Another pointless thread
Posted 03/01/2011 - 18:20
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At least you get a gritter in your road!
Our road is still pretty exciting to drive down, and freezing night-time temps don't do much to improve it. Our road never gets treated, and currently only the major routes through the town are being done due to a huge salt shortage.
Our road is still pretty exciting to drive down, and freezing night-time temps don't do much to improve it. Our road never gets treated, and currently only the major routes through the town are being done due to a huge salt shortage.
Posted 03/01/2011 - 19:33
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signs appeared on our street tonight saying "move your car by 7am or it will be towed as we are clearing snow" (€60 towing charge...) then when I got back from the sledding hill with my daughter, they were clearing the other side of the road ?! Ah well, at least I have somewhere to put the car, even if it does appear to really, really need a new battery
Bret
Bret
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my kit: K3, K5, K-01, DA 18-55, D-FA50 macro, Siggy 30/1.4, 100-300/f4, 70-200/2.8, Samsung 12-24/f4, Tamron 17-50, and lots of other bits.
my kit: K3, K5, K-01, DA 18-55, D-FA50 macro, Siggy 30/1.4, 100-300/f4, 70-200/2.8, Samsung 12-24/f4, Tamron 17-50, and lots of other bits.
Posted 04/01/2011 - 08:41
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well, despite the weather forecast we have no snow, the bike battery is almost charged and I'm ready(?) for work.
I might take a folding camera with me today, it's not a good idea to carry a DSLR on the bike as they don't like the vibrations much.
I might take a folding camera with me today, it's not a good idea to carry a DSLR on the bike as they don't like the vibrations much.
Cheers, HG
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K110+DA40, K200+DA35, K3 and a bag of lenses, bodies and other bits.
Mustn't forget the Zenits, or folders, or...
PPG entries.
Posted 04/01/2011 - 09:08
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Set off early for work, forgetting that the schools were still off. In the office for 7.30!
Mind you, it's supposed to be a Public Holiday in Scotland. Most of the big companies now take the English holidays but the transport network doesn't. It really is time we all took the same holidays!
Mind you, it's supposed to be a Public Holiday in Scotland. Most of the big companies now take the English holidays but the transport network doesn't. It really is time we all took the same holidays!
Posted 04/01/2011 - 09:15
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... and fixing Easter is exactly the wrong way to go about it as the rest of Europe still takes it "correctly". I don't see that changing any time soon, either.
It's fun when you're in Germany and one Bundesland has a holiday and another one doesn't - and you live in one and work in another...
Bret
It's fun when you're in Germany and one Bundesland has a holiday and another one doesn't - and you live in one and work in another...
Bret
my pics: link
my kit: K3, K5, K-01, DA 18-55, D-FA50 macro, Siggy 30/1.4, 100-300/f4, 70-200/2.8, Samsung 12-24/f4, Tamron 17-50, and lots of other bits.
my kit: K3, K5, K-01, DA 18-55, D-FA50 macro, Siggy 30/1.4, 100-300/f4, 70-200/2.8, Samsung 12-24/f4, Tamron 17-50, and lots of other bits.
Posted 04/01/2011 - 09:36
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No sign of the eclipse here either - a promising golden stripe but gone before the sun got there. Others in the Netherlands did get to see it.
Did the earth move for all you northerners? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-12109625.
Did the earth move for all you northerners? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-12109625.
Posted 04/01/2011 - 10:21
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A little cloudy round here (which may have actually helped) but I managed a few shots.
Tim
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MF - Vivitar CF 28/2.8, Tamron AD2 90/2.5, MTO 1000/11
Stuff - Metz 58 AF1, Cactus v4, Nikon SB24, Raynox 150, Sigma 1.4x TC, Sigma 2x TC, Kenko 2x macro TC, Redsnapper 283 tripod, iMac 27”, Macbook Pro 17”, iPad, iPhone 3G
Flickr • Fluidr • PPG • Street • Portfolio site
Feel free to edit any of my posted photos! If I post a photo for critique, I want brutal honesty. If you don't like it, please say so and tell me why!
Posted 04/01/2011 - 12:41
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Well that`s another Pentax conversion - just ordered my sister`s Christmas present from SRS ( what nice people )she will be the proud owner of a Pearl Pentax Optio I-10 bundle - lucky girl !
Chilly overcast and calm here
T
Chilly overcast and calm here
T
K20D,*istD ( now a dedicated M42 digital ),K100D,MZ5N,P50,ME Super,Spotmatic 1000,Spotmatic,ESII,ES,H2.18-55 II,18-55,75-300 FAJ,35-80 FA,80-200 F,28-105 FA,Sigma 24-70 AF Aspherical,Sigma 28-300 Hyperzoom , Praotor II 500 M42,Centon 500mm mirror,and a few Pentax M42 Taks,super-Taks,smc Taks,A and M lenses.Benbo trekker,7dayshop monopod and a Lowepro rucksack.
I am now on Flickr which is nice !
I am now on Flickr which is nice !
Posted 04/01/2011 - 12:49
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Didn't feel the earth move last night, I was sat in a comfy sofa with a cat and glass of beer.
Alcohol seems a good earthquake damper...
Alcohol seems a good earthquake damper...
Cheers, HG
K110+DA40, K200+DA35, K3 and a bag of lenses, bodies and other bits.
Mustn't forget the Zenits, or folders, or...
PPG entries.
K110+DA40, K200+DA35, K3 and a bag of lenses, bodies and other bits.
Mustn't forget the Zenits, or folders, or...
PPG entries.
Posted 04/01/2011 - 12:53
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Hardgravity wrote:
...Alcohol seems a good earthquake damper...
I can't imagine any scientific mechanism for that to be the case so I will have to keep experimenting. It's a dirty job but someone has to do it.
...Alcohol seems a good earthquake damper...
Posted 04/01/2011 - 13:42
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I'm reminded of the tale of the baker on the Titanic, who as the ship began to go down decided he was going out in style and got sozzled, before throwing deckchairs overboard as makeshift rafts and then stepping off the stern as it went under. He survived despite spending hours in the freezing water!
Matt
Shooting the Welsh Wilderness with K-m, KX, MX, ME Super and assorted lenses.
Shooting the Welsh Wilderness with K-m, KX, MX, ME Super and assorted lenses.
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Bret
my kit: K3, K5, K-01, DA 18-55, D-FA50 macro, Siggy 30/1.4, 100-300/f4, 70-200/2.8, Samsung 12-24/f4, Tamron 17-50, and lots of other bits.