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Sep 16, 2013 20:16:41 #
jeking wrote:
My husband and I spent a beautiful Saturday at Navy Pier and the Lakefront (in Chicago)!!
Buckingham Fountain is the highest spouting fountain in the world. It's neat, at night, when it shows off in height and colors. Makes a room, across Boul Mich, at the Hilton, worth the price!
Sep 16, 2013 20:07:06 #
This from a friend's intended non fiction Book, but never finished, "Pictures That Never Should Have Been Taken"!
Yes, incase you were thinking "it".
Sep 13, 2013 17:45:47 #
Brooklyn-Camera wrote:
I have used non-brand batteries for a while with no problem at all. They last the same and when they die or lost, no problem at all. I purchased batteries from ADORAMA "Flashpoint" the price was like getting them for nothing compared to the Canon prices. Canon $50.00 Flashpoint on sale $8.00, not a real mind tester for sure. I have the Rebel 1100D T3
Seems there is a culture in UHH that demands over charging. If they are not bragging about how much they paid for something then they are not happy. I know this is gonna twist their tail---I even got free freight on my 3 $2.00 batteries.
Sep 13, 2013 14:27:35 #
You have some gang busters camera retailers down town. I recall a fun shop to visit under the "L" behind Marshall Fields.
Sep 13, 2013 14:24:28 #
bgl wrote:
Don't wait too long to get that back up battery especially if you leave the GPS function on and you use the main display for shooting - they will eat up your battery.
Over three years ago I replaced an early model Pentax DSLR with my current K10D. I admit that I am no where near as erudite as many UHH members so I will not beat around the bush. I Bought three GT Max "Battery Packs" for Two bucks a piece. (The replaced camera used AA's). That's correct $6.00 total. To date they have never let me down, I always carry a spare, and show on a charger, at full charge right on the required 7.4V. Every so often we Texans, like a blind hog, find an acorn.
Sep 11, 2013 18:37:40 #
Jimjay wrote:
At the risk of enticing more folks to relocate to ... (show quote)
You are indeed fortunate!. I promise not to breathe a word. Many of us, feel much the same about our adopted home, Tomball, TX.
Sep 11, 2013 15:30:42 #
Jimjay wrote:
I can see you've done your time here. Us loonies who remain in the state just take it all in stride. Strange is normal. We love it and wouldn't have it any other way.
How I described Volusia County to non residents: 1)Supported a yearly event where psychotics drove fast and only turned left to cover 500 miles, 2) Another event that happened before the 500 called "Bike Week" that ended, every year with a body count "gee this year we only killed 13",and 3)The same event where it was damn near impossible to receive a traffic ticket for anything but "loud pipes" and not to mention, 4) a dysfunctional airport that creates cottage industries called shuttles to transport travellers to OIA cuz the two airlines that serve Daytona charge so much more! Oh and what about insurance costs because a vast majority of locals live in "Mfg'd homes" that hurricanes just love to relocate?!
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Sep 11, 2013 13:53:36 #
Jimjay wrote:
This is Florida, Gramps. Everything's strange here.......didn't you see my pics?
Jimjay sir: Yes, and that explains my comments. It's related to and reason why we gave up on the Ormond Beach, Port Orange mentality returning to Texas and sensibility. Got tired of every time we looked up and were rewarded by a sky full of contrails over the Volusia County area from commercial jet travel at 35K' and some moron with a tin foil hat on backwards started shouting "Chemtrails" and other conspiracy idiocy. But sometime I do miss the "Twilight Zone" "sky falling" neighborhood.
Sep 10, 2013 21:05:36 #
sboyd wrote:
I shot this guy while he was resting along side the road on his way to Houston with the trail riders heading to the Livestock Show and Rodeo. He was on the trail for over 2 weeks.
C'mon, two weeks on a trail ride to the ""DOME"? Have you seen how these folks , first off, darn near have to get in line to ride and the evenings are pre scouted with some of the best eats you'll ever enjoy! Two weeks? I'd take it in a minute! The trail ride has always been a show and a half!
Sep 10, 2013 20:51:56 #
Jimjay wrote:
Shot these over a period of time and have not been able to ID them. Who can help?
Did you recently have anything strange land in your backyard? Last month there was a meteor shower in our hemisphere. Be on the lookout for black SUV's and strange men in dark glasses!
Sep 8, 2013 11:51:40 #
Don Schaeffer wrote:
Not clear enough
Probably both "DIRDS" were same sex!
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Sep 5, 2013 17:15:21 #
colo43 wrote:
Excellent shot.
Perhaps I'm bent strangely, but I believe offshore oil rigs to be some of the most impressive, if not beautiful architecture designed by the mind of man! That's in the hot sun or on the horizon in the dark of night.
Thanks for the creatively beautiful portrait!
Sep 4, 2013 11:35:01 #
Bill Houghton wrote:
Actually, they tend to treat as sanctuary, ever since I was a kid it's been rather flamboyant so to say. I spent my summers in Eastham. about 28 miles out side of P town.
And the Big Frog says---"Biggit, Biggit"
Sep 3, 2013 15:22:07 #
wilikioti wrote:
No, can't say that "I've got it."
[quote"Don't think I would have posted these.
And what does the big Frog say?
Sep 3, 2013 13:27:00 #
wilikioti wrote:
Personal preference. To each his own.
Avatar reads "Deep South". OK let's see ---can't get much deeper than Key West, no maybe Montrose area of Houston, naw what about New Orleans?
What I'm alluding to is you may hide, but you can't run---got it?
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