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Thu Aug 14th, 2008 at 06:15:59 PM EST

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The Eurotrib Photography Blog is........... | 60 comments (60 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: The Eurotrib Photography Blog is........... (4.00 / 3)

Did I miss something? Was there a summer?

It's time I got out of this game....

by Frank Schnittger (mail Frankschnittger at hot dotty communists) on Thu Aug 14th, 2008 at 06:49:29 PM EST

my finest work ever (4.00 / 8)

In this highly dynamic composition including a direct shot of the sun, I managed to avoid both overexposure and underexposure, and framed the fast moving nuclear bomb very well.

I'm taking a week off from politics and current events.

you are the media you consume.

by MillMan (millguy at gmail) on Thu Aug 14th, 2008 at 07:02:57 PM EST

Re: The Eurotrib Photography Blog is........... (3.90 / 10)

by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Fri Aug 15th, 2008 at 05:58:28 AM EST

Re: The Eurotrib Photography Blog is........... (4.00 / 7)

Wow, your dish looks yummy! It reminded me of this picture I taken a few weeks ago, though the arrangement isn't quite as artistically as yours. :-)

by Fran (fran at eurotrib dot com) on Fri Aug 15th, 2008 at 08:36:31 AM EST
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Re: The Eurotrib Photography Blog is........... (4.00 / 2)

Such crudity! ;-)

You can't be me, I'm taken

by Sven Triloqvist on Fri Aug 15th, 2008 at 10:38:25 AM EST
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Re: The Eurotrib Photography Blog is........... (none / 1)

Please lettuce alone.

I told Bush; don't play chess with the freakin' Russians.

by LEP (rafifoon@yahoo.com) on Fri Aug 15th, 2008 at 11:10:21 AM EST
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Lazy summer days ... (4.00 / 2)

by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Fri Aug 15th, 2008 at 09:40:29 AM EST

Re: The Eurotrib Photography Blog is........... (4.00 / 2)

seeing as its quiet, i decided to empty the growth from my guttering, realising I hadnt a long enough ladder, i decided that the best thing was totake the ladder, place it on the roof of the porch, and climb up from there

Note the small lip on the right hand side of the porch, especially the inch long piece that juts out round the corner at the rear end

that meant that while I was stupidly at the top of the ladder, when the bottom edge slipped on the wet that i was dropping from the top and propelled me face first towards the porch roof, that little edge causght one of the legs of the ladder and prevented serious injury.

Life should consist in at least fifty percent pure waste of time, and the rest doing what you please.

by ceebs (bunchofwankers (at) gmail (dot) com) on Fri Aug 15th, 2008 at 10:08:30 AM EST

Re: The Eurotrib Photography Blog is........... (4.00 / 2)

eek

A better way - a safe way - would have been to position the ladder central to the small window, tie rope to both of the ladder's uprights, and run those ropes to a 4x4 extending some distance inside the room with the window. (I hope that is clear.) That way should the ladder slip the ropes held by the 4x4 would prevent the top of the ladder slipping past the roof's eaves.

Och nu den svenska kocken bakar en Alaskan älg jägare. Bonk! Bonk! Bonk!

by ATinNM on Fri Aug 15th, 2008 at 10:23:18 AM EST
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Re: The Eurotrib Photography Blog is........... (4.00 / 2)

I know, getting the other person in the house to stand on the bottom was actually my preferred solution, but vertigo before she reached the top of the porch put paid to that plan. I knew it was a stupid idea when i was doing it, all my own fault, fortunately I came away with just a few grazes on one of my wrists, and a very largedose of adrenaline.

Life should consist in at least fifty percent pure waste of time, and the rest doing what you please.

by ceebs (bunchofwankers (at) gmail (dot) com) on Fri Aug 15th, 2008 at 10:31:16 AM EST
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Re: The Eurotrib Photography Blog is........... (none / 1)

I hate to mention that you really should get up on the roof and clear away some of that kate moss working its way between the slates ;-).

You can't be me, I'm taken

by Sven Triloqvist on Fri Aug 15th, 2008 at 10:37:23 AM EST
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Re: The Eurotrib Photography Blog is........... (none / 1)

i know, but i'd already said that without some proper kit there was no way i was going to do that. i do need another ladder that i can fix a hook to for roof work

Life should consist in at least fifty percent pure waste of time, and the rest doing what you please.

by ceebs (bunchofwankers (at) gmail (dot) com) on Fri Aug 15th, 2008 at 10:40:57 AM EST
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And he needs to check the fasteners to ensure the slates aren't working lose from cracks or breakages.

In fact, he should strip the slates and inspect the sheathing for water damage and dry rot. Might as well put down a coat of water shedding sealant. When replacing the slates a dry-rot protecting putty (aka, 'Monkey Snot') should be put around every fastener being they are driven home.

And while he is doing that the joists and beams should be inspected and, if any problems are seen or suspected they need to be replaced too.

And check, replace or repair, and retighten/seal, as necessary, the facia, eaves, and gutters.

Don't forget the downspouts!

:-D

Och nu den svenska kocken bakar en Alaskan älg jägare. Bonk! Bonk! Bonk!

by ATinNM on Fri Aug 15th, 2008 at 11:02:23 AM EST
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Re: The Eurotrib Photography Blog is........... (none / 1)

ah, the downspout is on the nextdoor neighbours house, and he cleaned his out a couple of weeks ago

Life should consist in at least fifty percent pure waste of time, and the rest doing what you please.

by ceebs (bunchofwankers (at) gmail (dot) com) on Fri Aug 15th, 2008 at 11:12:53 AM EST
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Re: The Eurotrib Photography Blog is........... (none / 1)

Always the best way to do these kinds of jobs.

Fob it off on someone else. (LOL)

If the wind ever dies down I've got to get up on my roof and tuck-point the chimney bricks. I think the last guys to do it used a a formula of 90% sand to 10% spit to make the mortar.

Och nu den svenska kocken bakar en Alaskan älg jägare. Bonk! Bonk! Bonk!

by ATinNM on Fri Aug 15th, 2008 at 11:18:11 AM EST
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Re: The Eurotrib Photography Blog is........... (4.00 / 2)

yet another reason why I need that ladder

Life should consist in at least fifty percent pure waste of time, and the rest doing what you please.

by ceebs (bunchofwankers (at) gmail (dot) com) on Fri Aug 15th, 2008 at 11:36:48 AM EST
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Re: The Eurotrib Photography Blog is........... (none / 1)

A person standing on the lowest rung doesn't always work when a ladder slips. (Been there, done that, bought the twisted ankle and wrenched knee.)

But I understand what happens when one get to cranking on a project.

Och nu den svenska kocken bakar en Alaskan älg jägare. Bonk! Bonk! Bonk!

by ATinNM on Fri Aug 15th, 2008 at 11:09:08 AM EST
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Re: The Eurotrib Photography Blog is........... (4.00 / 2)

well at least one foot against the bottom of one of the legs, against the ground to stop it ffrom sliding.

Life should consist in at least fifty percent pure waste of time, and the rest doing what you please.

by ceebs (bunchofwankers (at) gmail (dot) com) on Fri Aug 15th, 2008 at 11:11:26 AM EST
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Re: The Eurotrib Photography Blog is........... (4.00 / 3)

The moral of the story:

"Sometimes it's best to hire a professional!"

I told Bush; don't play chess with the freakin' Russians.

by LEP (rafifoon@yahoo.com) on Fri Aug 15th, 2008 at 10:58:54 AM EST
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especially as i still have only half the guttering empty, and the bit I havent done is the bit that overflows and splashes on the bedroom window in the rain, which was the bit I was after.

Life should consist in at least fifty percent pure waste of time, and the rest doing what you please.

by ceebs (bunchofwankers (at) gmail (dot) com) on Fri Aug 15th, 2008 at 11:10:01 AM EST
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Re: The Eurotrib Photography Blog is........... (4.00 / 2)

And where is the fun in that?

Besides that would have deprived ceeb's friends, the next time they came over to have some beers, from standing around contemplating what he had done, and how he had done, the pleasure of saying, "That's not the way I would have done it."

Och nu den svenska kocken bakar en Alaskan älg jägare. Bonk! Bonk! Bonk!

by ATinNM on Fri Aug 15th, 2008 at 11:30:31 AM EST
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Re: The Eurotrib Photography Blog is........... (none / 1)

Good job you said that, I was just about to post Sven's Rung by Rung analysis.

You can't be me, I'm taken

by Sven Triloqvist on Fri Aug 15th, 2008 at 02:57:28 PM EST
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Re: The Eurotrib Photography Blog is........... (none / 0)

My wife lost a good doctor to a little roof work when he fell and broke his neck.

Most roofs around here are just too steep for amateurs to to work on safely. It's not worth the risk.

I can swear there ain't no heaven but I pray there ain't no hell. _ Blood Sweat & Tears

by Gringo (stargazing camel at aoldotcom) on Sat Aug 16th, 2008 at 03:49:16 PM EST
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Re: The Eurotrib Photography Blog is........... (4.00 / 6)

by estHer on Fri Aug 15th, 2008 at 10:26:27 AM EST

Re: The Eurotrib Photography Blog is........... (4.00 / 4)

Life should consist in at least fifty percent pure waste of time, and the rest doing what you please.

by ceebs (bunchofwankers (at) gmail (dot) com) on Fri Aug 15th, 2008 at 10:38:49 AM EST

Re: The Eurotrib Photography Blog is........... (4.00 / 2)

now there's a view to soothe the soul...
glad for your lucky escape!

Peace is not the absence of war -- peace is the absence of fear. Ursula Franklin

by melo (melometa4(at)gmail.com) on Fri Aug 15th, 2008 at 12:54:09 PM EST
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On vacation? I'll inundate the blog with photos when I am back!

Smashing picture by millman, very impressed at the technical expertise behind that. Bravo.

Ad astra per aspera

by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Fri Aug 15th, 2008 at 11:55:16 AM EST

Tis the season (4.00 / 9)

An ongoing, slow-moving theater piece in which I'm the director [planter and occasional water-bearer], while the actors do all the heavy lifting. What is there not to love?!

Green beans, vine-ripened yellow and red tomatoes, alpine strawberries, cassis [early summer récolte; what a treat]. And, brand new - figs, this year! Hoping there will be enough hot sun left in the season that they'll ripen. Eggplant, furthermore, with their distinctive leaves and sweet, lavender flowers, which bees love.

It may be a small production, but the response has been positive : -)
.

by Loefing on Fri Aug 15th, 2008 at 02:09:49 PM EST

Re: Tis the season (4.00 / 2)

I saw a list somewhere of the flowers that bees love - quite a lot to do with their look under UV light. We should all be planting such flowers before the little buggers disappear forever.

You can't be me, I'm taken

by Sven Triloqvist on Fri Aug 15th, 2008 at 02:54:34 PM EST
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Re: Tis the season (4.00 / 2)

We should all be planting such flowers before the little buggers disappear forever.

I couldn't agree more! And it needn't take much effort.

Here's a reasonably good, short-list of common bee favorites, many of which are considered 'undesireable weeds', by gardeners. Heh, heh.

In my experience I've noted that bees flock to blossoms of native lavender [nb: they snub hybrid varieties], nasturtium, aster / borage, spring sage and rosemary, eggplant [massively], tomato, sunflower ... all very easy to grow, even on a windowsill.

Hmm, this may be diary material; there's so much to be said ...
.

by Loefing on Sun Aug 17th, 2008 at 12:07:28 PM EST
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Re: Tis the season (4.00 / 2)

Hi Loefing. Long time no see. I was just thinking about you and dvx who I also had not seen in a very long time. and today you both miraculously appeared. I'll have to go on vacation more often.

I told Bush; don't play chess with the freakin' Russians.

by LEP (rafifoon@yahoo.com) on Fri Aug 15th, 2008 at 04:00:47 PM EST
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Re: Tis the season (4.00 / 2)

Ahoy, LEP

I've been a bit bousculée et préoccupée ces derniers temps, is all.

But the Photo blog étant en vacances also opened up the thread to tout et tout ce qu'on veut, which I found inspiring.

I love the typographically cute thread announcement, btw!

by Loefing on Fri Aug 15th, 2008 at 05:37:03 PM EST
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Re: Tis the season (none / 1)

What happened to the _{former zucchini}?

by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Fri Aug 15th, 2008 at 05:53:39 PM EST
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Re: Tis the season (none / 1)

Wull, it tended to want to crawl out of its clay pot and, in its precipitation, turned itself into a moldy bunch of inedible knots and foliage.

So ... I put it out of its misery.

by Loefing on Fri Aug 15th, 2008 at 06:41:12 PM EST
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Had it not been for a missing cable, I would have been posting some gems from last night's party. Sorry. I bought my daughter an Olympus 510 for her studies and had the opportunity to play with it myself. I was impressed.

The party was one of those dos with a smattering of tuxes, where all the waiters come out en masse to serve, and in some mysterious way one's champagne glass is always full. Out on the cocktail terrace I had the occasion to turn to a fellow guest and ask ' So how's the hedge fund business treating you?". I have never found the right moment to use such a phrase before, and hopefully never will again. The poor man choked.

My singing daughter brought the house down again with 3 numbers (17, 23 and 52), and I must say - you'll be hearing more of her over the next two years.

I spent a good deal of time arguing about 'Dark Knight', with other smokers, under the hotel marquee.

There's a thoughtful review by John Truby

But I don't buy it.

You can't be me, I'm taken

by Sven Triloqvist on Fri Aug 15th, 2008 at 03:09:33 PM EST

Re: The Eurotrib Photography Blog is........... (none / 1)

Jeez, how did she come to decide on that old chestnut 17? It's a crowd pleaser - I'll admit - but a bit of a cliche, don't you think?

Och nu den svenska kocken bakar en Alaskan älg jägare. Bonk! Bonk! Bonk!

by ATinNM on Fri Aug 15th, 2008 at 04:19:08 PM EST
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Re: The Eurotrib Photography Blog is........... (4.00 / 3)

It was a new arrangement with massed marimbas, harpsicord and banjos - a plucky choice imho ;-)

You can't be me, I'm taken

by Sven Triloqvist on Fri Aug 15th, 2008 at 04:55:14 PM EST
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my daughters say hello! (4.00 / 6)

Peace is not the absence of war -- peace is the absence of fear. Ursula Franklin

by melo (melometa4(at)gmail.com) on Sat Aug 16th, 2008 at 07:29:26 AM EST
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Re: my daughters say hello! (4.00 / 2)

Hello!

They are gorgeous, melo. And I see the exact same smile and lively eyes as in your pictures.

Our knowledge has surpassed our wisdom. --Charu Saxena.

by metavision on Sat Aug 16th, 2008 at 01:32:59 PM EST
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Re: my daughters say hello! (4.00 / 2)

Another member of ET's Proud Fathers Club...

How old are they?

"Ne te courbe que pour aimer..." René Char

by Melanchthon on Sat Aug 16th, 2008 at 07:32:01 PM EST
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Re: my daughters say hello! (none / 1)

you can say that again...

28 and 30

Peace is not the absence of war -- peace is the absence of fear. Ursula Franklin

by melo (melometa4(at)gmail.com) on Sat Aug 16th, 2008 at 11:48:04 PM EST
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Re: my daughters say hello! (4.00 / 6)

Here they are in full party mode. They are not really like this - but stick a glass of champagne in their hands........

You can't be me, I'm taken

by Sven Triloqvist on Sat Aug 16th, 2008 at 07:49:36 PM EST
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Re: my daughters say hello! (4.00 / 5)

Ronja belts it out to the champagne set....

You can't be me, I'm taken

by Sven Triloqvist on Sat Aug 16th, 2008 at 08:03:40 PM EST
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Re: my daughters say hello! (4.00 / 5)

so those are the Triloquettes?

Life should consist in at least fifty percent pure waste of time, and the rest doing what you please.

by ceebs (bunchofwankers (at) gmail (dot) com) on Sat Aug 16th, 2008 at 08:38:00 PM EST
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Re: my daughters say hello! (none / 1)

Brilliant, sir. Worth the price of admission.

You can't be me, I'm taken

by Sven Triloqvist on Sat Aug 16th, 2008 at 08:47:53 PM EST
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a visiting friend (4.00 / 7)

Peace is not the absence of war -- peace is the absence of fear. Ursula Franklin

by melo (melometa4(at)gmail.com) on Sat Aug 16th, 2008 at 07:30:11 AM EST
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Re: a visiting friend (4.00 / 2)

Ah, il Duomo! Che bello!

"Ne te courbe que pour aimer..." René Char

by Melanchthon on Sat Aug 16th, 2008 at 07:38:39 PM EST
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Re: a visiting friend (4.00 / 2)

yup, my absolute fave buildings in the whole world, the sheer crazy joy of them, with their neapolitan ice cream coloured marble...

i wish they would ban cars from anywhere near them, it's heartbreaking to see the colours grey out.

Peace is not the absence of war -- peace is the absence of fear. Ursula Franklin

by melo (melometa4(at)gmail.com) on Sat Aug 16th, 2008 at 11:47:22 PM EST
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Re: a visiting friend (4.00 / 7)

Well when those large buildings visit, they're generally so hard to cater for.

Life should consist in at least fifty percent pure waste of time, and the rest doing what you please.

by ceebs (bunchofwankers (at) gmail (dot) com) on Sat Aug 16th, 2008 at 08:36:09 PM EST
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For green car lovers (4.00 / 2)

Can you guess where this... bveauty come from:

by das monde on Mon Aug 18th, 2008 at 03:11:13 AM EST

Re: For green car lovers (none / 0)

No idea: Eastern Europe/Russia? Just guessing on the tanky look. China? Although the bumper looks almost like a GM symbol.

Our knowledge has surpassed our wisdom. --Charu Saxena.

by metavision on Tue Aug 19th, 2008 at 03:59:04 PM EST
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Re: For green car lovers (4.00 / 2)

It's "Lada C-Cross", from "Avtovaz". It's their 'winner' project from an industrial design student.

by das monde on Tue Aug 19th, 2008 at 07:29:38 PM EST
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What is it? (4.00 / 2)

Life should consist in at least fifty percent pure waste of time, and the rest doing what you please.

by ceebs (bunchofwankers (at) gmail (dot) com) on Mon Aug 18th, 2008 at 05:30:07 AM EST

Re: What is it? (none / 0)

Can´t really guess. A plant!

Our knowledge has surpassed our wisdom. --Charu Saxena.

by metavision on Tue Aug 19th, 2008 at 04:01:43 PM EST
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have it decropped (4.00 / 2)

Life should consist in at least fifty percent pure waste of time, and the rest doing what you please.

by ceebs (bunchofwankers (at) gmail (dot) com) on Tue Aug 19th, 2008 at 06:42:32 PM EST
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Re: have it decropped (none / 0)

Uuuuuncle!

Our knowledge has surpassed our wisdom. --Charu Saxena.

by metavision on Wed Aug 20th, 2008 at 03:51:43 PM EST
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Re: have it decropped (none / 1)

it's an Okapi

Life should consist in at least fifty percent pure waste of time, and the rest doing what you please.

by ceebs (bunchofwankers (at) gmail (dot) com) on Wed Aug 20th, 2008 at 04:40:54 PM EST
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Re: The Eurotrib Photography Blog is........... (4.00 / 2)

Life should consist in at least fifty percent pure waste of time, and the rest doing what you please.

by ceebs (bunchofwankers (at) gmail (dot) com) on Mon Aug 18th, 2008 at 05:30:50 AM EST

Re: The Eurotrib Photography Blog is........... (none / 0)

That´s where Franco´s statue went? Where?

Our knowledge has surpassed our wisdom. --Charu Saxena.

by metavision on Tue Aug 19th, 2008 at 04:05:40 PM EST
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Re: The Eurotrib Photography Blog is........... (none / 1)

Well its either on the edge of Chester, or I somehow managed to be at Hogwarts.

Life should consist in at least fifty percent pure waste of time, and the rest doing what you please.

by ceebs (bunchofwankers (at) gmail (dot) com) on Tue Aug 19th, 2008 at 06:39:14 PM EST
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