Night Owl Chatterboxes - Part XXXII!

• MooKu

  2 Dec 06, 01:27

  Originally posted by the Bear:

  i don't read newspapers anymore.. mostly online news
  
  the neil humphreys books, i've read them but have lost one of them.. mom's reading the other now
  
  

  hmmm was wondering if i should stop subscribing actually... cos my brother has the online edition... and for some reason, TODAY is delivered to my doorstep daily
  
  but then i won't get to read the Life! section.. and the little subsections that come every tues-thurs...
• the Bear

  2 Dec 06, 01:28

  uhh.. Polaroid?
  
  

  Originally posted by kopiosatu:

  ok kodak, fuji...
  
  what other brands for polaroid cams?

• kopiosatu

  2 Dec 06, 01:28

  Originally posted by MooKu:

  hmmm polaroids nowadays... how long will the photos last?
  
  well, go take a bus... just take ANY bus... drop at the nth stop and take another bus... ANY bus too... then stop at the nth stop again and snap away!

  probably a little shorter than regular photos
  
  but then a polaroid instant camera is something... different.
  no settings
  just snap and the photo comes out.
  
  perfect gift for one who likes to take photos and has no idea about digital processing.
• the Bear

  2 Dec 06, 01:29

  also, i'm in my organisation's Corporate Communications Division.. which means we get all kinds of newspapers in the office
  
  

  Originally posted by MooKu:

  hmmm was wondering if i should stop subscribing actually... cos my brother has the online edition... and for some reason, TODAY is delivered to my doorstep daily
  
  but then i won't get to read the Life! section.. and the little subsections that come every tues-thurs...

• MooKu

  2 Dec 06, 01:29

  Originally posted by kopiosatu:

  ok kodak, fuji...
  
  what other brands for polaroid cams?

  Fuji has a hello kitty one
  
• kopiosatu

  2 Dec 06, 01:30

  Originally posted by the Bear:

  uhh.. Polaroid?
  
  

  i visited their website.
  
  pretty nifty cameras.
  
  no idea what's the difference
• MooKu

  2 Dec 06, 01:30

  Originally posted by kopiosatu:

  probably a little shorter than regular photos
  
  but then a polaroid instant camera is something... different.
  no settings
  just snap and the photo comes out.
  
  perfect gift for one who likes to take photos and has no idea about digital processing.

  but then... that person would have to keep spending more money to buy the photo paper
• jetta

  2 Dec 06, 01:31

  Originally posted by MooKu:

  have you read those neil humphreys books?
  
  how do you read the newspapers everyday?
  i either can't absorb anything or my patience runs out by page 5

  I love reading the papers in the morning. It's been a habit since I don't know when. Thing is, after years of reading the Straits Times and then moving away, it's been tough finding a paper that has lots of little snippets like the ST. In Japan, I read the English daily of the Yomuiri Shimbun but it's very thin, about 6 pages max and not enjoyable. Then it was the Honolulu Advertiser which was okay but still lacking. When we moved back to Japan again, I asked hubby's Granny for a newspaper subscription as a Christmas pressie. She got me the Seattle Post. Alamak, more heavy reading than anything. Now I'm happy to report that I'm super duper happy with the local rag here. Just the right amount of filler and important news. Who knew it was so tough finding a paper that fits?
• the Bear

  2 Dec 06, 01:31

  for polaroids, just go to somewhere like Carrefour to get...
  
  loading it will be expensive tho'
• MooKu

  2 Dec 06, 01:31

  Originally posted by the Bear:

  also, i'm in my organisation's Corporate Communications Division.. which means we get all kinds of newspapers in the office
  
  

  boo to you
  
  
• kopiosatu

  2 Dec 06, 01:33

  Originally posted by MooKu:

  but then... that person would have to keep spending more money to buy the photo paper

  provided that person doesn't shoot like crazy.
• kopiosatu

  2 Dec 06, 01:34

  Originally posted by the Bear:

  for polaroids, just go to somewhere like Carrefour to get...
  
  loading it will be expensive tho'

  loading?
• jetta

  2 Dec 06, 01:34

  Originally posted by MooKu:

  hmmm polaroids nowadays... how long will the photos last?

  I have polariods taken back in 2000, still looks good.
• the Bear

  2 Dec 06, 01:34

  i stopped reading because of information overload actually...
  
  i tend to read BBC World Service or listen to it..
  
  which reminds me, i need to get a new radio for my cubicle in the office... maybe i'll go get tomorrow..
  
  going to Big Boyz Toyz and Sitex tomorrow.. see TX and hope i don't get ravaged by the vicious kitten
  
  

  Originally posted by MooKu:

  boo to you
  
  

• the Bear

  2 Dec 06, 01:35

  the "film paper" stuff.. it's not exactly cheap
  
  

  Originally posted by kopiosatu:

  loading?

• kopiosatu

  2 Dec 06, 01:37

  Originally posted by the Bear:

  the "film paper" stuff.. it's not exactly cheap
  
  

  hmmmm i wonder if its cheaper in thailand
• jetta

  2 Dec 06, 01:37

  Originally posted by the Bear:

  the "film paper" stuff.. it's not exactly cheap
  
  

  Yah, that's the part that kills you.
• MooKu

  2 Dec 06, 01:37

  Originally posted by jetta:

  I love reading the papers in the morning. It's been a habit since I don't know when. Thing is, after years of reading the Straits Times and then moving away, it's been tough finding a paper that has lots of little snippets like the ST. In Japan, I read the English daily of the Yomuiri Shimbun but it's very thin, about 6 pages max and not enjoyable. Then it was the Honolulu Advertiser which was okay but still lacking. When we moved back to Japan again, I asked hubby's Granny for a newspaper subscription as a Christmas pressie. She got me the Seattle Post. Alamak, more heavy reading than anything. Now I'm happy to report that I'm super duper happy with the local rag here. Just the right amount of filler and important news. Who knew it was so tough finding a paper that fits?

  paper that fits.... never thought about it hmm... but now that you mention it.... hmm yes the free paper that comes everyday always seems to have insufficient news compared to the Straits Times...
  
  papers... with coffee....
  
  
• MooKu

  2 Dec 06, 01:39

  Originally posted by kopiosatu:

  provided that person doesn't shoot like crazy.

  yes... i shoot like crazy...
  
  its ok... just give me your camera, don't need to buy new one for me
  
  
• jetta

  2 Dec 06, 01:39

  Originally posted by MooKu:

  paper that fits.... never thought about it hmm... but now that you mention it.... hmm yes the free paper that comes everyday always seems to have insufficient news compared to the Straits Times...
  
  papers... with coffee....
  
  

  No, papers with milo and bread with kaya and butter. Hmmmmmmmmm
• the Bear

  2 Dec 06, 01:41

  mmm.. butter...
  
  i'm waiting until kopi is sick of his D2Hs and i buy it off him dirt cheap
• jetta

  2 Dec 06, 01:41

  Originally posted by the Bear:

  mmm.. butter...
  
  i'm waiting until kopi is sick of his D2Hs and i buy it off him dirt cheap

  Does he know this?
• the Bear

  2 Dec 06, 01:42

  i keep telling him i'll mug him for it one day.. i think he knows by now
  
  

  Originally posted by jetta:

  Does he know this?

• jetta

  2 Dec 06, 01:44

  In other news: in the daily rag today, there was a piece on how a 16 year old won a truck for her near perfect school attendance.
• the Bear

  2 Dec 06, 01:45

  i almost had a perfect attendance for my JC chinese class.. i went for 1 1/2 hours for my 2 years there
  
  

  Originally posted by jetta:

  In other news: in the daily rag today, there was a piece on how a 16 year old won a truck for her near perfect school attendance.