I knew Capt. Jack Sparrow would show up! :lol:

I concur. :thumbup:

Economists use figures as a drunk uses a Lamp post.

More for support than illumination.

Forget: "Chromatic Aberration".

How about: "Chromatic Apparition"?

One day many years ago, one of my work colleagues came into work after lunch, very unhappy. He explained that he had quickly gone into town on his old and trusted bike. He had locked to to a fence post whilst going to do some shopping. When he got back to his bike he discovered that someone had stolen the lock and chain but left the bike. :lol:

Just had a quick visit to the UK to see family etc. Purchased a new Canon 7D plus a Canon 100 - 400 lens, also invested in Ps CS6.
What a huge learning curve I'm on now. I hope I have time to do the above justice. :oops:
The pix shown are just to see the difference at the extremes of the lens.
Please don't C&C them as I really didn't know what I was doing.
More to follow soon.

At 100mm


At 400mm

Picture No. 5 looks as if he isn't wearing any gloves and maybe no face mask? I thought litigation was worse in the States, than in the UK?
Nevertheless, well done for 2nd place.

Avast me hearties and shiver me timbers, that Capt. Jack Sparrow must be here with all these fine wenches around.

Come on man! what's a dog going to do? We didn't meet one tree or lamp post!

I'm really not sure why you are complaining ? :lol: :thumbup:

Really nice set. Especially like your No. 2 - Bridge and weir. :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:

Whether correct or incorrect, who gives a hoot!

From the: Online Etymology Dictionary

threshold (n.)
O.E. þrescold, þærscwold, þerxold "doorsill, point of entering," first element related to O.E. þrescan (see thresh), with its original sense of "tread, trample." Second element of unknown origin and much transformed in all the Germanic languages; in English it probably has been altered to conform to hold, but the oft-repeated story that the threshold was a barrier placed at the doorway to hold the chaff flooring in the room is mere folk etymology. Cognates include O.N. þreskjoldr, Swed. tröskel, O.H.G. driscufli, Ger. dial. drischaufel.

Eight Iron
Off the seventh tee, Joe sliced his shot deep into a wooded ravine. He took his eight iron and clambered down the embankment in search of his lost ball. After many long minutes of hacking at the underbrush, he spotted something glistening in the leaves. As he drew nearer, he discovered that it was an
eight iron in the hands of a skeleton! Joe immediately called out to his friend, "Jack, I've got trouble down here!" "What's the matter?" Jack asked from the edge of the ravine. "Bring me my wedge," Joe shouted.. "You can't get out of here with
an eight iron.




The owner of a golf course was confused about
paying an invoice, so he decided to ask his
secretary for some mathematical help. He called
her into his office and said, 'You graduated from
the University of Tennessee and I need some help.
If I were to give you $20,000, minus 14%, how
much would you take off?' She replied: "Everything but my ear rings!"

Fore!
My five-year-old nephew wanted to caddy for my brother.
"You have to count my strokes," my brother told him.
"How much is six plus nine plus eight?"
"Five," answered the nephew.
"Okay," my brother said, "let's go."

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Golf! You hit down to make the ball go up. You swing
left and the ball goes right. The lowest score wins.
And on top of that, the winner buys the drinks.
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If you find you do not mind playing golf in the rain,
the snow, even during a hurricane, here's a valuable tip:
your life is in trouble.
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Golfers who try to make everything perfect before
taking the shot rarely make a perfect shot.
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The term 'mulligan' is really a contraction of the
phrase 'maul it again.'
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A 'gimme' can best be defined as an agreement
between two golfers .... neither of whom
can putt very well..
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An interesting thing about golf is that no matter
how badly you play; it is always possible to get worse.
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Golf's a hard game to figure. One day you'll go out
and slice it and shank it, hit into all the traps and
miss every green. The next day you go out and
for no reason at all you really stink.
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If your best shots are the practice swing and
the 'gimme putt', you might wish to reconsider
this game.
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Golf is the only sport where the most feared
opponent is you.
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Golf is like marriage: If you take yourself too
seriously it won't work, and both are expensive.
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The best wood in most amateurs' bags is the pencil.
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Scratch Golfer
Two women were put together as partners in the club tournament and
met on the putting green for the first time. After introductions, the first golfer asked, "What's your handicap?"
"Oh, I'm a scratch golfer," the other replied.
"Really!" exclaimed the first woman suitably impressed that she was
paired up with her.
"Yes, I write down all my good scores and scratch out the bad ones!"

Wow. Thanks for the information. Those guys must be really enthusiastic and really wealthy to ship horses from various continents to the States and back, so they can enter a competition.

As a matter of interest could you please tell me which other countries were represented in this "2012 World Grand Championship".