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07/01/2006 01:45:27 PM · #151

Originally posted by BeeCee:

Originally posted by acrotide:

Did I get to yours yet? If not, my psychic abilities are starting to fail me and I should really stop dropping so much money on the ponies :)

Nope, keep trying! (and consider investing instead of gambling ;) )

What, and you don't think investors have psychic abilities? How else do you think they make money?

07/01/2006 01:48:53 PM · #152

Originally posted by acrotide:

Originally posted by BeeCee:

Originally posted by acrotide:

Did I get to yours yet? If not, my psychic abilities are starting to fail me and I should really stop dropping so much money on the ponies :)

Nope, keep trying! (and consider investing instead of gambling ;) )

What, and you don't think investors have psychic abilities? How else do you think they make money?

Fine then, get an investor to do it for you :)
Now quit yakking and get back to commenting! I need a boost for this 7.500 :D

Hi ho, hi ho, it's off to work I go... on Canada Day yet, not fair *muttergrumblepout*

07/01/2006 01:54:42 PM · #153

Originally posted by BeeCee:

I would, but you keep replying :)

7.5 eh? I'll see what I can do, but you can't compete with my 8.7...the voters must have been especially generous overnight :)

I am so glad I work for the government...don't work on the weekends and I even get Monday off.

Poor, poor BeeCee...now get back to work!

07/01/2006 03:12:52 PM · #154

Originally posted by acrotide:

Originally posted by BeeCee:
Fine then, get an investor to do it for you :)
Now quit yakking and get back to commenting! I need a boost for this 7.500 :D

Hi ho, hi ho, it's off to work I go... on Canada Day yet, not fair *muttergrumblepout*

I would, but you keep replying :)

7.5 eh? I'll see what I can do, but you can't compete with my 8.7...the voters must have been especially generous overnight :)

I am so glad I work for the government...don't work on the weekends and I even get Monday off.

Poor, poor BeeCee...now get back to work!

Lol, if you're gonna try bluffing at least make it believable! No wonder your gambling isn't meeting with huge success ;)
Okay, okay, I'm GONE!

charliebaker

Canon PowerShot S2 IS

07/01/2006 03:30:10 PM · #155

Originally posted by biteme:

Votes: 83
I have a question. What's with the balls at the beaches? It wouldn't be something I'd think of, but it seems like it's a well known thing?

As a resident of the north Oregon coast, I enjoy beachcombing for whatever the tide brings in. In my 13 years I've lived on the coast, I've found one Japanese floating glass ball (size of an orange), and been present as two family members have found them as well. I've also found a 36 inch bathysphere, a glass ball used for ballast floatation for undersea unmanned research labs four miles deep in the midi-Pacific. That glass ball was manufactured in Massachuesets, sold to the University of Florida, and washed up on the north Oregon coast, right in front of our coastal village. Japanese floating glass balls, though no longer in production (from what I'm told by beachcomber books), still wash up on the west coast of North America. You can easily tell the true Japanese fishing floats from the tourist glass balls sold in many gift shops along the coast: 1) The Japanese glass blowers almost always put their imprint mark on the bellybutton where they sealed off the float; 2) a glass ball which has floated across the 5000 mile wide Pacific ocean washes up on our coastline sea-worn, sometimes with barnacles attached. In most of the older homes in our coastal village, people have floating Japanese glass balls displayed which they've found while walking the beach. We even have a great local folk band called "The Floating Glass Balls" a group that plays in our local pub every week, featuring upright bass, mandolin, guitar, fiddle and washboard.

07/01/2006 05:34:57 PM · #156

Originally posted by BeeCee:

Lol, if you're gonna try bluffing at least make it believable! No wonder your gambling isn't meeting with huge success ;)
Okay, okay, I'm GONE!

How could I bluff a bluffer, BeeCee? ;)

As for the comments, I'm only at 20% so I've got quite a ways to go...if I miss yours I can always take care of ya after the challenge as my psychic abilities are no more :)

07/01/2006 08:54:45 PM · #157

Votes: 208
Views: 273
Avg Vote: 5.7596
Comments: 5

Well, two more comments, but still none from acrotide ;)

Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 70-300mm f/4.0-5.6D ED

07/01/2006 08:59:25 PM · #158

Originally posted by BeeCee:

Votes: 208
Views: 273
Avg Vote: 5.7596
Comments: 5

Well, two more comments, but still none from acrotide ;)

Votes: 223
Views: 298
Avg Vote: 5.7892
Comments: 12

I'm inching up a bit and no more comments from me. Guess I need to move my butt if I'm gonna get to 50% and your shot :)

island_girl1

Nikon D70s

07/01/2006 09:16:30 PM · #159

Votes: 216
Views: 270
Avg Vote: 4.6759
Comments: 5

Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM

07/02/2006 02:43:57 PM · #160

Originally posted by acrotide:

Originally posted by BeeCee:

Well, two more comments, but still none from acrotide ;)

Votes: 223
Views: 298
Avg Vote: 5.7892
Comments: 12

I'm inching up a bit and no more comments from me. Guess I need to move my butt if I'm gonna get to 50% and your shot :)

That butt hasn't moved enough! (unless you're a baghead, that is)
And neither has my score... it needs to go up up UP!

Votes: 223
Views: 291
Avg Vote: 5.7848
Comments: 6

hanneke

Canon EOS-5D Mark II

07/02/2006 02:45:20 PM · #161

I started out pretty good (6,3) but I'm going down. Oh well.

Votes: 232
Views: 396
Avg Vote: 5.6897
Comments: 9

Canon EF 24-85mm f/3.5-4.5 USM

07/02/2006 02:51:18 PM · #162

Originally posted by biteme:

I started out pretty good (6,3) but I'm going down. Oh well.

Votes: 232
Views: 396
Avg Vote: 5.6897
Comments: 9

Ah well, you're only lagging a step or two behind in the dance, dear :)

So, we've got Tim, Hanneke, acrotide and me in the mid-5 dance. Anyone else joining us?

Message edited by author 2006-07-02 14:54:07.

benhur

Canon EOS-40D

07/02/2006 02:58:33 PM · #163

i started on 4.7 now i am running on 5.4 and it is just gon up and up every time i check it out.
I like it when this happens as long as it stays up there for the rest of the voting.

rinac

Pentax K20D

Pentax SMC-F 50mm f/1.7

07/02/2006 05:36:13 PM · #164

Votes: 240
Views: 306
Avg Vote: 5.6250
Comments: 11

No huge ups or downs so far. The comments have all been positive, with one picking it as a favourite. Can't complain about that :)

Question: Is it ok to change your votes after you've made them? Or does that dick people around too much? It's just that I've reviewed and found some I've either judged too harshly or too highly...

hanneke

Canon EOS-5D Mark II

Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM

07/02/2006 05:37:48 PM · #165

Originally posted by rinac:

Question: Is it ok to change your votes after you've made them? Or does that dick people around too much? It's just that I've reviewed and found some I've either judged too harshly or too highly...

Of course you can. I wouldn't mind about what dicks people off. I'm glad I can do it, sometimes it's good to look at an image a bit longer the 2nd time :)

rinac

Pentax K20D

Pentax SMC-F 50mm f/1.7

07/02/2006 05:42:45 PM · #166

Originally posted by biteme:

Of course you can. I wouldn't mind about what dicks people off. I'm glad I can do it, sometimes it's good to look at an image a bit longer the 2nd time :)

Cool. Thought there might have been some unwritten law on voting etiquette... :D Yep, I'm certainly glad I can change a few too. Thanks for that!

Message edited by author 2006-07-02 17:44:37.

Shea927

Nikon D80

Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 70-300mm f/4.0-5.6G

07/02/2006 05:44:46 PM · #167

Votes: 223
Views: 356
Avg Vote: 4.5516
Comments: 12
Favorites: 0
Wish Lists: 0

Really wanted a higher score, but at least people are commenting this time and telling me WHY they're giving me the score they are. So many times I get no comments and I don't understand what's wrong with my picture.

hanneke

Canon EOS-5D Mark II

Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM

07/02/2006 05:45:21 PM · #168

Originally posted by rinac:

Originally posted by biteme:
Of course you can. I wouldn't mind about what dicks people off. I'm glad I can do it, sometimes it's good to look at an image a bit longer the 2nd time :)

Cool. Thought there might have been some unwritten law on voting etiquette... :D Yep, I'm certainly glad I can change a few too. Thanks for that!

welcome :)

07/02/2006 10:23:11 PM · #169

Originally posted by BeeCee:

Originally posted by acrotide:

Originally posted by BeeCee:

Well, two more comments, but still none from acrotide ;)

Votes: 223
Views: 298
Avg Vote: 5.7892
Comments: 12

I'm inching up a bit and no more comments from me. Guess I need to move my butt if I'm gonna get to 50% and your shot :)

That butt hasn't moved enough! (unless you're a baghead, that is)
And neither has my score... it needs to go up up UP!

Votes: 223
Views: 291
Avg Vote: 5.7848
Comments: 6

Nope, not a baghead and I'm moving my butt as fast as I can :)

I was above 5.8 this morning, but now I've dropped back down :(

Votes: 249
Views: 329
Avg Vote: 5.7751
Comments: 13

07/02/2006 10:26:45 PM · #170

Originally posted by rinac:

Question: Is it ok to change your votes after you've made them? Or does that dick people around too much? It's just that I've reviewed and found some I've either judged too harshly or too highly...

I tend to go through all the entries and give them an initial score. Then I'll go through them again, analyzing them a little more and possibly changing the score and leaving a comment.

Everyone's got their own personal style for voting/commenting...do whatever works for you.

07/02/2006 11:59:09 PM · #171

5.7910 with 2 minutes or so left..... will it break 5.8 after adjustments? At least it's OVER!!!! :D

Oops.
Blonde moment.
Still two more days to suffer through.
Sighhhh......

Message edited by author 2006-07-03 00:07:29.

Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 USM Macro

07/03/2006 12:12:54 AM · #172

Originally posted by BeeCee:

5.7910 with 2 minutes or so left..... will it break 5.8 after adjustments? At least it's OVER!!!! :D

Oops.
Blonde moment.
Still two more days to suffer through.
Sighhhh......

Don't worry, BeeCee, I won't hold it against you :)

I'm not a member so I'm used to Tuesday night being the end of a challenge. It'll be hard to get used to if I ever become a member (thinking the member challenge goes until Tuesday when it really ends Sunday).

Still plenty of time to break 5.8...or crash and burn :)

Techo

Canon EOS-7D

07/03/2006 12:13:21 AM · #173

Originally posted by BeeCee:

5.7910 with 2 minutes or so left..... will it break 5.8 after adjustments? At least it's OVER!!!! :D

Oops.
Blonde moment.
Still two more days to suffer through.
Sighhhh......

I just had that moment too LOL. I'm not even Blonde ;)

07/03/2006 12:25:39 AM · #174

Originally posted by acrotide:

Originally posted by BeeCee:
5.7910 with 2 minutes or so left..... will it break 5.8 after adjustments? At least it's OVER!!!! :D

Oops.
Blonde moment.
Still two more days to suffer through.
Sighhhh......

Don't worry, BeeCee, I won't hold it against you :)

I'm not a member so I'm used to Tuesday night being the end of a challenge. It'll be hard to get used to if I ever become a member (thinking the member challenge goes until Tuesday when it really ends Sunday).

Still plenty of time to break 5.8...or crash and burn :)

That's why I get easily confuzzled. I haven't been a member long, and keep losing track of which challenge is which. And now I have THREE entries in to sweat over.... whyyyyyyy do I do this to myself???

And dearie.... BITE YOUR TONGUE on the crash and burn :P