Roadsmith
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posted on January 15, 2005 10:08:05 PM new
This is the view outside the window of our little dining room, after a snow storm. California sunshine, live oaks, boulders with snow icing. Very soothing to sore nerves! This is the room where I take my pictures for Ebay (to keep this Ebay-related).
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classicrock000
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posted on January 15, 2005 10:09:54 PM new
"This is the room where I take my pictures for Ebay "
you're selling snow covered rocks on ebay??
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Roadsmith
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posted on January 15, 2005 10:12:01 PM new
Ha ha, no, silly. There's a big table in there and light comes in on three sides so it's perfect (until I finally set up my light cube and get that going in my ebay room).
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sparkz
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posted on January 15, 2005 10:28:06 PM new
Roadsmith...How can you get any work done with a distracting view like that? We have an inversion layer over the valley, and if it's not low clouds, it's fog that has kept the sun hidden since last weekend. Hopefully a few rays will come through tomorrow. Bet you wish you could keep that snow until July.
A $75.00 solid state device will always blow first to protect a 25 cent fuse ~ Murphy's Law
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sparkz
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posted on January 15, 2005 10:49:04 PM new
Here's a view from my front porch last week as the last storm was leaving California. The area behind the rainbow, which is not visible, is the Sierra Nevada mountains which now has more snow now than it has had in over 7 years.
A $75.00 solid state device will always blow first to protect a 25 cent fuse ~ Murphy's Law
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ebayvet
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posted on January 16, 2005 12:41:10 AM new
Right now my ebay view is ICE - I am ICED IN, yuck! I don't mind snow, I hate ice. I think I will be stuck in tomorrow too, I sure hope it is not like last year when I was stuck home for 5 days straight. That was awful. Ice sucks! It should NOT be raining out when it is 20 degrees.
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classicrock000
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posted on January 16, 2005 03:19:11 AM new
Sparkz-from the looks of that pic....you live on the wrong side of the tracks<snicker>
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CBlev65252
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posted on January 16, 2005 03:42:44 AM new
ebayvet
Boy can I relate! It was in the 60s on Wednesday. Thursday morning I was scraping an inch of ice off the car. That's when I noticed the crack running across the front windshield. There came a point when driving down the street was like riding a roller coaster. The ice made small hills in the road. Like you, I don't mind the snow, but the ice I can live without! Even a 4-wheel drive SUV is hell to drive on ice.
Roadsmith, nice view. No offense, but please keep your California weather in California. By the time it gets here, it's freezing rain and snow! Or, if it has to come here, send the heat along with it. LOL!!! 
Cheryl
"Success in almost any field depends more on energy and drive than it does on intelligence. This explains why we have so many stupid leaders."
-Sloan Wilson
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Roadsmith
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posted on January 16, 2005 09:14:12 AM new
Sparkz--It is truly distracting at times. The coyotes, deer, birds, squirrels all cavort on those boulders and look for food. When I finally set up my light box in a windowless room, I'll get more done, LOL.
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ewora
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posted on January 16, 2005 11:50:04 AM new
The float plane lake starts where the trees end. We only have a couple of planes with skis take off in the winter but it's a very busy place in the summer. I'll have to take another photo in May when it gets pretty.
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ewora
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posted on January 16, 2005 11:53:59 AM new
Oh yeah...this is about as light as it gets in the winter.
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tomwiii
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posted on January 16, 2005 12:24:10 PM new
"Daddy! Why you wake me up fur yer stooopid pictures? It's rainy & dreary & wet..."
Don't you stick your tongue out at me, young man!
 
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niel35
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posted on January 16, 2005 12:58:44 PM new
I'll wait until the Florida sun comes out before I post my pic. Dreary here today.
Roady - am still waiting to hear how you like your lightbox and it is a good size
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Roadsmith
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posted on January 16, 2005 01:40:07 PM new
Niel: I haven't forgotten that you want a report on the light box. I've made a note to let you know. I want first to set up the light box in our shop/workroom, which is cold in the winter. I'm waiting for some warmer weather to give it a tryout. There's a high workbench in there that I think is the perfect height for the light box, with lamps shining into it on both sides. If that's satisfactory when tried, I'll then get a simple table made of that same height for my ebay room. I'll let you know.
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glassgrl
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posted on January 16, 2005 02:14:45 PM new
my goodness roadie - you've had that lightbox for MONTHS! get with it - we're tired of holding our breath!
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Roadsmith
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posted on January 16, 2005 02:42:41 PM new
HEY! Not so fast. I got the light box in late October. Not even three months yet.
I'm timid about anything new; I buy clothes and let them hang in the closet for a couple of months before wearing them. I've been known to wait 1 - 2 months to drive a new family car. We just got a Prius, and we had it a week before I decided to drive it to town. A real triumph. Etc.
All in good time, okay?!!! You'll be the first to know. Sheeeeeesh!
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fenix03
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posted on January 16, 2005 02:57:58 PM new
Road - I one for Christmas (the 14" - perfect for jewelry and fits in my carry on when I am traveling back and forth ) and use it often. It has yet to bite me or cause me any physical or mental harm. Get off your butt and play with your new toy woman!!!
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If it's really "common" sense, why do so few people actually have it?
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Gtootie
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posted on January 16, 2005 03:07:05 PM new
I got one for Christmas also. I suggested my Mom buy one for my SIL and she got one for me too. She got 30". It's huge.
The first time I tried to fold it back down and put away, it scared the life out of me when it popped back up. I made it through with no injuries and lived to tell about it. Even got a laugh out of it.
And the best part is, I took a really good picture with it. That is a major good thing in my case.
Be kind. Everyone is fighting their own secret battles.
...Author Unknown
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niel35
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posted on January 16, 2005 03:14:51 PM new
Thats OK, Roady. - I had all but forgotten about it myself. In fact don't remember where to get one or even the size. tnx
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stonecold613
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posted on January 16, 2005 04:25:52 PM new
Damm that is one ugly dog !!!
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Alive in 2005
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Roadsmith
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posted on January 16, 2005 04:33:53 PM new
Those of you who have a light box--please tell me how many lights you use with it? Each side plus the top? Only each side? Or??
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tomwiii
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posted on January 16, 2005 04:38:20 PM new
VISIT: Ralphie's Eclectic Garden of Earthly Delights & Swedish Marital Aids here:
http://tinyurl.com/3rd5a
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Gtootie
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posted on January 16, 2005 05:02:30 PM new
Roady
I have the perfect room for this. 3 walls of all glass. It has 4 fluorescent lights with 2 bulbs each and 2 ceiling fans. Each fan has a 5 light fixture.
I took the pictures in the afternoon with the sun coming in and had on ALL the lights.
Be kind. Everyone is fighting their own secret battles.
...Author Unknown
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Roadsmith
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posted on January 16, 2005 06:24:10 PM new
Wow, tootie, did you take that picture with your light box? It's very impressive.
Since no instructions came with the light box, I just don't recall if two or three lights are needed, including one from above. I guess I'll just experiment - WHEN it's warmer in our storeroom, of course.
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