Yeah, don’t know - just trying to make sense of his talk…

Actually, the M8, BMW, and Galaxy are all cars to me

Yes, you are correct. But in the video, the speaker references the M8 galaxy, not the universe.
This is just the section that discusses Stars vs Trees

https://youtu.be/8FxTgaHnbXE?t=1422&si=qSNBFNH7C8tbvehU

Transcript:
Which do you think is greater, the number of stars in the galaxy or the number of trees on Earth?
It's a bit of a strange question, but most people believe there's an obvious answer. The M8 Galaxy is over a 100,000 light years wide and a thousand light years tall and Earth, is just Earth. Surely there must be more stars than trees, right? That's the more commonly guessed of the two answers but it turns out that's incorrect. At least we're pretty sure it's incorrect. According to our best estimates, there are between 100 and 400 billion stars in our galaxy while there are three trillion trees here on Earth. Of course these are just estimates using sample sizes and extrapolation and whatnot. Nobody has time to sit down and count every star or tree so it's certainly possible the numbers are a little off. However, since the estimates state that there is an order of magnitude more trees than Stars, it's unlikely that the margin of error in the estimates would swing the numbers back in the favor of stars.

So based on that - I interpret the conversation to be about trees vs a single galaxy.

Search for “there are more trees on earth than stars in the galaxy” and you will get the info - here is one of the reports:

According to a study published in the journal “Nature,” there are approximately 3.04 trillion trees on our planet. That’s an astonishing number, considering that the Milky Way galaxy, which is just one of billions in the universe, contains an estimated 100 to 300 billion stars. In comparison, the number of trees on earth is several orders of magnitude higher.

Yeah - but his reference to the “galaxy” is actually the Milky Way Galaxy, not the universe. The universe is made up of many galaxies and there is no known count of stars in the “universe"

So true - we have yard cats - they like to stare in the window with that expression!

Nice pics - thanks for sharing.
I see those gazebo’s in the small town parks here in Kansas - and on nice days, they are occupied.

Thanks for all the inputs -
As I mentioned - lessons learned -

Nice capture of the use of technology. First ran into that method at Lake George - very convenient.

Yeah, lot of lessons learned on this one -

I'll investigate with my agent - thanks for the info

I would guess that would depend on the lawyers and the pull of the parents - your average parents cannot buy airplanes for their kids...

My research for parts tells me to just buy a used one - I found one on eBay - less than 6000 shutter count for $250.

That was next step - sun was in my eyes - needed my hat - lessons learned (the hard way)...

Yeah - a touch of irony there...
I’m glad for the 610 - it’s my primary go-to rig. If I can’t get the parts to repair, I’ll look for another one as I don’t want to lose the 1.5 crop factor - that’s my wildlife and speciality rig.

I was thinking some prop wash and super glue