Funny I am a resident in Maui I own property there and all 17 of my closest friends there who have a medical card (I do as well) never received the notice you spoke of, oh and I own 5 guns which are registered also no notice there either. You asked about Marinol a few posts back I was given it in its strongest strength and had absolutely no relief from pain, any of the synthetic drugs seem to either have bad side effects or do not work near as well as the original produce ie; hydrocodone, oxycodone, morphine, demerol, dilaudid(that generic one almost killed me a few years ago) and more create allergic reactions make you sick to your stomach cause higher blood pressure etc. marijuana is a natural pain reliever with no additives if controlled(which it is from the places I get it through. It is less harmful than cigarettes though there is still bad ingested if smoking, my wife uses it under a doctor recommendation for her diabetes this is recent and just last week her medications were reduced as the severity has diminished, I went through an alcohol treatment in 1986 and have remained off alcohol for all these years knock on wood and I was a very bad alcoholic drank a case of beer and most of a bog bottle of brandy per day marijuana I believe is on of the reasons I am still off it as the urges are reduced with use I never drive while on my marijuana medication as the effects are far more intense than smoking, I drove all the time while drunk I am extremely lucky that I am alive and never killed or hurt someone while driving drunk I am ashamed as well as I fully believe driving drunk is as bad as holding a gun on someone. Marijuana also helps cancer especially in young folk I know this as I stated before that I have friends who are treating their child and are seeing the results. How about what it does for folks with ms, cramping constantly and so much more the main ones that are railing against legalization is big pharma, the private prison system(these were the top 2 in the fight to legalize in Arizona and the issue barely failed next time hopefully more will listen to reason than hate ads) no one has been documented ever from dying of an overdose of pot, can you say the same about any other drug?. You need to look at this with a fully open mind, yes some will abuse anything and drive and end up hurting or killing others,
so it is with every drug. There is no need for you to look at the issue with the 1930's paranoia,
the studies have been going on a long time and are getting more information daily now that it's legal in many states, it is also helping the economy of these states. I hope that no one you care for comes down with a malady that might be treated with marijuana over the plethora of legal drugs that might harm them in the long run or worse get them addicted as so many others have.

well I have known a few and none of them denied they were addicted and in trouble they just did nothing to help themselves out of that rabbit hole, if you do not like pot well thats ok do not use it or associate with those who do but denying patients a medicine that is so much less harmfull and helps folks with so many medical problems (marijuana can be used to treat so many things that to deny folks this option would be a shame so many more would be taking not only opiates but other drugs such as barbiturates, valium adderall(don't know if that's spelled right) ask as many medical professionals as you can which is better for you and works before becoming hardened to the idea that its a bad choice I have and the almost entire consensus is that marijuana has healing properties and a use in the medical field. I do not agree with young people using it as they need to be informed and aware of all effects, but if a doctor prescribes it to children with the parents administering it as they would cough medicine and other drugs prescribed to children that is a good thing I know 3 people whose children have it prescribed and they swear by it, the mainstream medicine that was prescribed in those cases were reduced by over half the dose and its working.

It is crazy here we worked all these years for legalization and now many are bitching about it. It has been given such a bad rap over the years that people are fearful of it. I never drive while on it and believe that it should be regulated the same as driving while intoxicated though if you look deeper into the reports of accidents most of them also have elevated levels of alcohol, and hard drugs which most likely are the main cause.
I think it is a fantastic medicine(I used to use it strictly for the purpose of getting a buzz many years ago)
I now use edibles for pain relief though it does not work for every pain it works wonders for most,
it helps ptsd I am able to handle crowds much better,the VA has been giving me some of the most addicting and dangerous drugs for many years and still wants me on them but I refuse the scrips as I can manage much of this with pot and my body thanks me for it. I was given phenetole patchs 6 years ago they just about killed me they were so strong, then oxy, luckily I am allergic to it, then morphine in a large dose until 8 months ago.
That dos not include the drugs I have been given for mood and nightmares valium is one of those and I took it with whatever the doctors at the VA were using at the time, I still do have a mild mood and nightmare drug but the dose has been reduced considerably. Oh and sex is great on marijuana.

so are most large cities these folks are not there due to marijuana but because of addiction to opioids,
meth, painkillers, alcohol, and mental illness.

better to put it in aparts washer the solvent gets rid of everything

best thing to do is research the reviews and the lens that comes with the kit you can google everything included in the kit and find many photos and descriptions os the equipment then if you are satisfied buy it.

Wow shows you can put up anything on the internet, bet a few followed this advice then called in for repairs.

Gray or not it is a nice lens at a good price I would not worry so much about the warranty as you can return to b&h I believe for 90 days if you think there is something wrong with the lens. If you take good care of it the lens will outlast a few cameras (which then I would want the USA warranty). Go forth and take some great shots with it.

I have both and they all work great no problems MT (he also shoots Nikon as I recall) is right the best place to check up on this sort of information is the manufacturer's website in this case Nikon they have all the affected numbers listed and tell you how you can resolve the issue if there is one.

I have keep the same new year's resolution for over 30 years and that was not to have any new year's resolutions works great never felt bad about not keeping them that way.

I only store jpegs on a portable drive after I have worked and processed the raw files I want to use. I save my raw files on a seperate portable drive.

use an off camera flash takes care of it for me.

Those are leaves that turned and did not fall it is a oak tree. Thank you for the comment

Took a drive today saw this tree and had to get a shot of it

moss covered tree on Santa Domingo creek

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got one from my grandson very thoughtful gift