Bike Forums - Addiction LXV

Oh man... that same sort of voice has been adopted by the free-to-air television voice-over talent for program promotions. The low, monotone, whisper-like dramatic voice... OK for a while, but after two or three years, it has become a turnoff.

ikr?

We of course have always had the CBC. Radio is especially sick-making -- the Sounds of Smugness 24/7. A peculiarly Canadian genre of 'music' has even been spawned to provide the sound-track: singer/songwriters composing and performing what I think of as 'slit-your-wrist' music, both live-in-studio and recorded.

Dan333SP

05-26-17 06:41 AM

[MENTION=406877]PepeM[/MENTION] maybe you should consider a move to Ireland?

This Vet Clinic Is Seeking A Professional 'Cat Cuddler' | HuffPost

datlas

05-26-17 06:44 AM

Hey [MENTION=259065]Dan333SP[/MENTION], do I recall you were planning to come up this way this weekend? Are you healed enough to go riding??

indyfabz

05-26-17 06:53 AM

Subscribed to the best bike thread.

datlas

05-26-17 06:57 AM

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Originally Posted by indyfabz (Post 19611353)

Subscribed to the best bike thread.

Who makes the best bike thread?? :innocent:

indyfabz

05-26-17 07:00 AM

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Originally Posted by datlas (Post 19611364)

Who makes the best bang-for-your-buck bike thread?? :innocent:

fify

rjones28

05-26-17 07:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Rowan (Post 19611030)

They charged him simply because he didn't bring beer and pizza.

Or baked goods. We like homemade cookies. :D

BillyD

05-26-17 07:09 AM

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Originally Posted by rjones28 (Post 19610797)

So, about $20. They did it while you waited. Ten minutes 'til closing. You totally got hosed. ;)

:eek: An outrage. Grounds for attorney general investigation.

BillyD

05-26-17 07:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Bah Humbug (Post 19611132)

My parents might as well have welded the dial to NPR when I was growing up. Now I can't stand that faux-intimate whisper into the microphone sound.

They didn't have no stinkin' NPR radio when I was growing up. They barely had radio.

Speaking for a friend.

Herbie53

05-26-17 07:17 AM

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Originally Posted by rjones28 (Post 19610797)

So, about $20. They did it while you waited. Ten minutes 'til closing. You totally got hosed. ;)

#refund

rpenmanparker

05-26-17 07:27 AM

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Originally Posted by BillyD (Post 19611414)

They didn't have no stinkin' NPR radio when I was growing up. They barely had radio.

Speaking for a friend.

#olderthandirt

Bah Humbug

05-26-17 07:28 AM

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Originally Posted by BillyD (Post 19611414)

They didn't have no stinkin' NPR radio when I was growing up. They barely had radio.

Speaking for a friend.

Guglielmo Marconi is so hurt.

Bah Humbug

05-26-17 07:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Dan333SP (Post 19611320)

[MENTION=406877]PepeM[/MENTION] maybe you should consider a move to Ireland?

This Vet Clinic Is Seeking A Professional 'Cat Cuddler' | HuffPost

Saw that on FB this morning. I should do it - I actually knew (mostly) what my poor old buddy was saying when he meowed in all his different ways.

PepeM

05-26-17 07:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Dan333SP (Post 19611320)

[MENTION=406877]PepeM[/MENTION] maybe you should consider a move to Ireland?

This Vet Clinic Is Seeking A Professional 'Cat Cuddler' | HuffPost

Oh man, guess I should work on my resume. That's about what I earn right now too. Great find!

Pirkaus

05-26-17 07:43 AM

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Originally Posted by patentcad (Post 19610816)

I'm not dead yet.

Do you want to go for a walk

patentcad

05-26-17 07:56 AM

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Originally Posted by rjones28 (Post 19610925)

Prove it.

Why bother?

WhyFi

05-26-17 08:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Bah Humbug (Post 19610613)

So, [MENTION=185471]WhyFi[/MENTION] [MENTION=29415]BillyD[/MENTION], that whole "I'm done with lenses" thing? Totally forgot about the Venus Laowa 15mm macro. Probably not until well later this year, and maybe on a used a7 of some sort for the focus peaking, but holy crap those images are amazing and completely different from anything else you can make.

Interesting. My Zeiss 35-70 has a macro mode at 35mm (it's not true 1:1 macro, more like 1:2), which is pretty unusual, so to have 1:1 at 15mm is pretty wild; it is fun to get huge magnification coupled with a wide FoV.

The shift functionality is nice with a WA/UWA if you're going to have some architectural elements in the frame.

datlas

05-26-17 08:14 AM

Anyone have a live Giro feed that works in usa?? Spanish or English are a plus.

Trsnrtr

05-26-17 08:17 AM

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Originally Posted by BillyD (Post 19611414)

They didn't have no stinkin' NPR radio when I was growing up. They barely had radio.

Speaking for a friend.

And, we had to wait for the tubes to warm up.

Trsnrtr

05-26-17 08:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Trsnrtr (Post 19611592)

And, we had to wait for the tubes to warm up.

Youngsters are going, "what's a tube?" :foo:

BillyD

05-26-17 08:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Bah Humbug (Post 19610613)

Just go wherever your creative heart leads you, that's the mark of a true artist.

My widest is a 14-24/2.8 super-wide, an incredibly sharp and incredibly popular lens from Nikon. Really impressive for minimizing distortion on the low end. I've done some really nice work with that lens, it's great for un-distorted closeups of people. But I'm going to sell it to help fund my next super-tele lens . . . I hardly ever use it. I'm just so reluctant to part with that legendary lens, I know I'll regret it soon as it's gone. :crash:

WhyFi

05-26-17 08:20 AM

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Originally Posted by datlas (Post 19611589)

Anyone have a live Giro feed that works in usa?? Spanish or English are a plus.

cricfree should have it up. Be warned, though, there's usually 2-3 ads that need to be closed out and if your pop-up game isn't on-point, they can be a pain in the ass.

Giro d Italia Live Streaming

edit: Stream 185 and Eurosports 1 are both up and both are English.

PepeM

05-26-17 08:26 AM

So much drama in the Giro. :D

Dan333SP

05-26-17 09:18 AM

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Originally Posted by datlas (Post 19611326)

Hey [MENTION=259065]Dan333SP[/MENTION], do I recall you were planning to come up this way this weekend? Are you healed enough to go riding??

I was, plans changed unfortunately. Fine to ride but I'm staying in VA. Next time!

RPK79

05-26-17 09:18 AM

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