That is a boldface lie.

The only person bullying anyone in the Street Photography is the moderator. Here is a typical statement from an hour earler:

"Insisting on obtuse word meanings, repeating the same justifications based on false statements about other images, and continuing to intentionally post inapropriate images is the very definition of trying to bully other members of this section. That is all the more true when you are also posting absolutely false and dishonest statememts about this section in other sections.

You claimed to have been banned here. One further provovation might lead to exactly that."

Apaflo's excuse in this instance is that jaymatt posted an image of a performer and disagreed with his objection that it was not street because it did not meet his current definition. Now he is bullying jaymatt and threatening him with banning. the moderator is the one "posting absolutely false and dishonest statements about [his] section in other sections."

How does he you deal with members who disagree with his current and fluid definition of street photography? He bullies them.

He has banned many members from his section, including me, using the fabricated accusation that he was the object of bullying. Lots of others who have not been outright banned are avoiding his section voluntarily because of his bullying.

The irony is that he himself created the thread Street Photography as only possible in Cuba in which he praised a series of posed ballet performers in the streets of Cuba and called that street photography. Are images of performers qualified to be street photography only in Cuba? Posed?

So he is not only a liar and a bully, he are also a hypocrite. He is a joke, a laughingstock. What I am saying is not bullying. It's the truth.

I am entering several prints for competing in a contest. My problem is the rules state the photos must be matted in plain white mats and the photos securely glued so that over the week or more that they are on display the photos don't slip down in the mat or fall completely out of the mat. I just used a spray adhesive that was photo safe and followed the directions and they seemed ok until 2 days later when the glue is letting loose and I can now open the mats. The spray glue didn't hold up. Any suggestions?
I had sprayed the back of the photo and both the exposed mat and the backer board and then pressed together after waiting a minute as directed.
How do you glue the photos and mats?

A few recent posts have made me think about the quality of help available to photography novices. In one post, staff at what is said to be a "local camera store" told someone that their SD card may have been damaged magnetically.

Obviously not true.

I would expect this from a clerk at WM or even BB, but not at a dedicated camera store.

Are the Big Boxes making it more difficult for local camera stores to find/afford quality staff?

I am in Philadelphia and (since the closing of Calumet) have to go outside the city to get to a good reliable store with knowledgeable staff.

How are local stores in your area?

Steam engines at the car show last weekend. We have some interesting shows in Oregon throughout the state. In addition to many custom and rod car shows, there are steam engine collectors. The biggest steam engine show I know of occurs in Junction City, near Eugene Oregon. Central Oregon is farm country and the largest produce farmed for decades was Potatoes.

Steam engines did the heavy work and many collect them and restore them. Here are a few. It's interesting to walk around these antiques and listen to the "chuffing" sounds and the "popoff" valves going off at regular intervals.

Most of these engines were running as I photographed them. This was about 30% of the steam engines in the show, then the tractors and a tractor pull. Show cars... 162 registered. Prineville Oregon (Central part of the state)

The annual "Dufur Threshing Bee" is home to a number of farm harvesting equipment... horse and steam driven. Near the Columbia Gorge.