What bemused you today?

[Oldboy]

Watching the breakfast news the other day and a woman was been interviewed when a caption appeared saying she was an actor! What is wrong with actress! Does this mean a female becomes male and woman becomes man? She becomes he and her becomes him! If we are trying to become gender nonspecific then shouldn't we do away with two sets of toilets and put human on the door? 

[Jonathan]

Damn straight.  Why don't we have doctress?  And tax inspectress?  And soldieress?  And firewoman?  Not to mention woman police constable (which actually had slightly more point).  And photographeress?

I mean apart from the fact it's pointless, illogical and demeaning......

Just one of the arguments is that it allows employers to pay different amounts since actor and actress are different jobs.

BTW you know some offices do just have one set of toilets, right?

[hevans]

BTW you know some offices do just have one set of toilets, right?

Yeah, but they're urinals...

[ABERS]

I'll have what he's on!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-10949569

It must be the I-O-W air.

[spinner]

Sounds like age discrimination to me. Bet if it was a couple of 20 somethings nobody bat an eye. Speaking of which, isn't Britain home to that rather infamous activity called 'dogging'? Does this not fit?

[spinner]

WBTD? Been trolling the internet looking for plans/how to's on making floating frames for my canvas prints. Since I discovered no one makes frames to accommodate a 12"x18" print, should have done some research before printing and mounting the canvas. Anyway I come across this YouTube video, that, from it's title is just what I'm looking for. Turns out it's a woman, all dolled up for the camera, cutting frames in the back of a Pro Framing store so she's got these real fancy, job specific machines to cut the mitres and router connecting pin locations. I did a fair bit of woodworking in my youth and have an appreciation for the cost of tools. I figure the machines she's referencing so casually cost a few grand each. Like that would go over at home, "honey I'm going to fork out a few grand for a pair of machines that take up space and will only be used occasionally." 

[Hybridphotog]

What's bemused me?

Viewing some previously edited photos with this new 21.5" TFT monitor (1920x1080). I thought the photos were perfectly acceptable, using my old 19" CRT. Now I see digital noise.

[ABERS]

Just been reading a sales pitch for prints. "the pictures are digitally hand printed", what does that mean? The paper is fed into the printer by hand, or they are not the product of some printing house where perhaps the paper is fed in mechanically.

Still it has a certain ring to it, perhaps a little better than I print them myself.

[spinner]

Bought a 1 TB external drive to swap all my MP3's that I have saved on CD's and DVD's to. Didn't realize how tedious it would be, or how many duplicates I made of songs. 

[Oldboy]

According to the news today, Hay bales are been stolen from farms. This is due to a shortage of hay, because of the hard winter and very dry spring and summer. Hay is grass, so the next time you mow your lawn it could be worth money! 

[irv_b]

According to the news today, Hay bales are been stolen from farms. This is due to a shortage of hay, because of the hard winter and very dry spring and summer. Hay is grass, so the next time you mow your lawn it could be worth money! 

OB if you are volunteering to come and mow our lawn you can keep the grass

[ABERS]

Having cursed many a MAMIL on a Sunday morning on my way to the kid's football and chuckled at the astute marketing men's ability to make someone look utterly ridiculous on two wheels whilst relieving them of large amounts of wonga, I nearly spilt my morning cuppa when I read this

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-10965608

Classic!

It then leads you to think about the same thing as far as photography is concerned. C.an there be out there MAMACES, Middle Aged Men With Camera Envy, MAMAPEPS, Midle Aged Men And Photographic Equipment Posing Syndrome, MAMALL's Middle Aged Men And Large Lenses.

I'm afraid I don't fit into any of these categorisations, I'm well past middle age

I'm more of a SOSNUT, Silly Old Sod Not Understanding Technology.

[picsfor]

yes, i did read the article as i was putting on my lycra - then quietly put them away in the draw and tried to act my age.

Thing is Alan - you're gonna start a GAGGLE (gormless and goofy gags lampooning everything) of "tags" covering all sorts of scenarios.

[Oldboy]

Having cursed many a MAMIL on a Sunday morning on my way to the kid's football and chuckled at the astute marketing men's ability to make someone look utterly ridiculous on two wheels whilst relieving them of large amounts of wonga, I nearly spilt my morning cuppa when I read this

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-10965608

Classic!

I've seen plenty in Sandwell Valley. 

[deetus]

The state of this country.
I've been searching for work for a number of months now in the engineering field and am registered with an online engineering website.
Today they send me an email with details on how to become a financial advisor.