AGE and GEAR!!!

**Cerebum** · 12-18-2021, 02:21 PM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by BigMackCam

I had to look those up, Rob... are you Aussie??

Still, I [i]do;/i] like the look of 'em. Is the biscuit part crispy / curnchy? It looks suspiciously cake-like to me... Either is fine, of course - but if it's more cake-like, we get into the same murky waters as Jaffa Cakes... are they biscuits, are they cakes. Important stuff

The timtams I have had were like penguins, only better!

OK, that comment is going to confuse the hell out of quite a few PF members

**RobA_Oz** · 12-18-2021, 02:23 PM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by BigMackCam

I had to look those up, Rob... are you Aussie??

Still, I [i]do;/i] like the look of 'em. Is the biscuit part crispy / curnchy? It looks suspiciously cake-like to me... Either is fine, of course - but if it's more cake-like, we get into the same murky waters as Jaffa Cakes... are they biscuits, are they cakes. Important stuff

They’re chocolate-coated, and definitely biscuit-centred, but too sweet for my taste. The very centre layer dissolves in hot fluids, so it’s a party trick to use one as a straw! To each their own, I say.

**BigMackCam** · 12-18-2021, 02:27 PM

Originally posted by Cerebum

The timtams I have had were like penguins, only better!

OK, that comment is going to confuse the hell out of quite a few PF members

Did you know that the biscuit part of a Penguin is the same as that of a Bourbon? 100% true. The filling is different, but McVities confirmed re-use of the biscuit...

**Serkevan** · 12-18-2021, 02:31 PM - **2 Likes**

I am learning so much about biscuits today

Keep it coming!

**RobA_Oz** · 12-18-2021, 02:34 PM - **2 Likes**

Originally posted by BigMackCam

Did you know that the biscuit part of a Penguin is the same as that of a Bourbon? 100% true. The filling is different, but McVities confirmed re-use of the biscuit...

McVities! I see you hobnob with the right people.

bertwert · 12-18-2021, 02:54 PM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by Cerebum

OK, how about a viscount biscuit ........ooh, I really fancy a viscount biscuit

Originally posted by BigMackCam

Jaffa Cakes

Oi stop it you folks! Those nice things just aren't in the shops over here... I think there's much less variety in biscuits, with most being better defined as cookies. Thankfully McVitie's is on the shelf here (I say as I munch down on another chocolate Hobnob...)

**BigMackCam** · 12-18-2021, 03:04 PM

Originally posted by bertwert

Oi stop it you folks! Those nice things just aren't in the shops over here... I think there's much less variety in biscuits, with most being better defined as cookies. Thankfully McVitie's is on the shelf here (I say as I munch down on another chocolate Hobnob...)

Ah, but you have access to plenty of stuff we don't, Bert... since the last ice age, we can't get fresh elk round here for love nor money...

reh321 · 12-18-2021, 03:07 PM

My parents gave me my first "camera" {a Kodak camera they got by sending in tops from Kellogg's cold cereal} when I was eight.
They gave me a Kodak Instamatic 100 and the Kodak "Duaflex" my Dad had used to photograph me as a baby by the time I was in high school.
I personally used graduation gifts to purchase a Yashica rangefinder camera when I graduated from college (1969), then a Canon rangefinder camera four years later.

In 1979 I purchased a Pentax "ME/SE", then a "Super Program" when the first camera got damp at Niagara Falls.
In 1995, I got a Canon EOS Elan because I liked their FE/usm lenses so much better than what Pentax and Nikon were delivering - and stayed with Canon for 20 years.
After two two straight Canon "Rebels" had processor problems, I came back to Pentax in 2015 and got a K-30.
Today, a Pentax KP is my primary camera.

**robgski** · 12-18-2021, 03:34 PM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by BigMackCam

Rob... are you Aussie??

No, but I worked with the ANZACs and they introduced we to these antipodean deilcacies. Fortunately, they are available in the US now and I am prone to indulge. Oh villainous company has been the ruin of me!

**dneira29** · 12-18-2021, 10:09 PM

Originally posted by Serkevan

I am learning so much about biscuits today

Keep it coming!

I mean this got me wanting biscuits and pancakes haha

**Cerebum** · 12-20-2021, 01:38 AM

Originally posted by dneira29

I mean this got me wanting biscuits and pancakes haha

I never stop

**ffking** · 12-20-2021, 01:50 AM

ME Super age 25
SFX-N age 31
Z-1 age age 33 (plus second hand LX sometime around then)
[67 about age 35]
[67ii age 40]
K10D age 50
k-3 age 56
K-1 age 58

and I've not used other systems

edit: those still working are the digitals and the the 67

redrockcoulee · 12-20-2021, 04:49 PM

At 25 or 26 i got a Spotmatic F with 28,50,135&200 lens. At 39 i moved to a SF1 with 28-80&70-210 lens. Added a MZ5 at age 49 and around 70 i now have a MX with 28,50&135 lenses.

Guess i went a little backwards.

Of course i also have a Roll iehord, Hasselblad and a couple LF cameras plus a K5iis and K01 IR.

Happy with my current cameras but would love to be 25 again

**K-Three** · 12-20-2021, 06:53 PM

Originally posted by redrockcoulee

would love to be 25 again

With all the knowledge and wisdom I've gathered in the intervening 36-years,

**RobA_Oz** · 12-20-2021, 08:42 PM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by redrockcoulee

At 25 or 26 i got a Spotmatic F with 28,50,135&200 lens. At 39 i moved to a SF1 with 28-80&70-210 lens. Added a MZ5 at age 49 and around 70 i now have a MX with 28,50&135 lenses.

Guess i went a little backwards.

Of course i also have a Roll iehord, Hasselblad and a couple LF cameras plus a K5iis and K01 IR.

Happy with my current cameras but would love to be 25 again

It’s arguable that having an MX now is going backwards. They were (still are, I reckon) delightful little cameras.

25 again? With one newborn and one 3-year-old. Glad to have them now, but don’t want to do that again.

I wouldn’t be dead for quids, though.

12-18-2021, 02:34 PM - 2 Likes	#80
RobA_Oz Site Supporter Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Tasmania, Australia Photos: Gallery Posts: 8,197	Originally posted by BigMackCam Did you know that the biscuit part of a Penguin is the same as that of a Bourbon? 100% true. The filling is different, but McVities confirmed re-use of the biscuit... McVities! I see you hobnob with the right people. Last edited by RobA_Oz; 01-05-2022 at 01:14 PM.

12-18-2021, 03:34 PM - 1 Like	#84
robgski Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Shenandoah Valley, Virginia Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 8,799	Originally posted by BigMackCam Rob... are you Aussie?? No, but I worked with the ANZACs and they introduced we to these antipodean deilcacies. Fortunately, they are available in the US now and I am prone to indulge. Oh villainous company has been the ruin of me! Last edited by robgski; 12-20-2021 at 07:23 PM.

12-20-2021, 01:50 AM	#87
ffking Site Supporter Join Date: Nov 2015 Location: Old South Wales Posts: 6,038	ME Super age 25 SFX-N age 31 Z-1 age age 33 (plus second hand LX sometime around then) [67 about age 35] [67ii age 40] K10D age 50 k-3 age 56 K-1 age 58 and I've not used other systems edit: those still working are the digitals and the the 67 Last edited by ffking; 12-20-2021 at 01:57 PM.

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12-18-2021, 02:21 PM - 1 Like	#76
Cerebum Site Supporter Join Date: Oct 2017 Location: Lancaster Photos: Gallery Posts: 3,828	Originally posted by BigMackCam I had to look those up, Rob... are you Aussie?? Still, I [i]do;/i] like the look of 'em. Is the biscuit part crispy / curnchy? It looks suspiciously cake-like to me... Either is fine, of course - but if it's more cake-like, we get into the same murky waters as Jaffa Cakes... are they biscuits, are they cakes. Important stuff The timtams I have had were like penguins, only better! OK, that comment is going to confuse the hell out of quite a few PF members

12-18-2021, 02:23 PM - 1 Like	#77
RobA_Oz Site Supporter Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Tasmania, Australia Photos: Gallery Posts: 8,197	Originally posted by BigMackCam I had to look those up, Rob... are you Aussie?? Still, I [i]do;/i] like the look of 'em. Is the biscuit part crispy / curnchy? It looks suspiciously cake-like to me... Either is fine, of course - but if it's more cake-like, we get into the same murky waters as Jaffa Cakes... are they biscuits, are they cakes. Important stuff They’re chocolate-coated, and definitely biscuit-centred, but too sweet for my taste. The very centre layer dissolves in hot fluids, so it’s a party trick to use one as a straw! To each their own, I say.

12-18-2021, 02:27 PM	#78
BigMackCam Digitiser of Film Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: North East of England Posts: 20,674	Originally posted by Cerebum The timtams I have had were like penguins, only better! OK, that comment is going to confuse the hell out of quite a few PF members Did you know that the biscuit part of a Penguin is the same as that of a Bourbon? 100% true. The filling is different, but McVities confirmed re-use of the biscuit...

12-18-2021, 02:31 PM - 2 Likes	#79
Serkevan Site Supporter Join Date: May 2019 Photos: Albums Posts: 5,976	I am learning so much about biscuits today Keep it coming!

12-18-2021, 02:54 PM - 1 Like	#81
bertwert Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: Golden, BC Posts: 15,173	Originally posted by Cerebum OK, how about a viscount biscuit ........ooh, I really fancy a viscount biscuit Originally posted by BigMackCam Jaffa Cakes Oi stop it you folks! Those nice things just aren't in the shops over here... I think there's much less variety in biscuits, with most being better defined as cookies. Thankfully McVitie's is on the shelf here (I say as I munch down on another chocolate Hobnob...)

12-18-2021, 03:04 PM	#82
BigMackCam Digitiser of Film Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: North East of England Posts: 20,674	Originally posted by bertwert Oi stop it you folks! Those nice things just aren't in the shops over here... I think there's much less variety in biscuits, with most being better defined as cookies. Thankfully McVitie's is on the shelf here (I say as I munch down on another chocolate Hobnob...) Ah, but you have access to plenty of stuff we don't, Bert... since the last ice age, we can't get fresh elk round here for love nor money...

12-18-2021, 03:07 PM	#83
reh321 Pentaxian Join Date: Nov 2014 Location: South Bend, IN, USA Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 23,180	My parents gave me my first "camera" {a Kodak camera they got by sending in tops from Kellogg's cold cereal} when I was eight. They gave me a Kodak Instamatic 100 and the Kodak "Duaflex" my Dad had used to photograph me as a baby by the time I was in high school. I personally used graduation gifts to purchase a Yashica rangefinder camera when I graduated from college (1969), then a Canon rangefinder camera four years later. In 1979 I purchased a Pentax "ME/SE", then a "Super Program" when the first camera got damp at Niagara Falls. In 1995, I got a Canon EOS Elan because I liked their FE/usm lenses so much better than what Pentax and Nikon were delivering - and stayed with Canon for 20 years. After two two straight Canon "Rebels" had processor problems, I came back to Pentax in 2015 and got a K-30. Today, a Pentax KP is my primary camera.

12-18-2021, 10:09 PM	#85
dneira29 Site Supporter Join Date: Oct 2020 Posts: 535 Original Poster	Originally posted by Serkevan I am learning so much about biscuits today Keep it coming! I mean this got me wanting biscuits and pancakes haha

12-20-2021, 01:38 AM	#86
Cerebum Site Supporter Join Date: Oct 2017 Location: Lancaster Photos: Gallery Posts: 3,828	Originally posted by dneira29 I mean this got me wanting biscuits and pancakes haha I never stop

12-20-2021, 04:49 PM	#88
redrockcoulee Pentaxian Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Medicine Hat Posts: 2,306	At 25 or 26 i got a Spotmatic F with 28,50,135&200 lens. At 39 i moved to a SF1 with 28-80&70-210 lens. Added a MZ5 at age 49 and around 70 i now have a MX with 28,50&135 lenses. Guess i went a little backwards. Of course i also have a Roll iehord, Hasselblad and a couple LF cameras plus a K5iis and K01 IR. Happy with my current cameras but would love to be 25 again

12-20-2021, 06:53 PM	#89
K-Three Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: May 2014 Location: Pugetopolis, WA Photos: Gallery Posts: 938	Originally posted by redrockcoulee would love to be 25 again With all the knowledge and wisdom I've gathered in the intervening 36-years,

12-20-2021, 08:42 PM - 1 Like	#90
RobA_Oz Site Supporter Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Tasmania, Australia Photos: Gallery Posts: 8,197	Originally posted by redrockcoulee At 25 or 26 i got a Spotmatic F with 28,50,135&200 lens. At 39 i moved to a SF1 with 28-80&70-210 lens. Added a MZ5 at age 49 and around 70 i now have a MX with 28,50&135 lenses. Guess i went a little backwards. Of course i also have a Roll iehord, Hasselblad and a couple LF cameras plus a K5iis and K01 IR. Happy with my current cameras but would love to be 25 again It’s arguable that having an MX now is going backwards. They were (still are, I reckon) delightful little cameras. 25 again? With one newborn and one 3-year-old. Glad to have them now, but don’t want to do that again. I wouldn’t be dead for quids, though.