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Unedited puddle reflection of a couple doing their weekend groceries in Amsterdam.
I've only resized this shot, otherwise it's completely unedited, pure, natural puddle play :))
Why am I calling them cheapskates you're asking?! Because the dude so proudly displays his 'Aldi' food discounter bag ;-)
Personally I don't like food from those supercheap food shops, their products often taste as if they should go in the dog's/cat's food bowl, not the people's food bowl. But I guess a lasting worldwide recession can make that stuff tastier and in a few months you'll probably see me outside the 'Aldi' a lot, together with all the other victims of that latest financial fashion called bankruptcy!
P.s. Happy Women's Day :)
Former Property of United Director Harold Hardman. Facscinating reading.
One of the costs was a 10 Guineas Wedding Present to Les Olive, United once a cheapskate always a cheapskate, ask the Glazer's!.
This is what happens you have a bunch of apples and nothing to do on a lazy Sunday afternoon.
Shot in natural light (because I'm a cheapskate), with a lot of white paper. :)
Brother and I had to nip into Stockport to buy some acrylic paints for our Mum and while we were down there we thought we'd wander up to High Peak Beers in the Market Hall. So we selected three good beers each and were about to leave. Then brother saw this in the display. He pulled various notes, coins and old bus tickets out of his pockets and found he had £15. He asked how much this was and pretended not to be shocked when told it was £16. Not wanting to appear cheapskates we found the spare £1 in loose coppers, 5 pence pieces and a Fairy Liquid 10p off voucher. Result.
So what did we buy? Marble Arch 125 Imperial Stout is a limited edition brewed to commemorate the 125th anniversary of the Marble Arch pub on Rochdale Road in Manchester. The pub begat a micro-brewery which has become the Marble Brewery, one of Manchester's most highly regarded artisan brewers.
So what does it taste like? Rich dark roasted fruits, cherries, plain chocolate, hints of honey and burnt but well buttered toast, caramel and the back of an old armchair.
Cheers folk. Have a good weekend.
Early start on a shrug on next month's color sequence: green, pink, and yellow (there is also a little bit of turquoise in the yarn). This shrug's pattern was on the ballband of the yarn: Caron Simply Soft Shadows in the "Dark Moss" colorway.
There is such a thing as a good acrylic yarn :)
In his pockets
– Pen
– Lighter (zippo)
– Fags, Camel (20)
– Napkin on which is a lipstick mark and phone number of "Adele"
– Tennis balls (x2)
On his person
– Beret
– Thinning hair
– Elaborate tash
– Many rings
– The nails they are bitten
– Striped jumperr (possibly wool)
– The underwear of a lady
– Straight fit trousers (32/34)
– Socks with "days of the week" motif
– Four/five inch heels (leather)
– 15 French francs in used notes and various loose change
"The best laid schemes o' mice an' men
Gang aft a-gley"
well, we planned on a nice day at the beach. cancelled by gale force winds and cold weather. I planned on using my welding glass filter but was cursed by lens reflections.
very much a work in progress but lots of promise. further bits have been ordered and i look forward to testing version 2.
the weatehr was truly awful (which you will see in the shorter exposed shots when i upload them) and sea spray was a contstant Curse.
Scanned SEP 19, 2009 in Denton, TX . This ad was in today's edition of the Denton Wretched-Comical. I would like to apply but Mommy won't let me play outside after dark. Go for it; it's the opportunity of a lifetime. No perks, no benefits, no pay. Denton is conveniently located just north of ordinary in the heart of tornado alley.
BNSF 6034 leads the C-WTMMHD0-01 at roughly the middle of the Armour, MO siding. A sharp eye will pick out the 3 rear DPU motors just above the whistle sign so we have all 135 cars of dinosaur chips in view.
I still can't figure out the rhyme or reason about why there are so many different signal types on this subdivision. Either the BN was a bunch of cheapskates or they couldn't keep from destroying them in derailments. Probably a bit of both. Good thing Chico came along and taught those b&n boys how to railroad.
Cheapskate that I am, I always wait until after Christmas to buy a calendar, because they're always marked down at least 50%. Unfortunately this year I didn't find even a single one that interested me. I don't want a calendar with photos of puppies,* Thomas Kinkade paintings or scenic Tuscany.**
So, since I couldn't find a store-bought calendar that I liked, I decided to make my own.
I measured my old calendar to get the dimensions, then used InDesign to lay out all the pages. Then I went through my digital illustrations and found twelve that I liked and inserted them. I printed it out, and voila! My very own homemade calendar featuring my art work.
Want to see more? Check out my new blog! All the cool kids are doing it!
I'm also on Twitter for some reason.
*Not that there's anything wrong with puppies, I just don't want a calendar full of them.
** This brings up a pet peeve of mine. I like looking at photos of China. I've been there in person, and I can say without a doubt that China has some of the most unusual and breathtaking scenery on the planet. But go to a store and try to find a calendar containing photos of China. It can't be done. They've got scenic calendars of Japan, New York City, Paris, Rome, Tuscany, even Ireland for poop's sake, but God forbid someone publish a China one.
Do the calendar makers think China's not important enough? Let's see... population of Tuscany: 3.7 million. Population of China: 1.3 BILLION. So where are all the frakin' scenic China calendars?
Flint, 11 month old lurcher dog, after his walk.
Taken with the little 35mm film zone focus camera, the Olympus XA2 (recently bought for 50p), and Poundland film (AgfaPhoto Vista Plus 200).
50p camera project 2
Classic example of ageing a mead. I started fermentation on 11/21/18 of this spiced cyser. Fermented it to .996 on 1/19/19 and racked it to another carboy. It was dry as a bone and very clear. It also tasted horrible at that time. It smelled bad and tasted bad. My wife thought I made vinegar and despite being the cheapskate in the family suggested I dump it. On 3/28/19 we tasted it again and it was better but still not very good. Last night on 6/26/19 I pulled it out and suddenly the sour nasty flavor was gone, it smelled fantastic, and tasted good as is. After backsweetening it with some of my honey it is now one of the best things I've made. Cloves, allspice berry, cardmon, vanilla, ginger, cinnamon and nutmeg. So this one took nearly 8 months to get to a point of bottling.
Limited run of 100 screen printed Tea Towels with hand printed, hand numbered black card.
Available from my shop iamcheapskate.bigcartel.com/
Read about it on my blog which is located here
Science and Technology Connection
Pencil Code
Block Coding for Children
This program is like the Logo programming language. The turtle, by default, goes around and around in squares.
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Jenga blocks
Mrs. Grossman's Music Notes Sparkle Stickers
Sponges cut into cubes (Dollar Tree)
Holographic Paper (gift bag from Dollar Tree)
Variegated Yarn (Red Heart "Sunshine Print")
References
"Joshua and the Battle of Jericho" by Jill kemp & Richard Gunther
www.lambsongs.co.nz/Bible%20Story%20Books/Joshua%20And%20...
Friends and Heroes: False Heroes (Episode 4)
www.friendsandheroes.tv/episode4.html
Psalm 133 (Eastgate, Reformed Presbyterian Church of Ireland)
By Baron Bercott, 1962-65. Brutalist municipal buildings in three main blocks - town council offices in main block, council chamber and committee rooms in municipal suite and a public hall block with 1,200 seat capacity large hall, a small hall and other ancillary accommodation, approved December 1960. Also Westbank block with parking facilities for 300 cars, by Alexander John Macaskill Currell, 1959.
Council have recently moved out to the former Thomas Cook facility at Larbert deciding not to proceed with plans submitted by Ryder Architecture in 2015 which would’ve seen the Westbank building demolished and the new building erected on its site. A £20m cut in funding from the Scottish Government in 2017 has been blamed as the deciding factor in the embarrassingly cheapskate option.
Baron Bercott was also responsible for the (now demolished) Callendar Riggs Shopping Centre that occupied the east end of the High Street.
Limited Edition Cheapskate Tape Cassette's.. SOLD OUT.
BUT, album cassettes are available www.iamcheapskate.com/unfilmimaginaire.htm
Rough: the texture of her beaten-up vans, the treatment they've had to get them so beaten-up, the fact that her cheapskate mom won't buy her as many new pairs of shoes as she'd like.
The sky was grey and featureless the other day at Bronte Harbour in Oakville.
I finally relented and took some shots in RAW format vs JPG. The result is that I can draw some texture out of the sky rather than it being washed out like it gets in the JPG shots.
I'm a cheapskate when it comes to storage space (I use SkyDrive) so NEF files are normally only shot on days like this.
Given the result, I may have to do something about being cheap.
Unbelievably, this wonderful Nikon F2AS was donated to the Jim Grey Home for Wayward Cameras. It has received the extended service from Sover Wong: disassembly of all internal parts for cleaning and adjusting, plus all new foam seals everywhere. This baby is good to go for the rest of my life.
Yeah, that's some expired Tri-X in there. I'm not a huge fan of expired film, but I also hate to throw away the film I sometimes find in the bottom of the bag a camera I bought came in. It's the cheapskate in me.
Tv still.
Mario Gotze. Just turned 22 prior to the 2014 World Cup Finals, this exceptional young man came on into the final after 88 minutes against, an always potentially deadly, Argentina. Just before he was sent on by the German coach Loew, reportedly, he was told to "Show the world you are better than Messi and can decide the World Cup".
As the goalless game went into extra time Gotze scored a technically excellent chest & volley winning goal. Legendary status assured.
Marco Reus - same age - who had caught my eye all year even more than Gotze, just failed to make the finals due to an injury in some cheapskate friendly. He was devastated. He and Gotze make a deadly partnership - goes without saying, really.
Gruss Gott.
This oak display case is one of my favorite things. And it's filled with some of my favorite things.
I pick up Virginia Metal Crafters cast brass tree and plant leaves whenever I see them in thrift shops. They used to show up quite often but now not so much. I'm a notorious cheapskate, so these were gotten for a song.
The birds' nests are an addiction of mine. Whenever I see an abandoned one I bring it home.
The lovely blue organza ribbon trimmed in satin graced the bride's bouquet of roses from the wedding of a couple across the alley from us. More wonderful neighbors would be hard to find and good, dear friends. Kim was diagnosed with breast cancer at age 45 and it took her quickly. Sadly, before she died, her husband, Mac, was struck from the rear by a pickup truck at a red light where he was stopped on his motorcycle. He died instantly. Mac had been a selfless caregiver to his wife, and before that, his mother and sister who had also died of cancer.
The ribbon, the birds' nests, and the swallow tail butterfly (which Gary found in our yard in a lifeless state) is a reminder of how transient is all life, but that even after death there is beauty that remains.
Should I be thought a cheapskate by buying the £90 baseball cap or should I buy the Gucci one?
We have problems like this in London.
Yesterday, I played a truly horrible round of golf. I was playing with two of my brothers. I hit some good shots but my poor shots were awful.
So I figured I needed to head back to the course today and see if I could find something; just a quick 9 holes, before the cheapskates land for twilight.
First hole was OK. I hit a solid drive and a good approach, just short of the green. Then I spy a guy walking behind the first green. He was a hole jumper for sure. I quickened my pace to head him off at the second tee.
The guy finally sees me and calls out, "Do you mind if I join you for a few hole?" He's standing on the White tees, ready to hit as he says this.
I hesitate for a second and then hear the words I was hoping for, "Or, would you rather play alone?"
I said, "I would, but go ahead and hit if you want to."
I didn't want to play with the guy but since he was hole skipping I figured he'd move along at a good clip. Anyway, I ducked inside the restroom and when I came out I saw him walking down the fairway. He called back to me, "I'm just gonna head over to 5."
"Sounds good," I said.
With that, I went back to the Blue tees. It's a tough hole where most days the Blue tee markers are only about 5 yards behind the Whites. But, today, the Blues were all the way back 195, with trees down the right and a single Eucalyptus guarding the front left.
The wind was crossing right to left and hurting just a touch. I went with my ancient Adams Boxer Proto (20 degrees). The flag was in the middle, which took the right bunker out of play. I teed it up and hit a solid shot that looked good. I was happy with the thought that I'd be using my putter on the next shot. I hit it very well, but not quite perfect. I don't recall if it was drawing with the breeze or fading just a touch.
When I got about 30 yards from the green I was disappointed that I had yet to see my ball. I began to think evil thoughts (remembering the round I endured just the day before). I knew my ball should have been right about in the middle of the green but I started to worry that it had jumped through to the back, or worse.
Finally, I figured I better take a look in the hole.
Pigs have flown. It's my first ace and I had to share it. I only wish my father could have lived to see it. He never witnessed or had a hole in 1, even though he was a stick, and one of my brothers made two while my father was still alive.
No one was around to share it with me, but I enjoyed it just the same all by my lonesome.
Thanks for reading.
334/365 (2,556)
I needed an Umpire for the 365 treasure hunt and thought a football referee would be close enough :)
I checked on-line and found that Bexhill (white) were playing at home to Shoreham (blue), brilliant … not so brilliant was it was £5 to get in, so being a cheapskate, I stood on a brick and stuck my lens through the gate and then had to crop out the foreground crud.
In the space of about 10 minutes this was as animated as the ref got … my what a boring game football is :)))
Magnavox CDB-610 (bottom) as part of my Cheapskate Audiophile system (along with a Pioneer cassette deck, Radio Shack shortwave radio and a pile of 8-tracks).
Read more about the Cheapskate Audiophile system.
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Jenga blocks
Darice 10 mm "wiggle" ("googly") eyes
Drainer Net (7 cm from H-Mart)
Paper hat from 3 1/2" by 8" paper
References
"Ten Talents: Good Worker" by Jill Kemp & Richard Gunther
www.lambsongs.co.nz/One%20Page%20Bible%20Stories/Talents%...
Psalm 102 (Duke Street, a cappella from Scotland)
www.psalm-singing.org/recordings/ps102-2nd-version-v13-22...
"Newspaper Party Hats"
www.skiptomylou.org/2008/12/31/how-to-make-newspaper-part...
Technology Connection
Represent Travel or Walking in a Coding Game Such as Scratch
www.makeblock.com/official-blog/256141.html
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Jenga blocks
Darice 10 mm "wiggle" ("googly") eyes
Artificial Rose (Dollar Tree)
Balloon (with "neck" or narrow portion removed)
Badminton Shuttlecock (Dollar Tree)
Streit's Matzo
Coke Zero Lids
Kunin felt (green)
References
"Bread From Heaven" by Jill kemp & Richard Gunther
www.lambsongs.co.nz/Bible%20Story%20Books/Bread%20From%20...
Friends and Heroes: Toadie on Trial (Episode 25)
Agriculture in the East Anglian Fens. Oil seed rape with blue sky. A colour and landscape test for the little Olympus XA2
Olympus XA-2 zone focus compact camera
AgfaPhoto Vista Plus 200 35mm film from Poundland.
The 50p Camera Project 2.
www.messersmith.name/wordpress/2010/05/10/fish-bites-lady/
Saturday was a beautiful day on Astrolabe Bay north of Madang at Wongat Island. The sun was shining fiercely, the sea was flat and mirrored and the fish were jumpin' and the cotton was high. Whoops, that's a little of George Gershwin's Porgy and Bess slipping in there. I must have listened to that operetta a thousand times as a child. The line is from Summertime sung by Porgy. I can still sing it from memory.
Here are the first couple of verses:
Summertime,
And the livin' is easy
Fish are jumpin'
And the cotton is high
Your daddy's rich
And your mamma's good lookin'
So hush little baby
Don't you cry
I always loved Gershwin. Rhapsody in Blue is my very favourite.
Well, I'm rambling already, but it's Monday morning, so I may as well get an early start on the week.
How about this very cute French Canadian, Genevieve, sitting in the cockpit of the B-25 bomber The Green Dragon: Now, that is a very fetching sight. However, it's not funny. I'm in the mood for funny.
And funny I give you: Just forward of the starboard wing is an anemone inhabited by a very feisty little group of Clark's Anemonefish (Amphiprion clarkii). That's not the funny part. Here you can see Genevieve's darling hand stretched out to play with the cute little fishies. They dart about and brush against your fingertips as if they are enjoying it. Do not believe it. It is a ploy to lure you within range of their teensy-weensy little teeth. A couple of seconds after I took this shot I heard a piercing scream. I looked at Genevieve. She had a startled look on her face and was shaking and rubbing her hand. I knew, of course, what had happened and I began to laugh into my regulator, an experience which itself is comical.
After doing the Bomber, we attempted The Henry Leith from the beach. It was a mistake. I couldn't find a 34 metre wreck only about 100 metres off the beach. I will excuse my poor navigation by mentioning that the visibility was less than ten metres. Back up on top of the reef, we spent the rest of a seventy minute dive snapping whatever looked promising, such as this ridiculously orange sponge: What's that all about?
I did manage a nice one of a couple of Clown Anemonefish (Amphiprion percula) in an absurdly green anemone: Yes, those are Nemo's cousins.
Here is a typical coral bomie in the range of depth between one an about seven metres. They are covered with Christmas Tree Worms (Spirobranchus giganteus): Last Christmas I gave my faithful readers Christmas Tree Worms for Christmas, complete with Christmas presents.
I'm such a cheapskate.
Mid century sofa, a bit like a Hans Wegner but not one. It's still lovely and a bit more comfy than the Florence Knoll that preceded it.
I booked the 1bedroom suite 76sqm in total! It was so large it had enough space for a full kitchen, living room a computer room, a table with four chairs, two couches(one turns into a pull out bed), two bathrooms, a separate bedroom(about the size of a normal hotel room) and two TV’s with english channels, plenty of locker room for my girlfriend to hide in, three AC units with all individual controls, washer and dryer, and a balcony. And free buffet breakfast!
Wow. This place was impressive! We even had our own wifi router inside the suite. It was basically a place you can stay for an extended amount of time for under 100 dollars, if you can find a good deal.
The suite was spotless though huge and they deserve cudo’s for even providing a telephone inside the toilet just incase I realize the toilet paper is running out and I need help asap! There was nothing I can complain about the room, and I was looking for flaws! The only thing may be the stove top took a while to heat up and when it does, it heats up too much. But its a minor complaint in the end.
They provide you with full kitchenware so you don’t need to bring anything. The view from the balcony was amazing! You can see the other towering skyscrapers, we were on the 17th floor overlooking terminal 21. Service was outstanding especially when it comes to transportation.
They have a free tuk tuk service every 5 min going back and forth from the main street of sukhumvit to the hotel, so you don’t have to walk back through the small soi to get to and from the hotel. If you want to directly go to terminal 21 or to BTS(asok) or MRT(sukhumvit), you can take a minivan which does rounds every 20-30 minutes I believe. And the concierge is a cheerful man who is more than willing to help you out if you need to tell the taxi or van driver something, and you need to translate it in Thai.
The people at the front counter were very nice, except for one man, who seemed to be a little annoyed with us just asking simple questions like how much is the taxi to Suvarunabhumi airport, when checking out. I guess that was the only thing we disliked. But I’ll let that one slide, because everybody else was cheerful and willing to help :) breakfast in my opinion was a little lacking as far as in variety and the taste was just ok.
But its more than enough to satisfy me and my girlfriend. They have everything a buffet needs, but doesn’t really shine on the unique characteristics, if you know what I mean? If you’re used to 5 star buffets, this may disappoint you, as a fair warning. But by no means are they cheapskates.
There’s plenty of good stuff to eat for less picky individuals. With that said, I gave it a 5 out of 5. Although the breakfast was lacking a bit, but the room alone just blew our expectations out of the water! Keep up the good work Centre Point Soi 10!
Stayed August 2014, traveled as a couple
Before use. Will it leak light? Nita is using it today in a project, to take "looking down" photos. Cross processing this evening in b&w chemicals - fingers crossed there is no light leak!
That's what the Penultimate (99 cents) app reminds me of. There are other apps for a lot more but I'm a cheapskate. As you can see, you use your stylus to write as you would with a pen or you can use your fingers. There is 3 line thicknesses to choose from, an eraser, different types of paper, you can email your notes and a whole lot more. It's fun to play around with and for all of its functions, I believe .99 cents is a great price for it.