Having a blonde/senior moment - DPChallenge Forums

02/19/2006 12:21:13 AM · #1

ROTFLMAO :-)

I just ordered a sensor cleaning kit from Copper Hill.
As expected, moments later the order confirmation email arrived.

I immediately opened the email and started looking for...... wait for it....... the download link !!

Edited to say: feel free to hijack this thread to share your own "moment" - make me feel a bit better :-)

Message edited by author 2006-02-19 00:30:20.

RayEthier

Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 USM

02/19/2006 12:28:41 AM · #2

............They do say that memory is the first thing to???? I forgot, what is it they say.???

Ray

suemack

Canon EOS-20D

Samsung Galaxy S24, S24+, S24 Ultra

02/19/2006 01:07:54 AM · #3

One of my blonder moments.......

Worked all morning, raced across to Dargaville (26km) trying to make it in time for the beginning of the stock car meet, turned on the camera ..... no memory card!! Uh ohhhh! T'was sitting in the card reader on the kitchen table. Fat lot of use there! After kicking myself for being such a twit.....I got the giggles. TOFY (twit of the year) Award for me!!

Had a smaller spare card in the bag......but oh boy I missed the freedom of having a 1G card!

I check before I walk out the door now!

Bear_Music

Sony 24-70mm f/4 Vario-Tessar T* FE OSS

02/19/2006 02:13:43 AM · #4

My card reader is on a nice, long cord. When I out the card in it, I PUT THE READER IN THE CAMERA BAG. Works like a charm...

Robt.

ladyhawk22

Sony DSLR-A700

Sony SAL-50F14 Normal 50mm f/1.4 Autofocus Lens for the Sony

02/19/2006 03:13:43 AM · #5

Ok, it's not camera related, but it gives my friends a good laugh at my expense....

There was a wedding this fall of one of my friends, and TONS of people that we knew from out of town came to the wedding. So friday night, after the rehearsal dinner we all decided to go out to one of the local bars, have a few beers and play some pool. Everyone is getting so spread out that we really only get to see each other when someone gets married, so I was just really happy to see everyone and paying attention to catching up.

I live in a college town, and we went to a campus bar, which meant standing in line, intense checking of IDs (even though we were all obviously over age), and being "marked" as over age with a wrist band.

Several beers into the night, I look over at one of my friends and notice he's wearing a purple bracelet. I kept trying to peer over and read the text on it. I've seen some for various causes, cancer, hunger, peace, etc....but I'd never seen a purple one, so I was curious to know what group it supported. Then I look over to another friend...who's ALSO wearing the bracelet...which I'm starting to think of as rather odd because these were both fellows I know. Another one of my guy friends walks up, leans on a pool stick, and HE'S wearing a bracelet too!!!

I open my mouth to ask where my friends got the bracelets and what they stand for....

And it was a kindness that my mind worked quickly as I looked at my own wrist before any words escaped me, only to find that I TOO was wearing a purple bracelet! Yes, a purple bracelet, which had been given to me by the bouncer upon entering the bar. I finally understood where "everyone" had gotten them :-)

Sadly for me, my friends noticed I had been about to say something and wouldn't let it drop, so I had to tell them about my blond moment....thank god I actually have the blond hair to use as an excuse!!

suemack

Canon EOS-20D

02/19/2006 03:35:51 AM · #6

rofl....Lovely story!

02/19/2006 03:42:53 AM · #7

LOL:)

Also not camera related:

I once worked for the civil service in the UK. We had a series of interviews for potential clerical assistants going on. Plus the head guy was expecting a man, Mr Brown, from our accomodation department to inspect the roof of our 30 floor building which had been leaking water after several heavy snow falls.

Someone knocks on the door, I say 'come in'.

'Hello' the guy says, ' I'm Mr Brown'.

'Oh great!' I say ' We've been expecting you, please follow me!'

The guy appears very nervous and is rather overdressed for inspecting the roof, but he seems nice. I take him to the lift and it slowly and heavily makes it's way to the roof. Mr Brown appears to be growing paler by the minute. I finally escort him to the roof where our chief executive is waiting to greet him. I leave Mr Brown in his capable hands as he shows him the severe damage to our roof.

Twenty minutes later the Chief exec comes into my office;

'..er, Kate...who was that man you brought up to the roof?' he asked

'Mr Brown!' I said, as if he was losing his marbles.

'Well yes it was Mr Brown' he began, 'But he was a Mr Brown who had come for an interview for the clerical assistant's job, not the Mr Brown who had come to look at the roof!'

'Whoops' I said, thinking 'big deal, Brown is a common name'.

'Whoops is right' he said, trying to stifle a laugh 'This particular Mr Brown happens to suffer from Vertigo..he had a panic attack on the roof and is on his way to casualty'.

Message edited by author 2006-02-19 03:43:44.

Fujifilm XF 10-24mm f/4 R IOS

02/19/2006 04:53:51 AM · #8

Sorry - I'm a serial thread killer;)

alpharich

Fujifilm X-S10

02/19/2006 04:59:06 AM · #9

lol :))

When i was younger my dad dropped me off for a big fishing day at my local lake, about 1/2 an hours drive from my house.

The day before i had stocked up on maggots and stuff sorted all my fishing gear out.

After my dad had gone saying he would be back to pick me up in about 5 hours i started setting up only to find i had forgot to put my tackle box back in my fishing box!!

So i was sat there with no floats, hooks or line for 5 hours! Until my dad came to pick me up. I'm so glad we now have mobile phones :)

Message edited by author 2006-02-19 05:00:17.

02/19/2006 05:05:26 AM · #10

5 hours!!! What on earth did you do for 5 hours!!!

Art Roflmao

Canon EOS-6D Mark II

02/19/2006 05:29:25 AM · #11

Originally posted by Beetle:

Karin - when stuff like that happens to me, I just immediately hit CTRL+Z to undo. ;-)

KiwiChris

Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0L USM

02/19/2006 05:41:03 AM · #12

Not Camera leated, but my brain fart for the weekend...

I also fly model aircraft as a hobby, although not very often due to photography and family eating most of my weekends these days.

I decided to go to the club flying field for the first time in about 8 months today, and even arranged with another club member to get some fuel as mine was stale (Methanol based stuff, goes off). (I normally fly gliders on the paddocks around home)

Anyway, I drive 15k's over to the club field at Dunsandle, get my new fuel, set up the plane...

Then sit around for 3 hours talking to other people as I'd left the Transmitter for the Control part of 'Remote Control' at home plugged into the charger... Hmmmmmmmm.

Cheers, Me.

Tamron AF 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 XR Di II for Nikon

02/19/2006 05:44:43 AM · #13

I blame DPC personally, it seems to fry your brain and make you insane.

obsidian

Nikon D80

02/19/2006 06:13:57 AM · #14

A sad but true camera related story...

It was my wife's 50th birthday at the start of this month and I had organised a whole bunch of things, including a party at a local hotel. Everyone was there and my wife was happily taking pictures on her non-digital camera for most of the night, some of them special to her.

Anyhow, next morning she tried to take a picture of me wearing very little (gulp) but couldn't figure out why the camera kept saying it had 3 shots left, in flashing mode too. She showed it to me and I realised that it was not a 3 but an E - and that there had been no film in the camera as it was Empty!

My wife took it well and everyone had a good laugh, although it was sad to have missed the photos. The positive side was everyone else taking photos has sent her copies, so we now have more photos than ever!

Carl

Canon EOS-60D

Canon EF-S 55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS

02/19/2006 09:36:46 AM · #15

Last week the family suffered through a course of the stomach flu, and inevitably, the kids had to miss school. Of course, not all on the same day, mind you, but one on one day, one the next, and so on. This particular day, my oldest was staying home. Now I live in one town, and I work (and consequently bring the kids to school) in a town about 32 miles from my home. Every morning it's a routine to get the kids up, everyone gets ready, we get in the car, drive on autopilot to the town where I work/kids go to school, drop them off in order (at three different campuses), then I go to work. Well...we got ready, I kissed the 12-year-old goodbye, the two little ones and I get in the car...drive the 32 miles...drop off one at his school...drop off the other at his school...then drive to the next school, wait in the god-awfully long line of parents, drive up to the door, park, and wait for the oldest to get out. Then I remembered...doh...HE WAS AT HOME SICK!! What an idiot I was. I'm sure the parents in the cars behind me were wondering what the lunatic was doing in the car with no kid, yet parked in the way to drop off a ghost, apparently. I just kind of slinked back into the flow of traffic and drove on to my school. It was a Monday, too...so that made it start out doubly fabulous. ;)

PS...I'm not blonde, nor ready for senior moments. Maybe I didn't have enough coffee.

Beetle