The OLDER Photographers' thread...

skygod44 wrote in post #12915904
Anthony who?

EDIT: Just looked him up, as we don't hear about US politics here.....
Wow, what a p[r]ick!!!

That's not politics. It's pure congressional stupidity.

Roy Mathers wrote in post #12915975
What is this new habit of spelling 'prick' as 'p[r]ick'?

It's a fear of being politically incorrect.

After all, you can say you pricked your finger, but you can't say you fingered your prick.

Ain't English grand!

CountryBoy wrote in post #12913170
Does that include rude comments about my Avatar ? If so , I have a long list of names .

Send them in - we'll give them all POTN Good Conduct Medals!

20droger wrote in post #12917602
It's a fear of being politically incorrect.

After all, you can say you pricked your finger, but you can't say you fingered your prick.

Ain't English grand!

You can prick a boil, but you can't boil a prick!!

yogestee wrote in post #12920195
You can prick a boil, but you can't boil a prick!!

Unless you're named Bobbitt

Inse wrote in post #12920623
Unless you're named Bobbitt

Ouch!!!!!!!!!!!
And on that note, I've a true story for you all from 6am today.

Down here, in southern Japan, we have all sorts of larger-than-life reptiles and insects. The kind of creatures nightmares are made of.
And being British, where the stag beetle is as big and "scary" as they get, I'm not exactly keen on the local bugs.

Well, this morning, Louis woke us up at 5:10am for a feed, and after that I was settling nicely into a dream.....when I felt a nasty pain.....up high on my right thigh.

But being in dream-land, my brain converted it into an image which conveyed intense pain through imagery....I think Roger was involved, but luckily, that part of the dream has now been lost.

Moments later, and I had another RED NOT pain.....higher up, and more "central". This time, there was no 'conversion' into dream-land.....oh no!

I woke with a yelp, threw off the sheets and grabbed a 'handful' to look at what the hell was causing the pain, assuming clothing had trapped a hair or two....
But no such luck.

On opening my eyes properly, there was a 2" poisonous caterpillar sinking its teeth (or whatever you want to call the evil jaws at the front!) into a part of the body us gentleman are really rather protective about.
It's the only time in my life I've physically frozen with fear.
VERY LUCKILY, my wife woke and removed said spawn-of-Satan before it could do any more damage.
Turns out, it was a baby.
The adults can slice through clothing if they feel like it.

Think we'll try sleeping with the windows shut tonight.........

A real nightmare near Tokio I guess...

Timphoto wrote in post #12915383
Ricardo - how's the new ship design going?

Hey Tim, thanks for asking.

The aluminium arrived from Singapore a few days ago, (all 49 tonnes of it) and the frames are all cut. They're now ready to assemble them...it's a bit of a process folding all the flanges and welding all the bits together. In a few weeks it will all suddenly take shape. I'll post some pics when there's something to show.

Seems like just yesterday we were talking about the design. I'd love to see some pictures when you get a chance.
I was watching a TV program the other day on how they built that huge Oasis of the Seas cruise ship. Interesting how they built all the cabins and suites offsite in a factory and installed them as modules in the shipyard. Ship building has certainly changed over the last 50 years.

skygod -I think I'd have a hard time sleeping after that - even with the windows closed. If that baby caterpillar was only 2 inches, how big do the adults grow?

I've been stung in my sleep by a scorpion. Not fun.

And we have poisonous Giant Desert Centipedes that grow to about 10 inches. Not something you want crawling on you.

Of course, in Japan you have all the friends of Godzilla to contend with....

Timphoto wrote in post #12921903
Seems like just yesterday we were talking about the design. I'd love to see some pictures when you get a chance.
I was watching a TV program the other day on how they built that huge Oasis of the Seas cruise ship. Interesting how they built all the cabins and suites offsite in a factory and installed them as modules in the shipyard. Ship building has certainly changed over the last 50 years.

Don't forget thats its just a little coastal cargo and passenger boat, Tim. And it's being built to a tight budget...she will be no elegant beauty!

As for modular construction...it certainly helps keep costs down and timescales on schedule. With computer cutting of frames and many other parts it's so much easier to make things fit if they're built off site.

Ricardo222 wrote in post #12924671
Don't forget thats its just a little coastal cargo and passenger boat, Tim. And it's being built to a tight budget...she will be no elegant beauty!

I like good solid "working" boats. If I want elegant beauty then we need to talk sailing vessels. Somewhere in the 12 meter class...

Timphoto wrote in post #12921903
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skygod -I think I'd have a hard time sleeping after that - even with the windows closed. If that baby caterpillar was only 2 inches, how big do the adults grow?

Adults are only about 4" I believe, but they're nasty.
And they even climb the outside walls of tower-blocks.
When I first came here, I was warned NEVER to touch one, as the hairs inject poison directly and are agony. I'm still grateful my bite was just from a baby which hadn't developed the poison yet.

20droger wrote in post #12922391
I've been stung in my sleep by a scorpion. Not fun. And we have poisonous Giant Desert Centipedes that grow to about 10 inches. Not something you want crawling on you.
Of course, in Japan you have all the friends of Godzilla to contend with....

Yeah....a scorpion in the bed would, I'm sure, end up with a "Skygod shaped" hole in the wall!!!!

Jon wrote in post #12917621
Send them in - we'll give them all POTN Good Conduct Medals!

That's just not right !

20droger wrote in post #12922391
I've been stung in my sleep by a scorpion. Not fun.

And we have poisonous Giant Desert Centipedes that grow to about 10 inches. Not something you want crawling on you.

Of course, in Japan you have all the friends of Godzilla to contend with....

I worry about getting bit by a brown recluse spider (Fiddleback Spider) , while sleeping .

Posted some shots from the recent Africa trip. Just a travelogue, not fully postprocessed.

Enjoy!

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