rainy labor day weekend
 

Ok, while I am at it, your avatar is too small too. Here

http://www.digikitten.com/playhousev...e/underdog.jpg

digital images
 

I am trying to find out how to convert .tif images to .jpeg. Does anyone know if this can be done and if so, would they be so kind as to tell me how (or direct me to a place that would tell me)? thanks.

digital images
 

Yes, it can be done. I use adobe photoshop, but I am sure there are other programs you can use.

digital images
 

Informatik does this. You can download the demo at www.informatik.com.

Or you can open the tif in MS Paint and save it as a jpeg. Although Paint tends to do funny things. I just tested and it made the background a lovely shade of purple instead of white.

rainy labor day weekend
 

I think you think mine is too dark and difficult to see and you feel an irresistible urge first to trim a bit off the top, the bottom, and the right side, and then to blow what's left so more detail shows.

digital images
 

thank you e/o and Anne. I may have to get photoshop. It looks like fun.

Severed head dude
 

A 28-year-old carrier van driver's head nearly got chopped off in a road accident. Weeks later he is alive, thanks to sheer grit.

His head almost severed, blood oozing and eyes popping out, Balram was in a dazed state when the accident took place on July 5 in Fatehabad in Uttar Pradesh.

He, however, kept his head attached to his body with some cloth. When no one came to help him, he drove his own vehicle for 30 km to reach a nursing home in Agra.

Doctors there found the head partly joined with the spinal column -- something that saved his life.

D.V. Sharma, who runs the nursing home, said it was Balram's supreme confidence and presence of mind that must have made him drive without any loss of time.

"Had there been some delay, death was a certainty."

"Imagine someone walking into the nursing home with his head almost cut off from the neck. The very thought gives shivers," said an attendant who first saw Balram at the nursing home.
People who donated blood for him were also praised at the function in the hospital, which incidentally refused to take money for his treatment.

Recalling the accident, a family member said: "Balram was returning from Arnauta in Bah tehsil (sub-district) with 10 quintals of wheat in his van. When he was passing through the main market in Fatehabad, a tractor trolley carrying iron rods and pipes ahead of him suddenly applied the breaks.

"Balram could not stop in time and banged into the trolley. The iron rods pierced through his neck. His head fell on one side, attached precariously to the spinal cord.

"He was fully conscious and all his organs were in command. Promptly, Balram straightened his head and tied a 'safi' (a thin cloth towel) around it and rushed towards Agra. Whoever saw the scene couldn't believe his eyes. The crowd that assembled around did nothing.

"When Balram tried to speak, blood oozed from his mouth.

"Soaked in blood and in a totally shattered state, even his co-worker collapsed unconscious. But Balram did not lose heart. He kick-started the van and went to a nearby doctor who advised him to immediately rush to Agra. The first nursing home on the way refused him admission as he was in a critical state.
Head

Severed head dude
 

I vote for spoiler space for shit like this. Not spoiler as in you'll ruin the surprise. Spoiler as in you just made me puke all over my keyboard. Sebby, anything to add about corn while my stomach is conveniently empty?

Severed head dude
 

Here's something gross a bit closer to home.
Spree: Man survives fall in which a drill bit goes through his head. He only loses an eye.
Warning - article has a picture of the x-ray.

Severed head dude
 

The link was disappointing. Perhaps you could rename it something less misleading.

And as far as severed heads go, I really feel for the Houston lady who was trapped in an elevator with a severed head for like an hour. I have heard that an elevator repair company had turned off the safety switches on the doors while performing maintenance, and then forgot to turn them on again. Whoops.

Edited to add this: Perhaps this has something to do with the recent appearance of the Salome avatar?

New matter opportunity for tax/class action lawyers?
 

http://www.salon.com/business/wire/2...irs/index.html

[IRS employees give wrong answers about 1/2 the time]

Severed head dude
 

See re: line. You need more warning than that? You just can not physically prevent yourself from reading text in front of you?

Severed head dude
 

Was it definitely the head she was with an not the body? I was wondering but didn't ever look it up or actually watch the news or anything.

I've been pondering which would be worse to be stuck with (head or body). On the one hand, the head has the face and stuff. On the other hand, it seems like the body would produce a lot more blood than just a head, and who wants to be stuck watching a huge pool of blood getting bigger and bigger?
The big healthy dog started with the Salome avatar. She's Salome, I'm the dude with the severed head and I think she's handing the platter to my headless body.

Poker Tournaments
 

Have any of the poker players here ever gone to a tournament at a casino? Do people go to these for kicks or are the players all professionals? I know virtually nothing about gambling and I'm curious because I just heard from a friend who's going to a tourney in Atlantic City later this week.

Severed head dude
 

Yeah, that was on the news the other night. Speaking of spoiler space, they had a disclaimer for about a minute to give you ample time to turn away - or call your spouse into the room (like in our house) to say ewwwww, look at this. Guy was strangely calm about it, kinda laughed it off.