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On 1/7/2022 at 7:14 PM, the real Duke Spinner said:
What ..??
When you found out your gender ?? 😆
Nooo, I have no worries about gender identity. However, species identity might be another issue. Sometimes, I look into a mirror and wonder if I could be de-evolving into a lower life form.
I don't know how far down it could go on the evolutionary scale but I just hope I don't revert into a creature this low and primitive...............
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2 hours ago, oldtimer said:
About you and your blackberry?
It's still working and seems healthy enough. I'll keep it active unless it begins to suffer. I am preparing myself for when the time finally comes to do the humane thing.
Meanwhile, I downloaded my contacts and I see there are quite a few that I should reconnect with sometime soon.
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I’ve been fooled before.
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11 minutes ago, the real Duke Spinner said:
Yessir. There sputsie. 😀
I’d like to believe……I really would (I could use a punching bag 😜). But, how can I be sure that you’re not just Parrot pretending to be the “real” Duke??-
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21 hours ago, thebes said:
A burner? Are you engaged in risky business? Montana? Could you be running an illegal dental floss farm?
Umm…….er……well…mmmm…nooo. Yes, that would definitely be no. Anyway, the ‘ol BlackBerry is still breathing.-
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Duke? Did they let you out?? Is it really you??? ❤️❤️❤️
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5 minutes ago, Dave MacKay said:
Blackberry was actually based in Waterloo, Ontario. Waterloo is just over an hour's drive from Toronto and a little less than an hour from Hamilton.
Mike dropped out of the University of Waterloo EE program in his 4th year after getting a contract (from GM for some displays, IIRC). For a while, Blackberry did all sorts of different things (including inventing a means to sync audio on films, for which they won a technical Oscar) before going on to invent the smart phone.
Cool history Dave. I really hate to see it go. Brilliant design with a straightforward and uncluttered OS. With the keyboard, trackpad, and touch screen, I never felt the need to upgrade beyond the BB Classic. I have an older Google phone and a iPhone 12 with different carriers but this old BlackBerry smokes ‘em (imho) and has been my EDC. ATT sent me a Calypso (whatever that is) to activate tomorrow. Once I settle on a new phone, maybe I’ll just keep the Calypso as a burner. I like the camera on the new iPhone 13 pro but randy has a good point in favor of another Google phone.-
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It’s the end of life for the BlackBerry. I’m one of the last people on earth still using one and it will stop working tomorrow. ☹️
https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/01/tech/blackberry-end-of-life/index.html
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5 minutes ago, veloceleste said:
No direct experience with this company but have read positive remarks.
Ha, that’s bohhey.-
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Maybe try to track down an AudioKarma member with a forum name “bohhey”. I have no direct experiencewith him, but he seems to be very knowledgable about Duals and has rebuilt quite few.
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Some people see opportunity and boldly seize the day and then there’s me.
On 3/16/2020 at 5:55 PM, sputnik said:Just noticed that Bitcoin has dropped 50% in the last 30 days. Wasn't it supposed to be some sort of a safe haven from world economic collapse?
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23 hours ago, Shiva said:
Look up in the sky. What do you see?
I see an incredibly beautiful naked woman.
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Another shot of the old place in N Dakota. This is the view that drew me off the road to have a closer look. Wish I’d stopped down the aperture to get everything in better focus - I stupidly rushed the shot because it was drizzling rain. Used the sharpening effect but it adds some fringing.
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21 minutes ago, Schu said:
I like the dark mood with the vignette effect. The shot of the sway back house reminded of this one of the back side of the N Dakota house that I posted last week - again with the iPad app, I did a slight vignette and noir look for Halloween.-
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Much better. Thanks. I can’t access my cloud Photoshop acct so I’m just using whatever is on this iPad for now.
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How about these two? I like the texture but do they look a bit cliche?
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I would appreciate some feedback comparing the three shots below. There actually was a third wagon 😀
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The chair in the window photo does look like many I’ve seen but it was there so I took the shot. Here’s another window shot but it looks staged even though it wasn’t.
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10 hours ago, Dave1291 said:
Gotta agree there but I'm leanin toward the wagons with a bit of a tighter crop. Make the eye follow all the confusion or the wagon's and his use of the thirds rule works great. Just gimme a lil bit more of that distant wagon. That's debatable though imo. The confusion could actually help tell the story but on the other hand some might say i don't see the wagon & I wanna. The chair/shadow shots are over-rated and they're all over the place showing that shadow look. Just my thoughts.
Thanks, I appreciate the input. I did a closer crop and I think it helps but I should have worked on getting some close detail.
The camera’s resolution allows for some extreme cropping and here’s a tight crop on some building detail.
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gonna be crazy year...
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The de-motivation of educators is very concerning.
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