Take me as you find me, ..... please

[JR1]

Hello.............

Warning, I am dyslexic, so please take this into account when I post as I may come over as abrupt but saying what I want can sometimes be a problem. I don't mean to sound rude in my comments.

I have always posted links from this site on others when they ask questions as I find this one of the most informative sites with answers to questions that there is on the net.

[pnodrog]

O.K. and welcome. You can join me and a few others that don't mean to be abrupt but may occasionally appear that way. The rest are wonderful.

[skilsaw]

Hi Jeremy, Thanks for the heads up about your communication style.
I'm new here too.
I found another Forum where the members took themselves way to seriously.
(Lots of expertise here, but not too much stuffyness I hope)

To make a long story short, I posted messages like,
"The brim of my Tilley Hat gets in the way when I'm taking pictures. What should I do?" and
"Do I have enough equipment to call myself a professional?"

After half a dozen messages like that, they kicked me out.
But before that, I got a couple of replies from members who did get the joke.

I'm hoping, if I haven't quite learned my lesson, and do slip into my "mockery" style of humor, that the upper echelons here will allow me to remain, or at least give me a warning before giving me the Heave-ho.

[Dave Humphries]

Hi David,

"The brim of my Tilley Hat gets in the way when I'm taking pictures. What should I do?" and
"Do I have enough equipment to call myself a professional?"

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I'm hoping, if I haven't quite learned my lesson, and do slip into my "mockery" style of humor, that the upper echelons here will allow me to remain, or at least give me a warning before giving me the Heave-ho.

1. Take off your hat - or give up photography
2. If you have to ask - you don't
3. You can always use a grinnie or a smilie to indicate when we shouldn't take you seriously

We are primarily a learning site, and although not averse to humour, no one likes to spend their time answering what they thought was a serious question, only to discover they wasted their time instead of enjoying the joke.

Hi Jeremy,

I have always posted links from this site on others when they ask questions as I find this one of the most informative sites with answers to questions that there is on the net.

Glad you ahve found us useful and reference to us - thanks.

Welcome to both of you, from me,

[NorthernFocus]

....when I post as I may come over as abrupt but saying what I want can sometimes be a problem. I don't mean to sound rude in my comments....

You'll fit right in

[tbob]

Jeremy: I agree you will fit right in.

David, I think Dave Humphries missed the obvious answer to your two questions. Get a big, long lens. All the professionals carry one, and as a matter of fact the size is in direct correlation to your status; sort of like moose or elk antlers. No matter how big the hat (and you will need a large one to cover your swelling head) it should clear the brim.

[skilsaw]

I feel at home already.

[NorthernFocus]

...To make a long story short, I posted messages like,
"The brim of my Tilley Hat gets in the way when I'm taking pictures. What should I do?" and
"Do I have enough equipment to call myself a professional?"....

So you never got any answers? Darn, I've wanted to ask the same thing for a long time but can never get up the guts. I did find that carrying a clothes pin in one's shirt pocket can take care of the brim of the hat when needed.

See, this is a learning forum. You don't get valuable tips like that just anywhere. Donald already dealt with the "am I a pro" aspect so I skipped that (but I've got a lens big enough to use as a boat anchor so I'm set )

[skilsaw]

Dave Humphries gets the red ribbon,
Tbob gets the blue ribbon.
I think I'll start shopping for a big lens.
Maybe take the sum of the lens length and that "light shade" thingy that clips on the front of the lens.
That way I can fool non-photographers into believing that my whats-it is longer and fatter than it really is.

Or I might just buy a very large camera case. I can carry my sweater, (Pull-over to those of English extraction) lunch and thermos in it, along with my Whiznod Spotcheck camera that I earned with 6 cereal box tops.

How do I put a little smiley face on here?