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Or he took a step up from the French League to the Premier League!

Right just to clear some things up, Pubs are not public places. The licensee has the right to refuse to serve anyone for any reason he sees fit, no one has the right of access to a pub, he is there at the licensee's discretion And a 2.8% downturn in business is enough to close some pubs on the margins of the trade, it may sound an insignificant amount but it isn't

I'm sure it was true a few years ago that the French population had a higher percentage of smokers and lower incidence of lung cancer and heart disease than the British

you want 1 thread with hundreds of pages to talk about nothing or feckin hundreds of threads with three pages to talk about nothing? I know which I prefer

Owen will wait a long long time for the Big 4 to come running imo Even Redscouse would probably think twice with his injury history

I vaguely recall Esther Rantzen having a campaign about something similar many years ago on 'That's Life'. Are they basically little tea bags full of tobacco that you suck? skoal bandits

If people stop smoking it won't save lives, it will just delay the inevitable

Al knows perfectly well I don't have a boot, you Brian are forgiven

Genuine question this gareth. Do you have to have "Official" no smoking signs are are you permitted to make your own, as long as they say the same thhing? I doubt many people have the facility to print on clear celluloid with adhesive on one side because of the wording of the law, I have to have a sign on every entry point to my place of work ie my car, thats five signs, even though passengers on;ly ever use three doors

How is that ridiculous? Your car is used by members of the public, therefore it is a public place. Tough, basically. Its ridiculous because now I HAVE to buy signs telling the public they can't smoke in my car, whereas for the last 8 years I've got by with telling them myself! So if they do find someone smoking in my car (given that there's only me and them) they have to report it to me, so they either have to grass themselves up (like I wouldn't have noticed) or report me to me. I find that a tad ludicrous Oh yes and I've just noticed the price of no smoking signs has gone up

yep was about to post the very same thing, the no Celtic players quote was very illuminating

**** stupid stupid stupid law I have to get signs for every door of my car telling people they are entering a no smoking workplace and if they find anyone smoking they should report them to..................................me. Now being as the only person likely to be smoking in my car is me - go figure the logic of that one out But get this, even if I'm not out working and I'm in my car for social and domestic reasons I'm still breaking the law by smoking in my car Oh yes nanny knows best, nanny knows how to talk shit better than anyone else

I've got a lowepro slingshot 200 AW spare, don't think its big enough for two bodies though. Have a look in a shop and see what you think I'm doing a similar thing with my 105mm macro VR today. I'm taking a few lenses with me but thats the only lens my filter system works with right now (only one my current adaptors fit until I get to a camera shop). So the idea is to shoot some landscapes with my macro, the just to see if the filters are "invisible" on the new sensor but it also makes you move about to get the right shot, I've done it before and it is good training for the eye and makes you walk more

I really like that as well. Also looks good if you blank out the plants at the bottom - makes it a bit more mysterious. I know what you mean Peter but I took the decision not to crop on this one as its really only a test shot, I'm going to go back and this time shoot it in decent light and from the other side of the fence. closer up witha wider faster lens. I've had my eye on that wall for ages, I stare at it every time the missus needs to go to the dentist I have this theory that closer up it won't need to be desaturated as there'll be very little colour anyway - a bit of rust maybe. Time'll tell

Same Wall as before, from the exact same spot but with a fisheye lens. Not too much thought gone into it I was just pissing about. It does show the fence I had to shoot the other shot through though

We'll funny you should mention that, not including the ones in my phones, I think its nine. And once I've got the D70 serviced (it badly needs a sensor clean) it'll be on its way up to Wesham for you to borrow complete with two lenses

What, you mean you get someone else to develop your photos, how bloody lazy is that

Oi spud face, that macro was not shot on Auto Focus you bloody celluloid dinosaur

mid grey is the digital photographers friend learn to love it Nah I know what you mean really DrS, needs a bit more PS work methinks to increase the contrast Anyway here's another macro, this one I'm quite pleased with the effect, even if it is a bit of a cliché

Testing the Macro as a Macro Used my new 105mm Macro and two remote control SB200 speedlights

Stairway to Heaven Not to everyone's tastes I shouldn't imagine but one from today whilst waiting for the missus to come out of the dentists

I think he would prefer him in that position yes, i just think he wants actual wingers, whilst i dont think Sneidjer is he is similar to Barry as in a side midfielder not a winger. I don't think he's the same as Barry, Sniedjer is an all out attacking midfielder, Barry is a converted defender who played left back for a number of games last season, Taylor is not the fastest of players and also started as a Left back, Sneidjer is better than both Barry and Taylor and thus i personally think he'd be mad to choose Taylor over him even if he wants to play with two "wingers" which hasn't even been confirmed yet. Actually Barry is a central midfielder who was converted to a central defender by JG When he came from Brighton he was a central mid

Happy Mondays lite not a good thing

drstupid, I take it you are combining two versions of the same image, altered in RAW conversion to give a great dynamic range? If so I may be able to help but later in the week, I take it you are doing it in Photoshop? If so I have a photoshop action I can mail you Ihats a great shot, I expect the hogwarts express to run me over at any time now (and you are right, it was a lot of purchasing and no theres no secret cheap place - lets just say I treated myself with a bit of a legacy)

trust me the money hasnt come from taxi driving, anyway got to get used to all my toys before my French Hols in July, then its back to try to attempt some live band photo's which you might be able to give a little helping hand with as you've done a bit yourself haven't you?