I have used Picasa for years with no trouble. Yesterday I went to download images and all of my folders and albums vanished! Also, when I try to download from my compact flash cards into Picasa(3.0) a message comes up stating: "An error has occured in attempting to import. Either the source is unavaiable or the destination is full or read only"....I had moved hundreds of photos from Picasa to my external. I'm no computer geek but I wish I was....I do not understand...can anyone out there help me? I thnak you in advance!

This is not intended to be negative toward any of the folks here, I personally carried a sidearm while in the Navy, carried a 357 mag for 8 years qwith police dep't and carry a Glock now working with the AG's office as an investigator here at home.
All the talk about in home protection, personal protection concealed and carry, 45 Vs 380 or 32, Assault style weapons leads me to wonder something. Just a queastion in general. Put yourself in the position of having to fire your gun, say at night defending your home and family or perhaps the situation of extreme road rage with your family in the car. Really just any situation one might find themselves in. How many people would think for just a fleeting second...where will this slug stop when I pull the trigger, how far will it go?
Believe me guys this is not meant to be argumentive in the least. I am in 100% agreement with protecting your families and homes.
I think that is where my greatest disagreement with putting an armed individual in our schools for protection lies. We all know the general method of construction is cinder block walls, they won't stop anything above a 22 hardly. Granted a trained uniformed officer would be ideal but so many would say that is cost prohibitive
I think what I am looking for is your opinions on this.

Good Day Fellow Hedgehogs,
I was an accident baby, Dad and Mom were in their '40s when I was born. Dad liked to hunt but when I got to be around 5 years old he stopped. He had shotgun, 30-06, .22 rifles. I never shot any of these firearms, but Dad let me handle them when I was in my early teens. Damn heavy.
I grew up as a child in the '60s. Born 1957. My Dad and I would watch war movies and war tv. shows together. For Christmas and birthdays I would get firearm toys. Johnny 7 O.M.A. (One Man Army) Monkey gun, James Bond attache case which held a knife and would shoot a bullet at a unsuspecting spy, and many other things of this nature. As I got into my teens I got a couple of BB rifles.



When I got married and raised my 2 kids I did not have any firearms, BB guns in my ownership. Nor did we have toys that were firearm related. Not by conscience choice, just didn't have any. My kids were into sports, soccer, and they were on traveling teams which with team practice and home practice, playing with their friends and games we did not have time to do much more than that. Both kids went into the military in 1999 and in basic training my Son received the Basic Training Ribbon, Honor Grad Ribbon and Marksmanship Ribbon (highest score in his flight). He was asked if he would be interested in going to Special Forces, he declined stating he had no interest in killing anyone. He was also asked "What if someone was trying to kill you" he answered "I do not want to be put in that situation." Jason and Sofie served 10 years and now as private citizens they both have firearms. Out of our family I was the first to buy a firearm for the sole idea of self defense in the home. As Jason became a private home-owner he realized how vulnerable he and his family were and bought some firearms. Sofie followed suit.
I understand how parents can influence their children when being raised. I grew up around gun toys and played with neighborhood kids with these toys, but as a young family man I did not pursue having a firearm, until 3 years ago. My Son and Daughter never saw a firearm in our home or even see a toy that looked like a firearm but as they have young families of their own they have firearms in their homes. Their world as young adults is far different than my world was as a young adult.
When my kids were in the service we all bought ps3 game stations and played 'Modern Warfare" on-line together. Much fun. I played with my grandsons also. Sofie in Arizona, Jason in Colorado. Sofie is back in Rockton and her son loves firearms, loves the military channel etc. I bought him a BB gun and he is an accurate shooter. He also has many nerf toy guns and a few airsoft handguns and rifles. With his father he has shot 9mm pistols and different rifles. Elias will grow up with the idea that firearms are a right and normal thing to have. Did I help perpetuate this idea? Yes. I believe the younger you train someone with proper handling of an unloaded and loaded firearm the more responsible this person will be. This is not the only child in the U.S. to go through this procedure.
Banning firearms will be next to impossible with adults like me teaching our children (my case my grandchildren) the owning, caring and responsibility of safe handling of all firearms (even toy guns) is a right that should be taken seriously.
As a note I have never killed an animal, went on a couple of hunting trips with a neighbor and his Dad when I was a young teen. They were hunting rabbits. I personally do not want to kill an animal for sport nor for food. I probably should learn how to dress one and how to prepare it for consumption just in case if I ever have to in the future. I have a few friends and co-workers who hunt which they have the meat processed and in turn I have eaten.
I've bored you long enough.
Have a Happy New Year.
BuddyLars

I have a photographer friend in Florida and he has been able to get a few pics of the razorbills over the last few weeks. Per his account you will need a very long lens as they seem to stay quit a distance off shore. He has spent many hours over many days to capture just a few. I wish I could share some of his photo's but he doesn't visit this forum so I'm not able to share his photo's. Razorbills this far south seems to be a 1st happening. Hope that some of our UHH forum members in the area are able to get a few shots. I'd never heard of or seen a razorback until this rare occasion. TNmike