Thread: Musing on the Razor

Originally Posted by unit

The first rule about the voices is, do not talk about the voices....at least that is what the voices tell me.

Funny, the voices tell me not to interrupt them!

Carl… cameras huh? My first 35mm was given to me by my grandfather and was his first 35mm. It is a 1934 Ziess-Icon and I still out a roll or two of film through it every couple of months just to exercise it. Now if you tell me that you like cigars, I’ll swear that you’re my doppelganger twin.

Unit… they always say not to tell anybody. But they forget to mention that it’s ok when you talking to others who hear them. That’s why we know that we’re not crazy. We know that others hear them to.

Roughkype… My wife and I both went back to school for paralegal degrees. Two very important events happened to me in 1999. In January, I broke 10,000 hrs underwater as a diver and in November, I broke my back. As a result of the accident, I was told by the doctor that I probably only had about 3 or 4 capable years left in the line of work that I do. I’m a CNC programmer in the metal industry as well as a welder. I have always enjoyed following politics for the game and as an extension, the law. Now I’m not the quickest of wit, so I don’t really want to have to argue cases but I do like to write and I love doing research, so the paralegal field seemed like a natural step.

Hey Toymkr,

Wow, I am really sorry to hear about your accident. I did office work til I was about 41, then started an electrician's apprenticeship. I'm testing for my Journeyman's license in a couple of weeks. Been doing industrial work, climbing around on catwalks, lifting enormous cables... only a few little twinges so far, but I'm really careful to keep myself fit and safe. The other guys sometimes think I'm a bit of a sissy. Maybe, but I'm starting late, without a couple decades of muscle built up, and I'll be 65 or more when I get my 20 years in.

I'm glad to hear you found a good fit for a second career. You can't still program CNC stuff? Are the programmers also the machine operators?

Best wishes to you.

Originally Posted by Toymkr

...Carl… cameras huh? My first 35mm was given to me by my grandfather and was his first 35mm. It is a 1934 Ziess-Icon and I still out a roll or two of film through it every couple of months just to exercise it. Now if you tell me that you like cigars, I’ll swear that you’re my doppelganger twin...

Yeah, I was obsessed with Vintage German Medium Format cameras a while ago. The Rolleicord III is my favorite, but my little Zeiss Ikon Box Tengor box camera is quite capable of nice photos too. The phoito below was taken with the Box Tengor.

I'm afraid I smoke very few cigars, maybe 5 in my life. They make my head spin...

Roughkype, you’ll appreciate this then… when I broke my back, we were unloading a spool of 1000 MCM ground wire out of the back of a semi trailer with my (now) wife in the nose of the trailor. My wife and I both were industrial electrician’s helpers. I was also the company welder and heavy equipment operator. The boss worked a really sweet deal for me on pay. Standard help pay at $12 an hour, but double time for welding and equipment work and the overtime followed with it. The normal 40 hrs started out as about 35 hrs as help per week, but by the time I left, it had flipped the other way. As for the programming, I’ll continue to draw (CAD work) for certain people when time allows, but I won’t be programming. I’ve got personal copies of ProCad, AutoCad, and Solid Works, so I’ll still have the ability to stay in practice. On the newer equipment, the ops are normally also the programmers, but the stuff we’ve got is 20 yrs old or better. And we still turn out some of the best work in the market.

Carl, I think the computer beat you… or I’m just blind. Me not no see da picta… and you’re not s’pose to inhale the cigar. You just draw it into your mouth so that you can taste it, not choke yourself and get silly in the head… I mean really. Some people…

Originally Posted by Toymkr

...Carl, I think the computer beat you… or I’m just blind. Me not no see da picta… and you’re not s’pose to inhale the cigar. You just draw it into your mouth so that you can taste it, not choke yourself and get silly in the head… I mean really. Some people…

Hmmm. You'll also notice I spelt photo 'phoito'. Can I use a dozen Cooper's Dark Ales as an excuse? No? What about a dozen Dark Ales AND a slowed internet connection? No? OK, it's the wife's fault then...

I guess I COULD post the photo now, but the moment is ruined.

I inhale everything, my wife says I overdo everything, and she's right... I probably need a good talking to, really...

Carl, I really wasn’t going to say anything about the spelling. First because I wasn’t sure if maybe it wasn’t some obscure spelling like “shoppe”, but then also because if it weren’t for having spell check and Microsoft Word, my happy butt would be lost. i write everything with it... even something as simple as this post.

As for overdoing things, maybe 1000 lashes with a wet noodle. I’m not really sure how much good talking will do if you’re like me at all.

Originally Posted by Toymkr

As for overdoing things, maybe 1000 lashes with a wet noodle.

No, I think 2 slaps with a Thater is more appropriate.

And of course, if your shutter speed is too short, it's phoitus interruptus.

And the Freudian overtones of that typo make me wonder a little about Carl's photographic hobby.

Gettin' close to plagiarism there, Roughkype J/K
Well, Carl does spend much of his off-time in the bush.