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May 2, 2022 16:29:44   #
BOSTON BAKED BEANS
An Old Salt at my dads hunting camp always initiated a young boy on his first hunt with "George Jones", who was known as the "Daniel Boone type", of the camp

George would stop at the first pile of deer dung, reach down, pick some up to eat. he said it was doe in heat just 20 minutes ago. Then the next pile was buck in pursuit, just 10 minutes ago. Be on the alert.
It was years later that he had a pocket full of Boston Baked Beans candy
I held him in awe for several years.

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May 1, 2022 18:17:31   #
Dogs are magic!
My golden Penney was 17
He cannot be replaced, but another will fill your void.
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Apr 27, 2022 13:58:38   #
bewildering collection!
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Apr 4, 2022 12:37:06   #
Dr.Nikon wrote:
Early am at the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco , I found these beautiful columns separate from the others and with the available light it made for a great look …


nice picture, but what are Am Columns?
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Apr 4, 2022 10:51:02   #
jaymatt wrote:
This one was taken with my t5i, the earlier with my phone.
The download is sharper.


Great photo.
Point our the "Lost Dutchman Mine!"
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Apr 4, 2022 10:47:35   #
bikinkawboy wrote:
My first digital camera was one of the Kodak point and shoots in 2003-2004. Something like $260 I believe. I used it to photograph breeding livestock then email the image to the potential customer. About the same time we got a Sony Mavica at work with its floppy disk that would hold an astounding 6 images! I think it was like $700! 2006 i upgraded to a Fuji S5100. Cool camera but slow focusing made it useless for anything moving. For Christmas 2007 my kids gave me a Nikon D40. $450-475 I think. That’s when I found that digital cameras could actually be competent devices.
My first digital camera was one of the Kodak point... (show quote)


Sony DSC 75 with Zeiss Vario Sonar in ??
Great camera with excellent resolution and true colors.
Still use it.
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Apr 3, 2022 15:19:24   #
Bill_de wrote:
... with a couple of old friends. The Titmouse was about a foot away from coming inside the garage.

D500
300mm F/4.0 PF

For those who weren't aware, if your UHH options are set up for it, clicking on an image will get you a black backgroung. In some cases it even slightly shrinks and sharpens the image.

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how do you access options?
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Mar 30, 2022 13:08:25   #
common usage always trumps the academics and scientific!
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Mar 13, 2022 17:06:06   #
rook2c4 wrote:
Does it really matter if Japanese, Chinese or Thai hands put the lens together? Ultimately, the level of quality control (including training, assembly supervision and materials) is determined by the manufacturing company, not the factory location.


Yes, it does matter.
Engineering/product specs, practices and procedures are developed by the parent company.
Labor skill and local management ability to operate to the specs can vary greatly.
If the parent company closely and strictly enforces manufacturing practices, procedures and the specifications, then that is good. However, that is not always done. I would suspect that Nikon adheres to this.

My company manufactured oil well equipment. Our "mediocre President" rushed to China for labor cost savings; a big mistake. Quality of the product was poor, and more money was spent traveling back and forth to China, along with rejected parts than the labor cost savings. We returned manufacturing to the USA. The learning curve can be steep!
Quality and skill takes time to develop and maintain.
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Mar 4, 2022 13:43:23   #
My father was an outstanding photographer teaching me the principles of photography and film developing.
My first camera was a Kodak Brownie box camera, I alsoused my father's Zeiss Ikon folding camera, and occasionally his Graphflex with Zeiss Tessar f 4.5 lens. Marvelous detail with those Zeiss lenses.
I later bought a 35mm Kodak Retina IIa in college for $125 in 1951, a bold and expensive purchase!
I also inherited my fathers Kodak Tourist folding camera.
A business associate, who traveled internationally, purchased a Japanese Olympus 35 mm with light meter in the 1970's for me. My hobby was hiking, family camping and mountain climbing, and I carried both the Kodak Retina and Olympus on those trips. Great memories recorded in 35mm slides
I then acquired a Japanese Olympus OM 2 with an accessory telephoto lens.
My first digital camera was a Sony DSC75 with a Zeiss lens--on of my most used and favorites.
Later a Canon EOS T6i.
I have also collected Zeiss Contaflex and Zeiss Contax cameras--a few of those were Russian copies.
In retirement I have been using my iPad cell phone camera because it is readily available and quite capable.
I have thousands of my father's and my film camera photos that I have digitized, and organized into Power Point presentations for my children.
I has been a fulfilling hobby.
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Feb 20, 2022 16:17:21   #
Stephan G wrote:
Actually, the glass bottles require more man-hours to scrub and sanitize to meet the criteria for human use. In other words, it is more expensive. Furthermore, the new processing equipment is not geared for using even recycled glass.

The idea was to convert the materials to something that can be reused with a zero cost. Manufacturers , for the most part, did not do their diligence to make the process work.

I participated in a commune where the goal was to work up a waste free system. But that was back in the 1960s.
Actually, the glass bottles require more man-hours... (show quote)


It costs more to make virgin glass than recycling glass--the difference is in the mining of the raw materials.
see:
Quick Facts About Glass Recycling
Glass recycling facts you should know
BY RICK LEBLANC Updated on April 28, 2019
Glass recycling is a common practice, and many communities include glass bottle and container collection in curbside collection programs. Recycled glass is sought by the glass packaging industry as it requires less energy to process, and therefore is more cost effective than virgin glass.
However, when the glass is commingled with other materials in the recycling process, broken glass shards can result in contamination and safety concerns. Another consideration is that fewer and fewer glass containers are being purchased as consumers shift to plastic. As a result of such trends, some communities, including my local city, have phased out glass recycling at curbside. Even as some cities curtail curbside glass recycling, however, alternative recycling options may be made available for this material.
Glass Recycling Talking Points
When it comes to the importance of recycling glass, here are four compelling points to consider, offed by Pace Glass.
• Recycled glass can be used over and over: Very little waste is generated in the glass recycling and manufacturing process. Recycled glass can be used to produce the same product over and over.
• Lower carbon footprint: Glass packaging's carbon footprint can be dramatically reduced through the use of recycled glass. For every kg of recycled glass displaces the need to extract 1.2 kg of virgin raw materials. Every 10 percent of recycled glass or cullet used in production results in an approximate 5 percent reduction in carbon emissions and energy savings of about 3 percent.
• Efficiency improvements: Improvements are helping to improve the recovery and recycling of glass containers. For example, Pace Glass has developed ways to recycle glass that most others cannot such as colored or dirty glass. Another important trend has been the lightweighting of glass packaging. Such innovations have helped to divert glass from landfills (in the case of improved recovery of recycled glass) while reducing energy usage and global warming potential.
• Superior product preservation. Pace Glass notes that no other packaging material does a better job in preserving food and preventing penetration by contaminants. Glass containers can be easily resealed to help prolong freshness.
Other Glass Recycling Facts and Statistics
Here are some noteworthy facts and statistics about recycling glass:
1. "Cullet" is the industry term for furnace-ready recycled glass, material which is free of contaminants such as ceramics, metals, stones, or gravel, etc.
2. Bottles and jars made from glass are 100 percent recyclable and can be recycled endlessly without loss of quality.
3. Glass containers for food and beverages are totally recyclable. Other glass products such as windows, ovenware, Pyrex, crystal, etc. are manufactured differently. If such materials find their way into the glass container manufacturing process, they can result in production problems and defective containers.
4. If local markets for glass recycling are not available, or if the glass is not suitable for manufacturing new jars and bottles as a result of contamination or small size, it may be used for "secondary" applications. Such uses include sandblasting, concrete payment, tile, and filtration.
5. An estimated 80 percent of recovered glass containers are made into new glass bottles, and it can happen quickly. A glass container can go from a recycling bin to a store shelf in as little as 30 days.
6. Glass container manufacturers hope to achieve 50 percent recycled content in the manufacture of new glass bottles. This achievement would save enough energy to power 21,978 homes for one year and while removing over 181 tons of waste from landfills on a monthly basis. According to the Glass Packaging Institute, containers averaged 33% recycled content in 2013.
7. Energy costs drop about 2-3 percent for every 10 percent of cullet used in the manufacturing process.
8. For every six tons of recycled container glass employed in the production process, one ton of carbon dioxide creation is avoided.
9. Approximately 44 glass manufacturing plants operate in 21 states. According to the Glass Packaging Institute, 63 glass beneficiating facilities across the country. At these glass processing plants, recycled glass is cleaned and sorted, prior to being resold to glass container manufacturing companies for remelting into new food and beverage containers. On average, a typical glass processing facility can handle 20 tons of color-sorted glass per hour.
10. Over 41% of beer and soft drink bottles were recovered for recycling in 2013, according to the US EPA, along with 34.5% of wine and spirits bottles and 15% of other glass jars. Overall, 34% of glass containers were recycled. States with beverage return deposit legislation averaged a 63% return rate for glass beverage containers versus 24% in non-bottle bill states.
11. States using bottle bill programs, in conjunction with single stream (one-bin) programs, can increase the beverage container recycling rate by 11%, and the overall recycling rate by 162%.
For more information on glass recycling, check out my article on glass recycling facts and figures, as well as my coverage of the benefits of state bottle bills. Beverage bottle recycling bills are critical in the design of recycling programs which incentivize the diversion of beverage containers from landfills, including glass bottles.
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Feb 19, 2022 16:04:52   #
RiJoRi wrote:
Mom did it all the time! And the containers were heavy glass.


recyclable also
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Feb 14, 2022 17:31:49   #
TriX wrote:
I agree Jerry - it’s a constant source of amazement to me that the Diety allows such a destructive race to continue. If termites were intent on destroying my home, I’d have them exterminated.


your home is food for termites after you killed the tree!
seems to be an endless cycle.
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Feb 14, 2022 15:35:52   #
jerryc41 wrote:
Has the human race had enough time on earth? Should we be eliminated and let something else see if it can do better? Looking at the history of humanity, we have been a total screw-up since Day One. No redeeming social value. We can't get along with ourselves, other animals, or the earth itself.


Species extermination has occurred many times in our earth's geologic history. What would make you think that "we" are exempt. Compared to the dinosaur's we have only been here a short time. It will happen again!
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Feb 7, 2022 17:50:58   #
luvmypets wrote:
This is Murphy in the snow we had a couple of weeks ago. Today I had to send him across Rainbow Bridge. He would have been 15 on April 1. Over a year ago he was diagnosed with a collapsing trachea and this morning he was straining to breathe so an immediate trip to the vet to end his struggle was necessary. There have been many pets in my life and sending them on that voyage never gets any easier.

Murphy was about a year old when I adopted him from our local pound and after treatment for heart worms he showed that he was happy to be a dog. Though I told people he wasn't the sharpest tool in the shed he certainly understood the need for gentleness when I took him to the nursing home where my mother stayed. He was so happy to visit with the patients and listen to their stories about their pets. Even though he was a retriever he would only retrieve snowballs and loved searching for them even though they disappeared. Snow was so much fun!

He loved all our kitties whether they liked him or not and felt it his duty to help with their leftovers. Bacon flavored treats were the best but he would happily eat a few other flavors.

His most favorite thing in the whole world was his "spa day" when he went to the groomer for his bath and beautification. Murphy just loved showing off how pretty he was.

I miss you so much Murph. Be well and happy my sweet, sweet boy.
This is Murphy in the snow we had a couple of week... (show quote)


My Golden was 18 when she took her journey to the Golden Bridge.
I still have dreams of her.
When you go through the worst of your loss try to sketch or paint his picture--you will be amazed of the therapy it provides. Your picture of him in the snow is a good beginning.
My son always has four rescue dogs on 7 acres with a special resting place for them to be together.
Yes, dogs are magic!
Will Rogers said "if there are no dogs in heaven, I don't want to be there"

BodieBill
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