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Carpal \'Tunnel
3,136 posts
Location: Warwickshire, United Kingdom
Carpal \'Tunnel
3,136 posts
Location: Warwickshire, United Kingdom
Posted:
A short competition, with no prizes. I wasn't even gonna bother posting this at all, but after telling the story to various people i've been informed that i must.
So, one night during the heatwave this summer I was out in my garden late at night practicing throws with poi. Unfortunately the light on the patio isn't very bright, and very directional, so when i miscaught one of the falling poi and it landed *somewhere* in an overgrown flower bed, i couldn't see it anywhere. After searching for 10 minutes too no avail, i went looking for a torch. But alas, none were to be found. After another search the only source of light that i could find was my digital camera's flash. I tried taking photos, but the flash was only on for a split second, so just blinded my eyes. Then i started looking at the photos, but on the tiny screen it was of no use. So, then i started taking high res pictures, taking them indoors, uploading them to my pc, and searching for my poi that way. And it worked!
So, the pictures are available by clicking here, can you figure out where my poi is?
Hint, it's black/used kevlar, not green
A short competition, with no prizes. I wasn't even gonna bother posting this at all, but after telling the story to various people i've been informed that i must.
So, one night during the heatwave this summer I was out in my garden late at night practicing throws with poi. Unfortunately the light on the patio isn't very bright, and very directional, so when i miscaught one of the falling poi and it landed *somewhere* in an overgrown flower bed, i couldn't see it anywhere. After searching for 10 minutes too no avail, i went looking for a torch. But alas, none were to be found. After another search the only source of light that i could find was my digital camera's flash. I tried taking photos, but the flash was only on for a split second, so just blinded my eyes. Then i started looking at the photos, but on the tiny screen it was of no use. So, then i started taking high res pictures, taking them indoors, uploading them to my pc, and searching for my poi that way. And it worked!
So, the pictures are available by clicking here, can you figure out where my poi is?
Hint, it's black/used kevlar, not green
How do you change this thing???
1,903 posts
Location: Behind the couch...
1,903 posts
Location: Behind the couch...
Posted:
Middle row, left picture, two centermeters up from center.
Middle row, left picture, two centermeters up from center.
I can't hear you... I have a banana in my ear.
"You mean I'll have to use my brain?... but I use staff!!!" ~ ben-ja-men
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Carpal \'Tunnel
3,136 posts
Location: Warwickshire, United Kingdom
Carpal \'Tunnel
3,136 posts
Location: Warwickshire, United Kingdom
Posted:
it's good, but it's not the one
it's good, but it's not the one
member
97 posts
Location: Australia
97 posts
Location: Australia
Posted:
Top row, second picture in the lower right corner?
Top row, second picture in the lower right corner?
How do you change this thing???
1,903 posts
Location: Behind the couch...
1,903 posts
Location: Behind the couch...
Posted:
Could it be on the bottom line, to the left of the staff, about one and a half centermeters???
[ 07. November 2003, 14:43: Message edited by: arsn ]
Could it be on the bottom line, to the left of the staff, about one and a half centermeters???
[ 07. November 2003, 14:43: Message edited by: arsn ]
I can't hear you... I have a banana in my ear.
"You mean I'll have to use my brain?... but I use staff!!!" ~ ben-ja-men
SILVER Member
member
52 posts
Location: Iowa, USA
member
52 posts
Location: Iowa, USA
Posted:
that's... brilliant! I would have gone inside and made some toast or something.
that's... brilliant! I would have gone inside and made some toast or something.
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ZORT!
3,045 posts
Location: Brisbane, Australia
ZORT!
3,045 posts
Location: Brisbane, Australia
Posted:
can YOU spot the electrical engineering student?
can YOU spot the electrical engineering student?
"Here kitty kitty...." - Schroedinger.
NYC
9,232 posts
Location: NYC, NY, USA
9,232 posts
Location: NYC, NY, USA
Posted:
OK. That's it. We really gotta get flid a girlfriend.
C'mon ladies.. he's the SWEETEST guy you'll ever meet, he's generous, he's thoughtful, he's intelligent, he's perfect for a long walk on the beach or a quiet evening home, he's hygenic, he's curteous, he's the kind of guy your mom will love and your dad will want to buy a beer, he's got a good sense of humor, he's employable, he's introspective, he'll ask how your day was, he'll put the toilet seat down, he'll rub your feet, he'll tell you how nice your new pair of shoes look, he'll notice when you get your haircut, he'll have flowers when you've had a bad day, he'll gently capture the spider in you shower and release it outside, he smells nice, he'd make a great dad, he'll impress your friends, he'll make your ex-boyfriends jealous, he'll never watch football when he could be talking to you, he'll give you space, he'll drive you home, he clips his toenails, he'll write you poems, he'll tell you jokes, he'll make you a vegetarian lasagnae and pick up a bottle of wine on the way home from work, he thinks your butt looks cute in those pants, he flosses, he irons, he can open a stuck jar and reach the top shelf, he can cheer you up and make you giggle, he's the world's best hugger, he'll remember your favorite color, drink, shoe size, birthday, anniversary, and your mother's favorite type of flower.
The poor kid is walking around his back yard alone with a digital camera with nothing else to do but post the photos.
SOMEBODY please take this guy out for a drink, or dinner and a movie.
He'd be perfect for you.
OK. That's it. We really gotta get flid a girlfriend.
C'mon ladies.. he's the SWEETEST guy you'll ever meet, he's generous, he's thoughtful, he's intelligent, he's perfect for a long walk on the beach or a quiet evening home, he's hygenic, he's curteous, he's the kind of guy your mom will love and your dad will want to buy a beer, he's got a good sense of humor, he's employable, he's introspective, he'll ask how your day was, he'll put the toilet seat down, he'll rub your feet, he'll tell you how nice your new pair of shoes look, he'll notice when you get your haircut, he'll have flowers when you've had a bad day, he'll gently capture the spider in you shower and release it outside, he smells nice, he'd make a great dad, he'll impress your friends, he'll make your ex-boyfriends jealous, he'll never watch football when he could be talking to you, he'll give you space, he'll drive you home, he clips his toenails, he'll write you poems, he'll tell you jokes, he'll make you a vegetarian lasagnae and pick up a bottle of wine on the way home from work, he thinks your butt looks cute in those pants, he flosses, he irons, he can open a stuck jar and reach the top shelf, he can cheer you up and make you giggle, he's the world's best hugger, he'll remember your favorite color, drink, shoe size, birthday, anniversary, and your mother's favorite type of flower.
The poor kid is walking around his back yard alone with a digital camera with nothing else to do but post the photos.
SOMEBODY please take this guy out for a drink, or dinner and a movie.
He'd be perfect for you.
Well, shall we go?
Yes, let's go.
[They do not move.]
How do you change this thing???
1,903 posts
Location: Behind the couch...
1,903 posts
Location: Behind the couch...
Posted:
Hell NYC... now even "I" want him...
Hell NYC... now even "I" want him...
I can't hear you... I have a banana in my ear.
"You mean I'll have to use my brain?... but I use staff!!!" ~ ben-ja-men
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ZORT!
3,045 posts
Location: Brisbane, Australia
ZORT!
3,045 posts
Location: Brisbane, Australia
Posted:
me too!
me too!
"Here kitty kitty...." - Schroedinger.
member
1,591 posts
Location: Nova Scotia, Canada.
1,591 posts
Location: Nova Scotia, Canada.
Posted:
why didn't you use your VIDEO camera and use the IR mode? eh fancy pants?
I would totally beat you in a frantic poi search in the dark.
why didn't you use your VIDEO camera and use the IR mode? eh fancy pants?
I would totally beat you in a frantic poi search in the dark.
I don't want a title.
940 posts
940 posts
Posted:
Hell, NYC, you didn't need to write all that. I want Flid already, just for being the sort of guy who could search so cleverly for his lost poi!
Hell, NYC, you didn't need to write all that. I want Flid already, just for being the sort of guy who could search so cleverly for his lost poi!
E pluribus unum, baby.
member
174 posts
Location: St. Paul, MN USA
174 posts
Location: St. Paul, MN USA
Posted:
sign me up....
i was an e.e. before i switched to mechanical... you're a brave soul flid!
i think i'm in love...
.:~* cage *~:.
sign me up....
i was an e.e. before i switched to mechanical... you're a brave soul flid!
i think i'm in love...
.:~* cage *~:.
Without further guilding the lily and with no more ado, I bid you farewell and sweet dreams...
110% MONKEY EVERY TIME ALL THE TIME JUST CANT STOP THE MONKEY
3,149 posts
Location: London
3,149 posts
Location: London
Posted:
NYC fails to mention that Flid will make you eat beans and pulses, replace your dairy products with stuff made of soy, and that every seven years he undergoes Pon Farr, and his brain is thrown into a neurochemical imbalance that can be fatal if his uncontrollable mating drive is not fulfilled.
NYC fails to mention that Flid will make you eat beans and pulses, replace your dairy products with stuff made of soy, and that every seven years he undergoes Pon Farr, and his brain is thrown into a neurochemical imbalance that can be fatal if his uncontrollable mating drive is not fulfilled.
"Switching between different kinds of chuu chuu sometimes gives this "urgh wtf?" effect because it's giving people the phi phenomenon."
Lemon-Aware Devilstick-wielding Operative
605 posts
Location: East London Wilds
605 posts
Location: East London Wilds
Posted:
But if it had a flid at the end, wouldn't you want to turn vegan too? erm.
Flid, you just have too much time on your hands, bloody students.
Oh and can I just say how much I hate routers at the moment. 9pm I left last night, after finally getting something that should have been really easy in theory to actually work in practice.
But if it had a flid at the end, wouldn't you want to turn vegan too? erm.
Flid, you just have too much time on your hands, bloody students.
Oh and can I just say how much I hate routers at the moment. 9pm I left last night, after finally getting something that should have been really easy in theory to actually work in practice.
Luv 'n' Lemons
purity :: clarity :: balance
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still can't believe it's not butter
6,978 posts
Location: Melbourne, Australia
still can't believe it's not butter
6,978 posts
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Posted:
wow that's smick site there!
flid, perhaps it is time to reprimand your wayward poi.
i suggest conflagration.
wow that's smick site there!
flid, perhaps it is time to reprimand your wayward poi.
i suggest conflagration.
Laugh Often, Smile Much, Post lolcats Always
SILVER Member
15,417 posts
Location: South Wales
15,417 posts
Location: South Wales
Posted:
I cant see your poi anywhere, but I think I saw your staff in there somewhere...
I cant see your poi anywhere, but I think I saw your staff in there somewhere...
HOP Lord of the Pirate Admiralty
1,079 posts
Location: Canterbury, UK
1,079 posts
Location: Canterbury, UK
Posted:
I GOT IT!
first pic, lower centre of the pic, not far left of the strap thingy.
i want my no prize!
I GOT IT!
first pic, lower centre of the pic, not far left of the strap thingy.
i want my no prize!
D.B.
X x X x X
Ship off the starboard! sound general quarters! noise and light discipline! man the cannons! GET ME THE RUM!
Master of the Free Hug Program
SILVER Member
15,417 posts
Location: South Wales
15,417 posts
Location: South Wales
Posted:
No....no, thats the ground.
No....no, thats the ground.
member
174 posts
Location: St. Paul, MN USA
174 posts
Location: St. Paul, MN USA
Posted:
I think there should be a prize - new glasses
I think I'm straining my eyes...
I think there should be a prize - new glasses
I think I'm straining my eyes...
Without further guilding the lily and with no more ado, I bid you farewell and sweet dreams...
veteran
1,359 posts
Location: London/ Surrey
1,359 posts
Location: London/ Surrey
Posted:
i think i agree with arsn...
i think i agree with arsn...
The optimist claims that we are living in the best of all possible worlds.
The pessimist fears this is true.
Always make time to play in the snow.
veteran
1,359 posts
Location: London/ Surrey
1,359 posts
Location: London/ Surrey
Posted:
i think i agree with arsn...
i think i agree with arsn...
The optimist claims that we are living in the best of all possible worlds.
The pessimist fears this is true.
Always make time to play in the snow.
old hand
725 posts
Location: Chester, UK
725 posts
Location: Chester, UK
Posted:
Shouldn't it be lost poi?
Pois isn't right, I think
Shouldn't it be lost poi?
Pois isn't right, I think
Spoiling Christmas for small children since 2003.
Twister Fire Starter ridin on a tratter
156 posts
Location: Bristol/Exeter UK
156 posts
Location: Bristol/Exeter UK
Posted:
Yeh definately poi. Like sheep.. you don't have 3 sheeps in a field!
Also I think we should introduce "to poi" the verb.
Eg. Poiing, I poi, I have poiied.
What ya reckon?
As for the lost poi I haven't got a clue!
Yeh definately poi. Like sheep.. you don't have 3 sheeps in a field!
Also I think we should introduce "to poi" the verb.
Eg. Poiing, I poi, I have poiied.
What ya reckon?
As for the lost poi I haven't got a clue!
Caz
HOP Lord of the Pirate Admiralty
1,079 posts
Location: Canterbury, UK
1,079 posts
Location: Canterbury, UK
Posted:
i prefer
i spin poi
you spin poi
he spins poi
she spins poi
we spin poi
they spin poi
i am a poi spinner
you are a poi spinner
... you get the pic,
gee, can you tell my mum teaches english to foreigners?
as for my guess, I AM RIGHT AND I NO IT!!!!
shup jon...
i prefer
i spin poi
you spin poi
he spins poi
she spins poi
we spin poi
they spin poi
i am a poi spinner
you are a poi spinner
... you get the pic,
gee, can you tell my mum teaches english to foreigners?
as for my guess, I AM RIGHT AND I NO IT!!!!
shup jon...
D.B.
X x X x X
Ship off the starboard! sound general quarters! noise and light discipline! man the cannons! GET ME THE RUM!
Master of the Free Hug Program
old hand
725 posts
Location: Chester, UK
725 posts
Location: Chester, UK
Posted:
Spoiling Christmas for small children since 2003.
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Carpal \'Tunnel
5,814 posts
Location: Perth, Australia
Carpal \'Tunnel
5,814 posts
Location: Perth, Australia
Posted:
Is lost pois where you fall a over t trying a new trick.......
not a good look.
Is lost pois where you fall a over t trying a new trick.......
not a good look.
Is it the Truth?
Is it Fair to all concerned?
Will it build Goodwill and Better Friendships?
Will it be Beneficial to all concerned?
Im in a lonely battle with the world with a fish to match the chip on my shoulder. Gnu in Binnu in a cnu
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HOP Mad Doctor
13,925 posts
Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
HOP Mad Doctor
13,925 posts
Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
Posted:
Photo 8, nine o' clock-ish?
Photo 8, nine o' clock-ish?
-Mike
Certified Mad Doctor and HoP High Priest of Nutella
A buckuht n a hooze! -Valura
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Carpal \'Tunnel
3,136 posts
Location: Warwickshire, United Kingdom
Carpal \'Tunnel
3,136 posts
Location: Warwickshire, United Kingdom
Posted:
actually arsn was right:
"Could it be on the bottom line, to the left of the staff, about one and a half centermeters???"
but i had to leave the house to go on a 3 day amnesty conference before i could post a reply. Congratulations, you win nothing!
NYC, will you be my PR man please? You missed out from the list that I will also force my chrome/glass kitchen appliance obsession on anyone who tried moving in. Thought of you this weekend actually, the conference I went to was ear Brighton and on the friday night we ended up sitting on the sea front about 10 metres from where we spent the day this summer. F'ing freezing it was, completely deserted beach, we were the only ones sitting outside the pub (and after about half a pint the novelty wore off for even us, and went back inside). One of the guys with me is an american student from florida, of about your height and hair style, quite deja vu really. After drinking quite a few pints i txted flynt and theifed your mobile number so i could txt you, but i guess your fone network doesn't accept them cause i never got a delivery report. I took some pictures, but if you see the 13 quid camera thread you'll see why they arn't online
zwitterion, it was too warm for toast.
Astar, i didn't have it with me at the time. It's also not IR, it just image/frame stacks, but it would have been useful if i had it.
Right, pon farr commences in 2 weeks, whose gonna help me out then? I'll bring the hummous
actually arsn was right:
"Could it be on the bottom line, to the left of the staff, about one and a half centermeters???"
but i had to leave the house to go on a 3 day amnesty conference before i could post a reply. Congratulations, you win nothing!
NYC, will you be my PR man please? You missed out from the list that I will also force my chrome/glass kitchen appliance obsession on anyone who tried moving in. Thought of you this weekend actually, the conference I went to was ear Brighton and on the friday night we ended up sitting on the sea front about 10 metres from where we spent the day this summer. F'ing freezing it was, completely deserted beach, we were the only ones sitting outside the pub (and after about half a pint the novelty wore off for even us, and went back inside). One of the guys with me is an american student from florida, of about your height and hair style, quite deja vu really. After drinking quite a few pints i txted flynt and theifed your mobile number so i could txt you, but i guess your fone network doesn't accept them cause i never got a delivery report. I took some pictures, but if you see the 13 quid camera thread you'll see why they arn't online
zwitterion, it was too warm for toast.
Astar, i didn't have it with me at the time. It's also not IR, it just image/frame stacks, but it would have been useful if i had it.
Right, pon farr commences in 2 weeks, whose gonna help me out then? I'll bring the hummous
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Carpal \'Tunnel
3,136 posts
Location: Warwickshire, United Kingdom
Carpal \'Tunnel
3,136 posts
Location: Warwickshire, United Kingdom
Posted:
oh, and women only please, sorry guys
oh, and women only please, sorry guys
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member
26 posts
Location: wollongong,australia
member
26 posts
Location: wollongong,australia
Posted:
as opposed to the engineering students, i studied psych, so if id have lost my poi, it would be a case of,
why does the poi feel like hiding? mebbe it wants to be lost? which would result in me going back inside and getting drunk, then stumbling around in the dark till i tripped over the poi:)
not as technically done as the photo method, but my eyes are beginning to strain from looking at the photos, so i say my method is less painfull!
as opposed to the engineering students, i studied psych, so if id have lost my poi, it would be a case of,
why does the poi feel like hiding? mebbe it wants to be lost? which would result in me going back inside and getting drunk, then stumbling around in the dark till i tripped over the poi:)
not as technically done as the photo method, but my eyes are beginning to strain from looking at the photos, so i say my method is less painfull!
did some one say they saw a flying purple people eater??
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