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kittyman Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51468 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004 |
Decided to buy myself a present, partially paid for with the proceeds of not smoking.....I am sure I've kept at least $100.00 in my pocket since quitting.... Who the heck has the dilithium crystal market rigged anyway???? I used to get my street racer recharged for 20 or 30 credits......now it costs 60.....dang Martians....... Ever since their dilithium fields started to yield 60% purity, they think they own us all........we need to start drilling on the moon right now...... "Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster |
John Clark Send message Joined: 29 Sep 99 Posts: 16515 Credit: 4,418,829 RAC: 0 |
Good to see the humour and mind is else where. Keep up the resistance, Mark, and another long week end will have been successfully conquered. It's good to be back amongst friends and colleagues |
kittyman Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51468 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004 |
Good to see the humour and mind is else where. Whiskey trumps cigs......LOL..... Gotta have some vices......othwise ya'd be like that old Twain gal........ Ya know the joke? "Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster |
kittyman Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51468 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004 |
Good to see the humour and mind is else where. I dunno........guess that's just the way God intended it....... If every thing here pleased us, we would never want to leave........ Carlin reincarnated......God bless his soul......and I hope his does.......I really wanna hear him come back and tell us the 7 dirty words you can't say in heaven......... "Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster |
kittyman Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51468 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004 |
That's why I used to be a mod......to keep the others in line.....LOL..... It didn't work then.......and won't work now........ HI..y'all........ I am on Carlin's guest list.......and on Eric's too...........LOL...... The truth is hard to avoid......don't mess with the kitties.......... "Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster |
ML1 Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 20140 Credit: 7,508,002 RAC: 20 |
Tell ya what pees me off, why is it that every last darn thing you enjoy in this life is supposed to be bad for you? 'cos people take the 'good' to extremes and it's the excess(iveness) that is bad... All good should be good in moderation... I'm sure there'll be a lot about that in the Zen/Buddism writings... Have fun! Martin See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) |
kittyman Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51468 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004 |
Tell ya what pees me off, why is it that every last darn thing you enjoy in this life is supposed to be bad for you? No..........that's NOT the point..........the point is that every arsehole on the planet thinks they have the ultimate solution to life.......and that everbody else should abide by it............ I don't think Zen had anything to do with controlling other's actions............... Just meditate, you mutha.................................... Joke, my friend....... "Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster |
Mike Send message Joined: 17 Feb 01 Posts: 34253 Credit: 79,922,639 RAC: 80 |
I´m far away to think i have solutions for life. But one thing is for sure, zen is for controlling yourself not others. With each crime and every kindness we birth our future. |
ML1 Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 20140 Credit: 7,508,002 RAC: 20 |
No..........that's NOT the point..........the point is that every [self-righteous idiot] on the planet thinks they have the ultimate solution to life.......and that everbody else should abide by it............ That's only because they cannot see out of their self-made hole and hence they are ignorant of anything and anyone else. The lost and the drunk can easily fall down that hole. I don't think Zen had anything to do with controlling other's actions............... Exactly so! And to influence by the self-evident good of good thoughts and good actions. There's a very small number of peace-loving Tibetans in Tibet. Why is China so insecure and fragile that it must perpetrate excesses of cultural genocide? Perhaps China might yet drag itself from 2000-years-old decrepitude and gain great benefit if it could embrace a little cosmopolitan idea... Hope you're enjoying your way-bad whiskey! Hang in there, Cheers, Martin (ps: Much better now that the mods are more 'cosmopolitan' also ;-) ) See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) |
kittyman Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51468 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004 |
No..........that's NOT the point..........the point is that every arsehole on the planet thinks they have the ultimate solution to life.......and that everbody else should abide by it............ Oh no, not yet......... Still a bit soused from last night..... There are soooooooooooo many out there it boggles the mind......... Even hard to find an unbiased review sight.......they think it's all fun and games......... So far the parameters are.......... Biggest LCD possible.....(bad eyes)....and can you adjust the real viewfinder for your vision?) Big bad optical zoom.....(gotta sneek up on the kitties)... Mechanical shake....I am not so stable as I used ta be....... Pixels don't mean squat.........how many can you save in a JPG anyway........ So where to go??????? "Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster |
kittyman Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51468 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004 |
And he has posted some pretty wonderful pics........but if he has one of them 35mm mimic digitals........it would be out of my price range.......not unlimited, but within reason.......$500 or less, I would ponder........ "Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster |
kittyman Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51468 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004 |
Maybe the Bramblewienie Digipic 2000 would be a good choice.......LOL. Or the Kodak Kittiepic 9000......... "Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster |
kittyman Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51468 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004 |
I would have thought that $500/£250 would have got you a pretty decent 5-7 MP camera, but check with Ice. Oh, shitya........but the question is which are rippoffs, and which give da kitties da goods??? It's a big budget forum...........I wanna zooooooooooom lens, but it don't do no good if the optics are %%%%%......oohh, I don't mod anymore, so I don't know what abbreviations are acceptable in these parts anymore.......certainly nothing acceptable between normally raised adults........... Anyway........ Leica has been acknowledged to have made some fine lenses.......would that be a factor? "Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster |
GalaxyIce Send message Joined: 13 May 06 Posts: 8927 Credit: 1,361,057 RAC: 0 |
I'd like to say something on the subject of cameras and smoking. Both are related in what I have to say. On the subject of smoking, I have given up 'seriously' three times in the past few years, the last time I gave up for over 3 years. The driving reason on that occasion wasn't that I wanted to give up, it was the expense. I estimated I would save £35.00 a week, I needed the money, and told myself I would feel healthier for it. Did that happen? No. Instead of buying cigarettes (tobacco actually since I smoke roll ups) I was constantly buying chocolates, ice creams, Burger King Whoppers, sweets, biscuits, and all sorts of other indulgences. Quite possibly in excess of £35.00 a week. Now that I smoke, I don't buy any of those, I'm not so fat, I feel more attractive, I jog, I feel healthier, I can fit into all my trousers without bursting them, and I'm generally happier. I wonder what that is all worth over and above £35.00 a week to me? I'm not trying to put anyone off smoking, just suggesting you do it for a 'real' reason and not con yourself, because the cessation won't last. In fact I am about to go on an 8 week smoking cessation program, but this time it's because I want to, not to save money, not to make anyone else feel better, but to see if I can maintain the better state I am in, but without the smoking. Saving £35.00 is indeed a worthwhile incentive, if not seen as a misleading cost benefit analysis of smoking cessation without taking all factors into consideration as I've outlined. But if I am going to reward myself with £35.00 a week on indulgences which don't involve expanding my waistline again, then the incentive will be worth something to focus on. Like putting the money towards a decent camera, or better still, a far more expensive one than I would have gone for otherwise, as a reward for restraining myself and putting up with feeling miserable because I can't have a cigarette. At the end of the day I might decide to keep the camera I have and keep doing what I want to do, especially if people keep advising me to quit smoking, as if I can't make up my own mind about it. As regards the cameras - there are plenty good to choose from. As far as Canons are concerned, IMHO they are all worth the money and it's just a question of how far you want to go with photography and how much you want to spend. There are plenty of good alternatives to Canon for DSLRs; Nikon have some fantastic models, but with the lens fittings I am stuck with Canon unless I go through shed loads of extra expense to buy lenses for another make. As far a smaller pocket digital cameras are concerned, I have a 7 megapixel Olympus u750 with 5x optical zoom. Some of the photos I have put up here on SETI were taken with this, although by far the most with my 10 megapixel Canon DSLR. Can anyone tell which is which? Good luck with the restraint Mark, I hope to be joining you soon ;) flaming balloons |
ML1 Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 20140 Credit: 7,508,002 RAC: 20 |
... restraining myself and putting up with feeling miserable because I can't have a cigarette. Put that way round is indeed a cue for misery. Hopefully you'll be able to overcome the addiction induced craving to not want a cigarette in the first place. Then that misery is snuffed out like a light. When you get your sense of smell back, hopefully that will help so that you don't even feel the need for any restraint at all. ... I hope to be joining you soon ;) Good luck for you also! Cheers, Martin See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) |
kittyman Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51468 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004 |
Ice......did not read your whole diatribe......... Too tired to do so.......and hopefully too tired to smoke too,,,,,,,,, It has been a royal battle for sure.,,,,,,,,,,,, I SHALL WIN>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>mee frakin meow........... "Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster |
Voyager Send message Joined: 2 Nov 99 Posts: 602 Credit: 3,264,813 RAC: 0 |
Your deffiniately better off no matter your reason for quiting. But you can start again in a heartbeat. I've quit many times, the longest for 9 years, it seems dateing or moving in with a smoker, has always been my downfall.Don't wait like me untill a diagnoses says it probably to late.And if you do I hope you are as lucky as me with a cure. Now I'm strung out on the gum as bad as I ever was on the weed,with fewer ill effects. Good Luck.And remember 'only you can prevent ciggie fires' |
GalaxyIce Send message Joined: 13 May 06 Posts: 8927 Credit: 1,361,057 RAC: 0 |
Hopefully you'll be able to overcome the addiction induced craving to not want a cigarette in the first place. Actually, physical addiction of whatever is in tobacco lasts 12 hours, no more. After 12 hours there is nothing physical in your body that is addictive. Habitual behavior is another thing, but myths about 'addiction' are another thing to get 'real' over. You get rid of your bad habits, and I'll get rid of mine ;) flaming balloons |
kittyman Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51468 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004 |
Your deffiniately better off no matter your reason for quiting. But you can start again in a heartbeat. I've quit many times, the longest for 9 years, it seems dateing or moving in with a smoker, has always been my downfall.Don't wait like me untill a diagnoses says it probably to late.And if you do I hope you are as lucky as me with a cure. Now I'm strung out on the gum as bad as I ever was on the weed,with fewer ill effects. Good Luck.And remember 'only you can prevent ciggie fires'Allowing yourself an out is your downfall........ I have thought many times about saying F it all and running out for a pack........I may do so in the next 5 minutes........hung over is no place for strength of mind........ Drag me down, bitch.............sorry, just a joke, my friend.......... You are a good friend, ICE. "Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster |
rebest Send message Joined: 16 Apr 00 Posts: 1296 Credit: 45,357,093 RAC: 0 |
Decided to buy myself a present, partially paid for with the proceeds of not smoking.....I am sure I've kept at least $100.00 in my pocket since quitting.... It's too damn hot to go drilling today. I added some extra coolant to my Oster intermix chamber. A new batch of fuel is forthcoming.... Keep it up! Join the PACK! |
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