Never could get a clear shot of this feeding ritual.

It never ceases to amaze me the wide range of topics on this forum. Want to inject mine on this subject - about clogged drain pipes.
A new house we purchased 20 or so years ago had the pipe from a toilet crease to function properly after use by guests for the first time. That bathroom had not been used since purchasing the place.
All sorts of methods to unclog the pipe failed so a camera was sent down it to find it had collapsed during construction of the concrete slab. A jack hammer was brought in to dig it up and while doing that a post tensioning strand was broken which in turn sliced another crossing over it in half. Needless to say this caused an explosion of sorts causing a large hole to develop in the slab. There were pieces of concrete stuck in the sheetrock walls of that bathroom caused by that explosion. It's amazing neither of the two workers were injured.
This caused a couple year long, sometimes very intense, skirmish with the builder to get everything back to almost new. During that time our property taxes were reduced and the builder put us up in another new home in the community. (He had taken it back because of construction failures so used it as a temporary location for displaced residents. It looked like a nice house until the carpet was picked up to reveal a large crack all the way across the slab.)
We finally approved the repairs to our home after documenting everything from the very beginning with my trusty Kodak 3 Mp digital camera which proved to be invaluable while getting everything completed - nearly every image was e-mailed to everyone concerned with the project. One such almost tragic event was I went after having one of the involved engineering firms license revoked because of miss-representing the quality of the repairs - really got their attention. Amazing some of the other businesses that also tried to get by with not fully completing their obligations.
That little camera provided absolute proof of the sometimes non-quality of the job's materials and workman's ship.
In the end the builder handed me a nice five figure payment for all my trouble as well as incorporating a few upgrades to our house.

A man after my heart. It’s amazing how we sometimes take care of problems. Been there done that and wouldn’t do it any different again.

Didn't see astromart.com listed - that website is a good place to buy used gear and some new gear.

Hi Jim, just wanted to second the suggestion made by MrBob above to look for another UUH member, imagemeister for a design or two. Rolled over into my 80's recently and finally admitted I suffer the same aging related problems - lack of stability on my feet. I first started using a ChairCane purchased on Amazon.com for $25 about five years ago and now have copied one of imagemeister's support designs, it works perfectly along with the Chair Cane.
It is simply an upside down "T" made from a few PVC fittings - less than $10 and a deep sea fishing rod holder harness back brace for less than $20. (The top of the "T" rests just above the bottom of my rib cage.)
I've been using this to support my DSLR and F2.8 70-200mm IS lens combo for a few months and have found so many more usable images on the SD card than have appeared in a long time.
Recalled some training from the 50's when shooting the M1 Gerand (sp?) in boot camp. "Breath, Relax, Fire"

[quote=NMGal...had the clamp on type steel ones.[/quote]

Me too, sure were hard on shoe soles. Fortunately there was usually one person in the group with a key in their pocket. Ran across a rusty one not long ago when cleaning out some drawers.

Best ever statement for that one!

My dream vacation, traveling through the locks on one of those quaint boats. My friend who lives in Brierley Hill has one and posts photos of his "sailing" through the countryside. He's invited me over the pond several times but haven't had the chance to do that YET. Thank you for the nice photo!

Sidewalk Superintendent ?

Did that animal just eat that cardboard?

Brings back wonderful memories, thank you!

Wow, sure glad this isn't a thread on "the cars we used to own"! Too many memories there for me. So to answer the question I have to say I wish I had my '04 Commemorative Corvette back. (See my avatar.).

Delightful image! Your photos always seem to me to tell interesting stories. I’m trying to think of a catchy title like jaymatt posted. My thoughts are to capitalize on the two couples vastly different in age - something like, “Coffee is for all ages”...

Does my first post need to be repeated?????

Very good example of Helicon's capability.