My 'old & new'. That old Bowers trench lighter works just as good now as it did waaaay back in World War II. It's a genuine veteran, too, grandpappydigr carried it Over There.

old and new/ Eye
 

Great old lighter and nice photo gravdigr. I think you're shot is so clear it's almost 3D like.

oh and haha on that family guy clip.

So I have 2 new photos. I know they are not clear.It is sharpened to the max but it didn't help much.
My cell phone isn't that great anyway but for inside photos it's almost frustrating if I didn't think it was so much fun.

here are the rest of my entries
 

eye, old & new, ugly and streaming

And a couple from Hebe
 

These are pictures of her ceramics she took yesterday and i thought them appropriate and cool.....

Eye and Streaming

24 hours to go and the entries so far (in alphabetical order) are:

Weather: glatt, jinx, monster, skysh
Eye: glatt, gravdgr, hebe,monster, skysh
Streaming: glatt, hebe, monster
Old and New: glatt, gravdgr, jinx, monster, skysh
Ugly: glatt, jinx, monster

let me know if I missed any....

Entry Ended, Voting Begins
 

The first poll (weather) is up, the rest will be up soon but not tonight because I need to chill and sleep and stuff....

damn. do this again after this is done. i wanted to play but i suck and never quite got around to it.

I will get to the other polls, but I have to go out tonight and empty the garage before I go. if anyone else wants to do them, feel free..... thanks :)

Yea, I got on a long work string and then the holidays combined with a car wreck took up most of my time. I will try to get in on the next round.

Two polls done. i have to be up a stupid O'clock tomorrow for swim champs, but I'll try to do the last three before I zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Gravdigr: That old lighter is really cool looking. I like it! Betcha it would look really nice if you could polish it up. By the way, do you collect Zippo lighters, Gravdigr?

Yeah, Tulip, I do collect Zippos! I got started collecting those super-cheap, plastic novelty lighters. As far as 'polishing up' the old trench lighter, not a chance. I like the old-and-used-but-still-going-strong look. I look at it like antique furniture, most of the time, refinishing/shining-up is the worst thing you could do.

Yes, you are right about the lighter. Its "old-and-used-but-still-going-strong" beauty caught my eye. :) Anyways, I would LOVE to see your Zippos colllection. :D I have a small one myself, hihi. If you show me yours, I'll show you mine. ;) :D

So the results are in.

1) Old and New WINNER: Glatt
2) Weather WINNER: monster
3) Eye WINNER: Glatt
4) Ugly WINNER: Glatt
5) Streaming WINNER: Glatt

WTG Glatt! If you want, you have the dubious honor of choosing the next 5 "topics"

I suggest entries should be posted by December 27th, and then we'll vote

Thanks for bailing me out on the polls....