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12-03-2016, 03:00 PM
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2 Rivet Member
2008 25' Safari
Littleton
, Colorado
Join Date: Sep 2014
Posts: 51
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December photo contest - Ho Ho Ho
I am honored to have won the November photo contest with my first-ever-submission of a picture of my favorite Junior Rangers. It doesn't get any better than spending time with friends and family doing what you love and passing the torch to the next generation. I enjoyed all of last month's submissions.
This month: Santa likes a good laugh and so do I. The winner will be the one who makes me laugh the most with their photo. (Since none of you know me, this should be quite the challenge.) If your photo is worth a thousand words, and needs no further explanation, then no explanation is needed. If a caption, or the story behind the photo, will add to the humor, please include it. It can be a photo/situation that was not funny at the time, but now that you look back, you can see the humor.
Just a reminder that some part of the Airstream must be included and you must own the rights to any photograph submitted. Usually this will mean that you took the photo entered in the contest. At the time you enter a photo it's only fair to the other entrants to say if you didn't take the picture but that you own the rights.
The best example I have is Fly at Night’s Santa SPLAT posted in the December 2013 contest. I can’t post it because I don’t have the rights, but you can easily find it. This one happens to be holiday related, but for the purposes of this month’s contest, the photo does not have to be connected to the holidays or the season.
Have fun. I'm looking forward to some laugh-out-loud funny photos!
Kathy
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12-03-2016, 03:04 PM
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Rivet Master
1962 28' Ambassador
1961 19' Globetrotter
1962 26' Overlander
Mesa
, Arizona
Join Date: Jun 2013
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Mellinkat this sounds like a great contest theme.
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12-03-2016, 04:12 PM
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2 Rivet Member
2008 25' Safari
Littleton
, Colorado
Join Date: Sep 2014
Posts: 51
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Hittenstiehl
Mellinkat this sounds like a great contest theme.
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Thanks! I hope that we will have some fun with it! And thanks for the congrats. They are so much fun and they keep me young!
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12-03-2016, 04:13 PM
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Rivet Master
2015 27' FB Eddie Bauer
2011 25' FB Flying Cloud
Fernandina Beach
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Join Date: Sep 2013
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I agree, great theme! (Who will be the first to submit their Cousin Eddie Dumping the Black Tank at Christmas photo?) Joe
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12-03-2016, 04:41 PM
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3 Rivet Member
1973 31' Excella 500
Vicksburg
, Mississippi
Join Date: Jul 2016
Posts: 164
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I didn't take this picture.
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12-03-2016, 06:03 PM
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Rivet Master
1956 22' Safari
2015 27' Flying Cloud
Vintage Kin Owner
Conifer/Evergreen
, Colorado
Join Date: Feb 2002
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Here's one that makes me laugh..."the boys" after a day of polishing!
And you ask, "Where's the Airstream?" it's in the oxidation remnants all over them!
Shari
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12-04-2016, 05:57 AM
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Rivet Master
2016 23' International
Centennial
, Colorado
Join Date: May 2006
Posts: 1,684
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Great photo Shari!
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12-04-2016, 11:05 AM
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3 Rivet Member
1973 31' Excella 500
Vicksburg
, Mississippi
Join Date: Jul 2016
Posts: 164
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Hot off the presses
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12-04-2016, 11:22 AM
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Rivet Master
2012 27' Flying Cloud
W
, New England
Join Date: Oct 2012
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Al Boondy
Hot off the presses
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😂😂😂😂😂
Oh man!!!
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12-04-2016, 11:27 AM
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Rivet Master
1971 25' Tradewind
1993 34' Excella
Currently Looking...
Estancia
, New Mexico
Join Date: Feb 2005
Posts: 7,742
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This selfie doesn't quite meet the rules but this is as good an excuse as any. This is what I feel like after Boondy's.
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12-04-2016, 03:26 PM
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4 Rivet Member
2003 31' Classic
Terra Alta
, West Virginia
Join Date: Jan 2015
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This is good stuff.
WVSTREAMER
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12-04-2016, 03:30 PM
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Rivet Master
2016 23' International
Centennial
, Colorado
Join Date: May 2006
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Great posts guys!!
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12-04-2016, 10:02 PM
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Rivet Master
2014 20' Flying Cloud
Sag Harbor
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Join Date: Jun 2015
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Mellinkat
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Just a reminder that some part of the Airstream must be included and you must own the rights to any photograph submitted. Usually this will mean that you took the photo entered in the contest. At the time you enter a photo it's only fair to the other entrants to say if you didn't take the picture but that you own the rights.
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Thanks Kathy for a new contest with a great theme! Unfortunately, so far this month only one post contains a photo which follows the rules. [#6 by InsideOut -- and yes I did laugh out loud!]
There are plenty of opportunities in this forum for humor, but I have always found this monthly photography contest great fun when it contains mainly original photos by the posters, which all follow a shared theme.
For the posters who want to yuck it up, there are plenty of other opportunities, including the option of starting one's own thread.
Any chance of this December photography contest playing by the rules, and ratcheting back the free-for-all humor, in favor of a self-restrained narrower path to laughter, mirth and joy? This may require a bit of work, and not just a copy-and-paste from the Internet, but the end result is worth it IMO.
Thanks,
Peter
PS -- The Fun and Games sub-forum has lots of threads where humor is encouraged:
http://www.airforums.com/forums/f472/
Al Boondy's Airstream Hacked thread is a good example:
http://www.airforums.com/forums/f472...ls-158395.html
That long Airstream 5th-wheel looks pretty cool actually!
Then there is always The Argue Thread:
http://www.airforums.com/forums/f161...ead-60297.html
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12-04-2016, 11:08 PM
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3 Rivet Member
1973 31' Excella 500
Vicksburg
, Mississippi
Join Date: Jul 2016
Posts: 164
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Quote:
Originally Posted by OTRA15
Unfortunately, so far this month only one post contains a photo which follows the rules. [#6 by InsideOut -- and yes I did laugh out loud!]
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Once again I suggest that you educate yourself before accusing members of breaking the rules.
From the SITE TEAM:
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Usually this will mean that you took the photo
At the time you enter a photo it's only fair to the other entrants to say if you didn't take the picture...
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http://www.airforums.com/forums/f415/photo-contest-guidelines-40964.html
Clearly it is NOT against the rules to submit a picture that you did not take, and it is up to the contest author to set the rules for their contest, NOT YOU.
They earned it.
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Originally Posted by OTRA15
the posters who want to yuck it up, there are plenty of other opportunities, including the option of starting one's own thread.
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Did you read the OP'S post?
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The winner will be the one who makes me laugh the most with their photo
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The entire purpose of this contest is to yuck it up!
This is twice that you have falsely accused me of breaking the law or the forum rules in a thread. I wonder if the moderaters will find that YOUR posts break the rules???
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12-05-2016, 07:11 AM
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Rivet Master
2006 23' Safari SE
Biloxi
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Join Date: Nov 2011
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14 post and the expected Airforums bickering and in fighting has already started. I need to go camping and apparently I am not the only one.
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12-05-2016, 07:31 AM
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Rivet Master
1971 25' Tradewind
1993 34' Excella
Currently Looking...
Estancia
, New Mexico
Join Date: Feb 2005
Posts: 7,742
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Time to get back to the basics
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=...xlUjchAC-VsgoQ
There is a simple answer here. Nobody is running for president, this is not the Nobel Prize. The prime directive is have FUN. Nobody is gong to like every photo, especially me. The only "rule" that is clear is the last month's winner decides the winner on his/ her own discretion.
Aside from the winner's "rules", the only reason I can see for the "own the rights" to a photo is the teeny tiny chance someone else who does "own the rights" gets his/her elbows chafed and calls the photo police.
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12-05-2016, 08:12 AM
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2 Rivet Member
2008 25' Safari
Littleton
, Colorado
Join Date: Sep 2014
Posts: 51
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Rules Clarification
Well, this contentiousness was not what I was hoping for, so let me clarify. The photo that will win, if that is what you would like to do, is a photo, (not a graphic) that you took, that has not been edited (other than removing red eye, cropping, etc), that is funny. The example I gave was exactly what I am looking for. (Santa SPLAT - Dec 2013). I think we have driven off into the ditch; let's see if we can get back on course. I know it isn't easy, but you can do it!
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12-05-2016, 09:07 AM
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3 Rivet Member
1973 31' Excella 500
Vicksburg
, Mississippi
Join Date: Jul 2016
Posts: 164
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Thanks Mellinkat for the clarification. Rest assured that I have no desire to win the contest. I'd have to start the next one and feel obligated to monitor it. I'd have to deal with the self appointed thread police as well as clowns like me.
No thanks, just in it for the laughs.
Sorry for any inconvenience and thank you for trying to bring some humor to the site!
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12-05-2016, 09:16 AM
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Rivet Master
1971 25' Tradewind
1993 34' Excella
Currently Looking...
Estancia
, New Mexico
Join Date: Feb 2005
Posts: 7,742
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Mellinkat
Well, this contentiousness was not what I was hoping for, so let me clarify. The photo that will win, if that is what you would like to do, is a photo, (not a graphic) that you took, that has not been edited (other than removing red eye, cropping, etc), that is funny. The example I gave was exactly what I am looking for. (Santa SPLAT - Dec 2013). I think we have driven off into the ditch; let's see if we can get back on course. I know it isn't easy, but you can do it!
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I'll drink to that.
The photo I submitted above does not have any part of an Airstream in it. I did not even expect it to be judged as meeting requirements. It was posted more as a comment than a contest entry.
Melinski, It will never cease to amaze me what people choose to argue about. Myself, not excluded. I think it must be a collorary of Murphy's Law what you put out there with the good intention that it could not possibly provoke any contention will have inversely proportional results..
Are we having fun yet?
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12-05-2016, 10:35 AM
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Rivet Master
2012 27' Flying Cloud
W
, New England
Join Date: Oct 2012
Posts: 7,402
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Uhm - here's one that makes me laugh. I took the pic. It's inside my trailer. I'm always tickled at how dedicated she is to sleeping. She's my hero for that reason alone, among many others....
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