The 43rd TPBM "Waiting (impatiently) for Noir" Random Chat

We are off to clean and prep for painting at the new place.

Skrim17 wrote in post #12049245
Love the first hippo and second doorways D, happy to see you here!!

Thanks! Hippo #1 is today's take on it The door was #3

CrazieCricket wrote in post #12049267
D, I agree with Crissa. I like #1 on the hippos and #2 on the doorway.

Thanks!

Becky N wrote in post #12049314
#1 on the hippos. The deeper colors for the sunset/rise is very appealing.

#1 on the door also. The other two draw me right to the center to court where number one makes me look at all the detail in the door and arches.

#2 brings out more detail on the carving, you might want to use the cloning brush on the court area to tone it down so as not to draw the eye so much. Then I think I would prefer it over #1.

Thanks for the advice Becky! I actually wanted to make the light in the middle come out and put everything else in darkness

DDA wrote in post #12049365
Thanks for the advice Becky! I actually wanted to make the light in the middle come out and put everything else in darkness

Oops.:o Just shows once again, how subjective this hobby is.


Bit of a delay, Curt is finishing up a door that he painted and repaired that needs to go back to Allen Street. So I'm PP in the background until he is ready to go.

Permagrin wrote in post #12048044
you overdid the spay...he's unconscious

Woolburr wrote in post #12048081
I imagine that being spayed would knock him out!

Permagrin wrote in post #12048135
HAHAHAHA!!

I'm SO tired. I didn't even notice that.

LOL! (I didn't notice it until this morning...:o)

short5 wrote in post #12048943
Dano and anyone interested. Boat going over the Tsunami out at sea. No tragedy or wreckage, thankfully, just an interesting perspective. http://www.liveleak.co​m/view?i=35d_130051634​0

Out at sea is the best place to be in that situation. They must have been relatively close to the coast for it to be that high. The further out to sea the less noticeable the wave is.

short5 wrote in post #12048662
Lol, look out Heather. Before long he will have 5 radios screaming and squawking at you 24/7. I have seen it happen before. I currently have 4 scanners and a shortwave receiver on my desk. Much to Leyla's delight I don't often fire them all up anymore.

I have a portable scanner on my desk as well, but there's not much to hear around here. Police and fire are on a 800Mhz trunking system and my scanner isn't capable of receiving that. I have it programmed for the local airports and railroads but with the small antenna, I can't hear much.

It's already got a GPS...

I have the clamps so I'm going to go with those for now. They're easily replaceable if necessary. If it looks like the thing is swaying around too much in the wind, I'll guy it.

Permagrin wrote in post #12048044
you overdid the spay...he's unconscious

That's a bit... awkward....

short5 wrote in post #12048842
Soooo, you know how states have a state bird, or state flower? West Virginia's state flower is the satellite dish by the way. Well, Utah, that bizarre and confused place that looks like Mars, has decided on a state gun. I am moving in Cat, move on over At least it is a 1911 Government Model, they showed good taste. Apparently Browning came from Utah. http://www.cnn.com …firearm/index.h​tml?hpt=T2

HAHAHAHA!

Cool on the M1911. I loved that gun.

short5 wrote in post #12048943
Dano and anyone interested. Boat going over the Tsunami out at sea. No tragedy or wreckage, thankfully, just an interesting perspective. http://www.liveleak.co​m/view?i=35d_130051634​0

That was so cool.

I've never "hit" a tsunami, but I've seen my fair share of big waves. Big waves are pretty relative. A 50 footer probably wouldn't be much to a big Navy carrier or Battleship, but having to beat through a storm of them off of Oregon in a little CG cutter was a BLAST.

Timphoto wrote in post #12049210
Not a big deal when it's out in the middle of the ocean, is it?

Not really. Like John said, these guys were up on the continental shelf, somewhere near land to get that much wave face going. In the middle of the Big Blue Wet Thing you'd have a hard time seeing the tsunami at all.

DDA wrote in post #12049211
Hi everyone!

Hi, Didier!

I liked the second processing on both sets.

G'MAE, All.

Good Morning. Hope all of you are having a great Saturday. I am going to be off to work in a bit.

Timphoto wrote in post #12048238
Good night Heather. My computer gave me permission to sleep.

That was nice of your computer to allow you to sleep

Zane he is not allowed any more radio stuff for a while

Crissa and Becky - good luck with your home projects

Didier - love both hippos, and number 2 for me on the doors

I was just thinking about the word, "Hippopotamus". It's a convoluted Latin word meaning, "River Horse".

OK, what latin dude thought that up?

"Hey, Octavius, what's that freakin' HUGE animal in the water over there?"

"It's a... it's a... HORSE! In a... RIVER!"

"...really? THAT'S a horse. OK, no more tequila for you, you sot."

Didier, great to see you have time to re-edit photos. Heck, I can't find the time, nor desire, to process many for the first time. I do like your edits. 1 and 2 best for me.

puddlepirate44 wrote in post #12049814
I was just thinking about the word, "Hippopotamus". It's a convoluted Latin word meaning, "River Horse".

OK, what latin dude thought that up?

"Hey, Octavius, what's that freakin' HUGE animal in the water over there?"

"It's a... it's a... HORSE! In a... RIVER!"

"...really? THAT'S a horse. OK, no more tequila for you, you sot."

That's the sort of thing you say if you've been swimming in Lake Mead.

Here is the tattoo I was talking about a few days ago on the foot of Caitlin's BFF, Janna. She is an amateur, or wannabe, paleontologist. Not something I would want, but still kinda unique. Caitlin's cell phone shot, shared with permission.

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Nice day for a swim ...

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BearLeeAlive wrote in post #12049850
Here is the tattoo I was talking about a few days ago on the foot of Caitlin's BFF, Janna. She is an amateur, or wannbe, paleontologist. Not something I would want, but still kinda unique. Caitlin's cell phone shot, shared with permission.

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Ewwwww. Bony feet!!

puddlepirate44 wrote in post #12049814
I was just thinking about the word, "Hippopotamus". It's a convoluted Latin word meaning, "River Horse".

OK, what latin dude thought that up?

"Hey, Octavius, what's that freakin' HUGE animal in the water over there?"

"It's a... it's a... HORSE! In a... RIVER!"

"...really? THAT'S a horse. OK, no more tequila for you, you sot."

the Hippo makes it an under water horse, so it's even stranger .....

Neil, Sookie seems to have stretched and slimmed, maybe it is just her wet coat. Harley is cute as ever.

BearLeeAlive wrote in post #12049850
Here is the tattoo I was talking about a few days ago on the foot of Caitlin's BFF, Janna. She is an amateur, or wannbe, paleontologist. Not something I would want, but still kinda unique. Caitlin's cell phone shot, shared with permission.

So that a fossilised foot