How much is ten percent of nothing?

@JudyEv (382258)
Rockingham, Australia
August 11, 2020 7:31pm CST
There is to be a national horse endurance ride held in Western Australia in October next year, postponed from 2020 because of the virus. Vince, my husband, is keen to cover the event and so I have now started taking photos at the events too. Don’t tell anyone but he sets my camera up and I just point it at the horses. However, I am learning all the time and am now adjusting shutter speed and aperture buttons all by myself. It’s important to ‘fill the frame’ with the horse and rider but it’s a fine line between doing that and zooming in too close therefore cutting off heads and/or tails. We have sold a very satisfying number of photos from the last ride and when we checked, exactly half of those sold were mine and half his. I now want an increase of 10% in my pay. However 10% of nothing doesn’t amount to much, does it? And, for once, the photo is mine.
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@sallypup (69185)
• Centralia, Washington
12 Aug 20
You nailed this photograph. You deserve a nice prize for it.
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@JudyEv (382258)
• Rockingham, Australia
12 Aug 20
Thanks. Sometimes you get lucky with photos. I really like this one.
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• India
12 Aug 20
Haha this shows you're pretty good at photography too and you deserve a pay raise
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@JudyEv (382258)
• Rockingham, Australia
12 Aug 20
It is a big joke between us now.
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• Philippines
12 Aug 20
10% is better than asking for a higher rate, i mean it's pandemic, I'm sure he'll understand. He might bargain though.
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@JudyEv (382258)
• Rockingham, Australia
12 Aug 20
I'll probably have to be content with nothing but that's okay. It's just a joke.
@LadyDuck (502573)
• Italy
12 Aug 20
If mathematics is not an opinion, any number multiplied by zero is equal to zero... 10% of nothing is not a lot!
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@LadyDuck (502573)
• Italy
12 Aug 20
@JudyEv Ask for nothing, wait a better moment.
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@JudyEv (382258)
• Rockingham, Australia
12 Aug 20
@LadyDuck Good advice, Anna. Thank you.
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@JudyEv (382258)
• Rockingham, Australia
12 Aug 20
Haha - you are absolutely correct. Today's sales were Vince 6 and me only 1 so perhaps I'd better not ask for a raise just yet.
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@moffittjc (128837)
• Gainesville, Florida
14 Aug 20
Speaking of percentages, I told my boss several days ago that he should appreciate that I give 110% per week at work. That works out to 22% per day! haha
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@moffittjc (128837)
• Gainesville, Florida
14 Aug 20
@JudyEv No, he laughed right away.
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@JudyEv (382258)
• Rockingham, Australia
14 Aug 20
I hope he laughed. Did he have to try hard before he managed a chuckle??
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@DocAndersen (54399)
• United States
12 Aug 20
you have a great eye - plus your timing is perfect!
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@JudyEv (382258)
• Rockingham, Australia
12 Aug 20
Thanks. I feel just a tad more confident after last weekend.
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@JudyEv (382258)
• Rockingham, Australia
13 Aug 20
@DocAndersen I'm supposed to be learning how to drive mine but there seems no definitive instructions. Mine was saying 'subject is too bright' so I just kept turning a knob until it didn't say it any more.
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@DocAndersen (54399)
• United States
12 Aug 20
@JudyEv it can be really hard to learn photography. I would have been miserable in the days of film. 36 pictures and not one good one. now I can take 2000 and get 1 or 2 good ones!
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@Tampa_girl7 (54716)
• United States
12 Aug 20
Nice photograph
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@JudyEv (382258)
• Rockingham, Australia
12 Aug 20
Thanks. I was really pleased with this one.
@wolfgirl569 (135847)
• Marion, Ohio
12 Aug 20
That on is great. No that wont be much increase.
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@JudyEv (382258)
• Rockingham, Australia
12 Aug 20
Oh well, I guess I'll just carry on. lol
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@kobesbuddy (78833)
• East Tawas, Michigan
12 Aug 20
I love this photo, awesome Judy! You will do great. And some day Vince will be asking you a question or two about photography
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@JudyEv (382258)
• Rockingham, Australia
12 Aug 20
If he does that, I will be able to say I have arrived, won't I? lol
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@kobesbuddy (78833)
• East Tawas, Michigan
12 Aug 20
@JudyEv Yes, you certainly will be able to say this!
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@LindaOHio (222527)
• United States
12 Aug 20
That's a great photo! Good action shot!
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@JudyEv (382258)
• Rockingham, Australia
14 Aug 20
Thanks. I was pretty pleased with it.
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@erictsuma (9725)
• Mombasa, Kenya
12 Aug 20
.10%of nothing is nothing have a nice day
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@JudyEv (382258)
• Rockingham, Australia
12 Aug 20
Haha - you're right. It is a big joke now between my husband and I.
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@erictsuma (9725)
• Mombasa, Kenya
13 Aug 20
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@erictsuma (9725)
• Mombasa, Kenya
12 Aug 20
Nice photo.10%of nothing is nothing have a nice day
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@JudyEv (382258)
• Rockingham, Australia
12 Aug 20
Thanks. And yes, I'll still get nothing but that's okay. It is a joke between my husband and I now.
@Adie04 (17405)
12 Aug 20
I guess 10% is something to me already
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@JudyEv (382258)
• Rockingham, Australia
12 Aug 20
My last comment seems to have disappeared. Thank you for reading and responding.
• India
12 Aug 20
Ask a ponzi scheme guy.
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@JudyEv (382258)
• Rockingham, Australia
12 Aug 20
I had to look up ponzi scheme. I'd never heard of it. :)
• India
12 Aug 20
@JudyEv It has various other names.
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@SHOHANA (16093)
• Bangladesh
12 Aug 20
Its a nice shot, you may deserve more but for now you can be happy with this 10%
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@JudyEv (382258)
• Rockingham, Australia
12 Aug 20
True. I'm not too worried about the payment.