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John R

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Re: Without Prejudice
« Reply #160 on: December 06, 2010, 05:36:33 pm »

Two impressions from my recent Chicago river walk, Dec 4th, the day of the first snow in 2010:


I really don't understand this thread, but I do like your images. They are dynamic.

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Re: Without Prejudice
« Reply #161 on: December 06, 2010, 06:44:43 pm »

I really don't understand this thread, but I do like your images. They are dynamic.

JMR
My take on the thread is that Rob C wanted a place where we can post images we want to show others, but where we do NOT want suggestions for improvement. Sort of a "critique-free zone." I find the images and the comments relaxed and informal, with no sense of competition or of "how do I make it better?" I find the spontaneity in this thread quite refreshing.

Now as to the question of which is better, Canon or Nikon, or how many pixels can sit on the head of a pin, or how many more stops of DR a DSLR has than an MFDB, you'll have to look at other threads.

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Re: Without Prejudice
« Reply #162 on: December 07, 2010, 12:18:53 am »

My take on the thread is that Rob C wanted a place where we can post images we want to show others, but where we do NOT want suggestions for improvement. Sort of a "critique-free zone." I find the images and the comments relaxed and informal, with no sense of competition or of "how do I make it better?" I find the spontaneity in this thread quite refreshing.

Now as to the question of which is better, Canon or Nikon, or how many pixels can sit on the head of a pin, or how many more stops of DR a DSLR has than an MFDB, you'll have to look at other threads.

Eric
Thanks Eric. Pretty much agree with your comments. However, I thought the coffee corner was for that. No matter, maybe I will post my personal likes, even if noone else likes them!
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Re: Without Prejudice
« Reply #163 on: December 07, 2010, 05:59:33 am »

Okay, another one especially for Toke, our resident sailor.

Location, location, location: Bal Harbour, eat your heart out!

;-)

Rob C

I love this photo Rob!

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Re: Without Prejudice
« Reply #164 on: December 07, 2010, 06:41:18 am »

Okay, another one especially for Toke, our resident sailor.

Location, location, location: Bal Harbour, eat your heart out!

;-)

Rob C

Just lovely.  To be correct, though, I'm not a sailor, don't know the first thing about sailing.  My vessels are either powered by Yamaha, or oars.
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Re: Without Prejudice
« Reply #165 on: December 07, 2010, 06:44:05 am »

The official language of Miami:

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Re: Without Prejudice
« Reply #166 on: December 07, 2010, 10:47:04 am »

Thanks Eric. Pretty much agree with your comments. However, I thought the coffee corner was for that. No matter, maybe I will post my personal likes, even if noone else likes them!
It's OK to post your personal likes here, John, because "I like it" isn't a critique, it's an appreciation.

Besides, this is a great thread for showing Claire's always fascinating images!

Eric
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Re: Without Prejudice
« Reply #167 on: December 07, 2010, 03:34:03 pm »

Thank you Eric!

Everyone, pull up a chair and stay a while, won't you?
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Re: Without Prejudice
« Reply #168 on: December 07, 2010, 04:07:52 pm »

Thank you Eric!

Everyone, pull up a chair and stay a while, won't you?

Love it!!!

Eric
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Re: Without Prejudice
« Reply #169 on: December 07, 2010, 05:23:10 pm »

Toke, your eye is too good for this slot.

Sailing. My cousin served on the Ark Royal (UK aircraft carrier) and he was a sailor...  never heard him say they had sails; maybe Nelson?

Worse, he was also a saturation diver later on. My cousin, not Nelson. Even worse yet: he (the cousin) laughed out loud when he saw my Submariner. That really depressed. Apparently, they aren't good enough for real divers. Rolexes, not sails.

;-(

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« Reply #170 on: December 07, 2010, 05:36:39 pm »

Even worse yet: he (the cousin) laughed out loud when he saw my Submariner. That really depressed. Apparently, they aren't good enough for real divers.

My Better Half loves his Submariner.  I don't think he dives with it though.  He thought I should have a "real" watch too, so he got me a pretty Lady Datejust.  It is positively the worst watch I have ever owned.  Whenever he asks me what time it is I tell him I have no idea.

I miss my old Mickey Mouse watch.  That kept good time.
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Re: Without Prejudice
« Reply #171 on: December 08, 2010, 12:36:20 am »

Rock pool inhabitant.

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Re: Without Prejudice
« Reply #172 on: December 08, 2010, 04:20:24 am »

My Better Half loves his Submariner.  I don't think he dives with it though.  He thought I should have a "real" watch too, so he got me a pretty Lady Datejust.  It is positively the worst watch I have ever owned.  Whenever he asks me what time it is I tell him I have no idea.

I miss my old Mickey Mouse watch.  That kept good time.


Heysoos Toke, we must be related! My wife had one too and our daughter now wears it. The trouble with Ann's was that she didn't wear it all day - she liked the sense of freedom - so it kept running out of puff and had to be restarted. The trouble with both watches is that they require regular servicing to keep them waterproof as advertised, and here, that means around three months separation from them.

Regarding our kid, she teaches, and one day a young boy came up to her in class and asked if she was wearing a Rolex. When she said yes, he told her he knew people that would kill her to steal it. Great incentive both to having such an item and/or wearing it.

Our next door neighbour's wife has one too, and she remarked that she'd never have another: trouble with it all its life so far. The practical problem with the girl one is that its very difficult to tell which is the minute hand and which the second; you have to pause, focus, and then guess!

I bought mine in '72 or '73 for the simple reason that I thought it the most beautiful bit of watch design I'd ever seen and also because I loved the sea and worked near or in it a lot. These days, if I have to go to the Big Smoke to buy anything, I go there watchless. Why die for a watch?

Rob C
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Re: Without Prejudice
« Reply #173 on: December 08, 2010, 11:06:09 am »


... The trouble with both watches is that they require regular servicing to keep them waterproof as advertised, and here, that means around three months separation from them... he knew people that would kill her to steal it… Why die for a watch?

You see, being rich is overrated. Only a constant stream of tax breaks can make life less miserable for the poor rich folks.   ;)

P.S. Not directed at you Rob

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Re: Without Prejudice
« Reply #174 on: December 08, 2010, 12:02:19 pm »


The practical problem with the girl one is that its very difficult to tell which is the minute hand and which the second; you have to pause, focus, and then guess!


True.  The Mickey Mouse watch was much easier - the hands had actual hands with big white gloves on them, very easy to see.  ;D
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Re: Without Prejudice
« Reply #175 on: December 08, 2010, 12:03:44 pm »

Rock pool inhabitant.

Fascinating critters, these little crabs that shack up in other critters discarded homes.
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Re: Without Prejudice
« Reply #176 on: December 08, 2010, 12:33:21 pm »

Fascinating critters, these little crabs that shack up in other critters discarded homes.
They're the original "Freegans."
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« Reply #177 on: December 08, 2010, 02:38:40 pm »

They're the original "Freegans."


Is that the US version of squatters?

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Re: Without Prejudice
« Reply #178 on: December 08, 2010, 02:42:01 pm »

You see, being rich is overrated. Only a constant stream of tax breaks can make life less miserable for the poor rich folks.   ;)

P.S. Not directed at you Rob


Trust me, Slobodan, I'd be delighted if it could be aimed at me and deserved!

;-(

Rob C

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« Reply #179 on: December 08, 2010, 03:47:58 pm »


Is that the US version of squatters?

Rob C
Sort of, with political overtones. Here's what Wikipedia has to say about Freeganism:

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Freeganism is an anti-consumerist lifestyle whereby people employ alternative living strategies based on limited participation in the conventional economy and minimal consumption of resources.

Freegans "embrace community, generosity, social concern, freedom, cooperation, and sharing in opposition to a society based on materialism, moral apathy, competition, conformity, and greed."[1] The lifestyle involves salvaging discarded, unspoiled food from supermarket dumpsters, known as 'dumpster diving'. Freegans salvage the food for political reasons, rather than out of need.[2][3]

The word "freegan" is a portmanteau of "free" and "vegan".[4] Freeganism started in the mid 1960s, out of the antiglobalization and environmentalist movements. The movement also has elements of Diggers, an anarchist street theater group based in Haight-Ashbury in San Francisco in the 1960s, that gave away rescued food.[4]

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