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With the news of clouds of volcanic ash drifting across the UK from Iceland and weather reports saying that we are in for some colourful sunsets I just had to get out with the camera.
Sadly the tide was low so it was necessary to wade out ankle deep in thick mud at Dell Quay, West Sussex to find some water, difficult conditions with the tripod sinking in the mud but it was well worth the effort with amazing red glows in the sky after the sun had dropped below the horizon.
Nice for photography but bad news for commuters stranded at all airports in UK due to all flights being cancelled due to potential problems of the ash damaging the aircraft engines!
30 second long exposure using B+W 6 stop ND filter + Lee 0.9 ND grad filter over the sky with a sinking tripod!
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the piece we are holding is very long...do you see where it is located? the bangs/fringe whatever you want to call it, is BEHIND the long pieces in front.
Kozy's bangs are this way too...just not as drastically! her bangs have all kinds of lengths where they shouldn't be. i will never understand the madness behind this method!
This quilt was made entirely from my 'too hard to sort' bucket. All my multi coloured, big prints scraps thrown together. www.tickleandhide.com/2013/06/fabric-fast-experiment-1-pr...
Our 15 year old cat Kleo has a urinary tract infection caused by e.coli. She likes to use the heat registers as the litter box right now. Grateful for the pee pad hack.
Problem solved. Yep this is pretty much how I handle real life problems too - My own way.
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Mitsubishi J8M1 Shusui
Chino Planes Of Fame
The J8M1 was intended to be a licence-built copy of the Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet. Difficulties in shipping an example to Japan meant that the aircraft eventually had to be reverse-engineered from a flight operations manual and other limited documentation. A single prototype was tested before the end of World War II.
The Japanese were quite aware of the results of the strategic bombing of Germany, and knew that the B-29 Superfortress would be bombing Japan and the resultant problems which would arise from trying to combat this. Japanese military attachés had become aware of the Komet during a visit to the Bad Zwischenahn airfield of Erprobungskommando 16, the Luftwaffe evaluation squadron charged with service test of the revolutionary rocket-propelled interceptor. They negotiated the rights to licence-produce the aircraft and its Walter HWK 509A rocket engine. The engine license alone cost the Japanese 20 million Reichsmarks.[1]
The agreement was for Germany to provide the following by spring 1944:
Complete blueprints of the Me 163B Komet and the HWK 509A engine.
One complete Komet; two sets of sub-assemblies and components.
Three complete HWK 509A engines.
Inform Japan of any improvements and developments of the Komet.
Allow the Japanese to study the manufacturing processes for both the Komet and the engine.
Allow the Japanese to study Luftwaffe operational procedures for the Komet.
The broken-down aircraft and engine were sent to Kobe, Japan in early 1944. It is probable that the airframe was on the Japanese submarine RO-501 (ex-U-1224), which left Kiel, Germany on 30 March 1944 and was sunk in the mid-Atlantic on 13 May 1944 by the hunter-killer group based on the escort carrier USS Bogue. Plans and engines were on the Japanese submarine I-29, which left Lorient, France on 16 April 1944 and arrived in Singapore on 14 July 1944, later sunk by the submarine USS Sawfish on 26 July 1944, near the Philippines, after leaving Singapore.
The Japanese decided to attempt to copy the Me 163 using a basic instructional manual on the Komet in the hands of naval mission member Commander Eiichi Iwaya who had travelled to Singapore in the I-29 and flown on to Japan when the submarine docked.
From its inception, the project was a joint Imperial Japanese Army Air Service (JAAF)/Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service (JNAF) venture. The JAAF wanted a new design to be drawn up. The JNAF, on the other hand, felt the design should mimic the German Komet because it had already proven to be a stable aerodynamic body. It was the JNAF which won and issued the 19-shi specification in July 1944 for the design of the rocket-powered defence fighter. The contract went to Mitsubishi Jukogyo KK, which would produce both the JNAF version the J8M1 Shu-sui and the JAAF version Ki-200.
The project was headed by Mijiro Takahashi. The JAAF, however decided to undertake their own design to meet the 19-shi specifications, working at their Rikugun Kokugijitsu Kenkyujo (JAAF Aerotechnical Institute) in secret.
At the 1st Naval Air Technical Arsenal in Yokosuka, in association with Mitsubishi and Yokosuka Arsenal, work began to adapt the Walter HWK 509A engine to Japanese manufacturing capabilities and techniques. This was also where efforts were underway to produce a glider version of the J8M to provide handling data. While working on this glider, the MXY8 Akigusa (??, "Autumn Grass"), Mitsubishi completed a mock-up of the J8M1 in September 1944.
Both the JAAF and JNAF approved its design and construction and a prototype was built. In December 1944, the MXY8 was completed and, on 8 December 1944, at the Hyakurigahara Airfield, Lieutenant-Commander Toyohiko Inuzuka took the controls of the MXY8. Once in the air, Inuzuka found the MXY8 almost perfectly emulated the handling characteristics of the Komet. Two additional MXY8 gliders were constructed in the naval yard at Yokosuka, one being delivered to the Rikugun Kokugijitsu Kenkyujo (JAAF Aerotechnical Institute) at Tachikawa for evaluation. The JNAF initiated the construction another prototype, production designation Ku-13. This was to use water ballast to simulate the weight of an operational J8M complete with engine and weapons. This variant was to be built by Maeda Aircraft Institute, while the JAAF version was to be constructed by Yokoi Koku KK (Yoki Aircraft Co). The JNAF also proposed a more advanced trainer, designated the MXY9 Shu-ka (??, "Autumn Fire") which would be powered by a 441 lbf (1.96 kN) thrust Tsu-11 ducted-fan engine. The war, however, ended before this model could be built.
Mitsubishi and partners Nissan and Fuji proceeded with development of the airframe and Yokosuka Arsenal was adapting the engine for Japanese production, designated the Ro.2. The Japanese succeeded in producing prototypes that outwardly looked very much similar to the Komet. The J8M1 had a wet weight that was 900 lb (410 kg) lighter, the aircraft having a plywood main spar and wooden vertical tail. The designers had also dispensed with the armoured glass in the cockpit and the aircraft carried less ammunition and slightly less fuel.
The Ki-200 and the J8M1 differed only in minor items, but the most obvious difference was the JAAF's Ki-200 was armed with two 30 mm (1.18 in) Type 5 cannon (with a rate of fire of 450 rounds per minute and a muzzle velocity of 2,350 ft/s (720 m/s), while the J8M1 was armed with two 30 mm (1.18 in) Ho-105 cannon (rate of fire 400 rounds per minute, muzzle velocity 2,460 ft/s (750 m/s). The Ho-105 was the lighter of the two and both offered a higher velocity than the MK 108 cannon of the Me 163 (whose muzzle velocity was 1,705 ft/s (520 m/s). The Toko Ro.2 (KR10) rocket motor did not offer the same thrust rating as the original, and Mitsubishi calculated that the lighter weight of the J8M1 would not offset this. Performance would not be as good as that of the Komet, but was still substantial.[2]
The engine still used the German propellants of T-Stoff oxidizer and C-Stoff fuel (hydrogen peroxide/methanol-hydrazine), known in Japan as Ko and Otsu respectively.
A total of 60 of the training version (Ku-13, Ki-13, MXY-8, MXY-9) were produced by Yokosuka, Yokoi[disambiguation needed] and Maeda[disambiguation needed]. Seven of the operational version (J8M1/Ki-200) were built by Mitsubishi.
Operational history
J8M-17[clarification needed]
In 8 January 1945, one of the two J8M1 prototypes was towed aloft, water ballast added in place of the fuel tank and rocket engine to test its aerodynamics. The test flights confirmed the design. Training courses for JAAF and JNAF pilots began on the Ku-53 glider, which shared a similar configuration to the J8M1. The 312th Naval Air Group was selected to operate the first J8M1. Mitsubishi, Fuji Hikoki, and Nissan Jidosha all had tooling for mass production well into the advanced stages, ready to produce both the J8M1 and the J8M2 variant, which differed from the J8M1 in sacrificing one of the Type 5 cannon for a small increase in fuel capacity. The first J8M1 prototype to be equipped with the Toko Ro.2 (KR10) was ready in June 1945. They were then transferred from the Nagoya plant to Yokoku for final checks before powered flight testing, after final glide tests with the engine installed.
The J8M took to the air for its first powered flight on 7 July 1945,[3] with Lieutenant Commander Toyohiko Inuzuka at the controls; after his "sharp start" rocket-powered takeoff, Inuzuka successfully jettisoned the dolly upon becoming airborne and began to gain speed, climbing skywards at a 45° angle. At an altitude of 396 m (1,300 ft), the engine stopped abruptly and the J8M1 stalled. Inuzuka managed to glide the aircraft back, but clipped a small building at the edge of the airfield while trying to land, causing the aircraft to burst into flames. Inuzuka died the next day.[4] While Mitsubishi and naval technicians sought to find the cause of the accident, all future flights were grounded. The engine cutout had occurred because the angle of climb, coupled with the fuel tanks being half-filled for this first flight, caused a shifting of the fuel, which in turn caused an auto cutout device to activate because of an air lock in the fuel line. Requests to continue flight testing were denied pending the modification of the fuel pumps in the aircraft. The sixth and seventh prototypes were to be fitted with the modified Ro.2 engine.
Full scale production readiness was almost at hand and in fact, component construction was already underway. Flight testing was to resume, despite another explosion of the fuel mixture during a ground test days after the crash, in late August 1945 and the J8M2 design was finalized. But on 15 August 1945, the war ended for the Japanese and all work on the J8M ceased. The end of the war also spelled the end of the JAAF's Ki-202 Shu-sui-Kai (Modified Shusui), whose design had begun in secret months before. The Ki-202 was to offer improved flight endurance over the Ki-200 and was slated to be the priority fighter for the JAAF in 1946, but no metal was cut before Japan's surrender.
Germany tried to send another Komet in U-864, but the submarine was sunk near Bergen by British submarine HMS Venturer in February 1945.
Variants
J8M1
J8M2 Shu-sui Model 21(?)
Long-range version for Navy, identical to J8M1, but armament reduced to a single 30 mm (1.18 in) cannon.
J8M3 Shu-sui Model 22 (Rikugun Ki-202 Shu-sui-kai)
Long-range version for Army and Navy, with fuselage and wingspan lengthened to 7.10 m (23 ft 3 in) and 9.75 m (32 ft 0 in) respectively. Powered by 19.6 kN (4,410 lbf) Tokuro-3, projected maximum speed 900 km/h (560 mph).
Yokosuka MXY-8 "Akigusa" (Yokoi Ku-13)
Training glider using J8M airframe for Navy and Army.
Yokosuka MXY-9 "Shuka"
Training version using J8M airframe, powered by Tsu-11 thermojet engine.
Operators
Japan
Imperial Japanese Army Air Service
Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service
Survivors
The J8M1 at the Planes of Fame Museum.
In November 1945, two aircraft were taken from Yokosuka to the United States for evaluation aboard USS Barnes. FE-300/T2-300 (USA ident) (Japanese ident 403) is now exhibited at the Planes of Fame Museum in Chino, California. The other was at NAS Glenview in October 1946 (identity unknown), but was scrapped.
In the 1960s, a nearly complete (but badly damaged) fuselage was discovered in a cave in Japan. This was on display at a Japanese Air Self Defense Forces base near Gifu until 1999, when it was restored and completed by Mitsubishi for display in the company's internal Komaki Plant Museum.[5]
Specifications (J8M1/Ki-200)
Data from [6]
General characteristics
Crew: 1
Length: 6.03 m (19 ft 9 in) ;;;Ki 200
5.88 m (19 ft)
Wingspan: 9.47 m (31 ft 1 in)
Height: 2.68 m (8 ft 10 in)
Wing area: 17.72 m2 (190.7 sq ft) ;;;Ki 200
17.69 m2 (190.41 sq ft)
Empty weight: 1,445 kg (3,186 lb) ;;;Ki 200
1,505 kg (3,318 lb)
J8M2
1,510 kg (3,329 lb)
Gross weight: 3,000 kg (6,614 lb) ;;;J8M2
3,650 kg (8,047 lb)
Max takeoff weight: 3,870 kg (8,532 lb) ;;;J8M2
3,900 kg (8,598 lb)
Fuel capacity: ;;;Ko
1,181 l (260 imp gal) (T-Stoff = 80% Hydrogen Peroxide + 20% Oxyquinoline and Pyrophosphates)
O-tsu
522 l (115 imp gal) (C-Stoff = 30% Hydrazine Hydrate + 70% Methanol, Water and Potassium-Copper Cyanides)
Powerplant: 1 × Toku Ro.2 a.k.a. KR10 liquid-fuelled rocket engine, 14.71 kN (3,307 lbf) thrust
Performance
Maximum speed: 900 km/h (559 mph; 486 kn) at 10,000 m (32,808 ft)
Cruising speed: 699 km/h (434 mph; 377 kn) ;;;Ki 200
351 km/h (218 mph)
Stall speed: 150 km/h (93 mph; 81 kn)
Endurance: ;;;J8M1
5 minutes 30 seconds of powered flight
Ki 200
max - 7 minutes, full throttle - 2 minutes 30 seconds of powered flight,
Service ceiling: 12,000 m (39,370 ft)
Rate of climb: 50 m/s (9,800 ft/min)
Time to altitude: ;;;J8M1
2,000 m (6,562 ft) in 40 seconds
4,000 m (13,123 ft) in 2 minutes 8 seconds
8,000 m (26,247 ft) in 3 minutes 8 seconds
10,000 m (32,808 ft) in 3 minutes 50 seconds
Ki 200
10,000 m (32,808 ft) in 3 minutes 40 seconds
Wing loading: 219.22 kg/m² (44.90 lb/sq ft) ;;;J8M2
219.7kg/m² (44.998 lb/ft²)
Thrust/weight: 0.388
Armament
Guns: ;;;J8M1
2x Type 5 30mm cannon with 53 rounds per gun
J8M2
1x Type 5 30mm cannon with 53 rounds
Ki 200
2x Ho-155 30mm cannon or 2x Type 5 30mm cannon
Source Wikipedia
Guys, I need your help. There's something bothering me about this drawing, but I don't know exactly what... I just can't seem to get the right feeling and so..
You may not all know how to draw, but as photographers you know how to look at things. So, tell me.
#frustration
Photo is by Sophia Alexis.
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And here it is. The problem with trying to fill in a whole bunch of absences, is that Photoshop's algorithms tend to look in the local area for information with which to do it; and when you have large areas of more or less uniform color, the minor differences tend to get exaggerated, as the program tries to average things out. Hence the somewhat patchy look of the sky here, on the left, as the program tries to blend in a bit of hazy cloud along with the deeper blue of the beyond. As to finding an equivalent for the chin of the (Major, I think he is) soldier on the left, I must confess that I stole a close match from an adjacent shot, rescaled it to match the pixel width, and then adjusted the fit as best I could.
Note that there is a lot of sky above the trio, and they are not centred, so my theory is that Captain Coupland could see very well that he had nothing left really, in terms of shots, but the CO, the Colonel says – "Captain, let's get one more," and what can a Captain say to a Colonel except – "Yes sir" and so he gets off a quick shot, and changes the roll as the party walks away from the plane to the jeep that will take them to the ceremony. Interesting too that both the Colonel and the Korean Major are holding their cigarettes down and to the back, out of the shot.
Update, 2025: Given the advance in Photoshop tools, I thought I'd go over this one again and repost. The sky is still not perfect, but it's better.
I'm home, Edna. how was your day?
awful, Stanley! just awful!
what's the matter?
it's your brother! he's incorrigible! I can't take it anymore!
really? he's only staying with us for a few weeks. how bad can he be?
he acts like he's 13! he just plays with the dogs all day! making weird growling noises! and he's always hungry! I know he's your brother, but. . .
where is he now?
outside of course. running around in the yard.
I think I'll join him.
what?
and when do we eat? I'm starving.
I don't know. soon I suppose.
woof! I mean, good.
Según el diccionario un problema es :
Un problema suele ser un asunto del que se espera una rapida y efectiva solución.
Y pueden ser, además de diversos tipos:
Mamtemáticos.
Sociales.
Economicos.
Religiosos.
Filosoficos.
Amorosos.
Etc.
Y yo pienso en la razon, por la cual se le de tanta importancia a los problemas, por que nos agoviamos de tales formas por cosas que aveces son tan minusculas..
No seria mejor, quizas, pensar solo en lo positivo y pasar de los problemas, dejos, siempre se terminan solucionando solos, si solo estas pendiente de ellos acabas por no vivir las pocas cosas felices que te quedan, acabas transformando tu vida en una especie de empesamiento que consistiria en pensar en el futuro y no disfrutar del presente.
Vive en positivo.
Sí, me encantan los momentos en los que tengo problemas, los saludo con la mano mientras pasan de largo.
23-07-2015 - Knot a problem
Fuji Provia 100F (RDPIII) shot at EI 100
Color slide film in 120 format shot at 6x6
Cross-processed
Large version at: emulsive.org/photography/knot-a-problem-fuji-provia-100f-...
Filed under: #Medium_format, #Photography
We decided to go for a city break rather than sun in Tenerife again this September. Other than a few days in the North East we haven’t been away since last March and wanted a change and hopefully some sun. The problem is getting flights from the north of England to the places we want to go to. We chose Valencia as we could fly from East Midlands – which was still a pain to get to as it involved the most notorious stretch of the M1 at five in the morning. In the end we had a fairly good journey, the new Ryanair business class pre-booked scheme worked quite well and bang on time as usual. It was dull when we landed with storms forecast all week, the sky was bright grey – the kiss of death to the photography I had in mind. I was full of cold and wishing I was at work. It did rain but it was overnight on our first night and didn't affect us. There has been a drought for eleven months apparently and it rained on our first day there! The forecast storms didn't materialise in Valencia but they got it elsewhere.
You May notice discrepancies in the spelling of some Spanish words or names, this is because Valencian is used on signs, in some guide books and maps. There are two languages in common use with distinct differences. There may also be genuine mistakes - it has been known!
Over the course of a Monday to Sunday week we covered 75 miles on foot and saw most of the best of Valencia – The City of Bell Towers. The Old City covers a pretty large area in a very confusing layout. There was a lot of referring to maps – even compass readings! – a first in a city for us. The problem with photography in Valencia is that most of the famous and attractive building are closely built around, some have poor quality housing built on to them. Most photographs have to be taken from an extreme angle looking up. There are no high points as it is pan flat, there are a small number of buildings where you can pay to go up on to the roof for a better view and we went up them – more than once!
The modern buildings of The City of Arts and Sciences – ( Ciutat de Las Arts I de les Ciencies ) are what the city has more recently become famous for, with tourists arriving by the coachload all day until late at night. They must be photographed millions of times a month. We went during the day and stayed till dark one evening, I gave it my best shot but a first time visit is always a compromise between ambition and realism, time dictates that we have to move on to the next destination. I travelled with a full size tripod – another first – I forgot to take it with me to TCoAaS! so It was time to wind up the ISO, again! Needless to say I never used the tripod.
On a day when rain was forecast but it stayed fine, albeit a bit dull, we went to the Bioparc north west of the city, a zoo by another name. There are many claims made for this place, were you can appear to walk alongside some very large animals, including, elephants, lions, giraffe, rhino, gorillas and many types of monkey to name a few. It is laid out in different geographical regions and there is very little between you and the animals, in some cases there is nothing, you enter the enclosure through a double door arrangement and the monkeys are around you. It gets rave reviews and we stayed for most of the day. The animals it has to be said gave the appearance of extreme boredom and frustration and I felt quite sorry for them.
The course of The River Turia was altered after a major flood in the 50’s. The new river runs west of the city flanked by a motorway. The old river, which is massive, deep and very wide between ancient walls, I can’t imagine how it flooded, has been turned into a park that is five miles long. There is an athletics track, football pitches, cycle paths, restaurants, numerous kids parks, ponds, fountains, loads of bridges, historic and modern. At the western end closest to the sea sits The City of Arts and Sciences – in the river bed. Where it meets the sea there is Valencia’s urban Formula One racetrack finishing in the massive marina built for The Americas Cup. The race track is in use as roadways complete with fully removable street furniture, kerbs, bollards, lights, islands and crossings, everything is just sat on the surface ready to be moved.
We found the beach almost by accident, we were desperate for food after putting in a lot of miles and the afternoon was ticking by. What a beach, 100’s of metres wide and stretching as far as the eye could see with a massive promenade. The hard thing was choosing, out of the dozens of restaurants, all next door to each other, all serving traditional Paella – rabbit and chicken – as well as seafood, we don’t eat seafood and it constituted 90% of the menu in most places. Every restaurant does a fixed price dish of the day, with a few choices, three courses and a drink. Some times this was our only meal besides making the most of the continental breakfast at the hotel. We had a fair few bar stops with the local wine being cheap and pleasant it would have been a shame not to, there would have been a one woman riot – or strike!
On our final day, a Sunday, we were out of bed and down for breakfast at 7.45 as usual, the place was deserted barring a waiter. We walked out of the door at 8.30 – in to the middle of a mass road race with many thousands of runners, one of a series that take place in Valencia – apparently! We struggled to find out the distance, possibly 10km. The finish was just around the corner so off we went with the camera gear, taking photos of random runners and groups. There was a TV crew filming it and some local celebrity (I think) commentating. Next we came across some sort of wandering religious and musical event. Some sort of ritual was played out over the course of Sunday morning in various locations, it involved catholic priests and religious buildings and another film crew. The Catholic tourists and locals were filling the (many) churches for Sunday mass. Amongst all of this we had seen men walking around in Arab style dress – the ones in black looked like the ones from ISIS currently beheading people – all carrying guns. A bit disconcerting. We assumed that there had been some sort of battle enactment. We were wrong, it hadn’t happened yet. A while later, about 11.30 we could hear banging, fireworks? No it was our friends with the guns. We were caught up in total mayhem, around 60 men randomly firing muskets with some sort of blank rounds, the noise, smoke and flames from the muzzles were incredible. We were about to climb the Torres de Serranos which is where, unbeknown to us, the grand, and deafening, finale was going to be. We could feel the blast in our faces on top of the tower. Yet again there was a film camera in attendance. I couldn’t get close ups but I got a good overview and shot my first video with the 5D, my first in 5 years of owning a DLSR with the capability. I usually use my phone ( I used my phone as well). Later in the day there was a bullfight taking place, the ring was almost next to our hotel, in the end we had other things to do and gave it a miss, it was certainly a busy Sunday in the city centre, whether it’s the norm or not I don’t know.
There is a tram system in Valencia but it goes from the port area into the newer part of the city on the north side, it wouldn’t be feasible to serve the historic old city really. A quick internet search told me that there are 55,000 university students in the city, a pretty big number. I think a lot of the campus is on the north side and served by the tram although there is a massive fleet of buses as well. There is a massive, very impressive market building , with 100’s of stalls that would make a photo project on its own, beautiful on the inside and out but very difficult to get decent photos of the exterior other than detail shots owing to the closeness of other buildings and the sheer size of it. Across town, another market has been beautifully renovated and is full of bars and restaurants and a bit of a destination in its own right.
A downside was the all too typical shafting by the taxi drivers who use every trick in the book to side step the official tariffs and rob you. The taxi from the airport had a “broken” meter and on the way home we were driven 22 km instead of the nine that is the actual distance. Some of them seem to view tourists as cash cows to be robbed at all costs. I emailed the Marriot hotel as they ordered the taxi, needless to say no answer from Marriot – they’ve had their money. We didn’t get the rip off treatment in the bars etc. that we experienced in Rome, prices are very fair on most things, certainly considering the city location.
All in all we had a good trip and can highly recommend Valencia.
Went down to the owners last Thursday for the start up ceremony...not started for probably over 10 years.
No problems at all and sounds like a train!!
I just deleted this album then re-loaded it to un tag a dealer i have problems with and to blow off steam about his companies' problem. it won't take the wind out of my sales for the love of life on the road. I just spent the last two hours deleting tags to dealers I’ve made large purchases from. The next step is to take their name off of my Truck and Fifth Wheel! That will teach them! I’ve even deleted two entire albums of photos with tags leading friends to the dealerships. My small protest but to have to spend more money in civil court. There should be a court for dealing with consumer products after large purchases and problems exist. Who can afford to do that and or spend the time teaching the bad dealer a lesson! It’s hard when you live on fantasy island and want to believe there are people out there that are true pros and true craftsmen. I know there are a few people out there because I met them and refused to do business with other dealers because I met them too. I’ve seen a guy weld a Holiday Rambler that broke in half over night at the frame and get me back on the road. There is even an RV dealer five minutes from my house that did such a poor job on a 30 foot trailer I want to restore that they lost a ten-grand restoration job! I went elsewhere for a purchase. Where is Brett Michaels when you need him! Now to find the proper venues to vent. Do you think the dealer’s sites post bad reviews? I’m the perfect sucker for a Salesman that cares nothing but for the commission or if they aren’t paid on commission for the BS they lay on you to kill time to eventually close the sale. I shopped for years at many different places within the State and even some Florida dealers for the right RV for me. I have twenty years’ road experience with travel trailers in and out of campgrounds and dealers. The hard part is when you find a good mechanic you are often down the road on the next adventure. The dealer can’t take away my enthusiasm for the joy of my new trailer. They are so useful when built properly and so versatile for travel or events or full time Road Warriors! Who wouldn’t be frustrated when there are 18 jobs that need attention! I was told by the salesman I’d get a good education from top to bottom and the demo guy was going to send me out of the dealership with the fifth wheel receiver or jaws ungreased with no Teflon pad for the fifth wheel! I really needed a fifth wheel hooking and unhooking lesson along with good Hydraulic jack lesson. I was good for most other things except how the solar panel works. But they try hard to push you off on the useless manuals or Destruction books because they are over worked and under staffed in the service area. I get that. Except learning the hard way almost cost me my hand with a bed and the fifth wheel. Luckily I’m quick. Sometimes I don’t know if I should have been a great mechanic a teacher or a great lawyer. I walked HIM through greasing the B&W hitch and greasing the receiver and made him put the Teflon pad he was going to make me leave without that I bought two years ago in anticipation of having a fifth wheel from Mark (the good guy) at the RV show in Greensboro. No kidding, I put a lot of thought into this. Needless to say, he has mechanical skills beyond my capability and they used the excuse it was market time or the RV show to be short with me. Now that I have tested things on the trailer before a trip and found at least 18 jobs that need to be done after waiting for a call for parts that had already been delivered and a call never received then accused of not paying for screens that didn’t fit and that a $125.00 per hour fee was going to be charged, who wouldn’t be upset? Did I mention this? It will always be something! They can just put the nail in the coffin for the common belief that it is over after the Sale is done. Getting passed off from one department to the other is unforgiveable! The excuse is familiar. I just do Sales; you have to talk to Service. Service says we just do Service, you have to go to parts. Even with lifetime warranty printed and tagged all over the trailer with a promise to teach you about how everything works I’ve found out the hard way from a popular dealer in Rural Hall, NC that it is not the case! It’s too bad I didn’t buy my Truck or RV and drive all the way to Atlanta to deal with @Scott Trail or find a similar friend that would make sure everything is right. Dream on Consumer! So, if any name bashing starts remember we always have one friend in the car, RV, insurance or Sales business. When we overall call all Salesman assholes or all insurance companies thieves or all dealings with service mechanics complete disasters we have to remember we have people on our friend’s lists that have those jobs. You know what, right now after a huge purchase and being shuffled it’s amazing I can work up any mercy for any of them. I’ve tried to be a Salesman. Service over profit was my downfall. I’ve tried to be a Customer Service Rep. It was difficult talking to people that needed parts after a large purchase when you just learned there aren’t any parts! We are all selling something whether we know it or not. If you aren’t taking pride in your job to be the best you can be and just killing time you are a part of this problem! Not everyone has a dream job. But it is just my turn to take a punch, but I’m swinging back! It is just unfortunate for them I know a little about RVs. I must have too high a standard to believe that there are really people that give a damn about products or follow through after the sale. I hate that we just don’t care attitude that leaves you searching for a better place. I had a place in Mooresville that I will find again for service. Hopefully the same family runs the place. It is near the Lake in Terrell. I need to return to and find another mobile mechanic once that moved on to a dealer in the mountains and I can’t dig his name up. There are good people out there. They are so hard to find. Maybe it is just me. I expect too much after laying down a hard-earned wage or a life savings for a house, new car, recreation vehicle or piece of equipment that is supposed to work. When I get a new toy, I want to take a photo of every nut bolt and screw on it, one because I am proud, the other reason is for future reference when things fall apart. Buyer’s remorse sucks even if you know the term all too well, Buyer Beware! I saw one guy at the current dealership I am dealing with now running, literally running to get from customer to customer after my purchase. In between him and the good mechanics are problems! The good guy’s name is Mark. He is extremely smart and knows RV’s and fifth wheels up and down. He was literally running with a ladder and carrying three heavy hitches with him to try to wait on at least two customers at the same time. I’m always leaving a window or looking for the good and hoping I’m not back on fantasy island. There were excellent qualified educated trailer technicians in the service in a good building with the right tools to build trailers from scratch, including paint. Getting to them is a full-time job on the customer’s end. They even had parts delivered that they owed me on what they call a we owe and hadn’t bothered to call in a three-week period. They wanted to double charge for some bug screens around 50 bucks until I produced a paid receipt. Even after the Salesmen told (I know his name) the parts manager he personally sat with the mechanic for a half hour trying patiently to put on the wrong screen. Even with lifetime warranty written all over my trailer they wanted to charge me for service $125.00 per hour for labor. That must be some sort of trick. For $125.00 an hour most any parts should be free! I waited three hours even with a scheduled appointment to even get told they were ready to take her in. Two days later I had to force the call to get an eta on when she would be ready. Imagine if I were a full timer living full time in my RV or still doing three shows a day in three different cities a day. Fortunately, I am gifted with a little time. The service manager mentioned to do the 18 jobs I needed to be done he still had to order parts. Imagine I was sold a unit that I (The Customer) found at least 18 things to do after leaving the lot and running the unit. So, I am going to rescue my unit tomorrow and hope what they did fix after two days waiting can get me through my first trip until parts come for the rest of the job. Do you think I am a fool to take it back? It is a hard call! I’ll know tomorrow if I receive a bill or the trailer is in good shape. The tough part is, after you have been tough with service now your unit is at their mercy. I was told by a good agent I don’t take any crap from anyone. But sometimes it costs me. But those of you that are passive and just let them walk all over you take a bigger beating. With full time jobs or people that depend on their unit as a full-time vehicle you can imagine the pressure to change up vacation times or deal with time off from your job to take care of problems.
Success at last! I've tried a couple of times to get this shot right, and this one turned out as I wanted it too!
I do not have any problems with sleeping but when I fall asleep, I have this new problem of squeezing my teeth so badly that my jaw aches when I wake up. I guess It is time to dig into the deeps of some Freudian ideas
Back in late January early February during the Eagle watch in Sheffield Mills, Nova Scotia I began experience problems with my Sony A99, It seemed to be not focusing properly and because I was just recovering from eye surgery I thought I was just imagining thing.. Yesterday while trying to do a bit of shooting things got worst and so I took it in to have it looked at. It appears that the camera and the lens are not communicating properly when trying to lock in on a focus point. To make a long story, short I have had both camera & lens returned to Sony for repair. Hope to have a lone of a camera from my son later next week.
After catching his supper, this Green Heron was spooked by something, so he flew to this tree.
I did not spot him until he was about to land. That's when the comedy began.
He tried to figure out how to eat his catch, but there was no stable perch to do so. He kept inching down the tree trunk until finally he gave up and flew off to another location.
As Firestorm declares in texts during TP's is LL working hard to solve the problem. There are actions for better simcrossings.
How much persons are working for Linden Labs. Is it not better to do a quickscan over the competency of that office. I see more and more mistakes . Regions are messed up.
27 April 2014. Same old location; same old problem?
Or is it?
For many years, a litter bin at the corner of Dowsett Road and Parkhurst Road in Tottenham has been a location for dumping. Why?
Here's a list based partly on my own observations. And also on guesses and speculations - including comments I've heard from other local residents.
Possible factors in causing the problem?
● Not enough litter bins on our streets.
● Too many residents using the bin.
● Not enough collections by Veolia, Haringey
Council's waste management contractors.
● Residents who treat litter bins as collection points
for any waste.
● People keep trying to add their rubbish until
a bin is stuffed full and overflows.
● People think a full bin means it's okay to
leave their waste on the pavement because it
will eventually be collected.
● Some residents don't use the household waste
and recycling bins outside their own homes.
● Kids litter on their way to and from nearby schools.
● Haringey Council changed from a weekly
to a fortnightly general waste collection.
● Some residents take no responsibility for the
waste they generate.
● Failure by the Government to introduce
a tax on plastic bags.
● Haringey Council and Veolia not engaging
effectively with residents to "nudge" us into
recycling, composting more, and using the
weekly food waste collection.
● People living in very cramped accommodation
who buy "convenience" foods and dispose of
waste in the easiest way.
You'll realise there is no single "right" answer. There may be some wrong answers as well. Plus other factors not listed.
I want to suggest that this isn't just a random list.
It points to different people "framing" the problem in
different ways. Which implies different possible
approaches and solutions.
Whose problem is it? Are we looking for someone to blame and to punish? If so how will this be done? (E.g. spot fines?)
Or will we get further by framing the problem as the need for more money and other resources? For example, to hire more cleaners and empty litter bins more frequently?
Do we take a "systems" perspective and look overall at what's happening in our partly unsuccessful waste collection arrangements?
Or is the most fruitful approach to find ways of making a "culture change" leading to different behaviour by local residents?
Go and Look
But before we theorise or even make guesses, there's an obvious place to start. Obvious if we want to find out what's actually happening, and how different people behave to cause these problems.
We can go to the place and look. Talking to
people who use the bins, or live nearby.
When I was an elected Haringey councillor, I was impressed to meet many Haringey staff - and a few councillors - who thought it was a good idea to do just this. Years ago I sometimes tagged along with our friend Lucy Craig - then also a Haringey councillor. Lucy would chat with residents and council staff who responded to her friendly low-key questions. She also showed me the advantage of taking a digital camera - persuading me to save up for my own.
Many Haringey staff go a lot further too. Click this link for some photos I took in 2009. They show Kelly Peck, then one of the Enforcement Staff in the Environment Department, opening rubbish bags in search of evidence of who dumped them on the street.
No-Go-No-See
When a councillor I also came across no-can-do staff. They used one or more of 101 reasons to explain why something wasn't possible. Why the bureaucracy was right and residents almost invariably wrong.
To be fair, sometimes bureaucrats are right. There are many sensible and sometimes excellent technical and professional reasons why something residents would like to happen cannot in practice be done. But if someone starts with a fixed bias and a refusal, it's not hard to find justifications. Especially if you're not willing even to look and ask and reflect.
Here's an example I've given before: a pedestrian zebra crossing in Endymion Road London N4. In this example residents who are members of a local community website shared their concerns online about what they saw as a dangerous crossing. They also contacted Haringey's professional Highways staff *.
But instead of going to the crossing and taking a look, the Highways staff wasted time and effort writing emails to excuse their inaction. So another local resident went and looked and took some photos. Doing the job which professional staff were paid for and were failing to do.
And guess what? Residents spotted that:
● Branches from park trees partly obscured drivers' line-of-sight.
● The flashing beacons at the crossing were dirty and dim.
● Some of the white colour had come off the beacon poles, so the black and white stripes didn't show up.
Table Talk
In 2008 I suggested a small project to find out more about what's happening near the Dowsett Road regular dumping spot. And potentially many other rubbish dumping 'hotspots'. My idea was that Haringey staff and councillors would engage with and learn from local people by talking to them and carefully listening, Asking what they thought and knew.
I gave this project a possible name: Table Talk.. Suggesting that the talk could be around a small table in the street - ideally in the the long summer evenings.
What was the response to my suggestion? Zero. (Though always a polite zero.)
London borough elections are held every four years. Many new councillors were elected in May 2014. With another bunch of newbies in May 2018. Not all of them were as closed-minded and incompetent as the leadership. One or two were willing to "go to the place" - to look, listen, and learn.
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§ One version of go-to-the-place-and-look approach is the Japanese notion of: "Genchi Genbutsu" here explained by the Economist magazine as: "More a frame of mind than a plan of action.
(webpage dated 13 October 2009. Accessed 4 February 2017.
§ Link to a helpful summary of the ideas in: Frame Reflection: Toward the Resolution of Intractable Policy Controversies by Donald A. Schon and Martin Rein, (New York: Basic Books, 1994).
§ Charlotte Pell's blog Freedom from Command and Control discusses systems ideas entertainingly and clearly. {Blog offline September 2016]
§ Wikipedia entry about Gemba - or Genba. N.B. "Gemba Walk".
§ In 2000 Lucy Craig brought her digital camera to Tottenham Hale station. She and I took photos of the litter, weeds, pavement parking and rat holes. After a lot of complaints, this helped achieve a successful clean-up.
§ My reading of Jane Jacobs suggests that she frequently invites her readers to reframe a problem by turning it around. As when she discusses parks and other green spaces.
"Conventionally, neighborhood parks or parklike open spaces are considered boons conferred on the deprived population of cities. Let us turn this thought around, and consider city parks deprived places that need the boon of the city conferred on them. This is more than nearly in accord with reality, for people do confer use on parks and make them successes – or else withhold use and doom parks to rejection and failure".
— From The Death and Life of Great American Cities, Chapter 5.
[§ (Note to self for additional material on Berlin; Tower Hamlets and Park View Road waste bins.)]
§ Highways staff * This team seems to have the fancy-schmancy fashionable new name of "Sustainable Transport". I can't keep up with the restructuring and name changes in Haringey Council. And frankly residents should not have to. Especially as each name change wastes time and money the Council hasn't got. As far as possible they should settle on something plain and understandable and stick with it.
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