These are funny & clever; I'll have to pass along to some of my email buddies. :thumbup: :thumbup:

And DC wants to become a state.

Not sure I want to know, 'cause it would compel me to get an insurance rider. Of course, I should get one anyway

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Jerry, well said.

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John, did you look at the Foci Digital Picture Porter 35 on the B&H site? I have had one for several years and used it on a number of trips. NO computer needed. And it accepts CF and SD cards. And it has a viewing screen to look at your masterpieces. The capacity on the latest version is 500GB.

[quote=Moxiesmom] I am buying a tripod for shooting my volunteer luncheon, this will be pics of about 40 volunteers all over 65,lets see how that goes. At least they and me won't be moving as fast. lol!

Just a heads up on a tripod purchase. The subject of "what's a good tripod" appears almost daily on the forum. If you are new to tripods, might be worth a search here to read what experts say. In other words, you will be terribly disappointed with a $39.95 tripod, or even a $100.00 one. If you have already done the tripod research, please disregard my post.

Good Luck!

I stayed in a condo at about that altitude in Snowmass, Co a few times. Yep, a cheap drunk :mrgreen:

Yeah, I have owned about as long. Also, my high school class was composed of roughly 50-50 males and females; total class size was 289. Not big by big city standards, but still, no one - male or female - ever committed a firearm crime. At least so far :roll: and we had our 50th class reunion in 2010.

And my generation grew up playing with toy guns, playing cowboys and indians & cops & robbers. Yet, no school shootings or "going postal".

I have one and it's good for life, at least my life anyway 8-)

Absolutely wild. And clever to boot.
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If she didn't have hemorrhoids before, she does now. :-D

With a name like "Dirty Sally's" the place must have the best beer and pizza in town. :)

I agree. The two parties have become polarized where only the party matters. They are, in essence, their own special interest groups. How often have we heard over the years...."throw the bums out and elect all new ones"? But who put the bums in office? We the people. A whole set of new ones would most likely develop like the old ones. I have not yet read the book, but I believe Michelle Malkin's book "Culture of Corruption" covers the subject.

Not only are the parties polarized, but IMHO our society has become polarized. Can you think of any cultural category in the U.S. in which the center position is the majority? Politics? Religion? Health care (incl abortion)? Race? Economics? Gun control? The list goes on and on. Oh, I can think of two that we all agree on whether conservative, liberal, right, or left: shopping and freedom to own & operate motor vehicles :roll: Take those away and you might see a very drastic reaction - revolution anyone?

I'm not a history expert, but I did minor in the history of Western Civilization in college. If my memory serves me correctly, no great culture that went into decline ever managed to resurrect itself to its' former pinnacle. I believe our society is in a socio-cultural decline. Do I hope I'm wrong? You bet your sweet bippi. If so, I would like to live to see that I was wrong. Otherwise, I hope I've checked out prior to the final debacle, whatever form that might take.

I'm not picky; I'll take either one. :wink:

I find this subject quite interesting, but also sad.

My observation after reading all posts is that the small town, locally owned camera shop is a dinosaur. Only large metro areas can still support full service/selections. Of course, there are exceptions, but few.

This is similar to other specialty retail categories, such as gun shops & model train stores. They are disappearing on a daily basis.

Ritz Camera was the last to leave my home town; and while it was here it was a shadow of Ritz stores in the big cities. All we have is Best Buy, Staples, Sear's, Walmart. I doubt I would see in these stores (only speaking in my town) quality tripods, heads, lenses, camera bodies. I was in Staples yesterday and for kicks, I strolled over to look at their camera offerings: one dslr, a Canon Rebel with low end kit lens. No optional lenses available. Rest of camera selections were intro point & shoot.

So, in my case, no local camera store. I have to use the internet. Maybe that's good, because if I lived close to a B&H or Adorama I would have a serious case of GAS :)