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Post by dwarnold on Dec 18, 2006 20:39:36 GMT -5
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Post by Trusty on Dec 18, 2006 21:07:22 GMT -5
You can't insert images directly on a ProBoards forum, David; you have to link to them. A good place to store images is PhotoBucket.com. I opened an account there today to store all the Santa Smilies; the site seems to be pretty user-friendly. Your lights are cool. |
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Post by booklady on Dec 18, 2006 21:31:20 GMT -5
Yowzah, dw, that is some display!  |
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Post by slb2 on Dec 19, 2006 7:41:20 GMT -5
Can't share cuz I didn't bother to put lights on my house. I might get a scrawny tree to put out on the deck today. Since I'm the only adult in the house who cares about such things, sometimes it's hard to generate my own enthusiasm.
But I'm doing daily Christmas baking! And the kiddos love that.
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Post by booklady on Dec 19, 2006 9:18:18 GMT -5
I hear you. This is true in my home, too, where everyone is now an adult.
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Post by slb2 on Dec 19, 2006 10:12:35 GMT -5
Happiness is being heard. Bookie makes me happy.  |
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Post by booklady on Dec 19, 2006 10:21:28 GMT -5
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Post by mike on Dec 26, 2006 4:47:48 GMT -5
Christmas morning, Emi and I were staying at a lakeside hotel (Lake Shoji) near Mt Fuji. This was the view from our room at about 6:45 am.  |
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Post by Tillie on Dec 26, 2006 8:11:12 GMT -5
Breathtaking, beautiful, peaceful . . . a wonderful scene to wake up to on a Monday morning...thank you, Mike
'tis no wonder the artists of Japan are so creative in all fields of design
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Post by joew on Dec 26, 2006 10:49:44 GMT -5
Thanks for sharing that, Mike.
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Post by juliastar on Dec 26, 2006 12:00:05 GMT -5
It is a beautiful photo, Mike. You'll have to share your trick on how to make it appear in the text of your message.
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Post by scotbrit on Dec 26, 2006 12:41:40 GMT -5
Ach, the majority of you folks are too good company to bear grudges against some curmudgeonly posters so, in the spirit of goodwill, here I am. I admit I am a moody person.
But I also confess that it was the magnificent picture that Mike posted that has motivated me to comment.
Mike, that is an astounding pic, but what the hell were you doing at being up at such an unearthly hour?
Or were you just getting to bed?
If so, I'll drink to that too!
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Post by booklady on Dec 26, 2006 12:57:58 GMT -5
Gorgeous photo, Mike!
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Post by mike on Dec 26, 2006 15:19:50 GMT -5
Thank you, everyone, for the nice remarks on my picture. I have a few more posted at ellington-solo.gather.com/ , if anyone is interested. Nice post, George, I'll toast (not to be confused with roast) you on New Years eve with a glass of single malt. These are the best years of our lives! Mike |
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Post by joew on Dec 26, 2006 17:22:41 GMT -5
At first glance I though the things outlined at the neat shore of the lake were small buildings, maybe a village, but now I see that there are people and cars. I wonder if the rectangular objects are tents. At any rate, Mike was not the only one up at that hour of the night.
True confession: for years, I insisted that we get up at 6:45 a.m. on Christmas to begin the work of unwrapping presents. Last year, I think I relented to 7:00, and this year to 7:30. Nevertheless, a task that used to take nearly to 9:00 was now finished by 8:00. I guess this proves that the later you start, the faster you go.
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Post by hartlikeawheel on Dec 26, 2006 23:41:56 GMT -5
Such a pic Mike. Obviously you've got photographic skills which I lack and probably have better equipment (!) as well.
But I did take a nice picture on the cruise. Think Jane and I were sitting together as the sun was setting and the moon was rising and I caught them both at the perfect moment right over the edge of the sea.
Maybe I can figure out how to get them here.
BTW, don't pay any attention to Jane complaining about her figure. Such a liar.
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Post by hartlikeawheel on Dec 26, 2006 23:50:18 GMT -5
Joseph - as in the Dude who wrote our Christmas carol? Stille Nacht.
You didn't actually force people to get up to open their presents? Shame, shame.
Oh-oh. I thought you were English but now I understand you must be Cherman.
And I hate that some politically correct folks think I'm racist. I'm so over that.
There will soon be nobody left to be racist about!
Stereotypes can be accurate or they wouldn't exist and I just think it's funny. It you were Norse so would you all. We laugh about ourselves and silly cultural habits all the time.
How do you think GK made a living?
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Post by hartlikeawheel on Dec 27, 2006 0:19:57 GMT -5
's'cuse. That was so obviously ranting.
May I be allowed?
A little holiday stress perhaps?
Sometimes I can even tolerate Scots when they are polite. Winkin' Brit.
Now about that kilt. . . You think that really scared anybody? Brrr. Probably scared you guys worse.
My peeps had sense enough to cover up in the cold. Codpieces. Boy, I'll bet that was natural birth control.
I can hear her now. I say the same to The MO when he's been eating sardines. "Just get away from me."
And, yes, I know that wasn't a Scaninavian thing. Just playing here.
What was that prayer about saving people from the Norsemen? Maybe wimins too 'cuz I think they hauled their breeders and offspring all over with them. Good family men. Heh. Tuff folks and at this time of year they are on my mind. My loved ones whom I never knew.
I heard you once passed out in a park and a little old ladiy (another of my horrible prejudices) came by and peeked. She thought it was so cute that she took a blue ribbon off her hat and tied it on.
When you woke up you thought something was different and had a look.
Then you said, "I danna where you been laddy but it looks like you won first prize."
Peace, Bro'.
We're just kinda crude is all. Not very many years of refinement maybe? Too cold and too much raw fish.
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Post by mike on Dec 27, 2006 3:04:57 GMT -5
At first glance I though the things outlined at the neat shore of the lake were small buildings, maybe a village, but now I see that there are people and cars. I wonder if the rectangular objects are tents. At any rate, Mike was not the only one up at that hour of the night. Joe, they were all photographers that started showing up around 5:00 am. These guys can sense when something spectacular is going to happen. Or, they show up every morning because they have nothing better to do. Counting down to New Years Eve! Mike |
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Post by hartlikeawheel on Dec 27, 2006 7:34:24 GMT -5
And I want that frog outta here. Not so nice to hafta look at a stoopid yellow frog.
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Post by booklady on Dec 27, 2006 8:29:58 GMT -5
True confession: for years, I insisted that we get up at 6:45 a.m. on Christmas to begin the work of unwrapping presents. Last year, I think I relented to 7:00, and this year to 7:30. Nevertheless, a task that used to take nearly to 9:00 was now finished by 8:00. I guess this proves that the later you start, the faster you go. I guess this belongs on the Christmas Miscellany thread, except that I'm responding to what you wrote here, Joe. This post of yours tickles me. It reminds me of my brother, who used to be the first one up (and very early too; much earlier than 6:45), trying to convince everyone to begin the "work" of opening presents. I am so happy to know that some boys never outgrow the excitement of Christmas morning. At the opposite extreme are maybe those folks who have their trees at the town dump on December 26. What is up with that! |
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Post by joew on Dec 27, 2006 13:39:24 GMT -5
Joseph - as in the Dude who wrote our Christmas carol? Stille Nacht. You didn't actually force people to get up to open their presents? Shame, shame. Oh-oh. I thought you were English but now I understand you must be Cherman. … Despite the Christmas rules, I'm not at all German — half Irish, half English (with maybe a bit of Scottish mixed in with the English half). The Germans are much more organized than I am the other 364 1/2 days of the year (365 1/2 in leap year). And I didn't "force" people  , I persuaded them! |
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Post by scotbrit on Dec 28, 2006 10:59:40 GMT -5
THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES
WRITER RODNEY CROWELL
When I was young and restless I wasted so much time
Halfway stoned and halfway out of my mind
Well I don't feel that much different though now I realize
These are the best years of our life
These are the best years that we're living in
And I know that someday later we're gonna reach the end
Though time stacks up against us the fire inside still thrives
These are the best years of our life
These are the best years that we're living through
Then I know that someday later you're gonna know that too
There's so much more to living now than the kind of car we drive
These are the best years of our life these are the best years of our life.
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Post by Trusty on Dec 28, 2006 15:58:21 GMT -5
I'm not at all German — half Irish, half English (with maybe a bit of Scottish mixed in with the English half). The Germans are much more organized than I am the other 364 1/2 days of the year (365 1/2 in leap year). As Brit would say,"Mongrel!" ---------------- I was going to put this on the "Doo-Wop" thread, but it seems better over here: Remember the afternoons we spent skipping school. Remember all those nasty songs we sung. Remember your lunch money I lost shooting pool. I’ll always remember being young. Remember the cigarettes we smoked in the john. Remember the false fire alarms we rung. Remember the teacher we threw in the pond. I’ll always remember being young. When I look through our scrapbook, My eyes just fill with tears. Recalling our precious high school days: Those wonderful six and a half years. Remember the gorilla we set free at the zoo; The study hall riot that we begun. Oh, even if we live to be twenty-two, I’ll always remember, always remember, I’ll always remember being young. |
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Post by scotbrit on Dec 28, 2006 16:04:42 GMT -5
Mongrel.
I admire the pictures of sunsets and sunrises but I could never manage to capture the image that I want when I do landscapes. Maybe it is because I leave the camera to do what it wants to instead of making my own settings.
As a social animal, most of the pics I take are of people.
I like people.
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Post by joew on Dec 28, 2006 17:08:32 GMT -5
I think part of the problem may be that ordinary cameras have too wide an angle for most landscapes. At least, that seems to be the problem with pictures I take. There's too much other stuff (like empty sky) around what I wanted to take a picture of. The so-called panorama cameras are better because they eliminate most of the extraneous sky and foreground; but I think I really need a telephoto lens or a zoom feature.
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Post by edsfam on Mar 15, 2007 11:52:30 GMT -5
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Post by slb2 on Mar 16, 2007 5:18:30 GMT -5
Funny cat. Fat cat. Was that you controlling the toy, edsfam?
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Post by rogesgallery on Mar 16, 2007 11:46:35 GMT -5
I think part of the problem may be that ordinary cameras have too wide an angle for most landscapes. At least, that seems to be the problem with pictures I take. There's too much other stuff (like empty sky) around what I wanted to take a picture of. The so-called panorama cameras are better because they eliminate most of the extraneous sky and foreground; but I think I really need a telephoto lens or a zoom feature. In celebratty and porn portraiture the pics you describe are what are more recently called Brittany pics; beautiful landscape and a lot of empty air. I don't think they make a camera that automatically eliminates everything above the neck and below the knees...You still have to photoshop it. |
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Post by edsfam on Mar 21, 2007 8:41:31 GMT -5
Funny cat. Fat cat. Was that you controlling the toy, edsfam? Some of it was my youngest son, those are his knees in the first scene. The elderly looking hand is mine. Filming the video and teasing the kitty with the toy, at the same time, was not easy. After several attempts at the scene, Twixie got mad and went to her trailer. We had to lure her back out with promises of tune bites and a sequel. _E_ |
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, I persuaded them! 
