My dad took a lot of family photos around the holidays with his 35mm camera. I remember the metal film canisters the film was stored in. I remember the slides that came back after the film was developed. Dad took it to the drug store to get the film developed. Grocery stores did not develop film back then - they sold food. of days that will never come again. When I was a kid - I got a Brownie Fiesta camera for Christmas one year. I remember Kodak VP-127 film was used for black and white prints. I took quite a number of pictures of our dog - Brittany. Seems like Ektachrome was used for color slides, and Kodachrome for prints. At least in the 127 film I used years ago. We had a good dog! There is something about those old pictures taken with film cameras.
Do you have a favorite picture? What is in the picture? |
December 20, 2012
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Film
December 17, 2012
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Christmas Tree 2012
I decided to take a few pictures of this years little pencil Christmas tree.I used the point and shoot camera because that's all I have.
With flash on.
The room was very dim, but the flash made it look bright.
So I read the "friendly" manual and turned off the flash.
Well, actually, I did a Google search to see how to turn off the flash, and the only response I found was to get the user's manual, read the directions, and do what they say. Very helpful.
With flash off.
The color of the lights are a bit washed out - they look much better in person.
So I took my glasses off and took the next picture.
With my glasses off.The colors came out much better!
Reflection in the window.
I noticed I kept getting a reflection of the tree in the window that was a bit irritating - so instead of being irritated - I took a picture of the reflection.
December 15, 2012
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Nice Ass and Some Pussy
Nice Ass and Some Pussy
What did you THINK this post was about?
I wonder if any of these words will be censored?
I mean, they are perfectly good, non-offensive terms, as illustrated!
I remember there was a time AOL had automatic censoring software on their forums. On the cooking forum you could not discuss recipes for cooking chicken breasts with out the post being censored - so there were posts on cooking chicken chests!
I guess I could have posted on a nice pony and some old goat...
December 13, 2012
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Historical Document? ZZ Top Concert?
I went to this rock concert once...
In 1974!
Somebody called this a great historical document!
It was 80,000 people, Santana, Joe Crocker, Bad Company, and ZZ Top - all in Texas Memorial Stadium on one hot day!I guess if that's a great historical document, that makes me a relic!
I think I will take a nap.
Today's YouTube Tune
December 9, 2012
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C6 Christmas Lights
Vintage C6 Christmas Lights
These are the type of lights that were on my Grandparent's Christmas tree.
They are the type where when one bulb burns out, the entire strand goes out.
Isn't the artwork on the old boxes wonderful?
Donkeys have a lot of work to do this time of year!
It can be hard work!
Dead Turkey Joke of the Day Why do people who know the least know it the loudest?
When it rains, why don't sheep shrink?
Have you ever imagined a world with no hypothetical situations?
Today's YouTube Tune
What type of Christmas lights do you like?
December 5, 2012
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Apple Pie à la Mode
Pie à la Mode was first made at the Cambridge Hotel in Cambridge, Washington County, New York in the 1890s. While visiting the hotel, Professor Charles Watson Townsend ordered a slice of apple pie with ice cream. When asked by another guest what he called the dish he replied it had no name. The guest, Mrs. Barry Hall, named it "pie à la mode". Professor Townsend subsequently ordered it by that name every day during his stay. When he later ordered it by that name at Delmonico's Restaurant in New York City the waiter answered that he had never heard of it. Prof. Townsend then chastised the waiter by stating:"Do you mean to tell me that so famous an eating place as Delmonico's has never heard of Pie à la Mode, when the Hotel Cambridge, up in the village of Cambridge, NY serves it every day? Call the manager at once, I demand as good serve [sic] here as I get in Cambridge."
The manager, when called by the waiter, declared "Delmonico's never intends that any other shall get ahead of it... Forthwith, pie à la mode will be featured on the menu every day". A reporter for the New York Sun newspaper had overheard the disturbance and reported on it the next day and soon pie à la mode became standard on menus around the country. - wikipedia
There is something very, very... about apple pie à la mode.
I wonder if it is legal to post pictures of such luscious pie...
Warm apple pie with some french vanilla ice cream on top.... Mmmmmmm!
Dead Turkey Joke of the Day A customer was bothering the waiter in a restaurant. First, he asked that the air conditioning be turned up because he was too hot, then he asked it be turned down cause he was too cold, and so on for about half an hour.
Surprisingly, the waiter was very patient, he walked back and forth and never once got angry. So finally, a second customer asked him why he didn't throw out the pest.
"Oh, I really don't care or mind," said the waiter with a smile. "We don't even have an air conditioner."
Today's YouTube Tune
Do you like apple pie?
December 4, 2012
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Vertical Hold
Kids these days!With digital TVs!
They don't even know about vertical hold!
In the old days, when you were watching TV on a Saturday morning, sometimes the vertical hold would go out on the TV. This was back in the day when TV's used vacuum tubes instead of transistors! Oh! Heck! I forgot! These kids don't even know what a transistor is!
Anyway, when the vertical hold went out, there was a little knob on the back of the TV you could turn to adjust the vertical hold so it would hold. Sometimes it was hard to find just the right spot to get the vertical hold to actually hold!
Dead Turkey Joke of the Day Who is General Failure and why is he reading my hard disk?
What happens if you get scared half to death twice?
"The more people I meet, the more I like my dog."
"Time is what keeps everything from happening at once."
Today's YouTube Tune
Do you ever feel like the vertical hold in your life is out?
December 1, 2012
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Ghosts of Xanga Past
As far as I know, none of these xangans are dead. Many have moved over to Facebook or do upon occasion post. But for a time, not many years ago, their presence on Xanga was a part of the experience here. Remnants of their blogs remain - and reminders of things past. See if you remember:
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11How many do you remember?Here are their xanga names - how many can you match to the above pictures without peeking at their xanga sites?
Do you have your own list of Xanga ghosts? Who are they? What did they mean to you?
November 27, 2012
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Why is Google+ Messing up the Meebo Bar?
Why is Google+ stuff messing up the way the Meebo Chat windows work?
It used to be that I could chat with people and still see who was logged in. Now the Meebo chat box overlaps the list of users box. No good! I would rather have the Google+ stuff disappear than lose functionality in Meebo Chat.What's the deal?
November 25, 2012
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Chocolate Eclairs
Chocolate eclairs! Mmmmm!
An eclair is a long, thin pastry made with choux pastry filled with a cream and topped with icing. The dough, which is the same as that used for profiterole, is piped into an oblong shape with a pastry bag and baked until it is crisp and hollow inside. Once cool, the pastry then is filled with a coffee- or chocolate-flavoured pastry cream (crème pâtissière), custard or whipped cream, and topped with fondant icing of the same flavour as the filling. Other fillings include pistachio- and rum-flavoured custard, fruit-flavoured fillings, or chestnut purée.
In some parts of the United States, long johns are marketed under the name éclairs, though the two are not identical. A long john uses donut pastry and is typically filled with vanilla pudding, making it a simpler and inexpensive alternative to the eclair. - wikipedia
I don't think I have had a chocolate eclair in 30 years!
Are they still good? They look good!
Dead Turkey Joke of the Day Q: What do you get when you drop a piano down a mine shaft?
A: A flat minor.Q: What do you get when you drop a piano on an army base?
A: A flat major.Q: Why is an 11-foot concert grand better than a studio upright?
A: Because it makes a much bigger kaboom when dropped over a cliff.Q: Why was the piano invented?
A: So the musician would have a place to put his beer.
Today's YouTube Tune
Are you ready for Tudesday? It's coming up soon!
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