Posts for: PhotogHobbyist
Apr 5, 2024 11:43:59 #
According to Goggle, the secondary definition of landscape is: "make (a piece of land) more attractive by altering the existing design, adding ornamental features, and planting trees and shrubs."
As an example. "the site has been tastefully landscaped"
As an example. "the site has been tastefully landscaped"
Apr 5, 2024 11:38:35 #
jerryc41 wrote:
Lots of people like to play God and intimidate others.
Then there are those who think they are God.
Apr 5, 2024 10:39:41 #
DirtFarmer wrote:
I am not ready to trust a car in full self driving mode. Particularly in New England, where the snow covers the road and its markings.
I am not ready to use a car with limited range and few recharging stations that take a significant amount of time to recharge.
I like my hybrid. It uses fuel that is readily available and takes 5 minutes or less to refill. It has a 450-550 mile range.
I am not ready to use a car with limited range and few recharging stations that take a significant amount of time to recharge.
I like my hybrid. It uses fuel that is readily available and takes 5 minutes or less to refill. It has a 450-550 mile range.
My wife and I own two ICE vehicles. one is 14 years old the other is six years old. Both are in excellent operational and structural condition. Together they have around 165K miles. They both get over 24 to 27 mpg on the highway with a range of over 350 miles each, and have over 22 to 25 mpg average over their lifetimes. Both were paid for several years ago and maintenance has been kept up to date with a reliable mechanic. We have no intention of purchasing an EV or even a hybrid at this time. If, or when, either one is damaged beyond repair and if we need a second vehicle we may consider a hybrid. At 77 years old we do not really anticipate needing another vehicle any time soon, or in the near future.
Apr 4, 2024 15:08:16 #
Apr 1, 2024 18:37:26 #
Scruples wrote:
Women have selective hearing….Just remember that you were not selected!
According to my wife I have selective hearing. I admit I do use (need) hearing aids, which she claims do not work.
Apr 1, 2024 18:06:14 #
Warhorse wrote:
I'm just curious as to how many veterans we have here, so I will start the ball rolling.
USMC, MOS-1391, 1975-1979, rank at discharge Sergeant E-5
USMC, MOS-1391, 1975-1979, rank at discharge Sergeant E-5
USN, 8/1/68 to 7/31/72. GLNTC for boot finished as SN (E-3) as I had two years of college and then NavHospCorSch graduated as HN (E-3); Camp Montford Point, Camp LeJeune for FMSS; USNavHosp, Camp Lejeune was promoted to HM3 (E-4); BAS and Co C, 1-8-2 Camp Lejeune, promoted to HM2 (E-5); USS Fort Snelling, Little Creek VA. until release. Most memorable experience: I was called to the ship's bridge by the Captain one morning to photograph two Russian ships highlining supplies between them. Never saw the photos as the film was taken for intelligence reasons.
Apr 1, 2024 16:54:44 #
Apr 1, 2024 16:51:13 #
Harvey wrote:
I live in a mountain community mostly consisting o... (show quote)
Some days you get the bear and some days the bear gets you. Be careful what you wish for. Last but not least, "Karma is a B****!"
Apr 1, 2024 16:47:38 #
CindyHouk wrote:
I might be outnumbered on here! But I'm gonna hold my head up high and ...and....hide... 
I might be outnumbered on here! But I'm gonna hold my head up high and ...and....hide... Keep your head high, but do not hide. You are a photographer. I am a photographer, also, I just use Pentax gear, and am proud of the fact. Regardless of the name on the camera it is only a tool to record our visions.
Apr 1, 2024 16:39:15 #
PhotoMono123 wrote:
All you have to do is be an empty nester moving from your big house to something smaller — a different house, an apartment, or senior living — and all the slides will go away and the prints will be culled to a favorite few.
I must amicably disagree. I have taken movie films, or film and digital photos since the late 1960s. I also inherited the many thousands of feet of movie films my father took as far back as the late 1940s. In my lifetime I have had around a dozen, or more, mailing addresses. I still have the majority of the movies, slides, and photographs (film and digital) referenced above. Those images are of great sentimental value to me and even if I transferred it all to digital I think I'd still keep the originals.
Edit: When I typed my response above, I had not looked to see this appeared on page four. I was thinking maybe page two. Sure has brought out many comments and thoughts.
Mar 30, 2024 12:30:50 #
Is it possible to have that announced on an answering machine for my phone?
Mar 30, 2024 12:29:00 #
I like it. I'm not really a fan of abstracts, but some I like and yours is one I like.
Mar 30, 2024 12:27:11 #
Mike M wrote:
long may She wave!
What a wonderful sight, "Old Glory" waving not from the wind but from the last breath of every man and woman who gave their life to keep it as a symbol of freedom and liberty.
Mar 30, 2024 12:22:30 #
The first photo does not have impact. It is just two birds. The second is much more interesting. The extra branch and the bird add something that possibly, in my mind, is a story or a question. Just an added dimension, sort of.
Mar 30, 2024 12:15:03 #