From: Bowser on
On Mon, 22 Mar 2010 12:37:25 -0500, James Nagler
<jnagler(a)spamproofed.net> wrote:

>On Mon, 22 Mar 2010 17:30:29 +0000, Elliott Roper <nospam(a)yrl.co.uk> wrote:
>
>>In article <ReNpn.237$5N3.75(a)bos-service2b.ext.ray.com>, Bowser
>><its(a)bowzah.ukme> wrote:
>>
>>> "Robert Coe" <bob(a)1776.COM> wrote in message
>>> news:8m8dq5dc2ir23embopg1cicveah0ufo8av(a)4ax.com...
>>> > On Sun, 21 Mar 2010 17:31:30 -0400, "Larry Thong"
>>> > <larry_thong(a)shitstring.com>
>>> > wrote:
>>> > : Amazingly enough spike is back in town after a long absense! I had all
>>> > but
>>> > : given up hope on ever seeing him again. He's still standing tall and
>>> > erect.
>>> > : And, of course, he's not camera shy in the slightest when the 200/2 is
>>> > in
>>> > : front of the old D3.
>>> > :
>>> > : <http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/mm261/Ritaberk/Spike.jpg>
>>> >
>>> > Now why did I think that Spike was probably a dog?
>>> >
>>> > Bob
>>>
>>> It's not, but you've got to admit, the pic blows.
>>
>>Sure it does, but it sucked us all in to have a look!
>
>When a talentless troll needs to buy $15,000 worth of camera gear to troll
>a newsgroup, there's obviously something very wrong with that troll. This
>must be just like everyone else without talent. Throw more money at what
>you want to do, that'll fix it!
>
>

Hey, give him credit. It's his best pic todate.
From: Peter on
"James Nagler" <jnagler(a)spamproofed.net> wrote in message
news:djafq552aj5adfh9ve3irinam85s4pgvqo(a)4ax.com...
> On Mon, 22 Mar 2010 17:30:29 +0000, Elliott Roper <nospam(a)yrl.co.uk>
> wrote:
>
>>In article <ReNpn.237$5N3.75(a)bos-service2b.ext.ray.com>, Bowser
>><its(a)bowzah.ukme> wrote:
>>
>>> "Robert Coe" <bob(a)1776.COM> wrote in message
>>> news:8m8dq5dc2ir23embopg1cicveah0ufo8av(a)4ax.com...
>>> > On Sun, 21 Mar 2010 17:31:30 -0400, "Larry Thong"
>>> > <larry_thong(a)shitstring.com>
>>> > wrote:
>>> > : Amazingly enough spike is back in town after a long absense! I had
>>> > all
>>> > but
>>> > : given up hope on ever seeing him again. He's still standing tall
>>> > and
>>> > erect.
>>> > : And, of course, he's not camera shy in the slightest when the 200/2
>>> > is
>>> > in
>>> > : front of the old D3.
>>> > :
>>> > : <http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/mm261/Ritaberk/Spike.jpg>
>>> >
>>> > Now why did I think that Spike was probably a dog?
>>> >
>>> > Bob
>>>
>>> It's not, but you've got to admit, the pic blows.
>>
>>Sure it does, but it sucked us all in to have a look!
>
> When a talentless troll needs to buy $15,000 worth of camera gear to troll
> a newsgroup, there's obviously something very wrong with that troll. This
> must be just like everyone else without talent. Throw more money at what
> you want to do, that'll fix it!


Do we really know who the equipment owner is?

--
Peter
Just a thought

From: Robert Coe on
On Mon, 22 Mar 2010 12:52:01 -0400, "Bowser" <its(a)bowzah.ukme> wrote:
:
:
: "Robert Coe" <bob(a)1776.COM> wrote in message
: news:8m8dq5dc2ir23embopg1cicveah0ufo8av(a)4ax.com...
: > On Sun, 21 Mar 2010 17:31:30 -0400, "Larry Thong"
: > <larry_thong(a)shitstring.com>
: > wrote:
: > : Amazingly enough spike is back in town after a long absense! I had all
: > but
: > : given up hope on ever seeing him again. He's still standing tall and
: > erect.
: > : And, of course, he's not camera shy in the slightest when the 200/2 is
: > in
: > : front of the old D3.
: > :
: > : <http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/mm261/Ritaberk/Spike.jpg>
: >
: > Now why did I think that Spike was probably a dog?
: >
: > Bob
:
: It's not, but you've got to admit, the pic blows.

Yeah, I like the picture, for both its humorous composition and its technical
excellence. It's just that for historical reasons I was expecting a dog.

Bob
From: Robert Coe on
On Mon, 22 Mar 2010 16:17:44 -0500, George Kerby <ghost_topper(a)hotmail.com>
wrote:
:
:
:
: On 3/22/10 1:03 PM, in article
: 2010032211031316807-savageduck1(a)REMOVESPAMmecom, "Savageduck"
: <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> wrote:
:
: > On 2010-03-22 10:50:26 -0700, "Frank ess" <frank(a)fshe2fs.com> said:
: >
: >>
: >>
: >> Elliott Roper wrote:
: >>> In article <ReNpn.237$5N3.75(a)bos-service2b.ext.ray.com>, Bowser
: >>> <its(a)bowzah.ukme> wrote:
: >>>
: >>>> "Robert Coe" <bob(a)1776.COM> wrote in message
: >>>> news:8m8dq5dc2ir23embopg1cicveah0ufo8av(a)4ax.com...
: >>>>> On Sun, 21 Mar 2010 17:31:30 -0400, "Larry Thong"
: >>>>> <larry_thong(a)shitstring.com>
: >>>>> wrote:
: >>>>>> Amazingly enough spike is back in town after a long absense! I
: >>>>>> had all but given up hope on ever seeing him again. He's still
: >>>>>> standing tall and erect. And, of course, he's not camera shy in
: >>>>>> the slightest when the 200/2 is in front of the old D3.
: >>>>>>
: >>>>>> <http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/mm261/Ritaberk/Spike.jpg>
: >>>>>
: >>>>> Now why did I think that Spike was probably a dog?
: >>>>>
: >>>>> Bob
: >>>>
: >>>> It's not, but you've got to admit, the pic blows.
: >>>
: >>> Sure it does, but it sucked us all in to have a look!
: >>
: >> Wait a minute. I /know/ Spike. Spike is a friend of mine. Take my word
: >> for it: that's no spike. More like a stake.
: >
: > I seem to remember a GBH in either a Bret or a Rita shot, with the
: > moniker "Spike."
:
: The difference:
:
: If it was Bret, it was a Labrador.
:
: If it was Rita, it was a pile of dogshit.

But alweays with the south end of the dog!

Bob
From: Robert Coe on
On Mon, 22 Mar 2010 19:23:56 -0400, "Tim Conway" <tconway_113(a)comcast.net>
wrote:
:
: "Savageduck" <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> wrote in message
: news:2010032211031316807-savageduck1(a)REMOVESPAMmecom...
: > On 2010-03-22 10:50:26 -0700, "Frank ess" <frank(a)fshe2fs.com> said:
: >
: >>
: >>
: >> Elliott Roper wrote:
: >>> In article <ReNpn.237$5N3.75(a)bos-service2b.ext.ray.com>, Bowser
: >>> <its(a)bowzah.ukme> wrote:
: >>>
: >>>> "Robert Coe" <bob(a)1776.COM> wrote in message
: >>>> news:8m8dq5dc2ir23embopg1cicveah0ufo8av(a)4ax.com...
: >>>>> On Sun, 21 Mar 2010 17:31:30 -0400, "Larry Thong"
: >>>>> <larry_thong(a)shitstring.com>
: >>>>> wrote:
: >>>>>> Amazingly enough spike is back in town after a long absense! I
: >>>>>> had all but given up hope on ever seeing him again. He's still
: >>>>>> standing tall and erect. And, of course, he's not camera shy in
: >>>>>> the slightest when the 200/2 is in front of the old D3.
: >>>>>>
: >>>>>> <http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/mm261/Ritaberk/Spike.jpg>
: >>>>>
: >>>>> Now why did I think that Spike was probably a dog?
: >>>>>
: >>>>> Bob
: >>>>
: >>>> It's not, but you've got to admit, the pic blows.
: >>>
: >>> Sure it does, but it sucked us all in to have a look!
: >>
: >> Wait a minute. I /know/ Spike. Spike is a friend of mine. Take my word
: >> for it: that's no spike. More like a stake.
: >
: > I seem to remember a GBH in either a Bret or a Rita shot, with the moniker
: > "Spike."
:
: There for a while there Bret had a lunch-time model that was a GBH called
: Spike. He had several good photos and then the wildlife commission came and
: rehabilitated the bird or so I've surmised. They were good photos except
: for the nail (spike) coming out its neck. GBH's are cool. One of the most
: graceful birds in flight to see.

They "rehabilitated" him because he used to mooch lunch from Bret? I don't
recall that, and I'm not sure it passes the believability test.

Bob