# The Off Topic **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous\ **Created:** [June 9, 2018, 4:36am UTC](https://forum.headphones.com/t/the-off-topic/1684 "2018-06-09T04:36:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![pennstac](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.headphones.com/pennstac/32/381_2.png) [@pennstac](https://forum.headphones.com/u/pennstac)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2018, 4:36am UTC](https://forum.headphones.com/t/the-off-topic/1684/1 "2018-06-09T04:36:54Z")
Anything but headphones. Commentary on the whichness of the why. Don’t flame. Be interesting. ---
**Author:** ![pennstac](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.headphones.com/pennstac/32/381_2.png) [@pennstac](https://forum.headphones.com/u/pennstac)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2018, 4:38am UTC](https://forum.headphones.com/t/the-off-topic/1684/2 "2018-06-09T04:38:28Z")
Anthony Bourdain. RIP. People ask why. It was [A Perfect Day for Bananafish](https://www.scribd.com/document/351137834/Bananafish-J-D-Salinger-pdf) ---
**Author:** ![TylersEclectic](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.headphones.com/tylerseclectic/32/8751_2.png) [@TylersEclectic](https://forum.headphones.com/u/TylersEclectic)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2018, 5:22am UTC](https://forum.headphones.com/t/the-off-topic/1684/3 "2018-06-09T05:22:23Z")
One of my most favorite of tv hosts(selling him short with this comment, big fan of all he did and represented)… I’m drinking some drams tonight…for those that burn hot and fast! ---
**Author:** ![pennstac](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.headphones.com/pennstac/32/381_2.png) [@pennstac](https://forum.headphones.com/u/pennstac)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2018, 3:10am UTC](https://forum.headphones.com/t/the-off-topic/1684/4 "2018-08-26T03:10:19Z")
We’ve lost too many good ones this year. Not just Bourdain. Tom Wolfe. I’ve heard him lecture, but first there was The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test. RIP Tom. May you meet your friend Hunter S Thompson in that part of the universe where the peyote just starts to take hold. And Philip Roth. Another great writer. And now John McCain. I didn’t always agree with him, and he might not have always been the sharpest knife in the drawer, but he was always honorable and honest. A Mensch. We need more like you. ---
**Author:** ![pwjazz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.headphones.com/pwjazz/32/35458_2.png) [@pwjazz](https://forum.headphones.com/u/pwjazz)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2018, 3:47am UTC](https://forum.headphones.com/t/the-off-topic/1684/5 "2018-08-26T03:47:27Z")
> [@pennstac](#): > > I didn’t always agree with him, and he might not have always been the sharpest knife in the drawer, but he was always honorable and honest. A Mensch. Well put. Many people gain broad admiration for their talent, or their charisma or their achievements. Fewer gain it for their service to others, though for them my admiration runs deepest. > [@pennstac](#): > > We need more like you. They’re out there, toiling away in underpaid and thankless positions, making positive impacts on the lives that they touch. Their egos too small to call them into public life, our society too often overlooks them in our search for heroes and leaders, but they’re out there. ---
**Author:** ![pennstac](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.headphones.com/pennstac/32/381_2.png) [@pennstac](https://forum.headphones.com/u/pennstac)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2018, 12:38am UTC](https://forum.headphones.com/t/the-off-topic/1684/6 "2018-10-15T00:38:48Z")
Last night, on NBC when they show the rerun of some SNL episode, they showed the famous November 20, 1976 Thanksgiving episode. I remember watching this when it first aired. Barbara and I were about a month from getting married, and we laughed at Paul Simon doing his monologue dressed as a turkey. The music was great, with Paul Simon and George Harrison singing together – “Here Comes the Sun” and “Homeward Bound”. Dan Akroyd did a mock interview of Simon, confusing him with a union leader of the same name, and then with Neil Simon. Jane Curtin and family chewed Quarry, a cereal made from rocks. It was as funny now as it was then. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZp25RIhZ0E](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZp25RIhZ0E) for the full episode - it costs, but you can also find free clips. Today I had to stream some Simon and Garfunkel. That’s my era. Those were the soundtracks of my life. ---
**Author:** ![prfallon69](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.headphones.com/prfallon69/32/43781_2.png) [@prfallon69](https://forum.headphones.com/u/prfallon69)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2018, 5:41pm UTC](https://forum.headphones.com/t/the-off-topic/1684/7 "2018-10-20T17:41:38Z")
I have just re-read the community guidelines and noticed that it mentions not to sign your posts. I am sorry I hadn’t noticed this rule and I will now cease putting my name at the bottom of my posts. P.s Sorry if ive posted this in the wrong thread I didn’t really know where else to put it. ---
**Author:** ![antdroid](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.headphones.com/antdroid/32/8600_2.png) [@antdroid](https://forum.headphones.com/u/antdroid)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2018, 6:20pm UTC](https://forum.headphones.com/t/the-off-topic/1684/8 "2018-10-20T18:20:14Z")
we are going to have to put you on probation. no listening to headphones for 2 hours. ---
**Author:** ![prfallon69](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.headphones.com/prfallon69/32/43781_2.png) [@prfallon69](https://forum.headphones.com/u/prfallon69)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2018, 7:08pm UTC](https://forum.headphones.com/t/the-off-topic/1684/9 "2018-10-20T19:08:45Z")
Hehe yeah, nevermind. I hadn’t seen it and I have read through it before. Oh well. I have been doing it in various forums and have done it for ages. It just didn’t occur to me that it would bother anyone. No one has complained either. At least on this forum. But I don’t want to incur the wrath of @Torq. 😁. Oh, by the way regarding my Pioneer Dap I have only just discovered the battery saving mode that shuts down most services in the background. What am I like. 🤪. I have disabled most programs but to miss this feature, I don’t know I must be getting absent minded. ---
**Author:** ![Torq](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.headphones.com/torq/32/16384_2.png) [@Torq](https://forum.headphones.com/u/Torq)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2018, 7:10pm UTC](https://forum.headphones.com/t/the-off-topic/1684/10 "2018-10-20T19:10:57Z")
No worries! I’d only be bothered if people started listing their gear as a signature - as that significantly impacts the usefulness of the search function. ---
**Author:** ![pennstac](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.headphones.com/pennstac/32/381_2.png) [@pennstac](https://forum.headphones.com/u/pennstac)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2018, 10:56pm UTC](https://forum.headphones.com/t/the-off-topic/1684/11 "2018-11-29T22:56:25Z")
**Just for fun** Can anyone identify who is in this picture? (A self portrait) And can you identify the camera? ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/headphones/original/2X/e/e42d1469cca56f6e0895270a37edbf610fb493e7.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![antdroid](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.headphones.com/antdroid/32/8600_2.png) [@antdroid](https://forum.headphones.com/u/antdroid)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2018, 12:23am UTC](https://forum.headphones.com/t/the-off-topic/1684/12 "2018-11-30T00:23:54Z")
Is this the origin of the selfie? ---
**Author:** ![pennstac](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.headphones.com/pennstac/32/381_2.png) [@pennstac](https://forum.headphones.com/u/pennstac)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2018, 1:13am UTC](https://forum.headphones.com/t/the-off-topic/1684/13 "2018-11-30T01:13:27Z")
Good guess. It is in a mirror. ---
**Author:** ![pennstac](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.headphones.com/pennstac/32/381_2.png) [@pennstac](https://forum.headphones.com/u/pennstac)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2018, 1:09pm UTC](https://forum.headphones.com/t/the-off-topic/1684/14 "2018-11-30T13:09:56Z")
Hint - the person is famous in the film industry. Actually, this photo is also. ---
**Author:** ![prfallon69](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.headphones.com/prfallon69/32/43781_2.png) [@prfallon69](https://forum.headphones.com/u/prfallon69)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2018, 1:48pm UTC](https://forum.headphones.com/t/the-off-topic/1684/15 "2018-11-30T13:48:04Z")
What decade is the picture from? ---
**Author:** ![pennstac](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.headphones.com/pennstac/32/381_2.png) [@pennstac](https://forum.headphones.com/u/pennstac)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2018, 5:08pm UTC](https://forum.headphones.com/t/the-off-topic/1684/16 "2018-11-30T17:08:04Z")
I would guess 70’s to early 80s. The camera is older. ---
**Author:** ![Torq](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.headphones.com/torq/32/16384_2.png) [@Torq](https://forum.headphones.com/u/Torq)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2018, 5:34pm UTC](https://forum.headphones.com/t/the-off-topic/1684/17 "2018-11-30T17:34:24Z")
That’s Stanley Kubrick. The camera is a Leica III - though I can’t tell if it’s a “c” or an “f” model (I have one, somewhere …). The lens is, I believe, a 50mm f/2 “Summitar”. He took that picture in 1949, and he started his career as a street photographer, if I remember correctly. ---
**Author:** ![prfallon69](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.headphones.com/prfallon69/32/43781_2.png) [@prfallon69](https://forum.headphones.com/u/prfallon69)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2018, 5:58pm UTC](https://forum.headphones.com/t/the-off-topic/1684/18 "2018-11-30T17:58:39Z")
I was just about to say that yes it’s Stanley Kubrick. 😁 ---
**Author:** ![pennstac](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.headphones.com/pennstac/32/381_2.png) [@pennstac](https://forum.headphones.com/u/pennstac)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2018, 5:54am UTC](https://forum.headphones.com/t/the-off-topic/1684/19 "2018-12-01T05:54:23Z")
Exactly right. It’s a IIIf a model I coveted when I was still willing to develop film. Now I just send my phone to Kodak to develop the pictures… ---
**Author:** ![pennstac](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.headphones.com/pennstac/32/381_2.png) [@pennstac](https://forum.headphones.com/u/pennstac)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2019, 9:02pm UTC](https://forum.headphones.com/t/the-off-topic/1684/20 "2019-02-16T21:02:52Z")
A friend of mine (near Chicago) is a big train buff. He’s certified on historic locomotives, and also in the dining car. Here’s a recent video from his FB page. I think it’s from the IRM (Interstate Railway Museum) south of Chicago, one of their steam locomotives in the snow. > **[Jerry Day](https://www.facebook.com/jerry.day.1426/videos/1863094577134624/)** > > The Durango & Silverton NG RR Flanger train. The camera shake in the last scene was caused by snow from the flanger hitting the camera tripod. [Next page](https://forum.headphones.com/t/the-off-topic/1684.md?page=2)