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

Jean Poitiers · 05-28-2015, 10:37 AM - **2 Likes**

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Originally posted by Parallax

Somebody stole your cheese?
You need these guys: SpecOps - Homepage

Disclaimer: This is NOT a political message ... just know that the "inverse" is true in France.

**savoche** · 05-28-2015, 11:06 AM

Originally posted by Jean Poitiers

Disclaimer: This is NOT a political message ... just know that the "inverse" is true in France.

Besides, who's to complain? 300 million more people to eat French cheese would drive up the price for the rest of us

stevebrot · 05-28-2015, 11:30 AM

Originally posted by RoxnDox

or this...

Excellent book from what I understand. All my Facebook friends are raving about it.

Steve

magkelly · 05-28-2015, 01:28 PM

Why not literature? I mean it's not like we don't talk about everything else, lol.

Jean Poitiers · 05-28-2015, 01:57 PM

Originally posted by savoche

Besides, who's to complain? 300 million more people to eat French cheese would drive up the price for the rest of us

True. Touché ...

Joel B · 05-28-2015, 02:17 PM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by magkelly

Why not literature?

Do Dilbert books count?

FantasticMrFox · 05-28-2015, 02:20 PM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by Jean Poitiers

Disclaimer: This is NOT a political message ... just know that the "inverse" is true in France.

From my past experience mentioning any legislative differences between the US and other places is not a good idea

robtcorl · 05-28-2015, 02:25 PM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by Joel B

Do Dilbert books count?

Only if cheese is mentioned in a strip.

magkelly · 05-28-2015, 03:06 PM

Originally posted by Joel B

Do Dilbert books count?

Yup. I like Dilbert books actually. I have a few e-book versions. Comics are very much literature IMHO.I used to read Peanuts, Cathy, Dilbert, The Far Side, Brenda Starr, The Phantom, Family Circus, Andy Capp, B.C. Calvin and Hobbes, LuAnn, For Better For Worse, Wizard of ID and Doonesbury all the time actually. Others too but I can't remember them all right now. I don't read the comics as much lately. When I do it's usually vintage superhero and creepy stuff. A lot of it is out now digitally. Some is legal, some is admittedly not. A lot of the stuff that is out of print you can actually read in e-book format.

Wonder Woman, Green Arrow, Batman, Superman, Dr Strange, and Spiderman mostly. Tales From the Crypt, Creepy, Eerie, Vaults of Horror, Tomb of Dracula, Dark Shadows, Fright Night, that kind of stuff. Actually those were my favorite comics as a kid. This one bookstore here they used to have tons and tons of old comics for like 25 cents a pop before they all became such huge collector's items. I used to go and spend an afternoon every month looking through 8 huge bins of them for the old horror comics. They had tons of magazines like Fangoria and Famous Monsters too and the best horror paperbacks section. The woman who owned the store, she liked me a lot. I'd go in and come out with dozens of old comics and that, only about half of which she'd ever let me pay for. She knew my reading list could never keep up with my chore money.

She and the local librarian they let me have whatever amount of books etc I might want. I pretty much had no limits either in terms of quantity or pocket money not when it came to books, comics and stuff. My Mom she hated the gore comics, thought they were morbid and didn't want me reading those or racy books meant for adults, but ultimately she had no control over me or what I read. I could easily get around my parents on that score and usually did. I was a precocious little brat who read so much that I practically rotted my little brain. I hated going outside to play. My idea of a great Summer was one where my babysitter didn't nag me to go outside so much when I was sitting in the cool of her den with a pile of books. She used to make me go outside to play with her son and his friends. I wanted nothing to do with them. They were all brats and bullies, including him.

She could make me go outside but she couldn't make me give up my books or stay outside in the sun. My Mom backed me up on that one. The first time she took the pile away and tried to make me go out of the shade of the garage I had a total hissy fit, something I was not given to normally. I told my Mom and she put her foot down because me getting heat stroke wasn't cool and given she was a big reader herself she didn't appreciate the babysitter making me stop. But the babysitter she was bound and determined to turn me into a "normal" kid, socialize me. She meant well but it never worked. I was a 20 year old in an 8 year old's body. The other kids didn't know what to make of me and they always disliked me from the get go. Very rarely did I meet another kid I could connect with at that age. I'm still a bit of a loner and prefer reading to most people. I do have friends now but I'm not a person who willingly socializes a lot. The few I do socialize with they get all the weird stuff I'm into and they were mostly considered "freaks" and "geeks" growing up too.

Honestly 99% of the time I prefer a good book to going out, dealing with real people. I always have like 400 books going on each reader. I read everywhere I can. I used to walk around with a book under my nose nearly all the time. Now I walk around with a tablet. I gave up my local library card this year actually, didn't renew it. There was just no point. They have basically turned the place into an internet coffee café. They've sold off so many books and movies it's terrible. They don't buy new ones anymore unless they're digital and they have a strict limit of 8 per month so for me it's pretty darned useless, their digital book program. I have to wait 8 weeks sometimes besides. Not worth it. Not when I have more e-books than I can probably read over the rest of my life, even at the rate I read them.

I probably have half the Gutenberg Library Online downloaded at this point, I think, lol. I started with the digital books thing early. At this point I know I have more books than my local branch library. They're pretty redundant now unfortunately. I used to have more sympathy until they started selling off so many things and started buying more coffee than readable/watchable stuff. Now I honestly don't care. They're no longer a proper library. So why bother?

**rod_grant** · 05-28-2015, 03:29 PM - **1 Like**

Mag, no Footrot Flats??
Shame.

Joel B · 05-28-2015, 05:05 PM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by magkelly

Wonder Woman, Green Arrow, Batman, Superman, Dr Strange, and Spiderman mostly. Tales From the Crypt, Creepy, Eerie, Vaults of Horror, Tomb of Dracula, Dark Shadows, Fright Night, that kind of stuff.

The Tick??

RoxnDox · 05-28-2015, 05:13 PM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by joel b

the tick??

spoooooooooonnnnnnnnnnnn!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

---------- Post added May 28th, 2015 at 05:16 PM ----------

How about the Fabulous Furry Freak Bros - perfect for this thread

magkelly · 05-28-2015, 05:46 PM

Originally posted by rod_grant

Mag, no Footrot Flats?? Shame.

I've never seen it. It was never in any paper we got, I guess. Ditto the other strips just mentioned. I've ever even heard about them till just now. I'll check them out if I can find some strips online...Oh, wait, Fabulous Furry Freak Bros I think one of my early roomies may have liked them. I seem to remember a T-shirt design with them. She liked the indie and subversive comics. They're not really my thing, and after reading the wiki on them I don't think I'd have cared for the strip and it's tops. Mostly I liked DC, Marvel and all the really gross horror comics when I was a kid.

**Ex Finn.** · 05-28-2015, 07:29 PM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by Jean Poitiers

Disclaimer: This is NOT a political message ... just know that the "inverse" is true in France.

Guns `n cheese, just missing the pork...

**rod_grant** · 05-28-2015, 11:30 PM

Why would I buy a K3 when I can buy this?-

Pentax IST DS Digital Camera Body AND Attached Sigma DC 18 125mm Lens | eBay

...wishful thinking!

05-28-2015, 05:46 PM	#17413
magkelly Veteran Member Join Date: May 2010 Photos: Gallery Posts: 5,901	Originally posted by rod_grant Mag, no Footrot Flats?? Shame. I've never seen it. It was never in any paper we got, I guess. Ditto the other strips just mentioned. I've ever even heard about them till just now. I'll check them out if I can find some strips online...Oh, wait, Fabulous Furry Freak Bros I think one of my early roomies may have liked them. I seem to remember a T-shirt design with them. She liked the indie and subversive comics. They're not really my thing, and after reading the wiki on them I don't think I'd have cared for the strip and it's tops. Mostly I liked DC, Marvel and all the really gross horror comics when I was a kid. Last edited by magkelly; 05-28-2015 at 05:52 PM.

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05-28-2015, 10:37 AM - 2 Likes	#17401
Jean Poitiers Pentaxian Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Lost in translation ... Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 18,076	Staff note: This post may contain affiliate links, which means Pentax Forums may earn a small commission if a visitor clicks through and makes a purchase. If you would like to support the forum directly, you may also make a donation here. Originally posted by Parallax Somebody stole your cheese? You need these guys: SpecOps - Homepage Disclaimer: This is NOT a political message ... just know that the "inverse" is true in France.

05-28-2015, 11:06 AM	#17402
savoche Master of the obvious Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Lowlands of Norway Posts: 18,311	Originally posted by Jean Poitiers Disclaimer: This is NOT a political message ... just know that the "inverse" is true in France. Besides, who's to complain? 300 million more people to eat French cheese would drive up the price for the rest of us

05-28-2015, 11:30 AM	#17403
stevebrot Otis Memorial Pentaxian Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Vancouver (USA) Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 42,007	Originally posted by RoxnDox or this... Excellent book from what I understand. All my Facebook friends are raving about it. Steve

05-28-2015, 01:28 PM	#17404
magkelly Veteran Member Join Date: May 2010 Photos: Gallery Posts: 5,901	Why not literature? I mean it's not like we don't talk about everything else, lol.

05-28-2015, 01:57 PM	#17405
Jean Poitiers Pentaxian Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Lost in translation ... Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 18,076	Originally posted by savoche Besides, who's to complain? 300 million more people to eat French cheese would drive up the price for the rest of us True. *Touché* ...

05-28-2015, 02:17 PM - 1 Like	#17406
Joel B Veteran Member Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Barnett MO. Photos: Albums Posts: 2,336	Originally posted by magkelly Why not literature? Do Dilbert books count?

05-28-2015, 02:20 PM - 1 Like	#17407
FantasticMrFox Veteran Member Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Munich Posts: 2,339	Originally posted by Jean Poitiers Disclaimer: This is NOT a political message ... just know that the "inverse" is true in France. From my past experience mentioning any legislative differences between the US and other places is not a good idea

05-28-2015, 02:25 PM - 1 Like	#17408
robtcorl Veteran Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: St Louis, MO Photos: Gallery Posts: 11,606	Originally posted by Joel B Do Dilbert books count? Only if cheese is mentioned in a strip.

05-28-2015, 03:06 PM	#17409
magkelly Veteran Member Join Date: May 2010 Photos: Gallery Posts: 5,901	Originally posted by Joel B Do Dilbert books count? Yup. I like Dilbert books actually. I have a few e-book versions. Comics are very much literature IMHO.I used to read Peanuts, Cathy, Dilbert, The Far Side, Brenda Starr, The Phantom, Family Circus, Andy Capp, B.C. Calvin and Hobbes, LuAnn, For Better For Worse, Wizard of ID and Doonesbury all the time actually. Others too but I can't remember them all right now. I don't read the comics as much lately. When I do it's usually vintage superhero and creepy stuff. A lot of it is out now digitally. Some is legal, some is admittedly not. A lot of the stuff that is out of print you can actually read in e-book format. Wonder Woman, Green Arrow, Batman, Superman, Dr Strange, and Spiderman mostly. Tales From the Crypt, Creepy, Eerie, Vaults of Horror, Tomb of Dracula, Dark Shadows, Fright Night, that kind of stuff. Actually those were my favorite comics as a kid. This one bookstore here they used to have tons and tons of old comics for like 25 cents a pop before they all became such huge collector's items. I used to go and spend an afternoon every month looking through 8 huge bins of them for the old horror comics. They had tons of magazines like Fangoria and Famous Monsters too and the best horror paperbacks section. The woman who owned the store, she liked me a lot. I'd go in and come out with dozens of old comics and that, only about half of which she'd ever let me pay for. She knew my reading list could never keep up with my chore money. She and the local librarian they let me have whatever amount of books etc I might want. I pretty much had no limits either in terms of quantity or pocket money not when it came to books, comics and stuff. My Mom she hated the gore comics, thought they were morbid and didn't want me reading those or racy books meant for adults, but ultimately she had no control over me or what I read. I could easily get around my parents on that score and usually did. I was a precocious little brat who read so much that I practically rotted my little brain. I hated going outside to play. My idea of a great Summer was one where my babysitter didn't nag me to go outside so much when I was sitting in the cool of her den with a pile of books. She used to make me go outside to play with her son and his friends. I wanted nothing to do with them. They were all brats and bullies, including him. She could make me go outside but she couldn't make me give up my books or stay outside in the sun. My Mom backed me up on that one. The first time she took the pile away and tried to make me go out of the shade of the garage I had a total hissy fit, something I was not given to normally. I told my Mom and she put her foot down because me getting heat stroke wasn't cool and given she was a big reader herself she didn't appreciate the babysitter making me stop. But the babysitter she was bound and determined to turn me into a "normal" kid, socialize me. She meant well but it never worked. I was a 20 year old in an 8 year old's body. The other kids didn't know what to make of me and they always disliked me from the get go. Very rarely did I meet another kid I could connect with at that age. I'm still a bit of a loner and prefer reading to most people. I do have friends now but I'm not a person who willingly socializes a lot. The few I do socialize with they get all the weird stuff I'm into and they were mostly considered "freaks" and "geeks" growing up too. Honestly 99% of the time I prefer a good book to going out, dealing with real people. I always have like 400 books going on each reader. I read everywhere I can. I used to walk around with a book under my nose nearly all the time. Now I walk around with a tablet. I gave up my local library card this year actually, didn't renew it. There was just no point. They have basically turned the place into an internet coffee café. They've sold off so many books and movies it's terrible. They don't buy new ones anymore unless they're digital and they have a strict limit of 8 per month so for me it's pretty darned useless, their digital book program. I have to wait 8 weeks sometimes besides. Not worth it. Not when I have more e-books than I can probably read over the rest of my life, even at the rate I read them. I probably have half the Gutenberg Library Online downloaded at this point, I think, lol. I started with the digital books thing early. At this point I know I have more books than my local branch library. They're pretty redundant now unfortunately. I used to have more sympathy until they started selling off so many things and started buying more coffee than readable/watchable stuff. Now I honestly don't care. They're no longer a proper library. So why bother?

05-28-2015, 03:29 PM - 1 Like	#17410
rod_grant Site Supporter Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Wangaratta, Victoria Photos: Gallery Posts: 6,951	Mag, no Footrot Flats?? Shame.

05-28-2015, 05:05 PM - 1 Like	#17411
Joel B Veteran Member Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Barnett MO. Photos: Albums Posts: 2,336	Originally posted by magkelly Wonder Woman, Green Arrow, Batman, Superman, Dr Strange, and Spiderman mostly. Tales From the Crypt, Creepy, Eerie, Vaults of Horror, Tomb of Dracula, Dark Shadows, Fright Night, that kind of stuff. The Tick??

05-28-2015, 05:13 PM - 1 Like	#17412
RoxnDox Pentaxian Join Date: May 2007 Location: Gig Harbor, Washington, USA, Terra Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 4,494	Originally posted by joel b the tick?? spoooooooooonnnnnnnnnnnn!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ---------- Post added May 28th, 2015 at 05:16 PM ---------- How about the Fabulous Furry Freak Bros - perfect for this thread

05-28-2015, 07:29 PM - 1 Like	#17414
Ex Finn. Site Supporter Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Southern Maryland. Espoo. Kouvola. Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 7,975	Originally posted by Jean Poitiers Disclaimer: This is NOT a political message ... just know that the "inverse" is true in France. Guns `n cheese, just missing the pork...

05-28-2015, 11:30 PM	#17415
rod_grant Site Supporter Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Wangaratta, Victoria Photos: Gallery Posts: 6,951	Why would I buy a K3 when I can buy this?- Pentax IST DS Digital Camera Body AND Attached Sigma DC 18 125mm Lens \| eBay ...wishful thinking!