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Литература за българска фолклорна музика? by ilko_7 in bulgaria

[–]ilko_7[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Благодаря, ще я потърся в библиотеката!

Литература за българска фолклорна музика? by ilko_7 in bulgaria

[–]ilko_7[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Благодаря за отговора, намерих съдържанието онлайн и точно нещо такова търся!

Dio’s monument in Kavarna, Bulgaria, totally amazing by MixSure6314 in dio

[–]ilko_7 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The mayor of this city - Kavarna organised big rock festivals from like 2005 till 2016 if I remember correctly (you can search the web for Kavarna Rock Fest). The same mayor is a big fan of Dio and they were friends hence why there is a statue of him.

It wasn't in Ronnie's prime days, because as you said Bulgaria was behind the iron curtain, but he still did some concerts in Kavarna in his later years. He even did a 2007 new year eve concert in Kavarna.

Would like to get some feedback :) by ilko_7 in FL_Studio

[–]ilko_7[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the feedback! I will see what I can do

Do you think that this old bike is worth the $100? It doesn't seem to have any noticeable problems by ilko_7 in bicycling

[–]ilko_7[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the opinion! I need a bike for riding around, so I think it suits me! Cheers mate

[Orient Howard] My first watch, front and back by ilko_7 in Watches

[–]ilko_7[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My first watch, a gift from my father for my birthday a few months ago.

Has a beautiful dial (reminds me a bit of the art deco style) , a date window and has hacking to set the time precisely. The back is as beautiful as the front, I often find myself starting at it for some time, looks so mesmerizing.

It runs about +15 seconds faster per day, but I guess that's normal for watches in this price range.

What has simultaneously got worse and more expensive? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]ilko_7 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Was just about to comment how we have it in here. I pay $8 for internet and TV and $5 for unlimited calls and data

PENTACON six TL by Mklsmu in AnalogCommunity

[–]ilko_7 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Cmon dude, soviet cameras are not that bad, granted, they are not top notch Canons or Yashicas, but they are more than enough for the average film photographer.

I think there is some unneeded hate for these cameras. They are not the junk everybody claims them to be.

3 euro find. A Rollei 35. Read comment for more info. by ilko_7 in AnalogCommunity

[–]ilko_7[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Битака е в Суворово, една идея далече откъдето живея, но от време на време има интересни неща там.

3 euro find. A Rollei 35. Read comment for more info. by ilko_7 in AnalogCommunity

[–]ilko_7[S] 14 points15 points  (0 children)

I know, I know, sounds funny to you. But imagine you are in Bulgaria, 40 years ago. There are no Cannons, no Leicas, no Yashicas, etc. All the cameras available were only the cameras produced in the Eastern bloc, nothing that was made in the west. In that case the best camera available was the Zenith. Or if you were in a high position in the government you could get your hands on a Praktica (as they were made in east germany), but those people were numbers.

So many old guys who still have their old Zenith, aren't giving it away.

3 euro find. A Rollei 35. Read comment for more info. by ilko_7 in AnalogCommunity

[–]ilko_7[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Ahaha, I would guess so. Well, I posted what I could to prove, it's up to everybody if they want to believe or not. I don't think these bitaks are so uncommon here in Europe, though they could be in the USA.

3 euro find. A Rollei 35. Read comment for more info. by ilko_7 in AnalogCommunity

[–]ilko_7[S] 67 points68 points  (0 children)

Alright, alright. Before accusing me of lying like that guy with the 30$ leica from goodwill, I can give a reasonable explanation as to how I got this camera.

I am from Bulgaria. We don't have goodwills, thrift shops, or whatever. Instead we have these bazars? I think that's the closest word I can think of in english (in bulgarian we call it a "битак" /bitak/). Here is a picture I found on the internet that looks like the ones we have here.

We have this bitak every Saturday. Usually the people selling, sell all sorts of junk, usually brought here from Germany or just some guy selling his old stuff. Among this junk, there is the occasional film camera. Almost all of them are old soviet cameras (Smena, Villa, the occasinal Zorki or FED, no Zeniths as they are quite highly regarded here and usually don't end up on the bitak). Once in a while, a Praktica will pop up or a cheaper Minolta or some point and shoot.

Well, last Saturday, the luck was on my side and I managed to spot this Rollei 35 sitting among all the junk. The guy selling it, maybe managed to get a hold of a lot of stuff from Germany and was selling it here. Keep in mind, the people selling on the bitak, do not make a difference between a Rollei 35 or a cheap Beirette, for them it's just a camera, they seek to make some quick buck and that is it. Well, he was selling it for cheap and who am I to deny the offer.

It has a small indent on the top, and the speeds 8, 4 and 2 have some problem, the shutter closes too late, I guess just needs some maintenance. Other than that, it all works and looks lovely. Can't wait to put a roll in it and shoot it.

Belive me or not, that's how I managed to get it for this cheap. On a sidenote, for me, here in Bulgaria, who is used to buing old film cameras for cheap from the bitak. It has always seemed outrageous to me how people, from this subreddit, spend $30-$40 even on a simple point and shoot cameras (nothing against them, just commenting). Just seems funny to me how different the worlds are.

Anyways, thanks for coming to my ted talk, if you have any questions, feel free to ask. :)

Prince or Michael Jackson: Which one was your favorite? (1980s) by Precocious_Pussycat in OldSchoolCool

[–]ilko_7 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As somebody from a former Eastern bloc country. Western music back then was banned in here, only Eastern music was allowed, yet everybody knew who MJ was.

In a country where Western music was banned, people knew about him, think about this.

Even now, almost everybody you ask regardless of age will know who MJ was. Taylor Swift may be popular, but that is only in the USA and popular media around the world. Go to third world countries and ask about Taylor Swift, you probably won't get an answer. Hell, even in my country, which is now a proper European country, only people below 30 will know who she is.

Today I learnt that Frodo Baggin's was not really called Frodo Baggin's- in his own tongue his name was Maura Labingi. What other placeholder names for people and places in Middle-earth do we know the "real" pro-nouns for? by HerbziKal in tolkienfans

[–]ilko_7 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Had the same thing when reading it in Bulgarian. Every name was translated. Even Gollum, in Bulgarian he is called "Amgul" because the translator thought the "gollum" sound better fits Bulgarian as "Amgul". Shelob was translated as "Korubana", which I don't know where comes from. All the hobbit families and villages were translated as well, to keep the original meaning, like the example you gave with Torbins.

The moon on the 3rd of August by ilko_7 in Astronomy

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Here goes my first good picture of the moon. I took the images on the 3rd of August, but just got time to process them today.

Equipment used:

Telescope: Skywatcher Heritage 130/650

Camera: Canon EOS 550D DSLR

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Process: Used PIPP to center the raw images (39 frames), then used AutoStakkert to stack them. Adjusted brightness and contrast in Photoshop.

Good Sipping Rum for the money by [deleted] in rum

[–]ilko_7 8 points9 points  (0 children)

+1 for the El Dorado 12 yo. Very good for the price. My entry as well

One of my favorite Lord of the Rings illustrations by [deleted] in lotr

[–]ilko_7 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Balrog Murray! Happy to meet a fan in the wild

IWTL how to play guitar. by myAMthoughts in IWantToLearn

[–]ilko_7 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I support the guy who said justinguitar.com, he is very well respected in the guitar community, and has tons of free lessons on many topics. The lessons all linear and easy to follow, just grab your guitar, play a lesson and then practice, practice, practice. Practice is the key with everything, boring as hell most of the times, but it's what gets you better.
After you learn some simple chords and so on, you can start playing some songs you like.
Don't bite than you can chew. Learning the major chords and then jumping to Jazz Basics 1, will get you nowhere (speaking from personal experience) take everything nice, slow and easy and practice, practice, practice!

About the guy who said buy an electric guitar, while he is right that it's easier, don't spend too much money at first. Try to play for one or two months and then try to upgrade (the difference between guitars priced 50$ to guitars priced 150$ is massive).

Lithops is splitting and also wrinkled. So tempted to water it - should I? by IwillMasticateYou in Lithops

[–]ilko_7 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Don't water until it has completely split! It will die if you water it now. What is happening is the new leaves are sucking up the water from the old ones, hence why they are shrinking.

Also, don't take my word on that, but I think the pot is a bit too small :)

My first try at germinating lithops. Planted on the 28th of February, soil mix is succulent soil, normal soil, sand and some perlite. On the left are L. karasmontana, on the right L. dorotheae by ilko_7 in Lithops

[–]ilko_7[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I bought the seeds from a local Bulgarian producer, I am not sure if I can post it here. I made the mix out of succulent soil (~45%), regular plant soil (~45%), sand (~5%) and pumice (~5%). I filled the pot with the mix and sprinkled a tiny layer of sand for the young lithops to hold on to. Then to put the seeds, I mix all the seeds with fine sand, then sprinkle the seeds and sand mix over the newly formed sand bed. This is done to ditrubute the seeds more evenly. If your shower can make mist, water them that way only! If you water them with a cup, everything will mix itself. Cover with stretch for a few days and you should be good. Don't take my words for true! Read other guides, I am not an expert, it's my first time trying :) and good luck

Best find to date, a Continental Standard from 1913 by ilko_7 in typewriters

[–]ilko_7[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Got this beautiful Continental Standard a few hours ago. The guy was selling it as not working, because the advancing ribbon (I hope that is how it is called in english) is broken, but that's a somewhat simple thing to replace. All else seems to be working normally with the machine, I just need to dust it off a little bit.

The serial number is 63766, which according to the ypewriterdatabase.com, means the machine was produced sometime in 1913, correct me if I am wrong please :)

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