Photos: Free Association COMMENTARY

[GrafikFeat]

If your elbows look like that, I hope you only wear long sleeve shirts.

...ok... The "knee"...

[JohnTena]

Well, it would be the hock, AKA ankle, not the knee.

[GrafikFeat]

"Ad Hoc"? :laugh

[lamble]

I can sort this out.

I'll take a walk back to the bull and give the afore mentioned area a hard and swift kick.
If the bull gets up and rubs it's hock, then it's his hock. If it gets up and rubs its knee, it's its knee.

If it gets up chases me round the field and gores me to death, my money would be that it's its B@((s!!!!

[GrafikFeat]

Don't forget the camera... :laugh

[TheRoss]

Reflections in the mirror (#3035). For the record, I do not Photoshop or touch up anything. I am very low tech and am doing good just posting pics here.

[GrafikFeat]

Ditto on mine. Note it is also full frame from a box camera negative.

[TheRoss]

Ditto on mine. Note it is also full frame from a box camera negative.

I'm so low tech I have no idea what you're talking about. I play the odds with my little digital point and shoot.... I take tons of pics and one or two here and there are decent.

[GrafikFeat]

I'm so low tech I have no idea what you're talking about. I play the odds with my little digital point and shoot.... I take tons of pics and one or two here and there are decent.

Sorry to hear that.
The camera used in that shot is a box camera. Not digital, film. Box camera meaning throw away camera. Can't get much lower tech than that unless it was a pin hole camera and I left that one home.

Full frame means there is no cropping as evidenced by the films edge. Yes. Film.

[lamble]

Sorry to hear that.
The camera used in that shot is a box camera. Not digital, film. Box camera meaning throw away camera. Can't get much lower tech than that unless it was a pin hole camera and I left that one home.
.

"Well, mine was a pencil sketch that I coloured in with crayon when I got home!"
"A broken pencil?"
"I dream of having a broken pencil. I had to scratch the image on a plank of wood, using a rusty nail"
"A nail you say? Luxury! Why when I wer' a lad we'd use finger nails to create welts on our own skin to show outline of image. Then when we got home, we'd rub vinegar in welts to make 'em stand out, cover bumps in hot dust from the fire, then press the shape onto the cat that we'd shaved, before we coloured it in with cheese mould".

"Ah but you tell that to these fancy digital kids of today, and they won't believe you".

[GrafikFeat]

"Ah but you tell that to these fancy digital kids of today, and they won't believe you".

Damn Kids! Why is youth wasted on the young? ...And Get Off My Lawn! :gerg

[DWR302]

Grandpa said he had to walk seven miles to school everyday in his bare feet and it was up hill both ways.

[crazydrummerdude]

3064

Why the hell would anyone take a picture of a dog crapping?

[marchyman]

3114: A picture of "the rock" to follow a guy holding a rock. Yeah, lame.

// marc

[lamble]

3114: A picture of "the rock" to follow a guy holding a rock. Yeah, lame.

// marc

I think the comment related to 3111 being a throw back to 3109 rather than 3110, unless the mountains on the r/h side of 3110 were the inspiration for 3110's rock lifting pic?

[GrafikFeat]

I think the comment related to 3111 being a throw back to 3109 rather than 3110, unless the mountains on the r/h side of 3110 were the inspiration for 3110's rock lifting pic?

I think any "flame" in a photo thread is lame. :huh

I just consider the "source" and move on.

[r11rs94]

I think the comment related to 3111 being a throw back to 3109 rather than 3110, unless the mountains on the r/h side of 3110 were the inspiration for 3110's rock lifting pic?

You are correct the other two are have rocks in there heads.

[marchyman]

3159: A friend grabbed my camera to take a shot of the car, instructing me to "stand there" to block some sun-off-of-the chrome reflections. I didn't pay attention to the fact I had the wide angle lens on the camera. I didn't expect to be in the shot.

// marc

[JohnTena]

#3160

Nice shot of the Pontiac Indian! :clap

[GrafikFeat]

#3160

Nice shot of the Pontiac Indian! :clap

Thank you... The cracking really lends itself to it...
My brothers '52/'53... Still runs well...

[AKBeemer]

The visual definition of eerie.

[MLS2GO]

Did you notice the spiderweb on the nose before you shot it and decided to leave it, or not notice it. I like it on it and wondered if that was a conscious decision?

[lamble]

3212
Dashiprock...is that Sefton Park, Liverpool, or have you gone with the metal railings of height theme?

[lamble]

The visual definition of eerie.

There was a peculiar Welsh light on and around Lake Bala that day.

http://lh6.ggpht.com/_v5FTMdTsgPg/Sdo8W8_MsZI/AAAAAAAAFFY/h6OXcG_PN-c/s800/PICT0019.JPG

[widebmw]

3213 & 3214
Cable and drops, I love it.:heart

[GrafikFeat]

There was a peculiar Welsh light on and around Lake Bala that day.

http://lh6.ggpht.com/_v5FTMdTsgPg/Sdo8W8_MsZI/AAAAAAAAFFY/h6OXcG_PN-c/s800/PICT0019.JPG

Getting into HDR?

I was dinking around with "fauxtoshop" HDR:

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jim_popper/2661616336/" title="NOT HDR by GrafikFeat, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3092/2661616336_931bc95f16_b.jpg" width="1024" height="768" alt="NOT HDR" /></a>

I never really liked the effect so I stopped...

[lamble]

Getting into HDR?

I was dinking around with "fauxtoshop" HDR:

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jim_popper/2661616336/" title="NOT HDR by GrafikFeat, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3092/2661616336_931bc95f16_b.jpg" width="1024" height="768" alt="NOT HDR" /></a>

I never really liked the effect so I stopped...

Those welsh shots weren't photoshopped.. (see the spots in the clouds where there's marks on my lens, they'd be gone now, courtesy of photoshop). I didn't have Elements until later and I limit photoshop pics to the photoshop thread. Bala really does have harsh light that seems to cut all the colour out, round about 4pm on an April day. I do intend to go back and see what it's like now days are longer.
What's HDR refer to by the way?

And if any photoshopping i do turns out like than damn/dam picture, I'll probably kick it into touch too. That looks ghastly...why would you do that?

As an associated aside, did you know that the TV signal sent out in the USA has the colour saturation set higher than in the UK and Europe. You really do see the world as a more colourful place!

[GrafikFeat]

And if any photoshopping i do turns out like than damn/dam picture, I'll probably kick it into touch too. That looks ghastly...why would you do that?

To imitate HDR.
Look at HDR imaging to see why that Damn/Dam picture looks the way it does.

This is HDR aka High Dynamic Range imaging. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_dynamic_range_imaging)

[lamble]

To imitate HDR.
Look at HDR imaging to see why that Damn/Dam picture looks the way it does.

This is HDR aka High Dynamic Range imaging. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_dynamic_range_imaging)

Well having looked at the wiki for HDR, I won't be doing that. It's far too complicated for what I want to do with my pics and if the results are colour saturated like the dam picture, there's no sense of reality. I have a software package that can turn a photograph into a painting if I want it to look like that.

[DashRiprock]

Lamble, I was going for the previous steel structure but you "photo blocked" me. That's Balboa Park, San Diego. The upside is I learned about John Middleton.

[GrafikFeat]

#3227 - It's ok to take yer helmet off once and a while! :laugh

[lamble]

Lamble, I was going for the previous steel structure but you "photo blocked" me. That's Balboa Park, San Diego. The upside is I learned about John Middleton.

http://lh6.ggpht.com/_v5FTMdTsgPg/Sb03ITjjxPI/AAAAAAAAEv0/hgA1QbtyToI/s400/SDC10226.JPG

Here's the guy himself...

http://carlyleletters.dukejournals.org/cgi/content/full/18/1/lt-18440628-JWC-TC-01

I'll nip down to Sefton Park Liverpool and take a few shots, then you'll see why I thought the association may be the geographical proximity.

[DWR302]

#3237. In South Georgia. I just had to turn around and go back and ask. Frog Jam. Fig Raspberry Orange Ginger. Not bad.

[TheRoss]

#3257...... where's that?

[r11rs94]

Photo 3266 Ouch, lets hope those prices stay away for awhile.

[GrafikFeat]

I don't think it's appropriate for this thread.
One reason, to be put in a position to have to voice a dissent due to the subject matter.

One image will suffice and either start a new thread or post the remainder here.

...and yes I agree, it's a wonderful cause... :brow

[lamble]

I don't think it's appropriate for this thread.
One reason, to be put in a position to have to voice a dissent due to the subject matter.

One image will suffice and either start a new thread or post the remainder here.

...and yes I agree, it's a wonderful cause... :brow


Dissent on the subject matter?
"Appropriate"

It's pictures of kids.

So, happy to add the family album shot, but we don't want to see a picture of a kiddie that due to an accident doesn't look the same?

That's exactly why these camps exist, because they give the kids a chance to mix with other burn victims who don't see them as "offensive" to look at, who don't regard them as "freaks".

Let me tell you something Mr show dissent, the hardest part about taking part in rides with these kids, is facing your own prejudices. The worry that you will show an expression of disgust when you see a burned face on a small kid, or hesitate when you shake hands with a globular lump of melted flesh that used to be a small child's hand.
If you can find dissent in these pictures, then you do need to go and offer a ride.
These accidents happen.
They happen to lots of children, indiscriminately, white, black, rich, poor, babies, young teens, they happen by accident and as such there's no selection criteria and by not looking and seeing them, you really aren't helping at all.


Or instead, you could have simply posted an image and moved the thread along.


And frankly, I'd rather you spent less time considering one, two, or even three pictures and where they should be put, and longer on how to get your bike up to a Camp Phoenix and brighten up a kid's life. Get some perspective. The nearest one to you is not far from La Conner, seek it out before you forget, email them, ring them, get details and join in.

Any of those children in the pictures before mine could suffer the same, accidental, life changing fate.
This isn't a one off event, Camp Phoenix has kids coming in, all over the USA, all year round.
Alternatively, post another picture and just forget about it and them.

If this is actually about you feeling "awkward" about what to post next...good.
Post a picture of something happy, because that's what these kids were, as a result of people accepting them as being just kids, something 'dissent' of the subject matter would clearly indicate was not what you are ready to do. Go ride with them and learn.

And finally, yes you bet I'm passionate about this and I am annoyed that 'dissent' was even a consideration.

[GrafikFeat]

And finally, yes you bet I'm passionate about this and I am annoyed that 'dissent' was even a consideration.

Annoyed? Too bad- It's just my opinion. But since you like to type:

It's a photo association thread, not a soapbox. Post an image and discuss it and others here. Why should it be any different for you/us? Because of the poor kids?
There's plenty of pain and suffering going on in the world for us to lament over.
I'd like to at least have one place to escape from it.
So that being said, instead of you chastising me for commenting on your decision to break the thread.
You could've just as easily been discussing your outing and the importance of it to you, here.

And no it's not about it being ackward over what to post next...
It's about having to comment at all on the subject.
And to appear as a dick having to remind you of the basis or spirit of the thread.
Post one and move along...
Not so hard to comprehend, eh?

Let's put it in terms you'll understand...
If this were a nice winding, twisty road you just installed a speed bump.

I'm done with this topic.

[lamble]

And again, you could have posted an associated picture and moved on.

No one forced you to post, so you'd look like a "d!ck" did they, that was your choice. It did not break the thread, kids and bikes, bikes and kids.
You'll notice I added a "comfortable" picture for you to follow on from.

Also, thank you for the continued promotion of the cause in this thread.
If you go and look at the original posting you will see I thanked people for their indulgence, having admitted I was aware of the "rules", so where you feel the need to remind me of the spirit or basis comes from, I do not know.

Sorry your sensibilities were challenged. I have proposed a solution for you, go and ride with the kids and get some perspective.

[rdalland]

#3278 Multiple images/Text..

I think your post was inappropriate to the thread as well.

[SheRidesABeemer]

one post for the association, and a separate thread seems like a plan

[lamble]

I think your post was inappropriate to the thread as well.

Oh well, in that case I hope you never encounter burnt kids in real life. You'd upset them and they'd upset you. Best just ignore it, then it won't have happened will it?

[rdalland]

#3278 Multiple images/Text..

I have no problem with the content of your photos.

[lamble]

I have no problem with the content of your photos.

Good, because I was about to mention that if I'd said one of the kids was mine, then I venture that the response would have been dramatically different.

I see the thread has now moved on however.

[rdalland]

whatever

[DWR302]

So------------to hopefully turn the page----#3281, there I was at the Riding into History antique bike show in St.Augustine this weekend when this guy almost ran me over. Dennis had just rode in the day before from Indiana. The tag on the bike in #3280 is from-------.

[lamble]

Lamble, I was going for the previous steel structure but you "photo blocked" me. That's Balboa Park, San Diego. The upside is I learned about John Middleton.

This is why I thought you might have been using Liverpool as the link, both the 9ft John and this glass house are relatively close to one another.
http://<table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/5ZZWffFHaieGMsUYwro2zw?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_v5FTMdTsgPg/ShMgTGDpc6I/AAAAAAAAGxw/pbuPlX3U2cc/s800/PICT0027.JPG" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lamblebaker/Sefton51909959PM?feat=embedwebsite">sefton 5/19/09 9:59 PM</a></td></tr></table>

[DashRiprock]

I see the similarity. Happy to provide an excuse to ride. The Botanical Building is open air...no glass.

Built for the 1915-16 Exposition, along with the adjacent Lily Pond, the historic building is one of the largest lath structures in the world. The Botanical Building plantings include more than 2,100 permanent plants...

Was in London when I was 6 but haven't been to Liverpool. Hoping to fix that in the next couple years...Big John would be worth the trip.

[lamble]

I see the similarity. Happy to provide an excuse to ride. The Botanical Building is open air...no glass.

Built for the 1915-16 Exposition, along with the adjacent Lily Pond, the historic building is one of the largest lath structures in the world. The Botanical Building plantings include more than 2,100 permanent plants...

Was in London when I was 6 but haven't been to Liverpool. Hoping to fix that in the next couple years...Big John would be worth the trip.

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_v5FTMdTsgPg/ShMh24HwjYI/AAAAAAAAG2w/Cv6_gP6UOT4/s800/SDC10441.JPG

In the same park is the bandstand..Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, bandstand.

And I could walk to Penny Lane in 15 minutes.

[henzilla]

#3309
Gail,
tell your daughter that is a really cool shot...I guess she had time to do that some on y'alls trip! Helen said WOW!

[GrafikFeat]

#3309
Gail,
tell your daughter that is a really cool shot...

Look at her Flickr stuff. Lotta "wows" in it... :bow

[henzilla]

#3317

Expect the Wicked Witch to be riding that with Toto in the basket! Old School GS!

[brentde3]

What exactly is #3317?

[DWR302]

I don't recall the name. But surely who ever created it was on their own page.

[womanridge]

#3372 Berlin, 2005-Holocost Memorial

[DWR302]

#3384. The rest of the Glen Curtiss bike.

[GrafikFeat]

This entire area really is great to ride through.
Coming to OR in 2010? Pass through here!

It is very interesting too! (http://www.experiencewa.com/attraction.aspx?id=178)

[MLS2GO]

I took this one to give some perspective with the people on the observation platform.

http://mls2go.smugmug.com/photos/561412670_SSctF-L.jpg

http://mls2go.smugmug.com/photos/561414183_K9wfZ-L.jpg

It was August not as much green.

[GrafikFeat]

I took this one to give some perspective with the people on the observation platform.

Neat. In mine the dots in the water are fishermen in float tubes...

No need to say that pics don't capture the enormity.
At one time the flood water was 800 feet deep here.

[DashRiprock]

Didn't get the 3422-23 transition but just went with it.

BTW.......

WAY 2 GO PENS :dance

Oh, and "Hey, Hossa ...... :nyah. You gotta be like :banghead."

[GrafikFeat]

Didn't get the 3422-23 transition but just went with it.

There wasn't one. If there were it's lost on me too... :whistle

[SheRidesABeemer]

Noob...

[GrafikFeat]

Noob...

:laugh

[DashRiprock]

Upon further reflection and staring at 3422/23 longer than is appropriate, or healthy, I submit these association possiblities:


The newspaper on sale is the Big Bend Gazette. The train is Big Mike.
Both photos were taken on Earth…during the day.
The café is Open…Big Mike is enclosed…by iron fence.
There are hours of operation posted for both the café and the museum.
There’s a story about a train on page 4 of the Big Bend Gazette. :brow

I may have injured my arm with that reach.

[henzilla]

:laugh

You still "raising the roof "so to speak aren't you ? Recall the pics from the Lumber thread...Hey my pic was a cafe...thought I was keeping up!

[lamble]

Didn't get the 3422-23 transition but just went with it.

BTW.......

WAY 2 GO PENS :dance

Oh, and "Hey, Hossa ...... :nyah. You gotta be like :banghead."

If as indicated in the tag text at the top of the picture, the train is called Big Mike, then it follows from the newspaper, Big Bend...so I'd guess big is the link, although without the knowledge of the train's title, you'd not get it...and I'm only guessing.

[SheRidesABeemer]

Who's going to the Rally? Maybe we could get together and go "shooting" ? http://fc06.deviantart.com/fs38/f/2008/339/2/f/_cameras__by_Synfull.gif

[GrafikFeat]

There's a rally?

:bolt

[womanridge]

Who's going to the Rally? Maybe we could get together and go "shooting" ? http://fc06.deviantart.com/fs38/f/2008/339/2/f/_cameras__by_Synfull.gif

I'm going!! My third National in a row! A shooting ride is a great idea.

[GrafikFeat]

This entire area really is great to ride through.
Coming to OR in 2010? Pass through here!

It is very interesting too! (http://www.experiencewa.com/attraction.aspx?id=178)

I just found this in a Online Chicago Paper:"Exploring Washington." (http://www.examiner.com/x-5376-Seattle-Outdoor-Travel-Examiner~y2009m6d13-Exploring-Washington-State-Parks-Sun-LakesDry-Falls-State-Park)

[GrafikFeat]

Terence. Where do you live? Philly?

[DashRiprock]

terham - Any chance 3467 is Cranberry Glades, WV? If it isn't, it could be. If it is, is that place awesome, er what?

[terham]

Terence. Where do you live? Philly?

I live in Lansdale, which is about halfway between Philly and Allentown.

[terham]

terham - Any chance 3467 is Cranberry Glades, WV? If it isn't, it could be. If it is, is that place awesome, er what?

That's actually a newish part of the Appalachian Trail in north Jersey. It's where the AT crosses NJ 517 and goes through Pochuck Swamp. You used to have to take a road walk around the swamp, so this is a much nicer way to get through it and keep your feet (and probably shorts and shirt) dry. It leads out to this interesting suspension bridge.

http://terham.smugmug.com/photos/41418811_3BUqN-L.jpg

[Voni]

Paul and I will be at the National. I'll be the one in RED.

And my new neon RED jacket.

It's all about Visibility ; )

Voni
sMiling

[DashRiprock]

where the AT crosses NJ 517 and goes through Pochuck Swamp.
That's pretty cool. I didn't take this shot, but you can see why I asked...boardwalk over the bog thing.

<a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/XiLh4G9rWadtyYaZeQgM6g?authkey=Gv1sRgCPDoyYaUg7Opl wE&feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_zaPG_FhLAxw/Sj4m9Us6t0I/AAAAAAAAFFE/MaDQbZHcjAA/s288/Cranberry_4s_position.jpg" /></a>

[terham]

Where in WV is Cranberry Glades?

[DashRiprock]

Where in WV is Cranberry Glades?

In the Monongahela National Forest near Richwood. Also near Dolly Sods, which is similar flora/fauna. Good riding country.

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=cranberry+glades,+WV&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=49.57764,57.216797&ie=UTF8&ll=39.690281,-79.749756&spn=6.069133,7.1521&t=h&z=7

http://www.fs.fed.us/r9/mnf/sp/cranberry_glades.html

[terham]

..Good riding country.



Well, WVa is on my short list...

[henzilla]

#3488 nice transition marchyman !

[marchyman]

Thank you. That's from a trip to Kyoto in 2004. The white balance came out all screwed up, leaving the greenish bamboo looking ghostlike. I liked the look and never tried to correct the colors.

/\/\arc

[womanridge]

Post #3505-Great photo, !!

[GrafikFeat]

Yes... Nevada has a 'seal'... But it's not a photo nor yours to post... :whistle

[SheRidesABeemer]

yeah but it was an amusing segue :p

[marchyman]

<img src="http://www.snafu.org/pics/moa/p-20090611-1242-5300.jpg" title="Segway?">
:scratch

[GrafikFeat]

>Buh Dum Dum Dissssh<

[SheRidesABeemer]

:jawdrop
http://www.easy-clan.com/ski/richard/blizzard/blizzard1.jpg

[henzilla]

I was going to say the same thing... WOW!

[GrafikFeat]

3535-
It's an animated gif I made back in 1999.
If not 'legal' I'll remove it... Thought it to be funny...

[womanridge]

#3539. I don't get the association to #3538.:scratch:scratch

[SheRidesABeemer]

#3539. I don't get the association to #3538.:scratch:scratch

:lurk

[GrafikFeat]

I thought it was color on sticks... :dunno

A very lonnng stretch...

Unless the constant is that it's an image too... :whistle

[DWR302]

Wikipedia:
The method of free association has no linear or preplanned agenda, but works by intuitive leaps and linkages which may lead to new personal insights and meanings. When used in this spirit, free association is a technique in which neither therapist nor patient knows in advance exactly where the conversation will lead, but it tends to lead to material that matters very much to the patient. Its goal is not to unearth specific answers or memories, but to instigate a journey of co-discovery which can enhance the patient's integration of thought, feeling, agency, and selfhood.

[GrafikFeat]

Wikipedia:
...Its goal is not to unearth specific answers or memories, but to instigate a journey of co-discovery which can enhance the patient's integration of thought, feeling, agency, and selfhood.

...by 'talking' it out face up on a couch. :blah




:laugh

[rdalland]

Getting a few repeats lately...

[SheRidesABeemer]

LOL, nothing to it!

http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e109/AKBeemer/John%20Ryan/20090528_02.jpg

[pffog]

:jawdrop
http://www.easy-clan.com/ski/richard/blizzard/blizzard1.jpg

Blizzard of '66 in Buffalo, for what it is worth

[MLS2GO]

Is of course John Ryans bike, he of the sub 4 day Ultimate Coast to Coast. The gas tank is pretty distinctive. Last I heard the bike had 145000 miles, still under warranty.

[AKBeemer]

Is of course John Ryans bike, he of the sub 4 day Ultimate Coast to Coast. The gas tank is pretty distinctive. Last I heard the bike had 145000 miles, still under warranty.

Yup, that's John's bike sitting outside a local dealership in Fairbanks. He was getting a new set of tires mounted in preparation for his record run from Prudhoe to Key West.

[GrafikFeat]

#3630 ----> #3631

Am I missing something?
Only thing I surmise is the stance... (?) :scratch

[AKBeemer]

#3630 ----> #3631

Am I missing something?
Only thing I surmise is the stance... (?) :scratch

I'll admit the association is pretty loose. Postings seemed to be stalled and I wanted to move things along. That being said, when I saw 3630 I immediately thought of my post, so ???

And... Steve's posting opens the door for the many pictures out there of a biker receiving a performance award from a local LEO. That alone might warrant a new thread.

[GrafikFeat]

...I was just wondering... :dunno

I only 'bird-dog' multiple posts and "conversation"...:whistle
I personally think sig lines should be off too but I can only be so anal! :laugh

[AKBeemer]

How does one omit the sig line on a specific post?

[GrafikFeat]

When you post and before clicking ok... scroll down a bit and there is a check box.
Uncheck "Show Your Signature". It's just below "Submit Reply".

~ Jim

[GrafikFeat]

...And this IS/WAS a funny response! No missing that Association!

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3036/2938080324_64f8e23085_b.jpg

[lamble]

Remember folks, it's free association open to creative associations, rather than just theme duplicates. A picture of a tree need not be followed by another picture of a tree and another..a tree could lead to a family shot of generations. Now I know you all know this already, so just a request to dig deeper into those albums and perhaps add a little lateral thinking, then it skips along faster, in more interesting and varied ways and we wont be cycling through the same themes so frequently perhaps.

[GrafikFeat]

Sand Fence to Guitar playing kids?

C'mon guys... refresh your screens of fix your preferences to view linked images!!

[AKBeemer]

#3679 Particularly cute is that you can imagine the sound effects she is making by seeing her lips pursed. Great shot.

[marchyman]

Sand Fence to Guitar playing kids?

C'mon guys... refresh your screens of fix your preferences to view linked images!!

made sense to me.. The fence looked like frets of a guitar. Open up your imagination!

[lamble]

made sense to me.. The fence looked like frets of a guitar. Open up your imagination!

look at the pattern on the wall behind the kiddie playing...looks like the fence panels to me too, remember it doesn't have to be a repetition of what's just gone before, it's an Association, a visual nuance that can be interpreted through to another image. Flex that imagination. The assumption that it must go back to the three images of musicians may be, or may not be correct, but there is association in shape and form from your fence to the guitar image, whether intentional or not.

I seem to recall having seen those fence panels before too...is that recycling, or just uncannily similar.

Maybe a little early with the remonstration there, don't you think? Apology due perhaps?

Oh and frequent posting, last time I looked, didn't mean a Mod role, so what's with sig lines being removed?

Back to simple friendly associated images, always the best way.

[pffog]

Sand Fence to Guitar playing kids?

C'mon guys... refresh your screens of fix your preferences to view linked images!!

Half the fun of the thread is trying to see the association that might have triggered the image to pop into someones head.

We all have unique perspective and triggers.

I saw the pattern on the wall as the probable link.

[GrafikFeat]

made sense to me.. The fence looked like frets of a guitar. Open up your imagination!

OoooOOooOo... Now I see it. Oooooo... :laugh

[GrafikFeat]

Maybe a little early with the remonstration there, don't you think? Apology due perhaps?

Um lemme think. No.

[lamble]

Um lemme think. No.

Thanks. That's very commendable and in keeping with the spirit of the thread. I'm sure rd smith3 will be delighted with such a considered response.

[DWR302]

Free association....Interesting. Not so free association......greatly diminished.

[GrafikFeat]

Thanks. That's very commendable and in keeping with the spirit of the thread. I'm sure rd smith3 will be delighted with such a considered response.

Mr. Lamble, coming from a gent whom decided to post three images in a series.
Whom then flamed me for being a person w/ no compassion over burnt kids because you felt I was admonishing the content when in fact I was noting your bending the rules to suit your personal agenda.
After that little exchange your words mean nothing to me.

=Now=
I thought about my comment on the ride in to work.
From #3673 it migrates to fences etc. from musicians... Then from #3676 it goes back to musician/kids.
Noting the frets... OK... I have to agree.
Perhaps it was a little harsh in the screen refresh comment so I do apologize for that...
As for SigLines... My thanking someone for turning theirs off is, well... Nothing more than thanking them for turning them off.
Sorry for the speed bump folks.
~ Jim

[lamble]

Yes Jim, sorry i forgot you were the self appointed sheriff around here.
Three different images though Jim, not the same three repeated just to have some sort of presence in the thread. And don't change your message to suit anyway..you said the pictures weren't suitable, nothing about the rules or being three of them, just that burnt kids enjoying bike rides were not suitable to follow on from other kids enjoying things. Anyway, talking of pictures, which seems appropriate, if a picture paints a thousand words, then let's just imagine conversely what picture these few words will have painted for a new poster to the thread.

I'll let you formulate your own picture, not from my words, but from your very own:

A Big HUH?
Sand Fence to Guitar playing kids?
C'mon guys... refresh your screens of fix your preferences to view linked images!!
Um lemme think. No.
your words mean nothing to me.





I'm sure that rdsmith3 will be most appreciative of this gracious apology

Mr. Lamble, coming from a gent whom decided to post three images in a series.
Whom then flamed me for being a person w/ no compassion over burnt kids because you felt I was admonishing the content when in fact I was noting your bending the rules to suit your personal agenda.
After that little exchange your words mean nothing to me.

=Now=
I thought about my comment on the ride in to work.
From #3673 it migrates to fences etc. from musicians... Then from #3676 it goes back to musician/kids.
Noting the frets... OK... I have to agree.
Perhaps it was a little harsh in the screen refresh comment so I do apologize for that...
As for SigLines... My thanking someone for turning theirs off is, well... Nothing more than thanking them for turning them off.
Sorry for the speed bump folks.
~ Jim

[GrafikFeat]

pffft... What ever. You win. :rolleyes
You typed more words than me.

[crazydrummerdude]

Step away from the computer..

[marchyman]

Not a picture from me, but one of my dad found in some old slides. Don't know who was holding the camera, perhaps his brother. I was likely about 2 years old when it was taken. It was a toss up between the one posted and this one:

<img src="http://www.snafu.org/pics/year/195x/p-climb26.jpg" title="about 1952">

[GrafikFeat]

"And don't change your message to suit anyway..you said the pictures weren't suitable, nothing about the rules or being three of them, just that burnt kids enjoying bike rides were not suitable to follow on from other kids enjoying things."


I don't think it's appropriate for this thread.
One reason, to be put in a position to have to voice a dissent due to the subject matter.

One image will suffice and either start a new thread or post the remainder here.

...and yes I agree, it's a wonderful cause... :brow

Annoyed? Too bad- It's just my opinion. But since you like to type:

It's a photo association thread, not a soapbox. Post an image and discuss it and others here. Why should it be any different for you/us? Because of the poor kids?
There's plenty of pain and suffering going on in the world for us to lament over.
I'd like to at least have one place to escape from it.
So that being said, instead of you chastising me for commenting on your decision to break the thread.
You could've just as easily been discussing your outing and the importance of it to you, here.

And no it's not about it being ackward over what to post next...
It's about having to comment at all on the subject.
And to appear as a dick having to remind you of the basis or spirit of the thread.
Post one and move along...
Not so hard to comprehend, eh?

Let's put it in terms you'll understand...
If this were a nice winding, twisty road you just installed a speed bump.

I'm done with this topic.

Just checking my words from the afore mentioned that started @ No. 536... :blah
Now I'm really done. :laugh

[lamble]

pffft... What ever. You win.
You typed more words than me.
A Big HUH?
Sand Fence to Guitar playing kids?
C'mon guys... refresh your screens of fix your preferences to view linked images!!
Um lemme think. No.
your words mean nothing to me.

I'm not at all sure how the burnt kiddie pictures are even remotely relevant to the post on the kiddie on guitar and your fence image. some sort of grudge being carried?

What a picture is being painted.

Jim, it's a thread for images,that's all it is. Try to show some tolerance and to apply a little perspective here.

[SheRidesABeemer]

3696 & 3697, those are the same people? :dunno

[lightzoo]

3696 & 3697, those are the same people? :dunno

Don’t know about Dash’s adventure, but I met these three accommodating young ladies in one of the local taverns. It was a day I will not soon forget.

[AKBeemer]

#3707 Taken in the Badlands???

[rdalland]

#3707 Taken in the Badlands???



Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument, New Mexico (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kasha-Katuwe_Tent_Rocks_National_Monument)

[DWR302]

3696/3697 Looks like Riprock/Lightzoo has some "splainin" to do.

[lamble]

3696 & 3697, those are the same people? :dunno
Either those are the same three women, or there's three sets of twins that share the same clothes and who pose for BMW rider's pictures on snowy days.

What's the story folks? :ear

[SheRidesABeemer]

you almost made me spit on my keyboard

http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e109/AKBeemer/Linked/P7290334.jpg

[AKBeemer]

Gail, Glad I could contribute to your day. It is over the door of the General Store in Beaver Creek, Yukon Territory.

#3721.... Hmm, although I see the association, the real question is why one would take this picture....;)

[GrafikFeat]

Gail, Glad I could contribute to your day. It is over the door of the General Store in Beaver Creek, Yukon Territory.

#3721.... Hmm, although I see the association, the real question is why one would take this picture....;)

Because it's funny! :laugh

[Crow18]

Dangit! Too slow on the upload.

[GrafikFeat]

Ha Ha! That musta smelled lovely! :laugh

[Crow18]

Ha Ha! That musta smelled lovely! :laugh

Just another rainy day in Oregon City. I used to work about half a mile from where that was shot. The pool in the foreground is part of a paper recycling facility, so, yeah, it didn't smell great, but it wasn't near as bad as what you're thinking of.

[GrafikFeat]

...but it wasn't near as bad as what you're thinking of.

As an ex-plumber I've worked on some of those...
Pulp can be... Well lets just say 'stinky'.

"Can you say Tacoma? I knew ya could". :laugh

[Crow18]

As an ex-plumber I've worked on some of those...
Pulp can be... Well lets just say 'stinky'.

"Can you say Tacoma? I knew ya could". :laugh

Going to work there was always an olfactory adventure.

The job I had before that was in NW Portland (near where the big REI is now). Some days we could smell them brewing at Bridgeport, other days we could smell the fish-fertilizer processing plant across the street.

[enfoman]

Post 1730-
That sticker looks mighty familiar!

Bob

[GrafikFeat]

That sticker looks mighty familiar!

Yeah... Too bad folks don't heed its message, eh Bob? ;)

[DashRiprock]

Also watch for iMakeup.

[enfoman]

#3774-

Reflections of Rambling Pig III or '09. Taken during the event with Chromeheads. this past season- where will the next RP be? not quite sure. Hints are out for the Borch belt
in the Catskills!

[womanridge]

Post #3791. A face only a human can love. Nice pic, grafikfeat.

[GrafikFeat]

Post #3791. A face only a human can love. Nice pic, grafikfeat.

That's Emmie... My Sister's pup... Great dog... Great personality!
I'd have a dog but I'm never home... Wouldn't be fair... To either of us...

Maybe later on in my 'career'.

Although as they say: "The later you are, the happier a dog is to see you."

Thanks for the compliment... ;)

[pffog]

3832 says it all. You can tell it is a BMW forum as the rider was too cheap, errr frugal, to put another nickel in the meter, or out and out was just too cheap to put $$ in in the first place :D

[GrafikFeat]

3832 says it all. You can tell it is a BMW forum as the rider was too cheap, errr frugal, to put another nickel in the meter, or out and out was just too cheap to put $$ in in the first place :D

Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
:brad
Albert Einstein

[criminaldesign]

<a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/gov79UO2E-EOvCDArye3ng?authkey=Gv1sRgCOiEwtPzlJ_EBg&feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_zaPG_FhLAxw/SqpstVzH9RI/AAAAAAAAGJE/oGu1UmUol5s/s800/DSC01642.JPG" /></a>

Pittsburgh Parking Meter. Where a quarter gets you 7.5 minutes downtown. I can't wait to get out of here today. h

[Crow18]

#3852 - that's a quince tree, isn't it?

[SheRidesABeemer]

Around here, I figured that it's a crabapple tree. Never heard of quince in this area.

[tommcgee]

Around here, I figured that it's a crabapple tree. Never heard of quince in this area.

Quince in New England is common and usually in a bush form, thorny and unfriendly.

[Crow18]

We had a few quince trees where I grew up (a bit south of you, in CT), but the fruit never amounted to much--little rock-hard things my brother and I used to wing at each other. The tree we've got now bears pretty well. The fruit can get big and lumpy like that, but looking again at the wood and leaves, I see they're pretty different.

On the other hand, there's so much variety to these things. The crabapple tree we've got produces little red fruit, about 3/4 inch across and with a flavor like cough syrup. Never could figure out what to do with it.

[SheRidesABeemer]

Tom, that new camera of yours is paying off in spades! Beautiful shot on the dirt road.

[tommcgee]

Tom, that new camera of yours is paying off in spades! Beautiful shot on the dirt road.

Thanks, but I haven't been using the DLSR. I'm mostly using my Sony DSC-H50 or Canon G10. I'm also extremely impressed with the Casio FC-1000, which I forgot to bring to Canada last week.

I like the XSi well enough, but it's too big and klunkie for the bike on an extended trip.

[GrafikFeat]

3875: Neat idea to present it as loose images.

[Crow18]

3875: Neat idea to present it as loose images.

Thanks. It was frankly the easiest way to conceal where the edges of the clouds didn't match exactly.

[GrafikFeat]

...easiest way to conceal where the edges of the clouds...

There are ways "Grasshopper"... :ha

[Crow18]

There are ways "Grasshopper"... :ha

Believe me, I know. Some days I get things to work by just being a lazy bastard.

[GrafikFeat]

Believe me, I know. Some days I get things to work by just being a lazy bastard.

Oh... So you know... Never mind! :brad

[flymymbz]

Thanks. It was frankly the easiest way to conceal where the edges of the clouds didn't match exactly.


Really like the way that came out. What software are you using? The panorama stuff I have is not usable with my new computer...... ~sigh~

[lineman126]

Hey C D that has to be the damn up near erie or Conneaut Lake. I can't remember the name though.:banghead

[criminaldesign]

Ding Ding Ding Conneaut

Spillway feeding frenzy. So thick in carp the gulls are walking on the backs of the fish.
For some reason it makes me angry watching the nasty ass carp. It would be something sorta like the living dead.


Hey C D that has to be the damn up near erie or Conneaut Lake. I can't remember the name though.:banghead

[criminaldesign]

oh man this could open up bad taste, I'll remain cooth.

[Crow18]

Really like the way that came out. What software are you using? The panorama stuff I have is not usable with my new computer...... ~sigh~

Thanks. This is a fairly old shot, and I used whatever version of Photoshop was current then (5.5?). I don't think I used any tools that aren't included in Photoshop Elements (or whatever they're calling the "lite" version these days). I created a really wide file, put each frame on a separate layer, rotated the outer frames to match up with the center frame (if you temporarily reduce the opacity of the foremost layer, it's easier to get things lined up; once the positioning is as good as it's going to get, you set everything back to 100% opaque). The drop shadow is just a layer effect. Drop shadow settings (blend effect = multiply, opacity = 26%, angle = 120, distance = 11px, size = 5px). Like I said, I was really being lazy. Looking at it now, there are white edges on frames 3 and 4 that I really should have trimmed...

The original panorama also had a background image of the four of us who climbed St. Helens that day. It looked like this:

http://homepage.mac.com/ericgibbs/moai/pano_orig.jpg

...but I thought maybe that was a little too much digital post-production for the Free Association topic. I'm the guy on the left who looks like he's worried about how the photo will turn out.

[flymymbz]

VERY NICE!! I like that one even better.

I have Elements 6, I guess I need to spend some serious time figuring out how to use it.

[tommcgee]

Hey Jim, is that house EVER gonna be completed?! :laugh

[GrafikFeat]

Hey Jim, is that house EVER gonna be completed?!

Argh!
We stopped work because we found Jimmy Hoffa!

[tommcgee]

I thought I recognized the cement overshoes...

[SheRidesABeemer]

I'd just like to say that I'm glad we've not had to start a women's photography thread....:)

[GrafikFeat]

#3882- oh man this could open up bad taste, I'll remain cooth.

This is uncouth? :hungover

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jim_popper/3924746235/" title="Eagle's Dinner. by GrafikFeat, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3536/3924746235_bd483cf9ef_m.jpg" width="240" height="161" alt="Eagle's Dinner." /></a>

I was watching two Bald Eagles in my backyard (http://www.steelheaduniversity.com/images/reiter2.jpg) swooping and circling,
so I went to investigate and came across the above on the rivers edge.
I had inadvertently disrupted their lunch of fresh Steelhead. (http://www.steelheaduniversity.com/sky.html)

It was originally grouped in a set along w/ these images on Flickr:

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jim_popper/379733785/" title="Startled. by GrafikFeat, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/143/379733785_3ca5d8fcca_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="Startled." /></a>

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jim_popper/379733780/" title="Leave Already. by GrafikFeat, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/153/379733780_4db8643ffa_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="Leave Already." /></a>

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jim_popper/379733775/" title="Perched. by GrafikFeat, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/177/379733775_17a08de733_m.jpg" width="161" height="240" alt="Perched." /></a>

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jim_popper/379733768/" title="Pair. by GrafikFeat, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/132/379733768_363ea5fcf2_m.jpg" width="240" height="169" alt="Pair." /></a>

Sorry if I 'Offend'... :brow

[DashRiprock]

Mmmmmm. Sashimi.

[lightzoo]

I thought it was what happens to steelhead when they ride without a helmet. :laugh

[GrafikFeat]

Mmmmmm. Sashimi.
I thought it was what happens to steelhead when they ride without a helmet.

Ha! Sashimi. They already got the eggs... Grrr.
Who needs a helmet when you have a "Steel head"!


Remember: Eagles have ATGATT...

[DashRiprock]

Who needs a helmet when you have a "Steel head"!

Yeh, but looks like it's not a Snell/DOT approved head...maybe the eagles ate the stickers.

[GrafikFeat]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2455/3898404976_08c602ae0e_b.jpg

"I'd just like to say that I'm glad we've not had to start a women's photography thread..."

Ms. Hatch... You didn't use these did you?! :D

[SheRidesABeemer]

I will play the chick card when it comes to cops and porta pots :thumb

[GrafikFeat]

Those two go together well...

I do enjoy that they also identify it by printing on pink paper. :whistle

[GrafikFeat]

#3945:

That from the movie Cocoon? :rofl

[Holly]

I agree with Gail on being glad that there isn't a women's only photo thread. And in the spirit of free association I just had to add this picture. Check out the graphics. Who says the Germans don't have a sense of humour!

http://frelsi.smugmug.com/photos/657099239_vGLRT-M.jpg

[marchyman]

Re 3968: I was out riding and missed my chance to reply to 3968 with this...

<img src="http://www.snafu.org/smbc/trips/2009/gardnerville/29-bodie/p-20090829-0759-5601.jpg" title="Goes with eggs">

[Crow18]

I think the two images flow pretty well on their own merits, but just as an aside, 3971 was taken about 10 miles from 3970.

[SheRidesABeemer]

mmm bacon.

[Oznay]

CRISPY bacon...

[OfficerImpersonator]

Jim: Why do I hear "Dueling Banjos" in my head whenever I look at the thread of late? :)

[GrafikFeat]

Jim: Why do I hear "Dueling Banjos" in my head whenever I look at the thread of late? :)

Inbreeding? :love
I dunno... Why? :lol

[OfficerImpersonator]

Inbreeding? :love
I dunno... Why? :lol

:groovy "Any picture you can post, I can post better..."

[GrafikFeat]

#4017: Nice Eagles...

I've been seeing a lot lately up here.
Must be the salmon run(s) right now.

[Crow18]

#4021 I see what you did there. Nice one.

[SheRidesABeemer]

I got a big chuckle over the stuff in your eyes pics. :D

[GrafikFeat]

http://terham.smugmug.com/photos/163848631_ZHzwz-M.jpg

Now that's an old image... Mr. Spitzer. :D

[terham]

A lot has changed in two years. :laugh

[GrafikFeat]

A lot has changed in two years. :laugh

Heck Yeah!
Is that the one on Long Island when you get off the ferry?

[terham]

That's the road into Hancock (Rt 191) at the PA/NY border after crossing the Delaware R. Very pretty through there.

[GrafikFeat]

Very pretty through there.

Yes it is... Albeit crowded sometimes...
Good fishing too... <")\\\>{

[terham]

http://terham.smugmug.com/photos/674564068_jApVZ-L.jpg

[GrafikFeat]

::::sigh::::

[SheRidesABeemer]

re cow in 4056, nice one Tom even if it was ignored. :)

[tommcgee]

re cow in 4056, nice one Tom even if it was ignored. :)

:nod ...and oh drat, I was wondering where it would go from there...

One of the things that's annoying about this forum software is the inability to drag and drop images. Even if you know how to quickly find your images and upload them to a hosting site (or if they are already on a hosting site), it still takes too long.

And then again, if you didn't get the association, you might ignore it, I suppose.

[Crow18]

:nod ...and oh drat, I was wondering where it would go from there...

One of the things that's annoying about this forum software is the inability to drag and drop images. Even if you know how to quickly find your images and upload them to a hosting site (or if they are already on a hosting site), it still takes too long.

And then again, if you didn't get the association, you might ignore it, I suppose.

Let's see if I can't kick it in a different direction. This was the photo I would've posted in reply to Tom's, and it's still relevant because the subject is, as you can see, refueling.

I've missed the boat a few times while uploading an image. Fortunately, the new version of OS X is a bit speedier about that.

[tommcgee]

This was the photo I would've posted in reply to Tom's, and it's still relevant because the subject is, as you can see, refueling.

HAHAHAHA! :thumb

[GrafikFeat]

re cow in 4056, nice one Tom even if it was ignored. :)

I went to put a field of grass in after it but was beat out.

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jim_popper/3959296277/" title="Not Mowed. by GrafikFeat, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2437/3959296277_d01f9ec70f_m.jpg" width="240" height="161" alt="Not Mowed." /></a>

I don't question subjectivity any more. :brow

Even w/ Lamble gone.

[AKBeemer]

Hmmmmm. I'd prefer to get away from the dead animal theme.

[terham]

Hello? Did I kill the thread or is everyone out riding?

[Crow18]

Hello? Did I kill the thread or is everyone out riding?

Oh, all right. Hang on a sec.

[terham]

I feel better. :)

[GrafikFeat]

I feel better. :)

No.

He beat me.

[SheRidesABeemer]

I have to work at work now...it's very different! Taking some getting used to!

[GrafikFeat]

Dontcha just hate that... Sheesh... Ooops... Boss is comin'... see ya... >poof<

[womanridge]

Post #4082: Voni, where in the world did you find such a mess?

[Voni]

Near Seattle. The day after the Fourth of July. On an Indian reservation where they can and do sell most any kind of fireworks you can imagine!

Voni

[GrafikFeat]

Near Seattle. The day after the Fourth of July. On an Indian reservation where they can and do sell most any kind of fireworks you can imagine!

Voni


Boom City!

[SheRidesABeemer]

This is almost as hot as a K bike....:dance

http://www.snafu.org/pics/moa/p-20091020-1756-0101.jpg

[tommcgee]

This is almost as hot as a K bike....:dance

-gulp- Did you?

[SheRidesABeemer]

-gulp- Did you?

No, no, it was in the other thread..I forgot to grab the quote...

[marchyman]

[QUOTE=SheRidesABeemer;508941]This is almost as hot as a K bike....:dance

Feh.... I've had K-bikes. The last one gave me buyers remorse (after owning the bike two years :nyah).

The 7D... I figure it will take me another month of just play to become familiar with the bells and whistles that I'll actually use. I've already given up on trying to learn everything.

It sure is a nice step up from my Rebel XT.

[womanridge]

Post #4121
Gail, is that the Portland, OR airport? Nice shot.

[SheRidesABeemer]

Yup, Sunday AM @7:00.... I always carry the P&S!

[AKBeemer]

Ref # 4127

Gail, It's fun to watch your daughter grow up through your posts. From the looks of things you will soon be hearing, "Mom, can I borrow the bike.... I'll be home by 10?"

[SheRidesABeemer]

Ref # 4127

Gail, It's fun to watch your daughter grow up through your posts. From the looks of things you will soon be hearing, "Mom, can I borrow the bike.... I'll be home by 10?"

"No, honey, take your own bike". :nono

[AKBeemer]

But what is yours is hers and what is hers is hers... watch your jewelry too.

[GrafikFeat]

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3088/2905888402_cefe61df18_o.jpg

Love the expressions on the last two...

[SheRidesABeemer]

I remember that shirt, it says "My Mom's the best, she rides a BMW". Got it at the Trenton rally

[GrafikFeat]

Noting the BD Cakes theme... :brow

Happy Birthday Gail! :dance

[womanridge]

Post #4229... Now that is funny, Gail! :clap

[GrafikFeat]

Post #4229... Now that is funny, Gail! :clap

Oh Puh Leeze... It's "Udder Nonsense"... :ha

[SheRidesABeemer]

Love the mud to Woodstock segue!

[r11rs94]

Justs a reminder of the rules.

Photos: Free Association

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

This idea is blatantly stolen from a number of photo forums, including dgrin.com. It's a lot of fun. Someone will post a picture. The next forum member should post another picture that reminds him or her of the first in some way: the subject matter, location, color, shape, theme, or other association. The idea is similar to free association in Freudian psychology: "I will say a word, then you say the first word that enters your mind." Instead of words, however, we use photos.

Example:

Photo 1: two guys riding their GSs off road
Photo 2: children playing in a sand box
Photo 3: a sandy beach
Photo 4: a surfer catching a wave
Photo 5: a rider carving the twisties
Photo 6: etc.

The photos may have been taken at any time, but they must by your photo taken by you.

NOTE: In order for this to work, you must respond to the photo immediately preceding yours. Part of the challenge here is timing. Please do not respond to previous photos--only the last one in the thread. Responding to images further back breaks the continuity of the free association.

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[criminaldesign]

my bad, removed header.

now its based on females "hanging" around.

i know, bad joke.

[r11rs94]

my bad, removed header.

now its based on females "hanging" around.

i know, bad joke.

Not that bad...:D

[AKBeemer]

Criminal, Don't let this stop you from posting. The free association thread can always use some new perspectives.

[jamesdunn]

The train photo (posted by gwood) is the ride from Durango to Silverton. I have ridden it many times and have a good friend that works for the line, John Briner, engineer. My old "neck of the woods". Lovely country and trip!

[gwood]

The train photo (posted by gwood) is the ride from Durango to Silverton. I have ridden it many times and have a good friend that works for the line, John Briner, engineer. My old "neck of the woods". Lovely country and trip!

This was my first time riding the train. I'd been through Durango many times on bike trips, but had never taken the time to ride it. Last year I had my 13YO son with me, and we decided to actually stop and do some things on that trip, rather than just blitz around the state. We rafted for a day on the Arkansas, saw Mesa Verde, rode the tram up Monarch, etc.

I think we'll go back again next year and ride the train up to Silverton and raft back on the Animas.:clap

[jamesdunn]

This was my first time riding the train. I'd been through Durango many times on bike trips, but had never taken the time to ride it. Last year I had my 13YO son with me, and we decided to actually stop and do some things on that trip, rather than just blitz around the state. We rafted for a day on the Arkansas, saw Mesa Verde, rode the tram up Monarch, etc.

I think we'll go back again next year and ride the train up to Silverton and raft back on the Animas.:clap

Not many do as you did, that is, doing things "off the bike". Good idea and fun! The raft trip back from Silverton sounds cool. I know some take the bus back as opposed to the train, but a raft? A much more entertaining way to travel!

[jamesdunn]

Nice ol' red motorbike. What is it?

[marchyman]

Moto Guzzi, I think.

http://www.lifeinitaly.com/motorcycle/moto-guzzi.asp

and

<img src="http://www.snafu.org/saturday/2007/solvang/p-20070325-1037-2541.jpg" title="Guzzi">

[jamesdunn]

Thanks marchyman! Nice photo.

[criminaldesign]

i'm guilty myself, one bike shot generates a long stagnant thread of bike shots.

[MLS2GO]

The shot I posted if the world's largest goose (4477) had wings as did the sculpture. I do not get the 4478 post. Anyone?

[jamesdunn]

The shot I posted if the world's largest goose (4477) had wings as did the sculpture. I do not get the 4478 post. Anyone?

Maybe that BMW's fly? No, I think the poster just threw something up, or perhaps saw the old Guzzi pic. Sometimes posters don't pay much attention to association, even though the thread evolves that way in a more interesting fashion.

[SheRidesABeemer]

The shot I posted if the world's largest goose (4477) had wings as did the sculpture. I do not get the 4478 post. Anyone?

I wondered the same thing, his bike is a flying goose? , but got past the lack of association and moved on to garage pictures (again)

[terham]

Color? Grey(?) and black on the bike?:dunno

[gwood]

I wondered the same thing, his bike is a flying goose? , but got past the lack of association and moved on to garage pictures (again)

Maybe he named his bike "Gray Goose"??

[GrafikFeat]

Maybe he named his bike "Gray Goose"??

Perhaps they drink Grey Goose Vodka and were drunk when posting...

Oooo! That reminds me... :drink

[marchyman]

Re 4543: I was a couple of seconds too slow, but it still kind of works so I'll leave it alone.

[henzilla]

#4581 pre-emptive strike explanation....look on the wall behind the kid on the bike in Oznays pic #4580:laugh:laugh:laugh

[SheRidesABeemer]

wow, you are old!

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jim_popper/3934786508/" title="Joe Terleph Invents a Cub. by GrafikFeat, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2620/3934786508_bfd60ea82a_o.jpg" width="988" height="807" alt="Joe Terleph Invents a Cub." /></a>

[GrafikFeat]

What of it you young whipper snapper... :gerg

There's an interesting back story on that image.

[gwood]

There's an interesting back story on that image.

And that is.......?:lurk

[GrafikFeat]

And that is.......?:lurk

My grandfather... Standing outside the plane built that one and one other in his backyard.
If you think it looks like a Piper Cub it does. Piper stole it from him.

Look at some articles here. (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jim_popper/sets/72157622412527322/)

[jamesdunn]

I do not get #4417. Wire fences, corrals etc. My post previous to that is an oil pump which reminds me of an insect (grasshopper). It was in association with the towers which are reminescent of the Venus Flytraps right before them.

[GrafikFeat]

I do not get #4417. Wire fences, corrals etc. My post previous to that is an oil pump which reminds me of an insect (grasshopper). It was in association with the towers which are reminescent of the Venus Flytraps right before them.

Wire fence behind the pump... Barbed wire fence...

As I see it anyway...

[jamesdunn]

Wire fence behind the pump... Barbed wire fence...

As I see it anyway...

I think you're right! Thanks.

[GrafikFeat]

Me thinks people come back and don't refresh the screen/cache as some of these posts skip a few images... :brow

Or is it me? :scratch