Hope that fellow doesn't stumble and fall on his face, he would jamb that stogie down his throat and chock to death!
Great shot Voss!

Damn, you and your fellow countrymen sure seem to have a hard time with anything to do with TV, WiFi etc. Could it possibly have anything to do with your huge selections of service providers? Service providers that from the comments I have read here would suggest there is no in-home service provided for the services offered? I suppose there is no point comparing what you Americans have in terms of TV and WiFi services compared to us Canadians, but from where I sit it seems you Americans get the short straw when it comes to TV and WiFi services. I would not put up with the crap you go through to get your services up and operating. I would just cancel a sloppy service/no service situation and move to one of the other four service providers in my area. That is correct, only four, and they each service all of Canada and furthermore, our federal government legislates that they comply with their advertised service levels.

As I assume you know Jerry, distance from the server to your modem/router impacts your results. Also, download/upload speeds are dependent on your ISP's stated service speeds. As I am in Canada, I use a Canadian ISP on a 1 Gig service plan which has a theoretical download speed of 1000Mbps and upload speed of 100Mbps. My actual download speed this morning was 930Mbps and upload was 102Mbps using the IPS's latest modem/router.
Your test results would seem to be low for a reasonably new router, especially your upload speed. Typically, I find my upload speeds are approximately 10% of my download speeds. Before you spend your hard earned dollars on an new modem/router, I suggest you talk to your ISP and determine what your down/upload speeds should be given your distance from the NY Server. Just maybe your ISP may find a fault in the distribution system assuming you are on either a telephone or cable line type of service. If over the air service, then as I have had no experience with that type of service, I have no suggestion to make. Best of luck Jerry.
Regards,
Garth

I am always in awe of your photography Regis! Was that a tripod shot? Regardless, simply put, "fantastic"!
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Garth

Hate to say it but I think my capability to learn new things is about exhausted, but I try.

Looking forward to seeing them.
Regards, Garth

Have a safe trip home. Guess you are getting the snow storm we had here two weeks ago. Snow is gone now and starting this weekend our temps are supposed to reach the low 60's F, (15-16 degrees C). Spring is here!!
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Garth

Lions in trees is a fairly common event if there are trees available that can/will support their weight. Certainly it is not as common as Leopards, which are often found in trees. Cheetahs, not so much, primarily because their claws are not sharp like other feline species. Cheetah claws are similar to a dog's claws, non-retractable and designed to assist the Cheetah in its blindingly fast acceleration capability.

Beautiful photos of a beautiful family! Cheetahs are my favourite wild cat. Never get enough, keep them coming!!!
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Garth

Good evening Sylvia;

Thank you so much for the link to the Plettenberg Elephant Sanctuary website. No, we have not visited this site but most certainly will next October. Shiela and I are patrons of the Knysna Elephant Park and specifically of the African Elephant Reseach Unit (AERU) which has its laboratory on the KEP site. As a consequence, we spend a minimum of a week at KEP each time we visit South Africa. Have even considered aquiring a permanent residence in Plettenberg Bay and spending up to six months there and the other six months here in Surrey, BC, Canada. In that way we could enjoy twelve months of summer! Probably, most likely will not happen, but it is nice to dream. Enjoy the remainder of your vacation! Regards, Garth

Good afternoon Sylvia;

Shiela and I will be in Plettenberg Bay in October and would like to visit the elephant park in Plettenberg Bay. By chance do you have the address or its approximate location? We've visited the WildBird Sanctuary, Wild Cat Sanctuary, Wolf Sanctuary and the Reptile Sanctuary, all in the Plettenberg area but have not visited the elephant sanctuary in Plett. Will certainly take in that sanctuary as well when we visit Plettenberb Bay in October, thank you for the tip.
Regards,
Garth

It is indeed a wonderful experience although it has changed over the last several years. No riding the elephants any more and there are only five left at this park in Knysna. There are however another nine elephants in a separate herd kept at a park approximately 25 kilometres east of Plettenberg Bay. Those nine are not as habituated to human contact as the five at Knysna, as a result they only have contact with their keepers. Shiela and I have had the privilege of visiting this second herd on several occasions under close guidance of the Head Elephant Manager, Mr. Geoffrey Phiri. Attached is a picture of Shiela and Mr. Phiri standing beside Harry a six ton bull with the dubious title of having killed two of his keepers and fathering several of the young elephants via Sally, the matriarch at the Knysna park.

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Beautiful set Sylvia. Any plans to visit other parts of South Africa on this visit, such as the Knysna Elephant Park?
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Yes I have used and do use a pancake lens, specifically my Olympus 14-42mm f3.5-5.6 EZ ED MSC lens. Yes, it is very handy for "grab shots" and certainly makes either of my two Olympus camera bodies more compact and portable. Is it the best lens in my kit for resolution, isolation of subject from background or sharpness? No it is not, but it is the smallest, lightest lens in the 14-42mm focal length range (28mm-84mm FF equivalent) micro 4/3 lens on offer from either Olympus or Panasonic.

Obviously, neither you or Architect1776 understood my sarcastic reply to Architect1776's post. If there is a next time, which I doubt, I'll do my very best to use a simple direct answer. Fair enough??

Says you.