Originally Posted by Sluggo (Post 22733493)

Festivus is not till December 23.

Originally Posted by nlerner (Post 22732885)

No, not Tulio’s bastard child, but instead a few observations on the current state of affairs:

—The built-in mention function hasn’t worked for a long time. So if you do gugie and choose from the pop-up menu, the BFer will not get notified. However, if you ignore the pop up and do [MENTION=381793]gugie[/MENTION], they will.
—Pics in full sun are almost always awful.
—Out-of-focus closeups are always awful. Don’t post them; try again.
—In-door bike pics are usually awful; I can just hear that poor bike screaming to be let outside. Doesn’t matter how cool you’re decor is. That’s usually just distracting.
—We notice when you post the same pics over and over and over. Please stop.
—Excessive paragraph breaks and vocabulary the average reader needs to look up (but likely won’t) are just awful.
—BFers expressing excessive opinions are usually awful.

Originally Posted by nomadmax (Post 22733359)

Lemme guess, retired teacher or engineer?

Originally Posted by Camilo (Post 22733803)

---Pics with a busy background, like, for instance, most of our garages or work shops, are almost always awful

Originally Posted by non-fixie (Post 22733693)

Unless it's a really nice picture of a really nice bike, such as this one. I think this is actually one of the best-looking bikes to ever have graced the pages of BF C&V:

Originally Posted by jdawginsc (Post 22733846)

Why does everyone assume retired teachers are grumpy...?

Originally Posted by nlerner (Post 22733881)

We’re grumpy *before* we retire, ammirite?!

Originally Posted by nlerner (Post 22733881)

We’re grumpy *before* we retire, ammirite?!

Originally Posted by Camilo (Post 22733803)

---Pics with a busy background, like, for instance, most of our garages or work shops, are almost always awful

Originally Posted by Camilo (Post 22733803)

---Pics with a busy background, like, for instance, most of our garages or work shops, are almost always awful

Originally Posted by gugie (Post 22733926)

Engineers were grumpy when we started our careers...

Originally Posted by nlerner (Post 22732885)

Pics in full sun are almost always awful.

Originally Posted by Camilo (Post 22733803)

---Pics with a busy background, like, for instance, most of our garages or work shops, are almost always awful

Originally Posted by steelbikeguy (Post 22733847)

Don't forget the hairy legs that sneak into the background....

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...873aae_c_d.jpg

Originally Posted by top506 (Post 22733058)

I'm not greedy. I'll settle for 'brakes' rather than 'breaks'. When used in the mechanical context.

Top

Originally Posted by BTinNYC (Post 22734049)

I can see I need to up my photography game here.

I like the messy garage pics because my garage is only clean and neat a couple days a year. Pictures of a Totally Squared Away shop makes me feel like a bad person, and yes, top506 I'm talking about you. 😉 😀

All good,
BT

Originally Posted by merziac (Post 22734462)

You know what they say, "a clean shop, house, etc is evidence of a.....". :twitchy:

Originally Posted by iab (Post 22734488)

an anal-retentive german? (...)

Originally Posted by iab (Post 22734488)

an anal-retentive german?

I know what you are thinking, I'm being redundant. Again, blame the german in me. :(