why I won't buy a k3 (Warning: Satire Thread)

tim60 · 06-12-2017, 05:02 AM - **1 Like**

We are having something called summer now. This morning I saw something really unusual, and wondered how it came to be that the English language got the word "shadow". The light was bright enough to make quite distinct shadows of the cars in the car park at the office.

Sorry for talk about 'light' and 'shadow', someone will think we are photographers here.

Rupert · 06-12-2017, 06:02 AM - **2 Likes**

Originally posted by tim60

Sorry for talk about 'light' and 'shadow', someone will think we are photographers here.

Surely not?

I like interesting shadows......

Regards!

robtcorl · 06-12-2017, 06:04 AM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by tim60

Sorry for talk about 'light' and 'shadow', someone will think we are photographers here.

My daughter posted these on FB and asked me what caused this.
I had no idea, but Mr Google did.
Anticrepuscular rays - Wikipedia

Northeast of CO Springs, looking east at sunset.

ccc_ · 06-12-2017, 06:20 AM

Originally posted by tim60

We are having something called summer now. This morning I saw something really unusual, and wondered how it came to be that the English language got the word "shadow". The light was bright enough to make quite distinct shadows of the cars in the car park at the office.

Sorry for talk about 'light' and 'shadow', someone will think we are photographers here.

thanks for the question
now I've read this..."In "Beowulf," Grendel is a sceadugenga, a shadow-goer"

I have shadow to shade as meadow is to mead (not the drink), as well

Parallax · 06-12-2017, 09:04 AM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by MarkJerling

Not like yours, I'm sure! But yes, we have winter.

Typically it gets to about -1degC overnight, with anywhere from 7degC to 17degC in the day, in winter. It's a rare winter that we have much snow. About 8 years ago, we had quite a bit of snow, almost to sea level, which was somewhat unusual.

OMG!

-1C?
And people survive to tell the story?

Rupert · 06-12-2017, 10:33 AM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by Parallax

OMG!
-1C?
And people survive to tell the story?

You know it's crazy down there where Mark is at. I hear they only have 3 bad days a year......where some people I know only have three good days a year....if they are lucky!

Parallax · 06-12-2017, 10:37 AM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by Rupert

You know it's crazy down there where Mark is at. I hear they only have 3 bad days a year......where some people I know only have three good days a year....if they are lucky!

Lucky? I've heard some people are so unlucky they can't escape the snow and cold by driving 1,200 miles South.

Rupert · 06-12-2017, 11:00 AM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by Parallax

Lucky? I've heard some people are so unlucky they can't escape the snow and cold by driving 1,200 miles South.

I've heard that too......some call them Snow Magnets. I've also heard when they leave a place they have infected, the sun almost instantly appears and melts every last snowflake. Strange stuff!

Racer X 69 · 06-12-2017, 11:32 AM

Originally posted by ccc_

a hot needle or small drill bit
a gentle squeeze
a gout of blood
ahh, blessed relief

Originally posted by rod_grant

preferably a clean one!
I had a box of new bits in the shed - a couple of minutes in boiling water and then a couple to COOL and bingo! red stuff and relief.

I use the drill bit method myself. Works great and what a relief!

Racer X 69 · 06-12-2017, 11:41 AM

Originally posted by tim60

We are having something called summer now. This morning I saw something really unusual, and wondered how it came to be that the English language got the word "shadow". The light was bright enough to make quite distinct shadows of the cars in the car park at the office.

Yes, the cars in the car park left shadows, but did you?

Racer X 69 · 06-12-2017, 11:44 AM

Originally posted by Parallax

Lucky? I've heard some people are so unlucky they can't escape the snow and cold by driving 1,200 miles South.

Snow Magnet.

Racer X 69 · 06-12-2017, 11:47 AM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by robtcorl

My daughter posted these on FB and asked me what caused this.
I had no idea, but Mr Google did.
Anticrepuscular rays - Wikipedia

Northeast of CO Springs, looking east at sunset.

Totally (anti)crepuscular.

tim60 · 06-12-2017, 12:36 PM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by Racer X 69

Yes, the cars in the car park left shadows, but did you?

I was inside, in the room where the coffee machine is, looking out the window. Later in the morning it clouded over, then a little after 1200 the cloud went away and I had to lower the blind in my office to reduce reflections off the screen, and then by mid afternoon it was dull and cloudy again. See what I mean about wondering how the people here got the idea that shadow was something that needed a word to name.

Read Beowulf once, but did not really appreciate it. I enjoyed the Icelandic sagas, Song of Roland and The Nibelungenlied rather more. Does that make you think me to be a barbarian, even thought I did not face up to the Lions 10 days ago at Whangerei, nor ever sing Bob Bob Moran.

tim60 · 06-12-2017, 12:38 PM

Originally posted by Rupert

Surely not?

I like interesting shadows......

Regards!

What is this place we meet, the RicohForums, or something a bit like that?

Oh, the OP will be chasing me for P&R comments, or something like that.

Racer X 69 · 06-12-2017, 12:41 PM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by tim60

I was inside, in the room where the coffee machine is, looking out the window.

So you were hiding from the sun, waiting for darkness . . . . . . . . .

. . . . . . . . . . . . . like all good vampires do.

Originally posted by tim60

. . . . . . nor ever sing Bob Bob Moran.

Wasn't that a song by the Beach Boys?

Yeah, that's the ticket!

Bob Bob Bob,

Bob Bob Moran,

Bob Moraaaaan,

Bob Moraaaaan,

You got me rockin' and a rollin'

Be bop a rollin',

Bob Moran

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06-12-2017, 05:02 AM - 1 Like	#37231
tim60 Pentaxian Join Date: Apr 2011 Photos: Albums Posts: 8,745	We are having something called summer now. This morning I saw something really unusual, and wondered how it came to be that the English language got the word "shadow". The light was bright enough to make quite distinct shadows of the cars in the car park at the office. Sorry for talk about 'light' and 'shadow', someone will think we are photographers here.

06-12-2017, 06:02 AM - 2 Likes	#37232
Rupert Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Texas Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 25,123	Originally posted by tim60 Sorry for talk about 'light' and 'shadow', someone will think we are photographers here. Surely not? I like interesting shadows...... Regards!

06-12-2017, 06:04 AM - 1 Like	#37233
robtcorl Veteran Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: St Louis, MO Photos: Gallery Posts: 11,606	Originally posted by tim60 Sorry for talk about 'light' and 'shadow', someone will think we are photographers here. My daughter posted these on FB and asked me what caused this. I had no idea, but Mr Google did. Anticrepuscular rays - Wikipedia Northeast of CO Springs, looking east at sunset.

06-12-2017, 06:20 AM	#37234
ccc_ Veteran Member Join Date: Aug 2015 Photos: Gallery Posts: 1,400	Originally posted by tim60 We are having something called summer now. This morning I saw something really unusual, and wondered how it came to be that the English language got the word "shadow". The light was bright enough to make quite distinct shadows of the cars in the car park at the office. Sorry for talk about 'light' and 'shadow', someone will think we are photographers here. thanks for the question now I've read this..."In "Beowulf," Grendel is a sceadugenga, a shadow-goer" I have shadow to shade as meadow is to mead (not the drink), as well

06-12-2017, 09:04 AM - 1 Like	#37235
Parallax Senior Moderator Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: South Dakota Photos: Gallery Posts: 19,332	Originally posted by MarkJerling Not like yours, I'm sure! But yes, we have winter. Typically it gets to about -1degC overnight, with anywhere from 7degC to 17degC in the day, in winter. It's a rare winter that we have much snow. About 8 years ago, we had quite a bit of snow, almost to sea level, which was somewhat unusual. OMG! -1C? And people survive to tell the story?

06-12-2017, 10:33 AM - 1 Like	#37236
Rupert Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Texas Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 25,123	Originally posted by Parallax OMG! -1C? And people survive to tell the story? You know it's crazy down there where Mark is at. I hear they only have 3 bad days a year......where some people I know only have three good days a year....if they are lucky!

06-12-2017, 10:37 AM - 1 Like	#37237
Parallax Senior Moderator Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: South Dakota Photos: Gallery Posts: 19,332	Originally posted by Rupert You know it's crazy down there where Mark is at. I hear they only have 3 bad days a year......where some people I know only have three good days a year....if they are lucky! Lucky? I've heard some people are so unlucky they can't escape the snow and cold by driving 1,200 miles South.

06-12-2017, 11:00 AM - 1 Like	#37238
Rupert Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Texas Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 25,123	Originally posted by Parallax Lucky? I've heard some people are so unlucky they can't escape the snow and cold by driving 1,200 miles South. I've heard that too......some call them Snow Magnets. I've also heard when they leave a place they have infected, the sun almost instantly appears and melts every last snowflake. Strange stuff!

06-12-2017, 11:32 AM	#37239
Racer X 69 Moderator Man With A Camera Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: The Great Pacific Northwet, in the Land Between Canada and Mexico Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 28,068	Originally posted by ccc_ a hot needle or small drill bit a gentle squeeze a gout of blood ahh, blessed relief Originally posted by rod_grant preferably a clean one! I had a box of new bits in the shed - a couple of minutes in boiling water and then a couple to COOL and bingo! red stuff and relief. I use the drill bit method myself. Works great and what a relief!

06-12-2017, 11:41 AM	#37240
Racer X 69 Moderator Man With A Camera Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: The Great Pacific Northwet, in the Land Between Canada and Mexico Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 28,068	Originally posted by tim60 We are having something called summer now. This morning I saw something really unusual, and wondered how it came to be that the English language got the word "shadow". The light was bright enough to make quite distinct shadows of the cars in the car park at the office. Yes, the cars in the car park left shadows, but did you?

06-12-2017, 11:44 AM	#37241
Racer X 69 Moderator Man With A Camera Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: The Great Pacific Northwet, in the Land Between Canada and Mexico Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 28,068	Originally posted by Parallax Lucky? I've heard some people are so unlucky they can't escape the snow and cold by driving 1,200 miles South. Snow Magnet.

06-12-2017, 11:47 AM - 1 Like	#37242
Racer X 69 Moderator Man With A Camera Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: The Great Pacific Northwet, in the Land Between Canada and Mexico Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 28,068	Originally posted by robtcorl My daughter posted these on FB and asked me what caused this. I had no idea, but Mr Google did. Anticrepuscular rays - Wikipedia Northeast of CO Springs, looking east at sunset. Totally (anti)crepuscular.

06-12-2017, 12:36 PM - 1 Like	#37243
tim60 Pentaxian Join Date: Apr 2011 Photos: Albums Posts: 8,745	Originally posted by Racer X 69 Yes, the cars in the car park left shadows, but did you? I was inside, in the room where the coffee machine is, looking out the window. Later in the morning it clouded over, then a little after 1200 the cloud went away and I had to lower the blind in my office to reduce reflections off the screen, and then by mid afternoon it was dull and cloudy again. See what I mean about wondering how the people here got the idea that shadow was something that needed a word to name. Read Beowulf once, but did not really appreciate it. I enjoyed the Icelandic sagas, Song of Roland and The Nibelungenlied rather more. Does that make you think me to be a barbarian, even thought I did not face up to the Lions 10 days ago at Whangerei, nor ever sing Bob Bob Moran.

06-12-2017, 12:38 PM	#37244
tim60 Pentaxian Join Date: Apr 2011 Photos: Albums Posts: 8,745	Originally posted by Rupert Surely not? I like interesting shadows...... Regards! What is this place we meet, the RicohForums, or something a bit like that? Oh, the OP will be chasing me for P&R comments, or something like that.

06-12-2017, 12:41 PM - 1 Like	#37245
Racer X 69 Moderator Man With A Camera Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: The Great Pacific Northwet, in the Land Between Canada and Mexico Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 28,068	Originally posted by tim60 I was inside, in the room where the coffee machine is, looking out the window. So you were hiding from the sun, waiting for darkness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . like all good vampires do. Originally posted by tim60 . . . . . . nor ever sing Bob Bob Moran. Wasn't that a song by the Beach Boys? Yeah, that's the ticket! Bob Bob Bob, Bob Bob Moran, Bob Moraaaaan, Bob Moraaaaan, You got me rockin' and a rollin' Be bop a rollin', Bob Moran