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Bella Jones wrote:
> Excuse the overkill, but I couldn't let go of the damn thing, it seems.
> Store opening pics tagged on the end.
>
> <http://gallery117685.fotopic.net/c349443.html>

hah.  http://gallery117685.fotopic.net/p9386241.html  is the one we've
been waiting for.

http://gallery117685.fotopic.net/p9386246.html

*what* is PeterD doing?




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Richard P. Grant  0x5F9559B1                         MRC Lab of Mol Biol
rpg 'at' mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk                  http://www.rg-d.com/BioLOG/
                   -- In Ventum Faciens Aquam --

Richard P. Grant <rpg14@yahoo.co.uk.invalid> wrote:

> Bella Jones wrote:
> > Excuse the overkill, but I couldn't let go of the damn thing, it seems.
> > Store opening pics tagged on the end.
> >
> > <http://gallery117685.fotopic.net/c349443.html>
>
> hah.  http://gallery117685.fotopic.net/p9386241.html  is the one we've
> been waiting for.

Yes, Martin was seriously into that whip, wasn't he?

> http://gallery117685.fotopic.net/p9386246.html
>
> *what* is PeterD doing?

I think the word is 'prancing'.

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bellajonez at yahoo dot co dot uk

Bella Jones <me9@privacy.net> wrote:

> Excuse the overkill, but I couldn't let go of the damn thing, it seems.
> Store opening pics tagged on the end.
>
> <http://gallery117685.fotopic.net/c349443.html>

<http://gallery117685.fotopic.net/p9386229.html>

Great shot! Works so much better as B&W (and no I haven't seen the
colour version so I'm assuming okay?)

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Pd

Richard P. Grant <rpg14@yahoo.co.uk.invalid> wrote:

> http://gallery117685.fotopic.net/p9386246.html
>
> *what* is PeterD doing?

A quick spot of Tai Chi to prepare me for the Long Walk Home.

--
Pd

PeterD <pd.news@dsl.pipex.invalid> wrote:

> Bella Jones <me9@privacy.net> wrote:
>
> > Excuse the overkill, but I couldn't let go of the damn thing, it seems.
> > Store opening pics tagged on the end.
> >
> > <http://gallery117685.fotopic.net/c349443.html>
>
> <http://gallery117685.fotopic.net/p9386229.html>
>
> Great shot! Works so much better as B&W (and no I haven't seen the
> colour version so I'm assuming okay?)

A few of them were b&w originally, but yes, that one was colour. That
one was fine in colour, but changing to b&w can really rescue a picture.
:-)

And I only realised after the store opening that the thing was set to
ISO 400, hence the graininess.

Incidentally, is it always easy to tell if a picture was originally in
colour but has been changed to b&w?

--
bellajonez at yahoo dot co dot uk

Bella Jones <me9@privacy.net> wrote:

> > *what* is PeterD doing?
>
> I think the word is 'prancing'.

Lord of the Prance, me.

--
Pd

Bella Jones <me9@privacy.net> wrote:

> Incidentally, is it always easy to tell if a picture was originally in
> colour but has been changed to b&w?

Dunno - I just assumed because I didn't know in my ignorance that the
ol' Ixus will do B&W. You're way ahead of me in exploring its
capabilities.

--
Pd

PeterD <pd.news@dsl.pipex.invalid> wrote:

> Bella Jones <me9@privacy.net> wrote:
>
> > Incidentally, is it always easy to tell if a picture was originally in
> > colour but has been changed to b&w?
>
> Dunno - I just assumed because I didn't know in my ignorance that the
> ol' Ixus will do B&W. You're way ahead of me in exploring its
> capabilities.

Really? But that's the most fun bit of the function menu of all! 'Vivid'
is one of my faves - to be used with care though...

--
bellajonez at yahoo dot co dot uk

Bella Jones wrote:

> Excuse the overkill, but I couldn't let go of the damn thing, it seems.
> Store opening pics tagged on the end.
>
> <http://gallery117685.fotopic.net/c349443.html>
>
> Funny captions to come. ;-)

How about some names so I can finally put faces to the names in this
group...

Thom

Thom White <thom@softhome.net> wrote:

> Bella Jones wrote:
>
> > Excuse the overkill, but I couldn't let go of the damn thing, it seems.
> > Store opening pics tagged on the end.
> >
> > <http://gallery117685.fotopic.net/c349443.html>
> >
> > Funny captions to come. ;-)
>
> How about some names so I can finally put faces to the names in this
> group...

<http://flavio-matani.fotopic.net/c346320.html>

<http://www.apple-juice.co.uk/Expo2004/index.html>

<http://www.rg-d.co.uk/ucsm/macexpo04/>

<http://roger9142.fotopic.net/c347594.html>

>From this little lot, I think you'll be able to piece it all together.
:-)

--
bellajonez at yahoo dot co dot uk

In article <30j8a7F2uhcimU1@uni-berlin.de>, Thom White <thom@softhome.net>
wrote:

> How about some names so I can finally put faces to the names in this
> group...

Isn't  it more fun to guess?

--

Sak Wathanasin
Network Analysis Limited
http://www.network-analysis.ltd.uk

Bella Jones <me9@privacy.net> wrote:

> Funny captions to come. ;-)

especially for IMG 3077

Stuart
--
Try stuartsmacs at dsl dot pipex dot com to email me.

Bella Jones wrote:

> Thom White <thom@softhome.net> wrote:

>>How about some names so I can finally put faces to the names in this
>>group...

Thanks for those links - most informative. Shudder.

> <http://www.rg-d.co.uk/ucsm/macexpo04/>

Nice shots of the Angel, Islington on this one - sculpted by
Nottingham's own Wolfgang and Heron (www.wolfgangandheron.com)

Thom

Sak Wathanasin wrote:

>>How about some names so I can finally put faces to the names in this
>>group...
>
> Isn't  it more fun to guess?

Fuh, you'll be extolling the virtues of deferred gratification next.

Thom

Thom White wrote:
>
>> <http://www.rg-d.co.uk/ucsm/macexpo04/>
>
> Nice shots of the Angel, Islington on this one - sculpted by

Why, thank you.  The lighting at that time of day was all wrong, but I
finally managed to a decent one.


--
Richard P. Grant  0x5F9559B1                         MRC Lab of Mol Biol
rpg 'at' mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk                  http://www.rg-d.com/BioLOG/
            -- 'Dear Dr Fleming, your lab is a mess' --

Bella Jones <me9@privacy.net> wrote:

> PeterD <pd.news@dsl.pipex.invalid> wrote:
>
> > Bella Jones <me9@privacy.net> wrote:
> >
> > > Excuse the overkill, but I couldn't let go of the damn thing, it seems.
> > > Store opening pics tagged on the end.
> > >
> > > <http://gallery117685.fotopic.net/c349443.html>
> >
> > <http://gallery117685.fotopic.net/p9386229.html>
> >
> > Great shot! Works so much better as B&W (and no I haven't seen the
> > colour version so I'm assuming okay?)
>
> A few of them were b&w originally, but yes, that one was colour. That
> one was fine in colour, but changing to b&w can really rescue a picture.
> :-)
>
> And I only realised after the store opening that the thing was set to
> ISO 400, hence the graininess.
>
> Incidentally, is it always easy to tell if a picture was originally in
> colour but has been changed to b&w?

it shouldn't really be possible at all, though i guess it depends how
you do it. you can do on the camera or in photoshop/graphic converter or
iphoto etc...

i think it used to be practice for press photographers to shoot with
colour film and print any in black and white if they wanted to.

Roger

Bella Jones <me9@privacy.net> wrote:

> Excuse the overkill, but I couldn't let go of the damn thing, it seems.
> Store opening pics tagged on the end.
>
> <http://gallery117685.fotopic.net/c349443.html>
>
> Funny captions to come. ;-)

ooh some really nice ones in there bella!

i like this one heh.

http://gallery117685.fotopic.net/p9386231.html

Roger

Stuart Bell <spamfritterspam@spamfritterspam.com> wrote:

> Bella Jones <me9@privacy.net> wrote:
>
> > Funny captions to come. ;-)
>
> especially for IMG 3077

Why? Martin was just having a whip round.[1]

[1] Is "a whip round" an English expression, meaning collecting for a
charity or workmate's birthday etc? Sometimes I can't remember if
phrases are from here or the other side of the world.

--
Pd

Richard P. Grant wrote:

> Thom White wrote:
>
>>><http://www.rg-d.co.uk/ucsm/macexpo04/>
>>
>>Nice shots of the Angel, Islington on this one - sculpted by
>
> Why, thank you.  The lighting at that time of day was all wrong, but I
> finally managed to a decent one.

Well, as someone who has seen a lot of bad photos of the Angel I was
very impressed.

Thom

PeterD <pd.news@dsl.pipex.invalid> wrote:

> [1] Is "a whip round" an English expression, meaning collecting for a
> charity or workmate's birthday etc? Sometimes I can't remember if
> phrases are from here or the other side of the world.

Affirmative, except in places of ill repute, so I'm told.

Stuart
--
Try stuartsmacs at dsl dot pipex dot com to email me.

In article <1gnrb6i.kq7e121e6htx2N%roger_merriman@hotmail.com>,
roger_merriman@hotmail.com says...
> Bella Jones <me9@privacy.net> wrote:
>
> > Excuse the overkill, but I couldn't let go of the damn thing, it seems.
> > Store opening pics tagged on the end.
> >
> > <http://gallery117685.fotopic.net/c349443.html>
> >
> > Funny captions to come. ;-)
>
> ooh some really nice ones in there bella!
>
> i like this one heh.
>
> http://gallery117685.fotopic.net/p9386231.html

At least 50% of us managed to follow the instructions of 'looking mean'.
Obviously some of us heard it as 'confused'.

--
Woody

PeterD <pd.news@dsl.pipex.invalid> wrote:

> Is "a whip round" an English expression

Damn right. I've been tapped for so many...

<http://users.tinyonline.co.uk/gswithenbank/sayingsw.htm>
--
Peter

Stuart Bell <spamfritterspam@spamfritterspam.com> wrote:

> > Funny captions to come. ;-)
>
> especially for IMG 3077

Punishment Fodler Actions.
--
Peter

Sak Wathanasin <sw@network-analysis.ltd.uk> wrote:

> > How about some names so I can finally put faces to the names in this
> > group...
>
> Isn't  it more fun to guess?

Yeah. I've always got a little mental query; does Sak wear one feather
or two in his head dress?
--
Peter

Woody <usenet@alienrat.co.uk> wrote:

> > http://gallery117685.fotopic.net/p9386231.html
>
> At least 50% of us managed to follow the instructions of 'looking mean'.
> Obviously some of us heard it as 'confused'.

I'd say 25%. Sab looks mean.
Flavio looks like he's just about to help a confused tourist find their
way back to Victoria Station in a gentle non-threatening way, Roger's
holding his breath cos he just sneaked off a really evil oily fart, and
you've just caught a whiff of it.

--
Pd

PeterD <pd.news@dsl.pipex.invalid> wrote:

> > At least 50% of us managed to follow the instructions of 'looking mean'.
> > Obviously some of us heard it as 'confused'.
>
> I'd say 25%. Sab looks mean.

Actually she looks like a prosperous lady escaping from central Europe
in 1938. Unhappy but very stylish.

Amazing what values monochrome carries with it...
--
Peter

Peter Ceresole <peter@cara.demon.co.uk> wrote:

> Sak Wathanasin <sw@network-analysis.ltd.uk> wrote:
>
> > > How about some names so I can finally put faces to the names in this
> > > group...
> >
> > Isn't  it more fun to guess?
>
> Yeah. I've always got a little mental query; does Sak wear one feather
> or two in his head dress?

Isn't he the guy who originally recommended dancing naked with a
chicken? You wouldn't believe how many times that's solved intractable
network problems for me.

--
Pd

Thom White <thom@softhome.net> wrote:

> Bella Jones wrote:
>
> > Thom White <thom@softhome.net> wrote:
>
> >>How about some names so I can finally put faces to the names in this
> >>group...
>
> Thanks for those links - most informative. Shudder.

Ahem. Show us *your* mugshot, cutie-pie.

--
bellajonez at yahoo dot co dot uk

Roger Merriman <roger_merriman@hotmail.com> wrote:

> Bella Jones <me9@privacy.net> wrote:
>
> > Excuse the overkill, but I couldn't let go of the damn thing, it seems.
> > Store opening pics tagged on the end.
> >
> > <http://gallery117685.fotopic.net/c349443.html>
> >
> > Funny captions to come. ;-)
>
> ooh some really nice ones in there bella!
>
> i like this one heh.
>
> http://gallery117685.fotopic.net/p9386231.html

What was it I said? 'Look mean' or 'look evil'?


--
bellajonez at yahoo dot co dot uk

Roger Merriman <roger_merriman@hotmail.com> wrote:

> Bella Jones <me9@privacy.net> wrote:
[...]
> >
> > Incidentally, is it always easy to tell if a picture was originally in
> > colour but has been changed to b&w?
>
> it shouldn't really be possible at all, though i guess it depends how
> you do it. you can do on the camera or in photoshop/graphic converter or
> iphoto etc...

I mean after the picture's been taken (ie in Pshop or GC) - I've noticed
pics taken originally in b&w are sharper, and sharper than the same
picture taken in colour.

> i think it used to be practice for press photographers to shoot with
> colour film and print any in black and white if they wanted to.

Really? didn't know that...

--
bellajonez at yahoo dot co dot uk

Bella Jones <me9@privacy.net> wrote:

> Roger Merriman <roger_merriman@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Bella Jones <me9@privacy.net> wrote:
> [...]
> > >
> > > Incidentally, is it always easy to tell if a picture was originally in
> > > colour but has been changed to b&w?
> >
> > it shouldn't really be possible at all, though i guess it depends how
> > you do it. you can do on the camera or in photoshop/graphic converter or
> > iphoto etc...
>
> I mean after the picture's been taken (ie in Pshop or GC) - I've noticed
> pics taken originally in b&w are sharper, and sharper than the same
> picture taken in colour.

i can't say i'd noticed that but i don't use photoshop much, and i tend
to think in colour, as you where, my thing is light and the colour there
in, and i used to love playing with night time shots which mean long
expoire times and mean colour shifts which is fun! i need  suger mamma
so i can get a digital SLR which would alow me to play with such stuff.
>
> > i think it used to be practice for press photographers to shoot with
> > colour film and print any in black and white if they wanted to.
>
> Really? didn't know that...

makes sence as it would prob be quicker to get colour developed, and
gives them the choice... though it would be all digital now i'd guess.

roger

Woody <usenet@alienrat.co.uk> wrote:

> In article <1gnrb6i.kq7e121e6htx2N%roger_merriman@hotmail.com>,
> roger_merriman@hotmail.com says...
> > Bella Jones <me9@privacy.net> wrote:
> >
> > > Excuse the overkill, but I couldn't let go of the damn thing, it seems.
> > > Store opening pics tagged on the end.
> > >
> > > <http://gallery117685.fotopic.net/c349443.html>
> > >
> > > Funny captions to come. ;-)
> >
> > ooh some really nice ones in there bella!
> >
> > i like this one heh.
> >
> > http://gallery117685.fotopic.net/p9386231.html
>
> At least 50% of us managed to follow the instructions of 'looking mean'.
> Obviously some of us heard it as 'confused'.

hey i do confused very well, infact most of the time! one of my most
common emotions is confision..... come quite natutaly heh


roger

In article <1gnrh01.1j3x2xw6diacjN%pd.news@dsl.pipex.invalid>,
 pd.news@dsl.pipex.invalid (PeterD) wrote:

> Isn't he the guy who originally recommended dancing naked with a
> chicken?

Only dead ones; I wouldn't want people to think I was a perv.

--

Sak Wathanasin
Network Analysis Limited
http://www.network-analysis.ltd.uk

Bella Jones <me9@privacy.net> wrote:

> > > Incidentally, is it always easy to tell if a picture was originally in
> > > colour but has been changed to b&w?
> >
> > it shouldn't really be possible at all, though i guess it depends how
> > you do it. you can do on the camera or in photoshop/graphic converter or
> > iphoto etc...
>
> I mean after the picture's been taken (ie in Pshop or GC) - I've noticed
> pics taken originally in b&w are sharper, and sharper than the same
> picture taken in colour.

I'd agree with that.

I'm doing Photography at college (only for 4 weeks thanfully - I shall
be reverting to video production in the new year) and it's all B&W.

I HATE B&W - so I'm taking all of the digital pics in colour and
converting them. We have to do half of our work on film, and those
pictures (often of the same shot) are that much 'clearer' than the
coverted colours pics - i.e the blacks are darker, and the whites just,
well 'more' white.

--
Antony
Pull the plug to reply.

Sak Wathanasin <sw@network-analysis.ltd.uk> wrote:

> Only dead ones; I wouldn't want people to think I was a perv.

Yeah but how many feathers?
--
Peter

Roger Merriman <roger_merriman@hotmail.com> wrote:

> Bella Jones <me9@privacy.net> wrote:
>
> > Roger Merriman <roger_merriman@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Bella Jones <me9@privacy.net> wrote:
> > [...]

> > I mean after the picture's been taken (ie in Pshop or GC) - I've noticed
> > pics taken originally in b&w are sharper, and sharper than the same
> > picture taken in colour.
>
> i can't say i'd noticed that but i don't use photoshop much, and i tend
> to think in colour, as you where, my thing is light and the colour there
> in, and i used to love playing with night time shots which mean long
> expoire times and mean colour shifts which is fun! i need  suger mamma
> so i can get a digital SLR which would alow me to play with such stuff.

I also need a sugar parent, for digital SLR, camcorder, latpop. Shall we
look together? ;-)

> > > i think it used to be practice for press photographers to shoot with
> > > colour film and print any in black and white if they wanted to.
> >
> > Really? didn't know that...
>
> makes sence as it would prob be quicker to get colour developed, and
> gives them the choice... though it would be all digital now i'd guess.

Do a lot of press photographers use digital now?


--
bellajonez at yahoo dot co dot uk

Antony Lacey <allatsea@plug.drivers.org.uk> wrote:

> Bella Jones <me9@privacy.net> wrote:
>
> > > > Incidentally, is it always easy to tell if a picture was originally in
> > > > colour but has been changed to b&w?
> > >
> > > it shouldn't really be possible at all, though i guess it depends how
> > > you do it. you can do on the camera or in photoshop/graphic converter or
> > > iphoto etc...
> >
> > I mean after the picture's been taken (ie in Pshop or GC) - I've noticed
> > pics taken originally in b&w are sharper, and sharper than the same
> > picture taken in colour.
>
> I'd agree with that.
>
> I'm doing Photography at college (only for 4 weeks thanfully - I shall
> be reverting to video production in the new year) and it's all B&W.

Interest - what's the course called?

> I HATE B&W - so I'm taking all of the digital pics in colour and
> converting them. We have to do half of our work on film, and those
> pictures (often of the same shot) are that much 'clearer' than the
> coverted colours pics - i.e the blacks are darker, and the whites just,
> well 'more' white.

Why do you hate black and white? Colour can, at worst, add a whole bunch
of problems.

--
bellajonez at yahoo dot co dot uk

Bella Jones <me9@privacy.net> wrote:

> Do a lot of press photographers use digital now?

I believe most do. Not necessarily for feature stuff, but for press
work, breaking stories, it's *so* much faster up to the editor and onto
the page.
--
Peter

In article <1gnrqk8.1u2v2hi1q50n4rN%allatsea@plug.drivers.org.uk>,
 allatsea@plug.drivers.org.uk (Antony Lacey) wrote:

> We have to do half of our work on film, and those
> pictures (often of the same shot) are that much 'clearer' than the
> coverted colours pics - i.e the blacks are darker, and the whites just,
> well 'more' white.

I would expect you could get very similar results by using Photoshop's
Channel Mixer for the colour to bw conversion. Most users tend to simply
select Image -> Mode -> Greyscale which does a poor, one-size-fits-all
conversion.

The Channel Mixer kind of allows you to "take the picture again" in bw
offering possibilities similar to using colour filters with bw film.

--
Cheers   Martin

In article <1gnry9i.1d8etb71qhe68lN%me9@privacy.net>, me9@privacy.net
says...
> Antony Lacey <allatsea@plug.drivers.org.uk> wrote:
>
> > Bella Jones <me9@privacy.net> wrote:
> >
> > > > > Incidentally, is it always easy to tell if a picture was originally in
> > > > > colour but has been changed to b&w?
> > > >
> > > > it shouldn't really be possible at all, though i guess it depends how
> > > > you do it. you can do on the camera or in photoshop/graphic converter or
> > > > iphoto etc...
> > >
> > > I mean after the picture's been taken (ie in Pshop or GC) - I've noticed
> > > pics taken originally in b&w are sharper, and sharper than the same
> > > picture taken in colour.
> >
> > I'd agree with that.
> >
> > I'm doing Photography at college (only for 4 weeks thanfully - I shall
> > be reverting to video production in the new year) and it's all B&W.
>
> Interest - what's the course called?

Introduction to B&W photography?

--
Woody

Bella Jones wrote:

> Thom White <thom@softhome.net> wrote:

>>>>How about some names so I can finally put faces to the names in this
>>>>group...
>>
>>Thanks for those links - most informative. Shudder.
>
>
> Ahem. Show us *your* mugshot, cutie-pie.

Ok, you asked for it...

http://home.btconnect.com/twenty/DSCN0014.jpg

Apologies for the un-computery theme.

Thom

In article <1gnrxqq.1331dfb1qsd1icN%peter@cara.demon.co.uk>,
 peter@cara.demon.co.uk (Peter Ceresole) wrote:

> Yeah but how many feathers?

Depends on whether it's a formal occasion, and anyway, it's a trade secret
(C), (R), worldwide patent pending.

--

Sak Wathanasin
Network Analysis Limited
http://www.network-analysis.ltd.uk

Woody <usenet@alienrat.co.uk> wrote:

> In article <1gnry9i.1d8etb71qhe68lN%me9@privacy.net>, me9@privacy.net
> says...
> > Antony Lacey <allatsea@plug.drivers.org.uk> wrote:
> >
> > > Bella Jones <me9@privacy.net> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I mean after the picture's been taken (ie in Pshop or GC) - I've noticed
> > > > pics taken originally in b&w are sharper, and sharper than the same
> > > > picture taken in colour.
> > >
> > > I'd agree with that.
> > >
> > > I'm doing Photography at college (only for 4 weeks thanfully - I shall
> > > be reverting to video production in the new year) and it's all B&W.
> >
> > Interest - what's the course called?
>
> Introduction to B&W photography?

Phphtthhphtththt!

--
bellajonez at yahoo dot co dot uk

In article <30lo2oF31f9tiU1@uni-berlin.de>, Thom White
<thom@softhome.net> wrote:

> Bella Jones wrote:
>
> > Thom White <thom@softhome.net> wrote:
>
> >>>>How about some names so I can finally put faces to the names in this
> >>>>group...
> >>
> >>Thanks for those links - most informative. Shudder.
> >
> >
> > Ahem. Show us *your* mugshot, cutie-pie.
>
> Ok, you asked for it...
>
> http://home.btconnect.com/twenty/DSCN0014.jpg
>
> Apologies for the un-computery theme.
>
Nice looking pub :)

--
Sara

Thom White <thom@softhome.net> wrote:

> http://home.btconnect.com/twenty/DSCN0014.jpg

Well you look nothing like your virtual self.
Younger, and fewer neckties, for a start.

--
Pd

Thom White <thom@softhome.net> wrote:

> Bella Jones wrote:
>
> > Thom White <thom@softhome.net> wrote:
>
> >>>>How about some names so I can finally put faces to the names in this
> >>>>group...
> >>
> >>Thanks for those links - most informative. Shudder.
> >
> >
> > Ahem. Show us *your* mugshot, cutie-pie.
>
> Ok, you asked for it...
>
> http://home.btconnect.com/twenty/DSCN0014.jpg
>
> Apologies for the un-computery theme.

Shudder! ;-)


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Bella Jones <me9@privacy.net> wrote:

> Excuse the overkill, but I couldn't let go of the damn thing, it seems.

Heh. You need to tread the path of post-photographic purging. My
'albums' tend to be anywhere between 10% and 50% of the photos I
actually took.

> Store opening pics tagged on the end.

Coolio.

I like this one:

http://gallery117685.fotopic.net/p9386240.html



        -z-


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an increase in sexual craving, a betterment in your volume and
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PeterD <pd.news@dsl.pipex.invalid> wrote:

> Stuart Bell <spamfritterspam@spamfritterspam.com> wrote:
>
> > Bella Jones <me9@privacy.net> wrote:
> >
> > > Funny captions to come. ;-)
> >
> > especially for IMG 3077
>
> Why? Martin was just having a whip round.[1]
>
> [1] Is "a whip round" an English expression, meaning collecting for a
> charity or workmate's birthday etc?

Yes, but you've now succeeded in ruining the joke.

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My lozenge is a full earthy herbal lozenge incorporating a miscellanea
of weeds known for advancing sexual longing and performance, causing
an increase in sexual craving, a betterment in your volume and
execution, besides as increased energy and joy during sexual activeness.

Bella Jones wrote:

>>>Ahem. Show us *your* mugshot, cutie-pie.

>>Ok, you asked for it...

> Shudder! ;-)

I know. And it seems to the the only photo I have of me that was taken
in the last 10 years.

Thom

PeterD wrote:
> Thom White <thom@softhome.net> wrote:
>
>
>>http://home.btconnect.com/twenty/DSCN0014.jpg
>
>
> Well you look nothing like your virtual self.
> Younger, and fewer neckties, for a start.

Oh, you guessed right. That photo was taken at a Lazies convention. It
is a bit like Fluffies [1] except that we all dress up as lazy
31-year-old under-achieving graphic designers.

By day I'm a 45 year-old commodity broker.

Thom

[1] Except we aren't all mind-numbly deviant.