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

**savoche** · 05-13-2015, 11:09 AM

Vache sacrée! No action? Do I have to do everything around here??

Parallax · 05-13-2015, 11:10 AM - **1 Like**

Do you do windows?

Jean Poitiers · 05-13-2015, 12:11 PM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by Parallax

Do you do windows?

Windows 8 sucks ...

Parallax · 05-13-2015, 12:36 PM

Originally posted by Jean Poitiers

Windows 8 sucks ..

Not that kind of windows!

Jean Poitiers · 05-13-2015, 12:38 PM

Originally posted by Parallax

Not that kind of windows! :bonk:

Ooops ... désolé.

**savoche** · 05-13-2015, 01:41 PM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by Parallax

Do you do windows?

With rocks? Sure, any time!

**savoche** · 05-13-2015, 01:42 PM

Originally posted by Jean Poitiers

Windows 8 sucks ...

Like the earlier versions didn't?!

robtcorl · 05-13-2015, 02:08 PM

**rod_grant** · 05-13-2015, 02:19 PM

Originally posted by savoche

Do I have to do everything around here??

Don't look to me for help. I'm on a road trip remember.
Not much time for helping on the interwebby.
Too busy moaning about the rain and yesterday went to Cape Otway - Mrs G moaned about the cold (6c but wind chill made it about -300... slight exaggeration guess!)
I climbed up inside the lighthouse (1848-1994 - now decommissioned: I guess we don't care about ships' safety now!) No room for even an iPad climbing the 76 steps and then the steel ladder! So you couldn't expect me to wake up the thread. Should it be the job of Parallax to moderate the thread so all the posts don't bunch up at one time of the day? 17 hours was an excessive pause, eh?

btw - they didn't use any cenemt in the construction of the light house!! The stone blocks are just sitting on top of one another!!! Even the stone (76) steps are just hanging from space or something. Seems to me the lighthouse keeper was more at risk than the sailors and their cargo/passengers!!

magkelly · 05-13-2015, 02:38 PM

I am busy playing with Q...

and Q as in my QS1, which IS named for this Q!!! <3 <3 <3

robtcorl · 05-13-2015, 03:04 PM

Originally posted by rod_grant

I climbed up inside the lighthouse (1848-1994 - now decommissioned: I guess we don't care about ships' safety now!) No room for even an iPad climbing the 76 steps and then the steel ladder!

For some reason I feel like so much less of a man, sitting here in my recliner, sipping some fine bourbon, pot of chili simmering on the stove, laptop on lap, and reading about the adventures of Indiana Jones.
(sigh)

FantasticMrFox · 05-13-2015, 03:16 PM

Originally posted by rod_grant

Too busy moaning about the rain ...

Go to Wilson's Prom, a magical place in rain and fog, especially Mt. Oberon.

Originally posted by robtcorl

For some reason I feel like so much less of a man, sitting here in my recliner, sipping some fine bourbon, pot of chili simmering on the stove, laptop on lap, and reading about the adventures of Indiana Jones.(sigh)

You're drinking whisky, how much more manly does it get? And you just made me go downstairs and pour myself a single malt, so that's your good deed for the day

robtcorl · 05-13-2015, 03:42 PM

Originally posted by FantasticMrFox

You're drinking whisky, how much more manly does it get? And you just made me go downstairs and pour myself a single malt, so that's your good deed for the day

Thanks, I'm feeling mainly manly again!!

magkelly · 05-13-2015, 03:49 PM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by robtcorl

For some reason I feel like so much less of a man, sitting here in my recliner, sipping some fine bourbon, pot of chili simmering on the stove, laptop on lap, and reading about the adventures of Indiana Jones.
(sigh)

Chili, booze, and a good book? I think Indy would approve of the way you're spending some downtime. I mean think about. Adventures aside, he IS a professor and rather fond of books after all. Mind you he'd probably be doing it in a cabin up some wickedly high mountain that you can only access via climbing with your bare hands or something...

**rod_grant** · 05-13-2015, 03:57 PM

Originally posted by FantasticMrFox

Go to Wilson's Prom, a magical place in rain and fog

Thanks for the suggestion, but Wilsons Prom is the southernmost part of the Gippsland region of Victoria, and I am an old Gippslander so I know it well.
Rain and fog is what South Gippsland does best (well, apart from being the best dairy country in Australia). Parts has 100 inches of rain per year, until the pioneers made the forests into farms. The history books speak of 'corduroy' roads. I have never found a definition, but surmise that they used small timbers crosswise across the road to make a firm but bumpy surface.

It has been a while since I visited the Prom, so I might take up your suggestion.

05-13-2015, 02:38 PM	#17095
magkelly Veteran Member Join Date: May 2010 Photos: Gallery Posts: 5,901	I am busy playing with Q... and Q as in my QS1, which IS named for this Q!!! <3 <3 <3 Last edited by magkelly; 05-13-2015 at 02:46 PM.

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05-13-2015, 11:09 AM	#17086
savoche Master of the obvious Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Lowlands of Norway Posts: 18,311	*Vache sacrée!* No action? Do I have to do everything around here??

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Parallax Senior Moderator Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: South Dakota Photos: Gallery Posts: 19,332	Do you do windows?

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Jean Poitiers Pentaxian Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Lost in translation ... Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 18,076	Originally posted by Parallax Do you do windows? Windows 8 sucks ...

05-13-2015, 12:36 PM	#17089
Parallax Senior Moderator Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: South Dakota Photos: Gallery Posts: 19,332	Originally posted by Jean Poitiers Windows 8 sucks .. Not that kind of windows!

05-13-2015, 12:38 PM	#17090
Jean Poitiers Pentaxian Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Lost in translation ... Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 18,076	Originally posted by Parallax Not that kind of windows! :bonk: Ooops ... *désolé.*

05-13-2015, 01:41 PM - 1 Like	#17091
savoche Master of the obvious Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Lowlands of Norway Posts: 18,311	Originally posted by Parallax Do you do windows? With rocks? Sure, any time!

05-13-2015, 01:42 PM	#17092
savoche Master of the obvious Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Lowlands of Norway Posts: 18,311	Originally posted by Jean Poitiers Windows 8 sucks ... Like the earlier versions didn't?!

05-13-2015, 02:08 PM	#17093
robtcorl Veteran Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: St Louis, MO Photos: Gallery Posts: 11,606

05-13-2015, 02:19 PM	#17094
rod_grant Site Supporter Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Wangaratta, Victoria Photos: Gallery Posts: 6,951	Originally posted by savoche Do I have to do everything around here?? Don't look to me for help. I'm on a road trip remember. Not much time for helping on the interwebby. Too busy moaning about the rain and yesterday went to Cape Otway - Mrs G moaned about the cold (6c but wind chill made it about -300... slight exaggeration guess!) I climbed up inside the lighthouse (1848-1994 - now decommissioned: I guess we don't care about ships' safety now!) No room for even an iPad climbing the 76 steps and then the steel ladder! So you couldn't expect me to wake up the thread. Should it be the job of Parallax to moderate the thread so all the posts don't bunch up at one time of the day? 17 hours was an excessive pause, eh? btw - they didn't use any cenemt in the construction of the light house!! The stone blocks are just sitting on top of one another!!! Even the stone (76) steps are just hanging from space or something. Seems to me the lighthouse keeper was more at risk than the sailors and their cargo/passengers!!

05-13-2015, 03:04 PM	#17096
robtcorl Veteran Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: St Louis, MO Photos: Gallery Posts: 11,606	Originally posted by rod_grant I climbed up inside the lighthouse (1848-1994 - now decommissioned: I guess we don't care about ships' safety now!) No room for even an iPad climbing the 76 steps and then the steel ladder! For some reason I feel like so much less of a man, sitting here in my recliner, sipping some fine bourbon, pot of chili simmering on the stove, laptop on lap, and reading about the adventures of Indiana Jones. (sigh)

05-13-2015, 03:16 PM	#17097
FantasticMrFox Veteran Member Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Munich Posts: 2,339	Originally posted by rod_grant Too busy moaning about the rain ... Go to Wilson's Prom, a magical place in rain and fog, especially Mt. Oberon. Originally posted by robtcorl For some reason I feel like so much less of a man, sitting here in my recliner, sipping some fine bourbon, pot of chili simmering on the stove, laptop on lap, and reading about the adventures of Indiana Jones.(sigh) You're drinking whisky, how much more manly does it get? And you just made me go downstairs and pour myself a single malt, so that's your good deed for the day

05-13-2015, 03:42 PM	#17098
robtcorl Veteran Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: St Louis, MO Photos: Gallery Posts: 11,606	Originally posted by FantasticMrFox You're drinking whisky, how much more manly does it get? And you just made me go downstairs and pour myself a single malt, so that's your good deed for the day Thanks, I'm feeling mainly manly again!!

05-13-2015, 03:49 PM - 1 Like	#17099
magkelly Veteran Member Join Date: May 2010 Photos: Gallery Posts: 5,901	Originally posted by robtcorl For some reason I feel like so much less of a man, sitting here in my recliner, sipping some fine bourbon, pot of chili simmering on the stove, laptop on lap, and reading about the adventures of Indiana Jones. (sigh) Chili, booze, and a good book? I think Indy would approve of the way you're spending some downtime. I mean think about. Adventures aside, he IS a professor and rather fond of books after all. Mind you he'd probably be doing it in a cabin up some wickedly high mountain that you can only access via climbing with your bare hands or something...

05-13-2015, 03:57 PM	#17100
rod_grant Site Supporter Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Wangaratta, Victoria Photos: Gallery Posts: 6,951	Originally posted by FantasticMrFox Go to Wilson's Prom, a magical place in rain and fog Thanks for the suggestion, but Wilsons Prom is the southernmost part of the Gippsland region of Victoria, and I am an old Gippslander so I know it well. Rain and fog is what South Gippsland does best (well, apart from being the best dairy country in Australia). Parts has 100 inches of rain per year, until the pioneers made the forests into farms. The history books speak of 'corduroy' roads. I have never found a definition, but surmise that they used small timbers crosswise across the road to make a firm but bumpy surface. It has been a while since I visited the Prom, so I might take up your suggestion.