Christmas Decorating....

Well I have to share this as it just cracks me up... I got a new toy this weekend.... ( http://consumer.usa.canon.com/ir/con...9&modelid=9430 ) and have been playing around with it.....and this is one thing I decided to try...nite shots....

There are some houses around town here that just go a bit overboard on their Christmas decorations....this one is pretty much there...the house itself I think is ok, but add in all the crap in the yard is a bit much...There is one across town thats way over the top...I'll have to cruise over there and get a pic of it....its way worse than this one!!!


http://techie-town.com/pgg/grizwald.jpg


Dial up users beware......the pic is a bit large... :D :D

wow they still make this camera, I had one of the first rebel X eos ones it was a good camera for the price

That's nothing compared to the takeout by my house. Damn place is lit up like the frickin sun. But the fried haddock is good and it's fun to look at all the lights while your order is being made.

I put my tree up yesterday on my birthday. And I have all these pieces left over.

http://www.christmas-decorations-gif...s/treshp5a.jpg

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Originally Posted by PuterGeekGirl

Well I have to share this as it just cracks me up... I got a new toy this weekend.... ( http://consumer.usa.canon.com/ir/con...9&modelid=9430 ) and have been playing around with it.....and this is one thing I decided to try...nite shots....

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So, how do you like the Digital Rebel? I bought my wife the Rebel 2000 a few years ago, now she's thinking about the digital one. I think the lenses are interchangeable, which would be nice. Just wondering what you think of it.


I did buy her one of these for Christmas though.

https://forums.windrivers.com/images.../2006/04/1.gif

She'll like that! I have a digital camcorder that I enjoy as well! :thumbs:

Like the Rebel alot...I haven't done a ton with it yet, but what I've done so far I love!! My son took a pic of his dog and I printed it on the new printer I got ( http://consumer.usa.canon.com/ir/con...&modelid=10239 ) in an 8x10 and it looks as if you can touch her as soft as she looks...incredible...that was on matte paper...

So far I love it..and you can snap pictures one right after the other, not a big delay like with normal digital cameras.

Yes, the lenses should be interchangable!

I wonder what the electricity bill will be like for these people after the Christmas season. https://forums.windrivers.com/images.../2005/03/1.gif

bet the power company loves that house.

I wonder if they had a second breaker box installed for the lights?

it just doesn't seem like christmas without snow. Crazy lights tho. Maybe this year they switched over to led lights to save on the bills

That's nothing. There's this guy who lives near me that leaves his stuff up all the time. If not, it would take all year to take down and put up. The house and yard are COVERED with decorations. If I get a pic, will someone host it for me?

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Originally Posted by FatalException0E

That's nothing. There's this guy who lives near me that leaves his stuff up all the time. If not, it would take all year to take down and put up. The house and yard are COVERED with decorations. If I get a pic, will someone host it for me?

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PM me. I'll post it this evening.

I have to see this. :p

HAH, the other one I am talking about is like that too...I guess he starts putting his stuff up in October to get it all done in time, the news did a story on it a couple of years ago. I may run by there tomorrow nite and get a picture! Sounds like the one Fatal is talking about!

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Originally Posted by PuterGeekGirl

HAH, the other one I am talking about is like that too...I guess he starts putting his stuff up in October to get it all done in time, the news did a story on it a couple of years ago. I may run by there tomorrow nite and get a picture! Sounds like the one Fatal is talking about!

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You wouldn't happen to be in Virginia would ya?

We took the kids out in the car yesterday evening to look at the best ones around here, they love them. They don't compare to the first one in this thread but I thought I'd post the pictures as there are mad people over here too :p

(pics taken with the phone, excuse the quality)

http://garry.knott.users.btopenworld.com/christmas1.jpg

http://garry.knott.users.btopenworld.com/christmas2.jpg

http://garry.knott.users.btopenworld.com/christmas3.jpg

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Originally Posted by pmetal

You wouldn't happen to be in Virginia would ya?

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Nope, but since this I've heard of a couple more insane places, one I will be going by tonite!! More pics! Haha, this is FUN!

Oh yeah, we have one guy here who COVERED his roof with lights last year. Someone further up the street did a grid of light over his whole yard. What was funny was one street I drove up yesterday, nobody had decorations up....except two houses next to each other that went all out.





My cam is in my car, which is in the shop. I hope I'll be able to bail it out today, otherwise next couple of days

Couple more...

http://techie-town.com/pgg/grizwalds1.jpg


http://techie-town.com/pgg/grizwalds2.jpg

Still haven't gotten the ultimate one across town..hopefully yet this week...wow, the crap they cram in these yards!!!

Enjoy! :thumbs:

Beware dialup users...sorry..I'll try to resize later!

Lad at work does a similar thing every year and puts a charity collection box out for donations to childrens charities :thumbs:

Seem to be good quality snaps too PuterGeekGirl :thumbs2:

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Originally Posted by PuterGeekGirl

http://techie-town.com/pgg/grizwald.jpg


Dial up users beware......the pic is a bit large... :D :D

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There used to be a gentleman north of our town who did something very much like that, only he lived on a 200-acre farm so he had LOTS of yard to fill. House covered with lights, multiple nativity scenes, sleighs (REAL sleighs covered with strings of lights, not the cheap plastic ones!) etc etc etc ...

The sheriff's department finally asked him to quit because there were so many accidents in front of his house every year. Seems that rubbernecking in the snow is a BAD idea. :eek2:

Every year our town has a christmas lights competition


first prize is 200 dollar voucher for ergon electricity
2nd prize is a 50 dollar voucher for ergon

and bad luck if you dont win because the electricity bills are way over the budget


I just bought so real cool purple chaser lights...

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Originally Posted by Mayet

Every year our town has a christmas lights competition


first prize is 200 dollar voucher for ergon electricity
2nd prize is a 50 dollar voucher for ergon

and bad luck if you dont win because the electricity bills are way over the budget


I just bought so real cool purple chaser lights...

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So you guys celebrate Chrismas in your shorts and bikinis' do you? https://forums.windrivers.com/images.../2005/03/1.gif

I got over to the insane Christmas house today, whipped out my camera, and discovered that the batteries were dead:mad:....maybe tomorrow.

Hah, here's another one I found today that I had to share...still gotta get across town to get the REAL good one...but this one cracked me up!! This one I scaled down a bit... :D :D

http://techie-town.com/pgg/justwrong.jpg

Hope he dont deliver in hunting season :D

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Originally Posted by jitBob

So you guys celebrate Chrismas in your shorts and bikinis' do you? https://forums.windrivers.com/images.../2005/03/1.gif

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Christmas in Australia


Sunshine
Zinc Cream
BBQ Steak and Prawns
Salad
Turkey
Ham
Cold Cold Beer
Good Friends

and of course a dip in the pool or beach

:sad: The main house thats done up isn't done this year...the guy must have moved... :mad: There's another one that is almost as bad and it wasn't there either!! Drove all the way across town and nothing... .:mad: Christmas just isn't the same this year.... :sad:

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Originally Posted by jitBob

So you guys celebrate Chrismas in your shorts and bikinis' do you? https://forums.windrivers.com/images.../2005/03/1.gif

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Yeah we do.https://forums.windrivers.com/images.../2005/03/1.gif
We even put lights on palm trees in between huricanes. https://forums.windrivers.com/images.../2005/02/1.gif
Hey GeekGirl!
Godspeed on Tuesday cutie!!!https://forums.windrivers.com/images.../2006/04/1.gif

Christmas can only ever be celebrated properly if it snows!

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Originally Posted by gazzak

Christmas can only ever be celebrated properly if it snows!

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Then I guess I've never had a real Christmas:sad:
We got a little snow on New Year's though......a few miles north of town where I was.

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Originally Posted by gazzak

Christmas can only ever be celebrated properly if it snows!

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In lou of snow one may substitute copius amounts of alchohol, until either

a) you pass out.
or
b) it looks like it's snowing.
or
c)that transvestite at the bar is now an 11

More vo-vo-voltage for home holiday displays

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6659886/?GT1=5855

Personally, I love all these over elaboratley decorated homes! We take the kids out a day or two before Xmas each year driving around looking at them all.

On a side note, my uncle does his place up like this each year, over 100 lawn decorations, lights all over the house and trees in his yard. This year, he fell out of the tree while hanging lights, broke his collarbone, 6 ribs and punctured a lung.....kind of depressing. When he got released, his first concern was getting the lights finished, so we had a work party and all the the family got together and finished it for him.

He wouldn't even hear thought of going without them this year, he said there are too many people each year who tell him how much thier children enjoy coming by each year to see the display.

I'll try to grab a pic this weekend when I am out that way.

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In Little Rock, Ark., some residents were so upset about a display with 3 million lights — said to be visible from 80 miles away — that they got the state’s Supreme Court to agree it was a public nuisance and order it scaled back.

In Monte Sereno, Calif., a couple whose huge display attracted thousands of passers-by angered neighbors and led the City Council to require a permit for any exhibit lasting longer than three days.

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Definite lack of the Christmas spirit. :sad:

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Originally Posted by Lost

Definite lack of the Christmas spirit. :sad:

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There was a news story on that 2nd one last week. The couple refused to get a permit, and instead, built a 10 ft. "Grinch" that sings the grinch song while pointing its finger to the neighbors house who registered all the complaints!!

Story Here