Thank you to everyone, Lynn enjoys hearing such high praise for her rose photo!

A friend sent this photo of a bloom on her more than 100 year old rose bush and yes she lives in the more than 100 year old house her family built from scratch over the years.

Since it has not been mentioned how about the “bend over and spread your cheeks” phase of swimming quals. My references here are from RTC San Diego in ‘60. Learning good personal hygiene was big in boot camp getting guys used to living in very close quarters, hot bunking, etc.

Yep, every company had one or two. We had one that just could not jump off the diving board. Never saw what “extra training” he participated in to be able to pass.

Thinking back on the reason the Navy uniform had bell bottom trousers, I remember having to jump into water wearing them and then being able to pull them off easily. We then tied knots at the open end and threw them over our heads to capture air. They would act like water wings to assist in keeping us afloat. We were told to keep the material weave tight by splashing water on it to hold air. We could place our mouth on them and blow air through the woven material into the leg cavity. That was the only time we jumped into the pool with an article of clothing covering our butts.

Good one, everybody can say the same thing using different words.

I spent a major portion of my 35 year tenure in the field of engineering design writing specifications for large structure construction costing millions of dollars. It seemed that ever so often when I sent out a spec someone would want different wording. You and everyone else has my permission to re-word my writing even though I will disavow any responsibility for it in its mangled form. Please make yourself happy with the results!

The wing screw and threaded insert provides a non-complicated bind feature. The slightly oversized hole is a stroke of genius too.

Some really nice contraptions shown here.
My thinking is KISS though - a sliding platform on a long dowel and a 1/4” X 1” thumbscrew through the platform to attach the camera. This thought is from buying a tilt head for my mono-pole - didn’t like the extra weight and never adjusted it, just tilted the pole to align the camera with the subject. (KISS = Keep It Simple Stupid)

Thank you!

I need one too so when looking around for parts I'm wondering what the wing nut in the last photo is a part of - some sort of ring clamp? Very good option of being able to set the camera height with the dowel resting on the floor.

The road quickly turns left out of the way of the lightening strike!

Now that's thinking out of the box. Had no idea something that simple could be so photogenic.

Yep, on a bike ride mine usually peaks at 150 or so - beats when working out at the "Y" by 30 or so. Something about being outside on a good bike that brings out the best!