Deuce

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  1. Deuce

    Experiment #1

    Ball? Dang, that's harsh Q, that guy really wanted to be in the lodge.
  2. Dude, it's skydivers. We want to see the bruise and the pins and stuff.
  3. Pantz are for the ass what a push-up bra is for boobs.
  4. What if we're not trying to stop smoking? Can we still ask you for a chocolate biscotti? No. You can just reach in the jar and take one while I make your coffee. Oh, and I got a great big jar of European chocolates, including some of the albino kind that the Pixie likes so much. Oh, and twirly cookies.
  5. I agree with this completely. However, there are some issues that I want to present to my children and not have the State do it. About 45% of my California tax dollars go to education, and that money is lost to me because I have my kids in Catholic School. Parochial school does a better job teaching the tolerance and values that are important to my family.. Let me have some of my money back so I can choose what kind of education my kids get, which is much more important to me that what the people down the street choose to call a marriage.
  6. I will be making a hut for my Mrs. about the third day. She is schedule to move in to said hut on New Years Eve. That date will be indicated by Video Scooter and BigBen sitting on the porch for about an hour. Take them in and love them. Deuce is getting busy.
  7. Ask me for a chocolate biscotti. If I see you smoking after I give you one. I'll tackle you and choke you out. I have a government certificate that says I'm safe to do that to you. But it entails you crapping your pants and being rendered unconcious. Better either not to smoke, or accept the biscotti. Feel the love.
  8. Deuce

    Pixie Food

    I got a half gallon of CostcoKov vodka, a case of Red Bull, and a serious need for a SkyMonkey hat. I also have a cask of Whiskey that's even older than me, but that will be a private party . BRING IT!
  9. The first thing that occurs to me is that there is no way to adjust the control surface to change direction/rate of fall. The S3 in particular allows for 3 axis + flight control. Arm position controls like ailerons, flaps and speedbrakes, and the tail operates like a rudder and horizontal stabilizer. The position of the torso, the amount of arch/dearch controls the aerodymics of the fuselage, something I don't think any plane is really doing. The skyray probably does the straight and level flight thing more efficiently over longer distances, cause arm strenght doesn't appear to be as critical, but I've never seen two of them docked in flight. The Birdman is all about the flock.
  10. Hey, I've been looking for one of those European video cameras that uses the SPLAT format. Thanks!
  11. Deuce

    Bah humbug!

    Here, open this and smile. Merry Christmas! Kissy-kissy. JP
  12. Jess, the best pain med that I have used that let me work and be almost normal (my definition) is Ultram, or Tramadol. It's non-narcotic, so it doesn't have the side effects of codeine, and it usually puts the person taking it into a good mood. When I had hit bottom with my pain management I got switched to that from Vicoden, and I thought it actually worked much better. No track marks and all that.
  13. Alan, if you go for the absolute cheapest on the internet you are bound to get screwed. (Bolluxed?) Anyhow, go with a reputable dealer, or at the very least somebody on EBay UK who has nearly a thousand transactions and no negative feedback, and hasn't changed their identity. I always pay a little bit more and go with B&H, or Calumet Photo. I have bought every piece of my pro photo kit from them. (Like the use of "kit"? I hang out with BigBen sometimes ) They had some PAL video stuff on B&H the last time I looked. JP
  14. Deuce

    Pixie Food

    I didn't ask, so there was no need for you to tell. You gonna wear that with your blue dress?
  15. Deuce

    Pixie Food

    LOL well given that I will have house guests and I don't want to make them ill, I will be wearing sleeping attire... Yeah thats it! I'm pretty sure I read somewhere that true SkyMonkeys wear only a green beret and a light coat of oil as sleepwear...
  16. I don't know. I jumped on this (attached photo) two weeks after I broke it. I absolutely would not recommend it unless you are crazy-brave and very stupid. And even then it's very stupid. Heal up.
  17. Deuce

    Pixie Food

    Yeah, and to think you knuckleheads were afraid of a silly snake. Snakes cannot bring pain like Flying Pixie Tango Monkeys. The only suggestion I have is to grovel. That and bring enough albino chocolate to distract her from eating your bad badger self.
  18. You can get the lens you want here, Doug: http://www.royal-lens.com/ There are others, but I like dealing with Max. He carries the .3 and the .5 in both thread sizes. The guy I shoot video for has been doing it for about 20 years, and he's getting a 330. Very thrifty fellow, too. Only drawback is the touch screen, in my opinion, and the way the camera's menu takes a couple more steps than my 120 to get where you want to go. And again, buying at the top just means you will have a little price remorse, but it'll be longer until you have New Camera Envy.
  19. I've got the freefly handles on my rigs, and I prefer them too. Maybe think twice about having two different types of handles. I'm from the school that says it's better to have one set of procedures to screw up rather than more than one.
  20. When I opened the first pic I was thinking the guy on the right had to be your test pilot. Ouch.
  21. I got $25 for that. Thanks, BillVon. JP
  22. And since even the really, really good photographers have a difficult time getting full pictures of themselves, I occasionally get to step in...
  23. No worries, Missy. I'm picking you up in a truck, remember?