Outstanding shots!

When I moved to where I live now the house size, condition, price as well as the beauty and safety of the neighborhood were some of the requirements when looking for a home... but the number 1 requirement was a Costco within less than a 10 minute drive!

Outstanding catch!

Great shots!

Magnificient shot! Well done!

And unfortunately every night is as well, at least twice, sometimes 4 or 5 times!

I'll cast my vote for peak design as well and you don't need the widest one for the RX10 IV as it is not that heavy.

I stopped flying a few years ago too. I flew on two around the world vacations in the early 1980's and had millions of air miles on frequent flyer programs. As most of you have noted, airlines are not customer friendly any longer and the check-in/security process is a nightmare. Luckily, before it turned into this mess I had been to over 50 countries so with few exceptions I've been to all the places I care to go that require air travel. Now I love driving vacations in North America and that satisfies my travel and photography needs.

One of the stories I like to tell kids that never flew before 9/11 was when I was on a business trip with a co-worker in Kankakee, Illinois and got lost late at night going to the airport in Chicago. We were late for the flight so we ran straight from the car rental return to the gate (no check-in or security) and arrived just as they were closing the door. They opened it back up and let us on with our check-in sized bags in hand. It was a red eye flight and we had first class tickets so they stowed our large bags in the cabin closet and we proceeded to go upstairs to the lounge/bar (747) where we spent the entire flight from Chicago to San Francisco as the only passengers up there. Flying was so much fun in those days and the flight attendants were all georgeous.

Many I've seen before and most were funny, but I laughed out loud at number 82.

I rarely use my phone for calls. I don't like to talk on the phone so I only make calls when there is no other communication method that will work. I don't answer phone calls unless it's from someone I know and most people I know use text or email instead of calling. I do use my phone for nearly everything else from grocery (and other) lists to keeping track of appointments, alarms and reminders, driving maps, weather, news, smart home controls and many other apps like for health and finance reasons. Occasionally I even use it for a photo!

Really nice image! How long is the hike to get there; looks pretty remote on google maps.

At the National Art Gallery in Dublin Ireland, a Canadian couple was staring at a portrait that had them completely confused. The painting depicted three black men, totally naked, sitting on a park bench. Two of the figures had black penises but the one in the middle, had a pink penis.

The curator of the gallery realized that they were having trouble interpreting the painting and offered his assessment. He went on for over half an hour explaining how it depicted the sexual emasculation of the black man in a predominately white, patriarchal society. In fact, he pointed out, some serious critics believe that the pink penis also reflects the cultural and sociological oppression experienced by gay men in contemporary society.

After the curator left, an Irish man approached the couple and said, “Would you like to know what the painting is really about?"

"Now why would you claim to be more of an expert than the curator of the gallery?" asked the husband.

"Because I’m the one who painted it", he replied.

"In fact, there are no black men depicted at all. They are just three Irish coal miners. The guy in the middle went home for lunch."

I went on a dive in that submarine or one just like it down to 1000 ft depth back in the late 1980's or early 90's. It was pretty amazing to see the sea life and lack thereof at depths past 300 ft.

Johnny, what can you make out of this? Johnny : This? Why, I can make a hat or a brooch or a pterodactyl!

What's the difference between the Radio City Rockets and Ringling Brother's Barnam and Bailey Circus?
The circus is a cunning array of stunts...

What's the difference between an epileptic corn farmer and a prostitute with diarrhea?
The farmer shucks between fits...