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Posted by Adam Martin (Member # 641) on 12-02-2006, 03:34 AM:
 
Way to go over 1500 posts, Brad.




 

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Posted by Tim Reed (Member # 137) on 12-02-2006, 08:00 AM:
 
Why was "Part 2" locked?
 

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Posted by Adam Martin (Member # 641) on 12-02-2006, 05:27 PM:
 
Threads over 1500 posts screw up the indexing of the forums or something like that.


 

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Posted by Charles Greenlee (Member # 3856) on 12-03-2006, 03:31 AM:
 
Ticket 17? Not number 1? What a loser.
 

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Posted by John Wilson (Member # 269) on 12-03-2006, 04:29 AM:
 
#1 vomited all over his.
 

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Posted by Monte L Fullmer (Member # 2797) on 12-03-2006, 05:39 AM:
 

 

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Posted by Charles Greenlee (Member # 3856) on 12-04-2006, 04:26 AM:
 
Hello compact car. Let this be a lesson to you kiddies. Whenever you must prak around alot of trees, park between to large vehicles. That way if a tree falls, they'll catch it before it lands on yours. And if you own a large vehicle, sucks to be you.
 

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Posted by Adam Martin (Member # 641) on 12-04-2006, 12:29 PM:
 
I'm pretty sure we didn't need it explained to us.
 

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Posted by Mike Blakesley (Member # 26) on 12-04-2006, 03:15 PM:
 

 

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Posted by Dominic Espinosa (Member # 2122) on 12-04-2006, 05:47 PM:
 

The first kids in line for the Snakes Sneak...Why we snuck it is beyond me.
 

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Posted by Mark Gulbrandsen (Member # 72) on 12-04-2006, 07:08 PM:
 
Mike...

I've been a waitin for that one to show up..... ,thats hilarious!! I'm a bit skinnier now thanks to having a girlfriend in every town that I service... except yours.....

I vote for that to be my new F-T photo... Everyone will recognize me!

Mark
 

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Posted by Charles Greenlee (Member # 3856) on 12-05-2006, 12:03 PM:
 

quote: Adam Martin

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I'm pretty sure we didn't need it explained to us.

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quote: Mark Gulbrandsen

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I'm a bit skinnier now thanks to having a girlfriend in every town that I service... except yours.....

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Unfortunatly, I'd probably be able to fit.
 

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Posted by Mark Gulbrandsen (Member # 72) on 12-10-2006, 07:55 PM:
 
Phil... I hope Bob Marr knows about this......


 

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Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 12-13-2006, 08:57 PM:
 

 

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Posted by Brian Michael Weidemann (Member # 2243) on 12-14-2006, 12:08 AM:
 
Tinker Bell and I went public on MySpace, last week.


 

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Posted by Michael Schaffer (Member # 1204) on 12-17-2006, 03:19 AM:
 

 

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Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 12-17-2006, 05:55 PM:
 
LOL. I'm switching to PC. Viruses are a good thing!
 

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Posted by Tim Reed (Member # 137) on 12-18-2006, 06:30 AM:
 
I haven't had virus trouble in at least 5 years...
 

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Posted by Mark Gulbrandsen (Member # 72) on 12-18-2006, 08:43 AM:
 
Ditto for me and I don't run a virus program either...

Mark
 

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Posted by Adam Martin (Member # 641) on 01-13-2007, 07:15 PM:
 

 

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Posted by Phil Hill (Member # 371) on 01-13-2007, 07:22 PM:
 
Hubba Hubba!
 

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Posted by Allison Parsons (Member # 2728) on 01-14-2007, 01:49 AM:
 

 

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Posted by Tim Reed (Member # 137) on 01-14-2007, 02:13 AM:
 
Allison, those robots!
 

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Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 01-14-2007, 06:17 PM:
 

 

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Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 01-16-2007, 09:24 PM:
 

 

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Posted by Tim Reed (Member # 137) on 01-17-2007, 12:54 PM:
 
Hahahaha! GAWWD, Joe!
 

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Posted by Mark J. Marshall (Member # 1409) on 01-17-2007, 01:36 PM:
 
Is that Brian in that photo?



Oh, wait, maybe this is the wrong thread for that.
 

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Posted by Phil Hill (Member # 371) on 01-18-2007, 05:57 PM:
 
OMG! This dumbass is ballsy!


 

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Posted by Jennifer Pan (Member # 2035) on 01-18-2007, 06:17 PM:
 
Those are not running shoes.
 

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Posted by Bob Maar (Member # 763) on 01-18-2007, 08:53 PM:
 
But he looks like Brian!
 

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Posted by Phil Hill (Member # 371) on 01-20-2007, 07:08 PM:
 

 

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Posted by Mike Heenan (Member # 392) on 01-20-2007, 09:42 PM:
 
I'll be back.... from the GRAVE.... mwahahahhahahha.


 

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Posted by Tim Reed (Member # 137) on 01-21-2007, 10:45 PM:
 
Phil, is that a prop?
 

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Posted by Mike Heenan (Member # 392) on 01-21-2007, 11:08 PM:
 


What's the Greco Factor on these 3 old broads?
 

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Posted by Bob Maar (Member # 763) on 01-22-2007, 01:10 PM:
 
Enjoy the Pictures from the Hubbel Telescope:

http://tinyurl.com/ybxvo5
 

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Posted by Phil Hill (Member # 371) on 01-22-2007, 04:31 PM:
 
Yes Tim, that is a portrait prop of Vincent Price from the film "Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine". It recently sold on ebaY for a ridiculous $$$$ amount.
 

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Posted by Fred Georges (Member # 505) on 01-23-2007, 07:48 PM:
 
"Yes Tim, that is a portrait prop of Vincent Price from the film "Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine".

The portrait is of Vincent as He appeared in "Tomb of Legia" from 1965. Great Pic Uncle Phil
 

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Posted by Phil Hill (Member # 371) on 01-26-2007, 10:46 PM:
 

 

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Posted by Mike Heenan (Member # 392) on 01-26-2007, 11:06 PM:
 

 

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Posted by Phil Hill (Member # 371) on 01-26-2007, 11:10 PM:
 
Mike: Hahahahahaha! I agree!
 

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Posted by Mike Heenan (Member # 392) on 01-27-2007, 12:11 AM:
 
I cant tell if that's a chick or a guy, ugh! Sad thing is that if I didn't lose my weight, I could have looked like easily.
 

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Posted by Phil Hill (Member # 371) on 01-27-2007, 12:15 AM:
 
So, for your ID pic quote should we call you "I cudda been a FROGGIE" or "MR. EX-FROG" or "Kermit"?
 

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Posted by Dominic Espinosa (Member # 2122) on 01-30-2007, 04:34 PM:
 
This is a gas station, hunting shop, etc. center on the road up to Angels Camp...Needless to say I was disappointed when I got inside...

 

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Posted by Per Hauberg (Member # 529) on 01-30-2007, 06:38 PM:
 
HEY ! That froggie stuff is also known in Denmark:
This little guy came up the aisle, while I was letting the audience in some nite.
Countryside cinema
 

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Posted by Dan Lyons (Member # 1454) on 01-31-2007, 02:06 AM:
 
What a cute toad!!! I wish I had toads in my theatre! lucky!
 

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Posted by Allison Parsons (Member # 2728) on 01-31-2007, 02:14 AM:
 
I've seen plenty of mice, but so far no toads in theaters around here
 

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Posted by Per Hauberg (Member # 529) on 01-31-2007, 03:43 AM:
 
As You can see, this one was "caught" on a bunch of tickets, and helped back to the pond in my neighbours garden. It never came back....
 

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Posted by Brad Miller (Member # 2) on 02-10-2007, 05:27 AM:
 

 

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Posted by Mike Heenan (Member # 392) on 02-14-2007, 05:47 PM:
 

 

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Posted by Phil Hill (Member # 371) on 02-14-2007, 07:38 PM:
 
Yawn...
Ummmm, Mike. Please go look at, and scroll down a bit: Film-Tech Forums » Film-Yak » Splode from cute (Page 14)...

The thread where that pic is more pertinent...oh, AND posted MONTHS ago.
 

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Posted by Mike Heenan (Member # 392) on 02-14-2007, 08:27 PM:
 





 

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Posted by Phil Hill (Member # 371) on 02-15-2007, 12:59 AM:
 
Yawn...
 

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Posted by Mike Heenan (Member # 392) on 02-15-2007, 10:04 AM:
 
I pwn that yawn smiley dont I?
 

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Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 02-15-2007, 01:16 PM:
 
Here's the unedited edition of yesterday's "Dennis the Menace" comic strip:



Something about it just seems... creepy. What's Dennis and his dad got going on?
 

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Posted by Mike Blakesley (Member # 26) on 02-15-2007, 02:52 PM:
 
Dennis the Menace is a product of the '50s, I guess the innocence of it is sort of out of place here in the dirty-minded '00s.
 

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Posted by Tim Reed (Member # 137) on 02-15-2007, 03:02 PM:
 
What got edited?
 

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Posted by Hillary Charles (Member # 769) on 02-15-2007, 04:28 PM:
 
What happened to the "Menace" part? That's more like a "Family Circus."
 

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Posted by Leo Enticknap (Member # 534) on 02-15-2007, 05:24 PM:
 
I presume this Dennis the Menace must have some connection to the character in the Scottish comic The Beano, of which I was an avid reader growing up in the '70s. Some of the strips in today's issues are still quite funny, but the political incorrectness of the '70s and '80s issues (e.g. corporal punishment and not-so-subtle hints that Dennis's arch-rival, Walter the Softy, is gay) has been relentlessly censored out of it.

Meanwhile...


 

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Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 02-15-2007, 06:28 PM:
 
I think perhaps Jessica needs a bit more space between her eyes.
 

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Posted by Tim Reed (Member # 137) on 02-15-2007, 08:45 PM:
 
So, how did the censored version of the Dennis cartoon read?
 

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Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 02-15-2007, 10:00 PM:
 

 

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Posted by Leo Enticknap (Member # 534) on 02-16-2007, 04:06 AM:
 

quote: Tim Reed

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So, how did the censored version of the Dennis cartoon read?

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In the version of The Beano I remember as a child, Dennis (who had spiky black hair) had a dog called Gnasher, who actually bit people. His arch nemesis was a neighbouring child called Walter the Softy, who wore a bow tie and had a poodle called Foo-Foo. Most of the stories revolved around Dennis 'menacing' Walter in some way or form, and usually ended up with him going one step too far and being whacked with his father's slipper. A lot of the jokes involving incidental characters featured racial (mainly Scottish and Welsh), gender or professional stereotypes (his father's job was 'chief paperclip counter' in an office, while Mum ruled the roost) which would most likely land the publishers in court now.

Dennis and Walter are still there, but the menacing is now so tame that it rarely goes beyond Gnasher barking and the odd custard pie. The 'Walter is gay' subtext has completely gone.

The thing is, we knew full well in the '70s that most of the jokes and stereotypes were from a bygone age and wouldn't be acceptable if repeated in real life. That was actually part of the humour. But in today's world, we don't seem to be trusted to work that out. Sad.
 

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Posted by Tim Reed (Member # 137) on 02-16-2007, 12:26 PM:
 
LOL! Haha! Joe, you're AWFUL!

Leo, that sounds like a cool strip. I was reading that our "Dennis the Menace" comic was known in the UK as "Just Dennis", to avoid confusion with "The Beano".
 

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Posted by Mike Blakesley (Member # 26) on 02-16-2007, 12:57 PM:
 
Actually that Dennis must either be very old, or else the newspaper editor is sleeping....Hank Ketcham retired sometime in the 90s and died in 2001. The strip is now officially titled, 'Hank Ketcham's Dennis the Menace."
 

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Posted by Matthew Bailey (Member # 601) on 02-16-2007, 03:18 PM:
 
Lego projection booth.
 

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Posted by Mike Heenan (Member # 392) on 02-16-2007, 03:25 PM:
 

 

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Posted by Leo Enticknap (Member # 534) on 02-16-2007, 03:48 PM:
 

quote: Tim Reed

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Leo, that sounds like a cool strip. I was reading that our "Dennis the Menace" comic was known in the UK as "Just Dennis", to avoid confusion with "The Beano".

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When my mother moved a few years ago, I took a few days off work to help her do it and in the process of clearing out the house, found some old issues of The Beano - which had, for some reason, survived from my childhood - buried in a cupboard. We rescued them, and the next time I'm down in London, I'll scan and post some examples (if I remember!).
 

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Posted by Richard Fowler (Member # 893) on 02-16-2007, 05:17 PM:
 
Look.....hiding in Dennis's hair and eyelash....a Ninga Turtle
 

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Posted by Tim Reed (Member # 137) on 02-16-2007, 08:24 PM:
 
Hahahahaa! Richard!

quote:

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the next time I'm down in London, I'll scan and post some examples (if I remember!).

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That'd be great, Leo!
 

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Posted by Rick Raskin (Member # 1561) on 02-17-2007, 04:23 PM:
 
Banned for Life


 

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Posted by Richard Fowler (Member # 893) on 02-17-2007, 05:24 PM:
 
He was always Mickey Moose to me as a child....My grandmother, Delores, could never figure what "animal" he was
 

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Posted by Tim Reed (Member # 137) on 02-18-2007, 10:59 AM:
 

quote: Rick Raskin

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Banned for Life

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OMG, those are the real deal! At first, I thought they were wearing shirts with fake boobs on them... but then I noticed the two different sizes!

Nice pair in the center there! She looks very healthy.
 

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Posted by Gordon McLeod (Member # 33) on 02-18-2007, 02:16 PM:
 
Yeh nothing mickey mouse there
 

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Posted by Mike Heenan (Member # 392) on 02-19-2007, 04:17 PM:
 

 

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Posted by Floyd Justin Newton (Member # 1316) on 02-19-2007, 04:30 PM:
 
YUK! Save the BIG chunks for me!
 

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Posted by Gordon McLeod (Member # 33) on 02-19-2007, 07:27 PM:
 

to much information
should be sent to cyber hell for life
 

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Posted by Phil Hill (Member # 371) on 02-20-2007, 10:01 PM:
 

 

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Posted by Mark Gulbrandsen (Member # 72) on 02-21-2007, 06:43 PM:
 
Policeman testifies in court..................



If you ever testify in court, you might wish you could have been as sharp as this policeman. He was being cross-examined by a defense attorney during a felony trial. The lawyer was trying to undermine the policeman's credibility...

Q: "Officer -- did you see my client fleeing the scene?"

A: "No sir. But I subsequently observed a person matching the description of the offender, running several blocks away."

Q: "Officer -- who provided this description?"

A: "The officer who responded to the scene."

Q: "A fellow officer provided the description of this so-called offender. Do you trust your fellow officers?"

A: "Yes, sir. With my life."

Q: "With your life? Let me ask you this then officer. Do you have a room where you change your clothes in preparation for your daily duties?"

A: "Yes sir, we do!"

Q: "And do you have a locker in the room?"

A: "Yes sir, I do."

Q: "And do you have a lock on your locker?"

A: "Yes sir."

Q: "Now why is it, officer, if you trust your fellow officers with your life, you find it necessary to lock your locker in a room you share with these same officers?"

A: "You see, sir -- we share the building with the court complex, and sometimes lawyers have been known to walk through that room."

The courtroom erupted in laughter, and a prompt recess was called. The officer on the stand has been nominated for this year's "Best Comeback"
Line -- and we think he'll win.
 

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Posted by Richard Hamilton (Member # 321) on 02-21-2007, 09:00 PM:
 
It's all funny until you need an attorney on your side.
 

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Posted by Tim Reed (Member # 137) on 02-22-2007, 06:27 AM:
 
That's why they take money.
 

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Posted by Richard Hamilton (Member # 321) on 02-22-2007, 09:20 AM:
 

quote: Tim Reed

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That's why they take money.

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Tim, all the attorneys I know actually earn their money, just like any other person who works for a living.

Rick
 

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Posted by Steve Guttag (Member # 268) on 02-22-2007, 10:24 AM:
 
Often, the main reason you need an attorney on your side is because the other side has one...it is a racket of sorts.

I've benefited greatly myself...My dad and two brothers are lawyers...patent lawyers...a much more civilized form of law

While it is true that most lawyers earn their money, I do not believe they are worth what they charge as compared to the work other people do and the benefit they bring to society doing it. But they do have a monopoly on the system...lawyers create the laws, set the rules and otherwise completely control their system with no real oversight by non-lawyers. The amount of money wasted on companies being sued for individual stupidity is money truely taken from society.

Steve
 

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Posted by Richard Hamilton (Member # 321) on 02-22-2007, 01:22 PM:
 

quote: Steve Guttag

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The amount of money wasted on companies being sued for individual stupidity is money truely taken from society.

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In a way yes, but it also creates jobs and income for the insurance companies

quote: Steve Guttag

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My dad and two brothers are lawyers

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So your the black sheep of the family?

Rick
 

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Posted by Mike Blakesley (Member # 26) on 02-22-2007, 01:43 PM:
 
Isn't this a "pictures" thread? Somebody should put up a picture of a lawyer, at least.
 

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Posted by Bobby Henderson (Member # 840) on 02-22-2007, 01:50 PM:
 
Yeah. A picture of a lawyer in the V-ring of a rifle target!


What do you call 10,000 lawyers at the bottom of the ocean?
A good start.
 

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Posted by Steve Guttag (Member # 268) on 02-22-2007, 02:14 PM:
 

quote: Richard Hamilton

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So your the black sheep of the family?

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Why I oughtta sue you for that!

While I'm generally the "black sheep" (pick your topic)...in our family...two brothers are lawyers and one as well as myself are Electrical Engineers.

My apologies for drifting this so far off topic...I'll cease.
 

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Posted by Richard Hamilton (Member # 321) on 02-22-2007, 03:17 PM:
 

quote: Steve Guttag

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I'll cease

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and desist?
 

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Posted by Adam Martin (Member # 641) on 03-10-2007, 02:46 PM:
 

 

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Posted by Phil Hill (Member # 371) on 03-10-2007, 03:26 PM:
 
Adam, you forgot one: :OO:


 

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Posted by Mark Gulbrandsen (Member # 72) on 03-10-2007, 03:52 PM:
 

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Why I oughtta sue you for that!

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You can't. The party of the second part is well covered when you clicked to enter the Forum. Its Sort of like a built in Sanity Clause.

Mark
 

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Posted by Mike Schindler (Member # 1309) on 03-20-2007, 12:15 AM:
 

 

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Posted by Mike Blakesley (Member # 26) on 03-20-2007, 02:37 AM:
 
This....THIS is why they are raising the postage rates?
 

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Posted by Mike Schindler (Member # 1309) on 03-20-2007, 02:34 PM:
 
I will gladly pay a few extra cents on the two or three letters I mail each year if it means dropping those letters in an R2-D2 mailbox.
 

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Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 03-20-2007, 07:14 PM:
 
I came home today to find one of the back patio glass doors shattered:



Other than a bird flying into it (which would be REALLY cool), how could this happen? I have no clue how old the glass itself is. Can glass just do this on its own for no reason? The hole is much bigger now than in the picture and I only snapped this about 20 minutes ago. Pieces are falling off rapidly.

I really wish there was a cut up dead bird at the bottom of the door. At least then I would have my revenge!
 

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Posted by Mike Blakesley (Member # 26) on 03-20-2007, 09:09 PM:
 
Could have been the cold weather. Did you have an extremely cold night followed by a much warmer day? If the sun shines on that window in the morning, it could make it break. That happened to my sister -- they have a similar door, but the glass is two panes sandwiched around a plastic inner layer, so only one side shattered.

If you have a road nearby, maybe a car kicked up a rock.

Or maybe somebody just doesn't like you and pitched a rock into your house.
 

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Posted by Tim Reed (Member # 137) on 03-21-2007, 01:00 AM:
 
Joe, do you live next to a cemetery?
 

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Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 03-21-2007, 01:11 AM:
 
Not that I know of. There may be people buried in the yard, though I never thought to check.
 

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Posted by Jennifer Pan (Member # 2035) on 03-21-2007, 01:42 AM:
 
Tim, I believe those are fountains/water thingys of some sort.
 

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Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 03-21-2007, 02:18 AM:
 
Huh? Where?
 

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Posted by Jennifer Pan (Member # 2035) on 03-21-2007, 02:49 AM:
 
Statue looking thingys reflected on the glass of the backyard.

I should go over there and investigate the situation.
 

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Posted by Rick Raskin (Member # 1561) on 03-21-2007, 06:49 AM:
 
Patio doors are made with tempered glass which takes one heck of an impact to shatter. My guess is someone fell/pushed against it because the point of impact appears to be waist high. Birds would likely only leave a few feathers but wouldn't dammage the door.
 

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Posted by Kenneth Wuepper (Member # 1174) on 03-21-2007, 10:03 AM:
 
That glass looks like a classic case of "stress fracturing". This is caused when the sheet of glass is cooled too quickly at the factory and the stress remains until something sets of a chain reaction. Just the vibration of the wind could have caused the reaction to start. The frame also adds to the stress on the glass.

The rear window of my car once "blew out" while it was parked in the shade. No apparent reason except the poor annealing of the glass in manufacturing. Made a real mess, too!

KEN
 

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Posted by Leo Enticknap (Member # 534) on 03-21-2007, 05:14 PM:
 
I think something similar happened to me this morning. Boiled kettle, put ground coffee in cafetiere, poured the water in, stirred it, and while I was waiting for it to brew the glass jug just spontaneously shattered and disintegrated. Nothing knocked it or hit it or anything (I was on the other side of the room at the time) - it just blew up while sitting on the worktop. Presumably it must have been the thermal stress on the thin glass caused by going from room temperature to boiling temperature in a second or two that did it. The pigf****r managed to distribute about 67 million microscopic shards of glass all over the staff kitchen (not to mention the coffee). Oh well ... I spent a fun packed half-hour cleaning it up, and Tesco is now £3.99 richer. The deceased jug must have done 3-4 years' solid service, but even so, it could have been nice to me and shattered to bits while in the washing up bowl!
 

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Posted by Tim Reed (Member # 137) on 03-21-2007, 05:44 PM:
 
There must be a force of E V I L lurking about...
 

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Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 03-21-2007, 05:55 PM:
 
Of course there is evil lurking about. It's me! Duh.

Anyway the glass has been replaced and the guy who replaced it said the old glass was definitely shattered by zombies, and I'm inclined to believe him.
 

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Posted by David Stambaugh (Member # 1102) on 03-21-2007, 06:15 PM:
 

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The rear window of my car once "blew out" while it was parked in the shade. No apparent reason except the poor annealing of the glass in manufacturing. Made a real mess, too!

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I've seen that happen. Car was parked outside overnight in very cold weather, and the rear window completely shattered.
 

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Posted by Phil Hill (Member # 371) on 03-21-2007, 06:19 PM:
 
I had a similar thing happen to me. At 1st I thought it was one of these zombies trying to get at me, but then I saw that my cordless electric drill fell off a ladder and broke a newly installed double-pane sliding glass door panel. It cost $600 to replace. ouch!

Most building codes require tempered glass for those doors and when they are stuck/break, for safety, they break into thousands of small non-sharp harmless pieces as that pic shows.

It's very rare that anything but a hard rap/flying stone/etc would break those tough widows...I doubt that they would fail on their own or from temp changes.

As far as car windows: The only time I've seen those fail is with a big hatchback window (like a mid 80's Z-28) that was dark-tinted and left in the hot sun. Then was sprayed with cold water at a car wash.



 

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Posted by John Pytlak (Member # 331) on 03-21-2007, 08:59 PM:
 
When we bought our current home in 1985, I was installing those "pin" type security locks in our tempered sliding glass patio doors. I drilled the hole and just knicked the corner of the glass in the frame -- within seconds, the window shattered into thousands of tiny pieces.
 

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Posted by Dave Ritchie (Member # 4030) on 03-21-2007, 09:09 PM:
 


Just because it looked cool
 

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Posted by Tim Reed (Member # 137) on 03-21-2007, 09:46 PM:
 

quote: John Pytlak

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I drilled the hole and just knicked the corner of the glass in the frame -- within seconds, the window shattered

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quote: Joe Redifer

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the guy who replaced it said the old glass was definitely shattered by zombies

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The guy who replaced the glass probably IS one of the zombies. I doubt we'll hear from you again after tonight... See ya.
 

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Posted by Tristan Lane (Member # 1169) on 03-22-2007, 01:19 AM:
 
That reminds me of something I used to do at a wrecking yard I worked at in high school.

If you shatter the porcelain on a spark plug insulator and throw one of the tiny pieces really hard at a tempered car window, it will crack into a million pieces.

We had a great time one day doing this to cars before they went into the crusher.

Has anyone else ever seen this? The piece of porcelain only needs to be the size of BB, but will completely shatter the window if you throw it hard enough. The window will normally stay in place, until you touch it and then it falls apart.
 

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Posted by Allison Parsons (Member # 2728) on 03-22-2007, 01:40 AM:
 
Tristan,
How in the hell did you find out that porcelain did that in the first place?
 

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Posted by Monte L Fullmer (Member # 2797) on 03-22-2007, 02:03 AM:
 
(yea, love to see a YouTube video on this one...)
 

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Posted by Tristan Lane (Member # 1169) on 03-22-2007, 02:13 AM:
 
The owner of the wrecking yard "educated me on it"

.... Youtube Video!
 

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Posted by John Wilson (Member # 269) on 03-22-2007, 07:36 AM:
 

quote: Joe Redifer

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Anyway the glass has been replaced and the guy who replaced it said the old glass was definitely shattered by zombies

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There, you see? Zombies shattered your glass with porcelain. There's a logical explanation for everything.
 

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Posted by Anslem Rayburn (Member # 1267) on 03-22-2007, 11:03 AM:
 
Saw the spark plug thing one time. Somebody did it to break into my truck and steal my CD player.
 

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Posted by Carl Martin (Member # 1146) on 03-22-2007, 01:48 PM:
 

quote: Mike Blakesley

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Did you have an extremely cold night followed by a much warmer day? If the sun shines on that window in the morning, it could make it break. That happened to my sister

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my condolences on your loss.
 

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Posted by Steven J Hart (Member # 2340) on 03-25-2007, 05:07 PM:
 
Original (no one would make a print of this would they?) art found in the Frontier Bar, Virginia City, Montana.

Is that a silhouette of a big horn sheep beneath her right breast? Perhaps she is burning in hell.
 

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Posted by Brad Miller (Member # 2) on 03-27-2007, 12:41 AM:
 


link
 

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Posted by Mike Heenan (Member # 392) on 04-10-2007, 07:58 PM:
 
Unfortunately the effect is sort of lost by having to resize the photo but its the entrance to a German job fair, very creative sign


 

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Posted by Brad Miller (Member # 2) on 04-12-2007, 02:58 AM:
 
High speed photography of a bullet.


 

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Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 04-12-2007, 03:33 AM:
 
That's awesome, but what is it hitting? Also why is the bullet copper-colored in the first two pics, but silver in the last picture? I bet it's a government conspiracy!
 

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Posted by Mark Gulbrandsen (Member # 72) on 04-12-2007, 08:54 AM:
 
See this LINK . Some bulletts are made up of several different metals. Copper bulletts shatter and kill the target faster than a bullett that just passes through on one piece. My dad was...I guess still is a ballistics expert... when I was a kid I used to go with him when he tested different loads and types of bulletts. This somewhat rubbed off on me but I have far less interest in guns today than I did back then but I do carry a .357 with me when I hike and explore old mines... Mountain Lions like to live in old mines, bears also hibernate in them. I'm more concerned about running into a badger than any other critter.

Mark
 

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Posted by Bobby Henderson (Member # 840) on 04-12-2007, 11:22 AM:
 
I really like that first photo of the slug just leaving the muzzle. The fire around it makes the slug look like it has been super-heated.

A solid copper slug from a high-powered rifle round will definitely be effective at stopping lots of big game. Those rounds travel at much higher velocities than any handgun bullet.

The same kind of metal reduced down to the typical handgun slug size (9mm, .40S&W, .45ACP, etc.) and made into full metal jacket "ball ammo" won't be nearly as effective. The slugs aren't usually quite as heavy and don't have the high velocity. So you don't get as much expansion in the slug when it hits the target.

If I had to use standard ball ammo in a handgun for self defense I wouldn't have anything smaller than .45 caliber. FMJ rounds in smaller calibers don't have enough stopping power and some higher velocity calibers like .357 Sig will over penetrate. The bad guy may not even realize he had been shot. Ball ammo is mainly designed for punching neat little holes in paper targets.

I have some hollow point rounds for my Sig Sauer P226 (Speer Gold Dots in .357 Sig). They have copper on the outside of the slug, but softer silver colored metals on the inside. Contrary to popular belief, they're not cop killer bullets either. A vest will actually stop one of those rounds easier than a ball ammo round since it is designed not to over-penetrate.

quote: Mark Gulbrandsen

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Mountain Lions like to live in old mines, bears also hibernate in them. I'm more concerned about running into a badger than any other critter.

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quote: Mark Gulbrandsen

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I do carry a .357 with me when I hike and explore old mines...

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You're really playing up the gold explorer image aren't ya.

quote: Mark Gulbrandsen

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Mountain Lions like to live in old mines, bears also hibernate in them. I'm more concerned about running into a badger than any other critter.

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quote: Joe Redifer

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That's awesome, but what is it hitting?

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quote: Matt Whitney

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I believe that is ballistics gel, which simulates human flesh.

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well duh, doesn't anyone here watch Mythbusters?!
 

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Posted by Bobby Henderson (Member # 840) on 04-12-2007, 10:01 PM:
 

quote: Mark Gulbrandsen

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Badgers are the worst... very vicous and the claws are bad news.

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quote: Mark Gulbrandsen

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here are also sometimes LOTS of bats but bats are a good thing.

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quote: Bobby Henderson

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Badgers are especially bad when found in Flash animations.

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Bobby, ya shoulda put the FT link for the "Badger Badger" Flash up again... it's STILL annoyingly funny!

I would, but I'm computer illiterate and have no clue as how to do such things...
 

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Posted by Adam Martin (Member # 641) on 04-20-2007, 01:53 AM:
 
Should I embed it on this page?

http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/badgers.php
 

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Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 04-20-2007, 12:48 PM:
 
Yes.

But my link is better since it is onsite and bigger!
 

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Posted by Phil Hill (Member # 371) on 04-20-2007, 09:31 PM:
 
Joe, that's the one I was thinking of...
 

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Posted by Tim Reed (Member # 137) on 04-25-2007, 07:27 PM:
 

 

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Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 04-25-2007, 07:56 PM:
 
The McDonald's I used to go to as a kid had those. You'd drive through and then they'd tell you to park and wait because they actually had to cook your meal. Then they'd run your food out to your car.
 

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Posted by Mike Blakesley (Member # 26) on 04-26-2007, 12:18 AM:
 
Our local Dairy Queen does that. They have a sign in their drive thru that says, "Our food is cooked fresh...it's worth the wait!"
 

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Posted by Damien Taylor (Member # 4255) on 04-26-2007, 12:43 AM:
 
My McDonald's is one of a dying breed where we still cook our food. All maccas worldwide are switching to the "Burger King/Hungry Jacks" system where they cook meat on the hour and heat it until needed. My job is the number one reason I hate people. Asking someone to park for two minutes for a fresh burger is like asking them for their first born. People have no patience anymore. When you take the food out they are assholes then too. My cited reasons for becoming a projectionist are
1. My love of film as a medium
2. Being in a box alone, all day, in the dark.
3. Knowing the sweet release of death is only a switchboard away.

I was going to post a picture but i couldn't remember what the hosting policy was, off to reread the FAQ
 

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Posted by Brad Miller (Member # 2) on 04-29-2007, 04:00 AM:
 
A friend of mine caught this as we were driving down LaBrea street in LA.

"Reservoir Jews"


 

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Posted by Bobby Henderson (Member # 840) on 04-29-2007, 11:14 AM:
 
Ladies and gentlemen, Bozo the Duck.


 

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Posted by Mark Gulbrandsen (Member # 72) on 04-29-2007, 09:16 PM:
 
Its 2,300 feet straight down to the bottom of the shaft... which happens to be water at the momment. Walking out on this grate and looking down is a dizzying experience in itself. The cool part is that you can make this grate bounce up and down a ways ...


Tied all the lines we had together to a couple of LED safety lights and still didn't hit bottom...


 

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Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 04-29-2007, 09:48 PM:
 
That's pretty cool. What was the hole there for previously?
 

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Posted by Mark Gulbrandsen (Member # 72) on 04-30-2007, 07:10 PM:
 
It was the Calumet mine just east of Stockton, Utah... up in the mountains obviously. Probably a goof thing to have covered it up so some unsuspecting snowmobiler or ATV'er doesn't vanish for ever. There are a couple of other mine shafts about 3 miles north of this one that are not covered and are as deep! This hole is so big its easily seen from Google Earth...


 

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Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 04-30-2007, 07:21 PM:
 
People just dug that out with shovels and picks searching fer them there gold? Or coal? Did people repel down to the bottom and spend the night? I don't really know a lot about mines.
 

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Posted by Mike Blakesley (Member # 26) on 04-30-2007, 10:07 PM:
 
Well, first they'd shoot the ground with a shotgun like Uncle Jed did in the Beverly Hillbillies and see if there was oil down there.
 

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Posted by Mark Gulbrandsen (Member # 72) on 04-30-2007, 10:13 PM:
 
Most mine Shafts and Adits(horizonal entrances)are done by blasting with gunpowder or explosives placed in strategically drilled holes. The laborius part was hauling out the blasted material... most of this was loaded into small ore cars and brought out by hand.. some were pulled by mule or a horse in larger mines... and dumped in huge piles called tailing piles. Its always easy to identify if you're near a mine by large tailings piles! Bats also live in the mines and take care of any "bug problem". Note that hard rock mines are extremely safe(except for occasional varmits) The adit shown here is over 100 years old and in that amount of time and the many earthquakes and tremors that have occured around here there are but a few small rocks that have fallen.



Notice the huge vein of white quartz on the left side of the adit... there's Gold mixed in with in that thar quartz...




They didn't repel down those deep shafts they used rickety elevators driven by rusty winches like this one....


 

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Posted by Adam Martin (Member # 641) on 05-01-2007, 04:58 AM:
 
On Sunday, a tanker truck overturned and caught fire on a connector ramp at the east end of the Bay Bridge. The fire brought down another ramp above it and suddenly Bay Area drivers are remembering how to get around Oakland like they did after the 1989 quake.




 

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Posted by Tim Reed (Member # 137) on 05-01-2007, 09:05 AM:
 
A similar thing happened on 95 a couple years ago, in Bridgeport, CT, back when I was driving a big truck. Tanker burned and compromised a section of the bridge. This is THE main artery from NYC to New England, and I drove that way daily on the way to Boston. It meant a major go-around for me of at least 100 extra miles, round trip. Conn-DOT predicted 95 would be closed for months. Don't you know, crews got in there and had a temporary bridge up in just about a week? I couldn't believe it!
 

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Posted by Mark Gulbrandsen (Member # 72) on 05-01-2007, 10:17 AM:
 
This is old news.... This also happened at the large I-90 interchange in Milwaukee back in the 90's. They must have used better steel there since the road didn't collapse, just melted the asphalt... The road was open again in less than a week.

Mark
 

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Posted by Bobby Henderson (Member # 840) on 05-01-2007, 01:27 PM:
 
How can it be old news when that tanker truck incident only happened a couple days ago? This morning, the news is reporting the driver had some kind of criminal record which really should have barred him from driving that sort of vehicle. I think I can already hear the screeching of buzzards circling over a certain trucking company. Luckily no one was hurt or killed with that mess. That situation in the Bay Area is still pretty bad when it comes to the snarled traffic.

I recall the incident May 26, 2002 in Oklahoma where I-40 crosses the Arkansas River (near Webbers Falls). A barge on the river hit one of the bridge piers when the captain fainted or blacked out. The collision caused a 580 foot long section of the highway to collapse into the river. 14 people and 4 horses (being hauled in a trailer) were killed and a number of others were injured when their cars and trucks plunged into the gap. It took only two months for crews to rebuild the missing bridge section and reopen that part of I-40. Nearby towns had to deal with 20,000 extra vehicles per day being detoured off the rural Interstate on their little two lane roads. The traffic tie-ups were really bad. In the end, not only was the barge captain blamed for the accident, but the bridge piers themselves were found to have been made improperly. Hooray for cutting corners and putting profits against driver safety!

At least it wasn't 200,000 or so vehicles coming off I-80!

***

BTW, I noticed Film-Yak passed the 100,000 post mark. Who made the 100,000th post?
 

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Posted by Mark Gulbrandsen (Member # 72) on 05-01-2007, 04:47 PM:
 
If its more than 12 hours old and not a catastrophie its considered old news ... in the broadcast world. Now had it been some photos of the snarl of traffic that was the result of the old news bridge collapse then it would be current news . Not that there's really anything wrong with old news... its just old news.

Mark
 

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Posted by Mike Heenan (Member # 392) on 05-01-2007, 06:09 PM:
 
Guess who....


 

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Posted by Bobby Henderson (Member # 840) on 05-01-2007, 07:09 PM:
 
Hehe. It would have been really funny if the caption had stated, "have pecker, will travel."
 

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Posted by Raymond Watson (Member # 3644) on 05-02-2007, 09:21 AM:
 
http://www.freeinfosociety.com/site.php?postnum=85
interesting reading on this guy.... lol
Ray
 

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Posted by Greg Anderson (Member # 235) on 05-07-2007, 02:04 PM:
 
I worked on a movie crew about two years ago. At one point, they "needed" me to fill in for an extra who couldn't show up to complete a scene which had been shot primarily on a different day. So... I'm in the trailer...



I had begun to wonder if this movie had been buried, but I guess it'll be out soon (and gone soon after). See the whole trailer here...

http://www.apple.com/trailers/independent/blinddating/trailer/

...or don't bother. Incidentally, it was shot in Super 35. The DP's previous credits included The Wedding Crashers and the Home Alone movies.
 

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Posted by Tim Reed (Member # 137) on 05-07-2007, 05:54 PM:
 
Way COOL, Greg! You in makeup there?
 

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Posted by Greg Anderson (Member # 235) on 05-07-2007, 06:36 PM:
 
They usually have to throw a lot of make-up on my shiny head before rolling any footage with me in it. And... perhaps the color correction wasn't exactly right on my screen capture.
 

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Posted by John Wilson (Member # 269) on 05-08-2007, 09:46 AM:
 

quote: Mike Heenan

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Guess who....

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You in costume?
 

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Posted by Sam Graham (Member # 2889) on 05-09-2007, 07:18 PM:
 

 

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Posted by Phil Hill (Member # 371) on 05-10-2007, 03:39 PM:
 


"Is this the PLAY button?"
 

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Posted by Mark Gulbrandsen (Member # 72) on 05-10-2007, 04:09 PM:
 
Phil... Thats hilarious !

I know Monte well..... its probably the detonate button!
 

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Posted by Phil Hill (Member # 371) on 05-10-2007, 04:15 PM:
 
I couldn't resist... but it seemed so "natural"... (With apologies to Monte)
 

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Posted by Mark Gulbrandsen (Member # 72) on 05-10-2007, 05:12 PM:
 
Here is a slick routine aimed at stealing from unwary persons. They say that the gang usually comprises three or four members. While the three younger ones, all appearing to be cute and innocent, divert their "mark" (or intended target) with a show of friendliness and fun, the fourth - the eldest of this gang of criminals- sneaks in from behind the person's back to expertly rifle undetected through pockets and bags for any valuables being carried. The attached picture from the inner city shows the Gang in operation.


 

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Posted by Phil Hill (Member # 371) on 05-10-2007, 05:15 PM:
 
AFLAC!
 

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Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 05-10-2007, 07:41 PM:
 
That is sooo 'shopped!
 

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Posted by Monte L Fullmer (Member # 2797) on 05-10-2007, 09:00 PM:
 
LOL! (thx Phil,you're a ham at heart..) .. maybe I should put in the red button to really destroy these things...Damn dinosaur STRONG stuff anywhos...

When you work around "booth clowns", you have to teach them what NOT and WHAT to push to get the show on the screen....at this theatre....
 

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Posted by Mark Gulbrandsen (Member # 72) on 05-10-2007, 10:03 PM:
 
Gee, and I thought that button might be tied to an explosives pack under your boss's chair....
 

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Posted by Monte L Fullmer (Member # 2797) on 05-10-2007, 11:07 PM:
 
(lol...Uh-oh, we're getting bad now... like someone else that I know on the same topic...lol.. )
 

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Posted by Mike Blakesley (Member # 26) on 05-15-2007, 12:49 AM:
 
A few pages ago I put up a picture of my crew. Here's another picture of them at their high school prom.

As you might guess, I'm pretty proud of "my" kids. They are a great bunch. 3 of them are going to graduate this year and we'll miss them.


 

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Posted by Monte L Fullmer (Member # 2797) on 05-15-2007, 01:46 AM:
 
That's one thing that I've notice on Mike's operation with his ROXY - from the picts in his website to today and beyond: a very tight, family based operation where every hired is included in the Blakesley Family circle.

A true "indie" operation. My kudos to Mike on this.

-Monte
 

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Posted by Tim Reed (Member # 137) on 05-15-2007, 08:01 AM:
 
Cute kids, Mike! I envy them. I never got to go to my prom.
 

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Posted by Mark Gulbrandsen (Member # 72) on 05-15-2007, 05:01 PM:
 
The kids are great... I've met most of them personally. Mike's operation is also one of the two best in the entire state of Montana.

Mark
 

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Posted by James. R. Deeter (Member # 837) on 05-16-2007, 05:35 PM:
 
I was a prom baby....went with Dad and came home with Mom !
 

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Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 05-20-2007, 08:55 PM:
 

 

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Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 05-20-2007, 11:16 PM:
 
A quick scene from John Rambo (aka: Rambo IV):


 

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Posted by John Wilson (Member # 269) on 05-20-2007, 11:24 PM:
 
Mmmmmm....nice.

(You can refer that to either of the above threads from Joe)
 

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Posted by Mike Heenan (Member # 392) on 05-24-2007, 07:22 PM:
 
What the hell?


 

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Posted by Bobby Henderson (Member # 840) on 05-24-2007, 10:29 PM:
 
More risky Segway behavior:



I took that photo last Friday as Lawton's Armed Forces Day Parade was fixing to start. FYI, that's some buffalo-like mascot promoting Oklahoma's centennial.

quote:

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A quick scene from John Rambo (aka: Rambo IV):

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Don't fuck with a guy hopped up on human growth hormone!

 

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Posted by John Wilson (Member # 269) on 05-25-2007, 12:46 AM:
 
Was that a Sydney Airport customs officer with Stallone there?
 

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Posted by Bobby Henderson (Member # 840) on 05-25-2007, 03:33 PM:
 
I think it's probably the guy who tried conducting the cavity search after Stallone was arrested.
 

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Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 05-29-2007, 07:16 PM:
 

 

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Posted by Bobby Henderson (Member # 840) on 06-05-2007, 12:31 AM:
 
How's this for a traffic situation?



The Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge (just north of Fort Sill) is home to over 500 wild Texas Longhorn cattle from the original blood line. The refuge is also home to hundreds of buffalo, elk and other animals that roam freely. And that sometimes means encountering them on the highways.

I took the photo above this past Thursday (May 31). I was hanging out of a window snapping away furiously with my Canon D-SLR and a 70-200mm f/2.8L lens -just waiting for a car to collide with the bull or for the bull to quit not giving a shit and gouge the hell out of a vehicle with his left horn. This shot was good enough with the bull and itty bitty Kia car pointed perfectly in opposite directions.
 

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Posted by Michael Coate (Member # 757) on 06-05-2007, 01:00 AM:
 
The proper way to pronounce Oklahoma is " Okla .....homa"

(there's a pause between the A and the H)


 

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Posted by Mike Heenan (Member # 392) on 06-05-2007, 01:19 AM:
 
Finally an awesome post from Coate!
 

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Posted by Mike Blakesley (Member # 26) on 06-05-2007, 01:20 AM:
 

quote: Bobby Henderson

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How's this for a traffic situation?

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When my wife and I were in Yellowstone National Park a few years ago, at one point we wound up in a bison jam, sharing the road with 80 or 100 bison. They're taller than your car and can knock it over without even breathing hard. All you can do is inch along with them until you get a chance to get out. We were stuck in the jam for about 90 minutes. The car was getting jostled back and forth, but no dents, amazingly. It was unnerving, but a fun adventure. (My wife was a little skeered, though!) I remember seeing their hot-breath fogging up the windows from the outside.
 

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Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 06-07-2007, 02:44 AM:
 

 

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Posted by Monte L Fullmer (Member # 2797) on 06-11-2007, 11:02 PM:
 
My Dutch 200 in Wii bowling...(wife still beat me though)


 

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Posted by Michael Schaffer (Member # 1204) on 06-11-2007, 11:19 PM:
 

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Finally an awesome post from Coate!

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Why? Many of his posts are about widescreen subjects.
 

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Posted by Tim Reed (Member # 137) on 06-12-2007, 09:37 AM:
 
...also awesome subjects.
 

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Posted by Sam Graham (Member # 2889) on 06-13-2007, 10:19 PM:
 


It's JUNE FREAKING THIRTEENTH for crying out loud!
 

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Posted by Paul Mayer (Member # 355) on 06-13-2007, 10:58 PM:
 
What!? There's no 12-month schools in your area?
 

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Posted by Daryl C. W. O'Shea (Member # 1303) on 06-13-2007, 11:01 PM:
 
The July-August semester was always my favourite.
 

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Posted by Mark Gulbrandsen (Member # 72) on 06-15-2007, 01:21 PM:
 
In the SLC area there is no consistancy there. Some of the school districts go year round and some don't.
 

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Posted by Greg Anderson (Member # 235) on 06-15-2007, 03:38 PM:
 
Now I get to install upgrades on five computers. Oh, the joys of following the rules of proper licensing.
 

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Posted by Tim Reed (Member # 137) on 06-15-2007, 05:51 PM:
 
Yep, we're hot... but not too bright.


 

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Posted by Per Hauberg (Member # 529) on 06-15-2007, 07:27 PM:
 
Please allow me to share this with You Guys:
My two Dp70 projectors have now both had Kinoton Lamps instead of the old shoeboxes - Cinemeccanica CX900, and it's an all new experience to watch a movie. Just 45 Ampere, and that small screen of mine is burning ! Happy ??

 

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Posted by Mark Gulbrandsen (Member # 72) on 06-16-2007, 09:06 AM:
 
Per,
Like getting a new power amp for your high end home stereo... Now you have to watch all those years worth of movies again just so you can see how thay should have looked... My god... you'll be up all night.... for decades!

Mark
 

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Posted by Jennifer Pan (Member # 2035) on 06-17-2007, 06:15 PM:
 
My cousin took a picture of his RX-7.


 

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Posted by Mark Gulbrandsen (Member # 72) on 06-20-2007, 07:16 PM:
 
And this chap who pulled up along side the boat while we were fishing said he had just drove in from Kansas City.... .


 

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Posted by John Walsh (Member # 168) on 06-21-2007, 07:48 AM:
 
Hope that guy has water-proofed his engine (I don't see a snorkel.) He a little higher than what the factory suggests!
 

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Posted by Mark Gulbrandsen (Member # 72) on 06-21-2007, 08:10 AM:
 
All he did was to extend his breather tubes up higher from both the tranny and differential and apply dielectric grease to his spark plug wires. In theory thats all thats required on a LR to be able to do this. He did say that adding a snorkel is next.

Mark
 

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Posted by John Wilson (Member # 269) on 06-21-2007, 02:51 PM:
 
4 Wheel Drives are just not meant for this kind of work...they should be back in suburbia ferrying children where they belong.
 

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Posted by Mark Gulbrandsen (Member # 72) on 06-21-2007, 07:19 PM:
 

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4 Wheel Drives are just not meant for this kind of work...they should be back in suburbia ferrying children where they belong.

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Tell that to the folks in your Outback country that drive the thousands of these vehicles that are out there.

Mark
 

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Posted by Jeremy Jorgenson (Member # 2989) on 06-22-2007, 01:29 AM:
 
As Mark said, Land Rovers are pretty good in deep water even w/o the higher air intake. It's nice to see a Land Rover doing what it is designed to do. I worked for Land Rover when I was 21 - just a car porter at a "Land Rover Centre". We had a dealer sponsored outting up in Wisconsin, where owners of these cars (as they're called by LR) got to drive them in rugged terrain (some for the first & likely only time). After the event finished I got to drive one of our dealership's '95 Range Rover LWBs through the "course". Certainly one of the more enjoyable times I've had while driving - I wished we would've had a Defender 90 or 110, but the only ones there were owners' cars, so I couldn't drive any, though I did get to ride through in a 90. One guy had a nice old Series II, kept up nicely with the newer LRs.
 

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Posted by John Walsh (Member # 168) on 06-22-2007, 07:27 AM:
 
For a cool video of a truck with a snorkle click here
 

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Posted by Mark Gulbrandsen (Member # 72) on 06-22-2007, 08:19 AM:
 
And they guy must have had Sonar on that vehicle. I'd like to see someone with a Subaru try that! Anther impressive thing about LR's is that you can put one wheel two feet or more up on a rock and all the doors still open and close as normal. Most vehicles doors won't work at all with that much wheel offset. LR's sub frame system that supports the unibody keeps the vehicles body from flexing. Tough vehicles indeed! I'll be out in mine this weekend!

Mark
 

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Posted by Tristan Lane (Member # 1169) on 06-23-2007, 03:57 AM:
 
Uhggg.... Rover = Lucas =

I've been battling crappy Lucas engineering on my Jaguar ever since I got it. "Prince of Darkness" certainly applies to all vehicles made in Britain during the prince's rule.

Anyone else notice JD Power ranked Ford higher than Toyota this year for reliability? Now that they own and engineer Rover and Jag, I bet their quality and reliability will continue to improve greatly.

Aftermath of Lucas "Engineering":



Note that half of the injector hoses are missing, as well as the distributor cap, and the entire wiring harness. I think the rust on the bellcrank and the fuel rail was caused by whatever they used to put the fire out. This was caused by an incorrectly installed aftermarket stereo by the previous owner.... Go figure. There's brown wires running all over this car that are unfused and hot at all times. Lucas, in all of their wisdom, would install in-line fuses near the component, rather than at the source. So the stereo wiring resulted in a cascading effect on the wiring in the engine compartment. Suprisingly, the heat didn't warp the hood, and the paint still looks shiny. The v12 is a total loss due to the expense of restoring the fuel and ignition system. I'm planning on dropping an LT1 into the car instead. If anyone over there in the UK can source me a brake/clutch pedal box, I'd be happy to reimburse you for the part,shipping, and a little extra for your effort.



Gimme Delco or Packard electronics any day over this crap.

Edit:

I just ordered some factory smoke, so that I can keep the Lucas legacy alive in my car !!


 

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Posted by Mark Gulbrandsen (Member # 72) on 06-24-2007, 01:45 PM:
 

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Uhggg.... Rover = Lucas =

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British cars are after all.....British Cars!

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The reason the British drink warm beer is because they have Lucas refrigerators

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The parts falling off this car are of genuine British origin

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Other evidences of love for Lucas - the aforementioned Prince of Darkness:

Possible explanation of Lucas quality philosophy: A gentleman does not motor about after dark.

Lucas lamps do not create light, they "suck dark".

Factory Motto: Home before dark.

Electrical Theory by Joseph Lucas:

Positive ground depends upon proper circuit functioning and the transmission of negative ions by retention of the visible spectral manifestation known as "smoke." Smoke is the thing that makes electrical circuits work; we know this to be true because every time one lets the smoke out of the electrical system, it stops working. This can be verified repeatedly through empirical testing. When, for example, the smoke escapes from an electrical component (i.e., say, a Lucas voltage regulator), it will be observed that the component stops working. The function of the wire harness is to carry the smoke from one device to another; when the wire harness "springs a leak", and lets all the smoke out of the system, nothing works afterwards.



RIP Lucas
 

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Posted by Tristan Lane (Member # 1169) on 06-25-2007, 01:23 AM:
 
I love Lucas jokes!

My Favorite:
"Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone. Thomas Edison invented the light bulb. Joseph Lucas invented the short circuit."

I realize that Lucas is long gone now that all of the British Leyland brands have either suffered death, or were bought out, but that doesn't mean that we still don't have to deal with it.

On Land Rover, my opinion still stands as far as reliability. LR has the largest amount of repair items, and "callbacks" to the dealer after purchase. This was according to Consumer Reports, and the track record has remained this way for a while. But, I do love the feel and look of Rovers. I've ridden in a number of Range Rovers, and am always impressed with the quiet smooth ride and interior build quality.

I guess my biggest frustrations are that they used molded bullet connectors for everything, and that in order to repair the connector, you have to replace it. Rather than deal with the same woes associated with the old wiring, I have ordered new Packard connectors and will rebuild the wiring harnesses from scratch.

There's a lot of retarded engineering in my XJS. One example would be that the wiring for the power window switch has both motor feed wires running +12v when the switch is at rest. Why???

Additionally, they installed a 6.5 second delay relay on the power antenna to delay the retraction of it...again, Why??

The list could go on forever.

One funny thing I've noticed with much of Lucas stuff, is that it isn't even their design. Their ignition system, for example, uses a GM HEI module. Their "Digital P" fuel injection is just plain ol' Bosch Jetronic, and their "Rists" connectors are just Junior Timer style.

Oh well..... The Connolly leather is nice, as well as all of the other Non-Lucas items. Such a shame that Jaguar still carries a legacy of crappy reliability (much if it contributed to by Lucas). Their styling and use of good materials makes them great cars.
 

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Posted by Phil Hill (Member # 371) on 06-25-2007, 01:29 AM:
 

quote: Paul Mayer

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Electrical Theory by Joseph Lucas:...

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Paul, I LUV that explanation. It is a great way to look at electrical failures!
 

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Posted by Mark Gulbrandsen (Member # 72) on 06-25-2007, 10:50 AM:
 
Tristian,
If that were my JAG I'd be looking for a half way decent parts car to use to restore it properly. Its no longer a JAG with an LT-1 in it nor will it be any fun. There is a guy that makes brand new harnesses for the V-12 and a quick search on E-Bay turned up alot of V-12's some quite reasonable and all still in running condition as well as this engine .
 

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Posted by Tristan Lane (Member # 1169) on 06-26-2007, 02:42 AM:
 
Mark,

I see your point with sticking with the V12, but after putting a lot of thought into it, I've decided to ditch it. Many people believe that you rip the soul right out of the car when you get rid of the 12, but I have a more practical idea about this. In order to restore the engine I would have to replace all injectors, distro, bellcrank, etc. Basically the entire fuel system. The busings in the throttle bodies were shot. The cost to repair, and maintain the 12 would have been much more than the car is worth. The XJS is an undervalued car (and probably a bad investment). Cost to maintain would be very high as well.

Performance-wise, I think you'd be surprised that the V12 really isn't that powerful. It's only 5.3 liters, and pushes 280 horse. The engine has a very short stroke and doesn't produce much low-end torque. Both and LT-1 or LS-1 can easily match the horsepower of the 12, and will have much more low-end power. I plan on retaining the fuel injection, (I scoff at the carburated SBC conversions that a lot of people install in their jags.)

Although I don't agree that it will cease to be a JAG, It will no longer be as impressive looking under the hood.

Restoring an XJS with a mindset of keeping it original, would only be done for personal satisfaction. Doing it for investment purposes would be futile. The cars just aren't worth that much.
 

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Posted by Mark Gulbrandsen (Member # 72) on 06-26-2007, 08:24 AM:
 
Well, my mindset about that sort of situation is to switch out the entire engine with another... not repair the hopeless mess it is now. The Jag V-12 engine really isn't about horsepower its about torque. I think if I were to change the engine out for another make I would take a serious look at the Dodge V-10 engine first. I had a V-10 P.U. for quite a few years and its utterly reliable and was alot of fun to drive at 100+ MPH!. The JAG has a heavy body and needs a heavy duty engine. At least you'd be back in the H.P and tourque department with the V-10. The LT-1 would be straining just "get off the line".

Mark
 

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Posted by Robert Minichino (Member # 3495) on 06-26-2007, 08:59 AM:
 
Most stock configurations of the LT1 have more HP and torque (and at a lower RPM) than the Jag V12. A few aftermarket parts and the LT1 is considerably more powerful. The V12 is generally smooth, but not particularly durable, efficient, or powerful.
 

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Posted by Tristan Lane (Member # 1169) on 06-26-2007, 11:45 AM:
 
Robert,

My point exactly!

The V12 really is an anemic turd compared to what else was out in '85. The Jag V12 is built on extremely old technology, and many aspects of it's design were shoddy. Jaguar upped the cubes to 6.0 in the late '80s, but it didn't change much. I was surprised to learn that it didn't have the gobs of power a V12 normally puts out. And as many have told me, It doesn't produce torque on the low end. Stock HP ratings of the H.E. V12 are 280h/290ft

Perhaps British Leyland should have left exotic engine building up to the Italians or the Germans..... They new how to make lots o' power from a v V12.
 

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Posted by Phil Hill (Member # 371) on 06-26-2007, 05:28 PM:
 

 

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Posted by Mark Gulbrandsen (Member # 72) on 06-26-2007, 06:16 PM:
 

quote: Tristan Lane

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Perhaps British Leyland should have left exotic engine building up to the Italians or the Germans..... They new how to make lots o' power from a v V12.

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With tounge in cheek I have to say.... and Ford... who designed both the V-8 and V-12 that reside in all the Aston Martin models... both are based on the Ford Duratec engine.

Mark
 

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Posted by Gracia L. Babbidge (Member # 582) on 06-27-2007, 09:20 AM:
 
Ahh, how I love reading comics.




 

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Posted by Mitchell Dvoskin (Member # 751) on 06-27-2007, 10:39 AM:
 
Many years ago, I owned a Triumph TR8, and had a British mechanic who was a former British Lyland employee, trained in the factory in Coventry. I got rid of the car after he moved back to England, but over the front door of his shop was a sign that read:

"Why do the British drink warm beer? They have Lucas refrigerators."
 

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Posted by Tristan Lane (Member # 1169) on 06-27-2007, 12:16 PM:
 
Although I don't have anything against British Leyland this picture is funny:



Below is an image taken from the Lucas service manual depicting proper fuse replacement procedures:


 

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Posted by Per Hauberg (Member # 529) on 06-28-2007, 06:32 PM:
 
Looks more like a Cinemeccanica Adjustment kit to me.....
 

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Posted by Tim Reed (Member # 137) on 06-28-2007, 07:37 PM:
 
Tristan! ROFL!! Those are hilarious!
 

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Posted by Mark Gulbrandsen (Member # 72) on 06-29-2007, 04:22 PM:
 
Those fuse replacments are what I frequently saw when I was a Panasonic bench tech back in the early 70's.... Technics was just emerging then..... Part of Panasonic's service policy was for us to make sure all the correct size fuses were in the correct locations in peoples gear before it as given back.

Mark
 

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Posted by Paul Mayer (Member # 355) on 06-29-2007, 06:44 PM:
 
Those "fuses" reminded me of the re-laggable cartridge fuses I used to see on the road with the carnival shows. Some of those guys would just re-lag and keep adding more until the fuse didn't blow anymore. How some of those shows didn't burn to the ground I'll never know.

Fuses? We don't need no steenking fuses!
 

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Posted by Brad Miller (Member # 2) on 06-30-2007, 05:00 PM:
 
It's starting again...


 

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Posted by Bobby Henderson (Member # 840) on 06-30-2007, 08:29 PM:
 
LOL! Now that's a great movie theater sign!

 

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Posted by Michael Coate (Member # 757) on 07-04-2007, 03:09 PM:
 

 

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Posted by Phil Hill (Member # 371) on 07-04-2007, 03:16 PM:
 
Darth Vader is gay and a card-carrying member of the "Pink Patrol"? Holy Smokes!
 

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Posted by Tim Reed (Member # 137) on 07-04-2007, 10:15 PM:
 
Michael! ROFL!!
 

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Posted by Jennifer Pan (Member # 2035) on 07-08-2007, 05:47 PM:
 
Took this pic inside a bar yesterday:


 

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Posted by Damien Taylor (Member # 4255) on 07-08-2007, 08:30 PM:
 
Is that a skill tester full of lobsters Jen?
 

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Posted by Gordon McLeod (Member # 33) on 07-08-2007, 09:18 PM:
 
hmm shelfish are supposed to be an aphordisac
with a stick shift selection hmmmm
 

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Posted by Jennifer Pan (Member # 2035) on 07-08-2007, 09:56 PM:
 
It's one of those put your money in the machine to grab the prize sort of things. Only its lobsters instead of stuffed animals. Limit is one lobster per player. And also if anyone was able to grab one and win it, the bar would cook that lobster and serve it to you for free.

Here's a slighty better pic of the machine, posing with it is my friend Sarah.

 

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Posted by Leo Enticknap (Member # 534) on 07-09-2007, 01:40 PM:
 

quote: Jennifer Pan

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Only its lobsters instead of stuffed animals.

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quote: Jennifer Pan

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if anyone was able to grab one and win it

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Thats gotta mean those Lobsters are in excess of 10 years old...

Mark
 

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Posted by Adam Martin (Member # 641) on 07-25-2007, 03:08 AM:
 
Tower Bridge, Sacramento



Tower Theatre, Sacramento


 

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Posted by James Westbrook (Member # 3690) on 07-25-2007, 10:10 AM:
 
That lobster crane game reminded me of an alteration I wanted to do with the crane games in the lobby...
PUPPIES.
I originally thouight KITTENS but those would have climbed out and became wild feral cats which roamed Movies 16...
 

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Posted by Leo Enticknap (Member # 534) on 07-26-2007, 02:09 PM:
 
Just for Paul...



A little blue Fokker!

As you can see, the weather was getting a bit lively. When my flight left about half an hour later, it was sheeting with rain, which made for a very bumpy take off and climb.
 

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Posted by Allison Parsons (Member # 2728) on 07-29-2007, 08:47 PM:
 
Please don't be jealous. This is my new home movie theater located in my garage. Complete with a hi-tech projector and mono sound. I have one movie The Resurrection of Zachary Wheeler, which is a the best sci-fi movie Lesile Nielson ever did... I have to beat the crowds back from wanting to come in!






 

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Posted by Shane Cooper (Member # 2510) on 07-29-2007, 09:19 PM:
 
Where can I buy a ticket?
 

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Posted by Allison Parsons (Member # 2728) on 07-29-2007, 09:47 PM:
 
the question should be, where can you sit? I need some chairs!
 

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Posted by Damien Taylor (Member # 4255) on 07-29-2007, 09:53 PM:
 
What a star-fest that one was!
 

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Posted by Monte L Fullmer (Member # 2797) on 07-30-2007, 04:10 AM:
 
That B&H 5000 series machine aint nothing to sneeze at - danged workhorses for the 16mm world..and she has a manual load version, not the Autoload variety...which is a treat in itself.

Seen telecine kits for these machines by replacing the shutter assembly for a 5 wing shutter..

Just find you a one inch lens to make the pict bigger for they sometimes show up on eBone .. and a CinemaScope attachment sometimes shows up as well..

AND, if you're rich, tons of 16mm film shows up on eBone to bid for ..
 

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Posted by Rick Raskin (Member # 1561) on 07-30-2007, 04:20 PM:
 
Hi Allison, welcome to the black hole of 16mm film. Check out this site for what's going on.
 

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Posted by Tim Reed (Member # 137) on 07-30-2007, 05:54 PM:
 

quote: Monte L Fullmer

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Seen telecine kits for these machines by replacing the shutter assembly for a 5 wing shutter..

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This is a common misconception. As cussed and discussed in other threads, it won't work with just the shutter. You also need a 3:2 pulldown with a 5-bladed shutter spinning at 720 rpm (yielding two frames per revolution of the blade). Yes, it might "look" like it's okay in the vidicon with a 5-blade going at 1,440, but that's only because you're getting 120Hz flicker from it, which is a multiple of the camera line frequency. All you're doing is reducing the shutter flicker, but 24 still won't go into 30 unless it's offset by a 3:2 movement.

Btw, that's cool Allison! You have any cartoons?
 

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Posted by Monte L Fullmer (Member # 2797) on 07-30-2007, 07:42 PM:
 
Thx for the lesson on this one, Tim. Guess, when people sell those assemblies, they're not telling the entire story for us ignorants who may think of these conversions.

Oughta see my friend's mini theatre and his 16mm collection .. very insane!
 

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Posted by Allison Parsons (Member # 2728) on 07-30-2007, 08:30 PM:
 
That projector is a B&H 1579. It's a manual threader, which is fine by me, however, I don't have big enough reels to put the whole movie on one. I need to find a speaker with a jack, because the speaker on it is pretty horrid. One of these I'll invest in a nice projector, but I think I paid $10 for it so I'm not complaining.

I had a big ol' piece of cut out screen from when they tore down an old theater I worked at. Too bad I was dumb and folded it!

Tim: I don't have any cartoons yet. I think I have a old Abbott and Costello trailer around somewhere that I need to dig up...
 

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Posted by Sam Graham (Member # 2889) on 07-30-2007, 08:59 PM:
 
Admit it. Your first thought was "It's the Princess 3!!!"

(ahem...moving on...)



This hairy little (well...BIG actually...) critter hopped on my rear view mirror in Liberty, MO yesterday.

It really is exquisite. But what the devil is it?
 

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Posted by Tim Reed (Member # 137) on 07-30-2007, 09:08 PM:
 

quote: Monte L Fullmer

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Guess, when people sell those assemblies, they're not telling the entire story for us ignorants who may think of these conversions.

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Monte, I'll wager they don't KNOW the entire story. I got into an email exchange with someone who was selling 5-bladed shutters several years ago and tried to explain to him why telecine wasn't as simple as just changing the shutter. He didn't want to hear it. Btw, I apologize if I sounded like I was talking down to you.

Allison.. $10 is a steal. Get an 8-ohm home stereo speaker, some speaker wire, and attach a 1/4" phone plug to the end. Should work fine with that projector. I have a B&H 1574. Manual thread, because I WANTED it like that. Been ages since I've had it out, though. (Now, where did I PUT that thing?) Btw, you should collect B-Westerns. You can get most of those on one reel!

Sam... Hahaha!
 

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Posted by Monte L Fullmer (Member # 2797) on 07-31-2007, 02:07 PM:
 
Thx Tim for the concern and the explanation.

Sad in a way that how much new 16mm machines used to be, and now they are showing up in flea markets, thrift stores and yard sales for pennies.

Like I tagged a B&H 399 in MINT condition for 3 bucks at a thrift store. and won a box of 20, 1kw bulbs for these older B&H - 179 to 399 - series on eBone for 20 bucks..

On that folded screen thingey: if not wrinkled too bad, take it outside and lay it out flat under the hot sun to soften up that vinyl to "iron" out the wrinkles..then roll it up on a tube of sorts.
 

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Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 07-31-2007, 08:13 PM:
 
Sorry Sam, but someone posted a picture of a projector. It will be awhile before people can take their minds off of it and think about other things, like your bug.
 

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Posted by Gordon McLeod (Member # 33) on 07-31-2007, 09:55 PM:
 
What you need to get a hand grommeting tool (most homedepots up here carry them)
Fold the edges of the screen over about 4" and then put in a grommet every 6"
Then use cord to lace it in a 2x4 frame and the folds will come out in a couple of days
 

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Posted by Mark Gulbrandsen (Member # 72) on 08-01-2007, 12:11 AM:
 
Or I can donate a big hunk of real screen to you..... Then ya can even place the speakers behind the screen if ya want.

Mark
 

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Posted by Allison Parsons (Member # 2728) on 08-01-2007, 01:20 AM:
 

quote: Sam Graham

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It really is exquisite. But what the devil is it?

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Something that would have made me slam on the brakes and run out of the car. Quite nice though, I just wouldn't want to see it while I was driving down the highway!

Rumor has it that a few of our screens will be replaced by the end of the year, to make room for silver screens for 3-D movies (this is what I heard. I don't know jack about screens and what can or cannot be shown 3-D via DLP. I'm sure someone will have a comment about this ) So if that happens, I'm just going to take another chunk out of one.

I did notice the neighbors behind me have a nice white garage a few feet behind my house that one could project a movie on.....
 

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Posted by Leo Enticknap (Member # 534) on 08-01-2007, 01:56 AM:
 
Allison: could you get hold of a slightly shorter lens? From your pic I'm guessing your projector came with the standard issue 50mm one, designed for classroom use. With a shorter throw, the picture is a bit small. I bought a 25mm lens for my Eiki NT-1 for £30 on Ebay a few years ago, and it gives me a picture about 2 metres across in my living room. Dunno what they'd go for in your part of the world, though - they might be quite sort after by home theatre buffs and therefore on the pricey side.
 

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Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 08-02-2007, 06:46 PM:
 

 

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Posted by Monte L Fullmer (Member # 2797) on 08-02-2007, 08:14 PM:
 
Here's a lens for Allison's B&H .. and dirt cheap to purchase also.. a zoom attachment.

... anyone need a POTTS 5 decker unit for cheap?
 

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Posted by James Westbrook (Member # 3690) on 08-02-2007, 08:48 PM:
 
Joe's cat will run more reliably than those Pott's 5 deck platters.
I've seen numerous 16mm projectors for sale around here over the years but none of these were the Bell & Howell, but some other off-brand that the local school system had used. I was never tempted to buy one as I suspected they were junk.
Was that a robotic version of that "Hello Kitty" creature thing I see on key chains and kid purses and what-not? Is there a robotic version of that rude rabbit I see on T-shirts?
 

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Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 08-02-2007, 09:04 PM:
 
Do you guys take pride in being this boring in a random pictures thread? Perhaps pictures of projectors should be banned from this thread as a "boring" repellent.


 

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Posted by Allison Parsons (Member # 2728) on 08-03-2007, 12:15 AM:
 
Monte,

thanks for the ebay tip, I'm going to bid on it.
 

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Posted by Mike Blakesley (Member # 26) on 08-03-2007, 12:17 AM:
 
Admit it, Joe...you miss projectors.
 

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Posted by Mike Heenan (Member # 392) on 08-03-2007, 12:50 AM:
 

 

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Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 08-03-2007, 03:30 AM:
 

quote: Mike Blakesley

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Admit it, Joe...you miss projectors.

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Certainly not classroom projectors.
 

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Posted by Damien Taylor (Member # 4255) on 08-03-2007, 03:39 AM:
 
FYAD iS Leaking!
 

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Posted by Scott Norwood (Member # 30) on 08-03-2007, 06:48 AM:
 
Here are some more projectors, just for Joe.

(Now let's see which photo gets more comments--the girl or the projectors!)


 

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Posted by Brad Miller (Member # 2) on 08-03-2007, 01:49 PM:
 
Ewwwww, it's a nasty old leaky Simplex!
 

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Posted by Gerard S. Cohen (Member # 994) on 08-03-2007, 02:01 PM:
 
Mike's lemonade girl is certainly projecting!
 

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Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 08-03-2007, 06:25 PM:
 

 

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Posted by Monte L Fullmer (Member # 2797) on 08-03-2007, 06:27 PM:
 
..yet, the floor looks clean ... Those Supers has that drip pan that goes between the main head and the sound head with a spout on the front to drain the oil into a collective device from the required daily oiling. Plus, this booth looks very well maintained.

'sides the girl has "DANGER, Will Robinson" written all over her, whereas the projector won't bite, sue, steal your money and house, and get send you in the slammer if you touch it...(and...let alone allowing you to use your "big brain" to use the projector, intead of the "little brain" with the other)
 

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Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 08-03-2007, 06:30 PM:
 
I think it's safe to say that Monte has blinders on to the world unless a projector is in view.
 

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Posted by Mike Heenan (Member # 392) on 08-03-2007, 06:52 PM:
 
I'd like to play with Josie's "puppies".
 

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Posted by Monte L Fullmer (Member # 2797) on 08-03-2007, 07:19 PM:
 

quote: Joe Redifer

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has blinders on to the world

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... maybe so, but at least I kept my bases well covered and stayed ahead of the game.
 

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Posted by Rick Raskin (Member # 1561) on 08-03-2007, 07:45 PM:
 

 

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Posted by James Westbrook (Member # 3690) on 08-03-2007, 08:12 PM:
 
Nice photo manip, Rick.
 

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Posted by Will Kutler (Member # 770) on 08-04-2007, 02:36 AM:
 
Well,

I guess you could consider those ole Simplexes "ladies". I've seen more than one projectionist stuff tampons under SH1000 and RCA soundhead gearboxes as an effective means of soaking up the leaking oil!
 

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Posted by Tim Reed (Member # 137) on 08-04-2007, 03:38 PM:
 

quote: Scott Norwood

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let's see which photo gets more comments--the girl or the projectors!

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The older I get the more I prefer girls over projectors. Problem now is, the girls keep getting younger!

Btw, thanks Mike! Great pix!
 

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Posted by Monte L Fullmer (Member # 2797) on 08-04-2007, 04:28 PM:
 

quote:

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Problem now is, the girls keep getting younger!

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quote:

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Problem now is, the girls keep getting younger!

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haha Tim, my problem is the men are getting OLDER!
 

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Posted by Tim Reed (Member # 137) on 08-04-2007, 07:56 PM:
 

 

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Posted by Rachel Gilardi (Member # 1016) on 08-04-2007, 08:26 PM:
 
I happen to agree with Allison. Older men like me... dunno why.
 

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Posted by Phil Hill (Member # 371) on 08-04-2007, 11:33 PM:
 

quote: Rachel Gilardi

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Older men like me... dunno why...

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Yeah, I have the same problem Rach...
 

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Posted by Richard Fowler (Member # 893) on 08-05-2007, 10:59 AM:
 
Phil,
the hat, eye patch, tooth gap in your dentures, old man magnet
 

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Posted by Damien Taylor (Member # 4255) on 08-05-2007, 04:24 PM:
 
Gap teeth are charming, look at Letterman. I think I could park my car in there. Sideways.
 

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Posted by Phil Hill (Member # 371) on 08-05-2007, 04:38 PM:
 

quote: Richard Fowler

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...old man magnet.

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So Richard, are you hitting on me again?

BTW: The teeth are real...not dentures. MY 1/16" "gap" denotes intelligence. Those with over 3/16" denotes stupidity and an IQ under 80. Check it out on the MD web site.

My missing teeth are from a couple of "difference of opinions" at the clubs over the years. (You should have seen the other guys!) HA!
 

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Posted by Will Kutler (Member # 770) on 08-05-2007, 11:33 PM:
 
Hmmm

What, Phil worry??????!!!!!
 

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Posted by Richard Fowler (Member # 893) on 08-06-2007, 09:25 AM:
 
Alfred E. Philman.........but then again Wil did not finish the hair waxing scene from The 40 Year Old Virgin.....
 

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Posted by Phil Hill (Member # 371) on 08-06-2007, 07:57 PM:
 

quote: Richard Fowler

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Wil did not finish the hair waxing...

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...on his chest. Even Jenna emailed me about how disgusting he looks in his ID pic!
 

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Posted by German Marin (Member # 918) on 08-11-2007, 02:07 PM:
 

 

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Posted by Mark Gulbrandsen (Member # 72) on 08-11-2007, 09:53 PM:
 
German,
Please give us some details of the locomotive...

Thanks,
Mark
 

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Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 08-11-2007, 10:29 PM:
 
It's black and red. It probably runs on coal or steam. What more is there to know?
 

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Posted by Dustin Mitchell (Member # 372) on 08-11-2007, 10:41 PM:
 
I'm guessing its a 2-6-2 or a 4-6-2 configuration, probably the former but other than the drivers its hard to tell.

The manufacturer/dates of service/etc would be nice for us train buffs .
 

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Posted by Will Kutler (Member # 770) on 08-12-2007, 01:00 AM:
 
HA HA, Phil! Gee Whiz....its been that long since I have mentioned a Jenna joke? But I did suggest to some of my faculty members that she'd make an interesting Thermodynamics and Fluid Mechanics Professor....that one did not go over too well!

And for Mark...I looked up the locomotive number board on the web (did a web-search). It is a restored German 2-8-2T http://www.wcra.org/features/europe-by-rail.htm
 

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Posted by Jeremy Jorgenson (Member # 2989) on 08-12-2007, 05:10 AM:
 

 

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Posted by Mark Gulbrandsen (Member # 72) on 08-12-2007, 04:43 PM:
 

quote: Will Kutler

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And for Mark...I looked up the locomotive number board on the web (did a web-search). It is a restored German 2-8-2T http://www.wcra.org/features/europe-by-rail.htm

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Guys, thats all fine and dandy... I just thought that German might have some attachment to it. Perhaps he worked on the restoration, or his grandfather drove it, or something along that line.

Mark
 

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Posted by Bobby Henderson (Member # 840) on 08-13-2007, 01:08 AM:
 
Wow, Pill Hill is so small a town they can't even get a road sign designed within proper MUTCD specs. The scourge of Arial continues!

 

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Posted by Gracia L. Babbidge (Member # 582) on 08-13-2007, 01:18 AM:
 
Phil - better to be an "old man magnet" than to be a "married man magnet"!

I'm too nice a person to be comfortable with the idea of being anyone's 'side-dish'!

No clue where anyone would get the idea to the contrary!

 

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Posted by German Marin (Member # 918) on 08-13-2007, 11:53 AM:
 
I've taked these pictures and videos Youtube video 1 Youtube video 2 when I was in Germany, exactly in Blumberg, one week ago. I don't know much about german locomotives but I guess it's a 86 group.

Wikipedia citation:
The Wutachtalbahn is one of the most unusual and impressive railways stretchs in Germany. It links the cities of Waldshut on the border of Baden-Württemberg and Switzerland and Immendigen on the Schwarzwaldbahn or the Black Forest train and runs further through the southern Black Forest. It is well-known for its curved route, large viaducts, and bridges. Originally created a strategic route for the military, it is preserved as a standard gauge route and is popular with tourists.
 

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Posted by Per Hauberg (Member # 529) on 08-14-2007, 11:20 AM:
 
Definitely a sharp guess, the 86. And the numbers on side, front and rear of the engine even indicate, You're right.
The 86 is a beauty - and Your pics from it are just fine - Thanks for sharing.

Per
 

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Posted by John Wilson (Member # 269) on 08-16-2007, 08:31 AM:
 

 

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Posted by Allison Parsons (Member # 2728) on 08-18-2007, 12:48 AM:
 
Can anyone read japanese? If so, please tell me what these movies are:




 

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Posted by Brad Miller (Member # 2) on 08-18-2007, 04:32 AM:
 


Wow, these guys aren't exactly internet wizards (yet they DO have a website).

Do you think anyone has told them yet?
 

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Posted by Tim Reed (Member # 137) on 08-18-2007, 02:23 PM:
 
LOL!!! ROFL! That's hilarious, Brad! Heeee-hee!
 

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Posted by Paul Mayer (Member # 355) on 08-18-2007, 03:19 PM:
 
OMFG...

For Allison, the first disc is "Mikadroid" a 1991 Toho Studios direct-to-video release. The irresistible full English title is Mikadroid: Robokill Beneath Discoclub Layla. It got a "skip it" rating from DVD Talk.

The second disc is one of five in a 1980 NHK documentary series titled Ningen wa Nani o Tsukuttekita ka? {What Has Man Created?). This one is Fune (Ships). The other titles in that series: Steam Locomotives, Automobiles, Airplanes, Rockets.
 

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Posted by Allison Parsons (Member # 2728) on 08-22-2007, 11:00 PM:
 
Paul,

Thank you so much for the translations! I picked those up for cheap and don't have a LD player (yet) to play them on.
 

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Posted by Bobby Henderson (Member # 840) on 08-23-2007, 10:27 AM:
 
That's probably a good opportunity to plug the Engrish.com web site.
 

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Posted by Monte L Fullmer (Member # 2797) on 08-23-2007, 12:56 PM:
 
ALlison: Being Japanese titles, I'd pop those two on eBone, for there are LD collectors out there that would fight over rare import titles.

I've done pretty good selling LD's on eBone with the diehard LD collectors out there who still enjoy seeing uncompressed FM analog video than the compressed MPEG form that DVD's uses.

Also, nice thing about LD's is that they are completely open for copying since no worry on the region nonsense or any form of copyguard is encoded on the discs..
 

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Posted by Allison Parsons (Member # 2728) on 08-23-2007, 01:05 PM:
 
Monte, I will one of these days. There's a ton that I have that are either Japanese imports, or movies that I think I can get more than $20 for (like the 80's rerelease of Metropolis). In this large collection I bought, I got 3 laserdisc arcade games as well: Firefox, Cliffhanger and Albraegas/Cybernaut. Dragon's Lair unfortunatly was not in that collection. I have a Tex Avery sealed LD box set up on ebay now. I put a reserve of $90 on it...

Ever have any of your LD with 'laser rot'?
 

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Posted by Mark Gulbrandsen (Member # 72) on 08-23-2007, 06:46 PM:
 
Be careful Allison... Monte's like that record store guy on Seinfeld... You round up all your valualable Laserdisks and then he only offers you 50 cents each..... . In reality he's the collector.

Mark
 

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Posted by Paul Mayer (Member # 355) on 08-23-2007, 11:45 PM:
 
I've had a couple of mine rot within just a few years. Fortunately those titles look pretty good on DVD, so no great loss content wise.

Haven't played many of mine in the last few years - I assume most of them are still fine. The last LD I played was during a talk I gave last year about anime as yet another Japanese pop-culture export. The disc was Hayao Miyazaki's only music video, the 1995 On Your Mark for the singing duo Chage & Aska. At the time, On Your Mark hadn't yet been released on DVD, hence the use of LD for playback.
 

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Posted by Adam Martin (Member # 641) on 08-30-2007, 04:41 AM:
 

 

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Posted by Mike Blakesley (Member # 26) on 08-30-2007, 10:38 AM:
 

quote: Mark Gulbrandsen

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Monte's like that record store guy on Seinfeld... You round up all your valualable Laserdisks and then he only offers you 50 cents each.....

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I watched that episode last night!

"Would you like to go out and get a cup of coffee?"

"With you? I'd rather be dead."
 

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Posted by Brian Michael Weidemann (Member # 2243) on 08-31-2007, 04:22 PM:
 
Did anybody catch the total lunar eclipse a few nights ago?


 

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Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 08-31-2007, 05:44 PM:
 
Of course I did, what do you think I am, a communist?


 

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Posted by Brian Michael Weidemann (Member # 2243) on 08-31-2007, 07:34 PM:
 
Awesome, but you left off the exact date. That could be anything! The words are antialiased, so it must be fake. I can see the gradient now. The world-class lens flare has me stumped, though.
 

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Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 08-31-2007, 09:43 PM:
 
Actually that's you developing as an embryo.
 

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Posted by Phil Hill (Member # 371) on 09-01-2007, 03:08 PM:
 
Point Reye Lighthouse. Home of KAB in the 1980 film "The Fog".




 

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Posted by Brian Michael Weidemann (Member # 2243) on 09-01-2007, 04:23 PM:
 
Or: screenshots from the original MYST game. It's been so long since I've played or even thought about that.

Pretty ocean, though!
 

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Posted by Dustin Mitchell (Member # 372) on 09-03-2007, 09:00 PM:
 

 

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Posted by Paul Mayer (Member # 355) on 09-04-2007, 01:57 PM:
 
Beautiful VFR day


 

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Posted by Leo Enticknap (Member # 534) on 09-04-2007, 03:53 PM:
 
Note the name of the pervert:


 

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Posted by Hillary Charles (Member # 769) on 09-04-2007, 04:02 PM:
 
I apologize if I posted this before.


 

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Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 09-04-2007, 06:26 PM:
 
Uh oh. Another choo-choo train with a fancy paint job. Here they come!

I wonder if something related to the Civil War would have the same effect?
 

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Posted by Jeremy Jorgenson (Member # 2989) on 09-05-2007, 04:28 PM:
 

 

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Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 09-05-2007, 07:11 PM:
 

 

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Posted by Leo Enticknap (Member # 534) on 09-06-2007, 03:51 PM:
 

 

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Posted by Allison Parsons (Member # 2728) on 09-07-2007, 01:44 PM:
 
Can anyone identify wild mushrooms? I have these green ones growing in my flower box.
(probably not the clearest picture, sorry)


 

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Posted by Tim Reed (Member # 137) on 09-07-2007, 11:40 PM:
 
Btw, Hillary, where is that?
 

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Posted by Mike Blakesley (Member # 26) on 09-07-2007, 11:56 PM:
 
I have a 1959 Lionel model of the exact same engine Hillary posted. (Different paint job though.) The model is really faithful to the original for such an oldie.
 

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Posted by Hillary Charles (Member # 769) on 09-08-2007, 08:31 AM:
 
Tim, that engine is the B&O's William Mason, being restored in the Strasburg, PA shop several years ago for the Wil Smith movie "Wild Wild West." After it was sent out west, it got the final "Wanderer" paint job. A friend of mine was on the restoration team and got me access to the shop during the process.

It's the oldest operating steam locomotive in the country, and has also appeared in "Raintree County" and "Gods and Generals."

It also played the famous Civil War locomotive "General" in the Disney film, "The Great Locomotive Chase." I'm guessing Mike, that your Lionel is of the General. Black boiler and red cab and cowcatcher, with a tender that reads "W & A R R"? That IS a classic Lionel engine.
 

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Posted by Scott Norwood (Member # 30) on 09-08-2007, 04:48 PM:
 
I think that I am now in competition with the Princess II and Allison (see her post on page 17) and maybe Andy Summers for providing barely adequate picture and sound quality in venues that were never designed to show movies. Here's my screening room (in a laundry room in my parents' basement). Full photo tour coming someday:

The screen (yes those are paint cans holding up the speakers:


The combination booth/auditorium, with seating for up to three (every theatre needs a washing machine and refrigerator):

 

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Posted by Monte L Fullmer (Member # 2797) on 09-08-2007, 07:57 PM:
 
Good shot "Mr. Scott" - even down to the Hadke reel end alarms and Motiograph "stomper" changeover pedals.
 

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Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 09-09-2007, 01:04 AM:
 
That rocks. The booth is the perfect place for the auditorium!
 

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Posted by Daryl C. W. O'Shea (Member # 1303) on 09-09-2007, 03:01 AM:
 

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That rocks. The booth is the perfect place for the auditorium!

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Best quote of the week.

Perforated screens are cooler though.


 

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Posted by Tim Reed (Member # 137) on 09-09-2007, 11:35 AM:
 

quote: Daryl C. W. O'Shea

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Perforated screens are cooler though.

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Especially outdoors.

Btw, I envy you, Scott! My mother would've had a fit. I like the dollys, too.

Monte, I think those are Essanay c/o pedals.
 

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Posted by Steve Guttag (Member # 268) on 09-10-2007, 09:39 AM:
 
No, he meant that his A/C was mounted behind the screen...without the perfs, the air would not flow through!
 

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Posted by Dennis Benjamin (Member # 1137) on 09-10-2007, 11:32 AM:
 
Allison, the mushroom in your photo looks like it belongs to the Coprinus comatus family, or the "shaggy mane" variety. Usually found in gardens across North America.

{EDIT}

It is actually a Leucocoprinus birnbaumii. I found this out after doing a different type of search for Mushrooms.

I have an interest in mushrooms because when I was a kid my dad used to take me on trips to central Ohio where we would run into a bunch of people from France who were searching for the "Morchella" mushrooms (morels). They are a tasty treat when fryed with butter!
 

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Posted by Mike Blakesley (Member # 26) on 09-10-2007, 11:57 AM:
 

quote: Hillary Charles

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I'm guessing Mike, that your Lionel is of the General. Black boiler and red cab and cowcatcher, with a tender that reads "W & A R R"? That IS a classic Lionel engine.

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Right, except the boiler on mine is more of a grayish green color. I inherited it from my grandfather. The thing is almost 50 years old and still runs like new - it even has the original headlight bulb.

Here's a small pic of it (sorry, Joe).

 

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Posted by Allison Parsons (Member # 2728) on 09-10-2007, 12:53 PM:
 
Dennis,

Thank you! Those looke exactly like the ones I have. This is the first time I've ever planted my own flowers, so I was surprised to see green/yellow mushrooms growing in it. Thanks for solving my mystery
 

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Posted by Daryl C. W. O'Shea (Member # 1303) on 09-10-2007, 11:01 PM:
 

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No, he meant that his A/C was mounted behind the screen...without the perfs, the air would not flow through!

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At least Steve spotted the fan in the picture!
 

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Posted by Phil Hill (Member # 371) on 09-11-2007, 03:30 AM:
 
Just for Mark...


 

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Posted by Kenneth Wuepper (Member # 1174) on 09-11-2007, 07:14 AM:
 
Phil,

Great shot of an Iconoscope Tube. That is what ws in our first film chain. We had to have a small projector shooting a frame of light on the outside edges of the target to keep the flare down.

One of our local ham radio operators had a live camera with one of those in it. Worked really great on a blinding bright sunny day.

our TP-15 projectors both ran on 3 phase 220.

KEN
 

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Posted by Louis Bornwasser (Member # 3063) on 09-11-2007, 10:08 AM:
 
You guys (and I) are "Masters of Obsolete Technology." I salute you! Louis
 

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Posted by Richard Fowler (Member # 893) on 09-11-2007, 10:24 AM:
 
I am old enough to remember going to WSUN Channel 38 in St. Petersburg in my mid teens watching the iconoscope slide film chains in operation + (2) RCA TP16 projectors on more modern black and white vidicons. This was a station that had (1) TS-5 switcher to run the programming...they where knocked off the air one day when a drink was spilled on the switcher board
 

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Posted by Phil Hill (Member # 371) on 09-11-2007, 02:58 PM:
 
Oops! Sorry, didn't realize so many of YOU old farts liked that sorta stuff...else I wouldn't have just called out Mark...
 

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Posted by Mark Gulbrandsen (Member # 72) on 09-11-2007, 06:01 PM:
 
Thanks for the picture Phil... Is it Icon for sale? That would look good next to my Farnsworth Image dissector.

Mark
 

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Posted by Hillary Charles (Member # 769) on 09-11-2007, 06:46 PM:
 
Mark, where did you get a Farnsworth Image dissector? Do you have any idea of the age of the tube?
 

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Posted by Mark Gulbrandsen (Member # 72) on 09-11-2007, 08:01 PM:
 
Hi Hillary,

Yes, I am well aware of their age and value. I actually found two Image Dissector Toobes at a now out of buisness Surplus Toobe place here in SLC. I paid $500.00 apiece for them about 6 years ago. One went to a Microsoft exec for big bucks and I kept the other. Sad, but the toobe guy I got these from also originally had the cameras they came out of. He scrapped them out about 30 years ago not having a clue what they'd have been worth today. I have pictures I can post at home on my other puter but am(gladly) stuck in Montana for now.

Interestingly an Image Dissector Toobe was built by hand by the original Farnsworth Lab people in 1977 to celebrate the 50th year since the first electronic television image was produced.

Videos of this and other Farnsworth stuff can be found at Farnovision

I still think his Fusor invention tops Electronic Television though...

Mark
 

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Posted by Monte L Fullmer (Member # 2797) on 09-11-2007, 08:28 PM:
 
....and the war between Farnsworth and Sarnoff of RCA was a novel to be read...
 

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Posted by Mark Gulbrandsen (Member # 72) on 09-11-2007, 09:51 PM:
 

quote: Monte L Fullmer

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and the war between Farnsworth and Sarnoff of RCA was a novel to be read...

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quote: Mark Gulbrandsen

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Hillary, Yes, I am well aware of their age and value.

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Umm, Mark... I think she was asking you how old they are specifically, not if you KNOW that they are old.
 

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Posted by Hillary Charles (Member # 769) on 09-12-2007, 05:43 AM:
 
Yes, Tim's right. I was merely asking out of personal curiosity -- but if it turned out you weren't aware of its value, I was hoping I could convince you to just give it to me...

I've seen that old cinecolor short of the Farnsworth studios which shows some beautiful (wooden cased?) cameras. It's a shame if those amazing pieces were the cameras that were scrapped, but yeah, the Image Dissector by itself is still mighty impressive.

And yes, if he could have gotten his cold fusion to work, imagine. We REALLY need Farnsworth today!
 

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Posted by Mark Gulbrandsen (Member # 72) on 09-12-2007, 08:49 AM:
 

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And yes, if he could have gotten his cold fusion to work, imagine. We REALLY need Farnsworth today!

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My Dissector is not a hand built type... they were liscensed to and actually were produced by a company in Ohio(whose name escapes me at the moment) and they were used for several different applications where light was abundent. My dissector looked at the inside of one of the Kennicott Copper smelters for many years before the camera was removed. I am not sur eof its exact age but I suspect late 30's just before the war. The imagers devised by Zworikyn and RCA were actually too sensitive for that sort of job.

Actually if you read the book written by his wife you will discover as he eventually did that the fusor was self syustaining and did work. Of course it was snuffed by ITT but he did keep on doing some research on it after he returned to BYU... as Farnsworth And Accosiates. Many fusors are being built today by University students and in other labs. One thing that is surprising is that no building at BUY is named or dedicated after him.

Mark
 

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Posted by Phil Hill (Member # 371) on 09-12-2007, 11:14 PM:
 
Hercules Finger Rock


 

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Posted by Frank Dubrois (Member # 3042) on 09-13-2007, 10:55 AM:
 
I was just gonna ask..Where the hell are all the funny pictures? Dialog sucks.
 

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Posted by Jeremy Jorgenson (Member # 2989) on 09-13-2007, 02:20 PM:
 
This is a random pictures thread ... the funny pictures are located HERE
 

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Posted by Michael Brown (Member # 890) on 09-22-2007, 06:20 PM:
 
POTC before and after CGI.


 

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Posted by Kurt Zupin (Member # 2751) on 09-22-2007, 06:56 PM:
 
NO not the hat too!!!!

Why does everything have to be CG now. Suprised the ship there standing on wasn't cg in the picture as well
 

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Posted by Dustin Mitchell (Member # 372) on 09-22-2007, 07:18 PM:
 
So? You obviously didn't KNOW it was CGI before you saw those pics, so what difference does it make that it was?

Personally I have to say that's amazing. Certainly CGI Done Right.
 

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Posted by Phil Hill (Member # 371) on 09-23-2007, 02:45 AM:
 

 

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Posted by Louis Bornwasser (Member # 3063) on 09-23-2007, 11:35 AM:
 
I wonder if that film had any non-cgi? Louis
 

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Posted by Mark Gulbrandsen (Member # 72) on 09-23-2007, 03:13 PM:
 
I wonder too. I think they just snapped a digital picture of each cast member and took it from there...

Mark
 

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Posted by James Westbrook (Member # 3690) on 09-23-2007, 04:05 PM:
 
Without CGI, that would have been a costumer's nightmare.
 

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Posted by Phil Hill (Member # 371) on 09-23-2007, 06:41 PM:
 
I'm sure I'll get a rash of shit from Madamn Moderator and the other lovely females here, but...


 

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Posted by Allison Parsons (Member # 2728) on 09-23-2007, 09:54 PM:
 
haha Phil! We don't have mirrors at the record store I work at for customers. (we sell necklaces and other body jewelry). Many o' times has a CD doubled as a mirror.
 

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Posted by Mike Blakesley (Member # 26) on 09-23-2007, 11:23 PM:
 

quote: James Westbrook

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Without CGI, that would have been a costumer's nightmare.

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quote: Phil Hill

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I'm sure I'll get a rash of shit from Madamn Moderator and the other lovely females here, but...

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Nah, that's great! I've done it! haha
 

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Posted by Kurt Zupin (Member # 2751) on 09-24-2007, 06:46 AM:
 
I was being sarcastic...I don't really care if it is or it isn't. Just trying to be funny
 

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Posted by Dustin Mitchell (Member # 372) on 09-24-2007, 03:04 PM:
 
Sorry Kurt-there are some very anti-cgi people on here and I took your comment as having that tone, guess that's what I get for assuming .

I myself am in the middle. Bad CGI, especially when traditional effects could have achieved a better result, is most certainly annoying to say the least. In the case of the last two Pirates films I'd say the CGI was done very well. The fact tha many people don't realize just how much CGI is in there is a clear indication of that.
 

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Posted by Louis Bornwasser (Member # 3063) on 09-24-2007, 06:16 PM:
 
I agree....but if one dino is good, two is better and 16 is fantastic...imagine how good 256 will be. (Lucas & Spielberg both are guilty of this.) Louis
 

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Posted by Brad Miller (Member # 2) on 09-24-2007, 06:52 PM:
 
LED boomerang


 

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Posted by Jennifer Pan (Member # 2035) on 09-26-2007, 03:31 AM:
 
Awww, that takes the fun out of a surprise attack on someone... oh wait...
 

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Posted by James Westbrook (Member # 3690) on 09-26-2007, 02:54 PM:
 
I am the kind that would be mesmerized by it right up to when it hits me in the face.
 

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Posted by Phil Hill (Member # 371) on 09-28-2007, 01:06 AM:
 
Mark Gulbrandsen as a youngin' learning 'bout electrics...


 

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Posted by Brad Miller (Member # 2) on 10-02-2007, 03:30 AM:
 
It's a birdtank!


 

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Posted by Mark Gulbrandsen (Member # 72) on 10-02-2007, 02:09 PM:
 

quote: Phil Hill

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Mark Gulbrandsen as a youngin' learning 'bout electrics...

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Phil,
NOW thats hilarious... and VERY true! I did mess with the plug from the ole Emerson TV set one morning early when everyone was still asleep... gzaaaap... I still remember it well. I think I was a bit over 1 at that time... By 2 years old I had the back off the TV set and some of the tubes out plus my electric trains torn down. No... I didn't attempt removing the CRT... I waited until I was 7 to do that(really!).

Mark
 

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Posted by Phil Hill (Member # 371) on 10-02-2007, 08:54 PM:
 
Walt is turning over in his grave:


 

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Posted by Phil Hill (Member # 371) on 10-05-2007, 02:13 AM:
 

 

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Posted by Phil Hill (Member # 371) on 10-07-2007, 11:25 PM:
 

 

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Posted by James Westbrook (Member # 3690) on 10-08-2007, 01:02 AM:
 
Suddenly, Queens "Fat-Bottomed Girls" has started playing in my head...
 

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Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 10-10-2007, 05:18 PM:
 
Check out the animated spinning chick below:



Yeah, she's cold and she has a nice polygonal ass. Nevermind that. Which way do you see her spinning? Clockwise or counter-clockwise? I usually see her clockwise only, but if I use my hidden powers I can change it to counter-clockwise. Some people see counter only!
 

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Posted by Shane Cooper (Member # 2510) on 10-10-2007, 06:08 PM:
 
It must be cold wherever she is spinning!
 

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Posted by Tim Reed (Member # 137) on 10-10-2007, 06:55 PM:
 
I can see her either way, only I have to look at her feet to change direction.
 

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Posted by Sam Graham (Member # 2889) on 10-10-2007, 07:18 PM:
 
Same here. Clockwise until I look at the feet.
 

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Posted by Shane Cooper (Member # 2510) on 10-10-2007, 07:26 PM:
 
the spinning lady is giving me a head ache. I can see it both ways and it is messing with my mind!
 

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Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 10-10-2007, 07:40 PM:
 
Yeah, the feet are the key.

The site where I grabbed this from says if you see it clockwise, you are Right Brained:
-uses feeling
-"big picture" oriented
-imagination rules
-symbols and images
-present and future
-philosophy & religion
-can "get it" (i.e. meaning)
-believes
-appreciates
-spatial perception
-knows object function
-fantasy based
-presents possibilities
-impetuous
-risk taking

If you see it counter-clockwise you are Left Brained:
-uses logic
-detail oriented
-facts rule
-words and language
-present and past
-math and science
-can comprehend
-knowing
-acknowledges
-order/pattern perception
-knows object name
-reality based
-forms strategies
-practical
-safe

I think the left/right brain connection with this image is BS.
 

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Posted by Emma Tomiak (Member # 1862) on 10-14-2007, 12:29 AM:
 
Mini purrito sampler


 

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Posted by Bobby Henderson (Member # 840) on 10-14-2007, 01:01 AM:
 
As much I try to to force myself to see the counter-clockwise motion on the spinning nude silhouette chick I can really only see the clockwise version. I try to look at it from the 12 o'clock position and the 6 o'clock position and it all still looks very clockwise.

I'm frustrated.

 

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Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 10-14-2007, 01:31 AM:
 
Look at the foot... not the outstretched one. Use your hands to cover the upper part of the image consisting of the body and the upper legs. Use your other hand to cover the reflection of the outstretched foot in the reflection at the very bottom. It's pretty easy to imagine the foot spinning the other way even though it was clearly designed to spin clockwise. It might look more like it's waving back and forth rather than spinning in a complete circle. It took awhile for me, too.
 

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Posted by Monte L Fullmer (Member # 2797) on 10-14-2007, 02:53 AM:
 
sometimes, I can see the rotation in each direction, but then there are times I see her rotating back and forth and not making the full circle.
 

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Posted by Phil Hill (Member # 371) on 10-14-2007, 03:01 AM:
 
Count the number of black dots on the image below...


 

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Posted by Kurt Zupin (Member # 2751) on 10-14-2007, 04:47 AM:
 
ZERO!
 

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Posted by Patrick de Groot (Member # 858) on 10-14-2007, 05:01 AM:
 
@Bobby
I had difficulty seeing the dark cold woman spin ccw. It helps if you follow the shadow for a few seconds.
 

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Posted by Tim Reed (Member # 137) on 10-14-2007, 07:11 PM:
 

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The site where I grabbed this from says if you see it clockwise, you are Right Brained

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Referencing the top or bottom?
 

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Posted by Mark Gulbrandsen (Member # 72) on 10-14-2007, 08:53 PM:
 
Thats funny... I see that chick doing summersalts .

Mark
 

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Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 10-14-2007, 10:52 PM:
 
Tim, I imagine as if she was spinning on the clock which would be on the floor. But the site also used words like "anti-clockwise" so they obviously know nothing. I am not anti-clockwise nor pro-clockwise. I will not protest on the streets either way.
 

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Posted by Per Hauberg (Member # 529) on 10-16-2007, 06:38 PM:
 


Rats obviously don't travel fast. Danish premiere last week became the expected and deserved succes ! Great Pixar-job (again!)

Per
 

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Posted by Jason Black (Member # 684) on 10-17-2007, 10:24 PM:
 
I've looked at the spinning chick and tried everything.. but I ONLY see her spinning clockwise.. no matter what I do..
 

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Posted by Monte L Fullmer (Member # 2797) on 10-17-2007, 11:24 PM:
 
Okey, now let's try another variation to the spinning girl: Look at this MLB link and look at the wallpaper: is the batter left handed, or right handed?

Or, goto the NBA and the WNBA sites and look at their logos. Are the respective player in the logo running to you or away from you with the ball?

-Monte
 

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Posted by Mike Blakesley (Member # 26) on 10-22-2007, 11:19 AM:
 
Our 2007 crew photo.

We use a different location for our pics every year....this year we were at "The Gallery" furniture store. The owner is a good movie customer.
 

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Posted by Tim Reed (Member # 137) on 10-26-2007, 03:32 PM:
 
Hey, I couldn't go in here?!


 

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Posted by Frank Dubrois (Member # 3042) on 10-28-2007, 01:43 AM:
 
...for colored people. The picture is black and white.

Wow....ironic.
 

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Posted by James Westbrook (Member # 3690) on 10-28-2007, 12:11 PM:
 
"Separate but Equal" my ass...
 

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Posted by Mike Heenan (Member # 392) on 11-15-2007, 12:31 PM:
 
That SOB Jared's got nothing on me



Those are my old jeans at size 42.
 

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Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 11-15-2007, 06:08 PM:
 

 

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Posted by James Westbrook (Member # 3690) on 11-15-2007, 08:37 PM:
 
Mike...you wern't about to take a picture DOWN THERE, were you?
 

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Posted by Mike Heenan (Member # 392) on 11-16-2007, 10:31 AM:
 
Nope but I have some fun comments on my myspace, lol. Just proud of my accomplishments so far and trying to figure out how I can make a buck off it.
 

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Posted by Allison Parsons (Member # 2728) on 11-16-2007, 12:32 PM:
 
Mike, the world could use another good male stripper, if you need some extra cash.
 

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Posted by Tim Reed (Member # 137) on 11-18-2007, 03:38 PM:
 
Mike, dang man! Very svelte, nice work. I envy you.


 

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Posted by Mark J. Marshall (Member # 1409) on 11-23-2007, 03:06 PM:
 
Two guys with big foreheads.


 

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Posted by Tim Reed (Member # 137) on 11-23-2007, 06:35 PM:
 
Dang, Mark! I met Glenn Beck, too. Here in the Roxy projection booth, just across the hall from my apartment, after the rehearsal for his "On Ice" show. The Roxy was the debut venue and I got to run a spot light!

I've been kicking myself ever since, though, for not getting a picture with him in the booth!
 

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Posted by Mark J. Marshall (Member # 1409) on 11-23-2007, 06:53 PM:
 
Yeah, Tim, I've met him a couple of times now, though I doubt he remembers it since he meets thousands of people a year. This meeting with him today was the nicest "meet" with him so far. He kicked off his book signing tour today with a one hour visit to a book store in West Chester, PA. After the mad rush was over, he hung out for the rest of the hour taking pictures, chatting, signing autographs and what not. If you met him, you'll probably agree that he's a class act, and a really nice guy, not to mention funny.

During the mad rush, everyone was taking quick, less personal photos with him. Here's the one I got:



I didn't even know that he did that pose until about ten minutes later when I looked at the picture on the camera.
 

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Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 11-23-2007, 07:08 PM:
 
Who is Glenn Beck? Which one in the photo is he?
 

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Posted by Mark J. Marshall (Member # 1409) on 11-23-2007, 07:13 PM:
 
Glenn Beck is a syndicated radio talk show host, and he also has his own TV show on CNN Headline News. He's the one on the left in both photos.
 

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Posted by Tim Reed (Member # 137) on 11-23-2007, 10:04 PM:
 

quote: Mark J. Marshall

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If you met him, you'll probably agree that he's a class act

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Oh, absolutely. While he was getting his show worked out, he actually took time out of the hectic schedule (his opening night!) and stopped to chat with me. I started out totally in "fan" mode... because my brother and I both had been listening to Glenn since back when he was on just a handful of stations. We soon got into some technical discussion about broadcasting equipment and top-of-the-hour breaks.

One thing I noticed immediately was he really listened to me. It was very much a two-way conversation. I actually had to end it because I knew he was needed elsewhere. But he was so gracious that he would've stayed right there chatting with me if I'd kept it going. I was very impressed with him.

After the show that night, he met everyone in the lobby as they were leaving and talked with anyone who wanted to chat. He did not leave until everyone who wanted autographs and photos, had them. He was the last one out.

If you've never caught his show, he's one of funniest personalities in broadcasting today - he's also the genuine article.
 

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Posted by Allison Parsons (Member # 2728) on 11-23-2007, 10:49 PM:
 
I love Glen Beck!! Just never get to see his tv show. Love his radio program though.
 

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Posted by James Westbrook (Member # 3690) on 11-24-2007, 12:11 AM:
 
I hope he uses the Christmas opening theme this year that he used last year. It was sweet.
 

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Posted by Mark J. Marshall (Member # 1409) on 11-24-2007, 11:29 AM:
 
While going through the crowd of picture takers, one guy started talking to him after getting his picture. He was shaking Glenn's hand, and pulled it up closer to his chest to get closer to Glenn and started off by saying something like "My wife has cancer..." and went on about something that I couldn't make out because he was speaking softly. Glenn looked the guy right in the eye with the most caring sincere look I've ever seen. Glenn put his other hand on the guys hand as well, and stood there listening very intently and talking with the guy, with no intention of leaving or blowing him off in any way. Glenn's handlers had to convince the guy to let go and move on eventually, but Glenn looked like he would have stood there all day talking to the guy.

That kind of commitment has to take its toll on you eventually. I'm glad to see the kind of support that his fans give him too. And I'm glad to see him come out and do shows and signings and all the stuff he does with his fans. I'm going to try to make the Insiders convention next year in NYC.

As a side note, I also happen to think that he has a greater grasp of "the big picture" of everything that's going on in the world than anyone else who's talking right now. But that's just my opinion.
 

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Posted by Tim Reed (Member # 137) on 11-24-2007, 11:44 AM:
 
Happy Ramahanukwansmas!

 

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Posted by Dennis Benjamin (Member # 1137) on 11-30-2007, 12:43 PM:
 
Here are a few of our new theatre. We opened in June, but our sign took a few months to complete:




 

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Posted by Jon Miller (Member # 163) on 12-01-2007, 09:25 PM:
 


'Cause bumper stickers are so 20th Century!
 

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Posted by Sam Graham (Member # 2889) on 12-01-2007, 10:19 PM:
 
Speaking of bumper stickers, here's one I spotted on some mom's minivan last week...


 

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Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 12-05-2007, 06:10 PM:
 

 

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Posted by German Marin (Member # 918) on 12-10-2007, 03:31 PM:
 

 

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Posted by Tim Reed (Member # 137) on 12-10-2007, 06:04 PM:
 

 

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Posted by Phil Hill (Member # 371) on 12-13-2007, 03:18 AM:
 
"Let's All Go To The Lobby"


 

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Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 12-13-2007, 04:21 AM:
 
Variable density? Damn, that's older than I thought!
 

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Posted by Monte L Fullmer (Member # 2797) on 12-13-2007, 12:45 PM:
 
Classic Drive-In snakbar ads to the hilt!
 

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Posted by Brian Michael Weidemann (Member # 2243) on 12-13-2007, 05:04 PM:
 
The silhouettes got me thinking of MST3K. What would those guys say to singing concession items strutting down a red carpet?
 

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Posted by Jim Cassedy (Member # 4115) on 12-15-2007, 09:17 PM:
 
Last year I was doing some rehibilitating of the equipment at a very old
(1920's) theater in San Franciso's Chinatown which was operated by the
Shaw Brothers in the 1970's who used it to showcase their own films as
well as those from other Asian producers.
They haven't run film there in almost 20 years.

The theater is now maninly used for community meetings, Chinese operas, etc.
One storeroom in the basement was full old equipment and of dozens of
Chinese Martial Arts movies abandoned there almost 30 years ago.

THIS IS ONE OF THEM

A couple of my Chinese buddies translated the label for me and identified
it "Shaolin Drunk Stick Fighters" which is a 1969 Hong Kong Kung-Fu Flick

Unfortunately, after being in a dark, dank, damp Chinatown basement
not far from the waterfront for almost 30 years, all the films have been
destroyed by mold, which has actually eaten most of the emulsion off of them.

This is one of the ones in "good" shape . Most were worse!



Sad to see films in this condition!
 

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Posted by Mark Gulbrandsen (Member # 72) on 12-15-2007, 09:34 PM:
 
Thats too bad about the films.... I would not be surprised if many of those prints were in "Chineese I.B. Tech"... Die transfer in China was very common at one time.

Mark
 

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Posted by Jim Cassedy (Member # 4115) on 12-16-2007, 08:45 AM:
 
You're probably right about the prints being 'Chinese IB Tech'.
I'm old enough to have been working back in the '70's when a lot of
these films were released in the US and practially all of them were IB.

Given the amount of mold infestation on the several shipping cases I (carefully)
opened for inspection I decided it was best not to spend any more time down in
that basement without a face mask or some serious breathing apparatus.

With the help of a friend who could read Chinese we did an inventory of all
the stuff down there, but that's about it.
 

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Posted by Dennis Benjamin (Member # 1137) on 12-16-2007, 01:49 PM:
 
Shaolin Drunk Fighter (1969)

This is actually one of the classic Shaw Brother's Films.

Wow! It is too bad about the film. There is a whole other generation of Kung-Fu film buffs who would have loved to see that film on the big screen!
 

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Posted by Mike Heenan (Member # 392) on 12-16-2007, 03:49 PM:
 
Me in Istanbul about a week ago.


 

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Posted by John Wilson (Member # 269) on 12-16-2007, 06:54 PM:
 
Yeah, right. It looks like that Istanbul Casino in Vegas.
 

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Posted by Adam Martin (Member # 641) on 12-16-2007, 06:56 PM:
 
Or maybe Constantinople. Damn, now that song's stuck in my head.
 

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Posted by Mike Heenan (Member # 392) on 12-16-2007, 07:26 PM:
 
Fine, here's more proof positive I was there:



You won't find these in America, mate, even Steve Wynn has standards:



and finally, just ask Mustafa, your friend neighborhood midget lottery ticket seller if you need more proof:


 

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Posted by Tim Reed (Member # 137) on 12-17-2007, 06:36 AM:
 
Why do I keep hearing Giorgio Moroder?
 

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Posted by John Wilson (Member # 269) on 12-17-2007, 07:40 AM:
 
That toilet is SO obviously Photoshopped.
 

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Posted by Mark Gulbrandsen (Member # 72) on 12-18-2007, 07:14 PM:
 
Deer hunting on the Autobahn gets expensive on some days....



I wonder how the turbo came through all this...er how the deer went through the turbo...

 

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Posted by Bobby Henderson (Member # 840) on 12-18-2007, 09:06 PM:
 
Eww.


 

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Posted by Mike Blakesley (Member # 26) on 12-18-2007, 09:33 PM:
 
Wow, Bobby's shortest post EVER!
 

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Posted by Mike Heenan (Member # 392) on 12-18-2007, 09:36 PM:
 
Thank god for that.
 

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Posted by Kurt Zupin (Member # 2751) on 12-19-2007, 03:50 AM:
 
Wow I've seen alot of deer hit by cars before...seen a deer blow up when hit by a semi. But WOW never seen it go in the engine and just sit there.
 

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Posted by Mark Gulbrandsen (Member # 72) on 12-19-2007, 08:17 AM:
 

quote: Mike Heenan

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Thank god for that.

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I agree... I was expecting some dissertation on why it should have hit at a different angle for better impact results or something to that extent.
 

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Posted by Jack Ondracek (Member # 1466) on 01-07-2008, 01:37 AM:
 
My wife's made good use of her camera since N6505W became part of the family. Nice desktop material!


 

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Posted by Tim Reed (Member # 137) on 01-10-2008, 05:23 PM:
 
Need some tower work done?


 

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Posted by James Westbrook (Member # 3690) on 01-10-2008, 07:22 PM:
 
Isn't that how some stations get knocked off the air?
 

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Posted by Kenneth Wuepper (Member # 1174) on 01-10-2008, 10:07 PM:
 
We had more trouble with mice across the High Voltage filter capacitors.

Makes the bug zapper look tame!



KEN
 

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Posted by Tim Reed (Member # 137) on 01-11-2008, 12:15 AM:
 
What Kenneth said. Varmints getting in the xmtr more than anything.

FWIW, that was a picture of an Amateur (i.e., "ham") station.
 

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Posted by James Westbrook (Member # 3690) on 01-11-2008, 12:22 AM:
 
Not long ago, the local Fox station got knocked off the air by a wayward cat getting into the transmitter building...
The Ham tower makes since in that those are usually on rooftops and squrels...sqru...squ...those varmits have no problem getting on rooftops of houses and the like. (Where's that dictionary?)
 

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Posted by Jeff Stricker (Member # 224) on 01-11-2008, 06:04 AM:
 
At the local AM directional broadcast station, we had a constant battle keeping the mice out of the tuning sheds at the tower bases. On more than one occasion a mouse got turned into a potato chip inside one of the matching networks.
 

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Posted by Mark Gulbrandsen (Member # 72) on 01-11-2008, 07:08 AM:
 

quote: Kenneth Wuepper

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We had more trouble with mice across the High Voltage filter capacitors.

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Thats defiately an advantage of having your xmitter on the 94th floor

Mark
 

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Posted by Mike Heenan (Member # 392) on 01-11-2008, 04:54 PM:
 

 

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Posted by Tim Reed (Member # 137) on 01-20-2008, 12:36 AM:
 

 

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Posted by Bobby Henderson (Member # 840) on 01-20-2008, 02:23 AM:
 
I found this 9 ton behemoth parked in my neighborhood:



It's the Tornado Intercept Vehicle ("TIV") from the Discovery Channel TV series, Storm Chasers.

The TIV has been in Lawton undergoing some serious repair work at Great Plains Technology Center. GPTC is also helping in the process of building a new TIV for the Spring 2008 tornado season. Pretty cool. Maybe not as notable as the current Miss America being from Lawton. It's still pretty freaking cool nonetheless.
 

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Posted by Michael Schaffer (Member # 1204) on 01-20-2008, 04:37 AM:
 
How does that thing "intercept" a tornado?
 

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Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 01-20-2008, 04:55 AM:
 
It doesn't. It kills them.
 

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Posted by Bobby Henderson (Member # 840) on 01-20-2008, 11:54 AM:
 
Yeah. What Joe said. See the number of "kills" on the side of the vehicle?

Seriously, the TIV is one of at least 3 vehicles they use to chase tornadoes. One of the other vehicles is a mobile doppler radar truck that gives the team a pretty good idea of a tornado's path. The TIV has been hit directly by a few tornadoes -hence some of the damage GPTC is repairing.

One thing I'm wondering: with the windows on the TIV being a bit small-ish, how do they shoot decent footage in formats like IMAX?
 

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Posted by James Westbrook (Member # 3690) on 01-20-2008, 01:01 PM:
 
I am really starting to miss cable right now...
 

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Posted by Mike Heenan (Member # 392) on 01-20-2008, 01:17 PM:
 
Who cares about that nerdy crap, let's see some pics of the Miss America.
 

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Posted by Tim Reed (Member # 137) on 01-20-2008, 02:00 PM:
 
Woo-hoo, Mike! Yeahhh!
 

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Posted by Adam Martin (Member # 641) on 01-20-2008, 04:17 PM:
 
Miss America ... 1945

 

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Posted by Mike Heenan (Member # 392) on 01-20-2008, 04:47 PM:
 
Isn't that Dave Letterman's mom? Weird.
 

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Posted by Bobby Henderson (Member # 840) on 01-20-2008, 07:11 PM:
 

quote: Mike Heenan

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Who cares about that nerdy crap, let's see some pics of the Miss America.

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Nerdy crap? Tornadoes are cool! I'm not into chasing storms to see them (don't need hail dents in my truck). But "nerdy?" Please.

Just to make you happy, Mike, here's a picture of Lauren Nelson:



She's going to be in Lawton for an Oklahoma Cavalry CBA basketball game on January 28. I'm hoping I'll be able to get some of my own pictures of her and maybe even with her.

Does anyone watch that prime-time game show "Do you know more than a 5th Grader?" Lauren was on an episode of that show this past Thursday.
 

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Posted by Hillary Charles (Member # 769) on 01-20-2008, 07:12 PM:
 
Tim, that graffiti picture has me in tears!

I hope I haven't posted this one before:

 

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Posted by Mike Heenan (Member # 392) on 01-20-2008, 07:41 PM:
 
Normally this would be a a"getting old sucks" post, but in this case, it's plastic surgery sucks!



 

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Posted by John Wilson (Member # 269) on 01-21-2008, 08:14 AM:
 
Oh, Bandit!
 

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Posted by Mike Heenan (Member # 392) on 01-21-2008, 05:49 PM:
 
Another fun one to do might be Michael Jackson but I dont want to put forth the effort.
 

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Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 01-21-2008, 06:52 PM:
 
Do it. If you are really lazy I'm sure you can find some pre-made collages on the 'net.
 

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Posted by Mike Heenan (Member # 392) on 01-21-2008, 09:03 PM:
 
Thank god for google.


 

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Posted by Phil Hill (Member # 371) on 01-23-2008, 04:16 AM:
 
UFO over Brad's (our Grand-Poopie-BAH) Rockwell house:





UFOs Over Phil's (my) Hollywood house:


 

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Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 01-23-2008, 04:37 AM:
 
Wow. I didn't know Brad was growing mountains in his backyard.
 

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Posted by Phil Hill (Member # 371) on 01-23-2008, 04:41 AM:
 
Ummm...OK Joe, is this better?


 

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Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 01-24-2008, 04:15 PM:
 
Going for a swim in the shallow end of the gene pool:


 

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Posted by Michael Coate (Member # 757) on 01-24-2008, 04:31 PM:
 
Joe, did you carefully crop that image to avoid being recognized?!

quote: Heenan

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Normally this would be a "getting old sucks" post, but in this case, it's plastic surgery sucks!

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quote: John Wilson

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Oh, Bandit!

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For a definite plastic-surgery "Yikes!" moment, check out Burt's interview appearance in the "Making-Of" supplement on the "Smokey And The Bandit" Special Edition DVD.
 

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Posted by Mike Heenan (Member # 392) on 01-24-2008, 05:07 PM:
 
I want to see that, but I can't bring myself to double dipping on that title as I bought the Smokey 3 pack when it came out. How long are the extras on the disc?
 

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Posted by Michael Coate (Member # 757) on 01-24-2008, 05:20 PM:
 
I thought the "Smokey" supplements were weak. If I remember correctly, there's only two brief featurettes, and Burt's the only major cast member featured in the Making-Of. No deleted scenes...no commentary track...

(I've always thought that a great DVD supplement for comedies with profanity, such as "Smokey And The Bandit," would be to include, as an option, the cleaned-up ancillary-market audio track because sometimes what they came up with for the censored version was funnier than the profane original.)
 

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Posted by Mike Heenan (Member # 392) on 01-24-2008, 05:35 PM:
 
IIRC Hal Needham did a commentary for Cannonball Run, and he's a really cool guy so it's odd that they didn't do one for Smokey. Another fun thing would be Smokey 1 outtakes, as they didn't have any on the credits for the first one like they did for the second one.
 

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Posted by Michael Coate (Member # 757) on 01-24-2008, 05:38 PM:
 
Now that you mention Needham, he was interviewed for the "Smokey" featurette. And, yeah, I agree some outtakes would've been great.

OK, now let's get back to some random pictures...
 

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Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 01-24-2008, 06:13 PM:
 
I didn't crop that picture, no... but I wonder if it is cropped and the other end of that cord isn't really plugged in.
 

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Posted by Michael Coate (Member # 757) on 01-24-2008, 06:33 PM:
 
I would hope the cord is not plugged in...otherwise those jackasses are in line for a Darwin Award!
 

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Posted by Jon Miller (Member # 163) on 01-24-2008, 08:24 PM:
 
If my suspicions are correct that the picture was taken in a country with 240-volt household outlets, Darwin would really have a field day!
 

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Posted by Tim Reed (Member # 137) on 01-25-2008, 11:10 PM:
 

quote: Mike Heenan

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I can't bring myself to double dipping on that title as I bought the Smokey 3 pack when it came out. How long are the extras on the disc?

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I have it. It's about 20-30 minutes of stuff altogether.
 

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Posted by Louis Bornwasser (Member # 3063) on 01-26-2008, 06:53 AM:
 
Jon: I agree, those are Schulko cords (240v 50 hz) Louis
 

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Posted by Phil Hill (Member # 371) on 01-31-2008, 08:33 PM:
 

 

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Posted by Adam Martin (Member # 641) on 02-01-2008, 10:45 PM:
 

 

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Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 02-01-2008, 11:18 PM:
 
I don't get it.
 

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Posted by Mike Heenan (Member # 392) on 02-01-2008, 11:22 PM:
 
If the last S in presidents was black, it'd spell out Sex subliminally. Other than that I share Joe's bewilderment.
 

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Posted by Phil Hill (Member # 371) on 02-01-2008, 11:28 PM:
 
I agree... Call me lame, a dumbass, unintelligent, etc (BUTT! Don't call me late for dinner!)

I don't get it either.
 

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Posted by Adam Martin (Member # 641) on 02-02-2008, 01:33 AM:
 
It's a picture of a drive-in.

There's a couple of cop cars that look like they need to be crashed in Smokey and the Bandit II and a movie with "Mother Jugs" in the title, but other than that, that's about it.
 

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Posted by Tim Reed (Member # 137) on 02-02-2008, 06:21 AM:
 
What kind of cheap-ass drive-in only gives people one movie per screen?
 

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Posted by Steve Guttag (Member # 268) on 02-02-2008, 07:24 AM:
 
One that has two cops sitting in the driveway!
 

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Posted by Kenneth Wuepper (Member # 1174) on 02-02-2008, 10:35 AM:
 
Don't you think there is a problem with headlights on that screen straight ahead?

KEN
 

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Posted by Tim Reed (Member # 137) on 02-02-2008, 07:39 PM:
 

 

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Posted by Phil Hill (Member # 371) on 02-08-2008, 09:36 PM:
 
This "yellow snow art" made me think of Josh Jones and my house for some reason...


 

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Posted by David Stambaugh (Member # 1102) on 02-08-2008, 10:22 PM:
 

quote: Michael Coate

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I've always thought that a great DVD supplement for comedies with profanity, such as "Smokey And The Bandit," would be to include, as an option, the cleaned-up ancillary-market audio track because sometimes what they came up with for the censored version was funnier than the profane original

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The first time I saw "Animal House" was a regular network TV version, all cleaned up with the profanity replaced. Later when I saw the theatrical version, it was like a different movie. The PG version was just as funny in its way as the R version.
 

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Posted by Tim Reed (Member # 137) on 02-08-2008, 10:57 PM:
 
OMG, the broadcast version of "Smokey and the Bandit" was awful! Not only was the looping sloppy, but the replacement "swear words" were embarrassingly silly!
 

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Posted by Mike Schindler (Member # 1309) on 02-09-2008, 12:03 AM:
 
I think my favorite is REPO MAN, with the amazing use of the term "Melon Farmer."

Speaking of amazing...


 

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Posted by John Wilson (Member # 269) on 02-09-2008, 05:14 PM:
 
Smokey And The Bandit network example #1:

Theatrical version:
Junior: "Daddy! The top came off!"
Buford T. Justice: "No shit."

Network version:
Junior: "Daddy! The top came off!"
Buford T. Justice: "You don't say."

Hilarious...
 

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Posted by Tim Reed (Member # 137) on 02-09-2008, 05:56 PM:
 
Where ahh you, you scum bum?!
 

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Posted by John Wilson (Member # 269) on 02-09-2008, 06:18 PM:
 

 

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Posted by Mike Heenan (Member # 392) on 02-09-2008, 08:48 PM:
 
Another one that's interesting is Cannonball Run (also directed by Hal Needham). in the flick (theatrical version too), Hal is in the ambulance and is telling burt and dom "you can fly like shot through a barel in this thing" or something similar to that, while if you read his lips it doesn't follow that, and it appears he says shit.
 

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Posted by Tim Reed (Member # 137) on 02-10-2008, 12:22 PM:
 
Seems like I remember that, Mike. Maybe it was "one shit over the line?" Someone felt it was just too much, possibly?
 

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Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 02-11-2008, 02:43 AM:
 

 

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Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 02-12-2008, 07:38 PM:
 

 

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Posted by Bobby Henderson (Member # 840) on 02-12-2008, 07:46 PM:
 
Here's a picture of me with Lauren Nelson (Miss America 2007), taken at a Oklahoma Cavalry CBA basketball game here in Lawton.



If you think it looks like I was trying to stifle a fart...I was!

 

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Posted by Mike Heenan (Member # 392) on 02-12-2008, 08:45 PM:
 
Jeez, I hope you didn't mention Blu Ray or Trajan while you were talking to her
 

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Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 02-12-2008, 08:57 PM:
 
Maybe not Trajan but hopefully Trojan.
 

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Posted by Bobby Henderson (Member # 840) on 02-12-2008, 09:31 PM:
 
She's not even old enough to get into a bar.
Strike 1.

Worse, Lauren is dating some fellow from a very wealthy family in Tulsa.
Strike 2.

I'm old enough to be her dad.
Strike 3.

Now if I was some famous actor, along the lines of Michael Douglas or Warren Beatty, things would be very different.
 

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Posted by Phil Hill (Member # 371) on 02-14-2008, 07:01 PM:
 
Too cute! (Sorta looks Photoshopped...butt, the intent is still kewl!))



[ 02-14-2008, 08:08 PM: Message edited by: Phil Hill ]
 

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Posted by Allison Parsons (Member # 2728) on 02-14-2008, 10:20 PM:
 
If there wasn't a weird looking guy in face paint and two happy looking gents behind the kid, then I would think the picture was photoshoped.
 

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Posted by Phil Hill (Member # 371) on 02-14-2008, 11:11 PM:
 
hmmm...I was referring to the kid's "gay uncle" press-on on his shirt. It looks like a fake after-thought to me.

Perhaps Joe and/or Bobby and/or others with the expertise in Photoshop will weigh in.
 

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Posted by Allison Parsons (Member # 2728) on 02-14-2008, 11:14 PM:
 
Well, a friend of mine's niece and nephew have these cute shirts in support of him:


 

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Posted by Bobby Henderson (Member # 840) on 02-14-2008, 11:27 PM:
 
I'll at least say the sticker on the kid's shirt looks suspicious. The white fringing around the edge looks rough. Most decals don't have an edge like that to them at all. Die cutting of stickers is usually very clean and precise.

If I was going to do a similar job with Photoshop, I'd use the Photoshop's path tools to do a cleaner job of cutting out the sticker shape. Then I'd use other functions to get it to follow the contours of the shirt.
 

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Posted by Brad Miller (Member # 2) on 02-15-2008, 12:16 AM:
 

 

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Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 02-15-2008, 05:17 AM:
 
Bobby, it was likely printed on sticky goo paper and then cut out with a pair o' scissors. That's why it looks like it does.
 

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Posted by Edwin Schwing (Member # 1270) on 02-15-2008, 07:06 AM:
 
Too cute! (Sorta looks Photoshopped...butt, the intent is still kewl!))

Phil, The second "T" on the but comment sorta gives it away....

And who says Kewl anymore....???

E
 

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Posted by Barry Floyd (Member # 385) on 02-15-2008, 09:42 AM:
 
This photo was taken last week at the 2008 Drive-In Theatre Owners Convention. As the drive-in theatre industry celebrates it's 75th anniversary this year, we had a honored guest at the Tuesday night banquet.

Pictured is me and my son with Richard M. Hollingshead III - the son of the inventor of the first drive-in theatre in Camden, New Jersey and his wife. This man was 10 years old when his father opened the first drive-in theatre. It was truly an honor to meet him and exchange stories of working in the drive-in industry.


 

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Posted by John Wilson (Member # 269) on 02-15-2008, 09:52 AM:
 
Barry,

That's just too cool for words.

Well done.
 

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Posted by Tim Reed (Member # 137) on 02-15-2008, 12:53 PM:
 
Barry, so where did they find Mr. Hollingshead?

Phil, I thought it looked like a Photoshop job, too. They also put an apostrophe in "uncles" that shouldn't be there.
 

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Posted by Barry Floyd (Member # 385) on 02-15-2008, 01:06 PM:
 
Tim, If I'm not mistaken, they found him in of all places.... New Jersey. Also with him that week at the convention but not pictured was his cousin Wycliffe "Wick" Hollingshead who's father was the founder of "Whiz Auto Products".
 

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Posted by Tim Reed (Member # 137) on 02-15-2008, 05:40 PM:
 
Son of a gun, right in my back yard. I probably service a theatre near him.

Wish I could've been there for that. I recall he was in Drive-In Blues.
 

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Posted by Scott Norwood (Member # 30) on 02-15-2008, 05:48 PM:
 
Nice photo, Barry! That sounds like a fun meeting.
 

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Posted by Tim Reed (Member # 137) on 02-15-2008, 05:54 PM:
 
Brad's expanding...


 

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Posted by Mark Gulbrandsen (Member # 72) on 02-15-2008, 05:59 PM:
 
Hey, isn't that Ron purtee's old warehouse location where they bootlegged Filmguard......
 

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Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 02-15-2008, 07:16 PM:
 
That building... that company... THEY'RE the reason we had to add the hyphen!
 

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Posted by Tim Reed (Member # 137) on 02-15-2008, 09:19 PM:
 
They're a plastics film mfgr. in Allentown, PA. I've wanted to take a picture of this place for some time now, and finally had the opportunity today.
 

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Posted by Michael Schaffer (Member # 1204) on 02-16-2008, 01:19 AM:
 
I think this is pretty funny (though some might not agree, I guess...):



This pic here I took myself in Nashville, TN, while driving across the entire continent. Yes, it is real! Feel free to caption it!


 

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Posted by Allison Parsons (Member # 2728) on 02-16-2008, 01:47 AM:
 
Don't know how many of you are video game geeks. This is a pair of shoes my friend made me cause I'm a bit to obsessed with Metroid.


 

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Posted by Mike Schindler (Member # 1309) on 02-16-2008, 11:27 PM:
 
The first sign of spring! Woohoo!


 

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Posted by Michael Coate (Member # 757) on 02-17-2008, 12:50 AM:
 

quote: Mike Schindler

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The first sign of spring! Woohoo!

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Ah, yes...MLB pitchers and catchers reporting to training camp!

They say Californians are spoiled by the year-round good weather but with the trade-off of not experiencing any seasons. For me, I do experience seasons. Two of them, in fact: (1) baseball season, and (2) the off season.
 

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Posted by Mike Schindler (Member # 1309) on 02-17-2008, 12:23 PM:
 
Mike, I'm sure you'll appreciate this one. But it made me a little sad to see...


 

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Posted by Adam Martin (Member # 641) on 02-17-2008, 12:50 PM:
 
Stadium Drive-In, Orange, California




 

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Posted by John Wilson (Member # 269) on 02-17-2008, 04:04 PM:
 
I don't get it.
 

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Posted by Phil Hill (Member # 371) on 02-19-2008, 12:10 AM:
 
In the background is the Los Angeles Angels MLB stadium...I think that's the connection.


 

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Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 02-19-2008, 02:50 AM:
 
I was hoping it would be a drive-in with stadium seating.
 

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Posted by Kenneth Wuepper (Member # 1174) on 02-19-2008, 12:30 PM:
 
How about the parking field facing the screen!
 

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Posted by Michael Coate (Member # 757) on 02-19-2008, 02:37 PM:
 

quote: Mike Schindler

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Mike, I'm sure you'll appreciate this one. But it made me a little sad to see...

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That must be a photo of Jon "No longer a member of the Sox" Garland!
 

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Posted by Mike Schindler (Member # 1309) on 02-19-2008, 02:44 PM:
 
Indeed. My sister has a huge crush on him. She was raised right (as a Sox fan). I sent it to her, and she said, "You're killing me!"
 

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Posted by Gunnar Johansson (Member # 1661) on 02-19-2008, 03:37 PM:
 


Me posting a death notice on my theatre Sunday night. The management had removed it Monday morning... This picture was in the mo(u)rning papers.
 

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Posted by Phil Hill (Member # 371) on 02-21-2008, 03:08 PM:
 
Male Bonding...


 

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Posted by Mark Gulbrandsen (Member # 72) on 02-21-2008, 07:31 PM:
 
So is that you, Brad, and Joe piss'n in your garden when you all were just tiny tots?
 

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Posted by Paul Goulet (Member # 297) on 02-21-2008, 08:16 PM:
 


Picture I took at the local Taco Bell !
 

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Posted by James Westbrook (Member # 3690) on 02-21-2008, 09:09 PM:
 
The Weinerschnitzel near my house was also hiring "Losers".
Being next to a high school, you'd think the manager would know better than use the word "Closers" on his sign.
The Sonic, also near the high school, was selling "Ice Ream".
 

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Posted by Tim Reed (Member # 137) on 02-21-2008, 09:44 PM:
 
Since everyone these days spells it "LOOSER," you know it had to be an accident.
 

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Posted by James Westbrook (Member # 3690) on 02-21-2008, 10:17 PM:
 
Oh...another one.
Now Hiring
All Shi ts
 

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Posted by Monte L Fullmer (Member # 2797) on 02-23-2008, 04:34 AM:
 
That's what you become when you work at "Taco HELL".
 

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Posted by Mark Gulbrandsen (Member # 72) on 02-24-2008, 09:32 AM:
 
You mean thats what happens when you eat it...
 

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Posted by Phil Hill (Member # 371) on 02-24-2008, 01:45 PM:
 

 

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Posted by Mike Schindler (Member # 1309) on 02-24-2008, 01:58 PM:
 
Did everyone remember to cop the new J's yesterday?


 

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Posted by Jennifer Pan (Member # 2035) on 02-24-2008, 07:15 PM:
 
Did Cosby pick that out???
 

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Posted by Joshua Waaland (Member # 287) on 02-29-2008, 01:23 PM:
 
Here is our backyard two days ago. After living in Ohio my entire life the snow, cold, cloudy and overcast days don't really bother me as much as they do a lot of people. I am used to it. However this time of year I do start to appreciate the spring so much more. Especially when we get this much snow. Come on April!




 

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Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 02-29-2008, 02:12 PM:
 
Nice! Tomorrow it's supposed to be 70° here in Denver and then snow a few inches the next day. I love Colorado!
 

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Posted by Mike Schindler (Member # 1309) on 02-29-2008, 08:03 PM:
 
I blame Tim and his high magenta soundtracks.
 

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Posted by Greg Anderson (Member # 235) on 03-01-2008, 10:17 AM:
 

This was about three weeks ago. The snow has settled quite a bit since then.
 

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Posted by Tim Reed (Member # 137) on 03-01-2008, 01:35 PM:
 

quote: Mike Schindler

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I blame Tim and his high magenta soundtracks.

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As someone I know used to say while tossing trash out the car window, "Put litter in its place."
 

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Posted by Mike Schindler (Member # 1309) on 03-01-2008, 05:57 PM:
 
But in all seriousness, there was a day earlier this winter here in Chicago when the temperature dropped about 40 degrees in the span of a few hours. That's more than a little terrifying. We've messed the planet up in a big bad way.
 

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Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 03-01-2008, 09:25 PM:
 
How is that our fault? Never heard of a cold front?
 

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Posted by Mike Schindler (Member # 1309) on 03-01-2008, 09:44 PM:
 
You don't think 70 degrees one day and snow the next is a little weird? This isn't the Genesis planet.
 

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Posted by James Westbrook (Member # 3690) on 03-01-2008, 10:05 PM:
 
This has happened out here in Lubbock more than once. Here we call it a Blue Norther.
The old joke out here is if you don't like the weather, just wait a few hours: It will change.
It was in the 70s today, and we expect sleet and snow Monday morning. Likely will melt off by the afternoon.
 

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Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 03-01-2008, 10:20 PM:
 
Happens all the time. There's nothing odd about it. If you want to blame something, blame the sun for causing weather and climates in the first place. Only man's arrogance would assume that he could change the entire world's natural climates so "drastically" in 100 years.
 

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Posted by Mike Schindler (Member # 1309) on 03-01-2008, 10:39 PM:
 
While it's true that there is not enough data to determine with scientific certainty whether or not what's going on in the world right now is normal, logic would suggest that it's not.

Even if pollution, etc., is not responsible for what's happened in the past century, it's not helping. So why not give the majority of scientists the benefit of the doubt and try to clean things up, just in case?
 

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Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 03-01-2008, 10:56 PM:
 
Oh I agree that we definitely need to clean things up if only to make things look and smell nicer, plus easier to breathe. Nothing wrong with that in any way. But as a Coloradan, having two back-to-back days with near-polar opposite temperatures isn't unusual. In fact, it's quite nice! Especially when day #1 is freezing and snowy, and the next day is 80 degrees!
 

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Posted by Charles Caron (Member # 3247) on 03-02-2008, 01:30 AM:
 
Maybe they call it the wild west because of the weather.... fast temp change
 

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Posted by Mike Schindler (Member # 1309) on 03-02-2008, 01:54 AM:
 
In an attempt to get this thread back on track, say hello to my good friend, B.J. Pumpkin.


 

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Posted by Tim Reed (Member # 137) on 03-02-2008, 12:31 PM:
 

quote: Joe Redifer

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blame the sun for causing weather and climates in the first place

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Joe, you're too funny!
 

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Posted by Mike Heenan (Member # 392) on 03-02-2008, 09:55 PM:
 
Myself and Kitten Natividad last Friday, giving me a cake for my 30th Birthday.




 

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Posted by Tim Reed (Member # 137) on 03-03-2008, 04:31 PM:
 
Sssssss! Sizzlin'! You lucky dawg.
 

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Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 03-05-2008, 04:19 AM:
 
A random frame from a mouse-drawn animation I'm working on:



It's coming along just swimmingly, thanks for asking!
 

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Posted by Tim Reed (Member # 137) on 03-05-2008, 09:34 PM:
 
Joe, make it really high-res, so it can be put on 35mm. That excellent chalkboard animation you did a few years ago could've been run in theatres if it had only been captured at HD res.
 

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Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 03-05-2008, 09:40 PM:
 
It could be upres'd with minimal anti-aliasing, especially since there is no detail. The War (chalkboard animation from about 10 years ago) ran at 7.5 frames per second and I don't think that is divisible by 24. This one runs at 12fps and will last only about 45 seconds, max.
 

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Posted by Tim Reed (Member # 137) on 03-06-2008, 09:29 AM:
 
Hummm, maybe we could do a vector auto-trace of some kind that would work okay? We could also fix the frame rate to a close degree in AE.

What's the native resolution of "The War"? Up-scaling usually doesn't look too swift on film.
 

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Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 03-06-2008, 10:55 AM:
 
The War was Hi8 native, so about 410x476 or so. This new animation is one is 854x480.
 

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Posted by Tim Reed (Member # 137) on 03-07-2008, 06:29 AM:
 
You have email.
 

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Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 03-07-2008, 12:54 PM:
 
Thanks for the PORN!
 

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Posted by Brad Miller (Member # 2) on 03-07-2008, 12:56 PM:
 
Oh yeah, Tim by far as the best porn on the internet. You're lucky to have gotten on his mailing list.
 

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Posted by Tim Reed (Member # 137) on 03-07-2008, 05:54 PM:
 
You guys!
 

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Posted by Paul Mayer (Member # 355) on 03-11-2008, 04:48 PM:
 
Look Ma! No feet!


 

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Posted by Phil Hill (Member # 371) on 03-11-2008, 05:00 PM:
 
Josh: That pic is a perfect example of why I moved from Michigan to SoCal...
 

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Posted by Leo Enticknap (Member # 534) on 03-11-2008, 05:52 PM:
 

quote:

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Look Ma! No feet!

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quote:

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Look Ma! No feet!

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Is that the new Boomerang planes I have heard
so much about?
 

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Posted by Adam Martin (Member # 641) on 03-13-2008, 10:49 PM:
 



 

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Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 03-13-2008, 11:15 PM:
 
I don't get it....

Wait... Maybe I do (the old "truck on cinderblocks")

My deduction powers rule.
 

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Posted by Mike Heenan (Member # 392) on 03-16-2008, 04:41 AM:
 
The tidal pool from Magnum PI...



Magnum's guest house...


 

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Posted by James Westbrook (Member # 3690) on 03-16-2008, 04:42 PM:
 
The guest house is in an advanced state of disrepair. Sounds like the mysterous millionaire that owned it when Magnum "lived" there fell on some really hard times...
 

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Posted by Joshua Waaland (Member # 287) on 03-16-2008, 05:39 PM:
 

quote: Phil Hill

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Josh: That pic is a perfect example of why I moved from Michigan to SoCal...

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Phil: Last weekend we had big storm and got over 20" of snow in this area. I measured 18" on my back deck where that previous photo I posted was taken. Unfortuantely I didn't get photos last weekend because we had to leave early and when we got home several inches had already melted.

We drove down to Columbus on Sunday morning and saw 30+ cars and three semis in the ditch and even witnessed several of them going into the ditch. I had a close up view of one SUV sliding sideways then rolling directly across the median from us going the other way. Everyone's always in such a hurry until they wipe out.
 

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Posted by Phil Hill (Member # 371) on 03-16-2008, 11:48 PM:
 
Pussy Galore...


 

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Posted by James Westbrook (Member # 3690) on 03-17-2008, 01:10 AM:
 
I counted 11 kitties...
 

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Posted by Jennifer Pan (Member # 2035) on 03-17-2008, 01:56 AM:
 
Phil: That's me on a good day. Ha! I kid, I Kid.
 

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Posted by Kurt Zupin (Member # 2751) on 03-17-2008, 02:18 AM:
 
I counted 15 cute little pussy...cats
 

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Posted by Mike Heenan (Member # 392) on 03-17-2008, 03:39 AM:
 

quote: James

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The guest house is in an advanced state of disrepair. Sounds like the mysterous millionaire that owned it when Magnum "lived" there fell on some really hard times... [Wink]

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Ha, I think Magnum just needs to do a little more yard work instead of hitting on the local women It was pretty awesome to see it in person the other day though the shrubbery makes it hard to see everything. It's quite small when you're actually there vs watching it on tv.
 

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Posted by Mark Gulbrandsen (Member # 72) on 03-17-2008, 08:15 AM:
 
HA, I bet it only has three sides...
 

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Posted by Phil Hill (Member # 371) on 03-18-2008, 04:33 PM:
 
Car carrier for small dog:


 

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Posted by Stephen Brown (Member # 292) on 03-18-2008, 08:00 PM:
 
I didn't know McDonalds were serving small dog now? Is this available on the breakfast menu?
 

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Posted by Jim Cassedy (Member # 4115) on 03-19-2008, 10:19 AM:
 
Hey! Isn't that the Taco Bell Dog in the Mc'D's cup?

Here's how I "recycle" bulk popcorn bags:

"Albert-The-Cat" loved empty Reddenbacher sacks I'd bring home from the theater.

They were just perfect for playng inside of:


or for just "sacking-out" :

 

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Posted by Jennifer Pan (Member # 2035) on 03-20-2008, 04:19 PM:
 


I went to the Wildlife World Zoo today with my family. Worst zoo I've been too, ghetto... really ghetto. How can a world zoo not have BEARS , elephants, alligators, hippos, and several other cool animals. They have plenty of annoying loud birds thats for sure. The parking lot was dirt and leaving the tiny lot was a maze. The price of admission is insane for how ghetto the place is... they didn't give you tickets, instead map flyers for the adults. The fact that they didn't "check" you in... I could have just said 4 adults and snuck everyone else in.

Here's a link to more pics I took:

More Zoo pics
 

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Posted by Brad Miller (Member # 2) on 03-20-2008, 04:22 PM:
 
Kitties!!!

You are right about that place though. Any zoo without llamas suck.
 

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Posted by Phil Hill (Member # 371) on 03-20-2008, 04:31 PM:
 
Don't even THINK to f*ck with my pet neightborhood professional guard-squirrel warrior!


 

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Posted by Mike Heenan (Member # 392) on 03-20-2008, 05:10 PM:
 
I don't think Arizona is noted for it's zoos.
 

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Posted by Jennifer Pan (Member # 2035) on 03-20-2008, 05:30 PM:
 
Arizona is noted for hot blah.
 

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Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 03-20-2008, 06:01 PM:
 
All a zoo needs are monkeys. Everyone loves monkeys. They are delicious!
 

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Posted by Tim Reed (Member # 137) on 03-23-2008, 01:35 PM:
 

quote: Jennifer Pan

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The price of admission is insane for how ghetto the place is

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You're funny, Jen!

Here's my contribution for today... must have been a one-sheet for theatres in the South. Dig how they made Sammy white!


 

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Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 03-23-2008, 01:43 PM:
 
Wow. Sammy Davis Jr. looks almost whiter than I am.

And Frank Sinatra acted? Who knew? Was he trying to be the Will Smith of his generation?
 

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Posted by Brad Miller (Member # 2) on 03-23-2008, 03:10 PM:
 
I am posting this on the pictures thread, even though it is a link, because it seems more appropriate here.

Photoshopped
 

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Posted by Phil Hill (Member # 371) on 03-24-2008, 04:43 PM:
 
Attack of the 5-0 foot Pussy...


 

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Posted by Jennifer Pan (Member # 2035) on 03-24-2008, 05:09 PM:
 
Phil, that is too cute!!
 

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Posted by Jennifer Pan (Member # 2035) on 03-26-2008, 12:20 AM:
 

 

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Posted by Tim Reed (Member # 137) on 03-26-2008, 03:20 PM:
 
Iconic Scene...


 

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Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 03-26-2008, 05:49 PM:
 
GAAAAH!!!! Businessmen! RUN OR BE BORED TO DEATH!!
 

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Posted by Tim Reed (Member # 137) on 03-26-2008, 06:05 PM:
 


Okay, a garbage man, then...

"EEE-O Eleven!"


 

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Posted by Allison Parsons (Member # 2728) on 03-26-2008, 07:29 PM:
 
Tim, did you just start doing screen captures on your DVD's? I learned how to do that a few weeks ago. It's become quite addictive!





and for something completely unrelated (even though they spelled Freddie wrong):


 

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Posted by Tim Reed (Member # 137) on 03-26-2008, 11:02 PM:
 
Allison, I got those off of a website. How do you do screen caps? In the past, I've tried hitting "print screen" while the DVD was playing on my computer, but all it shows is my player with a blank screen!

Btw, it's funny to see what movies we like by the pictures we post. Heh-heh...

One more:


 

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Posted by Allison Parsons (Member # 2728) on 03-26-2008, 11:25 PM:
 
Tim, if I'm playing a movie, I hit the pause button at the scene I want, and then the print screen button. I haven't had a problem yet
 

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Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 03-27-2008, 12:41 AM:
 
Tim, the poster taught me that Sammy Davis Jr is white. The movie must be wrong.
 

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Posted by Mike Schindler (Member # 1309) on 03-27-2008, 10:34 AM:
 
When I die, I'm totally going to be buried in one of these:


 

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Posted by Tim Reed (Member # 137) on 03-27-2008, 02:57 PM:
 
Thanks, Allison. Will have to give that one a try.

quote: Joe Redifer

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Tim, the poster taught me that Sammy Davis Jr is white. The movie must be wrong.

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Posted by Christopher Duvall (Member # 284) on 03-27-2008, 06:13 PM:
 
Tim,
Some DVD playback software actually has a screen capture utility built in. I have both PowerDVD and WinDVD and both of them have that capability. Just my 2 cents...
 

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Posted by Tim Reed (Member # 137) on 03-27-2008, 09:55 PM:
 
Cool, thanks!
 

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Posted by Jennifer Pan (Member # 2035) on 03-28-2008, 11:39 PM:
 
PowerDVD was pretty sweet back in the day.
 

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Posted by Mike Heenan (Member # 392) on 03-30-2008, 12:36 AM:
 
Heaven on earth... (for a Magnum PI fan). Me in the tidal pool:


 

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Posted by Tim Reed (Member # 137) on 03-30-2008, 12:27 PM:
 
Did you hit the lottery recently, Mike?
 

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Posted by Mike Heenan (Member # 392) on 03-30-2008, 01:09 PM:
 
Ha, I wish... no, all beaches in Hawaii are public property, so the property in back of the Anderson Estate (the magnum house) is free for geeks like myself to hang out or swim on.
 

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Posted by Phil Hill (Member # 371) on 04-04-2008, 05:35 PM:
 
Holy Moly!


 

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Posted by Tim Reed (Member # 137) on 04-05-2008, 05:29 PM:
 

 

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Posted by Brad Miller (Member # 2) on 04-06-2008, 02:02 AM:
 
This one is for Phil.


 

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Posted by Rachel Craven (Member # 1016) on 04-06-2008, 02:17 AM:
 
Wow, nice one! lol
 

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Posted by Tim Reed (Member # 137) on 04-07-2008, 07:58 PM:
 
This character's design always rubbed me the wrong way. It looks like she has a moustache, or is continually biting her lower lip!


 

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Posted by Bob Brown (Member # 1205) on 04-09-2008, 10:19 PM:
 

 

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Posted by James Westbrook (Member # 3690) on 04-10-2008, 01:10 AM:
 
The picture, before the one of the kitty sandwich, is of Kim Possible, which was/may still be a staple of the Disney Network.
I dare you to go to deviantart.com and do a search on Kim Possible...then you will know why it's called deviantArt.
 

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Posted by Jennifer Pan (Member # 2035) on 04-11-2008, 09:50 PM:
 

 

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Posted by Sam Graham (Member # 2889) on 04-15-2008, 11:10 PM:
 
You KNOW you want this.


 

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Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 04-16-2008, 04:27 AM:
 

 

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Posted by Jennifer Pan (Member # 2035) on 04-16-2008, 08:26 AM:
 
Horrible, didn't even match skin tone... looks like a zombie.
 

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Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 04-16-2008, 10:34 PM:
 

 

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Posted by Mark Strube (Member # 4190) on 04-18-2008, 01:11 AM:
 
Took these last night in downtown Waukesha, WI using my brand new Sony A200. I'm definitely loving my new hobby.





If anyone wants larger versions or to see the full set, just go here: http://flickr.com/photos/markstrube/sets/72157604581381666/

Let me know what you think!
 

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Posted by Rick Raskin (Member # 1561) on 04-24-2008, 05:23 PM:
 
Ceiling art in a smoking lounge.

 

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Posted by Aaron Sisemore (Member # 145) on 04-24-2008, 06:18 PM:
 
^^^ Yes, but no.

-Aaron
 

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Posted by Rick Raskin (Member # 1561) on 04-25-2008, 06:57 AM:
 
No matter, still a neat photo. It is a real photo but at issue is whether or not it is taken in a real smoking lounge.
 

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Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 04-25-2008, 02:17 PM:
 
Looks like it was 'shopped to the ceiling to me, though probably by the advertising firm.
 

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Posted by Tim Reed (Member # 137) on 04-26-2008, 11:43 AM:
 
That's exactly what it looks like. Besides, I can't imagine a business wanting to tick off their customers with something like that - they're already segregating them. And there are no laws saying smoking areas must be provided.
 

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Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 05-04-2008, 06:11 PM:
 

 

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Posted by Paul Mayer (Member # 355) on 05-04-2008, 07:48 PM:
 
Natchan World, the world's largest high-speed ferry, built in Australia, now running between Aomori and Hakodate in Japan:


 

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Posted by John Wilson (Member # 269) on 05-05-2008, 01:27 AM:
 
They should dock it in a better location...the graffiti-ists have already gotten to it.
 

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Posted by Charles Greenlee (Member # 3856) on 05-05-2008, 06:16 AM:
 

quote: Tim Reed

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always rubbed me the wrong way

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quote: Charles Greenlee

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I really didn't need to hear that.

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Heh-heh... now you'll forever see Kim Possible with a moustache!
 

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Posted by Charles Greenlee (Member # 3856) on 05-05-2008, 02:13 PM:
 
Yes, but was more worried about her rubbiny you the wrong way with her mustanche. Urksome.
 

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Posted by Allison Parsons (Member # 2728) on 05-08-2008, 02:03 AM:
 
Spruced up my new Wii tonight.


 

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Posted by Brian Michael Weidemann (Member # 2243) on 05-08-2008, 04:05 PM:
 
Did you finish Super Mario Galaxy yet? I can't seem to find the will to eject Mario Kart. "Oh, just one more race ..." I just unlocked the ability to race with my Mii. And I've won trophies in all the cups!



I'm just glad I haven't been late to work because of my new addiction ... not yet, anyway.
 

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Posted by Allison Parsons (Member # 2728) on 05-08-2008, 09:56 PM:
 
I can't get my Wii to eject Mario Galaxy either haha. I have 60 stars, so I'm half way there (or so I've been told). That game is nice because you can play it for 20min and felt like you accomplished something.

Where is this elusive Mii message board at? And if you need any decals for your Wii, let me know
 

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Posted by Charles Greenlee (Member # 3856) on 05-08-2008, 10:01 PM:
 
I don't have a Wii. Last game system I bought was the Genisis, and before it had a facelift even. I think I still have my NES (classic front loader) in the attic, and an intellevision under my bed. And then my C64. All working. My latest addiction though is AvP2. Always take top place, sometimes number to when I'm playing as a runner alien.
 

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Posted by Paul Mayer (Member # 355) on 05-13-2008, 11:33 PM:
 

 

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Posted by Monte L Fullmer (Member # 2797) on 05-14-2008, 12:43 AM:
 
a digital overkill?
 

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Posted by Charles Greenlee (Member # 3856) on 05-14-2008, 06:12 AM:
 
Overkill? ::scoffs:: There's no such thing as overkill. I refuse to associate with anyone who beleives in overkill. While underkill is running all to rampant. When one does something, it must be taken to such insane levels that the sheer effort of it, dims the lights of entire cities. Maybe a bazooka is needed to kill a fly? Maybe it's a tough fly? Ever hear of "Supah-fly"? LoL Anyway, nice, portable, setup. Too rich for my blood though. How big of a picture can that produce?
 

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Posted by Steve Guttag (Member # 268) on 05-14-2008, 06:22 AM:
 
Hey, thats my home vid set up!! Actually, it looks like Christie's CP2000-M (M is for mini) at ShoWest 2008.

Steve
 

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Posted by Mark Gulbrandsen (Member # 72) on 05-14-2008, 10:13 AM:
 
Its actually a CP2000ZX on its base. The mid sized gaming projector. The new Christie Cine-Mini is forthcomming in late July.

Mark
 

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Posted by Paul Mayer (Member # 355) on 05-14-2008, 12:11 PM:
 
Close, NAB 2008. Pix snapped (I was bad) in the Christie booth via cell phone while on my once-a-year one-day whirlwind walk-through of the show floor.

That machine can make a much bigger picture that what was being demonstrated. Oh what I'd do to have a portable setup like that for running my anime and J-film screenings.

I really do miss getting paid to play with such toys!

Today's contribution: Unofficial patch for the 509th bomb wing while they were doing some missions up at Area 51 (I'll leave it up to yous to figure out the dog latin):


 

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Posted by Carey Barber (Member # 1586) on 05-14-2008, 10:02 PM:
 

quote: Paul Mayer

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I'll leave it up to yous to figure out the dog latin

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Tastes like chicken?
 

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Posted by Steve Guttag (Member # 268) on 05-14-2008, 10:18 PM:
 
Mark...the Mini was at ShoWest 2008 (or at least a box labeled as such) and note the lack of exhaust flange that the CP2000-ZX has.

Steve
 

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Posted by Mark Gulbrandsen (Member # 72) on 05-14-2008, 10:52 PM:
 
Steve,

You're absolutely right, had to do a double take on that one. It also doesn't fill the full length of the base like a ZX does. The last Cine-Mini I saw was one of the prototypes when I was out in Cyprus. It was white in color because of the cnc machined plastic prototype covers. It is also Christie's first foray into the .98" chip realm. Single phase power, maximum 2kw lamp and integrated blower system. I wonder how 16 of those suckers running will warm up a booth????

Mark
 

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Posted by Tristan Lane (Member # 1169) on 05-14-2008, 11:24 PM:
 
What are everyone's feelings on running that particular projector without extraction exhaust?

I would prefer the add some sort of optional duct flange to assist with extraction and remove the heat from the building.
 

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Posted by Mike Heenan (Member # 392) on 05-15-2008, 12:20 AM:
 
Me with one of the biggest assholes in Hollywood, Crispin glover


 

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Posted by Dustin Mitchell (Member # 372) on 05-15-2008, 03:08 AM:
 
Just out of curiosity, is he really a dick? Or was that dry humor? He is a good actor at least.
 

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Posted by Mike Heenan (Member # 392) on 05-15-2008, 10:36 AM:
 
To his fans he's ok and pleasant, but to the people running the show, let's say no one ever wants anythign to do with him afterwards.
 

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Posted by Mark Gulbrandsen (Member # 72) on 05-15-2008, 10:43 AM:
 
Which one is you???
 

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Posted by Mike Heenan (Member # 392) on 05-15-2008, 12:10 PM:
 
I'm the dude on the right.
 

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Posted by James Westbrook (Member # 3690) on 05-15-2008, 12:22 PM:
 
I recall Glover got booted off Letterman in the 80's for "erratic behavior", which included doing karate kicks or something...
Most actors will have nothing to do with anyone after the shoot is done. That's how they roll.
 

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Posted by Allison Parsons (Member # 2728) on 05-15-2008, 01:12 PM:
 
Let me guess, you were screening What Is It? and he was just really anal on how his print was handled.
 

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Posted by Mike Blakesley (Member # 26) on 05-15-2008, 05:24 PM:
 

quote: James Westbrook

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Glover got booted off Letterman in the 80's for "erratic behavior", which included doing karate kicks or something...

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quote: Mike Blakesley

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One seriously weird dude.

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What Mike said. The Fonz should have just kicked his ass.
 

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Posted by Mike Heenan (Member # 392) on 05-15-2008, 09:07 PM:
 

quote: Alison

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Let me guess, you were screening What Is It? and he was just really anal on how his print was handled.

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Yeah that was it... I wasn't the projectionist, but my friend runs the theater and I help out there on occasion. Anyways as far as I know he had no specific instructions on handling the print up front and the first 2 shows ran with no complaints but after the third show was over on the final night, he ripped the girl a new a-hole accusing her of removing 1 frame from the end credits (?) as he could tell from listening to the soundtrack. And he said it would cost $500 to replace, yadda yadda. since he had no complaints the first 2 nights, I'd assume this is a common tactic of his to scrounge up more money. I mean, there's an emulsion scratch for a few minutes in one of the reels, and there was a small jump in the first reel and film damage (like the film was crinkled), and this was not caused by this theater, and yet he never replaced that reel. I heard that his screening in Tucson security had to be called! I think his Letterman thing was an act just like Andy Kaufman's earlier appearance.
 

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Posted by Brad Miller (Member # 2) on 05-20-2008, 04:15 AM:
 
Wow, what a great price on this house. Ashamed it doesn't come with a driveway.

link


 

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Posted by John Wilson (Member # 269) on 05-20-2008, 04:42 AM:
 
...or real sky.
 

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Posted by Mark Gulbrandsen (Member # 72) on 05-20-2008, 08:32 AM:
 
Garage my ass... They rent that part of the house out to another family!
 

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Posted by James Westbrook (Member # 3690) on 05-20-2008, 02:24 PM:
 
Why bother with a garage or driveway? Just park in the front yard, like some of my neighbors do.
 

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Posted by Paul Mayer (Member # 355) on 05-25-2008, 12:06 AM:
 
From Thursday's somewhat semi-annual meeting of the former projectionists of the Caesars Palace Omnimax ("The Ultimate Sensory Experience"):



Left to right: Annie Davis, Capt. Vidiot, Judy Staresinic, Dave Huskinson, Jolie LaChance
 

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Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 05-25-2008, 03:42 PM:
 
To all you people who use sound in your movie theaters... YOUR SPEAKERS SUCK! Upgrade to the HenHouse right away!

Click for bigger, readable pic:


 

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Posted by Mark Gulbrandsen (Member # 72) on 05-28-2008, 04:02 PM:
 

quote:

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From Thursday's somewhat semi-annual meeting of the former projectionists of the Caesars Palace Omnimax ("The Ultimate Sensory Experience"):

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I guess it WAS the "Ultimate Sensory Experience" until the roof leaked all over the screen .
 

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Posted by Adam Martin (Member # 641) on 05-31-2008, 01:15 PM:
 
The Hodges Library at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville


 

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Posted by Phil Hill (Member # 371) on 05-31-2008, 04:31 PM:
 
That is one UGLY building!!!
 

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Posted by Steve Guttag (Member # 268) on 05-31-2008, 04:39 PM:
 
Now I know where they got the idea for Q-bert!
 

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Posted by Leo Enticknap (Member # 534) on 05-31-2008, 04:48 PM:
 
The 'ziggurat' halls of residence at the University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK (I lived in the one in the middle while studying for my master's in film archiving from 95-96)?



Like most 1960s architecture, it was eye-catching to look at, but had its drawbacks if you actually had to live or work in it: freezing cold and damp as a duck's arse in winter and/or when it rained, and like a cross between a greenhouse and a microwave in the summer.
 

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Posted by Bobby Henderson (Member # 840) on 06-01-2008, 12:21 AM:
 
Don't blow your nose too hard. Otherwise this could happen:



The medical term for it is subconjunctival hemorrhage. I thought this was the sort of thing that would only come from a really serious poke in the eye or strangulation. Thursday night I breathed in some sort of particulates up into my sinuses and got a really serious allergy attack. My right nostril closed up but I insisted on blasting air through it with all my might until I was satisfied whatever pollen or other shit up my nose had left. Friday morning when I was getting ready for work I looked in the mirror and had a nice "WTF" reaction. Guess I won't try to force that sort of thing ever again.
 

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Posted by Mike Schindler (Member # 1309) on 06-01-2008, 01:08 AM:
 

 

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Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 06-01-2008, 01:32 AM:
 
There's no way to play the other side of THAT disc.
 

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Posted by Robert Crabtree (Member # 4795) on 06-01-2008, 02:44 AM:
 
From a place on Main Street in Sarasota, FL.



What kind of sauce goes good with this?
 

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Posted by Emma Tomiak (Member # 1862) on 06-02-2008, 01:54 PM:
 
Bobby, when I saw your picture I immediately thought of this bit from an episode of Family Guy:

You know what else is gross?
 

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Posted by Christopher Duvall (Member # 284) on 06-02-2008, 08:01 PM:
 
I was just thinking of the Family Guy spot as well. Too funny.
 

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Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 06-02-2008, 09:03 PM:
 
Wow. Just... wow. That was... really not funny at all.
 

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Posted by Clint Koch (Member # 1179) on 06-02-2008, 10:08 PM:
 
Disagree, FUNNY.
 

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Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 06-02-2008, 11:23 PM:
 
Wanna fight about it?
 

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Posted by Bobby Henderson (Member # 840) on 06-03-2008, 01:21 AM:
 
I don't know. That's gotta be some really powerful fart to affect blood vessels in your eyeball. All I was doing was trying to blow some aggravating stuff out of my sinuses.

It's really kind of a pain in the ass situation. I was wearing sunglasses to hide the eye thing while helping my Aunt buy a WiFi router at Sam's club Saturday. Later I visited a good liquor store nearby to pick up a 12-pack of Bohemia. A friend of mine who works there pressed me about the shades. I lifted the glasses, "there, you see? I'm not high or anything. My eye just looks fucking gross. Naturally, I'm going to be partying at home instead of chasing skirts."
 

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Posted by Clint Koch (Member # 1179) on 06-03-2008, 10:52 AM:
 
I should have been clearer, the video Emma posted is funny (IMHO)not what happened to Bobby. Fight, sure, why not. Nothing like a good brawl.
 

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Posted by Richard Hamilton (Member # 321) on 06-03-2008, 11:21 AM:
 
Joe, my money's on Clint
 

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Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 06-03-2008, 05:59 PM:
 
Maybe in a real fight, but this is an internet fight!
 

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Posted by Charles Greenlee (Member # 3856) on 06-03-2008, 06:10 PM:
 

quote:

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but this is an internet fight!

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Which means dirty fighting techniques are allowed. Sand in the eyes, crotch punches, psycological warfare, burning with hot irons, acid on the skin, chainsaws, class 5 nuclear devices, napalm, and more.
 

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Posted by Tim Reed (Member # 137) on 06-03-2008, 06:37 PM:
 
I'll put the popcorn on...
 

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Posted by Clint Koch (Member # 1179) on 06-03-2008, 10:20 PM:
 
Okay, the gloves are off. Give me your best shot!

PS: Should we start a new thread for this? Moderators?
 

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Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 06-04-2008, 12:00 AM:
 
This is the pictures thread. We can battle here.

THE WAR:


Your turn.
 

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Posted by Charles Greenlee (Member # 3856) on 06-04-2008, 01:41 AM:
 
Ready! Fight!
 

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Posted by Allison Parsons (Member # 2728) on 06-04-2008, 02:14 AM:
 
Wow, Joe, I hope I never get into a internet fight with you. Your muscles are HUGE in that drawing!
 

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Posted by Mike Schindler (Member # 1309) on 06-04-2008, 02:54 AM:
 

 

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Posted by Clint Koch (Member # 1179) on 06-04-2008, 11:59 AM:
 
Uncle. You win.
 

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Posted by Richard Hamilton (Member # 321) on 06-04-2008, 12:23 PM:
 
Clint, you pussy!!! I guess the bigger they are, the harder they fall
 

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Posted by Clint Koch (Member # 1179) on 06-04-2008, 01:21 PM:
 
Richard, how can I compete with such awesome stick figure drawings?
 

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Posted by Mike Blakesley (Member # 26) on 06-04-2008, 02:12 PM:
 
Looks like Joe has some kind of a "fro" going on in that #1 drawing above.
 

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Posted by Allison Parsons (Member # 2728) on 06-04-2008, 03:00 PM:
 
Mike, is that in Chicago somewhere?
 

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Posted by Mike Schindler (Member # 1309) on 06-04-2008, 07:13 PM:
 
No, I just found it on the internet. I think it's somewhere in Europe.
 

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Posted by Clint Koch (Member # 1179) on 06-04-2008, 10:51 PM:
 
Okay, so Richard does not think of me as a "PUSSY" I will add this...

Joe, is that all you got? F%c*@i%g stick figures?" Come on, give me your best shot!!!
 

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Posted by Charles Greenlee (Member # 3856) on 06-05-2008, 12:53 AM:
 
Here Clint, you might need this.
 

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Posted by Clint Koch (Member # 1179) on 06-05-2008, 09:08 PM:
 
Sorry, I do not know what that is. ??? If it will help I would be glad to use it. I'm gonna need all the help I can get going up against the "MIGHTY STICK FIGURES OF THE AMAZING JOE".
 

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Posted by Aaron Garman (Member # 1653) on 06-05-2008, 09:21 PM:
 
That's the BFG 9000. A big f%%# gun for killing zombies, imps, and other little nasty creatures.

AJG
 

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Posted by Paul Mayer (Member # 355) on 06-05-2008, 11:09 PM:
 
I see that Joe is enroute to Emeryville and East Koganei to recruit high-powered animator backups for the next round...
 

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Posted by Mark Gulbrandsen (Member # 72) on 06-06-2008, 06:15 PM:
 
THEY GROW 'EM BIG in Tooele County UTAW.
This snake was recently found at the old Wendover Military Base in Wendover Utah Tooele County... where the Enola Gay and crew were stationed to practice dropping the Atom Bomb during WW-2. I think its big enough to swallow my Chocolate Lab whole! A reminder that these creatures are actually out there and no matter
what you believe, sometimes they should get not only prescriptive rights to be there but the full right of way as well!



9 feet, 1 inch - 97 lbs. There's enough skin there to make Tim Reed two new pair of Truck Drivin Cowboy Boots .
No matter what anybody else tells you, kill the snake before you try to do anything else to it!
It's the safest way for you and the snake doesn't care anymore.

DEEP-FRIED RATTLESNAKE

1 medium-sized rattlesnake (3-4 lbs.), cut into steaks
1/2 cup flour
1/4 cup cornmeal
1/4 cup cracker crumbs
1/2 cup milk
1 egg
1/4 teaspoon garlic powder (not garlic salt)
1 teaspoon salt
dash pepper

Mix dry ingredients. Whisk milk into beaten egg and use to dip snake steaks.
Then coat them with dry ingredients. Fry, uncovered, in 400 degree oil until brown.
 

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Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 06-07-2008, 12:19 AM:
 

quote: Clint Koch

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Joe, is that all you got?

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NEVER!


 

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Posted by Mark Gulbrandsen (Member # 72) on 06-07-2008, 09:16 AM:
 
Joe, That is frikkin hilarous. I'm honored to have been put into one of your cartoons! Could you e-mail me the original so I can put it on the front of a T-Shirt?

Thanks,
Mark
 

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Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 06-07-2008, 05:26 PM:
 
That is the original. It is a lossless PNG image. Save it to your desktop and you'll have it.
 

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Posted by Mark Gulbrandsen (Member # 72) on 06-07-2008, 06:01 PM:
 
Already copied it and took the file over to the T-Shirt Shop.

Later dude!
 

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Posted by Charles Greenlee (Member # 3856) on 06-08-2008, 10:03 PM:
 
Ok this is bad. You may want to gouge out your eyes. And not for the faint of heart.

Halloween 2008, just before a party. Picture taken at the Eisenhower 6, where I used to work. Everyone was suprised, which was what I was going for, shock. And everyone thought it was awesome. Well, except one person.



Hopefully, this won't get Phil after me. I can't afford pepper spray.
 

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Posted by Jim Bedford (Member # 4) on 06-08-2008, 11:08 PM:
 
The rose is a nice touch.
 

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Posted by Charles Greenlee (Member # 3856) on 06-08-2008, 11:13 PM:
 
I thought so. Found it at a local halloween store. It put the whole thing together myself. The only help I got was actually applying the makeup, since I figured if I did it, not having done makeup before, it's look like a 5yr old did it. My freind who was working at the Ike 6 at the time did it. Hence why I was there. I saw so many flashes, I could scarecly see the whole night.
 

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Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 06-08-2008, 11:39 PM:
 

quote: Charles Greenlee

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Hopefully, this won't get Phil after me.

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Not unless he has a mannequin fetish.
 

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Posted by Tim Reed (Member # 137) on 06-08-2008, 11:48 PM:
 
Cool. My prom date.
 

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Posted by Edwin Schwing (Member # 1270) on 06-09-2008, 04:49 AM:
 
Don't you love theatre carpet?
 

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Posted by Charles Greenlee (Member # 3856) on 06-09-2008, 06:18 PM:
 
I love how he notices the carpet. And that pic just makes me look so skinny. I know I'm thin, but I can carry around 50lb bags of popcorn kernels on my shoulder. Just not in 4-3/4" heeled boots.
 

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Posted by Tony Bandiera Jr (Member # 2365) on 06-10-2008, 12:58 AM:
 
Here's a pic of me in my new motocross gear, taken about a year ago when my hair was still cut short..



Try not to get too excited Phil!!
 

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Posted by Brad Miller (Member # 2) on 06-10-2008, 02:36 AM:
 
Don't worry about Phil. You're more than a quarter of a century out of his age range.
 

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Posted by Charles Greenlee (Member # 3856) on 06-10-2008, 03:39 AM:
 
What a qtr. century too old? Phil, you gonna take that from him?
 

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Posted by Phil Hill (Member # 371) on 06-10-2008, 03:04 PM:
 

quote: Charles Greenlee

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What a qtr. century too old?

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quote:

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quote: Charles Greenlee
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Hopefully, this won't get Phil after me.
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Not unless he has a mannequin fetish.

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quote: Phil Hill

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I'm NOT into mannequins

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quote: Brad Miller

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Don't worry about Phil. You're more than a quarter of a century out of his age range.

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LOL I feel much safer now.

I think Phil and I do have that one thing in common, though....scary, ain't it?

Charles, I do a Reniassance Festival (15th century German village, I dress as a pirate) and sell swords and other weapons of destruction.

After I upload the pics from this year's Fest I'll post one here.

Here's the pic:



The lad is a good friend of mine, his mom is a professional screenwriter and is helping me with my video project.

And yes, my hair is braided.

[ 06-16-2008, 12:06 AM: Message edited by: Tony Bandiera Jr ]
 

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Posted by Tony Bandiera Jr (Member # 2365) on 06-17-2008, 06:37 PM:
 
Bumped up to show off my Faire pic...
 

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Posted by Charles Greenlee (Member # 3856) on 06-19-2008, 11:50 PM:
 
Here's the pics of me and my dad at the Gettysburg reenactment that made the front page of their local paper.


 

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Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 06-20-2008, 02:39 AM:
 
Please explain the fascination of re-enacting Civil War battles. Why don't people re-enact D-Day battles? Why Civil War? And who would lower themselves to portraying the South (who were completely wrong and evil)? How do you determine if a cannonball hits someone? You'd have to measure where it would bounce and everything. It's easier just to really kill each other.
 

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Posted by Phil Hill (Member # 371) on 06-20-2008, 02:46 AM:
 

quote: Joe Redifer

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How do you determine if a cannonball hits someone? ... It's easier just to really kill each other.

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Great point, Joe! Too funny!
 

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Posted by Charles Greenlee (Member # 3856) on 06-20-2008, 09:13 AM:
 
I dunno, the people in charge call out "We need casualties" and people drop. I was mainly into it because my dad was into it. But you do end up with some reall cool scenes like that. So can't complain too much. There are also revolutionary reenacemtent, but none around here. I wouldn't mind getting me a flintlock musket.
 

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Posted by Tim Reed (Member # 137) on 06-20-2008, 11:12 PM:
 
I think it's way cool, I've always been fascinated with that era. I hear they used re-enactors (as opposed to off-the-street extras) in the movie "Gettysburg".
 

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Posted by Bobby Henderson (Member # 840) on 06-21-2008, 12:27 AM:
 
When I was in high school my family attended a reenactment of the Battle of Manassas (near Manassas, Virginia -what some call the Battle of Bull Run). In one respect it does seem a little silly, sort of like Star Trek "Trekkers/Trekkies" or people into a lot of Medieval Viking stuff at Renaissance festivals.

OTOH, I see the American Civil War as by far the very worst period in the history of this country. But it is a terrible period that our country survived and grew stronger out of the aftermath. It's encouraging to see a lot of people trying to keep that history alive, even if they're doing something that some people will see as being goofy.

I think our nation is in serious need of a wake-up call. So many of our citizens don't know squat about this country's history. It seems funny when it's shown in a Jay Leno bit on The Tonight Show. But ultimately it's damned sad. We've all heard the saying "those who don't know their history are doomed to repeat it." Even there I don't think the average American understands the warning. Maybe they need the more plain statement: those who don't remember their previous mistakes are doomed to repeat them.
 

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Posted by Chris Slycord (Member # 4239) on 06-21-2008, 01:43 AM:
 
1) You're forgetting that there are a lot of people who do the re-enactments because they are "Southerners" and want to show off that "Anti-North-Union" heritage. So in one sense people are doing this to preserve history and in another, a sizeable portion is doing it to actually divide themselves from the rest of us.

Heck, even when I worked in Seattle this guy was box office a regular (who had a thick Southern accent) noticed the guy before him paid in a $50 and made sure to give me a bigger bill to get it as change. As he put it, he just loved the idea of having a Yankee like Grant sitting under his butt (in his wallet).

[edit]Of course I'm not remotely implying that all are like that.[/edit]

2) Obviously, the Tonight Show bit only shows the people who answered the questions wrong. It wouldn't be funny to see the rest that got them right.
 

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Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 06-21-2008, 01:57 AM:
 
Do the South re-enact owning slaves, too?
 

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Posted by Chris Slycord (Member # 4239) on 06-21-2008, 02:04 AM:
 
[OT]
When I was in 8th Grade they apparently had a shortage of teachers and so the Drama teacher ended up being my teacher for History. Here's a conversation that happened in class:

Her: Class, who won the Battle of Gettysburg.
Me: The North
Her: Shouldn't you change that?
I turn to my best friend. We both give each other a strange look that says "WTF is she smoking?" Both of us emphatically say "No!" in unison and she only corrects herself after we pull out the textbook showing a civil war map with battles color-coded for which side won and a book on the battle (since said buddy was writing a paper for that class on that particular battle).
 

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Posted by Charles Greenlee (Member # 3856) on 06-21-2008, 02:58 AM:
 
No one did, yet everyone did. The war costs us dearly, in many ways, so no one won. But it also caused alot of reforms to come about. But strategically, the Union won. And no, I don't reenact having slaves. On the other hand, I am grateful for their place in our (every american's) history. The country could not have been built with out them, not matter how evil the institution may have been.

As far as reenactors? You'll not find a closer comradery, from all reenactors. North and south alike. Yeah, you have your redneck hicks, but you also have doctors and lawyers and all kinds of people. They get together and put on a good show. There's something that can be said about the experience. Smelling the campfires, the spent powder, seeing the smoke of battle hanging in the air, feeling the pounding of the cannon. It's easy to get pumped. No matter whether you're in blue, grey, or whatever.
 

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Posted by Don Furr (Member # 1469) on 06-21-2008, 07:00 AM:
 
I've lived in the south all of my life and have never understood the fascination with the civil war stuff. I don't know but a bunch of grown men walking around waving confederate flags makes me uncomfortable. I don't know about you but I've never cared to celebrate losing.
 

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Posted by Tim Reed (Member # 137) on 06-21-2008, 09:11 AM:
 
Heck, people drive around with the Confederate flag on their pickup trucks. I've even seen them HERE!
 

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Posted by John Walsh (Member # 168) on 06-21-2008, 11:04 AM:
 
I don't think reenactors are silly; if you have fun and no one get hurt, why not? Besides, someday, maybe some of us will be reenacting carbon changing and change overs for wide-eyed kids.
 

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Posted by Bobby Henderson (Member # 840) on 06-21-2008, 11:54 AM:
 

quote: Chris Slycord

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You're forgetting that there are a lot of people who do the re-enactments because they are "Southerners" and want to show off that "Anti-North-Union" heritage.

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quote: Chris Slycord

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Obviously, the Tonight Show bit only shows the people who answered the questions wrong. It wouldn't be funny to see the rest that got them right.

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quote: Joe Redifer

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It's easier just to really kill each other.

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It's not like nobody has tried, Joe. A few years ago, during the Gettysburg reenactment, one of the participants actually had live ammo. It caused excitement when the battlefield hosted its first gunshot wound in about 140 years!

Tomorrow when I go to visit my parents, I'll drive beside the remnants of the Columbia-Wrightsville (PA) Bridge. That bridge was burned to keep the Confederates from advancing toward Philadelphia. Because of that, they turned around and ended up in Gettysburg. History is fascinating.

BTW, I really like that picture Charles. If you said it was from a film, I'd have believed you.
 

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Posted by Chris Slycord (Member # 4239) on 06-21-2008, 01:07 PM:
 

quote: Bobby Henderson

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If that was the real motive behind Civil War reenactments there would be no reenactments of battles lost by the South -such as the Battle of Gettysburg.

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quote: Chris Slycord

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Of course I'm not remotely implying that all are like that.

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quote: Bobby Henderson

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That's true, but I only mentioned the Jay Leno bit since that is something many here have seen. It's also true that a lot of studies often shown in one news report after another reveal that a great deal of Americans are very deficient in their knowledge of history, geography and a lot of other things. Jay Leno's bit makes it funny. The hard news reports just make it sad.

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Yes but we could say the same thing about lots of other countries too. Heck, I remember seeing a clip of "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" French version. The question was "What revolves around the Earth?" He couldn't figure out that the answer was "The Moon" so he polled the audience and 56% said "The Sun" and he went with them, getting the answer wrong (granted I bet those people answered it wrong on purpose).
 

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Posted by Mike Heenan (Member # 392) on 06-21-2008, 04:54 PM:
 
And... another thing to consider is that people see Jay Leno now and specifically give a stupidly wrong answer... just in hopes of getting on TV.
 

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Posted by Tim Reed (Member # 137) on 06-21-2008, 05:28 PM:
 
I've wondered about that, too, Mike. Some of them are just too far out there.
 

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Posted by Phil Hill (Member # 371) on 06-21-2008, 07:13 PM:
 

 

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Posted by Charles Greenlee (Member # 3856) on 06-21-2008, 09:45 PM:
 

quote: Hillary Charles

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A few years ago, during the Gettysburg reenactment, one of the participants actually had live ammo.

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quote: Joe Redifer

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And who would lower themselves to portraying the South (who were completely wrong and evil)?

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quote: Chris Slycord

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Of course I'm not remotely implying that all are like that.

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quote: Bobby Henderson

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Georgia even moved to change its state flag back to its original version

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quote: Bobby Henderson

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That's not much of an "out."

Chris, if you didn't believe most or all civil war reenactors were a bunch of "the south lives on" redneck hicks I don't think you would have made the sweeping judgment you did in your previous post.

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quote: Joe Redifer

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I'll never understand going to war largely over slave owning. Yeah, ownin' slaves is cool, I'll fight and die for that! South = lame. South also = way too damn hot. The south lost and this will never change. Welcome to reality.

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If the civil war was due to slave owning then why was it that there were a couple slave states in the Union? There's more to it than that.
 

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Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 06-22-2008, 05:54 AM:
 
I never said that was all it was about. But no matter how many times they re-enact battles, the south will never win. When re-enacting, do they say "Hmmm, well General such-and-such died on this shot so you're done now. Go home."? The south was too weak to win. People still make fun of the south to this day. I just can't help but see re-enactments as kind of a "Let's pretend to win this time" type of thing. I can understand historical fascination and whatnot, but wow. Nobody re-enacts the Civil Rights movement. In high school we had our Spanish teacher who was a Civil War buff bring in a canon and fire off a blank as a demonstration. He and a few of his friends dressed to the nines in Civil War gear. It seemed to be just a bit more than an obsession. They fired the blank and that was it. A 2 minute demonstration and we were done. Wow. All dressed up for that?

Just play Laser Tag, people.
 

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Posted by Hillary Charles (Member # 769) on 06-22-2008, 08:44 AM:
 
All this reminds me of the Simpsons episode in which Apu is taking his American citizenship test. When asked, "Why was the civil war fought?" Apu began his answer with something like, "There were many political and economic factors..."

Then he's interrupted with "Just say 'slavery.'"

With such a shallow knowlege of American history these days, at least someone is reminding us of a significant part of it. And maybe it will motivate someone somewhere to look up why the war was actually fought.
 

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Posted by Mike Heenan (Member # 392) on 06-22-2008, 10:24 AM:
 
I'm sure we all have hobbies/things we do that would seem alien to other folks. I collect film prints and trailers, while for some folks an Blu Ray is sufficient and I would be thought of as crazy. Some people are into that World of Warcraft game and some people play video games.... I say to each his or her own.
 

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Posted by Phil Hill (Member # 371) on 06-22-2008, 03:35 PM:
 

quote: Hillary Charles

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With such a shallow knowlege of American history these days, at least someone is reminding us of a significant part of it.

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Hillary=

I think now-a-days most all the teachers are crappy teachers/educators/administrators. They are doing an injustice to our young people and dummying them down by failing to honestly educate them in an unbiased/non personal-view manner. It seems to be more important to be a politically correct revisionist rather than historically correct.

Sad.
 

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Posted by Mark Gulbrandsen (Member # 72) on 06-22-2008, 03:52 PM:
 

quote: Mike Heenan

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I collect film prints and trailers, while for some folks an Blu Ray is sufficient and I would be thought of as crazy.

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MIke,

Hardly, alot of people collect film. I still collect film myself but I rarely run at it at home an longer and most of my prints are at a friends home who also collects. The Blue Ray thing has many advantages over film aside from its convenience, especially with old titles which are slowly beginning to appear. No matter how mint your "print" of some old Technicolor film may be the Blue Ray or HD-DVD version is still going to look and sound better because of many reasons. Granted you're not going to see it as big off Blue Ray, although some try to. In reality film has become an archaic technology that no longer fits into todays "Digital World".

Mark
 

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Posted by Mike Heenan (Member # 392) on 06-22-2008, 05:23 PM:
 
Perhaps I should have expanded on my comment, I'm not one of those film collecting snobs, I dont mind some scratches here and there. I just enjoy it (although admittedly, a bit lesser these days), but someone who's not into it wouldn't understand why I like prints. Just like some in this thread don't understand the Civil War thing. I don't get it, but I wouldn't ridicule it.
 

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Posted by Brad Miller (Member # 2) on 06-22-2008, 05:48 PM:
 
Guys, start a new thread for civil war discussions and such. Let's keep this with pictures.


 

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Posted by Phil Hill (Member # 371) on 06-22-2008, 05:57 PM:
 
I totally agree with and moon our Grand-Poopie-BAH. (Gosh! I have such a cute butt!) HA!


 

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Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 06-22-2008, 07:05 PM:
 



 

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Posted by Hillary Charles (Member # 769) on 06-22-2008, 08:24 PM:
 

quote: Phil Hill

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I think now-a-days most all the teachers are crappy teachers/educators/administrators. They are doing an injustice to our young people and dummying them down by failing to honestly educate them in an unbiased/non personal-view manner. It seems to be more important to be a politically correct revisionist rather than historically correct.

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Phil, you and I are SO on the same page. My niece just graduated from high school, and I almost wish her teachers had at least some kind of agenda other than tenure or marking time to retirement.

Two examples:

For a recent family gathering, I brought over some 16mm episodes of "In Search Of..." One that I was keen to show was a very good story on Amelia Earhart. My niece asked, "Who's Amelia Earhart?" None of us could believe she could be a senior in high school without knowing about the famous aviatrix. No wonder she didn't care for history. I can only imagine how they superficially glossed over it. BTW, she was enthralled with that and the other episodes I showed.

For her junior year, she was taking a photography class. So I arranged for her to get a nice used Pentax K-1000. She spent a weekend with me as I showed her how it worked. She shot a roll, which we developed together. The images were quite nice. In fact, I printed two of them for a gift for my husband.
HOWEVER, in class, her experiences were markedly different. A couple of rolls had no images. I didn't see the film, so I don't know what the problem was...

...but get this: Her teacher's response was, "Well, I guess your camera doesn't like black and white film."
Instead of using it as a chance to solve a mystery, and perhaps actually LEARN something, her teacher gave her SO VERY BAD INFO, just so she didn't have to challenge herself, I guess.

I borrowed the camera to make sure that it hadn't broken after that initial roll. No problem, as expected.

Where's Ron Clark when you need him?
 

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Posted by Charles Greenlee (Member # 3856) on 06-22-2008, 09:38 PM:
 
Yeah, I get asked if my old 120mm camera will shoot in color. Yeah, it's WWII era, and designed to shoot black film, buuut, a camera will shoot whatever film you put in it, color B/W, or even maybe IR. True, being a camera designed for B/W film, it lacks the lens coating that reduces color seperation due to refraction (I'm having a brain fart and forget the actual term for it, abberation, or something like that), but put color film in it and it works just fine. That is when I get the settings right. B/W exposes easier than color, and I do seem to underexpose alot somehow, so I do better with B/W. But that's not because of the camera. I don't get to play with that camera enough to get good with it.
 

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Posted by Tim Reed (Member # 137) on 06-28-2008, 01:09 PM:
 

 

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Posted by Bruce Hansen (Member # 281) on 06-28-2008, 06:28 PM:
 
A sign at a Wall-Mart gas station:
Is it video or film?

[/IMG]
 

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Posted by Ben Wales (Member # 92) on 06-28-2008, 07:09 PM:
 
The Anti D-Cinema Device



A useful upgrade tool for the 35mm Projection supporter?
 

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Posted by Mark J. Marshall (Member # 1409) on 07-03-2008, 12:36 AM:
 
Sunrise from Haleakala crater.


 

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Posted by Charles Greenlee (Member # 3856) on 07-03-2008, 02:59 PM:
 
That's beautiful.
 

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Posted by Phil Hill (Member # 371) on 07-05-2008, 07:12 PM:
 
View of a sunset off my balcony...


 

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Posted by Mike Heenan (Member # 392) on 07-05-2008, 08:02 PM:
 
View from Grannie's (RIP) house in Palos Verdes (also has an unobstructed view of Catalina on a non cloudy day):



For film fans, I believe that Roger Corman's The Terror was filmed down in that cove, as well as Its a Mad Mad Mad World (the palm tree W is located around there somewhere)
 

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Posted by Jonathan Goeldner (Member # 4854) on 07-08-2008, 10:43 AM:
 
where are all the random pictures??? all I see is a bunch of comments
 

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Posted by Phil Hill (Member # 371) on 07-08-2008, 05:10 PM:
 
Yawn...
 

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Posted by Allison Parsons (Member # 2728) on 07-08-2008, 06:27 PM:
 
Phil,
Please post more pictures of naked men butts Preferably cute bums, not hairy ones.
 

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Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 07-08-2008, 07:18 PM:
 

 

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Posted by Tony Bandiera Jr (Member # 2365) on 07-09-2008, 01:48 AM:
 
Allison, please don't encourage Phil..

A racer friend sent me this...:



I told him I guess I'm perfectly qualified then..
 

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Posted by Dave Ritchie (Member # 4030) on 07-09-2008, 03:12 AM:
 
Nope my mind is just dirty


 

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Posted by Brian Michael Weidemann (Member # 2243) on 07-09-2008, 06:04 AM:
 
I think that lamp-is-a-lie version belongs in the Photoshop Disasters thread. The original looks like a fine painting, a perfectly clever painting, by some poor unknown artist doing a classic play on figure/ground, or something similar.

The "woman" is a questionably passable attempt to Photoshop that painting in over a real photo. The anatomy of the thighs, and the flat lighting on her posterior don't look natural. Plus there's a slight variation in her skin tones.

Anyway ... BOTH "inspirational" styled posters ruin the subtlety of the original work by slapping you across the face with the joke. I think it's a cool work; but now it's just some lame internet gag.
 

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Posted by Robert Minichino (Member # 3495) on 07-09-2008, 08:52 AM:
 
Ceci n'est pas une lampe. It'd be much better if someone bothered to put more effort into the final result, but still lame.
 

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Posted by Mark Strube (Member # 4190) on 07-11-2008, 12:30 AM:
 
Took these over July 4th weekend while camping on Rock Island in WI. (It's at the tip of the peninsula.)

Ladybug at the beach...



My first successful star trails photo, a 22 minute exposure. It's amazing how much you're able to see once away from the city lights...


 

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Posted by Jim Cassedy (Member # 4115) on 07-21-2008, 09:09 AM:
 
Parking at The Marina Theater (or anywhere in San Francisco's Marina District)
can be hard to find. Here's one way to solve the problem: You can fit 2
of those new mini "smart-cars" into 1.5 normal sized parking spaces.
That leaves half a space left over, so........

 

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Posted by Mark Ogden (Member # 43) on 07-21-2008, 03:37 PM:
 
Got sent this one from a guy in Florida. A woman he knows went to the bakery department at a WalMart Supercenter to order a cake for a going-away party. The girl at the bakery asked her how she wanted the cake decorated. Her reply was:

"I want it to say: 'Best wishes Suzanne', and underneath that, 'we will miss you'."

And what she got was . . .

. . . wait for it . . .


 

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Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 07-21-2008, 06:48 PM:
 
I think that cake was shown on the Tonight Show.

Jim, those cars are soooo smart. God damn! Hella intelligent! I'd really like to see what happens to one of those things in a wreck.
 

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Posted by Jon Miller (Member # 163) on 07-21-2008, 07:56 PM:
 
Well, Joe, since you asked...

It's only one accident, but apparently getting rear-ended by a 20-foot cargo truck and sent careening into another delivery van is survivable in a Smart Car, as evidenced here.
 

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Posted by Phil Hill (Member # 371) on 07-21-2008, 08:28 PM:
 

quote: Joe Redifer

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I'd really like to see what happens to one of those things in a wreck.

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quote: Jim Cassedy

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those little cars are becoming quite common here in San Fran

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I never would have guessed!

quote: Bill Gabel

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more and more of them driving around here in Manhattan

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Another surprise!
 

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Posted by Monte L Fullmer (Member # 2797) on 07-22-2008, 07:13 PM:
 
Basically, they're known as "a rollcage on wheels" - the way the beam supports are constructed in the frame.

Saw a crash test video of a SMART hitting a brick wall head on at 40mph, plus a head on with a large "Beamer", and it's amazing how these little cars are so durable - and earn that high crash test.

..and Ralph Nader JUST had to kill the Corvair and let the "Beetle" remain on the roads...

quote: Paul Mayer

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For near the same money one can get more capacity and better gas mileage with something like the Honda Fit.

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.. and the Toyota Yaris hatchback.
-Monte
 

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Posted by Mike Blakesley (Member # 26) on 07-22-2008, 08:11 PM:
 
Those cars are pretty uncommon in Montana so far - a dentist in Billings bought one a few months ago (from out of state somewhere) and made the TV news just by driving it around!

The most common gas-saving vehicle around here is the ATV (four-wheeler).
 

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Posted by Bill Enos (Member # 440) on 07-22-2008, 08:48 PM:
 
Look at the fuel mileage ratings, pretty good but certainly not
what would be expected for such a tiny car. Problem is it weighs almost 1700 lbs. Not cheap either $16,000 or more with the fully loaded version around $21,000. A friend drove one and said the ride was extremely rough and the transmission was wierd. He said the most he would pay for it would be $300.00.

Being made by Daimler, it'll probably be troublesome and very expensive to repair.

In the photo link here it survived a wreck where it could be booted away, how would it do as the middle vehicle in a 3 vehicle rearender, or in a case where it had to absorb the impact.
If you look hard enough, there is a photo out there of one of the very early ('98 or '99) Smarts after an insurance institute test, collapsed like an egg. They've made it a lot stronger.
 

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Posted by John Wilson (Member # 269) on 08-04-2008, 06:52 AM:
 
Oops...



Someone needs to get some decent translation software.
 

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Posted by Mark Gulbrandsen (Member # 72) on 08-04-2008, 08:12 AM:
 
There are quite a few of them around this area... I don't know how they can make it up a mountain pass! I'd bet that you could take a trip to Europe and buy one and have it UPS'd back for alot less then you could buy them from BMW over here... at least it's BMW here in SLC that's selling em in this area.

Mark
 

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Posted by Tim Reed (Member # 137) on 08-04-2008, 08:30 AM:
 

 

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Posted by Claude S. Ayakawa (Member # 1401) on 08-07-2008, 03:44 PM:
 
I have tons of pictures I would like to share but I still do not know how to post them here. I tried to send one after I had read the forum instructions how to do it and I must have done something wrong because it showed something else with a warning from Brad to correct it or he will get mad

If someone can help me with this, I would appreciate it very much.

-Claude
 

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Posted by Mike Blakesley (Member # 26) on 08-07-2008, 05:25 PM:
 
Claude - since you are a photographer I'd bet your warning was because of size. You need to size your pics down to 550 pixels wide or less.

If that's not the problem, then the trouble might be with the "image tag code" that's created when you upload a pic. Start a new message on the board, then go to the image-upload place by clicking the IMAGE button (below the text entry area) and put in the location on your computer where the pic resides (using the Browse function makes this easy), and click Submit. This uploads the image to the film-tech server AND it generates a line of code starting with the tag (IMG) --(except the tag has brackets instead of parenthesis). This line of code will appear, along with the picture you uploaded, in a NEW window. Copy this line of code -- the whole thing including the brackets -- (highlight it with your mouse and press CTRL-C) and then close the window, and paste the line of code into the text-entry area on the board. Then post that message and voila, the pic appears on the board.

I'm hoping this helps because I'll bet you have some great pics to post.
 

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Posted by Claude S. Ayakawa (Member # 1401) on 08-07-2008, 08:48 PM:
 
Thanks, Mike for your response.

I will give it a try and see what happen.

-Claude
 

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Posted by Brad Miller (Member # 2) on 08-07-2008, 09:37 PM:
 
No his problem is an http_referrer issue. This is covered a couple of notches down on the faq page.
 

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Posted by Brad Miller (Member # 2) on 08-08-2008, 10:26 PM:
 

 

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Posted by Tim Reed (Member # 137) on 08-09-2008, 02:10 PM:
 

 

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Posted by Allison Parsons (Member # 2728) on 08-09-2008, 10:47 PM:
 
A little visitor showed up this morning in my parents house:


 

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Posted by John Wilson (Member # 269) on 08-09-2008, 11:00 PM:
 
Did it speak with a weird deep voice?
 

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Posted by Paul Mayer (Member # 355) on 08-10-2008, 11:18 PM:
 



 

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Posted by Allison Parsons (Member # 2728) on 08-11-2008, 12:03 AM:
 
Paul,
Those look like some sort of Sudio Ghibli characters!

John,
Yes, he kept asking where the Joker was in that horrible voice. He then got on his Batcycle and sped away.
 

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Posted by John Wilson (Member # 269) on 08-11-2008, 01:50 AM:
 

 

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Posted by Tim Reed (Member # 137) on 08-12-2008, 12:52 PM:
 
I see these guys every now and then. Northbound on I-287 in NJ the other day...


 

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Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 08-13-2008, 04:37 AM:
 
Random:


 

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Posted by Paul Mayer (Member # 355) on 08-13-2008, 06:33 PM:
 
Allison, yes those are totoros spelling out the name Totoro on the screen. In fact that shot is part of the title sequence from My Neighbor Totoro (Tonari no Totoro) .

Those shots are from a recent concert performance by Joe Hisaishi of his music for all of Hayao Miyazaki's Studio Ghibli films. These days Hisaishi is the resident pops conductor of the New Japan Philharmonic Orchestra, which was augmented for this concert to become the "World Dream Orchestra" with 200 musicians, 800 chorus members, and 100 marching band members. The closing piece was the theme from My Neighbor Totoro.

The concert aired on NHK and will probably be released on disc (in Japan) by Disney at some point.
 

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Posted by Phil Hill (Member # 371) on 08-14-2008, 02:31 PM:
 

 

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Posted by Edwin Schwing (Member # 1270) on 08-17-2008, 05:38 AM:
 
Shit, I should read the instructions better

E
 

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Posted by Tim Reed (Member # 137) on 08-23-2008, 12:08 AM:
 

 

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Posted by Mark J. Marshall (Member # 1409) on 08-23-2008, 07:28 AM:
 

 

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Posted by Tim Reed (Member # 137) on 08-24-2008, 09:09 PM:
 
Sacrilege.


 

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Posted by Dustin Mitchell (Member # 372) on 08-25-2008, 06:03 AM:
 

 

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Posted by Tim Reed (Member # 137) on 08-25-2008, 11:40 AM:
 

 

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Posted by Leo Enticknap (Member # 534) on 08-25-2008, 01:12 PM:
 
The girl might add $$$$ to the value of that home...
 

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Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 08-26-2008, 09:13 PM:
 

 

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Posted by Richard Fowler (Member # 893) on 08-26-2008, 10:04 PM:
 
I wonder how many EPRAD fiberglas drive in speakers where recycled to make that shower enclosure ......Al Bourouris, the original owner, was a crafty guy.
 

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Posted by Allison Parsons (Member # 2728) on 08-30-2008, 01:39 AM:
 

 

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Posted by Brian Michael Weidemann (Member # 2243) on 08-30-2008, 05:37 AM:
 
E.T., Conan, and Vigo the Carpathian? It's not safe, putting three forces like that into the same image!

Holy cripes, that's awesome!!!
 

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Posted by Allison Parsons (Member # 2728) on 08-30-2008, 10:37 AM:
 
Yeah, I don't think there is an adjective that can describe how great that picture is!
 

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Posted by Ben Wales (Member # 92) on 08-30-2008, 03:51 PM:
 
For Those Film-Tech Pilots & Aviation Fans

The First (Free) Bournemouth Air Festival 29 - 31st August 2008
Various Vintage and Jet Displays on Bornemouth Beach with a estimated 200,00 Vistors on Saturday alone.



AVO Lancaster Bomber (part of Battle of Britain Memorial Flight)Fly past with "RFA Mount Bay" anchored in the bay
 

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Posted by Phil Hill (Member # 371) on 08-30-2008, 04:00 PM:
 
I agree with Brian...that pic is fantabulous!

Any more info as to who is the photog?

It's one of those pics I'd LUV to hang on my "art wall" ...along with my Nagel collection and my gay erotic art.
 

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Posted by Allison Parsons (Member # 2728) on 08-30-2008, 06:00 PM:
 
The guy who shot that is Joel Aron. A friend of mine sent me that picture, so I had to do some digging on who photographed it.

Hey Phil, have any Robert Mapplethorpe art?
 

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Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 08-30-2008, 08:10 PM:
 
File this under "W.T.F."


 

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Posted by Tristan Lane (Member # 1169) on 08-30-2008, 09:35 PM:
 
MORBID
 

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Posted by Allison Parsons (Member # 2728) on 09-05-2008, 01:01 AM:
 
Just because I have a perverted mind.... Hurricane Hana's path made a penis The fun stuff you notice while watching the Weather Channel at 1am.


 

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Posted by Phil Hill (Member # 371) on 09-05-2008, 01:13 AM:
 
Allison, that's really funny! It reminds me of an erect DFW road map:


 

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Posted by Andrew Bangs (Member # 4938) on 09-05-2008, 01:56 AM:
 
Here is a Sign from my previous Life in Mexico!



Check out the little green sign too.

Here is another I took today. Where he came from I don't know but I have a feeling with the rain we will see more! Trying to get him out was fun... not!



What a funny way to watch a movie.

[ 09-07-2008, 03:01 AM: Message edited by: Andrew Bangs ]
 

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Posted by Tim Reed (Member # 137) on 09-07-2008, 10:02 PM:
 
Yes, it's that Lorraine Carbon.
(9/5/08, Boonton, NJ)


 

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Posted by Brad Miller (Member # 2) on 09-17-2008, 01:34 AM:
 

 

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Posted by Charles Greenlee (Member # 3856) on 09-17-2008, 02:03 AM:
 
I've always wanted to drive on my hot wheels track. :-)
 

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Posted by Tim Reed (Member # 137) on 09-19-2008, 05:35 PM:
 
I'm amazed these plates got past the DMV...

FWIW, I absolutely did NOT Photoshop this! I took the picture at a stop light last week, in E.Windsor, NJ.


 

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Posted by Bobby Henderson (Member # 840) on 09-19-2008, 07:18 PM:
 
That seems even better than the picture I took a few years ago of obvious vinyl graphics vandalism:


 

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Posted by Brad Miller (Member # 2) on 09-20-2008, 01:54 AM:
 

 

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Posted by Jennifer Pan (Member # 2035) on 09-20-2008, 09:46 AM:
 

 

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Posted by Jennifer Pan (Member # 2035) on 09-22-2008, 08:30 AM:
 

 

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Posted by Christian Volpi (Member # 2370) on 09-23-2008, 03:08 PM:
 
I got hitched!


 

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Posted by Jennifer Pan (Member # 2035) on 09-23-2008, 04:13 PM:
 
Congrats Christian!!!
 

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Posted by Tim Reed (Member # 137) on 09-24-2008, 12:50 AM:
 
Yeah, guy, congratulations! Hey, she's a hottie!

(Addendum to my photo of 9/7:)

 

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Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 09-24-2008, 01:13 AM:
 





 

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Posted by Tim Reed (Member # 137) on 09-24-2008, 05:37 PM:
 
Shouldn't that be "Reese Withouterspoon"?
 

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Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 09-24-2008, 06:17 PM:
 
Maybe budget restrictions prohibited them from using the extra letter that would be required.
 

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Posted by Tim Reed (Member # 137) on 09-25-2008, 02:20 PM:
 

quote: Joe Redifer

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Maybe budget restrictions prohibited them from using the extra letter that would be required.

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That, or they just missed the obvious.

Mighty long projector in this booth...


 

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Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 09-25-2008, 05:34 PM:
 
Absolutely no glass in the porthole, either.
 

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Posted by Brad Miller (Member # 2) on 09-25-2008, 06:09 PM:
 
Where did you get that Tim? How old is that?
 

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Posted by Jon Miller (Member # 163) on 09-25-2008, 09:07 PM:
 

quote: Tim Reed

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Mighty long projector in this booth...

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quote: Brad Miller

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Where did you get that Tim?

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It's a 1960-something magazine ad someone was selling on Ebay (yep, you know it) several years ago. I just snagged the image.
 

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Posted by Monte L Fullmer (Member # 2797) on 09-25-2008, 09:30 PM:
 
I've ran many-a-single houses with open ports. Kinda like it that way so you get the maximum light out on the screen.

Must have been an imaginary make of machine while the magnetic penthouse looks like a SONY SDDS penthouse ..

At least he's shooting scope through an old B&L CinemaScope Attachment I element.
 

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Posted by Richard Fowler (Member # 893) on 09-25-2008, 09:45 PM:
 
RCA 4 track magnetic penthouse on a Century....
 

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Posted by James Westbrook (Member # 3690) on 09-26-2008, 01:28 AM:
 
He looks bewildered:
"I don't know how this can possibly work..."
 

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Posted by Jim Cassedy (Member # 4115) on 09-28-2008, 10:18 AM:
 
The short commute from my house to 'my theater' is very scenic.
I took this picture of some early morning light fog hanging under
the Golden Gate Bridge on my way to work yesterday.

 

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Posted by Bernard Tonks (Member # 809) on 09-28-2008, 06:26 PM:
 

http://www.heartattackgrill.com/ FOR THE FULL MENU.
 

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Posted by Kurt Zupin (Member # 2751) on 09-29-2008, 01:19 AM:
 
One of the best burgers you can buy! The waitress are hot as hell to
 

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Posted by John Wilson (Member # 269) on 09-29-2008, 01:32 AM:
 
Wow...I thought that was just a gag.
 

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Posted by Jennifer Pan (Member # 2035) on 09-29-2008, 03:19 AM:
 
The Drs aren't too bad either.
 

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Posted by Tim Reed (Member # 137) on 09-29-2008, 08:53 PM:
 

 

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Posted by Sean Weitzel (Member # 244) on 09-29-2008, 09:43 PM:
 
My new (to me) projectors for my home screening room.



*Some assembly required....
 

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Posted by Tim Reed (Member # 137) on 09-29-2008, 09:55 PM:
 
JJ's?! You lucky dawwwwg!
 

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Posted by Tyler Potts (Member # 4952) on 09-29-2008, 09:58 PM:
 
The benefits of a slow theatre in an expansion market... plenty of space for your Siberian Husky to run. Here's my 2 year old Tormé, a morning before the daily grind.


joy.
 

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Posted by John Wilson (Member # 269) on 09-29-2008, 10:08 PM:
 

quote: Sean Weitzel

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My new (to me) projectors for my home screening room.

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I guarantee the one on the left will run slow.
 

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Posted by Monte L Fullmer (Member # 2797) on 09-29-2008, 10:38 PM:
 
Somebody's gonna get serious with 70mm projection. Now, all he needs is a pair of huge Ashcrafts to light up the whole neighborhood for a nice backyard outdoor cinema.
 

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Posted by Sean Weitzel (Member # 244) on 09-30-2008, 01:53 AM:
 
Oh yes, I believe a pair of Ventarc lamps are in order here for my 19 foot throw! Welding goggles anyone?
 

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Posted by Allison Parsons (Member # 2728) on 09-30-2008, 02:06 AM:
 
Tim,

I LOVE that poster! Where did you find the picture at?
 

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Posted by Tim Reed (Member # 137) on 09-30-2008, 10:28 AM:
 
Hey, Allison!

I found it online a couple years ago. Google image search or something, I don't really remember. I might have gotten it off an animation site, though, it's been a long time ago.

Let me know if you want the larger version of it (too big to post here). It's 50% bigger.
 

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Posted by Mark Gulbrandsen (Member # 72) on 09-30-2008, 09:56 PM:
 
Its been a while since I've been up to the mine overlook... Ya can't see the bottom any longer... ya used to be able to barely see the bottom when I first moved out here. The view is from about 9800 feet up at the lookout point in Middle Canyon.

A few interesting facts about the ever growing mine...

Bingham Canyon Mine has produced more copper than any mine in history -- about 18.1 million tons. 450,000 tons (408 kt) of material are removed from the mine daily. Electric shovels can carry up to 56 cubic yards (43 m³) or 98 tons (89 t) of ore in a single scoop. Ore is loaded into a fleet of 64 large dump trucks which each carry 255 tons (231 t) of ore at a time; these trucks cost about US$3 million each. There is a five mile (8 km) series of conveyors that take ore to the Copperton concentrator and flotation plant. The longest conveyor is 2.5 miles (4 km) long and passes through an existing railroad tunnel inside the mine.

The mine is 2¾ miles across at the top and ¾ of a mile deep. You could stack two Sears Towers on top of each other and still not reach the top of the mine. The mine has consumed three towns over the course of it's time.

The mine is so big, it can be seen by the space shuttle astronauts as they pass over the United States.

By 2015, the mine will be at least 500 feet deeper than it is now.

If you stretched out all the roads in the open pit mine, you'd have 500 miles of roadway -- enough to reach from Salt Lake City to Joe's place.


 

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Posted by Tyler Potts (Member # 4952) on 09-30-2008, 10:02 PM:
 
That's pretty impressive. I've passed gorges and big bridges on road trips... but have never been to a mine. I definitely want to now.
 

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Posted by Mark Gulbrandsen (Member # 72) on 09-30-2008, 10:14 PM:
 
The photo hardly does it justice... But it took 7 shots with a 40mm lens spliced together to make that panorama. If you use a super wide angle lens it distorts the perspective too much. Trying to fit in 2-3/4 miles of width in one picture and still make it look like you're there is dam hard!
 

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Posted by John Wilson (Member # 269) on 09-30-2008, 10:39 PM:
 

quote: Sean Weitzel

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My new (to me) projectors for my home screening room

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Ah...a focus knob for each lens. As much as I love the Kinotons, the 'one-focus-knob-fits-all' really should have never made it onto these machines.




 

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Posted by Brad Miller (Member # 2) on 09-30-2008, 11:15 PM:
 
John if you're really patient you can fix that Kinoton issue. What I do is load up virgin PA35 carefully manipulated so that it has a very long loop and doesn't drag on anything (set up some extra rollers). Then fire it up in scope and let it run for however long you feel it takes for your lenses to heat up (5-10 minutes).

Verify the focus with a good pair of binoculars. Ideally double check your astigmatism at this point too, then switch to the flat lens and let it run for 5-10 minutes to heat up the lens.

Now loosen the flat lens and without touching the projector's focus, go to town getting the damn thing locked back down not only in perfect framing, but with perfect focus as verified with the binoculars.

Those Kinotons are a major pain in the ass to setup, but once you do the focus will never need adjusting again. A good quality pair of binoculars and a fuckload of patience is required though.
 

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Posted by Steve Guttag (Member # 268) on 10-01-2008, 07:08 AM:
 
Or rip the stupid turret off and put on a single lens holder, like sensible people. That vintage of turret just laughs at the person trying to thread. It just gets in the way.

Steve
 

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Posted by John Wilson (Member # 269) on 10-03-2008, 02:51 AM:
 
Hmmm...no, that wouldn't work.


 

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Posted by Brian Michael Weidemann (Member # 2243) on 10-03-2008, 06:19 AM:
 
Rice Bubbles? Huh, who'd have thought? When did the Bubbles go "Crispy"?
 

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Posted by John Wilson (Member # 269) on 10-03-2008, 09:14 PM:
 
They're still Bubbles here.
 

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Posted by Brian Michael Weidemann (Member # 2243) on 10-04-2008, 05:01 AM:
 
That's interesting. Would "Rice Krispies" not be an appropriate breakfast cereal over there? Or do you have both?
 

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Posted by Mike Blakesley (Member # 26) on 10-07-2008, 01:55 AM:
 
As has become a tradition of sorts around this time of year, here is the 2008 version of our concession crew.

 

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Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 10-07-2008, 02:25 AM:
 
I think it would be kind of creepy for our boss to be taking us out into the woods with a camera.
 

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Posted by Brian Michael Weidemann (Member # 2243) on 10-07-2008, 05:09 AM:
 
Mike implies there's a "new" crew every year, so you may have something there, Joe! haha
 

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Posted by Mike Blakesley (Member # 26) on 10-07-2008, 10:37 AM:
 
Actually it was the kids' idea to shoot the pics there; we're at a nature trail in a campground just outside of town. A really nice place actually - it's one of the busier campgrounds in Montana, from what I have heard.

Five of those six kids were in last year's pic - the girl in the black shirt (with longer hair) is the 'newbie.' One of the boys from last year is now in the Army.
 

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Posted by Tim Reed (Member # 137) on 10-08-2008, 09:20 AM:
 
Anyone remember running this piece of junk... EVERY year? (Yes, it was as exciting as the title sounds. A TREE was the main character.)


 

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Posted by Mark J. Marshall (Member # 1409) on 10-08-2008, 12:35 PM:
 

quote: Mike Blakesley

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the girl in the black shirt (with longer hair) is the 'newbie.'

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Is it me, or does she look noticeably happier than everyone else who has been there for a while?


 

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Posted by Phil Hill (Member # 371) on 10-08-2008, 01:12 PM:
 
Gosh! Is THAT Mark (G.) on "The Magic Christmas Tree" one-sheet that Tim posted?
 

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Posted by John Wilson (Member # 269) on 10-08-2008, 03:06 PM:
 


Yes.
 

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Posted by Mike Blakesley (Member # 26) on 10-08-2008, 07:05 PM:
 

quote: Mark J. Marshall

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Is it me, or does she look noticeably happier than everyone else who has been there for a while?

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Hmm, we'll have to watch next year's pic and see what happens! I will say she is probably the "bubbliest" of the bunch.
 

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Posted by Tim Reed (Member # 137) on 10-09-2008, 07:11 AM:
 

quote: Phil Hill

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Gosh! Is THAT Mark (G.) on "The Magic Christmas Tree" one-sheet

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quote: John Wilson

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Yes.

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ROFLMAO!!
 

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Posted by Richard Fowler (Member # 893) on 10-09-2008, 07:36 AM:
 
Mark is checking out Santa's shoes......
 

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Posted by Mark Gulbrandsen (Member # 72) on 10-09-2008, 09:15 AM:
 
I never remember sitting through that POJ when I was a kid... fortunately! But yous guys are correct... kinda looks like me... that is pretty dam funny!
 

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Posted by Mike Blakesley (Member # 26) on 10-09-2008, 09:32 AM:
 
And we can't forget that Mark also appeared as Bluto in many Popeye cartoons.

 

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Posted by Jim Cassedy (Member # 4115) on 10-10-2008, 01:21 AM:
 
The Blue Angels were practicing over San Francsiso today in
preparation for their big annual air show as part of "Fleet
Week" this weekend. I was pretty busy at work but I managed
to grab these shots, taken from the roof of "my" theater.

Here They Are Passing Near The Golden Gate Bridge


A Graceful Arc Formation Over San Francisco Bay


Flying In Close Formation


This One Did A Roll Directly Over The Theater Roof Where I Was Standing.
My ears are still ringing!


They'll be rehearsing again tomorrow, and then performing all weekend

BONUS PICTURE-
This is "Albert The Cat" arching his back and hiding under
my porch while the Blue Angels performed overhead a couple
of years ago.


Coincidently, ATC died exactly a year ago today,
after putting up with me for almost 12 years.

But those low-flying fighter jets make enough noise to
wake the dead, so mabye if I'm lucky, he'll come back!
 

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Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 10-10-2008, 01:29 AM:
 
Why did they paint those planes? They should be grey!
 

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Posted by Charles Greenlee (Member # 3856) on 10-10-2008, 02:03 AM:
 
You guys are ruthless. Though I will have to admit, there is a striking similarity there.
 

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Posted by Jim Cassedy (Member # 4115) on 10-13-2008, 04:38 PM:
 
"Angels Over Alcatraz"
The US Navy's Blue Angels buzz over the former prison on Alactraz Island.

I took this telephoto shot from the roof of San Franciso's historic Marina Theater


Rooftops were a popular place to be during the air show this
weekend. Some apartment buildings along the waterfront had
full-blown "B&B" parties (beer & barbeque) going on up there!

I had to settle for "P&P" (Pepsi & Popcorn) on the theater roof

[ 10-14-2008, 09:36 AM: Message edited by: Jim Cassedy ]
 

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Posted by Tim Reed (Member # 137) on 10-18-2008, 11:39 PM:
 
Not sure which should be more shocking... the racial slur, or the fact that someone would need to repair a dwarf.


 

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Posted by Mike Heenan (Member # 392) on 10-19-2008, 03:00 AM:
 
Me at the Burt Reynolds Museum in Jupiter, Fl, last week. Yes, there really is such a thing as a Burt Reynolds Museum.


 

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Posted by Jim Cassedy (Member # 4115) on 10-19-2008, 10:12 AM:
 
As a result of both gasoline and parking becoming scarce commodities in The
City, I've seen a proliferation of those mini SMART cars here in San Francisco.

Back in August I posted this photo of how 3 of them can fit
into 1.5 normal parking spaces. (This picture was not staged.)


Here's another example of creative parking by a "smart" driver!

The car protrudes into traffic less than most SUV's or delivery vans.

If this is legal, I'm signing up to buy one of these today!

(I'm not sure about the perpendicular parking, but this driver
does seem to be risking a ticket for parking in a yellow zone)

"Only in San Francisco" -JimC-
 

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Posted by Tim Reed (Member # 137) on 10-19-2008, 11:34 AM:
 

quote: Mike Heenan

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Me at the Burt Reynolds Museum

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Way cool, Mike!!! How I envy you.
 

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Posted by Mike Heenan (Member # 392) on 10-19-2008, 01:09 PM:
 
IF you get a chance Tim, go check it out... they were saying the building and surrounding area is in danger of redevelopment, so it might not be around too much longer, or might be moved to a different location.
 

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Posted by Jim Cassedy (Member # 4115) on 10-21-2008, 03:54 PM:
 
SURPRISE GUESTS TONIGHT ON "DANCING WITH THE STARS"

WoW! This should be quite a show!

 

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Posted by Monte L Fullmer (Member # 2797) on 10-21-2008, 04:50 PM:
 
the SNL skit with Tina Fey lampooning Palin, then when Palin coming on screen what quite the hit for NBC.
 

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Posted by Rick Raskin (Member # 1561) on 10-29-2008, 05:32 PM:
 

 

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Posted by Jim Cassedy (Member # 4115) on 10-29-2008, 05:36 PM:
 
My boss didn't give me much of a Halloween decorating budget to work
with this year. This is the best I could do for 3 dollars. And on Halloween,
it's offically called my projection BOO-th.


Q: WHAT's THIS?


A: A "PLATTER-PUSS"
 

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Posted by Mark Hajducki (Member # 1732) on 11-01-2008, 03:40 PM:
 
Halloween in the city centre


 

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Posted by Jennifer Pan (Member # 2035) on 11-08-2008, 10:17 AM:
 

 

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Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 11-09-2008, 10:53 PM:
 
MMMMMMMMMM....


 

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Posted by Tyler Potts (Member # 4952) on 11-10-2008, 12:54 AM:
 
Haha, cute pic Jen. My husky poses like that in the car from time to time, but I never have the camera ready.
 

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Posted by Anslem Rayburn (Member # 1267) on 11-10-2008, 06:33 AM:
 
It's a proven fact than ANYTHING is better when you add bacon.
 

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Posted by Betsie Beadling (Member # 591) on 11-10-2008, 09:40 AM:
 
Hey Joe
Is there a non Diet Version???
Since i cannot drink anything
that has Aspartame in it???
 

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Posted by Tim Reed (Member # 137) on 11-10-2008, 12:23 PM:
 
Aspartame is evil.
 

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Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 11-10-2008, 03:46 PM:
 
Not really. They say it will cause face cancer, but who wouldn't want that?
 

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Posted by Jon Miller (Member # 163) on 11-10-2008, 08:05 PM:
 
If you drop a pack of Mentos into a two-liter bottle of Bacon Flavor Diet Coke, will you get a bacon-scented soda geyser?
 

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Posted by John Lasher (Member # 968) on 11-11-2008, 04:39 PM:
 


My new toys. All older/slightly inferior versions of what I used at film school. (Well, the film isn't older or necessarily inferior.)
 

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Posted by Tim Reed (Member # 137) on 11-11-2008, 06:15 PM:
 
Cool, John! I used to have a Bolex H-16 (parallax finder, but with through-the-lens focusing), and an upright Moviola back in the day... did a lot of animation.


 

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Posted by John Lasher (Member # 968) on 11-11-2008, 07:28 PM:
 

quote: Tim Reed

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parallax finder, but with through-the-lens focusing

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Sounds exactly like this one.

P.S. Anyone know French, that's the only language the instructions came in. (Kidding, kidding. I could operate this camera blind. (And to see the footage, that's what some of my classmates did.))
 

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Posted by Kenneth Wuepper (Member # 1174) on 11-11-2008, 07:47 PM:
 
Ah, Yes! The Bolex H16 REX. I shot 1,600 feet of film on each game for the high school where I was media director. Football and basketball were both filmed and the footage analyzed on the Kodak 16mm Analyst projector.

The local camera shop had a lab and they could push process the footage when I shot games on a poorly lighted field.

KEN
 

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Posted by Phil Hill (Member # 371) on 11-11-2008, 09:06 PM:
 
Just cuz Scott dared me to post these!

Me, when I was a 22 y/o young punk know-it-all TV news-film processing guy at the WXYZ-TV 16mm film lab in 1967...



SCUBA diving w/Bolex Camera for TV show...


Me w/Camera and underwater housing...

 

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Posted by Mike Heenan (Member # 392) on 11-11-2008, 10:03 PM:
 


I think I've seen those before here, somewhere...
 

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Posted by Phil Hill (Member # 371) on 11-12-2008, 03:47 PM:
 
Yawn...
 

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Posted by Jim Bedford (Member # 4) on 11-13-2008, 09:17 AM:
 
I wonder what ever happened to that nice young man.....
 

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Posted by Jeff Stricker (Member # 224) on 11-13-2008, 05:51 PM:
 

quote:

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Phil Hill: Me, when I was a 22 y/o young punk know-it-all TV news-film processing guy at the WXYZ-TV 16mm film lab in 1967...

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Hey Phil, I worked at another Scripps station: WEWS TV in Cleveland in the summers of 1966 - 1968 (earning money to go to school) started in the film projection department, then later to technical director. The engineering department had a great bunch of guys who treated me well. I'll betcha nowadays its all done with a computer and a few mouse clicks!!

The station got color news film processing gear in 1967, I think.
 

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Posted by Phil Hill (Member # 371) on 11-13-2008, 06:40 PM:
 
Jeff,
I shot tons of film... newsreels, sports events, and personal stuff like SCUBA diving and other "travel-logs" that were aired on TV.

Like you, that's how I paid for college.

My favorite 16mm color reversal film stock (back then) was 7256. Most all news-film that I processed was 7242 (w/#85 filter for daylight shoots).

At WXYZ we had a Filmline FE-30 film processing machine and used the ME-4 process.

The pics I posted I developed on a picnic table at my Florida trip campsite using a Kodak E-4 kit.
 

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Posted by Sean Weitzel (Member # 244) on 11-14-2008, 01:20 AM:
 
ME-4 had a definate 'zing' didn't it? Did your station shoot with Auricon optical sound on film cameras? or was everything magnetic stripe by then?
 

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Posted by Hillary Charles (Member # 769) on 11-14-2008, 05:39 AM:
 
Anaglyph (red over left eye) of part of the old Williams Grove Amusement Park coaster "Cyclone."


 

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Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 11-14-2008, 10:48 AM:
 
Nice! Did you snap that with a dual-lens camera? I forget what you used for that wedding picture way back.
 

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Posted by Phil Hill (Member # 371) on 11-14-2008, 02:41 PM:
 
Sean,
All the SOF cameras were Frezzolini conversions of Auricon CineVoice 100 w/12-120 Angenieux zoom lenses. They cut off the tops of those 100ft load cameras and adapted them for Mitchell 400ft mags. They were all magnetic sound.

Later, we got some CP-16s.

We had Cannon Scoopics for MOS "B" roll.

About 20 years ago I traded my Frezzi camera for a Seeburg "R" Jukebox. I still have an Auricon MA-11 Magnetic Sound Recording Amplifier...oh, and the Jukebox.


 

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Posted by Hillary Charles (Member # 769) on 11-14-2008, 04:45 PM:
 
Thanks Joe! Yes, that was taken with the same twin lens Stereo Realist used for our wedding.

And Phil, you are FREAKING ME OUT!!!!!

I just snapped this picture of our living room---or is it yours?

But I doubt this is your old camera; this one was used either in Philly or more likely Lebanon, PA.


 

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Posted by Mark Gulbrandsen (Member # 72) on 11-14-2008, 05:49 PM:
 

quote: Phil Hill

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We had Cannon Scoopics for MOS "B" roll.

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quote: Hillary Charles

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And Phil, you are FREAKING ME OUT!!!!!

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JFC Hillary! I'm FREAKING ***YOU*** OUT!? HA!

(BTW: Cool pic! NICE original "R"!)
 

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Posted by Hillary Charles (Member # 769) on 11-15-2008, 04:49 PM:
 
Thanks Phil. Small world, eh?

I'll have to remind my hubby that at one time both those things had the same value. How times have changed.
 

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Posted by Adam Martin (Member # 641) on 11-15-2008, 09:36 PM:
 

 

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Posted by Matthew Bailey (Member # 601) on 11-17-2008, 12:43 AM:
 
I recently acquired a Seeburg R . The mech looks like it's from a JL but has the correct R cover. I need a 2 in 1 motor capacitor-one half is 1.0 microfard,the other half is 1.4 microfarad. Where can I get a replacement in my area?
 

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Posted by Hillary Charles (Member # 769) on 11-17-2008, 04:58 AM:
 
Matthew, my husband subscribes to Always Jukin' , and seems to find anything he needs for his jukebox from there. The site offers a free issue download! Best of luck!
 

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Posted by Phil Hill (Member # 371) on 11-20-2008, 01:15 AM:
 

 

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Posted by Charles Greenlee (Member # 3856) on 11-20-2008, 07:48 PM:
 

quote: Jim Bedford

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I wonder what ever happened to that nice young man.....

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He got abducted by aliens. Too many probings.
 

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Posted by Tim Reed (Member # 137) on 11-27-2008, 05:40 PM:
 

 

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Posted by Tony Bandiera Jr (Member # 2365) on 11-29-2008, 10:25 PM:
 
RE Phil's SCUBA pics: (page 62)

Nice legs there stud, love the cute little trunks too.

Seriously though, how did you land that job? Any "famous" programs pick up your footage, or was it strictly news footage?

And here's a pic of me at Competitive Edge Raceway during a practice session, astride my bike, aka "Double Nuts":


 

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Posted by Tyler Potts (Member # 4952) on 11-30-2008, 11:33 PM:
 


[ 12-05-2008, 01:22 AM: Message edited by: Tyler Potts ]
 

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Posted by Phil Hill (Member # 371) on 12-04-2008, 03:59 PM:
 
Put on a Happy face!

(Crescent moon and the planets Venus and Jupiter seen in a rare alignment over Hong Kong.)


 

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Posted by John Wilson (Member # 269) on 12-04-2008, 04:34 PM:
 
Here's the smiley face over Melbourne, Australia.


...and not looking so happy over Manhattan.

 

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Posted by Jon Miller (Member # 163) on 12-04-2008, 08:19 PM:
 


Happy and fuzzy over San Diego.
 

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Posted by Adam Martin (Member # 641) on 12-09-2008, 12:15 AM:
 
The [second] Oklahoma State Capitol. The capitol sits on an active oil field.


 

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Posted by Tim Reed (Member # 137) on 12-15-2008, 08:17 PM:
 
Me, today at Orange County Choppers (with obligatory biker chick entering building). This is the shop featured on the "American Chopper" TV show. Like many, I had assumed this place was in California, however, I just found out yesterday they're in Newburgh, NY... not one mile from one of my theatres!

So, I stopped in after work. It was way cool. I want one.


 

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Posted by John Wilson (Member # 269) on 12-15-2008, 09:19 PM:
 
You want a bikie chick?
 

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Posted by Edwin Schwing (Member # 1270) on 12-16-2008, 12:58 AM:
 
or a bike building?
 

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Posted by Hillary Charles (Member # 769) on 12-16-2008, 04:37 AM:
 
I didn't realize that building is that huge! The popularity of the show has been BERY BERY GOOD to OCC. And to think that Paul Sr. want to kill the folks at Discovery after he saw that first documentary!
 

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Posted by Mike Blakesley (Member # 26) on 12-16-2008, 09:50 AM:
 
I've never seen the OCC TV show, but the Teutels are hilarious whenever they're on Letterman. One time Dave sent Biff Henderson to do a remote with them and it was laugh out loud funny. Letterman's a big fan.
 

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Posted by Tim Reed (Member # 137) on 12-16-2008, 10:08 AM: