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Out of Focus and off topic...

Calina · 2009-01-12 20:00:10

DeV has gifted us this off topic thread idea from Poker for general chat/offtopic/banter type thread. So here it is. I'd stick a virtual bar in the corner but I think a few of our users are underage, so the bar is that way and the juice bar and cafe are this other way. Want to mouth off about photography, say nice things,…

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#272 27-01-2009 11:53pm
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That's cool. What are you planning to do with it?

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#273 28-01-2009 12:31am
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Finally get some decent indoors shots of the baby

And learn about bokeh!

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#274 28-01-2009 1:10am
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AnCatDubh wrote: »

Eircom appear to be having dns issues !!!AGAIN!!!

Anyhow - a discussion happening over here - http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055473363

Some DNS work arounds for people to try.

I thought it was just me. I had just done some tinkering on the computer to fix a hard drive issue and thought I'd done something to my internets. All is rosy now.

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#275 28-01-2009 11:57am
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Why did the chicken cross the Möbius strip?

To get to the same side.

Well I hadn't heard it before.

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#276 28-01-2009 1:24pm
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......Funny!

Have a look @ theses alleged reasons from famous people 'Why did the chicken cross the road'?

http://www.weirdity.com/jokes/chicken.shtml

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#277 28-01-2009 6:11pm
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How many kerrymen dose it take to change a light bulb???

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#278 28-01-2009 6:14pm
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None, Kerry looks better in the dark?

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#279 28-01-2009 6:19pm
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whyulittle wrote: »

None, Kerry looks better in the dark?

One to change the bulb four others to reminise on how grand the aul bulb was

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#280 28-01-2009 6:53pm
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landyman wrote: »

How many kerrymen dose it take to change a light bulb???

51

One to change the light bulb and 50 to march down the street with burning torches!

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#281 28-01-2009 7:07pm
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Seeing as jokes are part of the menu:

There were two nuns...
One of them was known as Sister Mathematical (SM),
and the other one was known as Sister Logical (SL).
It is getting dark and they are still far away from the
convent.

SM: Have you noticed that a man has been following
us for the past 38 and a half minutes? I wonder what
he wants.

SL: It's logical. He wants to rape us.

SM: Oh, no! At this rate he will reach us in 15 minutes
at the most! What can we do?

SL: The only logical thing to do, of course, is to
walk faster.

SM: It's not working.

SL: Of course it's not working. The man did the only
logical thing. He started to walk faster, too.

SM: So, what shall we do? At this rate he will reach
us in one minute.

SL: The only logical thing we can do is split. You go
that way and I'll go this way. He cannot follow us both.

So the man decided to follow Sister Logical.

Sister Mathematical arrives at the convent and is
worried about what has happened to Sister Logical.

Then Sister Logical arrives.

SM: Sister Logical! Thank God you are here!
Tell me what happened!

SL: The only logical thing happened. The man
couldn't follow us both, so he followed me

SM: Yes, yes! But what happened then?

SL: The only logical thing happened. I started to
run as fast as I could and he started to run as
fast as he could.

SM: And?

SL: The only logical thing happened. He reached me.

SM: Oh, dear! What did you do?

SL: The only logical thing to do. I lifted my dress up.

SM: Oh, Sister! What did the man do?

SL: The only logical thing to do. He pulled down his pants.

SM: Oh, no! What happened then?

SL: Isn't it logical, Sister?

A nun with her dress up can run faster than
man with his pants down.

And for those of you who thought it would be dirty,
say two Hail Marys!

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#282 28-01-2009 7:26pm
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Light bulb jokes abound...

How many psychologists does it take to change a light bulb?

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#283 28-01-2009 7:39pm
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A blonde bangard pulls over another blonde on the road.....

Bangard: you were driving over the speed limit. May i see your licence??

Blonde: emm em em whats that??

Bangard: you know, your identification.

Blonde: em ill have a look.....

(Blonde rummages through her stuff and glove-box)

(Blonde opens wallet and looks at the mirror in the wallet)

Blonde: ooh i found one! Look!

(Shows bangard the mirror)

Bangard: god, i didnt know you were a gard!!

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#284 28-01-2009 9:34pm
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These jokes are so bad I think they've given me cancer

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#285 29-01-2009 1:36am
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The best way how to look at the D3.

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#286 29-01-2009 9:53am
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ThOnda wrote: »

The best way how to look at the D3.

Or the 5d mk2.....

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#287 29-01-2009 12:15pm
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trooney wrote: »

Light bulb jokes abound...

How many psychologists does it take to change a light bulb?

Only one ..... but the Lightbulb really has to want to change.

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#288 29-01-2009 4:08pm
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like the old joke about how many boards photography forum users it takes to change a lightbulb...

the bulb never gets changed because theyre all moaning about wattage, bulb shape, if it's a bayonet or a screw in, the imperfections in the ambient light the lampshade will create, what the rating of the bulb is in degrees kelvin, what the best kind of bulb to buy for €3 is, where to get it, how to get it, what means of transport to use to get the bulb to the light fitting, to turn it clockwise or anti-clockwise, how many volts used to light it, what colour fuse goes into the plug and finally the person that originally suggested changing the bulb comes back to talk about what a great suggestion it was in the first place... if they're not banned at that stage.

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#289 29-01-2009 5:01pm
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so you're going to change the light bulb you forgot about upgrading it to CFL and what was wrong with the original light bulb in the first place

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#290 29-01-2009 5:03pm
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rymus wrote: »

like the old joke about how many boards photography forum users it takes to change a lightbulb...

the bulb never gets changed because theyre all moaning about wattage, bulb shape, if it's a bayonet or a screw in, the imperfections in the ambient light the lampshade will create, what the rating of the bulb is in degrees kelvin, what the best kind of bulb to buy for €3 is, where to get it, how to get it, what means of transport to use to get the bulb to the light fitting, to turn it clockwise or anti-clockwise, how many volts used to light it, what colour fuse goes into the plug and finally the person that originally suggested changing the bulb comes back to talk about what a great suggestion it was in the first place... if they're not banned at that stage.

You forgot the boardsie that wondered if it should have TTL support :pac:

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#291 29-01-2009 5:17pm
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Just picked up a 3 Months old rarely used 40D with a Canon EF-S 15-55 IS USM and Canon EF75-300mm F/4-5.6 III USM for 700 Euro.

Considering I was going to go to Jessops at the weekend and pick up the Kit pack minus the 75-300 lens for 789 STG I consider my buy to be a bargain!

yay!

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#292 29-01-2009 7:44pm
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I bought a Sigma 10-20 second hand to day. As an avid fan of Ken Rockwell how much do you think I need to donate to him to get over the guilt of buying a non Ken Rockwell approved lens?

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#293 29-01-2009 10:00pm
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New Camera and no compact flash card

Bummer

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#294 29-01-2009 10:05pm
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Nisio wrote: »

I bought a Sigma 10-20 second hand to day. As an avid fan of Ken Rockwell how much do you think I need to donate to him to get over the guilt of buying a non Ken Rockwell approved lens?

2c

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#295 29-01-2009 10:14pm
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Nisio wrote: »

I bought a Sigma 10-20 second hand to day. As an avid fan of Ken Rockwell how much do you think I need to donate to him to get over the guilt of buying a non Ken Rockwell approved lens?

Nothing. The 10-20 is a lens fully endorsed by Calina.

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#296 30-01-2009 12:53am
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Ok lads whats yer favourite guinnes add??

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#297 30-01-2009 9:44am
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Calina wrote: »

Nothing. The 10-20 is a lens fully endorsed by Calina.

A new lens and it rained! and it's still raining! :mad:

Landyman wrote:

Ok lads whats yer favourite guinnes add??

Do you remember the famous surfing one with the old man waiting waiting waiting then the perfect wave arrives with the white horses foaming horses and the cool dum da dum dum background track?

They did a follow on add years later (I watched it in the storehouse; haven't seen it on tv) shot in the same style where a bunch of young lads are doing the same thing but as they reach the water with the surf boards they get their feet wet you can kinda see them thinking "Fcuk that's cold" and they leg it back up the beach.

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#298 30-01-2009 12:42pm
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Nisio wrote: »

A new lens and it rained! and it's still raining! :mad:

Do you remember the famous surfing one with the old man waiting waiting waiting then the perfect wave arrives with the white horses foaming horses and the cool dum da dum dum background track?

My favourite was the one where yer man was dancing round the pint waiting for it to settle. Classic! Da-na na, da-na na, da-na na

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#299 30-01-2009 1:36pm
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We had one in Australia, when they were first promoting Guinness, which was well weird.

If I remember it was a guy running around a sports field looking in different directions. he then came up to the camera & said "I like to watch" in a really wierd & disturbing voice. No logo, no brand, nothing. Of course everyone was atlking about it wondering what it meant.

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#300 30-01-2009 1:36pm
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thats a blast from the past... here y'are
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69MpLiYhsXw

and for all the rest of ye
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcdDg30VBgo

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#301 30-01-2009 2:37pm
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Ads.......What do you think of the new Cadbury's ad? v. funny.
http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=TVblWq3tDwY&feature=related

It's weird though that the recent Cadbury's ads have had NOTHING to do with chocolate....eg. Gorilla playing the drums
http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=BvJ6Z8TNaKs

& before that there was the one with the rally in an airport!!!!!
http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=_YkV4a6WZ-U

explain please.

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