The pictures thread

http://pic0.picsorlinks.com/ph_or_149747_334f52f.jpg

Staycation is winding down nicely. Spent some time with family, went to a museum, read through one book and then started Bonfire of the Vanities. Got to spend last night for the first time with a woman I met a few weeks ago.

Though I've noticed how my attachment to my real life begins to fray after about five days outside of work. For the first few days I had a very active plan for things. Then I started to wind-down and just saw movies and had lunches and dinners with people. Then I just started doing fuck-all. It really takes two weeks to totally compress, but this has been overall really pleasant and a good (plus cheap!) way to relax.

Now it's snowing outside in NY. Below are some photos (sans the ones with people/me) from this week, taken on my 1980s Nikon FE-2 35mm camera for practice. I haven't used the camera in years; my manual photo skills have really gone to hell.

http://i44.tinypic.com/2lbf0ut.jpg


http://i44.tinypic.com/15foe1j.jpg


http://i40.tinypic.com/axy1lg.jpg


http://i39.tinypic.com/21jybdf.jpg


http://i39.tinypic.com/2daajqs.jpg


http://i43.tinypic.com/keg18x.jpg


http://i42.tinypic.com/21rmo5.jpg


http://i41.tinypic.com/21b9hsp.jpg

think you meant to crosspost into the photograph thread...

Elk threesome:

http://www.thelocal.se/articleImages/36994.jpg

http://www.thelocal.se/36994/20111027/

Hot. :up:

http://www.sluggy.com/images/comics/111031a.jpg

http://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/...62833187_n.jpg

:haha: Okay, I gotta find a way to use that in the workplace without getting fired.

http://i40.tinypic.com/15x76sl.jpg

Context: Look up the show "Breaking Bad"

He started out with the Aztec, poor sentence structure.

Disassembly and minor restoration of 1958 Bell System rotary phone.

I got it this weekend for helping my mom's 90 year old friend install a new phone system. He gave me the phone I was replacing.

Mount Bonnell, why you so pretty?

http://i.imgur.com/HPY9e.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/Hitih.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/tTq8Y.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/9TdcE.jpg

Did you sit Batman-like overlooking a town all night? :eek:

http://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/...58042124_n.jpg

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/special/uk...g/monopoly.gif

Not really a massive fan of the whole occupy [x] thing (let's have 500 different causes under the same banner! and no coherent message! and an at best beginners understanding of the subject we are engaged in!), but I thought this was pretty awesome. Except they wrote stupid crap all over it. Ah well.

EDIT: ugh. could a mod please punt this to the pictures thread?

http://www.abc.net.au/news/image/361...x2-940x627.jpg

^^Damn! :eek:

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Originally Posted by Dreadnaught

:haha: Okay, I gotta find a way to use that in the workplace without getting fired.

http://i40.tinypic.com/15x76sl.jpg

Context: Look up the show "Breaking Bad"

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Love it :D and i also love the show :up:

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Disassembly and minor restoration of 1958 Bell System rotary phone.

I got it this weekend for helping my mom's 90 year old friend install a new phone system. He gave me the phone I was replacing.

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That's awesome, those phones are really cool!

Anyone who understands logic gates will find this funny :D
http://a1.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphot...71593738_n.jpg

Reminds me of the good old:
http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:A...fD9g4sDBWWqKbg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...ark_matter.jpg

:D:up:

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I wonder if Krugman is in the 99%...

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Meant to post this sooner, but forgot!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...n3-blog480.jpg

http://www.abc.net.au/news/image/271...x2-940x627.jpg
http://www.abc.net.au/news/image/279...x2-940x627.jpg
http://www.abc.net.au/news/image/291...x2-940x627.jpg
http://www.abc.net.au/news/image/363...x2-940x627.jpg
http://www.abc.net.au/news/image/357...x3-940x705.jpg
http://www.abc.net.au/news/image/349...x3-940x705.jpg
http://www.abc.net.au/news/image/340...x3-940x705.jpg
http://www.abc.net.au/news/image/320...x3-940x705.jpg

http://www.skepticalscience.com/pics...Realistsv3.gif

Ran into a 1974 Beetle while in my 1972 Beetle today:

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-H...2/IMG_0036.jpg


Sunset in the place I was at last night:

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-1...2/IMG_0014.jpg

http://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphot...47261239_n.jpg

:haha::up:

Well if I hear my friends, the roles are quite the opposite.

What, they told you Julian Assange was the man of the year?

They're lying mate, and not very good friends.

For the 40th fucking time, Facebook doesn't sell information to companies.

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For the 40th fucking time, Facebook doesn't sell information to companies.

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Originally Posted by Facebook's Data Use Policy Page

Data Use Policy
Service Providers


We give your information to the people and companies that help us provide the services we offer. For example, we may use outside vendors to help host our website, serve photos and videos, process payments, or provide search results. In some cases we provide the service jointly with another company, such as the Facebook Marketplace. In all of these cases our partners must agree to only use your information consistent with the agreement we enter into with them, as well as this privacy policy.

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Looks like Facebook itself states that it gives out our information. To help it provide services that it offers. Which makes it money.

In case you missed it:

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Originally Posted by Facebook

We give your information to the people and companies that help us provide the services we offer.

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