Camera and Coffee

[DownUnder]

A truly marvellous thread, this.

As my personal project to try to keep myself sane in our increasingly insane world, I will now brew a pot of my freshly ground favourite McIver's (Victoria Market, Melbourne) moka-espresso mix, and set to perusing this old thread from page one.

And admire (and yes, I admit it, lust after) all those beaut cameras I've either owned in the past or wanted to.

To exercise the senses as well as the mind. No cigars, tho'. I had to give those up in 2007. I still miss them, but as they say, them's the breaks.

(Added later, after a brief peruse) Huh. Many interesting comments from 2004, but the photos are now all extinct..!!!

 

[JeffS7444]

Ricoh Auto-Half, Makaibari Smoky Mountain black Darjeeling tea.

 

[jonal928]

My birthday snacks (taken tonight)
Leica D-Lux 5
L1010374 1 S2 by Jeri Leibovits, on Flickr

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[DownUnder]

Ricoh Auto-Half, Makaibari Smoky Mountain black Darjeeling tea.
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A delightful image, but - tea?!? Isn't that a drink for old ladies? 😈

(I will now leave the room.)

Okay. If pushed to the wall about this I will happily settle for a cup of double strength Oolong. Freshly steeped rom tea leaves - my late grandma liked gauze tea bags but she saved them all and reused them on average seven times, which may explain my basic distaste of anything to do with tea. A weak excuse, but p**s-weak tea, fooi!!

 

[agentlossing]

My birthday snacks (taken tonight)
Leica D-Lux 5
L1010374 1 S2 by Jeri Leibovits, on Flickr

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

 

[jonal928]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Oh, thank you very much.

 

[Retro-Grouch]

A delightful image, but - tea?!? Isn't that a drink for old ladies? 😈

(I will now leave the room.)

It fueled the British Empire during three decades of world domination (including an entire continent in the Southern Hemisphere of which courtesy prevents my mention). But yeah, I'm a coffee guy... 😉

 

[DownUnder]

It fueled the British Empire during three decades of world domination (including an entire continent in the Southern Hemisphere of which courtesy prevents my mention). But yeah, I'm a coffee guy... 😉

Noted. In a word, yuk. To me (and entirely my own judgment, YMD) tea whether Chinese, Indian or that weak sludge they used to serve in England and all its colonies, is a p*ssy drink. Apologies to any cat reading this, no offence intended.

 

[chuckroast]

Noted. In a word, yuk. To me (and entirely my own judgment, YMD) tea whether Chinese, Indian or that weak sludge they used to serve in England and all its colonies, is a p*ssy drink. Apologies to any cat reading this, no offence intended.

Yer both wrong. Real Men (tm) drink both coffee and tea, though rarely at the same time...

 

[Retro-Grouch]

Yer both wrong. Real Men (tm) drink both coffee and tea, though rarely at the same time...

Real men drink Mountain Dew. Yee-haw!
(Brush regularly and see your dentist twice a year.)

 

[agentlossing]

Coffee for the morning, green tea for the afternoon.

 

[chuckroast]

Real men drink Mountain Dew. Yee-haw!
(Brush regularly and see your dentist twice a year.)

Ewwwwww. Turn in yer man card, buddy ...

 

[DownUnder]

Yer both wrong. Real Men (tm) drink both coffee and tea, though rarely at the same time...

Agree entirely. I note that in some circles this is known as "switch hitting.

This said, in the remote Asian places I hang out in, the coffee served looks like it was made from river mud, so tea it has to be.

Another relevant (to some) point is most coffee matches better with a slug of whatever local hooch is fresh out of the barrel or the bucket. Hence my preference.

(Oh, what I've started...)

 

[Retro-Grouch]

I succumbed to the Woke Mind Virus years ago. I have a "person card". 😛

 

[chuckroast]

I succumbed to the Woke Mind Virus years ago. I have a "person card". 😛

You are hereby remanded to a reeducation camp.

 

[DownUnder]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Many happy returns to you. And many more birthdays.

The camera and what was on that plate, add up to quite a nice small celebration, tho' I would have opted for something a little stronger than coffee, or as a compromise a little stronger something added to the coffee.

My birthday and Christmas happen to fall on the same month. So I have the perfect excuse to buy two new cameras or lenses every year.

 

[Retro-Grouch]

You are hereby remanded to a reeducation camp.

I've been expecting this for a while. My bags are packed...

 

[chuckroast]

I've been expecting this for a while. My bags are packed...

Your treatment will begin with mandatory Baptist Sunday School every week. There will be more ...

 

[chuckroast]

My birthday snacks (taken tonight)
Leica D-Lux 5
L1010374 1 S2 by Jeri Leibovits, on Flickr

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Happy birthday from a fellow D-Lux owner - in my case, a Typ 109.

 

[chuckroast]

Many happy returns to you. And many more birthdays.

The camera and what was on that plate, add up to quite a nice small celebration, tho' I would have opted for something a little stronger than coffee, or as a compromise something added to the coffee.

My birthday and Christmas happen to fall on the same month. So I have the perfect excuse to buy two new cameras or lenses every year.

You need an "excuse"? That IS a novel idea ;P