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Old 08-03-17, 04:13 PM
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I have an opinion about something

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Old 08-03-17, 04:17 PM
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Probably best that you don't.
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Invariably, threads here veer off into unknown directions.
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I feel like I just participated in something profound. Was it real or just an illusion?
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Originally Posted by DeadGrandpa
I feel like I just participated in something profound. Was it real or just an illusion?
It was the Twilight Zone.
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Old 08-03-17, 06:49 PM
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Originally Posted by DeadGrandpa
I feel like I just participated in something profound. Was it real or just an illusion?
So if you think your life is complete confusion. Because you never win the game.
Just remember that it's a Grand illusion
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Old 08-03-17, 07:38 PM
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I too have an opinion and I am unanimous in that.
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Old 08-03-17, 07:40 PM
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Just got back from a quick trip to pick up some dog food. Good ride despite the headwind.
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Old 08-03-17, 08:24 PM
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I have an older Nikon D2H with poor high ISO performance but it's not bad in good light as long as I don't need files larger than 4 mp, and a 105/2.5 AI Nikkor which is a beautiful portrait lens even on a crop sensor camera. I looked for a couple of years for a good bicycling handlebar/camera bag and got a nice Agu weatherproof bag which works perfectly with the padded inserts from my old Beseler canteen style camera bag. It's a pretty tight fit with the spare batteries, media cards and SB-800 flash.

So which tire levers should I get to go inside the bag next to the camera? I like the looks of the Pedro's Unobtanium levers but they're always out of stock. I heard they're the best and I only want the best. I promise to get snippy and ungrateful if you suggest anything else.
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I like the looks of the Pedro's Unobtanium levers but they're always out of stock.
Aren't those made of crabon? I've heard they're prone to failure.
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Old 08-03-17, 08:56 PM
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Originally Posted by wipekitty
Aren't those made of crabon? I've heard they're prone to failure.
Nope, the internets say those will assplode. Not to seem snippy and ungrateful for constructive suggestions, but that's why I specified the Unobtanium or else I'd be snippy and ungrateful for constructive suggestions.
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Old 08-03-17, 08:57 PM
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That poll is in desperate need of an "all of the above" option.
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This thread is useless without pics.
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Originally Posted by canklecat
I have an older Nikon D2H with poor high ISO performance but it's not bad in good light as long as I don't need files larger than 4 mp, and a 105/2.5 AI Nikkor which is a beautiful portrait lens even on a crop sensor camera.
I'd replace the Nikkor's aperture fork with a lighter carbon fork, and replace the D2H with Di2.
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You forgot "off topic, should have posted in another forum".
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Originally Posted by DeadGrandpa
I feel like I just participated in something profound. Was it real or just an illusion?
I am also in the same situation!
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Old 08-04-17, 03:50 AM
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Originally Posted by wipekitty
Just got back from a quick trip to pick up some dog food. Good ride despite the headwind.
Good ride do to the headwind in both directions.
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Originally Posted by DrIsotope
That poll is in desperate need of an "all of the above" option.


Is this fact or just your opinion?
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Old 08-04-17, 03:55 AM
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How long before Godwin's Law is applied?
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How long before Godwin's Law is applied?
That's the sort of question Hitler and the Nazis asked. Now I'm going to find a way to shoehorn in my opinion regarding an argument that has been simmering in the subforum for weeks. That way a productive thread full of useful information and reasonable discussion can be derailled and become the latest front in the petty little internecine conflict on this board.
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I will alert the press.

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Old 08-04-17, 05:43 AM
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I use Pedros unobtanium in combination with Michelin.
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Old 08-04-17, 05:57 AM
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Your poll question is ambiguous. I can't tell if the I means you or me. Am I disagreeing or agreeing that you have shared an opinion or I have shared an opinion?

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Only because this is BF can I believe that some of you participated in the poll.
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