The 19th Official Rain Snow Sleet nor Ice Shall Detour Discussion for TPBM (19)

Glow boy goes full frame, eh? Nice.

Guineh wrote in post #7037771
Not in person, no. I am aware of their existence on this board, though.

...

Ok, I think I found the perfect way to piss off a bartender:

Order a pousse-café

A bartender I knew years ago told a story about these. A customer ordered on and sat there while the bartender painstakingly prepared the drink, layering the liqueurs carefully, even to the point of pouring them down a spoon so they would sit properly. When the drink, which took 45 minutes to prepare, was finished he set it down in front of the patron and stepped back to receive his praise. The customer, who was a bit inebriated, reached over, stuck a spoon in the drink and stirred it up...

gjl711 wrote in post #7038338
Did Nebraska just blow up?

Screen shot of the weather radar.

Wouldn't be much of a loss...

gjl711 wrote in post #7038456
Ya know. Ya gotta love the manual. I just checked and so'nuff. The light never turns green. See page 23. Blinkies means charging. No blinkies means full.

I see so many questions that could be answered by reading the manual that I have downloaded pdf copies of all the Canon user manuals, even for gear I don't own. I keep copies on both the big computer and the laptop. It helps to answer questions people ask...

Guineh wrote in post #7038958
Sonofa...

yesterday, we go to the grocery store. Now, I have a major Coke-Zero addiction, I admit it, so we usually to save a few bucks buy a 24 pack. I pick up the package and notice that the 24 pack is no more, now its a 20 pack.

.... For the price of a 24 pack, of course.

sevillafox wrote in post #7039021
20 pack?!?! What's up with that malarky?

Welcome to the economy...

Guineh wrote in post #7039014
Even though they're arachnids, the salticids (jumping spiders) are about the cutest things on 8 legs. View article...

Those are cute...

cfpackerfan wrote in post #7039154
My one sister is a xerox machine. All her babies look identical when they are first born, lol.

Kinda like the Dalmatian in the UK that gave birth to 18 puppies? Her previous litter was 15...

thomascanty wrote in post #7039400
Yeah, I kinda got that impression, too...

I've had quite a number of bosses in the nearly 25 years I've been working there. Most were so-so, a couple were pretty bad and two or three were absolutely wonderful. So far, I'd put her at the bottom of the pile. She's by far the worst of the worst.

Of course, judging by the average turnaround for supervisors around there, I wouldn't be surprised if she's gone within six months anyway...

Just wait her out. If you can retain your sanity that long...

Harm wrote in post #7040156
You reminded me of when I was driving through Germany once. They had all these large trucks with wonderful advertising on the sides. I Googled it up, and found this website:

LINK

Just click on Sieger 2007/08

And in particular this truck:

LINK

Basically in Germany, they want to increase looks of trucks in the country

I'm wondering if that isn't just someone's idea of clever, creative Photoshop? All the trucks are viewed from exactly the same angle and the artwork looks a bit too perfect.

short5 wrote in post #7040689
My FIL dumped Canon back when they did that. They rendered his whole kit obsolete overnight. He was ticked off. They did it to bring an improved system but really screwed their old customers.

Nikon was the only one of the "big four" camera manufacturers (Nikon, Canon Pentax and Minolta) that retained their lens mount in the transition from manual to auto focus technology. I was a loyal Minolta shooter in the 1980's and 90's but when the time came to shift to an AF system (in 1999), the Minolta mounts were totally different. I narrowed my choices down to Nikon and Canon, choosing Canon because of the price point and the fact that Canon had stabilized lenses available and Nikon did not.

Oooh, oooh, Brown truck!!

I need some help here, every time I put my flash on my camera and shoot manual my camera keeps using more than one focus point...I have it set to the center one but have to keep re-setting it?

Skrim17 wrote in post #7041569
Glow boy goes full frame, eh? Nice.

Sorry he got in line ahead of you!

sevillafox wrote in post #7041588
Sorry he got in line ahead of you!

No worries here, glad he got it!

Boy....3 people in this thread acquiring 5Ds within a week or so....

Your turn Crissa!

Soon enough, waiting on a few items first but always on the lookout.

I usually get a raise and a bonus each year, this year I got a very sizeable raise but no bonus yet...I say yet because in the past it has come in at the end of January. But I am wondering if perhaps since my raise was larger than it has been if they are foregoing the bonus. I don't want to ask as the bonus' are given by a board member anonymously every year and I don't want to seem greedy...

Skrim17 wrote in post #7041550
yeah but who got the 5D?

short5 wrote in post #7041560

Congrats!

On another note, I didn't get the job...

I'm sorry to hear that Paula, perhaps another will come along soon?

Skrim17 wrote in post #7041569
Glow boy goes full frame, eh? Nice.

Been there since I got the 1Ds. I love full frame. Just looking through the viewfinder is a whole new big bright world.

Skrim17 wrote in post #7041584
I need some help here, every time I put my flash on my camera and shoot manual my camera keeps using more than one focus point...I have it set to the center one but have to keep re-setting it?

No idea Crissa that seems odd to me. Is there a button for point selection you are inadvertently hitting when you slide the flash on?

sevillafox wrote in post #7041588
Sorry he got in line ahead of you!

I PMed him when he said he was getting the MkII

CrazieCricket wrote in post #7041645
On another note, I didn't get the job...

Sorry Paula

I don't think so, in order to change it I have to focus then use the joy stick thingie to move the spot and unless I engage the focus first I can't seem to change it. Weird.