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DougO

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  1. Tracy is kind of butter-faced, but pure smokeshow from the neck down. She takes great care of herself and dresses accordingly to make it known.
  2. I remember seeing her in person at a Cowboys game during her NFL rookie year, Romo era. She immediately leapt into first place and has remained there since.
  3. DougO

    NFL Week 9

    I'm really looking forward to Kadarius Toney debuting his first injury with the Chiefs tonight.
  4. Always thought Panama was one of their most bland songs.
  5. I got an added unexpected bonus with the above lens. It came with a Really Right Stuff foot upgrade already installed, currently worth $115 new. The original foot was in the case in case I decide to use it. I'll probably never mess with it.
  6. MPB also doesn't add state sales tax for Texas, so that's even better. If anyone needs a $20 off referral for an MPB order let me know. I've bought a lot of stuff from KEH as well, never had a bad experience. But MPB is beating them on stuff I shop for.
  7. Damon Johnson's "Green Manalishi" Les Paul, from his facebook post.
  8. My main football lens, the 300 f2.8m had been acting up lately, cutting out AF function at random times. I sent it to Nikon but they said they have no parts to repair it since it is a "retired" lens. I had been thinking about getting a zoom version but options were too expensive. So I started shopping around. MPB.com has the best prices and the most transparency, where you can look at photos of the actual items, and they include details about condition when needed. The newer version is the VR2, exact same lens but with improve VR and a newer lens coating. I never use VR for football anyway, so it wasn't a bit deal. The VR2 version is much higher priced, so I looked at the earlier version, but since it is almost identical Nikon should have parts for repair for a long time. Out of the 8 lenses the had listed I had my eye on about three of them, the most expensive one and the cheapest one, and another one in between, ranging from 1119 to 1669. I studied these all carefully for a couple of weeks and finally decided I need to buy one of them, just had to decide which one I would invest in. The cheapest one looked really nice, but the notes said it made a squeaking sound when focusing. I researched the squeak issue and it was very common, many users saying theirs had always had that squeak, it usually gets quieter with use and never and an issue with operation. My first instinct was to go with the cheap one, but I had a focus issue before with a 300/f4 that died twice, once before and once after Nikon claimed to have replaced the motor. It's dead, Jim. So I went through a lot of anxiety trying to settle on the cheap option, but still in the back of my mind thinking I should get one of the other ones. Late Sunday night I decided I need to make a call and go with it. I went back on last time after midnight, and low and behold, the prices on all of them had dropped $100 since a couple or house before the last time I had checked on them. The most expensive one had dropped $150, from 1669 to 1519. I saw that as a sign and pulled the trigger. It was like a $7000 lens in 2010.
  9. New used lens day! Nikon 200-400 f4, VR first version. Not a single blemish on it, no sign of use, original box, case and everything included. An added bonus, it even came with an upgraded tripod foot by Really Right Stuff which goes for $115, and the original foot was in the case as well.
  10. I probably will, but I don't have it yet.
  11. I ordered a new used expensive DSLR lens instead of a guitar. I could not find the lens thread.
  12. The Cowboys did a good job hyping his alleged progress in preseason, but failed to shop him hard then when they could. It was pretty obvious the reality would prevail by week 8 and nobody would want him.
  13. Like the Gregory contract, their wisest transactions tend to be the ones that fall through in their favor.
  14. People don't understand what a major factor pass blocking is in playing time for running backs. A lot of really good runners don't get on the field as much because they never developed that skill. Zeke has been pretty good in his career in that regard. It's a major reason he's on the field more.
  15. DougO

    Cowboys V Bears

    Yeah, I was laughing at the choke hold by the left tackle that the ref refused to call, before Parsons went and ran down the ball and returned it for TD.
  16. DougO

    Cowboys V Bears

    Pollard should starts.
  17. DougO

    Cowboys V Bears

    Wow. Sure you can carry a ball with the tip of your elbow.
  18. DougO

    King's X

    Not sure. Football stuff and other things seems to always get in the way. I wish the tours weren't always in the fall. May be the last one.
  19. I didn't even know there was a game on this morning. Fuck that shit.
  20. Kellen will likely be pulling out the secret Turpin jet sweep that everybody in the stadium will see coming.
  21. I like this guy's channel. It must have been awesome to see him perform at any stage of his life.
  22. Goodell to his hit squad goons, "infiltrate and slip this in Jerry's drink." Shit, wrong Jerry.
  23. People love to shit on the kickers that miss extra points, but you don't hear much about Brett Maher. He's been money.
  24. I could re-do those files and make them look a lot better, but ain't nobody got time for that, and nobody cares anyway.
  25. I was there on the sidelines shooting the game. Great day for Emmitt, but the Cowboys pissed the game away. The record breaking run. Sorry for the small size and crappy quality of these pics. My equipment was shit, My first digital camera and a manual focus lens with fungus. it was 20 years ago. I pulled a few blades of turf from the back of the end zone after the game and saved a piece of history from that field that no longer exists. I still have it somewhere. My credential from that game is on the wall to my left on the edge of a picture frame. Emmitt was the greatest.
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