At the lake we are members of an electrical co-op. No profits, governed by members who are elected from different districts within the service area. There is no profit so we share in the expense of non payers. They get their power shut off, although not in the cold months. In town our power system is investor owned but highly regulated by the Public Utilities Commission. The do make a profit for the shareholder after expenses. The people that don’t pay get shut off for non payment but not during cold weather. They do solicit for help to pay for the disadvantaged on a voluntary basis. All US utilities are highly regulated.

That’s rich. Telling us we shouldn’t criticize another countries government while you criticize ours. From another country.

Just returned from our annual 3 weeks on Kauai at our timeshare. This is about the 25th year. We have traded it several times for stays in such places as New Zealand, Thailand, Mexico and Malaysia. We’ve been fortunate to meet friends on Kauai. This time I was comp’d three whale watching trips by a friend who will be going fishing in Montana, staying at our mutual friends timeshare. When we decide we’re too old to travel we will give them to our three daughters to have an annual reunion week or separate weeks as they see fit. We pay an annual maintenance fee of just under $2700.00. The condo is located across the road with a modest beach and one of the better restaurants on the island. Great snorkeling and within walking distance of the dive shop we frequent. Had dinner at the dive shop owners so they could try out their new pizza oven. Ours is far from the horror stories I’ve heard. In Mexico the time share salesmen were vultures an my wife will never return there. They start right as you leave the airplane terminal. Certainly our use of the time share is not typical and you really have to examine if it fits your lifestyle. The resale market is the place to look, never buy from the developer.

Ah yes, the Flat Earth Society with chapters around the world.

Watch a lot of Fox News do you?

Get back on your meds.

[quote=Canisdirus]It's just the reason why third party lenses don't have as fast an AF than native lenses.

AF control is in the camera...not the lens. Native gets no speed limit...third party gets a speed bump.

As for evidence...I thought this was fairly common knowledge.

Show me evidence that major brands intentionally cause their cameras to make a non native lens performance degrade. The lens has limitations inherent to design, it’s not a conspiracy by the camera manufacturers

Do you have evidence of that?
Lag behind in technology? Not sure I’m following.

That seems very unlikely to me but I’ve been wrong before. Wouldn’t it be counter productive to make images that are degraded on their cameras for any reason because people have a 50-50 chance of believing it is the camera. Not a great business plan. The better plan would be to have the engineers make their respective brand lenses even better.

It’s quite a drive to Ninepipes and back to Glacier for a day but the background of the Missions is spectacular. The Bison range is a little further. I was suggesting that it was a nice drive by if coming up from the south on hiway 93. This is but a single peak in the range.

I think that’s great. That is a generational approach sadly lacking today. Now that we are observing the selfie generation I believe we’ve crossed the Rubicon regarding reasons people do what they do. It would make a fascinating social psychology research project.

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Most med don’t care that much. Women do makeup and cloths for/because of other women.

Whitefish is slightly further from West Glacier. There is a more upscale vibe than Columbia Falls. Whitefish has a huge ski area but you won’t want to rent up there because of the additional drive beyond Whitefish town. Kalispell is nice but adds extra miles. It’s where I always stay, mostly because I used to live there. Wonderful town and also close to Flathead Lake. If you are arriving from Missoula check out Nine Pipes national wildlife refuge south of Ronan. The National Bison Range is just south of there. The Mission Mountains are spectacular, rising out of the plain of the south Flathead Valley. Stay away from Browning Montana except for the museum. It is one of the most depressing communities in Montana.

How do they do that exactly?