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General Category => Just for fun => Topic started by: Tyr66 on March 30, 2018, 09:35:56 AM
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If you want to share some good pics whatever the subject , this is the right place !
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Very cool idea!
I would also like to encourage you all to share pics that YOU took. (and no, selfies DON'T count!!!) I would love to see some!
Here's a pic I took during a thunder storm few years ago...that was bit too close so it burned through...but didn't need to change my underwear though...
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(http://img.over-blog-kiwi.com/0/82/53/64/20180301/ob_72b338_8g.jpg)
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Very cool idea!
I would also like to encourage you all to share pics that YOU took. (and no, selfies DON'T count!!!) I would love to see some!
Here's a pic I took during a thunder storm few years ago...that was bit too close so it burned through...but didn't need to change my underwear though...
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/820/27243534378_53cf65f7b8_z.jpg)
Beautiful and powerful in the same time ! good catch
Are you a photograph maniac , Charg' ?
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Beautiful and powerful in the same time ! good catch
Are you a photograph maniac , Charg' ?
Thanks...got lucky with that one...
No I'm not...but when there's thunder I'm out with my camera every time! Sadly thunder's are super rare around here.
The thing is I don't know how to use photoshop so that really limits my photographing as it seems that it's all about that nowadays...
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In my backyard: Hummingbird landing at the feeder.
(https://s20.postimg.cc/knp51nqx9/Winghaven_Wildlife_28.jpg) (https://postimg.org/image/p9l9a0cg9/)
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(https://s20.postimg.org/knp51nqx9/Winghaven_Wildlife_28.jpg) (https://postimg.org/image/p9l9a0cg9/)
Nice! Still about a month away from them showing up at my house (Along with the Orioles).
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Awesome shot!
We don't have humming birds around here...they are so cool.
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The Chickadee is the Massachusetts state bird.
(https://s20.postimg.cc/kxju5zbql/Winghaven_Wildlife_25.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
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Awesome shot!
We don't have humming birds around here...they are so cool.
same here . these incredible bird species are absent under our latitudes. Too bad.
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A few years ago, I came out of the house one morning and was surprised to see this guy lurking around my front steps. I picked him up with a garden rake and placed him in the woods, before taking the picture. He'll help control the mouse population.
(https://s20.postimg.cc/oy069ref1/Winghaven_Wildlife_14.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
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Cool ! a so majestic black creature !
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Ohh...snakes...I'm with Indy on those ones....
(http://45.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ljkrxiUUuo1qi9q4ko1_500.gif)
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I'll never forget the time I looked out my window and spotted this in the yard.
(https://s20.postimg.org/5re8yli4t/komodo.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
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April fool! There are no komodo dragons in North America.
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In the realm of snow. Russia.
(https://a.radikal.ru/a00/1804/26/67bf015c933a.jpg) (https://radikal.ru)
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Here's one I took on the streets of Shanghai... one of my favorites...
(http://zzzptm.com/images/night001.JPG)
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Happy fuckin' easter:
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Here's a drawing of mine...
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:wtf: seriously?!?!
That's bloody awesome!
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:wtf: seriously?!?!
That's bloody awesome!
I dabble. :)
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Here's a drawing of mine...
(http://zzzptm.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/nvbw600.jpg)
holy shit !! we have an artist among us :wootwoot:
bravo !
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Here's a drawing of mine...
(http://zzzptm.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/nvbw600.jpg)
That looks great Z!!! You have a lot of talent!!
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Awwww... OK, I'll post another:
(http://zzzptm.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/kelsie.jpg)
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Awwww...damn! This kind of thing really makes me wish I could draw...but alas no...even my stick figures are crooked. :(
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This much I know... if you really want to do something, you practice and fail and move from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm. I wanted to draw more than I wanted to play the electric guitar, which is why I don't play guitar... :)
Here's one I did of Blackmore:
(http://zzzptm.com/images/sm-blackmore.jpg)
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This Tufted Titmouse spotted me taking his picture and posed nicely.
(https://s20.postimg.cc/wmntu1xl9/Winghaven_Wildlife_27.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
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This much I know... if you really want to do something, you practice and fail and move from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm. I wanted to draw more than I wanted to play the electric guitar, which is why I don't play guitar... :)
Here's one I did of Blackmore:
(http://zzzptm.com/images/sm-blackmore.jpg)
wow ! fantastic job , zzz !!!
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This Tufted Titmouse spotted me taking his picture and posed nicely.
(https://s20.postimg.org/wmntu1xl9/Winghaven_Wildlife_27.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
I love it! Best way to take a picture of wildlife is to make sure that eye is in focus. Everything else follows from there.
My mom likes Chickens and once did a painting of a Zig-Zag guy back in the 60s that hung in my house. So I did this for her as an homage:
(http://zzzptm.com/images/chikin.jpg)
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Wild Doves hang around most of the day when it is warmer.
(https://s20.postimg.cc/m56ju3jz1/Winghaven_Wildlife_71.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
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It was very difficult to get this shot of a Cardinal, as they are the most skittish of birds.
(https://s20.postimg.cc/y4r8sdoql/The_Cardinal.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
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I love cardinals! I get a mating pair in my yard each spring because I have berry trees.
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It was very difficult to get this shot of a Cardinal, as they are the most skittish of birds.
(https://s20.postimg.org/y4r8sdoql/The_Cardinal.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
all those birds pics are just truly amazing ! bravo Typhon ;)
No magpies in the lens? I love this black and white creature. Very often in a couple and so exciting to watch.
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^^^^^^
Thank you for the kind words.
Magpies are in the western half of the U.S., I am in the Eastern half. All pics I took on my property.
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Each summer the Yellow Oriole makes his appearance.
(https://s20.postimg.cc/rkf9un3ot/Winghaven_Wildlife_205.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
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I've got two magpies jumping around in my yard all the time...they are building a nest somewhere near by...
I might try and take a pic of them the next time I see 'em.
Love seeing pics of these exotic birds....
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This is from a photo I took. I was going to take a picture of a friend, the guy on the left, but just as I snapped it, the lady on the left decided it was time to give him a kiss.
Photography can be like gambling. Sometimes, you hit the jackpot.
(http://zzzptm.com/images/kiss.jpg)
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A Playground in Russia.
(https://a.radikal.ru/a21/1804/87/97c97c056d0f.jpg) (https://radikal.ru)
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Wild Turkeys often pass by looking for insects and grubs.
(https://s20.postimg.cc/nzjebfmal/Winghaven_Wildlife_145.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
This male began to strut around trying to attract a mate.
(https://s20.postimg.cc/4i5a9afil/Winghaven_Wildlife_247.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
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Here's a brown Hawk over looking the property.
(https://s20.postimg.cc/9vvsrsyjx/Winghaven_Wildlife_5.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
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An old friend who passed on, but not before he had me make a drawing of his favorite picture...
(http://zzzptm.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/jrh1.jpg)
That's him and his wife, I was able to finish it a few months before she passed away because of cancer. He passed on about 2 years later, after he was able to check off a few bucket list items, including a road trip across Texas and a balloon flight in Albuquerque. I got to ride with him on both of those, great memories of both.
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Here's another species of Hawk I spotted in the treetops. Look like a big male.
(https://s20.postimg.cc/4x8ada2gt/Winghaven_Wildlife_8.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
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Rarely see a Hawk on the ground. I got lucky here.
(https://s20.postimg.cc/8pjj4l6bh/Winghaven_Wildlife_113.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
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Rarely see a Hawk on the ground. I got lucky here.
(https://s20.postimg.cc/8pjj4l6bh/Winghaven_Wildlife_113.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
You were ready for that one, that's for sure!
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Usually only seen gliding high in the sky, I was fortunate to obtain this shot of a Turkey Vulture.
(https://s20.postimg.cc/sbg9pbupp/Winghaven_Wildlife_251.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
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A different sort of picture with birds... I took this in Chapultepec Park, Mexico City.
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A different sort of picture with birds... I took this in Chapultepec Park, Mexico City.
(http://zzzptm.com/images/IMG_9454.JPG)
...and squirrels.
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And squirrels, yes.
This is a picture of the national eagle of Mexico, which is in an exhibit over an original copy of their 1917 Constitution:
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Look closely at the eagle's wings and you'll see people's faces in them. I love this work.
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The Towhee is strictly a ground feeder.
(https://s20.postimg.cc/e50iu3za5/Winghaven_Wildlife_274.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
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My son and the world's largest Rubik's cube. :)
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^^^ Did he solve it? :P
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Yes. And here is his prize:
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It was hell getting that through US Customs...
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It was hell getting that through US Customs...
Yeah, not exactly the easiest object to smuggle in body cavities either... :rofl:
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When I saw this Black Widow Spider near the house, I placed him in the woods using a long stick.
(https://s20.postimg.cc/n1be98p7h/Winghaven_Wildlife_234.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
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Usually out only at night, I was lucky to get this shot of a Great Horned Owl.
(https://s20.postimg.cc/xo57ena7h/Winghaven_Wildlife_214.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
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^^^ wonderful creature !
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Another lucky shot of a typical night dweller. This bushy tailed Fox.
(https://s20.postimg.cc/yjxjzsw19/Winghaven_Wildlife_248.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
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(http://zzzptm.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/06_duckies_2.jpg)
This was near my home, but the view I had felt very Zen when I took this shot.
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I often see deer pass through for a little grazing time.
(https://s20.postimg.cc/yl7hsxnhp/Winghaven_Wildlife_57.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
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Once in a while a peaceful Turtle shows up.
(https://s20.postimg.cc/m6kpssj6l/Winghaven_Wildlife_104.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
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(http://zzzptm.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/Dad_Night.jpg)
Time exposure of me and the traffic near my house. Twilight and night are great times for long exposures.
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I have some photos to post, but need to dig them out first. In the meantime, here's a link to some great pictures, with associated story, about an osprey that caught a shark that was eating a fish:
http://www.kctv5.com/story/38072403/photos-bird-photographed-carrying-a-shark-that-is-carrying-a-fish (http://www.kctv5.com/story/38072403/photos-bird-photographed-carrying-a-shark-that-is-carrying-a-fish)
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That is pretty cool... one in a million shot, there.
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Indeed....a very cool shot!
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One more playground from Russia:
(https://d.radikal.ru/d26/1805/0f/39730941921a.jpg) (https://radikal.ru)
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Hoping this shows up OK, linking it from Facebook...
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Interior of The Church on the Spilled Blood, St. Petersburg
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Found this big boy while working on the flower bed....I think even Bear Grylls would be happy to see this....
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Came across this photo of my guitars I took about 8 years ago. Can't remember if I ever posted it at the other place...
Anyhow from L to R
Epiphone Explorer, ESP JH600(Jeff Hanneman Signature model), Epiphone Les Paul,
76 Ibanez Flying V(My first guitar) and ESP Grey Truckster(James Hetfield Signature model personally,signed by Metallica in 2010
(http://i1192.photobucket.com/albums/aa333/DAMAGEDsINCe85/1a19ed39-4dec-41ac-8c36-0e3e1e4c35d1_zpshaxkqrew.jpg~original)
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^^^ Do you still own all those guitars 8 years later?
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/948/28164442878_3740628bdf_z.jpg)
Wow, look at the size of that bugger!
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Came across this photo of my guitars I took about 8 years ago. Can't remember if I ever posted it at the other place...
Anyhow from L to R
Epiphone Explorer, ESP JH600(Jeff Hanneman Signature model), Epiphone Les Paul,
76 Ibanez Flying V(My first guitar) and ESP Grey Truckster(James Hetfield Signature model personally,signed by Metallica in 2010
(http://i1192.photobucket.com/albums/aa333/DAMAGEDsINCe85/1a19ed39-4dec-41ac-8c36-0e3e1e4c35d1_zpshaxkqrew.jpg~original)
:rockon: awesome collection Jack!!
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Well there's a small fortune on that bed Jack! Very cool guitars!
I almost wanted to bite into that worm just to see if it would explode like the one Bear ate but decided against it though...
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Thanks Thel & Charg!
Here's some other photos I dug up from the year 1986 of me posing in my bedroom with my serious head on lol with my first love, a 76 Ibanez Flying V
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(http://i1192.photobucket.com/albums/aa333/DAMAGEDsINCe85/a5f420aa-dcdf-4d3a-aeae-e214cbf95472_zpsi2weopac.jpg~original)
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Can you get more 80's bedroom guitar hero than that? :rockon: :guitar: :metal1:
I knew there's alot of guitarists among us, but damn, it seems like more or less everybody play. Do you do anything actively at the moment?
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Can you get more 80's bedroom guitar hero than that? :rockon: :guitar: :metal1:
I knew there's alot of guitarists among us, but damn, it seems like more or less everybody play. Do you do anything actively at the moment?
I don't actively play anymore Billy. I no longer have the inspiration. I did start playing again about 3-4 years ago for a little while when I was jamming with my son who's a drummer but it just hasn't been happening the last few years. The amp I had in the 80's and still have in storage was a Laney AOR100 ProTube lead head with a 4x12 Cab...It hasn't been fired up in well over 20 years.
Ha I still have all those posters as well put away with pile of others. You can't see it in the photos but there was two other adjoining walls that were plastered in posters too...
:drummer: :headbanger: :guitar:
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The amp I had in the 80's and still have in storage was a Laney AOR100 ProTube lead head with a 4x12 Cab...It hasn't been fired up in well over 20 years.
I think he deserves to come out for some fresh air again. Clear his throat a bit. :)
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Chicago , Art exhibit lined with replicas of AR-15 rifles.
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That Metro Gun Share Program art is awesome. The guy in the white shirt's expression is too. I can't tell if he's thinking "man, I wish that was real" or if he's thinking "man, I just pissed myself at the sight of all those scary black rifles".
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That Metro Gun Share Program art is awesome. The guy in the white shirt's expression is too. I can't tell if he's thinking "man, I wish that was real" or if he's thinking "man, I just pissed myself at the sight of all those scary black rifles".
same here ! :D
according to my first feeling, I tend to your choose your first proposition !
(http://31.media.tumblr.com/230f825bae4486cae46845ff9c015336/tumblr_nszi6fqkz91rp0vkjo1_500.gif) :twitch:
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He's got more the look of "This better not be real."
For a view of the real...
(http://www.trbimg.com/img-59d1dbcd/turbine/ct-las-vegas-shooting-20171001)
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^^^^ Bad scene man. :cry:
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We don't have to dwell on it, though.
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^^^^ That's better. ;D
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This little man will be joining our family in just over 2 weeks. He's a standard Groodle or Goldendoodle as they're known as in the US. We will also be getting a German Shepherd pup in about 8 weeks. You guys got any cool names?
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You guys got any cool names?
Ozzy and Iommi or Geezer... :)
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You guys got any cool names?
Ozzy and Iommi or Geezer... :)
I already put those up along with Lemmy and they were instantly ruled out by my daughter.
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You guys got any cool names?
Ozzy and Iommi or Geezer... :)
I already put those up along with Lemmy and they were instantly ruled out by my daughter.
Damn kids... :P
Find a cartoon or childrens show character she likes and incorperate one of the names into that. Like Lemmy the Pooh, f.ex ;D
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You guys got any cool names?
Ozzy and Iommi or Geezer... :)
I already put those up along with Lemmy and they were instantly ruled out by my daughter.
Damn kids... :P
Find a cartoon or childrens show character she likes and incorperate one of the names into that. Like Lemmy the Pooh, f.ex ;D
Thats a good one. How about Mutley Crue? ;D
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You guys got any cool names?
Ozzy and Iommi or Geezer... :)
I already put those up along with Lemmy and they were instantly ruled out by my daughter.
Damn kids... :P
Find a cartoon or childrens show character she likes and incorperate one of the names into that. Like Lemmy the Pooh, f.ex ;D
Thats a good one. How about Mutley Crue? ;D
That's actually damn cute :D O:-)
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You guys got any cool names?
so cute !
No restrictions in Australia? here the name of the dog must at least begin with an identical letter for all registered during the same year.
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Storm and Thunder over Paris last week
(http://cdn3-europe1.new2.ladmedia.fr/var/europe1/storage/images/europe1/international/la-france-sous-les-orages-le-mois-de-mai-a-ete-record-pour-les-impacts-de-foudre-3670487/48534773-1-fre-FR/La-France-sous-les-orages-le-mois-de-mai-a-ete-record-pour-les-impacts-de-foudre.jpg)
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You guys got any cool names?
so cute !
No restrictions in Australia? here the name of the dog must at least begin with an identical letter for all registered during the same year.
No restrictions on names here. So you have to name a dog beginning with a letter that's allocated for that particular year? I don't get it?
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You guys got any cool names?
so cute !
No restrictions in Australia? here the name of the dog must at least begin with an identical letter for all registered during the same year.
No restrictions on names here. So you have to name a dog beginning with a letter that's allocated for that particular year? I don't get it?
This year , the letter is O . So you could name your dog Ozzy, Okapi , Orbit, Octave , Oscar, Ocean , etc ...
next year will run with P.
and so on. It seems there are some tolerances for the letters W, X, Y, and Z.
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You guys got any cool names?
so cute !
No restrictions in Australia? here the name of the dog must at least begin with an identical letter for all registered during the same year.
No restrictions on names here. So you have to name a dog beginning with a letter that's allocated for that particular year? I don't get it?
This year , the letter is O . So you could name your dog Ozzy, Okapi , Orbit, Octave , Oscar, Ocean , Ola etc...
See what I did there Billy? :D
I find that quite odd TYR. Is it some sort of tradition? Or is there some other reason behind it?
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here the name of the dog must at least begin with an identical letter for all registered during the same year.
That seems kinda... nazi...
Ola's a good name, though :)) It's also Slash's mother.
See what I did there Billy? :D
I don't get it... :P
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You guys got any cool names?
so cute !
No restrictions in Australia? here the name of the dog must at least begin with an identical letter for all registered during the same year.
No restrictions on names here. So you have to name a dog beginning with a letter that's allocated for that particular year? I don't get it?
This year , the letter is O . So you could name your dog Ozzy, Okapi , Orbit, Octave , Oscar, Ocean , Ola etc...
See what I did there Billy? :D
I find that quite odd TYR. Is it some sort of tradition? Or is there some other reason behind it?
after some research, here are some details. Only dogs with pedigree (purebred) should be concerned:
The rule, put in place with the "A" in 1926, aims to bring order to the canine civil registry previously organized anarchically.
from the beginning, the letter Z was excluded because it reduced to twenty names the possibilities offered by the alphabet. For the same reasons, the letters K, Q, W, X and Y were also rejected.
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Back to dog names...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_individual_dogs
If the name makes the animal, then go with a good one from here. I like Belka and Strelka, myself, because I enjoy the history of the space race.
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I already put those up along with Lemmy and they were instantly ruled out by my daughter.
I'd bet if you were to suggest Prince, she'd like that. I used to have a Golden Retriever my sisters named Prince, when I was kid.
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How about Fleebus ? :whistling:
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Jawsie the Gutsripper and Chewie the Fleshmutilator... :)
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Last year, I had saved a young magpie who had fallen in my chimney. I 'll never forget that.
I don't know if this has a link but for several weeks, 4 to 5 Magpies come every night to nest in a small tree in my garden, right in front of my door. It's the first year I've been watching them so closely. I like that 8) but not my dog who knows now that they are there once the sun is down. Black and white birds don't seem to be very embarrassed by my Jack Russel. Can't take pictures because if I approach little too much, they flee in a big oak a little further and then come back ....
cool .
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Storm and Thunder over Paris last week
(http://cdn3-europe1.new2.ladmedia.fr/var/europe1/storage/images/europe1/international/la-france-sous-les-orages-le-mois-de-mai-a-ete-record-pour-les-impacts-de-foudre-3670487/48534773-1-fre-FR/La-France-sous-les-orages-le-mois-de-mai-a-ete-record-pour-les-impacts-de-foudre.jpg)
Is tour d'Eiffel on the picture burning? Tell me more!
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Just got these tonight. A fox and a deer in the yard together.
(https://s20.postimg.cc/pn2xm7a0d/006.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
They actually played a bit of cat and mouse with each other.
(https://s20.postimg.cc/xskzkd5z1/007.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
Sorry about the blurry ones. Trying to remain undetected from my second floor window.
(https://s20.postimg.cc/uyhu6xj8d/009.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
Incredible!
(https://s20.postimg.cc/y5cdqkbe5/010.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
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Bump.
(http://zzzptm.com/images/dnm12.jpg)
And those deer pictures... wow, that must have been such a rush being able to capture those moments!
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Oh deer! How did I miss those!
Great shots!
Deer usually move around or after dark here so getting pics of them is nearly impossible.
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(http://zzzptm.com/images/wander1.jpg)
Trust me, you want a highly-rated toilet when you're in China. The five-star toilet in Shanghai was one of the best places I've ever urinated.
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Looks to me like it is 4 star.
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Looks to me like it is 4 star.
Correct. It's a 4-star job in Beijing's Forbidden City. I've got a pic of the 5-star sign, but I don't think I have it online anywhere.
Here's an ad campaign I developed independently for Canon, but they never took me up on it...
(http://zzzptm.com/images/canon.jpg)
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^^^^^^
Looks to me like it is 4 star.
Correct. It's a 4-star job in Beijing's Forbidden City. I've got a pic of the 5-star sign, but I don't think I have it online anywhere.
Did they massage your shoulders while you pissed. Happened to my brother in China. They had restroom attendants that made it part of the experience. A little unnerving if you ask me.
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^^^^^^
Looks to me like it is 4 star.
Correct. It's a 4-star job in Beijing's Forbidden City. I've got a pic of the 5-star sign, but I don't think I have it online anywhere.
Did they massage your shoulders while you pissed. Happened to my brother in China. They had restroom attendants that made it part of the experience. A little unnerving if you ask me.
No touchy stuff in either restroom. Thank goodness.
Now for a pic from my Civil War battlefields trip:
(http://zzzptm.com/images/p-burg001.jpg)
World War One was invented in the USA in the year 1865. There are trenches and dugouts behind those stakes.
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Oh deer! How did I miss those!
Great shots!
Deer usually move around or after dark here so getting pics of them is nearly impossible.
I spot deer in the yard a couple of times a week. Here is a mother with a fawn.
(https://s20.postimg.cc/y9looyjnh/Winghaven_Wildlife_238.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
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Oh deer! How did I miss those!
Great shots!
Deer usually move around or after dark here so getting pics of them is nearly impossible.
I spot deer in the yard a couple of times a week. Here is a mother with a fawn.
That is very cool indeed! Do you feed them especially?
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Oh deer! How did I miss those!
Great shots!
Deer usually move around or after dark here so getting pics of them is nearly impossible.
I spot deer in the yard a couple of times a week. Here is a mother with a fawn.
That is very cool indeed! Do you feed them especially?
No, we are not suppose to. My yard is not a lawn, but a variety of moss and weeds, so deer and other animals munch on their favorites. This groundhog usually passes by at dinnertime.
(https://s20.postimg.cc/mjheiec9p/Winghaven_Wildlife_185.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
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Great pics Typhon.
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No, we are not suppose to. My yard is not a lawn, but a variety of moss and weeds, so deer and other animals munch on their favorites. This groundhog usually passes by at dinnertime.
(https://s20.postimg.cc/mjheiec9p/Winghaven_Wildlife_185.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
Yeah, we don't want our yards to be explicit feeding stations, but if there's opportunity for wildlife to grouse about, so be it. I get tons of birds in my yard, but I'm too urban to get wildlife during the day.
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These plants only produce some flowers once a year near the end of August. But this year I hardly saw any and didn't know why. Well, this morning I saw why. Please see the second picture.
(https://s20.postimg.cc/q2qit3dfx/Winghaven_Wildlife_127.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
A deer mother and 2 fawns are eating all of my flower buds! >:( Now I will have to make sure I keep spraying these plants with deer repellent every August. What a pain. :squint:
(https://s20.postimg.cc/9ez0qkvj1/002.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
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I would like to make this amphibian week. We will start off with a toad.
(https://i.postimg.cc/4NgZtW5j/Winghaven_Wildlife_45.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
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Another toad from a different race, I guess. :)
(https://i.postimg.cc/2SHfsrDf/Winghaven_Wildlife_51.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
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I don't have a lot of amphibian pictures... so I'll have to hunt them down from the Interwebs...
One of my faves, the axolotl!
(https://thumbs-prod.si-cdn.com/2CIoBD_aLmNAIk-_nw9AYl93AEI=/800x600/filters:no_upscale()/https://public-media.smithsonianmag.com/filer/0e/7a/0e7a1cb2-9585-48d6-aae3-6785498943f2/b8c6tt.jpg)
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I would like to make this amphibian week. We will start off with a toad.
(https://i.postimg.cc/4NgZtW5j/Winghaven_Wildlife_45.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
During a november evening last year , my dog found a toad in the garden and wanted to catch him with his mouth. Very bad idea! during the 30 minutes that followed my dog started shaking and drooling. I Called the vet and she told us that the next 20 minutes would be decisive: My Jack Russel could either die or survive. Thank god we had the good idea to put Lucky in the shower and rinsed his mouth with water in high doses.
The toad is toxic to dogs. Since then, I have already removed 2 amphibians from my garden and released them in a nearby wood.
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I would like to make this amphibian week. We will start off with a toad.
(https://i.postimg.cc/4NgZtW5j/Winghaven_Wildlife_45.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
During a november evening last year , my dog found a toad in the garden and wanted to catch him with his mouth. Very bad idea! during the 30 minutes that followed my dog started shaking and drooling. I Called the vet and she told us that the next 20 minutes would be decisive: My Jack Russel could either die or survive. Thank god we had the good idea to put Lucky in the shower and rinsed his mouth with water in high doses.
The toad is toxic to dogs. Since then, I have already removed 2 amphibians from my garden and released them in a nearby wood.
Don't want to see your dog come to harm, but, it is beneficial to have toads in your garden. All they do for a living is eat insects. :)
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Around 12 years ago I was working on the siding of my house. One day I spotted this little frog on the bar of my scaffolding. Never figured out how he got up there.
(https://i.postimg.cc/hv9XshNn/Winghaven_Wildlife_134.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
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These pics are great Ty :yes: very cool!!!
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Agreed! Always liked frogs and toads...
A very funny thing happened few years ago... There was a semi tame fox that lived in the neighbourhood and he quite often came to see me when I was walking outside late at night (like I always do) and it had rained and on the road there was a dead toad which was partly run over by a car and the fox smelled it for a while and then licked it and the reaction was priceless.
It looked something like this only much funnier:
(https://media.giphy.com/media/ZTopsEZuLqGvS/giphy.gif)
The toads around here are slightly poisonous but nothing that would actually hurt...most likely they just taste vile.
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This little guy makes good use of an unused drain pipe.
(https://i.postimg.cc/kgmmk9CT/Winghaven_Wildlife_173.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
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One day I moved a slab of stone revealing a salamander.
(https://i.postimg.cc/dVJRBNfX/Winghaven_Wildlife_36.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
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(https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQUKIgW-8QdL_7g_LDY0WKpMXzvyljlhW44sTtwDURDYE1gQG55)
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The less seen brown colored frog.
(https://i.postimg.cc/jSvHkQ0j/Winghaven_Wildlife_91.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
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Finishing off amphibian week with a gastropod, the slug.
(https://i.postimg.cc/Cxsg0tLS/Winghaven_Wildlife_195.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
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Charger , if you see this ...
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-EWTvuEueNz4/VMvCKzDt6VI/AAAAAAAAKho/h6wcBAQ5w30/s1600/Loup%2Bagneau.png)
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Nice time at the Renaissance Faire yesterday. Here is a couple of shots of a performance you guys might have liked.
(https://i.postimg.cc/brZ2S8dd/King_Richard_s_Faire_-_2018_011.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
(https://i.postimg.cc/zXRgJJ9c/King_Richard_s_Faire_-_2018_012.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
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So we got another 3 inches of snow today...
Things are starting to look snowy around here
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4899/45873702975_fc6dc65e45_z.jpg)
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4854/46788845571_8504e63a6a_z.jpg)
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fantastic optical illusion , Le Louvre pyramid , Paris .
(https://static.jeanmarcmorandini.com/sites/jeanmarcmorandini.com/files/styles/image_680_294/public/louvre_jr_2_0.jpg)
(https://i.f1g.fr/media/eidos/805x453_crop/2019/03/29/XVMcc33929a-524a-11e9-b12d-6a6a8db6ec26.jpg)
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Wow! That is AWESOME!
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WAS really awesome. Apparently animals - er - tourists destroyed it:
https://nypost.com/2019/04/02/tourists-destroy-massive-louvre-installation-within-hours/ (https://nypost.com/2019/04/02/tourists-destroy-massive-louvre-installation-within-hours/)
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(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/6f/b7/21/6fb721bfeed9b31288e40688266af384.jpg)
(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/f0/b5/71/f0b571128cbef451a6f390dd98f0a39b.jpg)
Incredible place for a football stadium !
Lofoten Islands ,Norway.
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^^^^^^
Did you Photoshop that? You do know April Fool's Day was yesterday.
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Did you Photoshop that? You do know April Fool's Day was yesterday.
ah! ah! absolutely not ! fantastic place , isn't it ?!
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Guernsey Island: Victor Hugo's house is reopened to the public after months of restoration work.
scary and suffocating!
(https://media.ouest-france.fr/v1/pictures/a8b5d646f97edd5a2ef5731c0ce54041-renovee-l-incroyable-maison-de-victor-hugo-guernesey-rouvre-ses-portes_7.jpg?width=940&height=0&fill=0&focuspoint=50%2C38&cropresize=1&client_id=cmsfront&sign=09414ea836d3a2f082240982e7e1ae841b551bf81789c6926c41a6e36b7e1dd2)
(https://media.ouest-france.fr/v1/pictures/98220c98cf9c77ee9ef5e8aac30473f3-renovee-l-incroyable-maison-de-victor-hugo-guernesey-rouvre-ses-portes_2.jpg?width=940&height=0&fill=0&focuspoint=46%2C48&cropresize=1&client_id=cmsfront&sign=aa934efb9b78acbd206b4331ad4e2b0c99cd097bf442a3cd97828f7044aa2ada)
others pics here :
https://www.ouest-france.fr/culture/patrimoine/renovee-l-incroyable-maison-de-victor-hugo-guernesey-rouvre-ses-portes-6298539
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Sheesh... I knew Hugo was an oddball but wow!
That place is super cool and super creepy at the same time!
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^^ true !
The dreamed place for a deserved break after visiting the museum of the creator the mythical creature Alien, Hans-Rudi Giger, the creator of the Spooky Biomechanics. HR Giger Museum , Gruyères Switzerland.
so disturbing!
(https://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/amazing-restaurant-bar-interior-design-fb__700.jpg)
(https://historias.pontosmultiplus.com.br/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/giger-bar.jpg)
(http://cursedpoet.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Chur_bar_41.jpg)
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Le Tour de France
(https://cdn-media.rtl.fr/online/image/2019/0712/7798026785_des-spectateurs-du-tour-de-france-les-pieds-dans-l-eau.jpg)
sunshine , bbq,beers , pool , swimsuit , camaraderie , c'est ça la France !
This fantastic pic is doing a great buzz here ! LMFAO :pub:
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Oh looks like a Finn has made it to France! :D
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^^^^^^
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:)) Good one, Tyr66.
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Le Tour de France
(https://cdn-media.rtl.fr/online/image/2019/0712/7798026785_des-spectateurs-du-tour-de-france-les-pieds-dans-l-eau.jpg)
sunshine , bbq,beers , pool , swimsuit , camaraderie , c'est ça la France !
This fantastic pic is doing a great buzz here ! LMFAO :pub:
Happy Bastile Day Tyr66, Viva La Françe!
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Le Tour de France
(https://cdn-media.rtl.fr/online/image/2019/0712/7798026785_des-spectateurs-du-tour-de-france-les-pieds-dans-l-eau.jpg)
sunshine , bbq,beers , pool , swimsuit , camaraderie , c'est ça la France !
This fantastic pic is doing a great buzz here ! LMFAO :pub:
Happy Bastile Day Tyr66, Viva La Françe!
Thanx Elves ! 8)
ahhh .... this golden era when the Widow (Guillotine) worked so well .
(http://lepeuple.be/wp-content/uploads/Miniature-Hinrichtung-Ludwig-des-XVI-png-Wikimedia-Commons.png)
Nowadays, she could have so much to do ... :'(
a good start with our minister of ecology who has just been denounced by a newspaper that has published photos of gargantuan meals including giant lobsters and fine wines that he organized with his wife to receive friends. Everything was paid by the French people without our knowledge. :redcard:
(https://static.jeanmarcmorandini.com/sites/jeanmarcmorandini.com/files/styles/image_750_324/public/diner_derugy_0.jpg)
look at this smile ! now he cries in front of tv cameras but without any mea culpa . Too bad for him .Much hate against this clown now, he would need to be shortened by his head. :partay:
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Le Tour de France
(https://cdn-media.rtl.fr/online/image/2019/0712/7798026785_des-spectateurs-du-tour-de-france-les-pieds-dans-l-eau.jpg)
sunshine , bbq,beers , pool , swimsuit , camaraderie , c'est ça la France !
This fantastic pic is doing a great buzz here ! LMFAO :pub:
Happy Bastile Day Tyr66, Viva La Françe!
Thanx Elves ! 8)
ahhh .... this golden era when the Widow (Guillotine) worked so well .
(http://lepeuple.be/wp-content/uploads/Miniature-Hinrichtung-Ludwig-des-XVI-png-Wikimedia-Commons.png)
Nowadays, she could have so much to do ... :'(
a good start with our minister of ecology who has just been denounced by a newspaper that has published photos of gargantuan meals including giant lobsters and fine wines that he organized with his wife to receive friends. Everything was paid by the French people without our knowledge. :redcard:
(https://static.jeanmarcmorandini.com/sites/jeanmarcmorandini.com/files/styles/image_750_324/public/diner_derugy_0.jpg)
look at this smile ! now he cries in front of tv cameras but without any mea culpa . Too bad for him .Much hate against this clown now, he would need to be shortened by his head. :partay:
Cheers :beerbang: my friend.
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Zzz's new favourite store?
(https://i.redd.it/7b5bos3kp2j41.jpg)
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I need that address, please.
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Look at this amazing vinyl collection !
(http://img.over-blog-kiwi.com/0/82/53/64/20200522/ob_fe9b51_fbtumblr-pnhegav4lr1us5sq1-640.jpg#width=551&height=960)
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I appreciate that she keeps her records in protective sleeves; it's obvious she cares about her music.
Good lord.
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That IS a cool collection! I could watch it for a lengthy time actually.
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Huh? What record collection... ah! crap, I'm going to have to clean the screen now!
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I think we might have to think about renaming the community as the Dirty Old Men Community...
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If I'm not mistaken, I think she's reaching for Carcass's Necroticism – Descanting the Insalubrious.
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(https://images.rtl.fr/~r/880v587/rtl/www/1393684-la-photo-prise-par-le-photographe-david-morris-montre-un-bateau-semblant-flotter-au-dessus-de-l-eau-il-s-agit-en-realite-d-une-illusion-d-optique-tres-rare.jpg)
Falmouth coastline - England - a boat appears to be floating over the English Channel. It is actually an optical illusion, caused by a "superior mirage". Fantastic pic.
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I heard about that yesterday, this is the first picture I've seen of it though. But even after I've googled an explanation of it I still can't really get my head around it! Why is none of the sea surrounding the tanker not also in the image? That's what gets me!
But isn't nature awesome
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It's actually the sky reflecting from the sea. More of an optical illusion than an actual mirage.
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I'm sorry, but all I can see is that gal's vinyl collection.
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(https://images.rtl.fr/~r/880v587/rtl/www/1393684-la-photo-prise-par-le-photographe-david-morris-montre-un-bateau-semblant-flotter-au-dessus-de-l-eau-il-s-agit-en-realite-d-une-illusion-d-optique-tres-rare.jpg)
Falmouth coastline - England - a boat appears to be floating over the English Channel. It is actually an optical illusion, caused by a "superior mirage". Fantastic pic.
When this happens in my games, it's time to patch the code! :D
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love the mood of those digital drawings :
(https://img.over-blog-kiwi.com/0/82/53/64/20171130/ob_b40043_tumblr-p055elrifr1t9x55so1-1280.jpg)
(https://img.over-blog-kiwi.com/0/82/53/64/20171130/ob_326d12_tumblr-p055elrifr1t9x55so4-1280.jpg)
(https://img.over-blog-kiwi.com/0/82/53/64/20171130/ob_dd338b_tumblr-p055elrifr1t9x55so5-1280.jpg)
https://www.artstation.com/ozto (https://www.artstation.com/ozto)
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I discovered Daniele Valeriani's work a year ago. A talented artist :
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xn6ZICfBZGs/WX7VJlJacDI/AAAAAAAAWuw/IcAYd3S4KaU1ztngiGp70gAhq5tpPeYaQCLcBGAs/s1600/Daniele%2BValeriani7.jpg)
(https://64.media.tumblr.com/55d4beaa536a804fd4b80758f7120b91/f98ab5b378874365-b7/s1280x1920/ef7afa2efe20df13aca46f7b660c2d60a0c2fb98.jpg)
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Revisiting this morning a book published in 1982 by a French Rock magazine which made an inventory of the Hard Rock of the time. I wanted to share these two pages with you, those photos are so representative of what these two legendary bands were.
(https://zupimages.net/up/21/20/clet.jpg)
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^ Great shares, Tyr.
And I had an "encyclopedia of rock" from 1983 that focused on the 70s predominantly and tried to predict which bands that were hot then would carry on as major influences for the rest of the decade. It was so easy to agree 100% with them in the weeks and months after it was written, but within a year, the hype for a bunch of their predictions was already down the tubes.
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The worlds highest Ferris wheel has just been opened in Dubai. 820ft (250m) high....
(https://image.cnbcfm.com/api/v1/image/106941185-1631590348548-AinDXB-Sunset3.jpg?v=1631602007&w=720&h=405)
And a ride in it costs only 130 dirhams which is about 35$ (or 30€)! Pretty cheap I'd say...and the ride last over 30 minutes! Not sure I'd have the nerve to go though...
(https://i.ytimg.com/vi/2y8LqIz8zc0/maxresdefault.jpg)
Makes those 20 story hotels looks pretty small in the background...
(https://mmo.aiircdn.com/265/612504e432f0f.jpg)
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I've been on the Prater in Vienna, it's good fun. I'd give the Dubai wheel a go.
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Grill Pigs:
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51868885427_1a27224058_n.jpg)
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Grill Pigs:
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51868885427_1a27224058_n.jpg)
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I saw this on Facebook and I have to say this guy Beto Ferris shows some great talent.
Usually I don't really care about fan art but this one is really really good and I have to honestly say it is better than the original art which is bit too cartoonish for my liking.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53158519142_7e32126f7b.jpg)
This captures the essence of the original art but with subtle yet important changes...
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That is actually pretty good - an I agree with you that the original has a cartoonish feel to it; a cartoon cover for cartoon music? Maybe a cover with a dash of seriousness to it would have better highlighted some of the serious topics in the songs they released. Or not :) Regardless, that is some fine fan art!
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Yep that artwork is terrific. Tony needs to see this and consider it for the new remix. Remix the the music and remix the artwork. Not sure how that would work with copyright and the original artist though.
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Yep that artwork is terrific. Tony needs to see this and consider it for the new remix. Remix the the music and remix the artwork. Not sure how that would work with copyright and the original artist though.
Tony Martin already sent this up the ladder! But yeah I see very little chance of them changing the artwork...
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Oh but we can hope that they do change the art... that one's so good!
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Motivation takes many forms...
(https://i.imgur.com/hIBCHgc.jpeg)
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Oh that look!
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(https://www.ddever.net/img/dog_deer.png)
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:haha2:
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The Alien rep JoeBideni arrives to Earth:
(https://kintronics.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/cartoon-farside-aliens-600.png)
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(https://www.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/finnish-nightmares-introvert-comics-karoliina-korhonen-35-57cff9476719d__700.jpg)
:D
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:lol:
Yup...we've all done that!
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(https://www.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/CXn7VRisiwy-png__700.jpg)
:)
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That shit raised some eyebrows here too though...Not something that is commonly done here at all.
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Still handmade in Lollar, Hesse, Germany, the top gat is a Korth Mongoose, .357 Magnum, 5.25" barrel, one-piece walnut grips.
Made in Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA, by Rob Schauland - an Alchemy Custom Weaponry Prime, government-size .45 ACP with thuya wood grips and a bomar-style rear sight.
On the bottom, made by Master Gunsmith Brennon High out of Berryville, Arkansas, USA, a Nighthawk Custom Talon, commander-size, chambered for 10mm Automatic ammunition, double-diamond walnut grips and sporting a bob-tail handle cut.
(https://www.ddever.net/img/three_clicks.png)
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Definitely well-made firearms, those.
Do you also have historical pieces in your collection?
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The grip on that .45 is STUNNING! That grip on the Talon would be a dream!
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Do you also have historical pieces in your collection?
Only one - an 1891 Argentine Mauser that had been "sporterized" at some point in the distant past.My dad bought it from some guy in 1967 for deer hunting, then when I was old enough I used it for the same. It hasn't been fired in 40 years. As I recall, that thing is one accurate rifle. We would zero it in prep for hunting season at 300 yards with the iron sights. I mention that because anymore when I hear folks talking about hunting rifles, the mantra seems to be if it is more than a hundred yards they "have to have a scope".
More to the point of your question, I don't really collect firearms. I have about ten that I acquired a few years ago via my dad; the rest I accumulate more so than collect. Every once in a while, my side biz presents the opportunity to pick a gun for free or dirt cheap, simply as a thanks for selling a given manufacturer's stuff. That's where those three came from, the Nighthawk showed up a week ago.
So, when the opportunity presents itself, I try to get something I think is cool :)
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The grip on that .45 is STUNNING!
Thanks, I really like it. The coloring and grain on thuya wood is amazing, and it is interesting in and of itself. Those grips (as is most of that kind of wood these days) comes from the Atlas mountains. It was probably taken from the stump of a tree that had been cut down hundreds of years ago - or more. Most of the forests have been destroyed over time, so they go out dig around in the sand looking for old stumps, etc. So, most of what you find for sale made out of it are small items like bowls or gun grips :) Artisans will make the items and sell to a procurer for next to nothing, who then sells it to another biz, and so on until it ends up in a retail shop for ridiculous amounts of money.
It has been in demand since ancient times, supposedly the Queen of Sheba had a desk made out of it. It's one of the wood types mentioned in the bible, by a different name though. It goes by different monikers over time and depending on who is talking about it.