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It's been said that if you find a job that you love you'll never work a day in your life!
As we were headed back aboard the ship in Antigua I happened to see these fellows out performing some sort of ship maintenance so I fired off a couple of shots. Evidently they saw me and obliged me with a smile.
I would imagine they're probably thinking "Why is this crazy tourist taking a picture of us" and had I met them while aboard I would have gladly told them this is my way of honoring the job they do to make my holiday a success..
When you take a cruise holiday your every need is catered to and you've got nothing to worry about.
Sometimes it's easy to forget that there are a LOT of of people both in the front and back of the house that make things happen for your dream vacation to be the best it can be. Folks that aren't on holiday, they're working at their jobs to provide for their families back home.
If you should ever go on a cruise I hope that you won't forget these folks and will let them know that you appreciate the hard work they put in to make things easy for you. They bust their butts so that you don't have to.
A bigger hard drive is better than a smaller one. See a trend here?
The iMac's hard drive isn't user-upgradeable, so you must make a tough decision about hard drive size up front. You can choose a 500 GB or 1 TB hard drive, or go for broke and get a 2 TB hard drive.
Remember, you won't be able to easily change the internal hard drive later, so pick the largest size you can comfortably afford. If cost is really an issue, don't feel you have to blow the budget up front. You can always add an external hard drive later, although that somewhat defeats the purpose of an all-in-one computer.
More iMac's and desks are better than one. Think different.
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FIVE TERMINAL COMMANDS EVERY MAC GEEK SHOULD KNOW
KEY
WHAT IT DOES
defaults write com.apple.screencapture type JPGChanges the default OS X screen-capture format from PNG to JPG (you can also use GIF or PDF, if you prefer one of those formats).
defaults write com.apple.dashboard mcx-disabled -boolean YES
then execute: killall DockDisables the Dashboard.
diskutil secureErase freespace 3 /Volumes/name-of-driveSecurely erases data on the free space of a Mac hard drive called Macintosh HD (you would replace name-of-drive with the name of the drive you wish to erase, of course).
defaults write com.apple.Safari TargetedClicksCreateTabs –bool TRUEMakes all links in Safari open as separate tabs, not separate windows.
defaults write com.apple.mail PreferPlainText –bool TRUEForces Mail to display all messages as plain text.
The song that inspired this title:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUJLfAWi76M
Our Mushi-Mushi came to us from up in Washingtton state:
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and she knows what it's like to have some cool green grass to lay on. Our Tater Tot:
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on the other hand came to us from living in the desert so green grass is a foreign concept to her!
Niccy and I packed up the family (Tater Tot and Mushi-Mushi) and headed out on our first adventure!
We took the RV on a short shakedown cruise over to San Diego, specifically Point Loma Naval Base.
There's a nice camping spot on the base, right on the water. No electric, no water, but since we're self contained it wasn't a problem We spent a couple of days doing absolutely nothing except watching the world pass us by. Exactly the kind of experience we were looking for.
The song that inspired this title:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUJLfAWi76M
Our Mushi-Mushi came to us from up in Washingtton state:
www.flickr.com/photos/nyalr/53593846095/in/dateposted-pub...
and she knows what it's like to have some cool green grass to lay on. Our Tater Tot:
www.flickr.com/photos/nyalr/52917849315/in/photolist-2nSk...
on the other hand came to us from living in the desert so green grass is a foreign concept to her!
Niccy and I packed up the family (Tater Tot and Mushi-Mushi) and headed out on our first adventure!
We took the RV on a short shakedown cruise over to San Diego, specifically Point Loma Naval Base.
There's a nice camping spot on the base, right on the water. No electric, no water, but since we're self contained it wasn't a problem We spent a couple of days doing absolutely nothing except watching the world pass us by. Exactly the kind of experience we were looking for.
PS:
For those in the Show Your EXIF group you should note that the actual lens used is a Tamron AF 18-200mm F/3.5-6.3 Di-II VC All-in-One Zoom for Canon APS-C Digital SLR. For some crazy reason it always shows up as a Canon TS-E 90mm f/2.8, a lens I've never owned or used!
Why don't you put him on the ground and slowly back away.....
Every island has a sculpture in the cruise port that spells out the name of the island so that you can get your perfect social media shot and become famous. Frankly, I find them boring and if you look you'll see the way to get the good shot is to have your model laying on the ground in front of the sculpture. Either that or lay yourself on the ground with a real wide lens and shoot up at your model, something that most won't do.
While I'm not a fan of the sign, I am a fan of the people looking to get that "perfect shot to post". People line up to get a picture there and while most do the same old stand in front of it there's always a couple of folks who try to get creative. Those are the ones that I like to watch.
I think this shot expresses exactly what I'm talking about so Thank You to the goofballs who are trying to be original. You may not be Instagram or TikTok famous but you'll definitely be seen on Flickr!
PS:
For those in the Show Your EXIF group you should note that the actual lens used is a Tamron AF 18-200mm F/3.5-6.3 Di-II VC All-in-One Zoom for Canon APS-C Digital SLR. For some crazy reason it always shows up as a Canon TS-E 90mm f/2.8, a lens I've never owned or used!
.. und hätte aber die Liebe nicht, so wäre alles
was ich sage wie schepperndes Blech
- .. y tendrÃa, pero el amor no es, entonces todo se
lo que digo la edad de metal
- and if I wouldn´t have the love, then everything
what I say would be like a old and loud sheet of metal
. If I make use of the tongues of men and of angels, and have not love, I am like sounding brass, or a loud-tongued bell. (org.) 1, Kor. , 1
- Die erste Überschrift zu diesem Kapitel könnte man nennen „Ohne Liebe ist das Größte wertlos“.
Wenn ich mit Menschen- und mit Engelszungen redete und hätte der Liebe nicht, so wäre ich ein tönernd Erz, ein schepperndes Blech, eine klingende Schelle.
Und wenn ich weissagen könnte, wüsste alle Geheimnisse, hätte den totalen Durchblick, hätte alle Erkenntnis und allen Glauben, so dass ich Berge versetzen könnte, und hätte der Liebe nicht, so wäre es nichts – keine Bedeutung. Und wenn ich all meine Habe den Armen gäbe, totale Hingabe und ließe meinen Leib brennen als Märtyrer und hätte der Liebe nicht, so wäre es mir nichts nütze – sinnlos.
-effi adapted 1 Kor 13, ff
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"To thee top (moving on up) to a deeluxe apartment in the sky......
Thanks to The Jeffersons for this!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHDwRECFL8M
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5 bedrooms / 6 bathrooms
Sale price: $6,500,000 USD
Own THE majestic view of Puerto Vallarta from the coveted Queen Penthouse at Tres Mares high above Marina Vallarta. This grand residence overlooks the port and hotel zone, the water of Banderas Bay and the vibrant town of Puerto Vallarta, Mexico under the Sierra Occicente.
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As I type this I'm in negotiations with Niccy about purchasing this place but she's being stubborn and saying NO! I don't understand why.
I've got a great argument for buying with some salient points but she refuses to believe that it would be advantageous for me to sit on the balcony in my underwear with a 600mm (or more) lens, drinking margaritas and shooting ship shots all day.
Yes, I've pointed out that Walmart and Sam's Club are just a quick boat ride across the bay and there's a really nice pool so there's no need to get in the ocean (where fish pee) when you want to swim.
I told her there's a private elevator so no need to share air with the commoners and it's gated so no worries about burglars getting in and stealing my 600mm (or more) lens. Yet she still says NO! I don't understand why.
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This is NOT the way to try and fund your next vacation!
Niccy and I just got back from a 5 day trip up to Northern Arizona. It's a nice way to get out of the Tucson heat and into the mountains where it's cool, cool, cool. Only a 5-6 hour drive so it's affordable as well.
The first stop on our journey wound up being the Mazatzal Casino in Payson, AZ:
They allow RVs 72 hours of parking in their back lot for no charge which is my kind of price.
Of course there's no amenities (water, sewer, electricity) but there is a gym nearby where you can shower and it's very safe since it's a casino and there's cameras everywhere! Lots of truckers use it as a stop in their travels as well.
To pay the casino back for letting us stay we decided to go in and drop a few bucks on their slot machines. Having worked in the gaming industry I know why they're called "One Armed Bandits" but for some reason Lady luck decided to smile down on us. In total the casino payed us $250 to camp out in their parking lot overnight and to that we say thank you very much!
With apologies to Hanz and Franz:
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When you live in a stick built house you usually don't have to worry about emptying your tanks but on a yacht it's not quite the same. Your grey and black water goes into tanks that will eventually fill up. You probably don't have a city connection to the sewer system so who you gonna call? That's right, PepeLaPoo to the rescue!
There's a variation on this service for the Snowbirds who choose to camp up at Quartzsite for the winter, a truck that roams the LTVA. For a fee they'll empty out your tanks so you don't have to go into town and try to find a dump.
It takes a different sort of person to the gold in the black water and I've got to applaud the entrepreneurial spirit that Charlie has shown!l
PS:
For those in the Show Your EXIF group you should note that the actual lens used is a Tamron AF 18-200mm F/3.5-6.3 Di-II VC All-in-One Zoom for Canon APS-C Digital SLR. For some crazy reason it always shows up as a Canon TS-E 90mm f/2.8, a lens I've never owned or used!
Being the curious sort I have to wonder just exactly "what" really is!
Got this shot as we were coming back aboard the Britannia in Sint Maarten.
I noticed the security guy was carrying a very strange looking device and got a bit curious. I'd made a friend with one of the security guys onboard and asked him what this was all about. He said (with a bit of a wink) that this fellow was looking for "bugs in the produce being brought aboard".
I don't know about you but I've got the feeling that the "bugs" he was looking for might be the kind they don't have a cure for yet or may just have an Atomic Number attached to their genus. I can't say for sure but a cruise ship full of souls certainly would be an attractive attack vector for bad actors wanting to spread some chaos.
Now I can neither confirm nor deny any of this but the Red Pill side of me says there's much, much more to the story...
BTW, if you know what this device is (it's not a hoover, I've checked google images) and you're at liberty to tell us please do so.
A Quickie All-in-one Moleskine Diary/Sketchbook in Leather Cover
The day I decided to use the Moleskine 18 months weekly diary from July I knew I would have problem pulling out what I need from my bag. It has the same size and look as the Moleskine sketch book I'm using. Knowing that I will be using both quite often in this coming half year starting from my trip to Tokyo next week, I did something drastic in 30 minutes.
First I ruined the back of these 2 notebooks by putting 4 snaps on them so that they can stick together yet removable if I want to. Note that the two notebooks are snapped together so that the top of one is aligned with the bottom of the other. There is a good enough space in between because of the height of the snaps, so it works well to put a pen holder there. I just punched and set two eyelets to hold the broad elastic band together, then a metal wire is passed through the two eyelets to make a ring which helps to keep the elastic band in place on the spines, again this is removable if I don't need a pen holder.
Assembling it is easy, just put the pen holder in between the back of these two notebooks, snap the notebooks together and there you go. At this stage leather freak like me couldn't stop but made a cover for this so that the metal ring of the pen holder is concealed and I have the look I want.
Finally, to distinguish which side is which notebook, I stamped on the leather cover "Time" for the diary side and "Note" for the sketchbook side. Whenever I feel like using the other side, I flip the notebook vertically. The original Moleskine elastic bands can be used to enclose the leather cover but I like a clean look so most of the time they are enclosing the pages only.
You are probably wondering why there are some flying pigs on one of the Moleskines, that's a gift sketchbook from Steve Light. What's that pen you asked? Pilot 1979 Murex fountain pen, also a gift from a good friend Kelly.
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An assortment of pix of me all nicely girdled. Top half with the VPL showing again in this shot. It's really tight on me - and feels awesome on.
A series of shots I got during our passage through The Big Ditch!
There were open decks (8-9) in the forward of the ship that were jam packed with folks watching all the action in the locks. Funny thing is the cargo ship sailors seemed to be as interested in us as we were in them!
Going through the complete Panama Canal was definitely a bucket list item for me. I spent the entire day (8 hours) outside on the deck along with a bunch of other folks, my shutter happily clicking away!
We had a Canal Guide onboard who pointed out all the interesting locations, couldn't tell you one thing he said because I wasn't listening I was too busy shooting!
Have to commend Princess Cruises, they were really nice to us outside in that they had stewards coming aro
When you consider the average age of folks who go on long(er) cruises it's no suprise.
After leaving Puntarenas Costa Rica we were scheduled for a nice relaxing day at sea. Now for most of us it was relaxing but not as much for one passenger.
As we were cruising along we noticed that our speed had picked up considerably. The weather was clear so we probably weren't trying to outrun a storm so our next guess was a medical issue, which proved to be the case.
The Captain came over the PA and announced that we were going to be arriving in Puerto Amador earlier than expected because of a guest who was having some sort of a medical issue. He also announced that since there were going to be no government officials available that we were going to be overnighting dockside and would not be able to leave the ship till morning.
We've had this happen before and we take it with a grain of salt. As I said above, When you consider the average age of folks who go on long(er) cruises it's no suprise.
I can tell exactly what she was thinking and I could probably repeat exactly what she said!
Niccy and I were on the back deck when we were leaving Bonaire and got this shot. The sun was headed down and had a real pretty light to it so I whipped the camera out and started shooting.
Niccy is a real good sport when it comes to me taking pictures. She'll hang out for the first 3 or 4 then I get the eyes and the "Lovey, enough already!", my signal to start wrapping things up.
I'll usually get a few more (just for good measure) then put the camera away till the next opportunity comes around.
I told her one time that when I stop taking pictures of her is when she needs to start worrying. I can guarantee that I'll be taking a lot more just to make sure she has no worries!
PS:
For those in the Show Your EXIF group you should note that the actual lens used is a Tamron AF 18-200mm F/3.5-6.3 Di-II VC All-in-One Zoom for Canon APS-C Digital SLR. For some crazy reason it always shows up as a Canon TS-E 90mm f/2.8, a lens I've never owned or used!