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 06/23/2006 03:40:22 PM · #351
Originally posted by Pedro:
Originally posted by pawdrix:


Will beer drinking be allowed?


Required, actually.


Very required! Except for Joey he gets milk :)
 06/23/2006 04:15:48 PM · #352
Originally posted by kiwiness:
Originally posted by Pedro:
Originally posted by pawdrix:


Will beer drinking be allowed?


Required, actually.


Very required! Except for Joey he gets milk :)

OK. So are we talking beer according to the German beer definitions or real ale????? :-P
 06/23/2006 04:19:05 PM · #353
a few weeks ago someone asked if there was any age limit to the workshop, the one who asked was a minor but wanted to join us, he was told that the agelimit was 18yrs because of the nude session.

now it seems that Joey is joining the GTG even though he's only 16yrs old.

don't get me wrong, I'd love to meet Joey, but if there is an age limit it should apply to everyone, not just the bad photographers ;)

he could at least sit throug the glamour session and take a walk during the nude session ;)


06/23/2006 04:43:08 PM · #354
Originally posted by obsidian:
Originally posted by kiwiness:
Originally posted by Pedro:
Originally posted by pawdrix:


Will beer drinking be allowed?


Required, actually.


Very required! Except for Joey he gets milk :)

OK. So are we talking beer according to the German beer definitions or real ale????? :-P


I swear by German beer. Heineken is crap, most English stuff is something to wash the gutter with, American beer has no taste, but German stuff is good. Not to sweet, not to bitter and you don't get a headache from it (at least I don't).
But Gary has good Vodka too, I'll take Vodka over beer. :)

06/23/2006 04:51:15 PM · #355
Originally posted by DanSig:
if there is an age limit it should apply to everyone, not just the bad photographers


You are quite wrong if you are implying we are discriminating between different quality levels of photographers. We have been discussing the question of an age limit since the question was brought up in this thread and have reached an alternative solution.
 06/23/2006 04:52:11 PM · #356
Originally posted by Azrifel:
you don't get a headache from it (at least I don't).


I do :(
 06/23/2006 04:54:48 PM · #357
Originally posted by Azrifel:


I swear by German beer. Heineken is crap, most English stuff is something to wash the gutter with, American beer has no taste, but German stuff is good. Not to sweet, not to bitter and you don't get a headache from it (at least I don't).
But Gary has good Vodka too, I'll take Vodka over beer. :)


Well how about real "Achterhoeks" beer Grolsch??? *lol* Ook lekker; haha Babble fish this ;)
 06/23/2006 08:17:20 PM · #358
Originally posted by Pedro:
Originally posted by pawdrix:


Will beer drinking be allowed?


Required, actually.


Perfect. In that case I will easily meet all the requirements.

Pedro....I lurve yur wurk, I really hope to see you there. ;)


Message edited by author 2006-06-23 22:20:52.
 06/26/2006 01:48:01 AM · #359
Originally posted by kiwiness:
Originally posted by Azrifel:
you don't get a headache from it (at least I don't).


I do :(

So do I. Ask Kiwiness. We met a couple of months ago & I only drank 3 & a bit glasses. I woke up the next morning feeling pretty rotten. Had to postpone my work start time by 3 hours.
By the way the picture of Gary in his profile was with one of the glasses.

Peter

Message edited by author 2006-06-26 01:48:39.
 07/01/2006 04:44:11 PM · #360
2 weeks to go.. anyone feeling exited ?

hey Nasti or Kiwiness, are there any cheap photography shops in Germany, or close by countries where I could get a 400mm f2.8 or 500mm f4 ?
 07/01/2006 05:01:11 PM · #361
Originally posted by DanSig:
2 weeks to go.. anyone feeling exited ?


:O

WHAT!?

2 weeks!? wow. time flies!
 07/01/2006 05:04:05 PM · #362
Originally posted by DanSig:
2 weeks to go.. anyone feeling exited ?

hey Nasti or Kiwiness, are there any cheap photography shops in Germany, or close by countries where I could get a 400mm f2.8 or 500mm f4 ?


Yep this one is just down the road from us.
 07/01/2006 07:11:17 PM · #363
Originally posted by DanSig:
2 weeks to go.. anyone feeling exited ?

hey Nasti or Kiwiness, are there any cheap photography shops in Germany, or close by countries where I could get a 400mm f2.8 or 500mm f4 ?


Foto Konijnenberg in Den Ham, Holland.

Canon EF 400/2.8 L USM IS EUR 6999,00 in stock
Canon EF 500/4.0 L USM IS EUR 5899,00 on order

Both prices include 19% VAT.

//www.fotokonijnenberg.nl/

If you want to order it is wise to make a reservation for that lens.

07/01/2006 07:32:14 PM · #364
Originally posted by kiwiness:
Originally posted by DanSig:
2 weeks to go.. anyone feeling exited ?

hey Nasti or Kiwiness, are there any cheap photography shops in Germany, or close by countries where I could get a 400mm f2.8 or 500mm f4 ?


Yep this one is just down the road from us.


Hey, I passed that one just today.....
 07/02/2006 07:32:39 AM · #365
Originally posted by kiwiness:
Originally posted by DanSig:
2 weeks to go.. anyone feeling exited ?

hey Nasti or Kiwiness, are there any cheap photography shops in Germany, or close by countries where I could get a 400mm f2.8 or 500mm f4 ?


Yep this one is just down the road from us.


those aren't exactly cheap... ﾃ｢つｬ2000 more than at BHphotovideo.com.

for those ﾃ｢つｬ2000 I can get a week trip to NewYork with everything included and still get the lens ;)

I'm hoping to find it for about ﾃ｢つｬ5000 or close to that, used is ok, if in perfect condition.
 07/02/2006 07:33:48 AM · #366
Originally posted by DanSig:
I'm hoping to find it for about ﾃ｢つｬ5000 or close to that, used is ok, if in perfect condition.


That's a lot money! You could travel to NY twice for that ;-)
 07/02/2006 07:59:33 AM · #367
there must be someone from NY area coming to the GTG, so why don't you just pick one up for me at BH and I'll pay you at the GTG :)
 07/02/2006 10:25:03 AM · #368
Originally posted by DanSig:

those aren't exactly cheap... ﾃ｢つｬ2000 more than at BHphotovideo.com.

for those ﾃ｢つｬ2000 I can get a week trip to NewYork with everything included and still get the lens ;)

I'm hoping to find it for about ﾃ｢つｬ5000 or close to that, used is ok, if in perfect condition.


You did take into account that the shops Gary and me listed include sales tax and bhphotovideo doesn't? Germany has 15% sales tax I believe and Holland 19%.

But indeed, European shops generally suck with their prices compared to the US, even without the sales tax. :( And Konijnenberg usually is pretty sharp. Got my 70-200 there 600 euro cheaper than anywhere else and it isn't even an imported one.


07/02/2006 01:31:01 PM · #369
Originally posted by obsidian:
Hang on a second: beer in the fridge? What kind of sacrilege is that to an Englishman? Beer should be warm and flat.


No problem, I'll open a few bottles and put them out into the 30 degree sun for a few days before you come so you'll be right in your element :)
 07/02/2006 01:35:26 PM · #370
Originally posted by Azrifel:


You did take into account that the shops Gary and me listed include sales tax and bhphotovideo doesn't? Germany has 15% sales tax I believe and Holland 19%.

But indeed, European shops generally suck with their prices compared to the US, even without the sales tax. :( And Konijnenberg usually is pretty sharp. Got my 70-200 there 600 euro cheaper than anywhere else and it isn't even an imported one.


so can I buy without tax if I'm a foreigner, I always forget to get the tax refund at the airport...

07/02/2006 01:51:49 PM · #371
Originally posted by kiwiness:
Originally posted by obsidian:
Hang on a second: beer in the fridge? What kind of sacrilege is that to an Englishman? Beer should be warm and flat.


No problem, I'll open a few bottles and put them out into the 30 degree sun for a few days before you come so you'll be right in your element :)


Sorry about the boring details, but yer decent 'real ale' should be pumped up from a cellar at 10 degrees (50f). As the barrel still contains 'live' yeast and is very carefully sealed with a porous plug (go figure), then the beer will not be flat but will contain carbon dioxide from the brewing process. It's not as fizzy as Coke, but it should be somewhere between Champagne and viﾃδｱo verde (these also retain CO2 from fermentation). Not a lot of people know that.

German beer is dynamite - one of the few occasions I've seen triple.
 07/02/2006 02:11:12 PM · #372
Originally posted by DanSig:
Originally posted by Azrifel:


You did take into account that the shops Gary and me listed include sales tax and bhphotovideo doesn't? Germany has 15% sales tax I believe and Holland 19%.

But indeed, European shops generally suck with their prices compared to the US, even without the sales tax. :( And Konijnenberg usually is pretty sharp. Got my 70-200 there 600 euro cheaper than anywhere else and it isn't even an imported one.


so can I buy without tax if I'm a foreigner, I always forget to get the tax refund at the airport...


You'd have to ask the shop, cannot say that for sure.

07/02/2006 02:12:07 PM · #373
Originally posted by kiwiness:
Originally posted by obsidian:
Hang on a second: beer in the fridge? What kind of sacrilege is that to an Englishman? Beer should be warm and flat.


No problem, I'll open a few bottles and put them out into the 30 degree sun for a few days before you come so you'll be right in your element :)


I could refill a couple of bottles. The difference between warm English beer and p*ss is not that big. :)
 07/02/2006 02:53:39 PM · #374
Originally posted by Azrifel:
Originally posted by kiwiness:
Originally posted by obsidian:
Hang on a second: beer in the fridge? What kind of sacrilege is that to an Englishman? Beer should be warm and flat.


No problem, I'll open a few bottles and put them out into the 30 degree sun for a few days before you come so you'll be right in your element :)


I could refill a couple of bottles. The difference between warm English beer and p*ss is not that big. :)

Sigh! What raish said is correct although it has to be said that there are some longer brewed real ales that allow the natural "fizz" to slowly die away.

As to all of this rubbish about German beer versus English beer, I will refrain from comment as I am told on good authority that Belgium beer is probably the best beer in the world anyhow. The authority here is the Financial Director of the Hoegaarden brewery, who very kindly introduced me to the delights of his company's blanche beer, explaining that the natural cloudiness contains enough B vitamins to ensure that you do not suffer from a hangover the next day. Having tried to disprove his theory several times, I decided he may be right after all.

So there we have it. Germany will probably win the world cup, England have lost the one day (cricket) series to Sri Lanka and Belgium make the best beer in the world. No arguing with that. Dons flack jacket and body armour just in case there is.

Carl

PS: Azrifel, I feel I must re-educate your taste-buds so I will see if I can find some good examples of English beer that will ensure you lose your misguided preconceptions. No point in trying this with kiwiness as he is a kiwi - nuff said really.

Message edited by author 2006-07-02 14:54:15.
 07/04/2006 01:40:26 PM · #375
Need some help here from our Dutch friends :-)

I decided to change my route to the GTG at the last minute, taking the overnight ferry from Harwich to the Hook. This means that I will be on land early morning on Thursday July 13. Clearly, I could drive straight to Munster but I wondered if there are any interesting diversions I should contemplate en route?

I have been thinking about driving to Lieden from the Hook as it appears that this is tied into Rembrandt and the 400 year celebrations of the great master. It is not that far and would seem to offer quite a few things to look at and enjoy before taking on the drive to Munster, probably in the afternoon.

But are there any better suggestions?

Apologies if this is seen as lazy but I figure that local knowledge is worth a lot more than tourist books at this point :-)

Carl
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