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

**savoche** · 04-02-2019, 10:40 AM - **3 Likes**

Originally posted by Racer X 69

It has happened.

The End Times have arrived.

Thanks! I missed the end times myself. I guess I'll have to wait for 66,666

robtcorl · 04-02-2019, 10:48 AM - **6 Likes**

We're all so glad it wasn't your hemorrhoids that were operated on.

robtcorl · 04-02-2019, 10:50 AM - **2 Likes**

Originally posted by savoche

Thanks! I missed the end times myself. I guess I'll have to wait for 66,666

Or at least try to snag that post number.

Racer X 69 · 04-02-2019, 11:08 AM - **3 Likes**

Originally posted by robtcorl

We're all so glad it wasn't your hemorrhoids that were operated on.

Haven't had the joy of that business yet. Besides, even with the awesome tilting screen on my K-1, I doubt I still have enough flexibility left to be able to compose, focus and shoot that part of me.

I tried to get a shot of the side of my heel where the doc pulled the bone for the graft, but even using that awesome tilting screen on my K-1 I couldn't pull the whole thing off.

Today I am going to mount the D FA100mm f2.8 Macro WR and see if maybe a newer autofocus lens can get a better shot.

eddie1960 · 04-02-2019, 11:12 AM - **2 Likes**

Originally posted by robtcorl

They must do 'em different up there, here they're frozen uncooked patties they flame broil.

up here they come in "flame broiled" and are nuked unless that has changed all the BK around me have closed there is one in Chinatown but why would I eat there when I could have so many other good choices (plus my fave "fast food" mexican is a block or 2 away)

tim60 · 04-02-2019, 11:12 AM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by BigMackCam

I'd appreciate that, Tim - yes please!

It might be available in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. We have a few Asian supermarkets around Chinatown, but my guess is they stock mostly Chinese and Thai supplies. But I guess there's a possibility they might stock tofu. In any case, if you'd be kind enough to let me know the brand, I'll search online. Thanks!

EDIT: I've just done a quick search on Asian supermarkets in Newcastle, and it looks like there are some that offer Japanese products too, so I reckon I could get tofu there:

A Quick Guide To Toon?s Asian Supermarkets | Geordie Japan

House Foods. Made in USA. 400g packs. Various colour labels for levels of firmness. We get the red ‘firm’ one. It is 1.85 each at the Chinese in Hythe Bridge St, Oxford. SeeWoo, Reading sell it a bit less and only about 1.35 each if you buy a whole box of 12.

eddie1960 · 04-02-2019, 11:17 AM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by tim60

House Foods. Made in USA. 400g packs. Various colour labels for levels of firmness. We get the red ‘firm’ one. It is 1.85 each at the Chinese in Hythe Bridge St, Oxford. SeeWoo, Reading sell it a bit less and only about 1.35 each if you buy a whole box of 12.

yow I forget how good I have it for food access in a large city (remind me again why I am thinking of retiring someplace smaller...) I get Tofu from a Japanese guy who makes it in traditional nigari style so much better than mass produced stuff. freezes well too. he has built quite a business since the first time I bought from him at a market
Nigari Tofu - Ying Ying Soy Food
makes great miso as well

tim60 · 04-02-2019, 11:22 AM - **2 Likes**

Originally posted by savoche

You're quite the salesman, aren't you...!

No, just an engineer. We are honest and tell it how it is.

**savoche** · 04-02-2019, 11:30 AM

Originally posted by tim60

No, just an engineer. We are honest and tell it how it is.

And nobody ever thanked you for it

**savoche** · 04-02-2019, 11:31 AM

Originally posted by robtcorl

Or at least try to snag that post number.

Just around the corner.

Alternatively, just keep posting and your count will soon be there, too!

**BigMackCam** · 04-02-2019, 11:44 AM - **4 Likes**

Originally posted by savoche

Eating any human liver would be a bad idea - beyond cannibalism in general being a bad idea. The liver will contain exactly all the nasty stuff that your body wants to get rid of.

Good to remember the next time your plane crashes in the Andes - let the liver be.

Good tip. Man, you caught me just in time. Guess I'll have a snacking salami instead...

**BigMackCam** · 04-02-2019, 12:03 PM - **4 Likes**

Originally posted by eddie1960

Funnily enough, A&W in Canada has had huge success with a vegetarian burger they developed, , they have rolled out a sausage patty variant now for breakfast sandwiches. I tried one of the burgers and it may be heresy but I think they nailed it...and if you like you can get it with bacon and cheese

It's not that I have anything against vegetarian food. I don't particularly want to be completely vegetarian because I enjoy good meat (ethically raised and dispatched wherever possible), but if I were to go down that route, I'd have no problem with it. I frequently cook simple but tasty dishes with no meat in them - various vegetable and pulse curries, chow meins, pasta sauces, soups, dips etc. and I know there's a whole world of delicious vegetarian recipes I could learn to make. I spent a week in India on business, never ate meat once, and every dish I tried for breakfast, lunch and dinner was wonderful.

What bugs me - and I'm going to borrow a term from the snowflakes and social justice warriors here - is vegetarian / vegan "cultural appropriation" through the shaping and naming of vegetable-based dishes to mimic the original meat versions. Don't combine vegetables and other veggie ingredients into a puck and call it a "burger". It's not a burger, it's a vegetable patty, perfectly delicious and appetising as it is. Don't make a nut cutlet and shape it into the vague form a chicken leg. It's not a chicken leg, it's a nut cutlet. It too ~~is delicious~~ tastes OK. Shaping and/or naming the item as if to fool the senses into believing it's somehow just as good and more-or-less the same as a meat product is ridiculous and tragic, and it's not fooling anyone. Least of all me.

I'll be back shortly. I'm just off to punch a carrot....

**BigMackCam** · 04-02-2019, 12:21 PM - **2 Likes**

Originally posted by BigMackCam

I'll be back shortly. I'm just off to punch a carrot....

I thought I'd feel better after that, but I don't. It went down with one swing... put up no resistance, then just lay there, looking back up at me accusingly

**BigMackCam** · 04-02-2019, 12:32 PM

Originally posted by tim60

House Foods. Made in USA. 400g packs. Various colour labels for levels of firmness. We get the red ‘firm’ one. It is 1.85 each at the Chinese in Hythe Bridge St, Oxford. SeeWoo, Reading sell it a bit less and only about 1.35 each if you buy a whole box of 12.

Thanks, Tim, much appreciated. I'll look out for that when I visit the Chinatown supermarkets in Newcastle... Always nice to have a brand recommendation. And that's so cheap!!! 400g for £1.85?! My only concern would be getting it home... Takes about half an hourto get out of Newcastle and back to my place. I guess that shouldn't be a major problem, though...

robtcorl · 04-02-2019, 12:45 PM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by BigMackCam

What bugs me - and I'm going to borrow a term from the snowflakes and social justice warriors here - is vegetarian / vegan "cultural appropriation" through the shaping and naming of vegetable-based dishes to mimic the real meat version. Don't combine vegetables and other veggie ingredients into a puck and call it a "burger". It's not a burger, it's a vegetable patty. It's delicious as it is. Don't make a nut cutlet and shape it into the vague form a chicken leg. It's not a chicken leg, it's a nut cutlet. It too is delicious tastes OK. Shaping and/or naming the item as if to fool the senses into believing it's somehow just as good and more-or-less the same as a meat product is ridiculous and tragic, and it's not fooling anyone. Least of all me.

Don't forget the almond, soy, etc "milk"

04-02-2019, 12:03 PM - 4 Likes	#65172
BigMackCam Digitiser of Film Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: North East of England Posts: 20,695	Originally posted by eddie1960 Funnily enough, A&W in Canada has had huge success with a vegetarian burger they developed, , they have rolled out a sausage patty variant now for breakfast sandwiches. I tried one of the burgers and it may be heresy but I think they nailed it...and if you like you can get it with bacon and cheese It's not that I have anything against vegetarian food. I don't particularly want to be completely vegetarian because I enjoy good meat (ethically raised and dispatched wherever possible), but if I were to go down that route, I'd have no problem with it. I frequently cook simple but tasty dishes with no meat in them - various vegetable and pulse curries, chow meins, pasta sauces, soups, dips etc. and I know there's a whole world of delicious vegetarian recipes I could learn to make. I spent a week in India on business, never ate meat once, and every dish I tried for breakfast, lunch and dinner was wonderful. What bugs me - and I'm going to borrow a term from the snowflakes and social justice warriors here - is vegetarian / vegan "cultural appropriation" through the shaping and naming of vegetable-based dishes to mimic the original meat versions. Don't combine vegetables and other veggie ingredients into a puck and call it a "burger". It's not a burger, it's a vegetable patty, perfectly delicious and appetising as it is. Don't make a nut cutlet and shape it into the vague form a chicken leg. It's not a chicken leg, it's a nut cutlet. It too ~~is delicious~~ tastes OK. Shaping and/or naming the item as if to fool the senses into believing it's somehow just as good and more-or-less the same as a meat product is ridiculous and tragic, and it's not fooling anyone. Least of all me. I'll be back shortly. I'm just off to punch a carrot.... Last edited by BigMackCam; 04-02-2019 at 12:46 PM.

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04-02-2019, 10:40 AM - 3 Likes	#65161
savoche Master of the obvious Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Lowlands of Norway Posts: 18,311	Originally posted by Racer X 69 It has happened. The End Times have arrived. Thanks! I missed the end times myself. I guess I'll have to wait for 66,666

04-02-2019, 10:48 AM - 6 Likes	#65162
robtcorl Veteran Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: St Louis, MO Photos: Gallery Posts: 11,606	We're all so glad it wasn't your hemorrhoids that were operated on.

04-02-2019, 10:50 AM - 2 Likes	#65163
robtcorl Veteran Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: St Louis, MO Photos: Gallery Posts: 11,606	Originally posted by savoche Thanks! I missed the end times myself. I guess I'll have to wait for 66,666 Or at least try to snag that post number.

04-02-2019, 11:08 AM - 3 Likes	#65164
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: 28,073	Originally posted by robtcorl We're all so glad it wasn't your hemorrhoids that were operated on. Haven't had the joy of that business yet. Besides, even with the awesome tilting screen on my K-1, I doubt I still have enough flexibility left to be able to compose, focus and shoot that part of me. I tried to get a shot of the side of my heel where the doc pulled the bone for the graft, but even using that awesome tilting screen on my K-1 I couldn't pull the whole thing off. Today I am going to mount the D FA100mm f2.8 Macro WR and see if maybe a newer autofocus lens can get a better shot.

04-02-2019, 11:12 AM - 2 Likes	#65165
eddie1960 Veteran Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Toronto Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 13,667	Originally posted by robtcorl They must do 'em different up there, here they're frozen uncooked patties they flame broil. up here they come in "flame broiled" and are nuked unless that has changed all the BK around me have closed there is one in Chinatown but why would I eat there when I could have so many other good choices (plus my fave "fast food" mexican is a block or 2 away)

04-02-2019, 11:12 AM - 1 Like	#65166
tim60 Pentaxian Join Date: Apr 2011 Photos: Albums Posts: 8,756	Originally posted by BigMackCam I'd appreciate that, Tim - yes please! It might be available in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. We have a few Asian supermarkets around Chinatown, but my guess is they stock mostly Chinese and Thai supplies. But I guess there's a possibility they might stock tofu. In any case, if you'd be kind enough to let me know the brand, I'll search online. Thanks! EDIT: I've just done a quick search on Asian supermarkets in Newcastle, and it looks like there are some that offer Japanese products too, so I reckon I could get tofu there: A Quick Guide To Toon?s Asian Supermarkets \| Geordie Japan House Foods. Made in USA. 400g packs. Various colour labels for levels of firmness. We get the red ‘firm’ one. It is 1.85 each at the Chinese in Hythe Bridge St, Oxford. SeeWoo, Reading sell it a bit less and only about 1.35 each if you buy a whole box of 12.

04-02-2019, 11:17 AM - 1 Like	#65167
eddie1960 Veteran Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Toronto Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 13,667	Originally posted by tim60 House Foods. Made in USA. 400g packs. Various colour labels for levels of firmness. We get the red ‘firm’ one. It is 1.85 each at the Chinese in Hythe Bridge St, Oxford. SeeWoo, Reading sell it a bit less and only about 1.35 each if you buy a whole box of 12. yow I forget how good I have it for food access in a large city (remind me again why I am thinking of retiring someplace smaller...) I get Tofu from a Japanese guy who makes it in traditional nigari style so much better than mass produced stuff. freezes well too. he has built quite a business since the first time I bought from him at a market Nigari Tofu - Ying Ying Soy Food makes great miso as well

04-02-2019, 11:22 AM - 2 Likes	#65168
tim60 Pentaxian Join Date: Apr 2011 Photos: Albums Posts: 8,756	Originally posted by savoche You're quite the salesman, aren't you...! No, just an engineer. We are honest and tell it how it is.

04-02-2019, 11:30 AM	#65169
savoche Master of the obvious Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Lowlands of Norway Posts: 18,311	Originally posted by tim60 No, just an engineer. We are honest and tell it how it is. And nobody ever thanked you for it

04-02-2019, 11:31 AM	#65170
savoche Master of the obvious Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Lowlands of Norway Posts: 18,311	Originally posted by robtcorl Or at least try to snag that post number. Just around the corner. Alternatively, just keep posting and your count will soon be there, too!

04-02-2019, 11:44 AM - 4 Likes	#65171
BigMackCam Digitiser of Film Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: North East of England Posts: 20,695	Originally posted by savoche Eating any human liver would be a bad idea - beyond cannibalism in general being a bad idea. The liver will contain exactly all the nasty stuff that your body wants to get rid of. Good to remember the next time your plane crashes in the Andes - let the liver be. Good tip. Man, you caught me just in time. Guess I'll have a snacking salami instead...

04-02-2019, 12:21 PM - 2 Likes	#65173
BigMackCam Digitiser of Film Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: North East of England Posts: 20,695	Originally posted by BigMackCam I'll be back shortly. I'm just off to punch a carrot.... I thought I'd feel better after that, but I don't. It went down with one swing... put up no resistance, then just lay there, looking back up at me accusingly

04-02-2019, 12:32 PM	#65174
BigMackCam Digitiser of Film Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: North East of England Posts: 20,695	Originally posted by tim60 House Foods. Made in USA. 400g packs. Various colour labels for levels of firmness. We get the red ‘firm’ one. It is 1.85 each at the Chinese in Hythe Bridge St, Oxford. SeeWoo, Reading sell it a bit less and only about 1.35 each if you buy a whole box of 12. Thanks, Tim, much appreciated. I'll look out for that when I visit the Chinatown supermarkets in Newcastle... Always nice to have a brand recommendation. And that's so cheap!!! 400g for £1.85?! My only concern would be getting it home... Takes about half an hourto get out of Newcastle and back to my place. I guess that shouldn't be a major problem, though...

04-02-2019, 12:45 PM - 1 Like	#65175
robtcorl Veteran Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: St Louis, MO Photos: Gallery Posts: 11,606	Originally posted by BigMackCam What bugs me - and I'm going to borrow a term from the snowflakes and social justice warriors here - is vegetarian / vegan "cultural appropriation" through the shaping and naming of vegetable-based dishes to mimic the real meat version. Don't combine vegetables and other veggie ingredients into a puck and call it a "burger". It's not a burger, it's a vegetable patty. It's delicious as it is. Don't make a nut cutlet and shape it into the vague form a chicken leg. It's not a chicken leg, it's a nut cutlet. It too is delicious tastes OK. Shaping and/or naming the item as if to fool the senses into believing it's somehow just as good and more-or-less the same as a meat product is ridiculous and tragic, and it's not fooling anyone. Least of all me. Don't forget the almond, soy, etc "milk"