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

normhead · 08-10-2014, 06:20 AM

Tess just says... "I can take you.. ya know?"
Then I get the look... I saw her give the look to a police officer once. I thought she was going to get shot. The look could definitely be classified as using lethal force. He would have been well within my interpretation of the use of force guidelines.

**monochrome** · 08-10-2014, 06:39 AM

Originally posted by normhead

the look

My (then not yet) brother-in-law took me aside in 1979 and warned me about the withering glance. Then he taught me how to fly fish. Because "all the trout streams near here are beyond the event horizon".

[EDIT: Prophetic post.

Mrs. monochrome just pulled that corner of the children's bathroom wallpaper away from the wall - you know, that corner where they didn't properly close the shower curtain for 20 years so that corner peeled up a bit - and pulled, and pulled, and pulled . . . .

"Drywall Mud won't fill that."
. . .

"Well don't get mad at ME!," I said. "It isn't MY fault drywall mud won't properly fill a 1' x 3' hole in a plastered wall."
. . . "I'd think you could do SOMETHING!!!"
"Well, I can do some things, but I can't do plaster. I don't have the materials, the tools or the skill"
. . . "WHY DON'T YOU JUST TRY!!!!"
"Oh for cripes sake. It won't work. You know it and I know it. We've been doing this kind of thing to houses for thirty years. We'll have to call someone."
. . . "I DON'T WANT TO CALL SOMEONE - "
"Well, why did you pull that wallpaper off in the first place then?"
. . .

Yikes.]

[EDIT 2: I just cleaned up after carefully applying the first cut of drywall mud to the affected area of plaster. I figure by next weekend I'll be ready to glue the wallpaper back down.

(It isn't going to work.)]

Parallax · 08-10-2014, 07:24 AM

Originally posted by jac

Amazing, isn't it? Mrs. jac's relatives turned right at the Red Sea 60,000 years ago while mine headed Northeast, hoping to invent wine, beer and bacon. But the gene responsible for "Try that again, mister, and I'll cut your heart out and feed it to the cat!" seems not to have undergone any significant mutation.

LOL!

Parallax · 08-10-2014, 07:28 AM

Originally posted by normhead

Tess just says... "I can take you.. ya know?"
Then I get the look... I saw her give the look to a police officer once. I thought she was going to get shot. The look could definitely be classified as using lethal force. He would have been well within my interpretation of the use of force guidelines.

Mine reminds me every once in a while that, though I'm bigger and stronger than she, I have to go to sleep sometime.

**jac** · 08-10-2014, 10:40 AM

Originally posted by monochrome

"Well, why did you pull that wallpaper off in the first place then?"
[/SIZE]]

Rule #1 in Law and marriage; never ask a question you don't know the answer to. We have lots of rules in our house. I just don't know what they are. If I ask, I am informed "You should know that!" without any further explication. I do know one; simply put, I can snuggle Mrs. jac anytime she wants to.

normhead · 08-10-2014, 10:54 AM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by jac

Rule #1 in Law and marriage; never ask a question you don't know the answer to. We have lots of rules in our house. I just don't know what they are. If I ask, I am informed "You should know that!" without any further explication. I do know one; simply out, I can snuggle Mrs. jac anytime she wants to.

You know of course that they change the rules all the time just to confuse us... especially if you figure one out. Any rule that could in anyway restrict their ability to change the rules must be immediately changed.

Some rules have two parts.
Like if there are two pieces of chocolate left and I decide not to have mine, it's up for grabs 10 minutes later.
Where as if there're two pieces left and she decides to not to have hers, it's still hers a week later.

I always tell bachelors, if you're not prepared to live with "the rules" don't even contemplate marriage.

lukulele · 08-11-2014, 07:04 AM

Originally posted by normhead

Tess just says... "I can take you.. ya know?"
Then I get the look... I saw her give the look to a police officer once. I thought she was going to get shot. The look could definitely be classified as using lethal force. He would have been well within my interpretation of the use of force guidelines.

Thanks Norm,
"The Look." One of the great displeasures of married life or teaching. Since I'm returning to school next week to replace my replacement who left teaching to become a nurse while the lateral entry takes two weeks to become indoctrinated, I'll try to restore "My Look." After all, nothing says "What the +*&$#@"hociR*& were you thinking" to a middle school student than "The Look." I'm scrambling to find some thin reading glasses now to peer over.

normhead · 08-11-2014, 08:06 AM

Originally posted by lukulele

Thanks Norm,
"The Look." One of the great displeasures of married life or teaching. Since I'm returning to school next week to replace my replacement who left teaching to become a nurse while the lateral entry takes two weeks to become indoctrinated, I'll try to restore "My Look." After all, nothing says "What the +*&$#@"hociR*& were you thinking" to a middle school student than "The Look." I'm scrambling to find some thin reading glasses now to peer over.

I avoided that scenario, I moved and didn't tell anyone at the school board where I went... one my colleagues (the other photography teacher) died suddenly of a heart attack, at his desk , and I no doubt would have gotten sucked back into the vortex if they'd had a phone number. His death however made me even more committed to retirement. He'd always planned that when he retired, him and i would move to newfoundland where I'd run an outfitting/guiding business and he'd run the cabins and shore based amenities. He never made it to newfoundland, and at 65 I'm getting to old to be guiding... if I waited until official retirement age, I'd be living a world of regret right now.

My official reason for teaching was, "Do what you have to, to get a chance to do what you love." Unofficially of course, I just love working with kids, but 30 years was enough.

magkelly · 08-11-2014, 09:14 AM

Originally posted by TedH42

Hmm, quiet around here. Is everyone out buying the K-3, under the influence of the hociR? Must be that shinier new version.

Y'all come back when you're finished placing your orders.

Nope. I'm way too busy acquiring new Olympus E-P3's. Make that THREE, gulp.

Jean Poitiers · 08-11-2014, 10:00 AM

Bonjour gals & guys ...

Was in Paris last week on a family vacation ... Mrs. JP set a schedule of museum after museum, after museum (repeat) ... No time to think about all this hociR K-3 thingy ... but saw a lot of Canikony gear on all the "other" tourists. One Chinese guy had a D4s with super zoom at Versailles hanging on the back of a wheelchair that he was pushing ... probably his mom.

Pentax is doomed, saw only a couple of 'em ... Also, Pentax is no longer stocked at the large "fnac" store at "Place d'Italie". Scary ...

dansamy · 08-12-2014, 02:50 AM

Hey all!

I promise I didn't disappear into some vortex! Life has just gotten rather busy lately. That's the way it is!! I got my lens prize & I haven't even had a chance to take it out & shoot with it!! I'm being completely immature & childish, but I want a vacation!!

Joel B · 08-12-2014, 03:37 AM

Originally posted by Jean Poitiers

Was in Paris last week on a family vacation

More fun than my week! Two trips to Chicago

and a washing machine overhaul!!

Originally posted by Jean Poitiers

Pentax is no longer stocked at the large "fnac" store at "Place d'Italie"

Probably read this thread and realized Pentax is doomed!

Originally posted by dansamy

Hey all!

You're back!!!!

(Snoopy dance)

**savoche** · 08-12-2014, 04:03 AM

Originally posted by dansamy

Hey all!

I promise I didn't disappear into some vortex! Life has just gotten rather busy lately. That's the way it is!! I got my lens prize & I haven't even had a chance to take it out & shoot with it!! I'm being completely immature & childish, but I want a vacation!!

Bah, I have just had a vacation and I want another one. Just a bit more than two weeks is waaaay too short.

Anyway... Good to see you're still going strong - and hope you'll get a chance to give that 40 some exercise before too long.

On the positive side; you've not had time to buy a K-3.

Jean Poitiers · 08-12-2014, 05:07 AM

Pentax is doomed; none in the crowd (except for me and the Spam-o-matic K-5 "Classic") ... but, no hociR in sight here either ?!

xpost

---------- Post added 08-12-14 at 14:11 ----------

Originally posted by Joel B

... You're back!!!!

(Snoopy dance)

Didn't happen unless we see the images/video !!!

Parallax · 08-12-2014, 05:16 AM

I can't think of a single thing I'd want to see badly enough to be in a crowd like that. My definition of a maximum acceptable crowd is 2 people ahead of me in line at Burger King.

08-10-2014, 06:39 AM	#9692
monochrome Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Working From Home Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 26,276	Originally posted by normhead the look My (then not yet) brother-in-law took me aside in 1979 and warned me about the withering glance. Then he taught me how to fly fish. Because "all the trout streams near here are beyond the event horizon". [EDIT: Prophetic post. Mrs. monochrome just pulled that corner of the children's bathroom wallpaper away from the wall - you know, that corner where they didn't properly close the shower curtain for 20 years so that corner peeled up a bit - and pulled, and pulled, and pulled . . . . "Drywall Mud won't fill that." . . . "Well don't get mad at ME!," I said. "It isn't MY fault drywall mud won't properly fill a 1' x 3' hole in a plastered wall." . . . "I'd think you could do SOMETHING!!!" "Well, I can do some things, but I can't do plaster. I don't have the materials, the tools or the skill" . . . "WHY DON'T YOU JUST TRY!!!!" "Oh for cripes sake. It won't work. You know it and I know it. We've been doing this kind of thing to houses for thirty years. We'll have to call someone." . . . "I DON'T WANT TO CALL SOMEONE - " "Well, why did you pull that wallpaper off in the first place then?" . . . Yikes.] [EDIT 2: I just cleaned up after carefully applying the first cut of drywall mud to the affected area of plaster. I figure by next weekend I'll be ready to glue the wallpaper back down. (It isn't going to work.)] Last edited by monochrome; 08-10-2014 at 11:17 AM.

08-10-2014, 10:40 AM	#9695
jac Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Clyde River, Nunavut, Canada Posts: 2,364	Originally posted by monochrome "Well, why did you pull that wallpaper off in the first place then?" [/SIZE]] Rule #1 in Law and marriage; never ask a question you don't know the answer to. We have lots of rules in our house. I just don't know what they are. If I ask, I am informed "You should know that!" without any further explication. I do know one; simply put, I can snuggle Mrs. jac anytime she wants to. Last edited by jac; 08-10-2014 at 04:27 PM.

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08-10-2014, 06:20 AM	#9691
normhead Pentaxian Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Near Algonquin Park Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 40,451	Tess just says... "I can take you.. ya know?" Then I get the look... I saw her give the look to a police officer once. I thought she was going to get shot. The look could definitely be classified as using lethal force. He would have been well within my interpretation of the use of force guidelines.

08-10-2014, 07:24 AM	#9693
Parallax Senior Moderator Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: South Dakota Photos: Gallery Posts: 19,332	Originally posted by jac Amazing, isn't it? Mrs. jac's relatives turned right at the Red Sea 60,000 years ago while mine headed Northeast, hoping to invent wine, beer and bacon. But the gene responsible for "Try that again, mister, and I'll cut your heart out and feed it to the cat!" seems not to have undergone any significant mutation. LOL!

08-10-2014, 07:28 AM	#9694
Parallax Senior Moderator Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: South Dakota Photos: Gallery Posts: 19,332	Originally posted by normhead Tess just says... "I can take you.. ya know?" Then I get the look... I saw her give the look to a police officer once. I thought she was going to get shot. The look could definitely be classified as using lethal force. He would have been well within my interpretation of the use of force guidelines. Mine reminds me every once in a while that, though I'm bigger and stronger than she, I have to go to sleep sometime.

08-10-2014, 10:54 AM - 1 Like	#9696
normhead Pentaxian Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Near Algonquin Park Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 40,451	Originally posted by jac Rule #1 in Law and marriage; never ask a question you don't know the answer to. We have lots of rules in our house. I just don't know what they are. If I ask, I am informed "You should know that!" without any further explication. I do know one; simply out, I can snuggle Mrs. jac anytime she wants to. You know of course that they change the rules all the time just to confuse us... especially if you figure one out. Any rule that could in anyway restrict their ability to change the rules must be immediately changed. Some rules have two parts. Like if there are two pieces of chocolate left and I decide not to have mine, it's up for grabs 10 minutes later. Where as if there're two pieces left and she decides to not to have hers, it's still hers a week later. I always tell bachelors, if you're not prepared to live with "the rules" don't even contemplate marriage.

08-11-2014, 07:04 AM	#9697
lukulele Pentaxian Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Blue Ridge Escarpment, North Carolina, US Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 1,850	Originally posted by normhead Tess just says... "I can take you.. ya know?" Then I get the look... I saw her give the look to a police officer once. I thought she was going to get shot. The look could definitely be classified as using lethal force. He would have been well within my interpretation of the use of force guidelines. Thanks Norm, "The Look." One of the great displeasures of married life or teaching. Since I'm returning to school next week to replace my replacement who left teaching to become a nurse while the lateral entry takes two weeks to become indoctrinated, I'll try to restore "My Look." After all, nothing says "What the +&$#@"hociR& were you thinking" to a middle school student than "The Look." I'm scrambling to find some thin reading glasses now to peer over.

08-11-2014, 08:06 AM	#9698
normhead Pentaxian Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Near Algonquin Park Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 40,451	Originally posted by lukulele Thanks Norm, "The Look." One of the great displeasures of married life or teaching. Since I'm returning to school next week to replace my replacement who left teaching to become a nurse while the lateral entry takes two weeks to become indoctrinated, I'll try to restore "My Look." After all, nothing says "What the +&$#@"hociR& were you thinking" to a middle school student than "The Look." I'm scrambling to find some thin reading glasses now to peer over. I avoided that scenario, I moved and didn't tell anyone at the school board where I went... one my colleagues (the other photography teacher) died suddenly of a heart attack, at his desk , and I no doubt would have gotten sucked back into the vortex if they'd had a phone number. His death however made me even more committed to retirement. He'd always planned that when he retired, him and i would move to newfoundland where I'd run an outfitting/guiding business and he'd run the cabins and shore based amenities. He never made it to newfoundland, and at 65 I'm getting to old to be guiding... if I waited until official retirement age, I'd be living a world of regret right now. My official reason for teaching was, "Do what you have to, to get a chance to do what you love." Unofficially of course, I just love working with kids, but 30 years was enough.

08-11-2014, 09:14 AM	#9699
magkelly Veteran Member Join Date: May 2010 Photos: Gallery Posts: 5,901	Originally posted by TedH42 Hmm, quiet around here. Is everyone out buying the K-3, under the influence of the hociR? Must be that shinier new version. Y'all come back when you're finished placing your orders. Nope. I'm way too busy acquiring new Olympus E-P3's. Make that THREE, gulp.

08-11-2014, 10:00 AM	#9700
Jean Poitiers Pentaxian Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Lost in translation ... Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 18,076	Bonjour gals & guys ... Was in Paris last week on a family vacation ... Mrs. JP set a schedule of museum after museum, after museum (repeat) ... No time to think about all this hociR K-3 thingy ... but saw a lot of Canikony gear on all the "other" tourists. One Chinese guy had a D4s with super zoom at Versailles hanging on the back of a wheelchair that he was pushing ... probably his mom. Pentax is doomed, saw only a couple of 'em ... Also, Pentax is no longer stocked at the large "fnac" store at "Place d'Italie". Scary ...

08-12-2014, 02:50 AM	#9701
dansamy Site Supporter Join Date: Nov 2013 Location: Alabama Posts: 2,450	Hey all! I promise I didn't disappear into some vortex! Life has just gotten rather busy lately. That's the way it is!! I got my lens prize & I haven't even had a chance to take it out & shoot with it!! I'm being completely immature & childish, but I want a vacation!!

08-12-2014, 03:37 AM	#9702
Joel B Veteran Member Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Barnett MO. Photos: Albums Posts: 2,336	Originally posted by Jean Poitiers Was in Paris last week on a family vacation More fun than my week! Two trips to Chicago and a washing machine overhaul!! Originally posted by Jean Poitiers Pentax is no longer stocked at the large "fnac" store at "Place d'Italie" Probably read this thread and realized Pentax is doomed! Originally posted by dansamy Hey all! You're back!!!! (Snoopy dance)

08-12-2014, 04:03 AM	#9703
savoche Master of the obvious Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Lowlands of Norway Posts: 18,311	Originally posted by dansamy Hey all! I promise I didn't disappear into some vortex! Life has just gotten rather busy lately. That's the way it is!! I got my lens prize & I haven't even had a chance to take it out & shoot with it!! I'm being completely immature & childish, but I want a vacation!! Bah, I have just had a vacation and I want another one. Just a bit more than two weeks is waaaay too short. Anyway... Good to see you're still going strong - and hope you'll get a chance to give that 40 some exercise before too long. On the positive side; you've not had time to buy a K-3.

08-12-2014, 05:07 AM	#9704
Jean Poitiers Pentaxian Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Lost in translation ... Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 18,076	Pentax is doomed; none in the crowd (except for me and the Spam-o-matic K-5 "Classic") ... but, no hociR in sight here either ?! xpost ---------- Post added 08-12-14 at 14:11 ---------- Originally posted by Joel B ... You're back!!!! (Snoopy dance) Didn't happen unless we see the images/video !!!

08-12-2014, 05:16 AM	#9705
Parallax Senior Moderator Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: South Dakota Photos: Gallery Posts: 19,332	I can't think of a single thing I'd want to see badly enough to be in a crowd like that. My definition of a maximum acceptable crowd is 2 people ahead of me in line at Burger King.