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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Diabetes / May 2008ITS MY BIRTHDAY
happy i don't get no cake to me % wrote in message ... >happy i don't get no cake to me Happy Birthday. Birthday cake doesn't count as long as you only eat it on *your* birthday. Have a good day. Cheri >happy i don't get no cake to me From Jennifer, who used to post here: Birthday Cake IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT!!! Modern research has determined that "Birthday Cake", ie: A highly decorated sweet flour/fat/sugar based dessert, generally festooned with YOUR name, has NO CALORIES, NO CARBS, AND NO FAT. Shocking? Sure. But it appears, the joy felt once a year when we eat a piece of this comestible surrounded by our loved ones immediately dissipates all CALORIES, CARBS AND FAT! There are a few important caveats: 1. It must be YOUR birthday. 2. You must only have ONE birthday a year. 3. Cake must be consumed AFTER appropriate musical accompaniment ("Happy Birthday" or "For He/She's a Jolly Good Fellow/Person" or the like). 4. Candles, while low carb, low calorie and low fat must NOT be consumed... especially when lit. 5. BEWARE! Foods consumed before and after cake maintain their original carb, fat and calorie count. This has been brought to you as a public service announcement. Jennifer Yes, the "Ice Cream AND Cake" variable was addressed in the study. Should "Ice Cream AND Cake" be consumed, as separate items, each will release HALF of it's calories, carbs and fats. So an option would be to only eat the HALF that is now CCF-FREE. Determining which half is now CCF-FREE is easy... it's the half closest to you. As for an "Ice Cream Cake" ie: Baskin Robbins/Haggan Daz/Carvel... normal sized slices fall under the original CCF-FREE study and can be consumed with pleasure. Hope that clears it up. Jennifer Cheers, Alan, T2, Australia. d&e, metformin 1500mg, ezetrol 10mg Everything in Moderation - Except Laughter. -- http://loraldiabetes.blogspot.com Latest:Is Testing Worthwhile? and Cambodia http://loraltravel.blogspot.com/2008/03/cambodia.html Happy Birthday, hope it is a good one. I always have cake on my birthday and bugger the consequences. > happy i don't get no cake to me > happy i don't get no cake to me Happy birthday. Here is a slice of virtual cake. On May 1, 2:36 pm, "%" <pers...@gmail.com> wrote: > happy i don't get no cake to me Happy birthday. Here is a slice of virtual cake. Where have you been? > On May 1, 2:36 pm, "%" <pers...@gmail.com> wrote: >> happy i don't get no cake to me > > Happy birthday. Here is a slice of virtual cake. > > Where have you been? Making %'s virtual birthday cake ;o) > > On May 1, 2:36 pm, "%" <pers...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> happy i don't get no cake to me [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Making %'s virtual birthday cake ;o) I'll sell you a virtual slice if you would like...Ah daggonit, I burned the thing. Never mind. > On May 1, 2:36 pm, "%" <pers...@gmail.com> wrote: > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Where have you been? Thanks for asking. I just purchased a digital Canon camera, and I have been spending a great deal of time trying to grasp photography. Bottom line: I stink at it. I am learning though. It keeps me busy and away from the refridgerator too. I think I can get my A1C even lower if I keep trying to nail down my new hobby. On May 2, 5:16 am, "Ozgirl" <are_we_there_...@maccas.com> wrote: > "Lerp" <diabeticl...@gmail.com> wrote in message > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Where have you been? Thanks for asking. I just purchased a digital Canon camera, and I have been spending a great deal of time trying to grasp photography. Bottom line: I stink at it. I am learning though. It keeps me busy and away from the refridgerator too. I think I can get my A1C even lower if I keep trying to nail down my new hobby. ------------ Put your stuff on Flickr so I can see it :) I am an amateur too, I mostly take family pics :) > On May 2, 5:16 am, "Ozgirl" <are_we_there_...@maccas.com> wrote: > [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > Put your stuff on Flickr so I can see it :) I am an amateur too, I mostly > take family pics :) Are you on flickkr? send me a private email with your user name. "Lerp" <diabeticlerp@gmail.com> wrote in message news:9838d5b0- Are you on flickkr? send me a private email with your user name. Done. >"Lerp" <diabeticlerp@gmail.com> wrote in message news:9838d5b0- > >Are you on flickkr? send me a private email with your user name. > >Done. More details on flicker please. Cheers, Alan, T2, Australia. d&e, metformin 1500mg, ezetrol 10mg Everything in Moderation - Except Laughter. -- http://loraldiabetes.blogspot.com Latest:Is Testing Worthwhile? and Cambodia http://loraltravel.blogspot.com/2008/03/cambodia.html >>"Lerp" <diabeticlerp@gmail.com> wrote in message news:9838d5b0- >> [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >> > More details on flicker please. www.flickr.com - it is a yahoo thing so need a yahoo addy. Upload your pics and decide whether you want them to be public or private. I keep mine private unless one is a contact and give guest passes out to those who want to see them. I am happy to accept requests from people to be my contacts. >www.flickr.com - it is a yahoo thing so need a yahoo addy. Upload your pics >and decide whether you want them to be public or private. I keep mine >private unless one is a contact and give guest passes out to those who want >to see them. I am happy to accept requests from people to be my contacts. Thanks. It worked: http://www.flickr.com/photos/26250058@N06/ Cheers, Alan, T2, Australia. d&e, metformin 1500mg, ezetrol 10mg Everything in Moderation - Except Laughter. -- http://loraldiabetes.blogspot.com Latest:Is Testing Worthwhile? and Cambodia http://loraltravel.blogspot.com/2008/03/cambodia.html On Sat, 03 May 2008 21:42:48 +1000, in <9cjo14lsff6jeoe05a9u1fq4uvlepqsejr@4ax.com> Alan S <loralgtweightandcarbs@gmail.com> wrote: >>www.flickr.com - it is a yahoo thing so need a yahoo addy. Upload your pics >>and decide whether you want them to be public or private. I keep mine [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >Thanks. It worked: >http://www.flickr.com/photos/26250058@N06/ I have some photos up on photobucket.com but now, being on Facebook, there's room for so many!  SignatureDonnaB shallotpeel : ^> USA <*> new WIN Vista user 06-07-06 Diagnosis T2 HbA1c 8.1, D&E & Metformin 500mg Current ................... HbA1c 6.3 "Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence." - George Washington >On Sat, 03 May 2008 21:42:48 +1000, in ><9cjo14lsff6jeoe05a9u1fq4uvlepqsejr@4ax.com> Alan S [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] >I have some photos up on photobucket.com but now, being on Facebook, there's >room for so many! Up until just now the only method I had used was the blog. This could be quite useful for one-offs and quick transfers to my family. Still learning it. Those six were just a test. I'll have some fun playing with it over the next week or so. Cheers, Alan, T2, Australia. d&e, metformin 1500mg, ezetrol 10mg Everything in Moderation - Except Laughter. -- http://loraldiabetes.blogspot.com Latest:Is Testing Worthwhile? and Cambodia http://loraltravel.blogspot.com/2008/03/cambodia.html > On Sat, 03 May 2008 08:00:17 -0400, DonnaB shallotpeel > [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] > > - Show quoted text - Thanks for posting those awesome pics Alan. Now I want to just take my camera and go home, and never show my face again:-). >> On Sat, 03 May 2008 08:00:17 -0400, DonnaB shallotpeel >> [quoted text clipped - 30 lines] >Thanks for posting those awesome pics Alan. Now I want to just take my >camera and go home, and never show my face again:-). You didn't see the two or three others I took for most of those and discarded later:-) The magic of digital photography. Cheers, Alan, T2, Australia. d&e, metformin 1500mg, ezetrol 10mg Everything in Moderation - Except Laughter. -- http://loraldiabetes.blogspot.com Latest:Is Testing Worthwhile? and Cambodia http://loraltravel.blogspot.com/2008/03/cambodia.html >>www.flickr.com - it is a yahoo thing so need a yahoo addy. Upload your pics >>and decide whether you want them to be public or private. I keep mine [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] >d&e, metformin 1500mg, ezetrol 10mg >Everything in Moderation - Except Laughter. Alan, those are amazing shots. I didn't read closely enough -- I hope they are protected by copyright. Perhaps you should try to submit them for travel magazines. They truly are spectacular. >>>www.flickr.com - it is a yahoo thing so need a yahoo addy. Upload your pics >>>and decide whether you want them to be public or private. I keep mine [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] >hope they are protected by copyright. Perhaps you should try to >submit them for travel magazines. They truly are spectacular. Yes he's pretty good isn't he? Especially considering the tiny little camera he (and Nicky) had, compared to my five kilo shoulder bag stuffed with kit (plus a tripod) >>>>www.flickr.com - it is a yahoo thing so need a yahoo addy. Upload your pics >>>>and decide whether you want them to be public or private. I keep mine [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] >Especially considering the tiny little camera he (and Nicky) had, >compared to my five kilo shoulder bag stuffed with kit (plus a tripod) Thanks trink:-) I've only got four from the visit to Ipswich district and only one with you in it (testing Dreamfields:-). When I work out how to do the private sharing on flickr for you and Nicky I'll put them on. The Fuji F10 is a magic camera for an amateur point-and-shooter like me, but getting light levels right can be tricky at times. Cheers, Alan, T2, Australia. d&e, metformin 1500mg, ezetrol 10mg Everything in Moderation - Except Laughter. -- http://loraldiabetes.blogspot.com Latest:Is Testing Worthwhile? and Cambodia http://loraltravel.blogspot.com/2008/03/cambodia.html My son did an assignment on Angkor Wat and it was so hard to get decent photos for it. "Alan S" <loralgtweightandcarbs@gmail.com> wrote in message >My son did an assignment on Angkor Wat and it was so hard to get decent >photos for it. > >"Alan S" <loralgtweightandcarbs@gmail.com> wrote in message Bit late now to offer him a choice from the other 100+ from Angkor, Bayon and Angkor Thom :-) Cheers, Alan, T2, Australia. d&e, metformin 1500mg, ezetrol 10mg Everything in Moderation - Except Laughter. -- http://loraldiabetes.blogspot.com Latest:Is Testing Worthwhile? and Cambodia http://loraltravel.blogspot.com/2008/03/cambodia.html >>>Alan, those are amazing shots. I didn't read closely enough -- I >>>hope they are protected by copyright. Perhaps you should try to [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] >out how to do the private sharing on flickr for you and >Nicky I'll put them on. Strangely I have very few photos of me. I wonder why. One reason is I'm crap at people in general, I lack the ability to catch them not gurning, The other is probably because the lenses crack . . . >The Fuji F10 is a magic camera for an amateur >point-and-shooter like me, but getting light levels right >can be tricky at times. Big kit has two main adavntages, it's an order of magnitude more controllable especially in difficult circumstances, and it produces pictures which can be blown up to much larger sizes. At least with a digital jobbie you get instant feedback and can redo the ones that didn't work, if you can't alter the exposure directly can you do stuff like expose for something lighter/darker then move the camera to take the shot without changing the settings? Disaster has struck today, I discovered that I'm almost out of film and the website I usually order from has broken. :( I was photographing trees with my ultrawide today and having to take care I didn't get the sun in the picture at the top and my feet in the bottom simultaneously . . . >>The Fuji F10 is a magic camera for an amateur >>point-and-shooter like me, but getting light levels right [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] >like expose for something lighter/darker then move the camera to take >the shot without changing the settings? Exactly what I do. On landscapes I move the camera to the spot that seems to give the best pic, focus on that and then return to the subject. On portraits it's a little more difficult and I often use forced flash even in sunny outdoors portrait shots. >Disaster has struck today, I discovered that I'm almost out of film >and the website I usually order from has broken. :( I was >photographing trees with my ultrawide today and having to take care I >didn't get the sun in the picture at the top and my feet in the bottom >simultaneously . . . I still have quite a good Vivitar film camera that I used on my first trip. Not one of the quality you use, but good enough for a point-and-shooter like myself. I had a disaster from the processing of the films from that trip. I had CD's made as well as prints (cost a fortune, more than the new digital camera I bought later) and the idiot in the photo shop somehow covered many of the negatives with dust. It took months of arguments to get the negatives cleaned and the CD's remade, but even then many were too damaged and the results are obvious when you look at some of the pix on the blog. I had to use a cloning/adjustment program (Micrografix Picture Publisher) to correct many of them as best I could. Digital is just so easy for me and orders of magnitude cheaper. I carry a 512mb card in the camera with a 256mb back-up and the original 16mb for emergencies. Cheers, Alan, T2, Australia. d&e, metformin 1500mg, ezetrol 10mg Everything in Moderation - Except Laughter. -- http://loraldiabetes.blogspot.com Latest:Is Testing Worthwhile? and Cambodia http://loraltravel.blogspot.com/2008/03/cambodia.html > On Sun, 04 May 2008 22:09:05 +0100, Trinkwasser > [quoted text clipped - 49 lines] > Latest:Is Testing Worthwhile? > and Cambodiahttp://loraltravel.blogspot.com/2008/03/cambodia.html Gone are the days of anticipating the developed pics when you open the envelope...and alas - they did not develop and you pay $5.00 for black pictures. >Gone are the days of anticipating the developed pics when you open the >envelope...and alas - they did not develop and you pay $5.00 for black >pictures. Thank goodness. I just noticed that my numbers have restarted at 0 after passing 10,000; I do tend to delete a lot and keep the best. The camera was bought in 2006 just before my second rtw trip. My first pic on this trip was 6999, the last was 0184. So I snapped the shutter 3185 times. Picasa tells me I've stored 2195. Many of those will never be displayed publicly:-) After that first trip, developing over 40 rolls of film (some 24s, most 36s) cost well over $600. The total cost for transferring from camera memory card to CD's while I travelled was less than $30 and I can be very selective now that I'm home as to what gets printed. Another film problem on that first trip was degradation from airport security x-rays. Maybe one or two is not a problem, but my early rolls of film went through over 20 airports. They showed fogging and graininess, which became less as later films went through fewer x-rays. Cheers, Alan, T2, Australia. d&e, metformin 1500mg, ezetrol 10mg Everything in Moderation - Except Laughter. -- http://loraldiabetes.blogspot.com Latest:Is Testing Worthwhile? and Cambodia http://loraltravel.blogspot.com/2008/03/cambodia.html >My first pic on this trip was 6999, the last was 0184. So I >snapped the shutter 3185 times. Picasa tells me I've stored [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >d&e, metformin 1500mg, ezetrol 10mg >Everything in Moderation - Except Laughter. Alan, what do you use Picasa for? It came installed on my new laptop but I have never used it. -- BettyB -- www.flamingo-code.com "I have noticed even people who claim everything is predestined, and that we can do nothing to change it, look before they cross the road." - Stephen Hawking >>My first pic on this trip was 6999, the last was 0184. So I >>snapped the shutter 3185 times. Picasa tells me I've stored [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] >Alan, what do you use Picasa for? It came installed on my new laptop >but I have never used it. I've got several photo-management programs, some left over from old scanners and some from the camera. However I've found Picasa useful as a simple adjuster for cropping, straightening, light levels, contrast and saturation. There are others that do each of those better but for simplicity and ease of use Picasa is very useful. Mine is Picasa 2.7 Cheers, Alan, T2, Australia. d&e, metformin 1500mg, ezetrol 10mg Everything in Moderation - Except Laughter. -- http://loraldiabetes.blogspot.com Latest:Is Testing Worthwhile? and Cambodia http://loraltravel.blogspot.com/2008/03/cambodia.html >>Alan, what do you use Picasa for? It came installed on my new laptop >>but I have never used it. [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] >d&e, metformin 1500mg, ezetrol 10mg >Everything in Moderation - Except Laughter. Thanks, I'll take a look at it. I normally use ACD See to browse/cull my photos and Photoshop to do clean up. -- BettyB -- www.flamingo-code.com "I have noticed even people who claim everything is predestined, and that we can do nothing to change it, look before they cross the road." - Stephen Hawking >>>The Fuji F10 is a magic camera for an amateur >>>point-and-shooter like me, but getting light levels right [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] >difficult and I often use forced flash even in sunny >outdoors portrait shots. Yes bear in mind the meter defaults to assuming a scene is 18% grey (approximately East Asian skin tone) so anything predominantly darker or lighter will be poorly exposed. Though modern meters are more effective than that and may take the contrast of the scene into account by doing lots of readings all across the scene and running an A1c on the numbers, taking more account of the centre of the field, etc. >>Disaster has struck today, I discovered that I'm almost out of film >>and the website I usually order from has broken. :( I was >>photographing trees with my ultrawide today and having to take care I >>didn't get the sun in the picture at the top and my feet in the bottom >>simultaneously . . . The website was running again today <phew> I'd assumed that some drive by script kiddies were trying to crash as many sites as possible during the long weekend and that it wouldn't be fixed before tuesday. >I still have quite a good Vivitar film camera that I used on >my first trip. Not one of the quality you use, but good >enough for a point-and-shooter like myself. How did you get on taking the film through customs? >I had a disaster from the processing of the films from that >trip. I had CD's made as well as prints (cost a fortune, [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] >cloning/adjustment program (Micrografix Picture Publisher) >to correct many of them as best I could. <shudder> spotting out HAS to be the worst job in the world. I vacuum everything in sight then use a CO2 blower to clean the film before scanning it, and for older films I use a setting in the scanner driver that detects dust using IR and eliminates the specks (which takes a while) >Digital is just so easy for me and orders of magnitude >cheaper. I carry a 512mb card in the camera with a 256mb >back-up and the original 16mb for emergencies. Photography is the art of compromise. What I want is a 50 megapixel camera with (35mm equivalent) 12 - 500mm F2 zoom which folds up and goes in my pocket. What I'd settle for is a Horseman 5x4 and a troupe of porters to carry it and all its lenses. What I've got works for my circumstances. If I was travelling the world I'd probably get something much like yours. >>I still have quite a good Vivitar film camera that I used on >>my first trip. Not one of the quality you use, but good >>enough for a point-and-shooter like myself. > >How did you get on taking the film through customs? Customs was no problem. Security x-rays were. I mentioned elsewhere the fogging and graininess I had on films that went through multiple times. I only checked them once because I usually kept them in carry-on to minimise the chance of loss. Checking was worse - they use a high-power x-ray for checked bags in many airports these days. This time I made duplicate CD's as I filled each XD card, kept one and mailed one home. Cheers, Alan, T2, Australia. d&e, metformin 1500mg, ezetrol 10mg Everything in Moderation - Except Laughter. -- http://loraldiabetes.blogspot.com Latest:Is Testing Worthwhile? and Cambodia http://loraltravel.blogspot.com/2008/03/cambodia.html >>>I still have quite a good Vivitar film camera that I used on >>>my first trip. Not one of the quality you use, but good [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >elsewhere the fogging and graininess I had on films that >went through multiple times. Yes that was what I meant. I hadn't read that before I posted my question. >I only checked them once because I usually kept them in >carry-on to minimise the chance of loss. Checking was worse [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >This time I made duplicate CD's as I filled each XD card, >kept one and mailed one home. Yes that's the way to do it. I think if I go abroad again I'll go digital. Time was when Customs used to go through everyone's laptop looking for Kitty Pr0n. Do they not do that any more now they have Terrorists to look for? >>>>Alan, those are amazing shots. I didn't read closely enough -- I >>>>hope they are protected by copyright. Perhaps you should try to [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >>>Especially considering the tiny little camera he (and Nicky) had, >>>compared to my five kilo shoulder bag stuffed with kit (plus a tripod) > Big kit has two main adavntages, it's an order of magnitude more > controllable especially in difficult circumstances, and it produces > pictures which can be blown up to much larger sizes. Some of the high end compacts can produce images in good light (such as daylight) which are as sharp and can be blown up as large as that from amy DSLR (big digital single lens reflex camera). A few of the very best in good conditions can produce images which only the very best DSLRs can surpass in size, detail, and quality. SignatureChris Malcolm cam@infirmatics.ed.ac.uk DoD #205 IPAB, Informatics, JCMB, King's Buildings, Edinburgh, EH9 3JZ, UK [http://www.dai.ed.ac.uk/homes/cam/] >>>www.flickr.com - it is a yahoo thing so need a yahoo addy. Upload your pics >>>and decide whether you want them to be public or private. I keep mine [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] >hope they are protected by copyright. Perhaps you should try to >submit them for travel magazines. They truly are spectacular. Thank you. I like them - but I'm slightly biased:-) I've got 1200 others from this last trip; the family are waiting in fear and trepidation for the "slide night"... I'll use flickr for special one-offs, I think; I'll select 10-20 of the best or most relevant shots for each blog entry as I write them. Cheers, Alan, T2, Australia. d&e, metformin 1500mg, ezetrol 10mg Everything in Moderation - Except Laughter. -- http://loraldiabetes.blogspot.com Latest:Is Testing Worthwhile? and Cambodia http://loraltravel.blogspot.com/2008/03/cambodia.html >>>>www.flickr.com - it is a yahoo thing so need a yahoo addy. Upload your >>>>pics [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > I've got 1200 others from this last trip; the family are > waiting in fear and trepidation for the "slide night"... Our family was like that but for a different reason! My brother has at least one pic of every family member that they would kill to have destroyed! He shows them often, usually when a new boyfired/girlfriend etc comes into the fold :) >>www.flickr.com - it is a yahoo thing so need a yahoo addy. Upload your >>pics [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > Thanks. It worked: > http://www.flickr.com/photos/26250058@N06/ well done, good start :) On 5/2/08 6:15 PM, in article 681sooF2phpnkU1@mid.individual.net, "Ozgirl" <are_we_there_yet@maccas.com> wrote: > On May 2, 5:16 am, "Ozgirl" <are_we_there_...@maccas.com> wrote: >> "Lerp" <diabeticl...@gmail.com> wrote in message [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > Put your stuff on Flickr so I can see it :) I am an amateur too, I mostly > take family pics :) Oh, boy. Can I relate to you. I bought a Canon digital before I went on my holiday. I even managed to take a picture of my hand. I think (hope) I'm getting better. SignatureMartha T2 Canada 1500mg. Metformin, 4mg. Avandia > On 5/2/08 6:15 PM, in article 681sooF2phpnkU1@mid.individual.net, "Ozgirl" > <are_we_there_yet@maccas.com> wrote: [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > holiday. I even managed to take a picture of my hand. I think (hope) I'm > getting better. I have had a few hand/foot/sky pics :) > On 5/2/08 6:15 PM, in article 681sooF2phpn...@mid.individual.net, "Ozgirl" > [quoted text clipped - 32 lines] > > - Show quoted text - When I see the quality of photos some people take...I just want to take my camera and go home. "Lerp" <diabeticlerp@gmail.com> wrote in message news:d0031e09- When I see the quality of photos some people take...I just want to take my camera and go home. --------------- Some of my contacts do brilliant stuff, they even get approached for permission to use their photos commercially for a fee. I am really just looking at creating a history of my family. > "Lerp" <diabeticl...@gmail.com> wrote in message news:d0031e09- > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > permission to use their photos commercially for a fee. I am really just > looking at creating a history of my family. No matter what a person is wanting to do with photography, it is a lot of fun. Digital cameras are remarkable: instant feedback on your shot, prints are readily available of any shot, editing photos is as easy as 1-2-3. I considered selling my old Canon AE-1 with a nice zoom lens on Ebay: Going price - $25.00. I saw that and said "WHAT?" This is over $600 worth of stuff here! On May 3, 4:24 am, "Ozgirl" <are_we_there_...@maccas.com> wrote: > "Lerp" <diabeticl...@gmail.com> wrote in message news:d0031e09- > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > permission to use their photos commercially for a fee. I am really just > looking at creating a history of my family. No matter what a person is wanting to do with photography, it is a lot of fun. Digital cameras are remarkable: instant feedback on your shot, prints are readily available of any shot, editing photos is as easy as 1-2-3. I considered selling my old Canon AE-1 with a nice zoom lens on Ebay: Going price - $25.00. I saw that and said "WHAT?" This is over $600 worth of stuff here! ---- I'd rather give away than bother selling for $25. > On May 3, 4:24 am, "Ozgirl" <are_we_there_...@maccas.com> wrote: > [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > > I'd rather give away than bother selling for $25. Me too. That is why I never bothered selling it. A buddy of mine has a standing offer of $40.00 for it. At this point, since film is becoming obsolete, I may have a valuable collectors item in 10 years! >> "Lerp" <diabeticl...@gmail.com> wrote in message news:d0031e09- >> [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] >Going price - $25.00. I saw that and said "WHAT?" This is over $600 >worth of stuff here! Sad isn't it? My vintage Canon A1 and lenses were somewhat battered but I inherited an absolutely mint AE1 from my late father, with the classic 50mm f1.4 and some other bits. All now worth next to sod all. >>> "Lerp" <diabeticl...@gmail.com> wrote in message news:d0031e09- >>> [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] >but I inherited an absolutely mint AE1 from my late father, with the >classic 50mm f1.4 and some other bits. All now worth next to sod all. Trink, I have one of each. I couldn't give up my AE1, nor my manual rebel. There is something so personal about film, especially for those who relish the control factor of the old school camera (yes the new ones can go manual, but with all the bells and whistles, the siren song of autopilot is soooo inviting) and yes, the anticipation of getting the roll developed into print or slides. Like the car buff who still loves the greasing of the gears and the setting of the timing chain to make that monster engine roar how can that compare to the cars now that practically know when you blink. There is value in the mechanics of the old school camera. As much value as there is in knowing how to use a slide rule when the rest of the world is tapping into thier scientific calculators. Or even (as distressing as it is!) knowing how to read and write a proper equation as opposed to knowing which buttons to press to do Algebra two. My daughter was signed up for algebra II. We were told she needed a scientific calculator. Turned out we bought the wrong one. When we asked why it wasn't sufficient the answer from the instructor was: I don't know how to teach from that calculators manual. We withdrew her from the class. We were enrolling her to learn how to work the numbers -- not the calculcuator! (grrrr) On May 3, 7:42 pm, La...@notmy.com wrote: > On Sat, 03 May 2008 19:21:44 +0100, Trinkwasser > [quoted text clipped - 51 lines] > > - Show quoted text - Recently at a grocery store a high school student asked me as we walked through the checkout line if I was good at math. I replied..."I can do pretty good". Then she shocked me and asked me: "What is 16 + 16?" I almost laughed, but I know that todays kids use technology for math. I politely answered her, and then when I left the store I asked myself why the people in my city continue passing school levys. >Recently at a grocery store a high school student asked me as we >walked through the checkout line if I was good at math. I replied..."I >can do pretty good". Then she shocked me and asked me: "What is 16 + >16?" I almost laughed, but I know that todays kids use technology for >math. I politely answered her, and then when I left the store I asked >myself why the people in my city continue passing school levys. hahahaha you would also like my mother, sometimes she will ask the till girls questions like that Quite often they actually know the answer, which is good. Some of them are graduates. . . >>Recently at a grocery store a high school student asked me as we >>walked through the checkout line if I was good at math. I replied..."I [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] >Quite often they actually know the answer, which is good. Some of them >are graduates. . . It never ceases to startle me when check-out operators are confused when I assist with change. In Hawaii I paid a bill of $9.77, so I gave the cashier $10.02 and asked for a quarter change as I didn't want to add to the multitude of small coins in my pocket. She was totally confused and had to check a calculator to be sure I wasn't trying to cheat her. Cheers, Alan, T2, Australia. d&e, metformin 1500mg, ezetrol 10mg Everything in Moderation - Except Laughter. -- http://loraldiabetes.blogspot.com Latest:Is Testing Worthwhile? and Cambodia http://loraltravel.blogspot.com/2008/03/cambodia.html >>>> "Lerp" <diabeticl...@gmail.com> wrote in message news:d0031e09- >>>> [quoted text clipped - 31 lines] >make that monster engine roar how can that compare to the cars now >that practically know when you blink. Yes I know what you mean. I took a lot of persuading to use autofocus with my current EOS 33, I've gotten used to it now but sometimes it's nexessary to override it. Fortunately its workings are otherwise very similar to the A1 (sadly the shutter had begun to crap out and the lenses were somewhat battered so it was due for replacement anyway). New lenses *are* an order of magnitude better though IME, and the meter is somewhat more accurate so it's a good compromise between the old and the "it's supposed to be automatic but actually you have to press this button". I was talking to someone with a Canon 5D today, I'm almost persuaded that I might spring for its replacement when it comes out, image quality is now up around the same as film - until you see what someone does with a 5x4 camera . . . >There is value in the mechanics of the old school camera. As much >value as there is in knowing how to use a slide rule when the rest of [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] >We withdrew her from the class. We were enrolling her to learn how to >work the numbers -- not the calculcuator! (grrrr) You would like my mother. As an ex-teacher she was and still is very hot on knowing things and knowing how to do things for yourself. >> On May 1, 2:36 pm, "%" <pers...@gmail.com> wrote: >> [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] >from the refridgerator too. I think I can get my A1C even lower if I >keep trying to nail down my new hobby. I highly recommend http://www.photosig.com where you can look at pictures by others, read reviews suggestions to improve them. You can also post your own pictures, and folks will tell you how they are, and how to improve them. I'm lar3ry on there. As well, http://www.dpreview.com/forums/ has a lot of forums oriented toward different cameras, and the folks there will give you advice on using your particular camera as well as tips to improve your shots. SignatureLarry, T2, Saskatchewan, Canada. DX 24 Aug 07. D&E Metformin 2000mg, Ramipril, Simvastatin Dx A1c 8.1 : Latest 5.1 (4 Mar 08) > >> "Lerp" <diabeticl...@gmail.com> wrote in message > [quoted text clipped - 29 lines] > > - Show quoted text - I plan to sign up for both sites. Thanks for posting them, they are excellent. I am glad for the Web. 30 years ago, learning would be much harder and more expensive too. On May 3, 12:10 am, Oleg Lego <r...@atatatat.com> wrote: > On Fri, 2 May 2008 14:55:15 -0700 (PDT), Lerp posted: > [quoted text clipped - 32 lines] > > - Show quoted text - I plan to sign up for both sites. Thanks for posting them, they are excellent. I am glad for the Web. 30 years ago, learning would be much harder and more expensive too. ---------------------------------- 30 years ago today, the first spam was sent. > On May 3, 12:10 am, Oleg Lego <r...@atatatat.com> wrote: > [quoted text clipped - 44 lines] > > - Show quoted text - To think I used to like to eat spam... >On May 3, 12:10 am, Oleg Lego <r...@atatatat.com> wrote: >> On Fri, 2 May 2008 14:55:15 -0700 (PDT), Lerp posted: >> I highly recommendhttp://www.photosig.comwhere you can look at >> pictures by others, read reviews suggestions to improve them. You can [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] >excellent. I am glad for the Web. 30 years ago, learning would be much >harder and more expensive too. Let me add http://luminous-landscape.com/ One of my favourite sites for reviews http://www.photo-i.co.uk/ Plus of course a few gazillion others In fact you could easily spend more time reading about photography on the web than actually doing stuff >>> On May 1, 2:36 pm, "%" <pers...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] >>from the refridgerator too. I think I can get my A1C even lower if I >>keep trying to nail down my new hobby. > I highly recommend http://www.photosig.com where you can look at > pictures by others, read reviews suggestions to improve them. You can > also post your own pictures, and folks will tell you how they are, and > how to improve them. I'm lar3ry on there. > As well, http://www.dpreview.com/forums/ has a lot of forums oriented > toward different cameras, and the folks there will give you advice on > using your particular camera as well as tips to improve your shots. I find Flickr very good for that kind of things as well. I've met a few enthusiasts for my particular odd camera who've taught me a lot. I belong to some very educational groups concerned with specific kinds of photography I'm interested in. And last but certainly not least through Flickr I've made friends with a few dozen local photographers who sometimes meet for specifically photographically educational topics, sometimes just to roam around interesting places with our cameras, and sometimes just for a social meet. Quite apart from verbal criticism, it's very helpful being able to find other photographs of what you've just photographed, and work out why they're better :-) Flickr has a variety of ways of tagging photographs, including geotagging, which makes that very easy. It's also very good for my blood sugar levels and general fitness to spend hours walking around with a camera :-) http://www.flickr.com/photos/chris_malcolm/ SignatureChris Malcolm cam@infirmatics.ed.ac.uk DoD #205 IPAB, Informatics, JCMB, King's Buildings, Edinburgh, EH9 3JZ, UK [http://www.dai.ed.ac.uk/homes/cam/] On May 2, 5:16 am, "Ozgirl" <are_we_there_...@maccas.com> wrote: > "Lerp" <diabeticl...@gmail.com> wrote in message > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Where have you been? Thanks for asking. I just purchased a digital Canon camera, and I have been spending a great deal of time trying to grasp photography. Bottom line: I stink at it. I am learning though. It keeps me busy and away from the refridgerator too. I think I can get my A1C even lower if I keep trying to nail down my new hobby. -- There are a few newsgroups with names beginning with alt.binaries.pictures. that can offer help with that hobby and give you places to send your pictures. |
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