to work

weka2000 wrote in post #5116019
My wife was told 5min late for her wedding day. If I hd to wait longer than 5min I was out of there.

Been on time is good manners.

LOL - this wife didn't get a chance to be late.

We were standing in the pub together having a couple of pre-ceremony drinks.

I looked over.

"Are ya right?"

"Yup," she replied.

"Let's go do it."

And we wandered off down to the other end of the street and got married.

Gotta love Aussie streets - if it's not a pub on the corner, it's a church - or a Post Office - but the pubs win in the overall count.

akiwi wrote in post #5114453
OMG OMG OMG!
I have a story to tell.

Remember I mentioned that my laptop was overheating. I searched the Internet and there was a post that a bios update should fix the problem.
So I went on to the Toshiba web page and found the latest bios etc.
I read the instructions on installing. It said I should download the files. Extract them. This would create 3 directories which I should burn on a CD. In the directories is a PDF file with update instructions.
So I downloaded the files. Unzipped them, & there was no directory created, only an EXE file which was zipped.
So I double clicked on that & WHammo A program started running with a B.F.Message! "Your bios is being updated. Do NOT interrupt this process!!!"
I wasn't ready for that. Hadn't done a backup or anything. Anyway it took about 10 minutes. At one stage my wife came into the room and looked at me & asked if I was OK as I looked pale & was sweating!
Anyway. It ran till the end. Computer automatically powered down... and didn't re-start. So I pressed the power button , which powered it down, then it restarted & promptly come with a big error message "Hardware change or something" I had the option to try a Normal XP start, so I tried it. My heart had been pumping away at about 120 for nearly 15 minutes by now, but the XP now proceeded to start normally!

Phew! What a relief.
I didn't try re-booting again.

you luck bastard... !! i have seen motherboards fecked beyond use with a bad flash install...

the one good thing is it does not touch your hard drive so your data would have been safe... just you would have had o put the hdd into a caddy and extract your stuff.....

anyways no harm no foul.....

lil_miss wrote in post #5115907
Gah! Man I hate unreliable people!!!! I got up especially at 7.30 this morning (when I was looking forward to sleeping in for once!) because someone was supposed to be coming to pick up a monitor at 8am, which we confirmed last night....

It is now 9am and they are STILL not here.......... I'll be really pi$$ed if they dont turn up at all!!

::John:: wrote in post #5115970
I totally hate unreliability.

lil_miss wrote in post #5115978
The stupid thing is - they told me they finished work just around the corner at 7.30am - so it wasnt a special trip... useless.!

::John:: wrote in post #5116006
I used to have to remind my wife - if we say we will be somewhere at a certain time - we will be there at that time (barring accidents or other uncontrollable events).

She is used to this pet peeve of mine now and starts getting prepared well ahead of time

I just think it is rude to say you'll be somewhere and not turn up - or turn up late.

We have a kid who still needs to learn the lesson - the number of times he has upset his mother by saying he will come visit her and never turning up. I also hate seeing her get upset over it.

weka2000 wrote in post #5116019
My wife was told 5min late for her wedding day. If I hd to wait longer than 5min I was out of there.

Been on time is good manners.

i always tell my business partner that he needs to be at an apointment 30 before the real time.. that way he turns up on time.

::John:: wrote in post #5116044
LOL - this wife didn't get a chance to be late..

is this number 6 or 7.. i cant keep up -

Hell im happy to flash every thing. PC's, cameras., printers and of course weka

weka2000 wrote in post #5116087
Hell im happy to flash every thing. PC's, cameras., printers and of course weka

you say that i am sitting here in my blue robe..... after saving the world...

LOL and we have a winner... once again we're back on that topic

I'm glad I hadnt changed plans or am waiting around.... grrr... at least the only thing I missed out on was extra sleep or I would be even more ropable....

Nzshrimper wrote in post #5116108
you say that i am sitting here in my blue robe..... after saving the world...

Hope you used protection

weka2000 wrote in post #5116131
Hope you used protection

yep just think toothpaste....

Nzshrimper wrote in post #5116083
is this number 6 or 7.. i cant keep up -

5


We had a salesman once who set his watch 5 minutes ahead - on the theory that he would never be late for appointments. Seemed to work for him.

somethingsimple wrote in post #5116112
LOL and we have a winner... once again we're back on that topic

And what is wrong with "that" topic.

I find the whole subject very stimulating.

Look at the advantages of saving the world

its fun
its free
helps stress levels
can be photography related
its exercise
it helps bond relationships
helps break your day from the usual boaring tasks or can make those tasks interesting.

Use it or lose it I say

lil_miss wrote in post #5116122
I'm glad I hadnt changed plans or am waiting around.... grrr... at least the only thing I missed out on was extra sleep or I would be even more ropable....

Positive - you get to spend some additional time with this delightful lot...

weka2000 wrote in post #5116148
And what is wrong with "that" topic.

I find the whole subject very stimulating.

Look at the advantages of saving the world

its fun
its free
helps stress levels
can be photography related
its exercise
it helps bond relationships
helps break your day from the usual boaring tasks or can make those tasks interesting.

Use it or lose it I say

I think someone needs a man.....

somethingsimple wrote in post #5115817
siamese are characterised by having pale bodies and coloured points & mask (when they get old their bodies darken but they are still lighter than their points & mask)

Yeah, but there are chocolate coloured ones and I thought perhaps itn wasn't the greatest lighting etc so was covering all bases

::John:: wrote in post #5116006
I used to have to remind my wife - if we say we will be somewhere at a certain time - we will be there at that time (barring accidents or other uncontrollable events).

She is used to this pet peeve of mine now and starts getting prepared well ahead of time

LOL try as hard as i might I am just about always 10 - 15 mins late

My lady always lies about appointments, says its 30 mins early and that way I am on time.

lil_miss wrote in post #5116122
I'm glad I hadnt changed plans or am waiting around.... grrr... at least the only thing I missed out on was extra sleep or I would be even more ropable....

Yeah, it sucks aye, I sell lots on tardme and have people around all the time, hate the waiting around. I never say I'll get up early for them though, value sleep too much LOL