I wish I was still in Hern Bay with my then girlfriend Simone...

To all. kiddo, to all.

Bucket = topic

Now you are in for it with all the ole charitable Christians folks here!!!

I hope you are ready for the fur to fly!

(BTWU - Good post and sensible answer to a rather annoying question from a visibly unprepared 'pastor')

Still kicking that ole bucket around?

What did it to you? It was a color you did like or does it makes a sounds that sounds like: KICK ME!!! ?

Koran comes* from the bible!!! Everything in there IS ALSO in the bible. My 'defense' stands as it is the same way in the bible, even in the new testaments** if you read them correctly. This is not for mnothing that the man called Jesus said that he was not on this earth to create peace but to force a divisive choice that would lead to conflicts between families members and nations by extension. He he wanted to speaks for peace he would have said: Who gives a s**t about religion.

*While written by mohamed it is inspired by the bible - and - an idiot guide to it (in my opinion). I read the damned thing and found it as simplistic and as idiotic a mao little red book. Yet, this kind of thing attracts folks in troves because one does not have to think.

** testament[s] is witnessing each book is a 'witness' statement, which can be argued against quite successfully as they were all written AFTER the so-called witnesses had also died, sometimes for centuries... From there since there is not only 'oral' transmission but also bias from the scribes/writers one can start to wonder what the hell really happened in Israel at the time. - And don't get me started on the 'book of the dead - a pure invention to frighten and keep folks in line.

Crusades mentioned here had at least two purposes.

The first one was to get rid of all who started to question the church interference in everyday life in Europe.
The second like a recent war I will not mention was based on lies and innuendos.

That said, the Koran does state death to the infidels but it also states and not mentioned here that it is to defend one owns faith, not to conquer. The later being the extremist Islamist call, under a fake jihad that refers to personal struggle within one self BUT that can be extended outward, again in case of aggression.

I lived in the middle east. In the few states that are not rotting under the extremist call life is peaceful, even for the non-believers. Jews, christians and other faith are allowed as long as not preaching a change of faith.

Also if I recall well, the christians went on to colonize the rest of the world and at the time the action was: Convert or die. Then for profit: convert or become a slave. Sadly extremist islamists have not invented anything but follow a long pattern created by every religion, however old it is.

A small phrase here does not shock anyone but says quite a lot about the writer:
That invalidates all the rest. To define the US as a race divided nation and to accuse minorities of converting to islam is far from telling the truth about anything.

As to the 'fastest' growing religion... If I create one (a sect due to the small number) if I convince one person to join me, it grows by 100% if 2 200%. It just have become the fastest growing sect/religion in the world!!!

This shows how ridiculous this once too often chain posted misinformation really is.

Good explanation and interesting site. Bookmarked it.

Thank you.

You are not alone, I just sent back my Nikon for warranty repair due to 'something' creating a vignette on two corners...

Mine was six months old...

The good news after reading all this crap...

I am not dead.

Moving on and NOT shopping at wm, ever.

What you conveniently forgot to mention...

Republican and democrat write IOU against SS and never paid it back. Money used where? I do not see it. When it is time to distribute back the SS, there is no money, yeah, right, where is it? So the politicians from both parties essentially stole the retiree money. Now republicans claim it is someone else's fault. That little amendment ... and other purposes ... Works well.

Post office is making a profit but congress led by republicans made an obligation for the USPS to pay for their retirees pension funds in a very short time creating an artificial deficit. When this is done, who will use the money since the same republican want to privatize the USPS? The pretext used? The USPS is broke. Let's privatize. It is the only federal organization that actually works and makes money. Can't have that. And, oh, yeah, how about the forced change in retirement benefit made by the republican congress that basically cut the retiree in half?

Many of what you 'forwarded' here is inaccurate full of outright misstatements if not lies.

What is not mentioned is that walmart does not support veterans at all, is being constantly sued by its own employees for cronyism, racism, sexism and who knows what else. Employee's pay? With a sling shot.

What is mentioned but not said is that 36k sales produces 20k profit which mean a ratio of what? 101% profit (sales-profit)/cost, not bad considering this a not a good economic period. To make such a profit one has to sell crap to undiscerning customers. This is called exploitation.

So, yeah, let's use an exploitative corporation as an example of 'good governance'. You have to be a complete idiot to shop there. I do not. I am an idiot but I am not completely **** up, yet.

Something else, why do you even bother forward this pile of sh*t if you do not check what it says first?

Really one has to admire your fortitude and willingness to spread bulsh*t all over the internet.

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memory cards have nothing to do with image quality, you and your camera are responsible for that.

In a Nikon there setting for 'vibrancy' as well as settings for the white balance that will influence the global appearance.

When shooting pictures with RAW if the images are not processed they almost ALWAYS appear insipid and rather dull. RAW means you want to take control and the camera does nothing. It is a trade off. Use JPG to get the instant results that you seem to crave or RAW and learn a minimal on how to use to use that format.

Better yet: Use RAW+JPG. The JPG will give you a clue of what you can pull out of your RAW (10 times better)

No ooh or ahh, just look at the differences and tell me if they work well. My monitor is out of whack so I am a bit weary.

7 pictures taken vertically then stitched with MS Ice and modified using two level adjustment layers using CS5.

The orange on the right side? I discovered it and identified at the air pollution created by a nearby large town.

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After

You truly are a horse end since you are not it's mouth. This 'answer' proves it. It also demonstrate that nothing is well in your home otherwise would you have reacted this childish way?
Solve your problems there before trying to teach other your uncommon ability to make a fool of yourself.
You could make a good stand up comedian if you were not taking yourself so seriously!!!

What the hell is the "letter stage'??? Another of your invention???

Also, washing dirty laundry in public is healthier than private msgs and avoids later innuendos. That, among many other things escape you too....

Moving on....