Niccy is one of those folks who believes that these megaconglomorates actually care about what you think!

As we were headed back to Barbados a survey form showed up in the cabin which Niccy duly filled out. I've told her before that they really don't care (especially negative comments) and it's a good illusion but she still takes the time to put pen to paper. Who knows, maybe someday someone WILL read what she's wrote and it will be the catalyst for change for the better. That's not a bet that I'd take though...

PS, my standard disclaimer:

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. It's a known issue and 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!

It took them four months and sixty-buck$ to do it but it was worth it — to me.

The same VHS-C to VHS full-size adapter I used for years decided to start jamming in the VHS recorder/player so I sent one tape off-site.

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"Saturn Tübingen" parking house

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the driver was not amused, but his wife was laughing!

It's actually pretty easy for these folks, it appears they just set it once and forget it!

The ships photographers were setting up to take photos for the first formal night on board. They had several poses that they ran everybody through, almost like a production line process. I tried to talk with them a bit when I saw them on deck but they really weren't interested in shop talk. I never saw them fiddling with any settings, it appeared that everyone got exactly the same.

Niccy and I just got back from a 2 week cruise down in the Caribbean, a trip that was supposed to be in the UK but thanks to the whole covid fiasco that was not meant to be. We were on the P&O Britannia and as we quickly found out we were the only Americans aboard! We had a good time, got to see some new ports and enjoyed the weather.

yes ... later!

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Der Name Dipsacus kommt aus dem griechischen dipsa für

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Model T.Mize

Photo By: Mike Marano

NINE7Three Studio 2010©

Lighting set up

Camera left Main light Sb800 using TTL sc28 cord shoot through Lastolite Allinone umbrella

2nd Light SB600 with CTO waming gel fireing behind the left pillar aiming at Models face to give bak lit effect on face/flowers

Niccy is one of those people who truly "NEEDS" coffee in the morning to get her day started!

It's hard to have that coffee monkey on your back, and sometimes Niccy's is more of a gorilla. After being together with her for 21 years one thing I know for a fact is that it's useless to talk to her before her morning java. I can accept this and more than once on a cruise I've played the part of the pusher by going and getting her coffee before she gets up out of bed. I do what I can to keep Mamma happy because as everyone knows "When Mammas not happy ain't nobody happy".

BTW for those who wonder, I'm a tea drinker myself.

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!

She's been watching way too many Youtube travel videos!

Like the title says this was her idea, not mine. I was "informed" that since I had a camera I needed to start taking some "touristy" pictures for Niccy to share with her friends. I tried to tell her that "touristy" shots really aren't my thing but my words fell on deaf ears that aren't my own.

Now, I had a thought about how I could make them more "touristy" (out of focus, skewed horizons, cut off heads/feet, etc) but after hanging out with her for 20 years I know that might not be my best idea!

NIccy and I took a long weekend trip up to Williams Arizona to ride the Grand Canyon Railway. We've always been fans of train trips and getting to see the big hole in the ground was a bonus!

If you\'ve never been to the Grand Canyon the train trip is a great way to see the place. You've got a 2 1/2 hour trip each way on the train and about 3 1/2 hours for exploring at the Canyon, more than enough time to take in the sights. We took the advice of Jim Frazier and booked the Luxury Parlor car which offers plenty of luxurious seating and amenities (for Niccy) and an outside observation platform (for me).

Denz was busy restoring one of the Hewlett-Packard Model 85 portable computers in the Computermuseum Arnhem hardware collection.

This unit's tape drive was broken, due to the rubber drive wheel being reduced to a sticky gunk. He used solvent to clean the mess and fashioned a new drive wheel out of silicone hose/tubing.

A day off work is something these folks can only dream of....

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.

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!

Q: What Is A Syndicate Quiz?

A: A general knowledge quiz for teams of up to 6 people. You write the answer on a piece of paper and take it to the 'command table' run by the entertainment team. The winning team each evening gets a bottle of P&O wine (which is denigrated by the staff). Winners get deducted a point next time they play. It can get very competitive- histrionics and sulking ;p

Trivia games or quizzes are a cruise ship staple that Niccy and I both enjoy. We can hold our own for the most part, occasionally winning and always having a good time. They're usually a pretty civil affair but we did get a shock on P&O.

Seems that the P&O crowd takes these things quite seriously. Kind of like taking the SATs here in the US, the GCSE for my UK brethren. Don't talk, don't laugh, don't step out of line or you'll be called on it. C'mon people, it's just a game!

The "prize" for winning the quiz is a bottle of P&O branded plonk, probably the leftovers from Ernest and Julio Gallo after they've filled all the boxes at the factory. Not something you'd bring to a dinner and certainly not something you'd brag about.

Needless to say Niccy and I failed miserably for the most part since the questions were very UK centric which we should have expected. Oh well, we're gearing up for our next trip on Holland America where we plan to dominate!

BTW, we were on our own every night, no one wanted to team up with us. We both used deodorant and toothpaste so we don't understand why? ;-)

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Mickey and Minnie minifigures posing in front of EPCOT's signature Spaceship Earth.

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Mickey and Minnie posing in front of Cinderella Castle at Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom.

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He is

used to me:

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Modine, heute BAYWA

dusk - evening light - Abenddämmerung

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Das Tier des Jahres 2015 ist der Feldhase.

Durch Umwelteinflüsse sei der Bestand stark zurückgegangen, teilte die Schutzgemeinschaft Deutsches Wild am Montag in Bonn mit.

Auf der bundesweiten Roten Liste wird der Feldhase als gefährdet eingestuft. Nach Angaben des Naturschutzbundes Deutschland (Nabu) findet das Tier nur noch schwer den benötigten Lebensraum auf den Feldern. In der intensiven Landwirtschaft mit großen Ackerflächen fehlen ihm Ackerrandstreifen und kleinere Gehölze. Rebhuhn, Kiebitz, Feldlerche und Fasan teilen dieses Schicksal.

Tübingen entlang der B27

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Seine geliebte Sumpfwiese ( Au-Ost Tübingen) wurde jetzt auch von Riesentraktoren umgepflügt.

Statt einmal Maht bis zum Sumpfigen, ist jetzt alles Acker, auch wenn der Traktor fast versinkt und tiefe Reifen-Furchen nach der Ernte hinterlässt.

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2022 ff

alles überbaut

BAYWA Tübingen

Photovoltaik

From the collection of Jessica H. Jaeger.

Oh my, how slang has changed over the years....

Walking with two drinks was a pretty common sight on this cruise with both men and women, not something I've noticed much on our other trips. I guess that UK folks are wanting to make sure that their hydration level is always up?

Now when I was much, much younger if you saw your friend (or pretty much anyone) with two drinks in their hands you'd say they were Double Fisting it which was the original title I was going to use for the shot.

DO NOT AND I MEAN ABSOLUTELY DO NOT LOOK UP THE MODERN DEFINITION OF DOUBLE FISTING. IT IS DEFINITELY NSFW!!! DON'T BLAME ME IF YOU SEE THINGS THAT SHOCK YOUR EYELIDS!

I got no further than the first description (not even a link click) on Google when I realized that Double Fisting It was definitely NOT going to be the title of this shot!

Hopefully the Porn Police don't come knocking on my door, it really was an innocent search

PS, my standard disclaimer:

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. It's a known issue and 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!

Canon A1

Canon FD 50mm 1:1.8

Konica Minolta VX100

After all the black and white photographs, colors make me feel like there's still hope, welcome back!

PS: Unconsciously double exposure.

The Marshall....The Old West version of a Superhero!

If you saw the previous picture then you know that those crazy cowboys in the Wild West Show were up to no good with a crooked game of poker. Well, there was only one way to keep things on the straight and narrow in the Old West and that was with The Marshall. He's the one who always kept the peace in the town and today was no different. He plugged 4 of the baddest hombres this side of the Pecos with his lightning quick draw (and some great stuntman skills)!

While on the trip to the Grand Canyon I had an opportunity to talk with the Marshall for about 20 minutes (union break?) and found out he actually is a pretty interesting guy.

He goes by the nickname Dutch since he's an immigrant to the US from the Netherlands. He's a widower who has a 120 acre ranch that he runs by himself and he takes in abused and neglected wild mustangs. He told me he speaks 9 different languages which help him talk to tourists when he's playing the Marshall, something he's done for 9 years. He knows the Canyon real well and gave me a tip on where to get a shot that most people don't even notice.

When his break was over he said "Well, I've got to get inside and explain to those kids why those cowboys got back up after I shot them down". I said to him "They all play video games, just tell them that they respawned. They'll know what you mean". A tip of his hat and he was off.

For me, that was one of the best parts of this trip, getting to make a connection and learn a little bit about Dutch, the Marshall on the Grand Canyon Railway.

An overview of Quonset Point taken from a Rhode Island Wolfpack Blackhawk.

A spare Patrouille de France Alphajet sitting in the West Point 2nd Aviation Detachment hangar at Stewart International Airport.

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.

More on Scription blog: scription.typepad.com/blog/2010/07/a-quickie-allinone-mol...

I've seen her before, guess this is a regular stop?

The VEGA SCORPIO (IMO: 9491599) is a Container Ship and is sailing under the flag of Cyprus. Her length overall (LOA) is 139.26 meters and her width is 22.6 meters.

As I've said above we've seen the Vega Scorpio in several different ports throughout the Caribbean. In this shot she was pretty close to loaded and getting ready to make way for some distant place....

Now that I look at this I suppose you could call this a study of angles?

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!

Contraforma Quad bookcase. Geneva Sound System Model L All-In-One HiFi System and Muji cases.

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Das Fünffingerkraut galt als ein Schutzkraut, das böse Geister von Haus und Hof vertreibt.

The cinquefoil was regarded as a protective herb that evil spirits of house and home markets.

Familie der Rosengewächse.__ Potentilla aurea

alias: Pentaphyllon Pentafilon Cinquefoil

Fünfblatt, Kriechendes Fingerkraut, Kriechendes Gänsekraut, Fingerkraut, Ruhrkraut,

I for one really don't appreciate someone telling me what I should be shooting!

Waiting at the station for the train to arrive and I came across this sign. It reminded me of the Kodak/Nikon Picture Spots at Disneyland so I had to grab a shot. Yeah, I was the one who took a picture of the sign instead of the scenic backdrop that the sign recommended.

By the way don't bother going to the URL on the sign, all you'll get is a nice 404 error. Maybe they got tired of people posting snapshots?

Since I don't use social media I'm not holding my breath waiting for my railway prize!

Epcot's signature Spaceship Earth dome set against an overcast Orlando sky.

Like moths to a flame, the sun starved flocked to the pool deck!

The other guests onboard the Britannia had paid for sunshine and they were going to get every penny's worth of it while they could. Little did they know that there were storm clouds a couple of miles up the road (look at the upper right hand side) that was going to have them all running for cover!

This was a pretty typical scene, all the loungers filled with people in various states of dress and undress, all challenging the sun to try and make them look tan and beautiful. In most cases the color showed up but it usually started out as bright red, slowly fading to that crispy brown that you usually only see in fried chicken and supermodels. The beauty, as the old saying goes was in the eye of the beholder.

Having lived in the Northwest of the US for so long I can certainly understand these folks with their longing to shed their pasty whiteness and wanting to show up back home with a Coppertone tan that their friends could only achieve in a spray booth. The sun (and it's warmth) is an addictive drug when you live in a place that doesn't see a lot of either and once you've tasted it you'll certainly be back for more.

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!

My blue Audi in golden natures`s cloth

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.

More on Scription blog: scription.typepad.com/blog/2010/07/a-quickie-allinone-mol...

It has been a while since I took the group photo of my babies. With the new additions of M42-Vivitar 135/2.8 and M42-Carl zeiss Jena 135/3.5, decided to take shot at them. My wife saw all this effort and gave a different smile and said, "Are you selling them on ebay?, Good for you." I gave a wicked smile and continued taking the shot. Taken with Canon A520 P&S.

Large on black; Not much of a quality though!

Tried some individual shots below (Taken with macro takumar which will miss in the list)

I installed a "new" elementary lab last week. These two teacher computer are the best of the iMac lab and, believe it or not, are the best iMacs in the lab. The rest of the lab has DV400's and old try loaders. Even one Rev A, that had a four gig hard drive (naturally it had to be replaced in order to fit the entire image). The lab will be used to deliver primary software to students. It's amazing that these machines (some 7 years old) can run panther and all the software that we needed them to. There's something to be said about old technology and making it work on a limited budget. The principal was glowing.