Posts for: chikid68
Sep 20, 2022 23:06:55 #
Might I ask what you are planning on photographing in Nashville that would require that level of practice.
I live just about fifteen minutes away from downtown Nashville and there's precious few places like that around here although if you voyage out to hermitage and see the home of Andrew Jackson it has some beautiful gardens like that, as does Cheekwood in the Brentwood area.
If you leave downtown towards hermitage you will have to pass the Mt Olivet cemetery which is a fantastic location for photos.
I live just about fifteen minutes away from downtown Nashville and there's precious few places like that around here although if you voyage out to hermitage and see the home of Andrew Jackson it has some beautiful gardens like that, as does Cheekwood in the Brentwood area.
If you leave downtown towards hermitage you will have to pass the Mt Olivet cemetery which is a fantastic location for photos.
Sep 20, 2022 23:00:13 #
bikinkawboy wrote:
I figure the only people who are entitled to where their hats backwards are photographers and welders (to keep sparks or slag from going down their back, been there done that, ouch!). And no, key hole peeping toms are not entitled to either.
Can't forget the baseball catcher who wears it backwards so he/she can wear a protective mask over the face.
Sep 14, 2022 18:36:43 #
sb wrote:
Next year will possibly be the best chance most Am... (show quote)
I was fortunate with the last one and the path of totality ran right through my area.
I sat up a tripod and camera along with a folding chair and I was able to capture it from the comfort of my driveway.
It wasn't my first although it was for my wife.
I'm trying to get a small RV and travel to the desert for the next one and shoot it from the roof of the RV possibly around the grand canyon.
Sep 11, 2022 02:39:18 #
Sep 8, 2022 00:52:30 #
Wyantry wrote:
And you can get any kind of gun you want on the AMERICAN Black Market as well..
There is no difference — there is just a higher likelihood the purchase will be conducted by an undercover officer in the United States.
There is no difference — there is just a higher likelihood the purchase will be conducted by an undercover officer in the United States.
So basically what you are saying is that a criminal is going to be able to get a gun regardless of what laws are on the books.
Sep 7, 2022 23:21:21 #
Wyantry wrote:
You have the smuggling direction BACKWARDS.
Readily available and relatively inexpensive guns are purchased in the U. S., and smuggled into Mexico. Not the other way around.
Mexican law PROHIBITS most weapon possession, certainly all pistols and semi-automatic weapons. About the only available weapons are non-semiautomatic shotguns.
https://www.npr.org/2022/06/07/1103445425/much-of-firearms-traffic-from-the-u-s-to-mexico-happens-illegally
Readily available and relatively inexpensive guns are purchased in the U. S., and smuggled into Mexico. Not the other way around.
Mexican law PROHIBITS most weapon possession, certainly all pistols and semi-automatic weapons. About the only available weapons are non-semiautomatic shotguns.
https://www.npr.org/2022/06/07/1103445425/much-of-firearms-traffic-from-the-u-s-to-mexico-happens-illegally
And yet you can get any kind of gun you want on the Mexican black market anything from a full auto Uzi to heavy artillery .
Not everything is as the media portrays it.
Sep 7, 2022 20:43:14 #
mwalsh wrote:
Youn seem to infer things that are not implied...
If I misunderstood the implications I will apologize and yes while it is true that the media generally points to the container full being brought through the major ports rest assured that there is a distribution system in place for the backpack brigade.
The same coyotes as they are refered to are all too happy to allow smuggled goods in lieu of pay.
This has never been the sort of thing that is reported by the media but it is the same thing that the border patrol agents face daily .
Sep 7, 2022 14:19:16 #
mwalsh wrote:
"I suppose you are not concerned"
Rather snarky with no basis in what I said...
Rather snarky with no basis in what I said...
You were the one making light of the fact that you were not aware of any major busts.
That is indicative of not deeming the small ones worth your time.
Sep 7, 2022 11:16:15 #
mwalsh wrote:
I am not going to look up sources, but I have seen many reports of major busts...and they are all trying to come through a port of entry.
I have not seen any reports of major busts out in the middle of nowhere.
I have not seen any reports of major busts out in the middle of nowhere.
While it's true that the large major shipments are caught at the major ports there's still an extremely high volume of smaller ones being backpacked across although I suppose you are not concerned about several individual backpacks full of drugs and other things since they have stopped a container box at the major port.
Sep 7, 2022 10:29:44 #
Blurryeyed wrote:
I agree that i******s carrying backpacks are not the ones bringing in the f******l, but what they do is overwhelm border enforcement resources allowing drug smugglers to cross undetected. I am unaware of any reporting that discusses major ports of entry v other methods of crossing the border. It would be interesting to read about that if you have sourcing.
Not just drug smugglers but also illegal arms are being smuggled across the border in an alarming amount.
Sep 1, 2022 11:51:45 #
jerryc41 wrote:
Did you know that there's a small industry built around repairing and modifying the iPod? You can actually build a new iPod with all the parts that are available. Except for the motherboard, everything is being offered new. A popular mod is replacing the hard drive with an SSD. Elite Obsolete Electronics is one of the parts suppliers.
I'm the crazy outcast who has wiped the iPod and reformated it as a flash drive and it now serves as a windows 10 installation disk.
Aug 31, 2022 16:38:10 #
lmTrying wrote:
That's why I love this forum!
Much better section than the attic
Aug 31, 2022 08:27:04 #
lmTrying wrote:
Can't See S#!%
Oh, wait, you're pulling my leg, right?
I really need to go to bed.
Oh, wait, you're pulling my leg, right?
I really need to go to bed.
I was wondering if anyone would take the bait
Aug 30, 2022 05:14:00 #
dpullum wrote:
I bought a Sony A65 with intermittent problems... polished the contacts on battery and in camera with a gadget purchased on line... but if needed crocus cloth 2000 grit or greater [Amazon] will do. Not working... polishing contacts is a harmless Perhaps.
Where online did you find the gadget or what is it called.
Aug 28, 2022 08:15:28 #
mwalsh wrote:
The "t***hs" about c***d and about the v... (show quote)
If it changes then it wasn't the t***h.
T***h is constant opinions are what changes and sadly the "T***hs" have been decided generally by one person who has been totally wrong so many times.
Yes I mean Faucci