Topic: Photos can be pretty cool (Read 590273 times)

Metope · « **Reply #3100 on:** 02 Nov 2014, 01:05 »

That's cheating!! You're supposed to be clean shaven from the start!

Patrick · « **Reply #3101 on:** 02 Nov 2014, 01:13 »

This was taken 5 minutes after a clean shave. I PROMISE

Metope · « **Reply #3102 on:** 02 Nov 2014, 01:50 »

If that's the case I can't wait to see a photo of you on November 30th. You'll be Mustache Rapunzel.

Masterpiece · « **Reply #3103 on:** 02 Nov 2014, 03:38 »

Oh YEAH, it's Movember! Now I have good reason to shave

Orkboy · « **Reply #3104 on:** 02 Nov 2014, 06:17 »

Most people look bad with mustaches. You've got enough of a hang-down at the sides to turn it into a Mustache of Authority. I approve.

It's weird. I can grow a full, robust beard, but no mustache. I am fated to wear the Lincoln Beard.

Method of Madness · « **Reply #3105 on:** 02 Nov 2014, 08:17 »

Quote from: Metope on 02 Nov 2014, 01:05

That's cheating!! You're supposed to be clean shaven from the start!

...why?

Metope · « **Reply #3106 on:** 02 Nov 2014, 08:59 »

That's the Movember rule, if you're participating. Shave everything on October 31st, grow your stache throughout November.

Patrick · « **Reply #3107 on:** 02 Nov 2014, 09:20 »

I couldn't because I had to officiate a costume contest and then open the store at my work the next morning. And I ain't cutting any sleep out of my life just to shave, no never ever never ever

Patrick · « **Reply #3108 on:** 02 Nov 2014, 09:21 »

So technically I was DQed from the start

Method of Madness · « **Reply #3109 on:** 02 Nov 2014, 09:21 »

Yeah, but you shaved your beard, why not shave everything?

Masterpiece · « **Reply #3110 on:** 02 Nov 2014, 09:56 »

I shaved!

Patrick · « **Reply #3111 on:** 02 Nov 2014, 11:11 »

Quote from: Method of Madness on 02 Nov 2014, 09:21

Yeah, but you shaved your beard, why not shave everything?

I already feel naked enough. That would just be horrible.

ev4n · « **Reply #3112 on:** 03 Nov 2014, 06:12 »

The leaves are all fallen down now, pretty much. I'm still hiking, but a lot of the beauty is gone.

Aziraphale · « **Reply #3113 on:** 03 Nov 2014, 09:36 »

Quote from: ev4n on 03 Nov 2014, 06:12

The leaves are all fallen down now, pretty much. I'm still hiking, but a lot of the beauty is gone.

Nah, the beauty's always there. It's all in how you look for it.

ev4n · « **Reply #3114 on:** 03 Nov 2014, 09:47 »

Quote from: Aziraphale on 03 Nov 2014, 09:36

Quote from: ev4n on 03 Nov 2014, 06:12
The leaves are all fallen down now, pretty much. I'm still hiking, but a lot of the beauty is gone.

Nah, the beauty's always there. It's all in how you look for it.

Very, very true. Believe me, my weekend hikes with my new camera are ALL about trying to look at things in a different way and find the beauty therein.

cesium133 · « **Reply #3115 on:** 03 Nov 2014, 10:32 »

The leaves are just starting to change color here. I should probably go out and take some pictures.

Thrillho · « **Reply #3116 on:** 04 Nov 2014, 04:10 »

Aziraphale · « **Reply #3117 on:** 04 Nov 2014, 07:16 »

Gareth, I was going to ask whether you were dressed as John Waters, but then I'd feel really bad if that's just a random snapshot from any random weekend.

Thrillho · « **Reply #3118 on:** 04 Nov 2014, 07:21 »

Dressed as Gomez Addams, on this occasion doing a John Waters face. I couldn't convince my girlfriend to eat a dog turd though.

The Seldom Killer · « **Reply #3119 on:** 04 Nov 2014, 07:47 »

My first thoughts were Roderick Spode until I realised your lass was doing Morticia

~~GarandMarine~~ · « **Reply #3120 on:** 04 Nov 2014, 20:38 »

Quote from: GarandMarine on 01 Nov 2014, 22:18

Following images are spoilered.
Trigger warning, stuff that goes bang and my tactical beard.
(click to show/hide)

So based on the top image, some idiot hooah just accused me of stolen valor. Dude I'm wearing jeans, a hoodie and a hat I've had since before your balls dropped. I also happen to have an AR I built myself. There's nothing valorous about any of that. Do you even know what Stolen Valor MEANS? Outside of an American flag patch on my cover I have nothing on that jacket that can be construed as even being related to the military, much less valorous. Important notice: Jeans and a hoodie can now get you mistaken for a Deltaforcerangerseal! We need to take these dangerous tactical garments off our streets.

Grognard · « **Reply #3121 on:** 04 Nov 2014, 20:43 »

what are the small patches on your jacket?

Method of Madness · « **Reply #3122 on:** 04 Nov 2014, 20:45 »

Quote from: GarandMarine on 04 Nov 2014, 20:38

Do you even know what Stolen Valor MEANS?

I don't, actually.

Grognard · « **Reply #3123 on:** 04 Nov 2014, 20:55 »

SV is the act of a person to fraudulently claim having received any of a series of particular military decorations with the intention of obtaining money, property, or other tangible benefit from convincing someone that he or she rightfully did receive that award.

fer instance: Joe Civilian shows up in public in a recognized US military uniform with the Congressional Medal of Honor prominently displayed. He may even have some bullshit hero story. His intent: to gain self recognition or any type of benefit for his fraudulent claims. yes, this has happened.
secondary example: Bob the Veteran who honorably served, decides to 'embellish' his service with a Silver Star or three. Same intent. Equllly criminal.

Method of Madness · « **Reply #3124 on:** 04 Nov 2014, 20:59 »

Does there have to be any actual gain to be criminal, or is simply lying about it to anyone a crime?

~~GarandMarine~~ · « **Reply #3125 on:** 04 Nov 2014, 21:10 »

Quote from: Grognard on 04 Nov 2014, 20:43

what are the small patches on your jacket?

From left to right and up to down
a small patch reading "Embrace the Suck"
A little stylized cartoon Valkyrie
The Valknut
Mjolnir
Not pictured on the left shoulder a ward rune.

Grognard · « **Reply #3126 on:** 05 Nov 2014, 18:33 »

Quote from: Method of Madness on 04 Nov 2014, 20:59

Does there have to be any actual gain to be criminal, or is simply lying about it to anyone a crime?

if there is ill-gotten gain, it is a crime: usually felony fraud.
it varies State to State: but just lying about it is a misdemeanor. it's along the lines of impersonating a police officer.
but then, when an offender is discovered; it is usually by the veteran community.
and the verbal beat downs they can dish out are EPIC.

news video: http://youtu.be/uSYjCrVGYZ8
a comedic look: http://youtu.be/l0Sx_rWNf7s

Dalillama · « **Reply #3127 on:** 05 Nov 2014, 19:47 »

Quote from: The Seldom Killer on 20 Oct 2014, 08:10

That looks like you bought a Ford from a council estate. Should I admire your bravery or naivete?

(j/k, congratulations on your fine new steed.)

So is that what's being described when someone says a 'Ford Asbo'?

Lummer · « **Reply #3128 on:** 05 Nov 2014, 23:35 »

Movember!? Yeaaah, no.. This ain't going nowhere.

The Seldom Killer · « **Reply #3129 on:** 06 Nov 2014, 06:10 »

Quote from: Dalillama on 05 Nov 2014, 19:47

Quote from: The Seldom Killer on 20 Oct 2014, 08:10
That looks like you bought a Ford from a council estate. Should I admire your bravery or naivete?

(j/k, congratulations on your fine new steed.)
So is that what's being described when someone says a 'Ford Asbo'?

No, the Ford ASBO was coined by Top Gear. Jeremy Clarkson used it to descibe a model of Ford Focus that had been released which was updated to fit in with the hot hatch market popular with young drivers, usually male. The particular model supplied to the programme was painted in a bright and garish shade of Orange.

Some opportunist knocked up some layover decals which became briefly popular with the aforementioned young drivers, usually male. A lot of models of Ford's could never be considered an ASBO.

As an aside I do still hold that it is illegal to drive a Mondeo unless at least one part of the bodywork is in some way held on with duct tape.

SubaruStephen · « **Reply #3130 on:** 06 Nov 2014, 09:49 »

"What's an asbo?" -every American.

The Seldom Killer · « **Reply #3131 on:** 06 Nov 2014, 13:50 »

Anti-Social Behaviour Order.

Back around the turn of the millenia the UK got very fixed on the term Anti-Social Behaviour. We had a long running stream of moral outrage in the media about kids with hoodies, neighbours from hell, lager louts, shaggalufians and all manner social ills that upset the social elite who felt the hoi and the polloi were horning in on their party. So naturally the Labour Party reverted to their lefty leaning trade unionist roots and started cracking down on the upstart proles.

Cue the ASBO, a toothless ticket to tell the great unwashed that they better toe the line or they'll be on the hook for a stern talking to. As night follows day, ne'er do wells got lawyered up and demanded the basic human right to grate everyone's nerves be respected and wee scally's got shipped off to EuroDisney for a couple of nights if they promised to cry off that their mam didn't love 'em nearly enough. Late night TV pundits spent hours deliberating how this set on the knife-edge between soft touch and cruel and unusual punishment.

These days ASBOs are trawled out in the silly season to cast a disapproving eye on unruly livestock.

Not a complete shower of legal shit though, it paved the way for a wider variety of legal Orders that are used to far better effect such as FMPOs, DVPOs and non-mols

Dalillama · « **Reply #3132 on:** 06 Nov 2014, 14:04 »

Here's me in a Gomez Addams suit, although I look nothing like John Astin and even less like Raul Julia:

Quote from: The Seldom Killer on 06 Nov 2014, 06:10

No, the Ford ASBO was coined by Top Gear. Jeremy Clarkson used it to descibe a model of Ford Focus that had been released which was updated to fit in with the hot hatch market popular with young drivers, usually male. The particular model supplied to the programme was painted in a bright and garish shade of Orange.

Some opportunist knocked up some layover decals which became briefly popular with the aforementioned young drivers, usually male. A lot of models of Ford's could never be considered an ASBO.

As an aside I do still hold that it is illegal to drive a Mondeo unless at least one part of the bodywork is in some way held on with duct tape.

Good to know; I've been reading the Rivers of London series (I heartily recommend same for fans of urban fantasy, btw), and the protagonist owns and drives a Ford Asbo, which I knew wasn't the actual designation (I do know what an ASBO is), but wasn't sure exactly what kind of Ford it was, other than a smallish cheap one.

Method of Madness · « **Reply #3133 on:** 09 Nov 2014, 08:14 »

Went to a party last night, borrowed someone's Lego Deadpool mask for this picture

Metope · « **Reply #3134 on:** 09 Nov 2014, 14:48 »

It's father's day in Norway today! Here's a photo of my dad and I, taken roughly 25 years ago:

ev4n · « **Reply #3135 on:** 10 Nov 2014, 05:03 »

Not really doing anything to dispell the "sweater/mountain/snow photo, must be scandinavia" myth.

Peekaboo

Downy Woodpecker

Leaf

Fern

Aziraphale · « **Reply #3136 on:** 10 Nov 2014, 08:45 »

Nice shots, ev4n, especially the last one. Was that how you came across it, or did you rearrange the fern leaf?

ev4n · « **Reply #3137 on:** 10 Nov 2014, 11:08 »

It was how I found it. There were a bunch of ferns in one area that I took photos of, but there was never enough contrast. So when I spotted that one, I was happy.

Masterpiece · « **Reply #3138 on:** 14 Nov 2014, 08:03 »

New t-shirt:

Method of Madness · « **Reply #3139 on:** 14 Nov 2014, 22:14 »

I've said it on Facebook, and I'll say it here. Is it from Qwertee? If so, your cruelty knows no bounds

Patrick · « **Reply #3140 on:** 17 Nov 2014, 01:07 »

My coworkers draw dicks on me while I'm counting my till.

Method of Madness · « **Reply #3141 on:** 17 Nov 2014, 18:01 »

That looks more like a party hat on wheels.

lepetitfromage · « **Reply #3142 on:** 17 Nov 2014, 20:38 »

I see a bird smoking a joint.

Aziraphale · « **Reply #3143 on:** 17 Nov 2014, 20:56 »

Kugai · « **Reply #3144 on:** 17 Nov 2014, 21:15 »

No Ravens?

Aziraphale · « **Reply #3145 on:** 17 Nov 2014, 22:31 »

Quote from: Kugai on 17 Nov 2014, 21:15

No Ravens?

That would've been lovely. Hell, I'd have even settled for a vulture or two.

Patrick · « **Reply #3146 on:** 17 Nov 2014, 23:48 »

My dear darling friend Caitlin and I went to In-n-Out tonight. I got a shake.

Pilchard123 · « **Reply #3147 on:** 18 Nov 2014, 14:29 »

It makes you look like...

ARE YOU SECRETLY A BEETLE?

Method of Madness · « **Reply #3148 on:** 18 Nov 2014, 14:58 »

You have a mustache.

Masterpiece · « **Reply #3149 on:** 18 Nov 2014, 16:07 »

THESE FORUMS NOW CLOSED (read only)

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