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Pixie <Pixie@AnnWheatley.com.invalid>wrote:
>On Wed, 14 Apr 2010 07:15:55 +1000, hopper
>wiff:
>
>>Pixie <Pixie@AnnWheatley.com.invalid>wrote:
>>>On Tue, 13 Apr 2010 16:23:03 +1000, hopper
>>>
>>>>Pixie <Pixie@AnnWheatley.com.invalid>wrote:
>>>>>On Tue, 13 Apr 2010 07:56:32 +1000, hopper
>>>>>
>>>>>>Pixie <Pixie@AnnWheatley.com.invalid>wrote:
>>>>
>
>>>><q>
>>>>Give a man a fish and you have a friend for an hour.
>>>>Give a man a fishing rod and you have a friend for
>>>>Life.
>>>></q>
>>>>
>>>>That one?
>>>>
>>>/watches paper aeroplane zoom by for a second flyover
>>>/grin
>>>
>>/chuckles
>>
>>And here I was thinking it were the BallBearing Bird
>>doing a flyover..!
>>http://lyricsplayground.com/alpha/songs/t/theballbearingbird.shtml
>>
>In your case... the Ball Baring Bird....ROFL
>
>>>>Crikey how did I survive past weaning without me
>>>>Mum..hunting me up!
>>>>
>>>The wolves raised you... I have proof... ROFL
>>>
>>heh.. has to be something I posted .. right?
>>
>Yeah, you've posted a few in yer time.
>
>>Anything else --- as in "conjecture" --- is "no fair
>>play" <g>
>>
>I know where the line is...
>
>>>>/snip
>
>>>No texting here.
>>>Never learnt. Doan wanna learn.
>>>
>>Essential technology for communicating with the Y Gen
>>IF one wants to avoid all the banal options -
>>My Space
>>Facebook
>>Twitter
>>etc etc etc
>>
>The Y Gen.... who??!!
>
>>Also comes in handy for "one liners" to newsprint
>>(press) pipes which allow that feature in publications.
>>That can be fun <g>
>>
>I think our local rag put up a wrong number, just so they don't have
>to put up with one liners... /grin
>The letters to the Editor are heavily culled of criticisms that they
>don't agree with...
>
>>>Mobile phone won't even show pics and I rarely even answer the
>>>ringtone.
>>>
>>Basic hardware is best -- tis only the Y Gen and the
>>easily excited who subscribe to screens equipped to
>>cater for the handicapped (language dead).
>>
>Forever thankful I was born when I was. And no, contrary to anything
>you may have read... I'm not THAT easily excited... rofl
>
>>>And TWITter... doan even start me... /grin
>>>
>>When our press starts up with stories of "I have been
>>ripped - they printed what I posted..!" I heartily
>>laugh my arse off. Those two Queensland twits, who
>>unfortunately are educators in our system, being a very
>>recent example as a source of great mirth - at this
>>desk :->
>>http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/opinion/warwick-state-high-teachers-cop-unfair-treatment-over-facebook-snap/story-e6frerdf-1225842529421
>>
>I haven't seen an age mentioned of the teachers... borderline GenY's??
>Why do people not get that the Internet, ANYTHING on the Internet can
>be viewed by anyone with the savvy to get there and look??
>Even in this group. It's a public forum. This "I wasn't talking to
>you" biz just cracks me up!
>
>>>>/scuffs toe in 6.5pH dirt
>>>>
>>>What makes 6.5pH so special?
>>>/Dogpile....
>>>The optimum pH for apples... /grin
>>>Pity 'bout that up there!
>>>
>>phuttt..!
>>Grow anything in 6.5 and lots of sunshine and
>>clean water.
>>THAT is relevant to mutations of posted comment here
>>in ABCP <g>
>>
>I ain't seen too many apples up your way... no?
>I wassun talkin' 'bout "anything", I was tokkin' apples!
>
>>>>wellll... I do only handle stage lighting, ya noe.
>>>>
>>>And ya do it so well... /shields eyes...
>>>
>>/adds rose (colour) filter
>>
>>That better :-)
>>
>I had (real) rose tinted ones when they were all the go when I was
>younger... I found them really annoying! /laff
>
>>>>I could bang a drum or sumthin' if that helps.. yer
>>>>hearing??
>>>> [wizard grin]
>>>>
>>>Bang a drum eh.... that I gotta see... rofl
>>>
>>Sorry... should have expanded on that.. it is an MT
>>44GAL drum, what I was thinking of :-)
>>
>>You know that old adage about MT drums?
>>
>I'm gonna be sorry I bit, but go ahead.... /grin
>
>>>The moron factor.
>>>
>>Time is a wonderful thing.. all one has to do is keep
>>breathing while it passes.
>>All shall be revealed.. in due course.
>>
>>As they say :-)
>>
>I'm shure. We will have to stayed tuned. :-)
>
>>>Yeah, the morons eventually lost.
>>>But, they can't change what they won't acknowledge (courtesy Dr Phil)
>>>and they lived on...
>>>
>>/nodding
>>We are back at that "cannot see the wood for the trees"
>>adage from the other thread. Though I have to concede
>>that for a few it is more the case of "ignore what is
>>not understood".
>>Sad really.. Really sad :-<
>>
>I know it bothers you that people prefer to bury their heads in the
>sand rather than control their own destinies...
>Give them a little more time. Mebbe the sand up their noses will start
>to annoy them a little too much.
>
>>>>>something few wish to revisit.
>>>>>
>>>>oH I dunno abowd that... nothing like a bit of
>>>>'nose-bleed' to separate the wimmins from the
>>>>men<bfg>
>>>>
>>>You would break his face I reckons. His nose wouldun be all that was
>>>bleedin'... /grin
>>>
>>My fanboi??
>>Naaaahh... there are social 'rooles' addressing the
>>instigation of fisticuffs with the handicapped :->
>>
>Himself is not handicapped. He knows exactly what he is doing.
>
>>And in a text only environment IT always gets to "walk
>>around the pitch" - to use an americanism - as the
>>pitcher takes a piss when IT steps up to the plate.
>>
>I still hear a faint hissing and booing and he walks past... there is
>hope yet that the League pulls his number...
>
>>>>>Now it should just be about constructive learning.
>>>>>School was never this sensitive to criticism!
>>>>>
>>>>.. agreed.. and yes to working a way forward to more
>>>>independence for those so dependant here (ABCP)..
>>>>
>>>We can but try.
>>>
>>Indeed do.
>>Don't hold back or be swayed by the dull and ignorant :-)
>>
>Always looking forward...
>
>>>>I say it wont improve until people quit with reading
>>>>their own press.
>>>>Like,, "Is <Blah.pes> out there?"... and that is the
>>>>only thread read.. ever :-/
>>>>
>>>Well yeah... but it takes a village...
>>>
>>A party starts with an idea and communication :-)
>>
>Yeah... they aren't too keen on BYO in here though!
>
>>>>I have just built a response for one such dude/dudette
>>>>
>>>I see'd...
>>>
>>>>>Yeah, you start with a graphic, but if one is going to persist with
>>>>>programs that need a perfect graphic.... there will be tears.
>>>>>
>>>>A defined graphic gets half (sometimes more) the
>>>>immediate structural work done...
>>>>
>>>For those without an artistic streak in them... yeah...
>>>Yer point?... /grin
>>
>>errr.. would there be any such person, not just a
>>little "arty", sewing?
>>
>True digitising is not about accepting defaults.
>Do you want to learn to digitise, or do you want to learn what buttons
>to push over a clean graphic and learn nothing of technique??
>The program cannot determine layering. This has been shown on many
>attempts posted to group.
>You have to do the colour sorting yourself. This itself can be a
>minefield if the default has sewn travelled across the fabric instead
>of using a jump stitch.
>The best programs are the ones that allow you to step through each
>stage.
>The trick is knowing which bits to do first :->
>
>>>/cracks petite knuckles... one by one... >:-)
>>>
>>You will get arthritis doing that..!
>> /snuckles
>>
>Only if you damage the knuckles in doing it. That's the clincher,
>stretch them, don't break them.
>There are over 100 types of arthritis... I'm told knees are as high on
>the list of sufferers as knuckles.... /grin
>Doan know too many that crack their knees... um... you??!!
>
>>>>and eliminates any
>>>>guessing the digitiser is often asked (subliminally) to
>>>>do.
>>>>
>>>Any guessing the digitiser has to do is the problem of said digitiser!
>>>Nuffin' to do with the graphic...
>>>
>>Not true.. and to point to a current troll being run?
>>IF I put my mind to it it would be possible to rebuild
>>that "New Moon" request in a form that could be sewed
>>out giving very close effect to what the troll is
>>thinking.. if IT could think, that is <g>
>>
>Again, not true. You are wanting the program to recognise the graphic
>and do the work.
>The graphic is tragic, granted, considering the poster - the point is
>moot!!
>
>>>Sounds like photo realistic work is gonna be a long way off.... /grin
>>>
>>Abandoned at this desk :-<
>>
>And this has nothing to do with the outline. Interestingly enough.
>This has to do with texture and technique. Stitch choice comes into
>play here. Very hard to recreate feathers, fur and stuff like that.
>Colour merging is a nightmare.
>For as big a fan as I am of Sue Box, even this time Her animal one
>fell short for me.
>
>>>>>In saying that... I just saw Snickle's request..... ROFL
>>>>>
>>>>Yeh.. well that woman is a fskn lost cause and a plain
>>>>outright thief of time to boot.
>>>>Has been since Day 01 back in August 2004 :-]
>>>>
>>>This!! this is priceless...
>>>Special day was it??.... rofl
>>>
>>In respect of my fanboi's jollies?
>>Most assuredly so.. without Fritz's support the idiot
>>would never have got airtime here in ABCP.
>>
>Yeah well... what's that saying about misery loves company an' that
>like...
>I vaguely recall this still going on when I got here.
>
>>>>/snip
>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>Yeah, I have a date with some music and a dance floor.
>>>>>
>>>>On a Tuesday..!!!
>>>>Heavy demand .. huh??
>>>>
>>>One inch... just one inch...
>>>
>>/scratiches haid
>>.. errrrmm.. well IF I knew which direction to lead
>>that one..?.. I would take the full mile..!
>> /laff
>>
>/chortle... give you an inch???...
>I would regret the momentary loss of concentration... I'm shure!
>rofl
>
>>>>Well a bit hard to get me head into Skype.
>>>>I am told I will have to wait until the wide screen
>>>>technology overcomes the 600mm (2ft) barrier.
>>>>
>>>Some bandwidth usage on that day... Lights will go out all over town.
>>>/laff
>>>
>>More coal Muriel.. more coal..!
>>
>Oh!! So "green" are you! Bring back coal energy... my ecologically
>friendly light bulbs keep breaking above my head and dropping mercury
>all over me...
>Perfectly good sun over our heads to forge ahead with solar energy and
>what do they do? Fill our bulbs with mercury.... /smacks forehead...
> >:-/ I wanna know just how they are gonna dispose of all these
>bulbs....
>
>>>But that elf pic is pure fantasy on your behalf.... ROFL
>>>
>>/snuckles
>>
>>OK.. OK.. You maybe missed the original conversation<g>
>>
>Prolly! But sorry I did!
>
>>The original post by Don was of the elf and the greet.
>>At that time I was a mere babe in the woods (in taking
>>up digitising) so the best I could manage in response
>>was adding the 'jewels' and the text below.
>>And it shows under close examination :-/
>>
>Um.... yeah! I did notice... /laff
>But I'm too polite to say.... ROFL.... not...!
>
/rolls over
/plays dead
heh.. I don't have your skills, yet <g>
>>Soooo.. the "buns" are actually a figment of the
>>Wican's imagination, not mine own..!
>>
>He was a fun Wican! I hope He's doing it easy on whatever cloud He's
>sitting on. Looking down and laughing His head off!
>Em Hotep, Don.
>
>>Hah..! Enguarde..!
>>
>SPL-->S
>
Swish - Parry - Lunge, I get.. the last has me
reaching for the groin guard.. just in case !
"SNAP"??????
or
"SNIP"??????
/snuckles
--
hopper
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