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Lynton

Lynton

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Apparantly, according to the boss woman at work, (who is as thick as 2 short planks) you don't need a lens on the front of a dslr on order to take a half decent pic!! :cuckoo:

So for all of us, me included, who have bought "glass" seems we have wasted our pennies!!! :lol:

I did try to gently tell her she was barking in the wrong forest never mind up the wrong tree to which she replied "what do you know about it?" :shrug:
 
Lynton said:
Apparantly, according to the boss woman at work, (who is as thick as 2 short planks) you don't need a lens on the front of a dslr on order to take a half decent pic!! :cuckoo:

So for all of us, me included, who have bought "glass" seems we have wasted our pennies!!! :lol:

I did try to gently tell her she was barking in the wrong forest never mind up the wrong tree to which she replied "what do you know about it?" :shrug:
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:lol::lol: Although technically she's right - you can use a piece of card with a pinhole in it. :geek:
 
OutLore said:
:lol::lol: Although technically she's right - you can use a piece of card with a pinhole in it. :geek:
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yeah, technically that is true I guess, but I think you'd struggle to get anything decent over a few feet away........... :lol:

I think it was purely by fluke she may have been technically correct as another piece of worldly advice offered to the driver of a RWD car during the slippery conditions........... "if you go round a roundabout and you feel the back end start to slide, take your foot off the accelerator and brake!" er no! unless you want to go backwards!
 
Lynton said:
ecent over a few feet away........... :lol:

I think it was purely by fluke she may have been technically correct as another piece of worldly advice offered to the driver of a RWD car during the slippery conditions........... "if you go round a roundabout and you feel the back end start to slide, take your foot off the accelerator and brake!" er no!
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Perhaps the lens should be on the back of the camera?

Would you mind awfully, on a daily basis, seeking further pearls of wisdom which you could then report to us?

You could make a start with these:

1. Do the Clangers live on the moon or on Mars?
2. Captain Pugwash: was he played by Johnny Depp?
3. Do bears **** in the forest?
4. Where does treacle come from?
5. The offshore windfarms: are they there to pump seawater to and fro?

:thinking::naughty::clap:
 
oh trust me, she is a pearl of wisdom! Always has to have an opinion about something....... not necessarily the correct one to most of civilisation/ laws of optics / laws of physics, but I think she lives in her own little world.........where she is always right.

I'll see what nuggetts I can delve up in the next few days.........

Maybe I'll have to being back my all time classic whilst working as a student in a chicken factory in 1992....... where I proudly convinced quite a few people there that dogs had regional accents to their barks...... :lol:

anything at all the fine people of TP wish to know, and I will ask the all knowing witch!
 
Maybe you could get Jeff Dunham the answer to his question: If you choke a Smurf, what colour does he turn?
 
OutLore said:
:lol::lol: Although technically she's right - you can use a piece of card with a pinhole in it. :geek:
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somebody did a link to a DIY pinhole lens using a body cap............:shrug:
 
Yardbent said:
somebody did a link to a DIY pinhole lens using a body cap............:shrug:
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Well possibly, I am not denying it isn't possible, however I am sure you will get some better results with "glass" attached!
 
how about...

"How do they make the Non-Stick, stick to Non-Stick pans??"

or

"Why is there only 1 Monopolies Commission?"
 
Lynton said:
Well possibly, I am not denying it isn't possible, however I am sure you will get some better results with "glass" attached!
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obviously ...but posted to show it was/is possible

a hole was drilled in the cap
a piece of brass foil was then attached over the hole, in which was a tiny needle puncture

IIRC the image wasn't too bad
 
taaa daaaa

..."link"

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200mm...?......................no prob..."link"..................:lol::lol:
 
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Lynton said:
Maybe I'll have to being back my all time classic whilst working as a student in a chicken factory in 1992....... where I proudly convinced quite a few people there that dogs had regional accents to their barks...... :lol:
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Apparently cows have regional moooo's
 
I hope she doesn't find this thread if she is as you say, your boss. ;) :D:D

Kev.
 
Lynton said:
Maybe I'll have to being back my all time classic whilst working as a student in a chicken factory in 1992....... where I proudly convinced quite a few people there that dogs had regional accents to their barks...... :lol: !
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But they do - http://www.mirror.co.uk/ :lol:
 
Lynton said:
Apparantly, according to the boss woman at work, (who is as thick as 2 short planks) you don't need a lens on the front of a dslr on order to take a half decent pic!! :cuckoo:

So for all of us, me included, who have bought "glass" seems we have wasted our pennies!!! :lol:

I did try to gently tell her she was barking in the wrong forest never mind up the wrong tree to which she replied "what do you know about it?" :shrug:
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A woman boss!!!! Things are getting out of hand..... Next they'll be demanding the vote!!!;)
 
OutLore said:
OK - if an orange is called an orange because it's orange, why isn't a lemon called a yellow?
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Actually, oranges in real life are mostly green when they're ripe on the tree... It is only the orange color dyes that are used on them that we have to thank for the deep orange colored oranges we get from the super market. Oranges will turn orange, but only if the cold temperature destroys the green chlorophyll pigments, allowing the yellow carotenoids underneath to show through.

So now you know ;)
 
amnesia said:
Actually, oranges in real life are mostly green when they're ripe on the tree... It is only the orange color dyes that are used on them that we have to thank for the deep orange colored oranges we get from the super market. Oranges will turn orange, but only if the cold temperature destroys the green chlorophyll pigments, allowing the yellow carotenoids underneath to show through.

So now you know ;)
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So if in years gone by they weren't orange, why call them an orange?

And it doesn't answer the question - why isn't a lemon called a yellow :lol:
 
AndyJ1980 said:
Apparently cows have regional moooo's
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yes, I know that now and I am most peed off that some student got a £50K research grant for his PhD to investigate this. Obviously he must have heard about the "great chicken factory windup!" :lol: .. and thought.. potential!
 
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Lynton said:
Maybe I'll have to being back my all time classic whilst working as a student in a chicken factory in 1992....... where I proudly convinced quite a few people there that dogs had regional accents to their barks...... :lol:
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Erm, pretty sure that someone has done a dissetation on that
 
MagicMynx said:
Lynton, pretty please may I pose as a customer, call up, demand to speak with "the manager" and have some fun? It would brighten up my day no end! :lol:
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do it! post the whole thing on here as well :thumbs:
 
Today's first pearl of wisdom for you all.

"A child automatically becomes a citizen of the country he or she is born in!"

I am awaiting the answer to "what happens if a kid is born on a cruise ship in international waters?"
 
amnesia said:
Actually, oranges in real life are mostly green when they're ripe on the tree... It is only the orange color dyes that are used on them that we have to thank for the deep orange colored oranges we get from the super market. Oranges will turn orange, but only if the cold temperature destroys the green chlorophyll pigments, allowing the yellow carotenoids underneath to show through.

So now you know ;)
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So the oranges on my Mother's Orange trees in her garden in Spain (near Albox, Andalucia, about 100km from Granada) aren't actually orange?
I'll have to get my eyes calibrated as they looked pretty orange to me when we picked them...
Green when they're growing to be sure, but you don't eat them then...
 
amnesia said:
Actually, oranges in real life are mostly green when they're ripe on the tree... It is only the orange color dyes that are used on them that we have to thank for the deep orange colored oranges we get from the super market. Oranges will turn orange, but only if the cold temperature destroys the green chlorophyll pigments, allowing the yellow carotenoids underneath to show through.

So now you know ;)
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Borrox, lemons, grapefruits, oranges, mandarins etc are all green whilst they are growing. They change colour as they ripen. Has nothing to do with temperature as lemons ripen all year round although the others tend to be more seasonal.

How do I know? I have them all growing in my garden ;)
 
SarahLee said:
What exactly is this woman the boss of? She's starting to scare me . . . :nuts:
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good question really as no one seems to take much notice of her!
 
fabs said:
Don't forget the additional cost for the f2.8 hole. ;)
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And dont forget that in the new year the price of hole is set to rise and there's the addition of extra VAT....MEGABUCKS :lol: :cuckoo:
 
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