Bruce Mangosteen

I'd suggest that these questions are best answered by Alex. It isn't my opinion of you as a customer or anything else that's in play here. You and I have a good relationship IRL, but that's not the issue here mate.

Yep, and enough people who (unlike you) have functioning brains have already told you where to stick it! Thanks, your refusal to enter the RH surely makes it a better place for those who do.

Cheers mate, and you have a Merry XMas if I don't see you before I leave.

As potty-floor-poopers go, I'd have to say you're by far the best!

LOL! Disgruntled former admirers are the toughest audience, eh mulph?

Maybe if Alex was to approve your choice of minders?

Seems the one to watch is the OP, considering the answers were actually given by BRITISH students. http://www.sodahead.com/united-states/20-h...rs/blog-321079/ http://www.edugeek.net/forums/jokes-interw...328-exam-q.html http://www.funenclave.com/fun-stuff/hilari...wers-43314.html http://boardreader.com/thread/20_Hilarious...3geodX3mww.html ...etc.

Thanks to both of you. See you there Tarl.

Yes, that's right bhoys and bargirls. Last time I was at the Rockhouse I happened to mention that I was going to be in the US for a month or so over the holidays. Alex and the staff were so overjoyed to hear I was finally feckin' leaving them the hell alone they scraped together their spare baht and decided to throw a party. Unfortunately for them, I found out about it and will be there too. Feckers! Here's what they didn't want me to know: - Party starts at 8:00, and runs until the last person pukes on the karaoke screen. - Full buffet featuring Thai and farang food. - Live music and karoke - Girls willing to get their tits out for a fee (mostly the staff but hey, ya never know! ) - The other usual drunken crap that goes on at Rockhouse parties. Please come help me crash this party. Wear your checked shirts, one button only please. If you have any promotional clothing from THAT plaza, () wear that too. NOTE: Because you'll be helping me slap at the Rockhouse for this insult, I promise to be polite to you, not slaughter you in debate, and not even laugh at you. And, because you'll ALSO be rid of me for a month or three, I'm sure you can't wait to experience the lovely feeling of saying "fuck off" *ahem* "goodbye" to me for a while. That's Tuesday the 21st, 8:00PM. Be there or I'll kill this helpless little kitty cat!

Oh, but Obama never shows for photo-ops, right? BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!! So you're admitting that there are no pictures of Obama welcoming home the troops? BTW, although you were kind enough to give me one-stop shopping for liberal lie debunking in a post before, I am frankly sick and tired of doing it. You believe what you want, just keep the propeller on your beanie nice and oiled up.

Only a liberal could be silly enough to believe a joke. Checked your "710 cap" lately? Here are some NON-Photoshopped pictures for you, taken August 11 at the DFW airport: Got any pictures of Obama greeting homecoming troops? I can't seem to find any. Or, maybe that's just the kind of man Bush is. And Obama isn't.

Sounds like a great night for you and your girl. Cudos to the folks that offered you seats at their table, and to you for reciprocating.

I use Norton on two machines and have no such issues. Here is the description of the warning from Symantec: http://www.symantec.com/security_response/...-082500-0801-99 I would say that the infection is not in the Photobucket site itself, but was present in one or more GIF files you clicked on at some point. Just curious: You obviously opened this thread. Did you load the images? If so, did you get the warning? LOL! Cheers mate!

No, actually it isn't beside the point at all. The point is that, from the point of view of humans, cruelty to animals can be mitigated by the benefit the overall action has to us. That is to say that you can draw a distinction between, say, hunting for sport, where the hunter kills an animal for the entertainment value alone, and hunting for food, where the hunter kills to provide food for his family. I think we can easily recognize that if the hunter eats his kill then whatever pain and suffering the animal goes through is mitigated by the fact that the hunter and his family benefit from the animal's meat and other parts (e.g. pelt for warmth, fat for the making of soap or lamp oil, etc.). Actually, as compared to a cow that is destined to become hamburgers, fighting bulls generally have a much better life. They are fed special feed and vitamins, get prompt veterinary attention, and are provided with ample space to live in. Food livestock lives in cramped conditions with little activity and the minimum of veterinary attention. In the case of bullfighting, animal lovers don't feel that the bull's suffering is mitigated by the eating of the meat, and CERTAINLY not by the entertainment value. That is because they see the bullfight as excessively cruel. TBH, in my mind these are not enough either, and I would not be in favor of, say, legalizing bullfighting in the US. However, I agree with those who see this as an issue of that society having the right to have this activity as part of their culture and history. That to me, along with the facts that the animal has a good life and that they do consume the meat, is sufficient mitigation for the 10 minutes it takes for a bullfight. There is no moral equivalence between animals and humans, so comparing bullfighting to gladiatorial combat or public executions is off the mark. About boxing and cage fighting, not only does the previous statement apply, but both combatants are in the ring of their own free will, so that comparison is even more inappropriate.

Last bump. Thanks to everybody for clicking!

They can be so shy sometimes. Unfortunately I have no such advantage. The vantage point of this condo has its benefits though.

Given the 1/40 sec shutter speed she wouldn't have needed a tripod unless you and she were ...erm... multitasking. She would have needed it in "nighttime" or "fireworks" mode though.

Make sure that you look at the setup menu system before making up your mind. It's a bit obtuse as compared to, say, my Canon A1100IS. The 10x optical zoom is also great but makes the camera a bit heavy for a shirt pocket. In all, I'm glad I have both cameras.

BWAHAHAHA!!! Amazing how much data is in them photos eh? Actually, unless she was using a tripod, she was lucky she wasn't using the "fireworks" or "nighttime" options, as they leave the shutter open longer.

There were presentations from several countries, accounting for the pauses between shows. Unfortunately I arrived back home from Ayutthaya toward the end of it, accounting for why there aren't more pictures. You could see it from the highway on the way here though, very cool.

Actually, if I had my druthers I'd have selected a shutter speed closer to 5-10 seconds. It would have given good clarity but not left the shutter open so long that so many shells went off. I do! ImageDescription - Make - SONY Model - DSC-W80 Orientation - Top left XResolution - 72 YResolution - 72 ResolutionUnit - Inch DateTime - 2010:08:14 21:01:40 YCbCrPositioning - Co-Sited ExifOffset - 256 ExposureTime - 1/40 seconds FNumber - 2.80 ExposureProgram - Normal program ISOSpeedRatings - 640 ExifVersion - 0221 DateTimeOriginal - 2010:08:14 21:01:40 DateTimeDigitized - 2010:08:14 21:01:40 ComponentsConfiguration - YCbCr CompressedBitsPerPixel - 4 (bits/pixel) ExposureBiasValue - 0.00 MaxApertureValue - F 2.83 MeteringMode - Multi-segment LightSource - Auto Flash - Flash fired, auto mode, return light detected FocalLength - 5.80 mm FlashPixVersion - 0100 ColorSpace - sRGB ExifImageWidth - 640 ExifImageHeight - 480 InteroperabilityOffset - 9166 FileSource - DSC - Digital still camera SceneType - A directly photographed image CustomRendered - Normal process ExposureMode - Auto White Balance - Auto SceneCaptureType - Standard Contrast - Normal Saturation - Normal Sharpness - Normal Maker Note (Vendor): - Thumbnail: - Compression - 6 (JPG) Make - SONY Model - DSC-W80 Orientation - Top left XResolution - 72 YResolution - 72 ResolutionUnit - Inch DateTime - 2010:08:14 21:01:40 JpegIFOffset - 9372 JpegIFByteCount - 2299 A lucky grab. I'd rather be lucky than good I'll tell you that!

Actually, I think a shutter speed between 5 and 10 seconds would have been better. At 15 seconds I found I ran the risk of having so many fireworks going off that it created just a blotch.

Thanks guys.

A few shots of the Mother's Day fireworks, taken from my window here in View Talay 1. Camera is a Panasonic Lumix TZ3. Most pics were taken with a 15 second shutter speed. The three darker ones were taken with a 2 second shutter speed, just as an experiment. Unfortunately, this camera has no speed settings between 2 and 15 seconds that I can find.