The Exhaustive Animal Shelter (No Snakes Allowed) and Random Discussion for TPBM (27)

Permagrin wrote in post #8288017
ymmmm I just roasted some Ethiopian Yrgacheffe.

Oh goodness, bless you.

gosh it smells good. I think I like roasting coffee for the smell almost as much as I like drinking it.

btw...my last roast of Kona....magnifique!!

Sounds great Lisa, not much practice needed at all, it seems.

BearLeeAlive wrote in post #8287979
If you wear something cute and sexy, he won't notice the food.

I'll just wear an apron.

Muchas gracias!

Permagrin wrote in post #8288017
ymmmm I just roasted some Ethiopian Yrgacheffe. (yeah, say that 3x fast)

gosh it smells good. I think I like roasting coffee for the smell almost as much as I like drinking it.

btw...my last roast of Kona....magnifique!!

I love a good coffee junkie.

I don't have blood in my veins. Just Arabian blend. LOL

Ok, more messing about with LR2, some shots that originally came out crap and i scrapped them....

Hideous Moi:

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Permagrin wrote in post #8288017
Yrgacheffe.

Bless you. Are you taking pictures for the article?

puddlepirate44 wrote in post #8288026
It's not that difficult if you've had the proper training. And I, as you may surmise, am a black belt when it comes to lemon meringue pie.

AmandaMarie wrote in post #8288034
I'll just wear an apron.

Must be a Calgary thing.

Evening folks...two day catch up ahead.

Becky N wrote in post #8277065
Looks like the dislodging of the Snake last night caused a catastrophic change in pressure sucking everyone through into the night world.

Some Mississippi River boids from Sunday:

Yeah...I have that effect of the environment.

Nice shots of the river birds...like the pelican.

Pete wrote in post #8277197
A flower for your morning. It didn't come out the way I wanted (darned wind).

But I kind of liked it.
It gave me a bit of a burned right eye for a couple of minutes afterward...

Now that is cool Pete. I like it...even if it did not come out the way you wanted it to.

BearLeeAlive wrote in post #8277775
THIS kid didn't need a canoe. It is a news story with a good ending, for a change.

Wow...was it a Tonka?

Permagrin wrote in post #8278568
Woke up to Kona having shredded Dan's charts (from his coast guard days). It was hard to break it to him. They were stored behind a cabinet...I have no idea how Kona got them out.

What a total bummer!

Permagrin wrote in post #8278749
Did you guys see this
https://photography-on-the.net …php?p=8259439&p​ostcount=1
it's 50% off for a smugmug pro account.

Too bad it's only on new accounts.

I talked to the wife about getting more involved in selling shots. It appears that I may have a tiny market in family/portrait shots or just family functions I attend with my family and friends....wife wants me to start charging for time with them. Especially with family functions, I always get calls to give them photos emailed so they can print them....and I usually decline or only provide a select few without watermarks. Though...I am so reluctant in doing so....family keep calling me to take shots for my cousins' birthdays so they can get a good quality 16x20 to display at their reception. I had to decline taking some shots Sunday because I didn't think there would be enough time to shoot, process and print a 16x20 by this Saturday...such is life.

Harm wrote in post #8278977
some people are just crazy!
LINK

Yes...yes they are.

Chet wrote in post #8279100
You can make the crappy ones hidden anyhow. I mostly use my account for archival purposes.

Dang....guess I should go hide my entire gallery

Permagrin wrote in post #8280485
well since the room is empty:
I'm not a macro photography by any stretch...but these are my best attempts with the D700 and the cz100 @ f2

Nice macro shots....better 'n I can do.

Becky N wrote in post #8280769
A PUDDLE PONDER
Before my oral surgery on Friday, I have to premedicate on an antibiotic beginning 2 days before. Just went and had the prescription filled to begin tomorrow morning. Of course it came with one of those sheets that tell you every single side effect and precaution, etc., etc., etc. Upon reading it all the way through the last sentence reads:

Information Expires August 26, 2009


So what happens to the information on August 27, 2009? If I get any of the side effects after mid-night on the 26th are they void and nil? Can I take different dosage at 00:00:01 on the 27th? Am I to contact someone entirely different in case of "accidental" overdose?

Wife says that it is when the info gets reviewed by the FDA or the drug company for accuracy or updates. She mentioned that they could add new side effects like growing a third eye, arms falling off, developing Nikon lust...you know, stuff like that.

Permagrin wrote in post #8280771
WATERPLAY

"I'm in the water and you're noooot!"
"come on chicken...get in the water"
"it's okay Hale, it's not that bad"
"oooh crud...you're not supposed to dive in a kiddie pool"
"yeah...try to blow it out your nostrils"
"wait...your back end seems to be stuck"
"hey, you can't get out before you get all the way in...it's just not done!"
"that must be girl-talk for "been there...done that"

OMG!! How cute she got in the water! LMAO @ the nose dive in the water.

Skrim17 wrote in post #8280881
evening roomies...I"ve been scammed.
I'm on top of it with PayPal and I will be visiting Mr. Calmenson this weekend unexpectedly...but it still stinks.

Bummer Crissa.....hope it all gets resolved.

One thing that popped into my head going through the thread....hope you don't show up to that guys house/place that you linked to researching him only to find that some person from another state or country had somehow tied that defunct website to his persona.

Permagrin wrote in post #8280962
one more set and I'm done
"LOOK MOM! I'm a St. Bernard"
"You want majestic...I can do majestic...pay no attention to the leg thing sticking out of my mouth."
"ne'er again will I travel that liquid wasteland"

Great rant Lisa.

puddlepirate44 wrote in post #8281035
I forgot these yesterday:
Suspense..... Oooooo.....

Dood. Suspense so not cool.

Permagrin wrote in post #8281052
this is a really cool story

That sure was. Great hearing about stuff like that...thanks for linking.

Guineh wrote in post #8281155
Somebody loves his daddy!

Appears so....Evan clings like that also.

Guineh wrote in post #8281560
How to really piss off your neighbors:
http://www.wmctv.com/G​lobal/story.asp?S=1071​8480

Yeah...that'll do it.

short5 wrote in post #8282302
Have a great trip Chris. Look for the girl on a silent horse.

Nice shot of girl on a silent horse.

JWright wrote in post #8282367
Just send 'em my way... Diane seems to think I'm some kind of ogre that eats kids.

Oh? You're not an ogre?

cfpackerfan wrote in post #8282374
Really? Only 83 pages in 8 days?
Slackers.

Now you see who really contributes to a thread.

AmandaMarie wrote in post #8282508
Oh, I wish! The mother's in my area seem to think my cafe is a replacement for the park. Which it is NOT.
There's juice and goldfish flying everywhere! Ugh. I'm hoping maybe the family I nanny for will let me take some shots of their son! He's a total Gerber baby.

It always bothered me seeing parents who did not pick up after their children at a restaurant....and leave a huge mess. When my son was a wee one, we never let him leave a mess on or under a table.

Woolburr wrote in post #8282629
Not a flahr.

No it sure isn't. Looks like Terri was keeping an eye on you too....dragon is everywhere.

cfpackerfan wrote in post #8285175
Remember this shot?
Update:

Yes...and awwww.

AmandaMarie wrote in post #8285975
So, I registered for a one week intensive photography course in Vancouver (jump start course basically) at the end of August and last time I checked, I was the only person registered.

I'm thinking I might end up not going. I would be really upset. But I'm thinking, if this were the case, would anyone here reccomend the NYIP course? I'm sure there's 29077035 threads on it already, but just wondering. Hmmmm.

Like others mentioned, you can learn lots poking around here and other photo sites....though I think NYIP is too much money for a mail/internet learning.

Harm wrote in post #8286080
You left-pondians sure are strange

Hey...wait a minute...you

BearLeeAlive wrote in post #8286191
You'd be one now, you know. I am quite a ways left of the pond, nearly a Pacific right-pondian.

^^that.

mtnphtgrphr wrote in post #8286987
Stopping in for min... then I gotta get back at it... I'm haivng visitors this weekend... Mike and his fur kids Cedar and Kasey... gotta get the house clean and make sure the fence is ready.... I assume tomorrow is oging to be a long day... both administrators are leaving work early... that leaves me to be the administrator... FORTUNATELY I'm leaving early Friday... to go to Mediation... and be in the same room with my ex husband for TWO hours

Hope the visitor fun off sets the unpleasant meet with ex.

AmandaMarie wrote in post #8287049
Woohoo! Funnel cloud over my house today. Good thing I had NO idea. Great warning system in place here. Just fantastic.

Whoa! No touchdown anywhere? Wait....did you get a shot of it?

puddlepirate44 wrote in post #8287254
Wednesday's edition:

So all you have to do is eat a whole lemon meringue pie.....pssssh....I'd be impressed if it were a triple chocolate black forest cake.

BearLeeAlive wrote in post #8287504
Dog attacks water

Jasper was getting tired a bit by the time I got out to film this. I will video this again, and this time turn the darn IS off.

Still fun none the less. Joshua does that to the hand held water guns too.

eddarr wrote in post #8287507
If you can't eat well it's not worth eating. I just had homemade sweet chili with grilled corn on the cob and black market tortillas smuggled up from Tijuana.

You weren't kiddin' about the tortillas from Mexico huh?

AmandaMarie wrote in post #8287640
oh definitely. and I understand that. I honestly don't even want to be a second-shooter or ANYTHING. I just want to almost kind of shadow? I'll even do all the b**ch work. I just wanna be around it.

I just LMAO when I saw that.

Seriously though, don't give up....I am sure there is someone out there nice enough to let you shadow. Heck, a one time regular here got that chance with a sports shooter last year.

DoodleBunz wrote in post #8287698
So I found out today that my Gram broke her foot on Monday. Lied to my sister as to why her cleaning lady was taking her to the doc, and didn't tell my father till today. This is the woman who had a stroke 8ish years ago, can barely care for herself and refuses to go into a nursing home. Poor Dad. I'm LIVID with her, but it doesn't pay, cuz she doesn't remember anyway.

Sorry to hear Diane.

BearLeeAlive wrote in post #8288033
Oh goodness, bless you.


Sounds great Lisa, not much practice needed at all, it seems.

LOL!! actually I'm on my 7th roast so far (I'm roasting small amounts...5 & 6 oz) but I've pretty much found what 1st and 2nd crack are on my machine. Now I'm learning the machine's profiles. I've been reading all day trying to find out what beans are hard/soft...and which profiles to use. It's taking a bit of research but I can't say when I've enjoyed myself more.

One thing I read about roasting coffee before I started "even the worst home roasted is better than store bought (not including coffee shops that roast their own)" and so far I'm finding all my mistakes (less one) very palatable indeed. It's fun and tasty...what more could one want

HARM very nice job on those! *waves*

short5 wrote in post #8288056
Bless you. Are you taking pictures for the article?

LOL! No...it's all still in the experimental stages, but I'm making copious notes.

Speaking of notes...JIM if you decide to go ahead with home roasting, I have a free program for coffee geeks that helps one keep accurate notes on individual roasts, times, weights etc...

Permagrin wrote in post #8288076
"even the worst home roasted is better than store bought (not including coffee shops that roast their own)"

That I can believe. Hence I stick to tea more than I do with coffee.

Permagrin wrote in post #8288076
HARM very nice job on those! *waves*

Danke! *waves*

eddarr wrote in post #8288071
Must be a Calgary thing.

yeah, we don't mind being chilly:p:p

AmandaMarie wrote in post #8288034
I'll just wear an apron.

Muchas gracias!

That reminds me, I took a photo wearing my new TR group shot apparel that Dan did up that great drawing for. I opted for something other than the t-shirt. (can't believe I forgot about this).

AmandaMarie wrote in post #8287964
Since it seems we have a ton of foodies here, I'm making my boyfriend dinner on Saturday night. I almost NEVER cook. Any suggestions for something yummy/easy?

Depends on what the favorite type of food is.

BearLeeAlive wrote in post #8287979
If you wear something cute and sexy, he won't notice the food.

Which never works for you eh Jim?

AmandaMarie wrote in post #8288034
I'll just wear an apron.
Muchas gracias!

[Zane]We'll need pictures of this.[/Zane]

Harm wrote in post #8288045
Ok, more messing about with LR2, some shots that originally came out crap and i scrapped them....
Hideous Moi:
A B&W of Sedona:

Still more tweaking to do with them till I am happy with Gimp, but for now, I am just pissing about

Those came out great on the re-PP Harm.

Sedona is one place I'd like to go back to visit one day. I loved it the first time I was there.

eddarr wrote in post #8288071
Must be a Calgary thing.

It must be!

hahahahahaha!! I NEVER told anyone but man oh man Jim...you certainly lengthen the time someone has to keep a secret

OH GOD MY EYES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I need the breign bleach STAT!!