Official Z3 OT Thread..........

[Terry F.]

Yeah, we got rules.

No profanity.
Nothing sexual.
No political discussion. None.
No handgun pictures out of respect to an international community.
No religious discussion. None.
No racial discussion. None.
No hot-topic discussion.

If you disagree with these selections, I'm sorry but it's not open to discussion. The list might be appended, who knows.

Now, here's the deal. I have to moderate this thread just like the rest of them. Don't screw up and earn a TO because OT is often though of as almost lawless. Remember where you are.

Now in spite of all that, there's plenty of interesting stuff to discuss. I guess we will just weave across a bunch of topics, IDK.

Ok........go.

[Randy Forbes]

I used some bug-spray today.

Oh, and I went in the pool (for about one__1__minute, until I heard thunder...)!

[aggsquirrel]

Thanks Terry. I wasn't ready for the thread to start! From suggesting it, I feel personally responsible for the possible success or failure of this thread, that's a lot of pressure to put on a guy. As conciliation here's a gif of my namesake.

[Terry F.]

Camera buffs.....whatcha shooting with?

[Jamesons Viggen]

OT!

I bought a house!

No disgusting NJ property taxes this time!

The 1820sq ft finished basement with bath, bedroom and full kitchen won me over. I have big plans for my car collection and home theater
http://www.zillow.com/homedetails/48..._campaign=1042

[ajt36]

Camera buffs.....whatcha shooting with?

Digi: Canon 5D3
Film: an old Minolta TLR, old Minolta manual focus 35mm gear

My camera GAS has turned into car mods GAS. Or maybe that's PAS (Parts Acquisition Syndrome). 😁

[Bimjam96]

I used some bug-spray today.

Oh, and I went in the pool (for about one__1__minute, until I heard thunder...)!

Here's a thought. If you're in the water and lightning strikes the water. At what distance would you have to be away from the strike in order to not get electrocuted? What about salt water? For purposes of math let's just say every bolt of lightning =1.21 gigawatts.

[BenFenner]

Is this where we raise money to fix Terry's sticky full stop key?


I'm shooting with a Canon SD600 and Canon T5 right now. I actively fight spending more money on camera equipment. It would turn into another money pit very easily.

[ajt36]

I'm shooting with a Canon SD600 and Canon T5 right now. I actively fight spending more money on camera equipment. It would turn into another money pit very easily.

Divesting myself of a lot of unused camera gear partially paid for my RF subframe last fall. 😄

I eventually had to remind myself that I can only shoot one camera at a time, kinda like you can only wear one watch at a time (well, I guess you can wear more than one watch but it looks weird).

Which bring up the next OT... what's everybody got on their wrist?

Me: a Bernhardt Globemaster

[328 Power 04]

Canon 7D and an old Rebel Xsi. Mainly amateur stuff.

Does anyone else have the problem where friends and family all ask you to take pictures for an event, for free, and then request all their pictures within days? [good] Editing from raw takes forever for hundreds and hundreds of pictures.

[jajou318]

Does anyone else have the problem where friends and family all ask you to take pictures for an event, for free, and then request all their pictures within days? [good] Editing from raw takes forever for hundreds and hundreds of pictures.

Rofl. This happened to me weekend before last. Went to a baptism in CA and brought my camera. I'm talking extremely amateur photographer... then they ask for the pictures? lol.. I shot in manual mode the whole time and this was after a wedding the night before with an open bar. Looking at the pictures make me laugh cause a lot of them folks had their eyes closed or I had setting incorrect and there were a lot of blurs.

As for editing? nah not for me.

[esses]

Can an official offtopic thread actually be off topic?

If I post something "off topic" in the offtopic thread isn't it actually on topic?

Wait.... What if I post Z3 questions here? Are they off topic for the offtopic thread?

Here's a little thing I wrote.... but I don't know where it goes

"How many Z's could a Z3 see if a Z3 could see Z's? "

[BladeRunner919]

OT!

I bought a house!

No disgusting NJ property taxes this time!

The 1820sq ft finished basement with bath, bedroom and full kitchen won me over. I have big plans for my car collection and home theater
http://www.zillow.com/homedetails/48..._campaign=1042

That is a great house. I cannot believe how much house you get for your money. I just looked online for what you could buy for that price around here (Windsor, England) and there is just one property, a one-bedroom flat:

http://www.zoopla.co.uk/for-sale/det...heHdSoxPXuF.97

[Nighthawk399]

I used some bug-spray today.

Oh, and I went in the pool (for about one__1__minute, until I heard thunder...)!

Lol this made me laugh so hard and Idk why

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OT!

I bought a house!

No disgusting NJ property taxes this time!

The 1820sq ft finished basement with bath, bedroom and full kitchen won me over. I have big plans for my car collection and home theater
http://www.zillow.com/homedetails/48..._campaign=1042

Congratulations, that looks amazing!

[328 Power 04]

OT!

I bought a house!

No disgusting NJ property taxes this time!

The 1820sq ft finished basement with bath, bedroom and full kitchen won me over. I have big plans for my car collection and home theater
http://www.zillow.com/homedetails/48..._campaign=1042

How long do we have to wait before obligatory TP?

[BenFenner]

Which bring up the next OT... what's everybody got on their wrist?

I'm always rocking the K'Nex bracelet. Dominand hand because bauce.

[Wojtek79]

OT!

I bought a house!

No disgusting NJ property taxes this time!

The 1820sq ft finished basement with bath, bedroom and full kitchen won me over.

Wow. I am in a market for one too and that is a 500k+ house with at least double the tax bill out by me. Damn cook county.

[Terry F.]

OT!
I bought a house!
No disgusting NJ property taxes this time!
The 1820sq ft finished basement with bath, bedroom and full kitchen won me over. I have big plans for my car collection and home theater
http://www.zillow.com/homedetails/48..._campaign=1042

That's a really nice home! Great choice and congrats.

Divesting myself of a lot of unused camera gear partially paid for my RF subframe last fall. 

I eventually had to remind myself that I can only shoot one camera at a time, kinda like you can only wear one watch at a time (well, I guess you can wear more than one watch but it looks weird).

Which bring up the next OT... what's everybody got on their wrist?

Me: a Bernhardt Globemaster

Wearing one of my oldest watches today. I bought it 10 years ago. It's a diver, a Chopard Pro One on a bracelet. Easily the smoothest winding watch that I've ever owned, what a movement. I've had it serviced once and it runs like new.

For camera equipment, I have a couple-year-old 24mp Sony NEX-7. I am fully on-board with mirrorless cameras, this is my second one. So much smaller than a DSLR, zero loss in image quality. In the house is my daughter's old 10mp Nikon DSLR. Very bulky, like a 35mm SLR. Somewhere in the house is a Nikon FM + motor drive that I purchased new in 1982. The body was $200, lol.

So I appreciate everyone's understanding of the heavily-restrictive rules. We need to go to real OT to discuss (some) hot-topic stuff, this is just fun fluff. The problem is that there is seldom a calm discussion on those topics. People end up disliking others due to differences of opinion on religion, politics, etc. I won't allow that to divide our group. Please, don't push the limit here, not even jokingly. I will need to moderate accordingly and I hate issuing time-outs. Thanks

Terry

[BimmerBreaker]

Wow - very nice house James!

Can an official offtopic thread actually be off topic?

If I post something "off topic" in the offtopic thread isn't it actually on topic?

Mind blown



How about those of us in school - what degree, what school - how many years left? I'm about 1 year from finishing up my associates as I just went back last fall. Will then be transferring to WP Carey for business management or possibly supply chain management

[dmarsingill]

A preacher, a politician, and a prostitute went to the ......

Just kidding, OT is hard to moderate. Good luck.

Donald

[Jamesons Viggen]

That is a great house. I cannot believe how much house you get for your money. I just looked online for what you could buy for that price around here (Windsor, England) and there is just one property, a one-bedroom flat:

http://www.zoopla.co.uk/for-sale/det...heHdSoxPXuF.97

Trust me I know. We left being outside of NYC because of how much things cost, this house would easily be 2-2.5x the cost and 3x the taxes there.

How long do we have to wait before obligatory TP?

I am totally lost, TP? Tolga Party? :P

Wow. I am in a market for one too and that is a 500k+ house with at least double the tax bill out by me. Damn cook county.

Yep, see above. What I was used to in the metro NYC area in NJ, my taxes were over 3x as high.

[328 Power 04]

In the south when I was younger, when someone moved to a new house, we all got out the toilet paper (TP) and um... decorated.

[Jamesons Viggen]

In the south when I was younger, when someone moved to a new house, we all got out the toilet paper (TP) and um... decorated.

Um yeah, no not around here. In the Northeast, TP was reserved for Hellnight/GateNight/Devil's Night which was Halloween Eve.

[328 Power 04]

It used to be so routine that people felt as if they weren't accepted if they didn't get TP'd.

[esses]

So I appreciate everyone's understanding of the heavily-restrictive rules. We need to go to real OT to discuss (some) hot-topic stuff, this is just fun fluff. The problem is that there is seldom a calm discussion on those topics. People end up disliking others due to differences of opinion on religion, politics, etc. I won't allow that to divide our group. Please, don't push the limit here, not even jokingly. I will need to moderate accordingly and I hate issuing time-outs. Thanks

Terry

Appreciate the effort Terry. Mod'ing ain't easy and it's critical to keeping a community healthy.