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khnum wrote:

The truth Mr Badger is Id like to go back to 1996 as well I think we all would

Yes. The last decade when I can remember life being...normal.

That being: We weren't all glued to mobile phones and the internet was still just a novelty.
You could go to a pub with your wages in your pocket and light a ciggy to go with your pint, which cost about a quarter of what it would now.
By then we had to have a bank account for our wages to go into but we just pulled the money straight out on payday, coz banks weren't really needed for us working class except for direct debits, which I never had.
People still talked to each other face to face and we didn't get offended when someone told a joke at someones expense. Because we understood that a joke is just that.
"Big box" stores were gradually killing off the towns, but they weren't dead yet and we still had thriving market days.

Now smoking is banned in pubs and a pint costs the earth. The few pubs that are left are filled with people who text each other across the table.
The towns are dead places where unless you want a pizza, a haircut or a sunbed tan, there's no reason to go there.
We're stuffed without bank accounts.
We can't tell jokes anymore.
We're just waiting for the next "pandemic" to turn most people into mask-wearing sheep again.
Most people have been corralled into digital sheep pens called "Social Media" where their thoughts are controlled by the elite that created them.
Money is actively being abolished and digital id's are around the corner.

Ok, rant over.

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Another from the text-to-art AI software.

This is "A male and female Australopithecus watch an alien spacecraft land in the Sahara, a painting in the style of Titian"

Mr Badger wrote:Another from the text-to-art AI software.

This is "A male and female Australopithecus watch an alien spacecraft land in the Sahara, a painting in the style of Titian"

Ive always wondered why cavemen shared their caves with sabre tooth tigers and cave bears....WHAT THE HELL WAS OUTSIDE THE CAVE?

khnum wrote:
Ive always wondered why cavemen shared their caves with sabre tooth tigers and cave bears....WHAT THE HELL WAS OUTSIDE THE CAVE?

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Mr Badger wrote:Current status:

Good to see you back with your photography and computer generated art you definately have some talent there,me I cant even wrap Christmas presents.

I appreciate art though,Im a big fan of steampunk

khnum wrote:

Good to see you back with your photography and computer generated art you definately have some talent there,me I cant even wrap Christmas presents.

I appreciate art though,Im a big fan of steampunk

Thanks Khnum.

Yep back on the wagon after a bit of a relapse, sticking to Yorkshire tea now, even avoiding coffee.

Mr Badger wrote:

khnum wrote:

Good to see you back with your photography and computer generated art you definately have some talent there,me I cant even wrap Christmas presents.

I appreciate art though,Im a big fan of steampunk

Thanks Khnum.

Yep back on the wagon after a bit of a relapse, sticking to Yorkshire tea now, even avoiding coffee.

Im on the wagon too, for a week now, I've been stuck on a certain weight for a long time now . I was drinking 3-4 vodkas a day about 6-8 nips the Dietician said its virtually impossible to loose weight with a drinking habit so I am going without until I loose enough to get off insulin,theres no real choice the way things are going common medicines mightn't be available in 1-2 years so I am on a fitness drive.

khnum wrote:
Im on the wagon too, for a week now, I've been stuck on a certain weight for a long time now . I was drinking 3-4 vodkas a day about 6-8 nips the Dietician said its virtually impossible to loose weight with a drinking habit so I am going without until I loose enough to get off insulin,theres no real choice the way things are going common medicines mightn't be available in 1-2 years so I am on a fitness drive.

I've always found stopping drinking has been key to losing weight, although beer probably piles on the weight more than vodka. Lost 50lbs last year as I largely stayed dry. Piled it back on when I hit the bottle again in December. Taking two weeks to recover now, used to get hammered down the pub, pass out in the woods and stumble into work the next day when I was 18.

After my drunken rant (before going face-down on the keyboard) a few weeks back, I decided to stay away for a bit until I was sober.

Funny story: First time I got drunk I was 12. Parents were at work and I downed half a bottle of gin, stripped naked and climbed out of my bedroom window. Neighbours were in their garden and I was waving at them.

Yeah I'm worried too about medication in the future, doctors won't even see patients now over here, they actively discourage it and people are dying because of it. Also diabetes meds are already running short because (ironically, considering your situation) people are buying it up on the black market as weight loss treatment!

Re-imagined "Doc" from Disney's Snow White.

I'm wondering which dwarf to do next. (Can honestly say I never thought I'd have the opportunity to say that)

Mr Badger wrote:Re-imagined "Doc" from Disney's Snow White.

I'm wondering which dwarf to do next. (Can honestly say I never thought I'd have the opportunity to say that)

Very good,try Dopey you could use either Joe Biden or Justin Trudeau's head as a base

KneelB4Zod! wrote:I almost forgot this thread is here, folks!

You always say that, and then you forget you said it!

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A few pics of a decent French import storm from September last year, taken from Seaford, Sussex.

I used a 1980's 28mm Sigma Mini-Wide II lens for these shots.

KneelB4Zod! wrote:That's some great photos!  

Thanks Zod

On this day:

1999 - Went to Falmouth to watch the total eclipse.
2000 - Moved to Cornwall, (something I would never have predicted the previous year)
2010 - Hit a lamp post going downhill on my bicycle, carted off in an ambulance - still suffering from that.
2014 - Moved to this shithole of a street where people have bonfires in their front yards and set fire to caravans.
2023 - Drunk and wondering where the fuck I went wrong - answers on a postcard please. (That last part is an English joke)

Mr Badger wrote:On this day:

1999 - Went to Falmouth to watch the total eclipse.
2000 - Moved to Cornwall, (something I would never have predicted the previous year)
2010 - Hit a lamp post going downhill on my bicycle, carted off in an ambulance - still suffering from that.
2014 - Moved to this shithole of a street where people have bonfires in their front yards and set fire to caravans.
2023 - Drunk and wondering where the fuck I went wrong - answers on a postcard please. (That last part is an English joke)

It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society .Jiddhu Krishnamurti

you didn't go wrong

Been getting into astrophotography since December last. Only have my dslr and a 70-300mm lens, but I managed to get a nice image of the Whirlpool Galaxy on Sunday.

Original image was just 125 pixels on a side. Other than enlarging it I haven't messed about with it in any way; I want my astrophotography to stay exactly as it was captured so I can see the improvements as I progress with it.

This is 103 stacked images totalling 34m 20s @ 240mm.