The 17th Official YouTubeless Speed Chatter Challenge & Discussion for TPBM (17)

Pete wrote in post #6850817
You mean you don't have a corridor policy??

Guineh wrote in post #6850859
You do?

Never heard of the corridor policy....in the Newcastle office, I'd grab 1-2 of the executives for a pub lunch (including alcohol) midweek [Something that the US offices do not do, but there is no "corridor policy"...I'd never work for a company that thought people cannot walk, talk or do things in certain places. I am glad for the company I work for...

Pete wrote in post #6850872
Yeah. Anywhere near the executive area, we have to walk backwards so that the executives don't have to make eye contact with us.

You have to disguise yourself as one of the executive plants so you are not spotted?

Guineh wrote in post #6850794
Oops. I added the smiley (which used the cliboard ...) then tried to link to what I was gonna link to.. duh.

Read this ... if this happened to me, I'd be pissed

Wow. People are plain crazy!

Pete wrote in post #6850872
Yeah. Anywhere near the executive area, we have to walk backwards so that the executives don't have to make eye contact with us.

Please tell me you're joking.

theague wrote in post #6850893
Please tell me you're joking.

That would spoil the fun....

Pete wrote in post #6850898
That would spoil the fun....

however, if Pete was the executive.....

Guineh wrote in post #6849582
Finally finished! And this time I'll share...

The calendar (proof):

http://www.michaelraif​ord.com/misc/calendar.​pdf

Kewl!

BearLeeAlive wrote in post #6850171
I always look at them all full sized, it is easy with the slideshow. There are many that the thumbnails do not do justice too.

Yep, I look at all of them full size first. Some that don't look like much as a thumbnail are really great full size.

Mornin All!

BearLeeAlive wrote in post #6850348
The 3 I got were actually quite creative, using real photography terms.

I generally get anywhere from 100-300 spam emails aimed at my domain name email addresses. Fortunately, SpamAssassin catches almost all of them. Once a week or so I go through the spam folder looking to make sure there were no false positives. It's kinda interesting to see the subject lines some of these spammers use to try to fool me into opening the email. Quite often the subject line will be a name from one of the graves in my Pioneer Graves project or the name of a mountain I climbed that's listed in my hiking galleries. They make it look like it's someone asking for info about something, then when you look in the email itself it's for discount drugs to enhance different parts of my body... Idiots...

sevillafox wrote in post #6850160
....it amazes me that it is an effective marketing tool.

100 millions spams, 10 hits and you make $$$

Pete wrote in post #6850219
Email spam is the cheapest way of marketing. For the initial outlay of buying a list of email addresses (which are very cheap) and a mass-mailing program (I'm assuming you get get those for free). Once you have that, you just feed the spam program the list of email addresses and the spam you want to send and let it do it.

Even if one in 100,000 emails results in a sale, they've made a profit. And there are always gullible people who will beleive anything that comes into their email box.

What he said.

FuryMe wrote in post #6850249
And I hear that spam is flying off the shelves at grocery stores lately.

Especially in Hawaii. I don't know what it is about Spam and Hawaii but it's very common there. Heck, I had Spam sushi. It was actually very good.

sevillafox wrote in post #6850422
Lol...I'm a girl and I'm NOT easy to shop for. ....

BearLeeAlive wrote in post #6850437
It seems to be inherent with all females. .

No kidding, girls are impossible to shop for.

Skrim17 wrote in post #6850449
Jim the woman lugs around her 5D with 24-105 and no kind of strap, she's a strong one!!..

She's a keeper.

Harm wrote in post #6850487
My MIL buys the crappest gifts, cheap and tacky, and straight into a box where it won't be used....pointless. Just give us the money instead.

Keep it safe. Wrap it up the next year, and give it back. How else is she suppose to know she got a gift that was not appreciated.

BTW, we have a family gift like this now. It a game called "The Settlers" I'm not sure why but all the kids groaned when it was opened several xmas ago. So I saved it and now some random kid in the family get it. and all groan again.

Guineh wrote in post #6850511
I'm tired and cold. My brain is operating in slush mode. I read that as, 'Just give us the monkey instead'

Touch your monkey.

Miniflash wrote in post #6850554
I like giving gifts people want or like Sometimes I just like to give thats better than getting IMHO Although it took me a while to figure that out

I do too but that perfect gift is difficult to find.

sevillafox wrote in post #6850612
Yeah, finding the perfect gift is awesome!

And near impossible.

Harm wrote in post #6850627
yes it is, the reactions on people's faces are superb.

Yes it is

Mornin Paula.

I usually do a once over at thumbnail, write down all potential numbers, then go back at a reasonable size for my screens here at work and view them to make the final cuts. It takes for friggin ever though

CrazieCricket wrote in post #6851005
Yep, I look at all of them full size first. Some that don't look like much as a thumbnail are really great full size.

how can you NOT look at them in full detail?

people are lazy...

The trick to remember is that it doesnt have to be the perfect gift .Perfection is overrated , just a heart felt gift , one that has been chose by you ,with the thought of them in mind

gjl711 wrote in post #6851050
Especially in Hawaii. I don't know what it is about Spam and Hawaii but it's very common there. Heck, I had Spam sushi. It was actually very good.

I concur, spam sushi is very good.

Harm wrote in post #6851058
how can you NOT look at them in full detail?

people are lazy...

Full detail doesn't matter. They are not being printed full size, so why do I need to pixel peep?

Becky N wrote in post #6849787
Will check to see if it is on DirectTV or check out renting. I loved GetSmart. Any chance of a TR GS?

Oh that would be SO FUN!! I'll mention it to him.

BearLeeAlive wrote in post #6850171
I have a 70-200 f/4L that is collecting dust since I got my 70-200 f/2.8L IS, though the f/4 has just as good of image quality. If anyone is ever thinking of getting this lens, it is for sale cheap to the right buyer.

That's a good lens. Maybe that would work for Zane's query last night? My son has it, and I have the IS version...it's light enough that you don't absolutely need the IS and sharp as can be. I use the IS version because of the low light wedding shoots...

Skrim17 wrote in post #6850449
Jim the woman lugs around her 5D with 24-105 and no kind of strap, she's a strong one!!

Deb my recommendation would be the 70-200 f/4 IS for you.

Deb, you need a hand strap for safety!

and I'd recommend the 70-200 IS for you too.