Forum: Getting Here
05-03-2019, 06:04 PM
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Shiny Object...
Today, Rt 66 sees light traffic:
https://photos-e1.flightcdn.com/photos/retriever/245bcde0b32d74e179449aa9c52cea06569c48cb
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Forum: Getting Here
05-01-2019, 05:11 AM
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Replies: 264
Views: 233,671
National Monuments Suggested...
I've hit quite a number of those National Parks, but found National Monuments less crowded and more gratifying. Several have since joined the National Parks System. Note the number of National Parks...
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Forum: Getting Here
04-28-2019, 05:31 AM
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Replies: 264
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Discover Utah...
Utah—Waterfront cottages, in an ancient time when ice covered the Winnipesaukee Basin.
https://cdn7.dissolve.com/p/D246_105_188/D246_105_188_600.jpg
Utah, where, y'know, you can photograph the...
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Forum: Getting Here
04-25-2019, 05:04 AM
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Replies: 264
Views: 233,671
What You Did There...
https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/021/468/1254569426412.jpg
'Times sure have changed. You had no seat belts, and just-recently two states have raised their speed limits—to 80—and...
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Forum: Getting Here
04-19-2019, 06:42 PM
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Replies: 264
Views: 233,671
"Hold My Beer"...
Yesterday, I received an email with a similar emphasis—but has to do with a doctor and his fixation on gardens for refreshing one's soul:...
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Forum: Getting Here
04-12-2019, 06:18 AM
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Replies: 264
Views: 233,671
Tornadoes?
I, too, was confronted by tornadoes. As I entered New Mexico, the first Tornado Warning was issued by AM radio. As I entered the modest State campground near Roswell, perhaps 50 children and parents...
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Forum: Getting Here
04-11-2019, 05:52 AM
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Replies: 264
Views: 233,671
'Just Dust in the Bore...
https://www.winnipesaukee.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=14656&stc=1&d=1554903835
The correct term for that is "boresighting (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boresight_(firearm))". ;)
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Forum: Getting Here
04-09-2019, 06:37 AM
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Replies: 264
Views: 233,671
Still Available—Still Being Used...
Rolleiflex (and Rolleicord) came onto the market in the 1960s, so the camera used was probably a 4x5 "Press camera". (Medium or Large format). Yashica "twin-lens" clones appeared about the same...
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Forum: Getting Here
04-06-2019, 05:35 AM
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Replies: 264
Views: 233,671
Immobilzed Camping "On the Road"...
'Reminds me of pulling into an Arizona U.S. National Monument campground. :coolsm:
The sign sez, "Turn left to campground"—but there was no "turning right". :eek2: An oversized RV had made that...
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Forum: Getting Here
04-04-2019, 04:15 AM
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Replies: 264
Views: 233,671
Evaporative Cooling...
The canvas bag to the left of the license plate is for cooling the water inside: water seeps out slowly, evaporating in the dry heat to cool the contents.
Early auto "air-conditioning" used the...
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Forum: Getting Here
04-03-2019, 05:14 AM
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Replies: 264
Views: 233,671
Truly Lonely!
You enter Nevada's SR-50 by driving downhill onto a roadway with miles and miles of visibility ahead. :cool: Trouble is, you're the only person on it!...
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