The 32nd Random TPBM Chat Thread Featuring Eric, the Armchair Mod Quarterback

Belmondo wrote in post #9072804
We overdosed on turkey over the weekend. The remains are in the freezer.

R.I.P., Turkey.

We are in the process of over dosing. We had our T-day early so we could send of son#3. Georgous place. Anyway, we have lots of turkey left over.
This is the cabin we rented.
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Chet wrote in post #9072830
Kids.

Rough weekend, Chet?

gjl711 wrote in post #9072834
We are in the process of over dosing. We had our T-day early so we could send of son#3. Georgous place. Anyway, we have lots of turkey left over.
This is the cabin we rented.
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And here is the whole clan. Even I'm hiding in there.

Good looking crew there.

Belmondo wrote in post #9072853
Rough weekend, Chet?

Good looking crew there.

Thanx. Thats just the Chicago crew. Have a group almost the same size in Cali and Ohio. And Hawaii folks are much larger. Few in Ga, Maine, New Mex, and a few other places.

gjl711 wrote in post #9072928
Thanx. Thats just the Chicago crew. Have a group almost the same size in Cali and Ohio. And Hawaii folks are much larger. Few in Ga, Maine, New Mex, and a few other places.

Impressive family....BTW, which one is you?

Here's an interesting photo. They've mislabeled it as being from the 1930's, abut it's much earlier than that. Early 1920's or late teens would be much more like it. Anyway, I think any one of us would be proud to have taken it, regardless of era. (make sure you click on it to see it full size).

Very cool chief!

Permagrin wrote in post #9071408
G'night Cat. Sleep well. Dream of transparent men.

Woolburr wrote in post #9071444
Night Cat....if you get a phone call in the morning...don't act all shocked!

FocalPrincess wrote in post #9071492
Good gravy Cat, I thought I had a busy/productive day. You made me look like a lazy sloth!

Oh whatever. I can't imagine chasing after 2 little kids all day. What you young moms do totally impresses me.

And we went to 4 shelters yesterday. I forgot to list one. The one that needed all their dogs gone and needed every rescue to take 2 dogs. When we got there, there was only 1 to take, so that was good.

Woolburr wrote in post #9071708
I may have to. Cat can't pronounce my name.

It sounds like I've got a loogy in my throat when I try to say your last name.

Pete wrote in post #9072712
Ooooh...

WOO HOO!!! *does happy dance* YAY YA YA YAYAAYY!!!! *jumps up and down excitedly*
*spills coffee*

gjl711 wrote in post #9072717
Wasn't there a party planned when HART broke into the top 100?

YES! Party at my house! Come on over!!!

Belmondo wrote in post #9072804
We overdosed on turkey over the weekend. The remains are in the freezer.

R.I.P., Turkey.

Are you going to have turkey again this weekend?

gjl711 wrote in post #9072834
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And here is the whole clan. Even I'm hiding in there.

Nice cabin, nice clan.

Belmondo wrote in post #9072969
Here's an interesting photo. They've mislabeled it as being from the 1930's, abut it's much earlier than that. Early 1920's or late teens would be much more like it. Anyway, I think any one of us would be proud to have taken it, regardless of era. (make sure you click on it to see it full size).

Oh that is incredible.

And, as promised. Chunky pics.

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(and they obviously need better processing. Yuck)

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cfpackerfan wrote in post #9073093
Are you going to have turkey again this weekend?

No. We did T'giving early because Lois' brother was in town, and we weren't sure he'd be here again on Thursday. Turns out he will, so I have a nice Ribeye roast to do instead. I have some of the turkey frozen, so if someone wants a sandwich, I can always thaw it out.

Hey...congrats on cracking the top 100!! That's quite an accomplishment for such a bunch of newbies.

Permagrin wrote in post #9070129
lol. thanks

Hale is 7mo old today. HOLY SHORT SPANIEL Batman! I keep thinking "yeah but she'll grow". I'm slowly coming to the realization that she's not going to. But hey, stocky, short chicks deserve love too!

Aren't you glad she didn't turn into a Barbie Doll Spaniel?

puddlepirate44 wrote in post #9070184
hey. HEY! It's just a silly comic strip. Take a step back, Drachy.

Easy for you to say. You know what's happening next.

puddlepirate44 wrote in post #9070486
*returns wave*

Twas the point. I know that I should've said something pertinent, but tis not my nature.



Dang. Missed her.

I penciled in a chapter of James Bovine, about 38 panels. Went shopping and left them all in an envelope in the grocery cart. Called later and someone turned them in. *whew*

Extremely *whew*!

Woolburr wrote in post #9070490
Just home from an emergency trip to the vet...Clarice started acting a bit odd this afternoon...just kept getting worse...poor little has an infected tooth....21 days of antibiotics and a trip to the doggie dentist....yikes...not looking forward to that bill.

Poor little . . .

BearLeeAlive wrote in post #9070498
Jennifer, great to hear you sound so keen on your new job.

Dan.....ya......well, don't know what to say, but I sure got a great chuckle outta our catch up post.

You may know this, but Canon does have a pair. LINK
They get great reviews.

Haven't got those, but judging by my 15x45 and 10x30 non-L, they'll be simply amazing.

eddarr wrote in post #9070630
I have a pair of $50 bushnells that are serving me well. But I do like to window shop.

I have a pair of $50 Bushnell 8x40s and there's no comparison.

BearLeeAlive wrote in post #9070648
Street prices are about $1,000-$1,100.

I don't know. It would almost seem like for $1k you get a lot more optics then many Canon lenses of the same price. I tried out a pair and they really are great, so clear and bright. I bought the Canon 10x30 IS binos, and we are real happy with them. I think we paid around $400.

About what ours ran. And they're simply amazing, aren't they?

monkeygirl wrote in post #9070818
Great news - Dad was kicked out of the hospital tonight. He called a little bit ago and said they were on the way home.

Yay!

Woolburr wrote in post #9070977
Great news on your dad Heather!


and a short Clarice update...one shot and half of a pill....you would think this is a different dog than was here just 6 hours ago. She sure rebounds fast.

And Yay!

short5 wrote in post #9071332
Yo

Yo!

Permagrin wrote in post #9071455
Chief, how did you find that? And do you know how to put the accent over the E?

Windows? Programs | Accessories | System Tools (I move a bunch of my most-used shortcuts like that one up a level). Or you can enable the US-International Keyboard (Control Panel | Regional and Language Options | Languages | Details, click on "Keyboards", then Ädd"US - International. Once you've enabled that, typing "a, or " e, "i, " o, "u gives you the ümlauted version; typing 'a 'c 'e 'i 'o ' u gives you á ç é í ó ú and using the `instead gives you è ì ò ù. Right-alt S gives you ß, and there are a bunch of others. To get a straight ' or " in front of one of their letters, you need to include a space after it. But any letter that isn't affected by the preceding " or ' doesn't need the space.

FocalPrincess wrote in post #9071492
That's wonderful!

*sniffs and wipes some eye leakage* You're very special Deb.

Wow, that's uh....GREAT!


DEB!

LOL, Kody as a genetic gap. That makes him....less than human but higher on the evolutionary scale than primates....interestin​g!

Eeeks, I'm glad she'll be ok!

GADS! Thank goodness no one tried to decifer the comic from the middle.

Good gravy Cat, I thought I had a busy/productive day. You made me look like a lazy sloth!

Wonderful! I hope he decides to listen and not grumble too much.

And if you're on a laptop, you may need to add the Fn key to those you hold down.

Evening everyone, I am not long for this world. Hoping for a lovely, swift visit from the sand man.

If you're on a laptop you probably need to enable the embedded numeric keypad, which is a manufacturer's Fn key. Unless I'm on the road, my laptops all plug into real keyboards.

Pete wrote in post #9072320
Hmm... I've been looking at getting a pair of Canon Bins. I get a bit confused about the 10x30 numbers (I know that one is zoom and the other is area of view, but I don't know what they'd appear like). I don't really want to go into a shop and experiment as I know I'll probably end up paying too much.

This room is the officer's quarters. That's why the woodwork is a little more ornate that the rest of the place.

For me, it's "Tum"

10x is the magnification, 30 is the diameter of the front element (think aperture). Magnification is, IIRC, canonically objective/ocular (or exit pupil). The bigger the front element for any given magnification, the brighter the view (the better the low-light performance). Field of View is a separate design characteristic, usually given in feet at 1000 ft. distance; you can think of it sort of as the image circle of your binoculars; you can have, say, 7x-something binoculars with a variety of FoV measures.

Belmondo wrote in post #9072969
Impressive family....BTW, which one is you?

Here's an interesting photo. They've mislabeled it as being from the 1930's, abut it's much earlier than that. Early 1920's or late teens would be much more like it. Anyway, I think any one of us would be proud to have taken it, regardless of era. (make sure you click on it to see it full size).

I'd definitely agree with your early post-Great War dating. Boaters and the skirt lengths, never mind the auto styles say that.

Belmondo wrote in post #9073113
No. We did T'giving early because Lois' brother was in town, and we weren't sure he'd be here again on Thursday. Turns out he will, so I have a nice Ribeye roast to do instead. I have some of the turkey frozen, so if someone wants a sandwich, I can always thaw it out.

Hey...congrats on cracking the top 100!! That's quite an accomplishment for such a bunch of newbies.

Oh yum! Ribeye roast!
(We did tacos one year for Thanksgiving. It was the year that we were 9 hours away from home, and Wade had to work.)

And thank you! It is totally awesome!

BearLeeAlive wrote in post #9072382
Good Morning


Great shot of Candi, Mike.

Good on you, that will be one BIG puppy dog. How old is it>

I know a few Dan's, so I wouldn't have trouble with it.
Your last name on the other hand, not sure.

The first number is the zoom. 30mm objective lens is quite good for most parts of the day, 42mm will extend your viewing by at least 15 minutes either side of the day, which is important to many bird watchers, as the birds are often very active then.

Thanks Jim.
Do you have the canonL glasses?

Skrim17 wrote in post #9072530
Morning all.

Mike, I love the pic of Candi!

Morning, and thanks.

Miniflash wrote in post #9072593
Forgot to mention I liked Candi's shot sid ..very cute
Hows the kids ..lol even furkids

Thanks. Kid and new furkid are both an armful. The new furkid resists the idea that he is house trained, in spite of what the lady who sold him to us said.

sevillafox wrote in post #9072634
I concur!

Thank you!

gjl711 wrote in post #9072834
We are in the process of over dosing. We had our T-day early so we could send of son#3. Georgous place. Anyway, we have lots of turkey left over.
This is the cabin we rented.
.

And here is the whole clan. Even I'm hiding in there.
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As Tom asked which one is you... and which is #3 son?

Belmondo wrote in post #9072969
Impressive family....BTW, which one is you?

Here's an interesting photo. They've mislabeled it as being from the 1930's, abut it's much earlier than that. Early 1920's or late teens would be much more like it. Anyway, I think any one of us would be proud to have taken it, regardless of era. (make sure you click on it to see it full size).

Very cool, I love old photos like that. Everyone is wearing a hat!

cfpackerfan wrote in post #9073121
Oh yum! Ribeye roast!
(We did tacos one year for Thanksgiving. It was the year that we were 9 hours away from home, and Wade had to work.)

I was going to buy the turkey today, but now I'm tempted to get a ribeye instead. They are delicious!

Do you have the little one for the holiday Mike, or is everyone coming to you?

I am going stir crazy here at home, Eli's fever is down to barely 100 so we are going out for a walk, some fressh air should do him good.

Billy is on the couch with a headache and stuffy head...yay.

poppie guy wrote in post #9073184
Very cool, I love old photos like that. Everyone is wearing a hat!

One other thing I noticed in that photo is the women are all dressed up like they're headed for church. In some parts of the country, that continued well into the 50's. My wife has memories as a young girl of going shopping in Scranton, PA, wearing a hat and gloves (and clothes, presumably). Anything less just wasn't done.