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Jun 18, 2022 19:17:58   #
jaymatt wrote:
I saw this fellow the other day and couldn’t resist shooting it.


Why would you resist?
To misquote Don Williams: I wouldn’t be a hedgehog if I could resist…
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Jun 18, 2022 14:47:30   #
bikinkawboy wrote:
One of my sons was an active addict for quite some time. Drugs affect their sense of reality and how they see things. Drugs will turn the smartest kids into regular idiots.

Fortunately he has been clean several years now, holds down a job and has gone back to school. Luckily for him it didn’t cause any permanent brain damage.

And all it took to get himself clean was to OD and kill himself. Literally. Fortunately for him his drug tramp girlfriend had some Narcan and knew CPR. He says that now he can look back and see how stupid all that was, but drugs blind you from the truth. It’s like the drugs have a sense of self preservation and do their best to keep you hooked until they kill you directly or indirectly.
One of my sons was an active addict for quite some... (show quote)


So, The girlfriend saved his life, and to you, she's a drug tramp. I suppose she forced him into addiction against his will, too? Good call, Dad!
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Jun 16, 2022 20:50:34   #
#3 really works for me 👍👍
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May 30, 2022 11:45:51   #
Paul Diamond wrote:


Today is a day to memorialize the active serving, the living and those who served and passed. You all have my respect and appreciation. Not just on this day.


“Armed Forces Day is for those still in uniform.
Veterans’ Day is for those who have hung up their uniform.
Memorial Day is for those who were killed in their uniform.”
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May 30, 2022 11:29:40   #
Canisdirus wrote:
Veterans day is on November 11th...and has always had that name...though the date of observance was changed in '68.
Memorial Day is separate from Vets day.

How do I observe it?
I certainly don't celebrate...there is nothing to celebrate.
At our house...it is a day of fasting...for the fallen have lost their appetite.
It is a day of staying home...for the dead do not travel.
It is a day of keeping still and silent...for the dead have no tongue.

No BBQ...no beer...no party.

Just observance and mindfulness for a day...a small sacrifice to honor the large sacrifice made by others.
Veterans day is on November 11th...and has always ... (show quote)


November 11 was originally Armistice Day - end of WWI. May 30 started out as Decoration Day - flags and flowers on graves of Civil War veterans.
Nowe, they’re all just an excuse to have a sale or cookout.
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Mar 15, 2022 07:30:42   #
TriX wrote:
When I used to travel a lot for work, Starbucks was one of those predictable commodities for a quick breakfast on the run that’s the same wherever you are and can be a Godsend at 6AM in an airline terminal before an early flight ( and $4 coffee doesn’t matter when you’re on an expense account). Mine was a Grande decaf, no fat Latte with 6 sugars ( go ahead and laugh ).


Next time, have a little coffee 🤦🏻‍♂️
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Mar 14, 2022 20:56:43   #
jerryc41 wrote:
I didn't begin drinking coffee till I was in my fifties, and it took me a while to figure out that I liked it black. I could never get the milk and sugar proportions right. I tried all different kinds of "good" coffee, and I finally settled on old fashioned Maxwell House. I tried "top rated" coffees, but I couldn't see the appeal, especially considering the premium price. I was disappointed that I didn't like the Kona coffee samples they gave us when we went to Hawaii. Just as well, I guess. I've gotten variety packs of K-cups, but none of the flavors appealed to me.

In a documentary about coffee a few years ago, it said that America was given was what was basically the dregs in terms of coffee quality. When I see small bags of coffee selling for $10, I'm glad I like my Maxwell House.

How about instant? That was all my parents drank, but I've never tried it. As for Starbucks, I'd have to take their language course before I ordered there. Asking for a small cup of coffee would probably get me a wide-eyed stare from the clerk.

Comments are welcome.
I didn't begin drinking coffee till I was in my fi... (show quote)


“Uh, we don’t have small, sir; we have tall, grande, and vente.” That would be small, medium and large - I’ll have a small, regular coffee, black. “But we don’t have that.” Took 15 minutes, two “barristas” and the manager, but I got my one and only starbucks coffee.
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Feb 23, 2022 16:12:02   #
Abo wrote:
I made it clear on multiple occasions my only issue was/is this... in italics:

"It’s not the trains responsibility to look out for vehicles or people on the tracks."(sic)

written by the OP in his very first post; creating the thread.

I disagreed with his moronic comment in italics above... nothing more, nothing less.

Then out of the woodwork every half wit and congenitally challenged goomer
attacked me, claiming safety issues, the impossibility of stopping a train, physics, rafts
of horse excrement, physics etc, that I hadn't mentioned or remotely raised the subject of.

By the way, the OP assumes that if you don't mention something, you have not though of it
or done it. By his "reasoning", he does not wipe his fat backside after he takes a dump
because he's failed to mention that in this thread.

And EJMcD, I fulfilled your "hope"... be pleased to know that I have read all the posts in the thread.

However bud, the majority of those posts are mindless dross, and a disturbing
quantity of posts in this thread indicate fence posts have greater cranial capacity and worth,
than many of the authors of the posts you hoped I read.

And all of those in this thread that heartily agreed with what the op wrote,
in italics near the top of this post, please know,
you are part of the "disturbing quantity".

And please, don't make me respond to jokes about a train
being able, or not, to have "responsibility" as the OP illiterately has it.
I made it clear on multiple occasions my only issu... (show quote)


If you choose to walk on train tracks, ignore or bypass signals and crossing gates, or set up your tripod in the middle of the tracks, no one is responsible for your dumb ass being scattered over the countryside but you!
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Feb 23, 2022 15:59:52   #
[quote=MDI Mainer]The bottom line for me is this: The OP's comments, while doubtless well meaning, have the distinct flavor of a solution in search of a problem, expressed in an unpleasantly didactic tone.[/quote

Unlike your own?
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Feb 8, 2022 07:23:45   #
R.G. wrote:
Photo Analysis is for photos that have specific issues. It is NOT for getting general critique. The sections for getting feedback are Photo Critique and For Your Consideration, or one of the many sub-sections that deal with the particular subject of the photo (macro, landscape, portrait etc etc), which can be found in "All Sections".


As you say, there are numerous places where critiques, criticism (both constructive and destructive), education, pedagogery (is that a real word?), etc, etc are expected and welcomed. And, in other places, it’s not, unless requested.
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Feb 8, 2022 07:16:47   #
KindaSpikey wrote:
I'm starting to think that some people just enjoy criticizing others, and are not interested in the fact that there is a specific place for that.


I haven’t noticed that. I’ll keep an eye out from now on. 🙈
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Feb 5, 2022 08:20:39   #
[quote=revhen]One of our knowledgeable participants here recommended this printer for many good reasons. Nobody has it for sale except at nearly double the standard price. I guess the strangled supply chain has not let more into our country. Any ideas?[/quote

Put yourself on B&H’ waiting list. When a shipment arrives, everyone on the list will get an email. Then it becomes first come first served. I think I received 5-6 such notices before I was quick enough to get the ET-8500. I’ve been back on the list to try for another for my grandson. Once again, I’m waiting.
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Feb 5, 2022 08:09:29   #
luvmypets wrote:


So now I ask.....what is the solution to the problems that have been outlined in your post and rmalarz's? How do we separate and inform the people who want to learn and improve from the ones that just want to share their photos with the UHH community?

Dodie


Already done - “Photo Analysis” and “Photo Gallery “
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Feb 5, 2022 07:55:22   #
Delderby wrote:
I don't see how one can "eliminate personal opinion" when critiquing another photographer's work.


That might be a by-product of this, “The Irish are such masters of language that they can tell you to go to hell and have you looking forward to the trip”.
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Feb 4, 2022 15:24:54   #
Wallen wrote:
Like what I said before, in the real world, the math don't always agree.
Math is perfect, the real world is not. Your plan would depend largely on the image quality at the start. Aside from losing pixels, cropping makes the errors pronounced.


Math is perfect? Then, why has no human ever been able to completely solve Pi? Is the computer that was assigned that task finished yet, or is it still working on it? Just asking for a friend. 🥸
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