Gonna quess that south of the boarder drug smugglers are now actually unlicensed pharmacists waiting for their FDA approved certifcates. ??

Why is it so hard for so many to understand that the only point Israelites wish to make clear is that they are weary from all the aggressors attempts to eradicate them and are dead set on making that point unequivocally clear?

I'm glad you enjoyed reading the post! As it is; I still stay in touch with LCDR Foot Dragger.

I must say you qualify for the "OLD SALT" merit badge. I remember reading about many of the USS Forrestal accomplishments and when they decommissioned her. My favorite "sea story" had to do with my last tour of duty onboard the USS Biddle CG-34 when the 16 ton rudder fell off out in the Red Sea. Long story short, we had to have a tug-boat take us at 8 knots all 1600 nautical miles to a drydock in Toulon france. At the time our sister ship the USS Wainwright was in drydock in Long Beach CA. so they shipped her 16 ton rudder to us via a cargo plane. I can still hear that gigantic jackhammer pounding away all night and day on the nut that held our new used rudder in place. What was funny about the whole incident was that the skipper wanted to save face by adjusting the rpm of each screw to navigate the canal. That idea didn't work out so well. About half ways up the canal we drifted into the mud much to the amusement of all the on lookers. I still have the cruise book showing a cartoon of the Chief Engineer dragging his toes in the water trying to steer the ship through the canal.

Interesting! Another one of mother natures many puzzling enigmas. Doesn't look like a mating ritual. Reminds me of a u-tube video showing how Woodcocks walk.

Don't get my wife started on guys sporting bun hairdo's and ear lobes stretched to the size of quarters.

Give Joe and the Toe some slack. They are also dealing with far more important "real time" issues. Sending out open "south of the boarder" invitations to cartel members,, addressing issues that are of grave concern within the lgbq communities as well as addressing a myriad of other sensitive "woke" issues.

How any religion could justify instigating the taking of another mans life is beyond me.

[quote=bcheary]https://nicenews.com/innovation/startup-deep-establishing-underwater-human-presence/

The ocean covers around 70% of the Earth’s surface and hosts more life than anywhere else on the planet — but 95% of it has yet to be explored. A team of U.K.-based engineers and researchers want to change that with the launch of an ambitious initiative to establish a permanent human presence beneath the waves by 2027.

Founded in 2021, DEEP Research Labs is an international research and development organization on a mission to “make humans aquatic,” with the belief that by doing so, we can better understand and preserve our planet’s most diverse biosphere. The group “create[s] tools and practices for scientists, academics, and others who seek to do good through their interaction with our oceans,” the company website states.

And DEEP makes a pretty convincing case for its unconventional goal, asserting that humans need to revolutionize the way they explore the ocean by using the rainforest as an example.

“Imagine if our sole means of exploring the rainforest were to abseil through the canopy, spend a few minutes observing the forest floor, before having to re-fuel, re-supply, and re-deploy,” the website reads. “Imagine how many life-saving drugs we’d be yet to discover. Or how little we’d know about our planet’s carbon cycle.”
DEEP’s president of Europe, Middle East, and Africa operations, Steve Etherton, elaborated on that idea in a news release, “We need to preserve the oceans. To do that, we need to understand them,” he said. “The oceans sit at the center of many of the generational challenges the world is facing, and they also offer opportunities we have not even begun to comprehend. They are the source of at least every other breath we take. They influence the weather. They influence the climate. They influence us. Yet, this life-sustaining ecosystem remains surprisingly unknown.”

The first step in making humans aquatic lies in DEEP’s flagship technology: the Sentinel System, a modular subsea habitat that can be scaled to accommodate dozens of humans — something like an International Space Station of the sea. The sleek, futuristic system would enable researchers to live and work on the ocean floor at a maximum depth of 200 meters (656 feet) for 28-day stretches. The systems would have a service life of 20 years, and could be reconfigured and relocated without returning to the surface.
Courtesy of DEEP

The 200-meter depth represents the epipelagic zone, also called the sunlight zone: the deepest point at which light penetrates the ocean and where the vast majority of marine life is believed to exist.

Production has commenced on the system, which is in the advanced stages of technical design, following two years of research. According to Oceanographic Magazine, the habitat will include direct ocean access, individual suites, communal work rooms, and social spaces. In addition, DEEP designs modular submarines that will be used in tandem with Sentinel.
“We’re doing something new here at a scale never previously imagined outside of science fiction,” DEEP’s product director, Rick Goddard, told the outlet. “I fully expect the equipment and technology we’re developing to be pivotal in enabling some game-changing discoveries and radically change the way we access and think about the ocean.”

One use case scenario the company website suggests is a campus extension program for universities looking to offer students “hands-on and eyes-on learning.”
DEEP has chosen the former National Diving and Activity Centre in Tidenham, Gloucestershire, as a training, testing, and research site. The startup has invested over $120 million in the 50-acre quarry, per the BBC.

“We’re excited for the world to see the next generation of diving and exploration possibilities by helping unlock access to our most critical ocean zones,” Kirk Krack, DEEP’s human diver performance lead, told Oceanographic. “Scientists need to understand our marine ecosystems better and solve the big problems ahead of us. There has never been a more crucial time in our history for this capability to come along.”[/quote]

Interesting read for sure! Can't help but wonder if fishing for seafoods for dinner might not be a challenge.

ur so rite. sinin of forenow

Don't bogart that joint Joe.

This reminds my of many of the sketches by Norman Rockwell. Underhanded mis-givings were kinda the norm in many of his works as well.

And your point is?

One thing worth considering doing is to download the PDF info for all of the aforementioned cameras and decide from there which brand and model will work best for you based on what you intend to use it for. Minimum and maximum shutter speeds, aperature values, ISO range, flash range, low light performance etc, are all part the info included in PDF files.

Sarah says that "quacked her up" !!