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Post by philbirch on Mar 3, 2015 19:45:35 GMT -5
K for Kitchener. Given to my friend as a pup because his owner wanted him put down. The vet charged the owner for putting him down. He's a lovely animal. I don't like dogs but I do like Kitch.
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Post by julio1fer on Mar 3, 2015 20:00:58 GMT -5
Low speed
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Post by philbirch on Mar 4, 2015 14:12:44 GMT -5
M for Missing the case of the missing panty or the mysterious Knicker Nicker. People help themselves where I work. EDIT: The one missing was a plain white one, we never caught the culprit. A reward is offered to anyone that finds it.
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Post by philbirch on Mar 12, 2015 20:04:04 GMT -5
N for New line of business. Jessop, was one of the largest photo retailers in UK, having put scores of family owned shops out of business with its low prices and advertising. Now bust its self. Someone bought the name and re-opened a number of shops in big cities, unfortunately the one in my town (Warrington) and this one in Blackpool were not deemed prestigious enough to resurrect.
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Post by julio1fer on Mar 14, 2015 19:40:38 GMT -5
I bought film in a Jessops in Tottenham Court Rd, if my memory does not fail me, in a visit to London. Sad to see such a household name go. But life goes on without asking permission. Old truck
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Post by philbirch on Mar 15, 2015 5:25:46 GMT -5
Lovely old truck.
Sad to see Jessops go but they and their aggressive price cutting and marketing were responsible for many independent shops closing down in the 80's. In Manchester, where I lived at one time, here were any number of shops: Lomax, Cutlers, Fred Ash, Dollonds, Piccadilly, Stephens and a concession in Pauldens/Debenhams. Lomax and Dollonds and the concession were first to go, then Cutlers (Photomarkets by now). Fred Ash dragged on until the late 90's, Piccadilly was bought and now it is owned by London Camera Centre. Stephens quietly went and now may be the Leica Store. In later years, jacobs came and went.
Yes the big monster is dead, but lets nor forget who it trampled on to get to the top.
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Post by genazzano on Mar 15, 2015 17:57:25 GMT -5
This is a story about Google and the ancient solar observatory that they would rather forget. I couple years ago I posted the image you see below on another forum. Along with it, I told how I live in an ancient building in a small town in the mountains south of Rome. Each year at the Summer Solstice, a thin beam of sunlight makes its way down through the walls and complexities of our building only to end up brilliantly illuminating the toilet bowl in our lavatory. So, quite reasonably, I refered to this event as perhaps the newest ancient solar observatory that has baffled scientists today. This was funny and the Internet followed by making this image one of the most popular among presumably tens of millions during that week or two. In fact, if you ran a Google search using the term "ancient solar observatory", among the top responses was my photo of an illuminated toilet bowl. Well, scientist the world over spending my tax money looking for some bs solar observatory must have lost their sense of humor, frankly. Now I am feeling like my civil rights have been violated and frankly, I am Pissed off. Thank you for listening. David
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Post by philbirch on Mar 15, 2015 18:11:04 GMT -5
Wow, I bet that helps the aim - one day a year!
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Post by SidW on Mar 15, 2015 19:35:26 GMT -5
Phil, you'd break the beam of sunlight.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 15, 2015 20:41:11 GMT -5
Not a fan of Google. Won't use their browser or search engine or email. Google's main goal is to collect as much personal information as possible on Internet users.
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Post by genazzano on Mar 18, 2015 6:21:28 GMT -5
I shouldn't be bothered by these things. What does bother me is the fact that Google searches for various cameras produce my photos that have literally been stolen by other sites. To make it more irritating, these sites often warn viewers from improperly copying their images. WTF..
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Post by philbirch on Mar 20, 2015 15:06:34 GMT -5
Sony etc have warnings about copyright theft on their music and movie media. Copying isnt copyright theft - it's an infringement of the law. Sony actually steal copyright, as in deprive the owner of it. Two faced bastards.
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Post by genazzano on Mar 21, 2015 2:33:17 GMT -5
I keep on running into my photo of my Contax I on many of the Google searches for other cameras. Some artsy craftsy news magazine that can't take their own photo of the cameras they write about. Why can't they at least acknowledge who owns the photo they use... It's MINE... Jeeez am I getting to be an irritation old guy. Who is this Arunima Sen anyway?
That is one reason I respect Collectiblend. They always acknowledge the photographers of their images.
Old irritable Dave
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Post by belgiumreporter on Mar 21, 2015 4:35:08 GMT -5
Recently during one of my lectures on street photography, when i used one of my photographs to illustrate my point, one of the students asked " oh i know this photo, did you get it from the internet?" So i had to reply " no this is my f*cking work i made it myselve" I rarely publish my work, but even then it seems to be picked up without my knowledge and used without my permission. Here's the picture, should you see it somewhere know that it's mine ! To get back on topic: Canon FTb QL
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Post by genazzano on Mar 21, 2015 4:51:11 GMT -5
I know you must have heard this before, that is a remarkable photograph. Just wanted to mention it.
Google once had "who stole my pictures" available. Is it still there. Can't access that on my iPad, but it was a useful link a couple years ago.
David
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