Re: Need Camera Opinions

2007-01-01 Thread Mary Jo Sminkey
> If you do a fair amount of sports photos, you might want to also put > the Canon 70-200 f/4 L on your list. Oops, forgot you said in your original post that you use Nikons. I'm totally a Canon girl, so not sure what Nikon has to offer. But I'd be surprised if they don't have something similar

Re: Need Camera Opinions

2007-01-01 Thread Mary Jo Sminkey
>Another thing I've found to be handy is to go back and review the >shots I've made. My kit came with a 28-80 and a 70-300. After >reviewing my shots, I figured out that I did a lot of shooting above >the 135mm range (my girl's soccer games mostly), and below the 200mm >range, therefore that prom

Re: Need Camera Opinions

2007-01-01 Thread Mary Jo Sminkey
>I've noticed that the Sigma is a bit longer in the autofocus dept. It >was too tempting though...a sigma for $250.00 or the Nikon for >$800.00. I'm curious though, I thought canons did the focusing on the >body whilst the nikons had the focusing built into the lenses? If >that's the case, why w

If the girls don't find you handsome, they should at least find you handy.

2007-01-01 Thread Jim Davis
After a few weekends of work I've finally got myself an actual, factual workbench. Here are some pics (warning: these are big-ass images, 1.6 Meg JPEGs): ftp://ftp.depressedpress.com/Workbench/ When we moved into the house there was a badly made of shelving in that spot. When I removed it I dis

RE: Pic Of Hussein W/ Noose

2007-01-01 Thread Loathe
Nah, man. Insulting my manly hood is the last thing that gets to me. I'm comfortable with my Irish curse :) > -Original Message- > From: Gruss Gott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, January 01, 2007 11:38 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Pic Of Hussein W/ Noose > > > > tBon

Re: Pic Of Hussein W/ Noose

2007-01-01 Thread Gruss Gott
> tBone wrote: > hahhahahhahhaahahahah > > ahh > > > From: Denny Valliant [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Loathe is a little too girlie to be a TRUE > > conservative. O man, this is not good ... not good at all ... ~| Creat

RE: Pic Of Hussein W/ Noose

2007-01-01 Thread Loathe
hahhahahhahhaahahahah ahh > -Original Message- > From: Denny Valliant [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, January 01, 2007 10:29 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Pic Of Hussein W/ Noose > > > On 1/1/07, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > ... > > > try to read it lat

Re: Need Camera Opinions

2007-01-01 Thread Zaphod Beeblebrox
On 1/1/07, Mary Jo Sminkey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: then just save up until they can afford some decent lenses. The 50mm is less than $100 and you won't find many better low-light lenses than this one. It's really great anytime indoors where you simply cannot use (or don't want to use) flash. The

Re: Pic Of Hussein W/ Noose

2007-01-01 Thread Dana
ya please do. > I'm gonna throw up a flick or two later ~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade & integrate Adobe Coldfusion MX7 with Flex 2 http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/

Re: Pic Of Hussein W/ Noose

2007-01-01 Thread Denny Valliant
On 1/1/07, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > omg :) I'm outta here Run for your liifeee... > > By the way Denny did you ever get YOUR muffins? Erika has been slacking > lately. I took a peek at the recipe, and have been secretly mass producing them. I'm calling them muffdens. If anyo

Re: Need Camera Opinions

2007-01-01 Thread Zaphod Beeblebrox
Sorry Mary Jo :) I've noticed that the Sigma is a bit longer in the autofocus dept. It was too tempting though...a sigma for $250.00 or the Nikon for $800.00. I'm curious though, I thought canons did the focusing on the body whilst the nikons had the focusing built into the lenses? If that's th

Re: Need Camera Opinions

2007-01-01 Thread Mary Jo Sminkey
>Thanks for the feedback and especially thanks for the report on the >site she was looking at for purchases! Yes, that is definitely not the place to buy from. Certainly a case of a price being too good to be true! >She's planning on using the camera as a hobby (maybe to make money >every once

Re: Pic Of Hussein W/ Noose

2007-01-01 Thread Dana
by the way Denny... I'm at about 25 inches, you? I just heard it's supposed to snow again tomorrow. Unreal. Dana On 1/1/07, Denny Valliant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 1/1/07, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > ... > > > try to read it later. I think you'll probably get on well with this

Re: Pic Of Hussein W/ Noose

2007-01-01 Thread Dana
omg :) I'm outta here Run for your liifeee... By the way Denny did you ever get YOUR muffins? Erika has been slacking lately. Dana On 1/1/07, Denny Valliant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 1/1/07, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > ... > > > try to read it later. I think you'll pro

Re: Pic Of Hussein W/ Noose

2007-01-01 Thread Denny Valliant
On 1/1/07, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ... > try to read it later. I think you'll probably get on well with this > guy Sam who's around here somewhere, loathe too. I don't usually think Sam is a manly man! Loathe is a little too girlie to be a TRUE conservative. Or did I miss something?

Re: Need Camera Opinions

2007-01-01 Thread C. Hatton Humphrey
Thanks for the feedback and especially thanks for the report on the site she was looking at for purchases! She's planning on using the camera as a hobby (maybe to make money every once and a while). She wants her first lens to be something good for taking pictures of young children (our youngest

Re: Need Camera Opinions

2007-01-01 Thread Mary Jo Sminkey
>My choice for an >all around lens has been a Sigma 18-200mm. Like Mary said, you do >lose some quality with the third party lenses, but I'm so amateur I >don't notice it much. Yeah, it's one of those things that until you spend the money on a good lens, you will usually be happy with what you

Re: Pic Of Hussein W/ Noose

2007-01-01 Thread Dana
I agree. With all of that. > Time, you know I would not personally attack you or your involvement in the > war, my apologies for striking a nerve; that was not my intent. > > The media is just too much: CNN alerts in email, ticker tapes at the bottom > of all major networks, media outlets shoving

Re: Pic Of Hussein W/ Noose

2007-01-01 Thread Dana
That's a bit more pessimistic than I am ready for on Jan 1 also. There may be a solution. Hanging Saddam just probably wasn't it. The world thinks Americans = death penalty for 30 seconds and life goes on. Ah well. He was a bad guy and he is dead. Might be worth a small cheer if so many other peop

Re: Pic Of Hussein W/ Noose

2007-01-01 Thread Dana
thank you for sharing that very long list of attacks on the United States. None of them have a damn thing to do with Saddam Hussein, but ok. There may have been some original thought in that post, but there was too much anger there for me to want to wade through it right now. I'll try to read it l

Re: Happy New Year

2007-01-01 Thread Andrew Grosset
>Happy new Year to all! ditto! been a good start so far, couldn't access hostmysite.com via FTP so emailed support and got a reply within 9 mins that solved the problem - it was my problem - firewallthen I had a stupid javascript problem and got it solved on CF-Talk: http://www.houseoffusio

Re: Need Camera Opinions

2007-01-01 Thread Zaphod Beeblebrox
Ditto what Mary said about the 18-55 lens. My Nikon came with a 28-80 which I really didn't find that useful at all. It seemed like I was always saying, "Move in a little closer together". My choice for an all around lens has been a Sigma 18-200mm. Like Mary said, you do lose some quality with

Re: Need Camera Opinions

2007-01-01 Thread Mary Jo Sminkey
>She's been sold on the camera (Canon vs Nikon or Sony) and drooling >over this model for well over a year. I'm wondering if this is the >best deal out there... it's the best I can find at any point. I'm a big fan of Canon digital SLRs, I use a 20D myself. The Rebel models have always been excel

Re: Selling text links

2007-01-01 Thread Casey Dougall
On 1/1/07, Michael Dinowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I was contacted by someone who wants to buy some text links from Fusion > Authority (site rank 8) to some of his clients. I've seen a mention that > this can pull down a site's ranking, but can not find any mention of it on > Google's site.

Re: Did we miss this story somewhere... spray-on condoms (SFW)

2007-01-01 Thread Casey Dougall
On 1/1/07, Vivec <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Maybe if you move it up and down it can be a Happy Can too, give you a > little tingle before the boy goes in to mingle. And for those who need a little help down below, a double dip will add a bit of girth to your game. ~~

Need Camera Opinions

2007-01-01 Thread C. Hatton Humphrey
We're looking at getting my wife this "package": http://www.bestpricecameras.com/prodetails.asp?prodid=557848&up=215535 It's a Canon EOS Rebel XT 8 MB SLR digital that includes the following: 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 Auto focus lens 1Gb Memory Card 2 tripods (1 desk, 1 floor) Case for camera, lens, stuf

Re: Did we miss this story somewhere... spray-on condoms (SFW)

2007-01-01 Thread Vivec
Maybe if you move it up and down it can be a Happy Can too, give you a little tingle before the boy goes in to mingle. On 1/1/07, C. Hatton Humphrey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200612/s1801764.htm ~~

Selling text links

2007-01-01 Thread Michael Dinowitz
I was contacted by someone who wants to buy some text links from Fusion Authority (site rank 8) to some of his clients. I've seen a mention that this can pull down a site's ranking, but can not find any mention of it on Google's site. Anyone have a clue? Thanks Michael Dinowitz President: House

Did we miss this story somewhere... spray-on condoms (SFW)

2007-01-01 Thread C. Hatton Humphrey
Did this article get posted before and I miss it? http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200612/s1801764.htm Firm hopes spray-on condom will offer snug fit A German company plans to launch a spray-on condom tailor-made for all sizes. The Institute for Condom Consultancy is developing a type of sp