*ENTRY* Thread DSS #34: Inside Out or Upside Down

LlywellynLlywellyn Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 3,186 Major grins
edited October 5, 2009 in The Dgrin Challenges
Dgrin Sharp Shooters Challenge #34

Welcome to Round #34 of the Dgrin Sharp Shooters Challenges. This challenge is open to any Dgrin member. It will run from Monday, September 21, 08:00am, EDT time (GMT -4) to Monday, October 5, 08:00am, EDT time (GMT -4).

The topic ready for your interpretation: Inside Out or Upside Down

Flip it, twist it, or turn it, it's time to look at things a little topsy-turvy. So make the wrong side right or the downside up, and make our heads spin!

Your Judges:
Karrie McD (Winner of Round 31)
Halite (Guest Judge)



IMPORTANT NOTE: Your entry is to be submitted directly into a Smugmug gallery. It's pretty simple, just go to the gallery link below, and follow the upload instructions at the top of the page: Remember, the basics stay the same: 1 entry per person, and the photo must be fresh, taken during this contest period. Do not use a minimal save method (such as "save for web"), and your exif will be embedded in your image, no worries!

To avoid disqualification, read, in full, the Dgrin Sharp Shooters Challenge Rules, there have been some slight modifications.
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  • Karrie McDKarrie McD Registered Users Posts: 372 Major grins
    edited September 21, 2009
    Oh boy.... sounds fun. Good luck everyone iloveyou.gif see ya in two weeks :D
    "Whether you think you can or you can't, you are right."
  • WhatSheSawWhatSheSaw Registered Users Posts: 2,221 Major grins
    edited September 21, 2009
    Another challenging theme! Thanks, Kerry! thumb.gif
  • adbsgicomadbsgicom Registered Users Posts: 3,615 Major grins
    edited September 21, 2009
    Nice topic. About 15 years ago at a graphics conference these researchers modeled a way to turn a sphere inside out without ever creating a crease in the material. The material can go through itself, but it never pinches. It was (needless to say if I remember it 15 years later) rather cool. Naturally, it lives on in YouTube:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_w4HYXuo9M
    - Andrew

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  • Mad CatMad Cat Registered Users Posts: 75 Big grins
    edited September 21, 2009
    Gar, this sounds like fun
    Kerry, do you come up with these contests all on your own, or do you have help? headscratch.gif
  • LlywellynLlywellyn Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 3,186 Major grins
    edited September 21, 2009
    Mad Cat wrote:
    Kerry, do you come up with these contests all on your own, or do you have help? headscratch.gif

    Some carried over from Em's previous brainstorming, but most now come from random ideas I jot down. Usually around midnight. After little sleep the day before. :D
  • sherstonesherstone Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 2,356 Major grins
    edited September 21, 2009
    Llywellyn wrote:
    Usually around midnight. After little sleep the day before. :D

    I am guessing this midnight might be one of those nights? :twitch
    Sean
  • LlywellynLlywellyn Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 3,186 Major grins
    edited September 21, 2009
    sherstone wrote:
    I am guessing this midnight might be one of those nights? :twitch

    ...oh, that just gave me another idea! :smo
  • B RockB Rock Registered Users Posts: 181 Major grins
    edited September 22, 2009
    Hmmm. I think I already have an idea for this one! I'll shoot it this weekend hopefully.
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  • B RockB Rock Registered Users Posts: 181 Major grins
    edited September 22, 2009
    Llywellyn wrote:
    ...oh, that just gave me another idea! :smo

    I competition where the date taken has to be midnight? lol
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  • JAGJAG Super Moderators Posts: 9,088 moderator
    edited September 25, 2009
    Yo mods! Cleanup in isle one in the challenge gallery. THANKS!thumb.gif
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  • sherstonesherstone Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 2,356 Major grins
    edited September 25, 2009
    JAG wrote:
    Yo mods! Cleanup in isle one in the challenge gallery. THANKS!thumb.gif

    Too bad you can't keep the comments that are on your first version :cry
    Sean
  • JAGJAG Super Moderators Posts: 9,088 moderator
    edited September 25, 2009
    sherstone wrote:
    Too bad you can't keep the comments that are on your first version :cry
    yeah I know....I sure do appreciate the comments made already though.deal.gif
    ~JAG (Joyce) - My site: JAG Creations JAG Creations be a fan.
  • divamumdivamum Registered Users Posts: 9,021 Major grins
    edited September 26, 2009
    Does photographing rain - which is supposed to be on the outside - coming through the INSIDE of my kitchen ceiling count as themeworthy???!!!
    :devbobo
    Aaarrrgghhhh............................ :bash:uhoheek7.gifhung

    :hide
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  • adbsgicomadbsgicom Registered Users Posts: 3,615 Major grins
    edited September 26, 2009
    divamum wrote:
    Does photographing rain - which is supposed to be on the outside - coming through the INSIDE of my kitchen ceiling count as themeworthy???!!!
    :devbobo
    Aaarrrgghhhh............................ :bash:uhoheek7.gifhung

    :hide

    Make the best of it!!!

    Sorry to hear about that Diva. Water issues are the worst. We just got done closing up a chunk of ceiling from a pinhole leak.
    - Andrew

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  • sherstonesherstone Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 2,356 Major grins
    edited September 26, 2009
    divamum wrote:
    Does photographing rain - which is supposed to be on the outside - coming through the INSIDE of my kitchen ceiling count as themeworthy???!!!

    I'd sure say it does. But that does suck - sorry to hear about your leak :cry
    Sean
  • divamumdivamum Registered Users Posts: 9,021 Major grins
    edited September 26, 2009
    adbsgicom wrote:
    Make the best of it!!!

    Sorry to hear about that Diva. Water issues are the worst. We just got done closing up a chunk of ceiling from a pinhole leak.

    How did you find it? We're going NUTS trying to find the source of this thing., which we've been chasing for weeks - we keep thinking we have it, and then it turns up somewhere else. Our builder is tearing his hair out. The irony is that the roof is - or should I say, appears - to be in great condition, but water is clearly getting in somewhere! Bleahhhhhhh.....

    It trashed the microwave yesterday - we didnt' realise it was leaking into a cabinet, but then it hit the over-the-range microwave and fried the keypad. There's a vague chance it might dry out and live to cook another day, but we have last rites standing by just in case..... :cry
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  • divamumdivamum Registered Users Posts: 9,021 Major grins
    edited September 26, 2009
    sherstone wrote:
    I'd sure say it does. But that does suck - sorry to hear about your leak :cry

    Sadly, I can't figure out how to make it either 1. Artistic or 2. Funny enough for an entry. I'll just sit here and feel sorry for myself instead.... rolleyes1.gif
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  • NetterNetter Registered Users Posts: 80 Big grins
    edited September 26, 2009
    divamum wrote:
    Sadly, I can't figure out how to make it either 1. Artistic or 2. Funny enough for an entry. I'll just sit here and feel sorry for myself instead.... rolleyes1.gif

    Two summers ago, we got 18" of rain in a day. Yes, a day. Needless to say, there was some flooding going on. The previous owners had water problems right after they bought the house, ended up putting a new water drainage system in. It works great. However, the electricity has to be working. I am a nurse and ended up working 16 hours that day. As I was driving home, my entire side of town had lost power. DH was out at a bachelor party. When I got home, everything was fine, no water in our basement. However, when dh got home about an hour and a half after me, he found several inches of water in our completely finished basement. Yeah, that was when we learned the hard lesson of the electricity.

    Good luck. It is an awful situation to deal with.
    ----Netter

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  • adbsgicomadbsgicom Registered Users Posts: 3,615 Major grins
    edited September 26, 2009
    divamum wrote:
    How did you find it? We're going NUTS trying to find the source of this thing., which we've been chasing for weeks - we keep thinking we have it, and then it turns up somewhere else. Our builder is tearing his hair out. The irony is that the roof is - or should I say, appears - to be in great condition, but water is clearly getting in somewhere! Bleahhhhhhh.....

    It trashed the microwave yesterday - we didnt' realise it was leaking into a cabinet, but then it hit the over-the-range microwave and fried the keypad. There's a vague chance it might dry out and live to cook another day, but we have last rites standing by just in case..... :cry

    $400 plumber call..... and another couple hundred to fix the destroyed sheetrock. The leak finally poked through the sheetrock one night.

    Roof leaks are insidious, esp near the eaves because no one can get in there to really see what's going on. The builder may not want to, but he might need to get up under the roofing material to find where the decking is messed up.

    I had to interrupt this reply ironically because we put a bottle of sparkling water in the freezer last night to chill it. Forgot about it until just now when it had exploded. Not sure its quite right for the theme though, either. On the bright side, daughter got invited on an sleep over, which means just two at home tonight. Signing off....mwink.gif
    - Andrew

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  • divamumdivamum Registered Users Posts: 9,021 Major grins
    edited September 26, 2009
    Thanks for the solidarity folks - it DOES help to know that this is actually a pretty common pita rather than some bad karma we've acquired by angering the Roof Manitou or something.

    Here's our solution for overnight rolleyes1.gif


    661918168_aVxQY-M.jpg

    First time we've had to buy THOSE in 8 years or so!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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  • JAGJAG Super Moderators Posts: 9,088 moderator
    edited September 27, 2009
    OH MY!!! Now that is FUNNY!!!hahahaha! (Not your situation but the temporary fix that is!).rolleyes1.gif We had a huge leak of a pipe last fall and it ripped up the ceiling downstairs. The repair took place but they also had to replace the pipe...which included cutting holes in the ceilings and walls. They ended up cutting a hole in my small studio and its still there to this day. I have had to tape up plastic over it because it keeps 'dusting' all over the place when someone walks upstairs.eek7.gif I feel your pain.:cry
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  • pemmettpemmett Registered Users Posts: 507 Major grins
    edited September 27, 2009
    Talking about flooding we just had 455mm of rain leaving vast parts of Manila under water - even the shopping malls were kept busy trying to keep the water out.

    661032741_TaLwC-M.jpg

    We're OK but a number of my friends are still up to their wastes inside their houses.

    We definitely saw the phrase "when it rains it pours" in action:
    661044769_zkfs4-M.jpg

    Keep dry and stay safe

    Peter
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  • adbsgicomadbsgicom Registered Users Posts: 3,615 Major grins
    edited September 27, 2009
    Can we change the challenge to "Water Catastrophes" ?
    - Andrew

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  • lizzard_nyclizzard_nyc Registered Users Posts: 4,056 Major grins
    edited September 27, 2009
    OH my!
    I just read this thread after posting my "housing underwater" entry.
    Divamum, was not inspired by your catastrophe--but what a coincidence!

    I do like your diaper solution though--I will keep a few of my daughter's around just in case.
    Liz A.
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  • dniednie Users Awaiting Email Confirmation Posts: 1,351 Major grins
    edited September 28, 2009
    divamum wrote:
    661918168_aVxQY-Th.jpg

    I do believe you are a genius!

    edit** But did it work?
    Donna

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  • divamumdivamum Registered Users Posts: 9,021 Major grins
    edited September 30, 2009
    dnie wrote:
    I do believe you are a genius!

    edit** But did it work?

    It TOTALLY worked. It was pouring - I think we got about 5" in 10 hours - but the diaper sopped up enough that the big ole roasting tin we have set on top of the cabinet didn't overflow before we could empty it out in the morning. Definitely a Useful Household Item to have even once the little folk are housetrained!

    Our guy has been back up there again all week. Absolutely NOTHING obvious has been found but... clearly it's getting in somehow! He's put a liquid acrylic membrane over it, so we'll see if this does the job. In the meantime, we're withoug a microwave (the water trashed the existing one) which is more of a pain than we expected it would be!
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  • adbsgicomadbsgicom Registered Users Posts: 3,615 Major grins
    edited October 2, 2009
    pemmett wrote:
    Talking about flooding we just had 455mm of rain leaving vast parts of Manila under water - even the shopping malls were kept busy trying to keep the water out.
    ...

    We're OK but a number of my friends are still up to their wastes inside their houses.

    We definitely saw the phrase "when it rains it pours" in action:
    ....

    Keep dry and stay safe

    Peter

    Peter, just saw the news item on Typhoon Parma. Hopefully you/family/friends remain safe. Be well, stay dry, post again soon.

    http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=40550
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  • MrsCueMrsCue Registered Users Posts: 412 Major grins
    edited October 4, 2009
    Is anyone else having trouble uploading or, seeing their image after they log out. When I log into challenges my image is there. When I log into my own account my image has gone headscratch.gif

    It's ok it must have just taken some time to show. It's there now :)
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  • divamumdivamum Registered Users Posts: 9,021 Major grins
    edited October 5, 2009
    Epic FAIL from me on this one - no time to think about it in depth, and no ideas sprang to mind that I could do on a tight schedule. Enjoying seeing everybody's entries, however!! thumb.gif
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  • FlyingginaFlyinggina Registered Users Posts: 2,639 Major grins
    edited October 5, 2009
    Wow!
    I just looked at the entries and they are marvelous!! What creativity of thought and execution. Glad I'm not judging this one. It would be very hard to narrow it down to 10 favs.

    Congratulations to everyone who entered. bowdown.gifbowbowdown.gifbowbowdown.gif

    Virginia
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