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1: Inmate Central, RE: Braised Brisket (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2024-04-23, 22:15:00 (66.205.138.143)
looks great! I get hungry for that kind of stuff every now and then. Tonight was close: tri-tip. The wife tries to regulate how much red meat we take in tho. .......
2: Inmate Central, RE: the seafood pasta (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2024-04-23, 22:12:01 (66.205.138.143)
it was tasty. Clam juice seems to be a good thing in seafood sauces. .......
3: Inmate Central, RE: YDOTD (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2024-04-23, 22:04:07 (66.205.138.143)
yeah. I like albariņo. There are a few growers here in California. The kid didn't drink wine till a couple years ago but he's learning fast. For one thing, he has a much better pallet than me. ::: TOP .......
4: Inmate Central, nope. AllClad (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2024-04-23, 21:46:46 (66.205.138.143)
I hadn't heard of Vollrath but I just looked it up. Seems like it would be a good skillet. We have a mishmash of pans here. .......
5: Inmate Central, YDOTD (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2024-04-23, 15:11:31 (66.205.138.143)
Yesterday's dinner - mostly cooked by our son. Nice dinner and wine pairing. He brought the wine back from K&L in SF. One from Rias Baixas in Spain ($32), which is a very typical region for Alba .......
6: Inmate Central, birds OTD (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2024-04-21, 10:39:42 (66.205.138.143)
It's Springtime on the Parkway Great horned owl and baby. I got to get back for a pic without the leaf or branch in front of the little tyke. white tailed kites doin it I've been stalking the lo .......
7: Inmate Central, we have a Greenworks here (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2024-04-21, 09:13:34 (66.205.138.143)
it does the job. Swap batteries with a little chain saw, cultivator, hedger. It's pretty plasticy but mostly works well. One thing that doesn't work well is the clip/stop on the older batteries. Plast .......
8: Inmate Central, wow (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2024-04-20, 07:46:04 (66.205.138.143)
I'll probably have nightmares about that. .......
9: Inmate Central, closest: (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2024-04-17, 10:53:13 (66.205.138.143)
the last couple guys on the bottom right. .......
10: Inmate Central, it's like January again here (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2024-04-13, 13:39:14 (66.205.138.143)
raining since last night, pretty steadily. .......
11: Inmate Central, this guy does eclipses well too (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2024-04-13, 13:06:15 (66.205.138.143)
He's a local photographer. Real local. He lives a mile down river so we run into each other on the Parkway and river and shoot the same scenes. He's a pro. Well sponsored. Leads workshops everywhere I .......
12: Inmate Central, skipping school and not paying attn while there (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2024-04-13, 12:29:07 (66.205.138.143)
is becoming more endemic this entire millennium, I think. In my day, all kinds of modern scheisse would not have been tolerated or thought of. But then, there are umpteen more drivers on the road here .......
13: Inmate Central, yeah.... I noticed that path (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2024-04-13, 10:44:30 (66.205.138.143)
It also goes thru Greenland. My wife's BD is Aug 11. There's a path thru Giza and the pyramids in '27 too. .......
14: Inmate Central, cool program (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2024-04-13, 10:39:25 (66.205.138.143)
good luck! .......
15: Inmate Central, RE: EOTD (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2024-04-13, 10:37:07 (66.205.138.143)
cool. Lots of doves here too. Somewhere I have a pic of a crow flying off with an egg about that size in its bill. .......
16: Inmate Central, RE: Wendy Carlos: (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2024-04-13, 10:34:56 (66.205.138.143)
very nice site! I have a couple eclipse-phile friends here. I see their pix and that's what I was wanting. I only THOUGHT I knew what I was doin. haha. Good thing the main thing was the experience and .......
17: Inmate Central, ha. I wondered what happened (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2024-04-13, 10:31:13 (66.205.138.143)
I thought I crashed the site. I may have. I exported those pix out of Lightroom at 2028 pixels on the long edge but they may have uploaded huge anyhow. Good thing we can get for more eclipse photos th .......
18: General Asylum, I was in Ohio (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2024-04-11, 06:50:22 (12.201.176.143)
near a nuke plant. The day started out pretty cloudy. I was hoping the nuke plant would blow up and knock out the clouds, but they mostly thinned out and we got a great view. .......
19: Inmate Central, Here's the lens filter I used on the eclipse (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2024-04-10, 17:56:37 (12.201.176.143)
Nt .......
20: Inmate Central, Or so I hoped. (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2024-04-10, 15:27:36 (174.207.162.100)
Thanks! Trickier than I thought though .......
21: Inmate Central, I hear ya (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2024-04-10, 15:26:10 (174.207.162.100)
I thought I was prepped. I had a hard time finding precise focus. And of course, the image moves along quickly. The fancy pix we all see on line are from guys who have Astro gear that tracks movement .......
22: Inmate Central, Thx, Abe. Yes (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2024-04-10, 14:32:24 (174.207.162.100)
Like the mylar eclipse glasses, these are like dark welding glasses. Pitch black except for the sun. It fits over my lens. The in-cam ND in my Oly camera won't cut it. I got the Diamond ring and Baile .......
23: Inmate Central, strangely the opposite here, for some reason. ;-) nt (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2024-04-10, 07:33:28 (162.233.222.206)
n .......
24: Inmate Central, RE: filters - Rod and Feanor (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2024-04-10, 05:27:56 (162.233.222.206)
Yes. I bought some cheap but ISO certified made in America Solar lens filters from B&H Photo. Made by a company called Daystar. They were $30 or so and sized to fit my lens. It came with a 6-pack of s .......
25: Inmate Central, I had the total eclipse experience yesterday (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2024-04-09, 20:10:27 (162.233.222.206)
we were in Port Clinton, OH, on the shore of Lake Erie. We gathered in a little village lighthouse park with a thousand or so happy campers, a petting zoo, couple food trucks, my tripod and big rig .......
26: Inmate Central, interesting, Abe (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2024-04-09, 19:56:09 (162.233.222.206)
thanks for the info. I've seen lots of eclipse stuff, but this is the first of this kind I've seen. .......
27: Inmate Central, I'll be just upstream (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2024-04-02, 11:35:17 (66.205.138.143)
over by Toledo. Hoping to avoid clouds (not looking great) and crowds. .......
28: Inmate Central, RE: It did have protective barriers. (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2024-04-02, 10:27:57 (66.205.138.143)
I thought I read that the barriers weren't up to date, big container ships and all. Same problem at other bridges. I suppose they'll be assessed (and then we will be) .......
29: Inmate Central, the women have been fun to watch (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2024-04-02, 09:58:48 (66.205.138.143)
especially since my team got bounced in the second round. Clark was on fire last night. .......
30: Inmate Central, agree (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2024-04-02, 09:57:45 (66.205.138.143)
but that's what the protective barriers are for, I thought. So the ships hit the barriers instead of hitting the bridges. .......
31: Inmate Central, RE: An update on the Key Bridge (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2024-04-02, 07:53:35 (66.205.138.143)
I'm not arguing that the ship owner has major responsibility, but who had/has responsibility for the inadequate barriers to protect the bridge? The State of Maryland decided it was too expensive. Who .......
32: Inmate Central, good idea! (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2024-04-01, 08:22:23 (66.205.138.143)
ouch. Bad idea! .......
33: Inmate Central, New camera (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2024-04-01, 07:34:39 (66.205.138.143)
New camera report... I got the optic nerve 24/7 image capture sheath last fall. Couldn't be happier, except that the transmitter imbedded in my earlobe for downloads sometimes is slow to send RAW pics .......
34: Inmate Central, cool old bridge. But... (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2024-04-01, 07:28:03 (66.205.138.143)
could it take a hit from a. container ship? Makes for a nice car frame though. .......
35: Inmate Central, the insurance companies and a lot of lawyers (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2024-03-31, 11:45:17 (66.205.138.143)
will sort it out eventually. .......
36: Inmate Central, I hope it's un-vexatious in 9 days (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2024-03-30, 07:57:03 (66.205.138.143)
I'll be close by for the eclipse. I wanna see stars and the corona. .......
37: Inmate Central, just now and then (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2024-03-29, 13:13:26 (66.205.138.143)
with photographs .......
38: Inmate Central, nice pterodactyl, Jim! nt (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2024-03-29, 13:12:29 (66.205.138.143)
n .......
39: Computer Audio Asylum, thanks, CT (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2024-03-29, 09:28:38 (66.205.138.143)
I thought that might be it. Oh well. I have other clocks and other music. .......
40: Computer Audio Asylum, SBT (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2024-03-29, 08:02:05 (66.205.138.143)
somehow my old Squeezebox that stopped being a music machine and just sat there as a Time Machine (clock) got stuck on 'not a clock anymore'. The home screen shows a touch menu for 'My Music' and 'Set .......
41: Inmate Central, RE: SBF got 25 years. (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2024-03-28, 21:19:14 (66.205.138.143)
He shoulda started some contrition ass-kissing sooner. Might have saved him a few years. .......
42: Inmate Central, civil/structural engineers in the future (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2024-03-27, 07:32:45 (66.205.138.143)
will see films of this bridge falling. When I was in school, it was the classic Tacoma Narrows bridge we saw in class, where the designers failed to account for the wind forces and the cumulative moti .......
43: Inmate Central, COTD (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2024-03-27, 06:50:48 (66.205.138.143)
Ya don't see these at Costco every day. .......
44: Inmate Central, Leo Kottke's brother's (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2024-03-26, 09:44:35 (66.205.138.143)
bridge just got knocked down. .......
45: Inmate Central, RE: BHWPOTD (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2024-03-26, 07:54:01 (66.205.138.143)
Ouch. Speedy recovery! .......
46: Inmate Central, RE: IWOTD (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2024-03-25, 21:22:16 (66.205.138.143)
It's very trippy. I enjoyed it. Crazy visuals and some epic quirky acting. .......
47: Inmate Central, IWOTD (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2024-03-25, 14:35:25 (66.205.138.143)
Insufficient movie warning .......
48: Inmate Central, I think I saw my house.... (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2024-03-25, 08:51:05 (66.205.138.143)
not really, but the scenery was very familiar. I'm a half hour or so down the hill from there. Lot of plane people up near Placerville, aka 'Hangtown'. There's even a breakfast named Hangtown Fry. Sa .......
49: Inmate Central, kites and crows (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2024-03-22, 10:15:28 (66.205.138.143)
I was watching a couple white tailed kites yesterday when a crow flew into the scene and sorta into my viewfinder. Crows love to harass raptors who usually let them get away with it. I got a couple fr .......
50: Inmate Central, that's so 'Abe' ! (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2024-03-22, 10:05:28 (66.205.138.143)
very cool set-up. Looks like a good cause too. .......
51: Inmate Central, that's a beaut, Dean! (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2024-03-22, 09:16:40 (66.205.138.143)
I have a few old bass plugs, etc. From grandad and dad. We used to mostly catch trout though, in Colorado. So, spinners, Rapalas... .......
52: Inmate Central, RE: tinnitus? where'd you get yours? (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2024-03-19, 10:02:13 (66.205.138.143)
I'm not so much concerned about it. It's mostly unnoticed, but probably almost always there. You're right tho; might be worth seeing if a specialist could do something for it. .......
53: Inmate Central, tinnitus? where'd you get yours? (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2024-03-18, 18:42:53 (66.205.138.143)
I suspect the loudest sound I ever heard up to that time or since was when I worked pipeline for a natural gas company in SW Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas Panhandles. The district boss liked to bring me .......
54: Inmate Central, RE: SVSPD ... (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2024-03-17, 20:33:43 (66.205.138.143)
Looks great in the wild. I think I can see why you looked all over for that guy. Nice day for a drive! .......
55: Inmate Central, Bike humor (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2024-03-16, 18:47:58 (12.230.196.198)
New joke to me anyhow. 😜 .......
56: Inmate Central, you misspelled 'why', John. nt (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2024-03-15, 08:00:35 (66.205.138.143)
nt .......
57: Inmate Central, ghost peppers (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2024-03-13, 09:51:20 (66.205.138.143)
are pretty high up on the scale. I had some last night, as did the wife and kid. We always sprinkle a small amt on mashed potatoes. I don't know how we stumbled on to this habit maybe 10 years ago. Be .......
58: Inmate Central, cute pup (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2024-03-09, 14:44:41 (66.205.138.143)
our old Golden turns 15 this month. Her daily walks these days are just 1-2 miles, but not bad for an old girl. .......
59: Inmate Central, jeez. there went all my (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2024-03-09, 14:39:48 (66.205.138.143)
orange pixels. Plus, I need sunglasses to look at that. ;-) .......
60: Inmate Central, RE: Just saw a News Story where 'Graphic Calculators' are being stolen en mass ............. (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2024-03-09, 14:34:54 (66.205.138.143)
I remember when our kids were in HS and had to have graphing calcs. Personally, I'm older. I was witness to the very rapid transition from sliderules to calculators in 1972-3. I couldn't afford RPN a .......
61: Inmate Central, I'm somewhat immune (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2024-03-09, 11:32:10 (66.205.138.143)
I had to listen to her music every day driving my kid to school 10 or 12 years ago. .......
62: Inmate Central, good one! (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2024-03-09, 09:00:34 (66.205.138.143)
I shared that with the kids and grandsonnies. Cool little old plane. .......
63: Inmate Central, nah... (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2024-03-09, 08:46:44 (66.205.138.143)
Pop culture is what it is. One of my favorite memories from college days was the English 3 class I took in summer school, 1969. For starters then, it was 19 fkn 69. My English prof was a newly married .......
64: Inmate Central, thanks, boss (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2024-03-07, 10:31:43 (66.205.138.143)
I see red shouldereds pretty regularly here, along the river. And lately, some white tailed kites. Still waiting to get a pic of those this year so I hope they settle in. I got pix of one being harass .......
65: Inmate Central, har har (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2024-03-07, 10:28:20 (66.205.138.143)
thanks. Yeah. The red shouldered hawks here are usually looking pretty prime. I think they feed themselves well. I'm glad they're there, or there would probably be more rodents on the loose. ::: TOPIC .......
66: Inmate Central, haha. tell her thanks! nt (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2024-03-07, 10:26:25 (66.205.138.143)
n .......
67: Inmate Central, glad you like it (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2024-03-07, 10:25:37 (66.205.138.143)
it loses some resolution in the download upload process. And it's not a perfect shot but I was glad it happened almost overhead and I had a 600mm equiv lens. thanks .......
68: Inmate Central, eagle and squirrel, oh my! (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2024-03-07, 10:22:24 (66.205.138.143)
that would have made a great photo. And I thought there'd be in-eye cameras/recorders by now. wtf .......
69: Inmate Central, Just feathers (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2024-03-06, 11:06:19 (174.208.100.30)
I don't see any tallywhackers or nipples etc .......
70: Inmate Central, thanks, CfL (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2024-03-06, 07:00:14 (66.205.138.143)
right time; right place for a change. .......
71: Inmate Central, BFingOTD (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2024-03-05, 21:03:17 (66.205.138.143)
A couple red shouldered hawks got frisky at pretty close range and let me take some pix. .......
72: Inmate Central, way cool (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2024-03-04, 20:39:20 (66.205.138.143)
reminds me of my grade school years in SW Kansas during the mini dust bowl of the '50s. There were times when the tumbleweeds would pile up between houses to the roof. We would tunnel in there and mak .......
73: Inmate Central, RE: kingsford (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2024-03-03, 09:27:27 (66.205.138.143)
I mainly use charcoal in a pit barrel smoker. My brother in law has one too and concluded that the competition burns too hot for that. But I do throw in some hardwood. On the bright side, we just got .......
74: Inmate Central, RE: Cochon de lait (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2024-03-02, 22:17:16 (66.205.138.143)
I bet it's tasty, despite looking kinda medieval, of course. Kingsford makes a 'competition' charcoal, although that may not be the same. .......
75: Inmate Central, RE: So. My oldest grandson loves dogs, daughter and son in law decided to adopt one. (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2024-03-02, 12:01:13 (66.205.138.143)
that's nice. Good looking pup. The shelters here are also full of pits and similar sometimes fussy dogs. Some are there for a reason. .......
76: Inmate Central, snazzy! (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2024-03-02, 08:08:59 (66.205.138.143)
Is that in Arkansas? or are there other Paloozas? I'm ready for a car show. We have one big one locally. Hundreds of cars parading up and down a major boulevard that gets closed down for a mile that .......
77: Inmate Central, RE: Ivan303's Whereabouts? (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2024-03-02, 07:55:26 (66.205.138.143)
yes. Maybe just taking a break, I hope. And what about Pictureguy? .......
78: Inmate Central, also, (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2024-03-02, 07:52:41 (66.205.138.143)
there are some smoking cattle in the Texas Panhandle right now. I heard yesterday that 85% of the cattle in Texas are in the Panhandle. I grew up about 40 miles from there and worked in the Panhandle( .......
79: Inmate Central, POTD? (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2024-03-01, 08:24:26 (66.205.138.143)
I couldn't get a clean shot tho. The car was clean. Maybe too clean. Maybe a kit? .......
80: Inmate Central, snazzy! (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2024-02-25, 09:40:59 (66.205.138.143)
I bet my cats could ride in that. Of course if it were the real Concorde with real passengers, the interior would be all barf at the end. .......
81: Inmate Central, nice sunset! (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2024-02-25, 09:32:31 (66.205.138.143)
followed by a full moon. .......
82: Inmate Central, years ago.... (pretend you're hearing this; not reading) (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2024-02-23, 14:22:06 (66.205.138.143)
there was an old WW1 flying ace who got invited to speak at the ladies auxiliary of the Veterans of Foreign Wars local chapter. He began describing a serious aerial dog-fight he was engaged in over Ge .......
83: Inmate Central, no (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2024-02-23, 14:13:50 (66.205.138.143)
I think our big old brains enabled us to think up stuff like that but in the end, we're atoms. They'll stick around but they won't be us or anyone else, or pull off any more of that kind of thinking. .......
84: Inmate Central, whoa! Super size taco! (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2024-02-22, 20:32:22 (66.205.138.143)
looks good! What's in there? .......
85: Inmate Central, Jayhawks bite the dust (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2024-02-19, 15:23:08 (66.205.138.143)
It was a battle. Dammy. Freed up some time over the next couple weeks for me tho, I suppose. Gradey Dick not scoring to his avg hurt. Maybe he'll come back another year now. At least Duke lost too. :: .......
86: Inmate Central, my wife wears these sometimes (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2024-02-19, 12:49:57 (66.205.138.143)
tromping around in the field at work.... .......
87: Inmate Central, my daughter has it (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2024-02-18, 17:49:49 (66.205.138.143)
I'll mention this to her. She's probably heard of it. Long Covid is a booger. .......
88: General Asylum, "You too can play a guitar". nt (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2024-02-18, 08:07:45 (66.205.138.143)
nt .......
89: Inmate Central, Netflix WWll series (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2024-02-17, 13:06:30 (66.205.138.143)
I just found a WWll series I haven't already watched. It's a good one. The documentary takes you through the timeline year by year and month by month. Many of the main events, with color film enhancem .......
90: Inmate Central, Bikes on line maybe? (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2024-02-17, 12:59:55 (66.205.138.143)
when I was bike shopping a few yrs ago, I came across this seller. At the time, it seemed like they were offering some well-equipped bikes at a good price. FYI .......
91: Inmate Central, I may need to vamoose instead (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2024-02-14, 18:09:42 (66.205.138.143)
I have proceeds from the sale of a property forced on me by my cousins that are probably going to bump me up an expensive notch. I'm afraid to start filling in the blanks on Turbo Tax. Seems like disa .......
92: Inmate Central, I have two favorite teams (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2024-02-11, 09:30:42 (66.205.138.143)
and they're both in. I'm about 58% Niners today. Trivia: Both QBs are Big 12 Conference guys. .......
93: Inmate Central, looks good enough to eat! (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2024-02-09, 09:41:13 (66.205.138.143)
delicious. I should make that sometime soon. .......
94: Inmate Central, I am (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2024-02-09, 09:36:31 (66.205.138.143)
just watched the latest epi this morning. My dad was a tail gunner on a Mitchell, I've probably mentioned that before. Enlisted at age 17. Needed his mom's permission. That must have been a hard one f .......
95: Inmate Central, big fun for Dean (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2024-02-03, 19:30:30 (66.205.138.143)
your car makes that house look pretty nice. .......
96: Inmate Central, that was satisfying (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2024-02-01, 15:30:29 (66.205.138.143)
thanks. Maybe partly because I spent many hours as a kid building plastic models. Glue, paint, etc. .......
97: Inmate Central, Speaking of cars (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2024-01-27, 17:01:37 (66.205.138.143)
I really liked the race scenes in the 'Ferrari' movie. Adam Driver (no pun intended) as Enzo. Penelope Cruz was a bonus. The Mille Miglia and other racing was pretty immersive. Some beautiful re .......
98: Inmate Central, Speaking of cars (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2024-01-27, 13:08:51 (66.205.138.143)
I really liked the race scenes in the 'Ferrari' movie. Adam Driver (no pun intended) as Enzo. Penelope Cruz was a bonus. The Mille Miglia and other racing was pretty immersive. Some beautiful re .......
99: Inmate Central, Probably for the salt (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2024-01-21, 15:51:42 (66.205.138.143)
I suppose. Salt flavored grease at least. .......
100: Inmate Central, ULSOTD (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2024-01-21, 14:37:15 (66.205.138.143)
this squirrel was licking the underside of a car in the parking lot. Only he knows why. .......
101: Inmate Central, pretty much mine too. nt (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2024-01-20, 13:51:37 (66.205.138.143)
n .......
102: Inmate Central, RE: National Western Stock Show & Rodeo - Yee Ha !! (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2024-01-19, 11:52:55 (66.205.138.143)
yee haw is right! Cool pix. What camera did you use? That's you on the bull, I assume? .......
103: Inmate Central, WAPO today blurted out that SI is about done (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2024-01-19, 10:21:58 (66.205.138.143)
they laid off half the staff. .......
104: Inmate Central, RE: Tour Down Under (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2024-01-19, 10:20:18 (66.205.138.143)
cool. Too bad about the bloody dude. I miss the Amgen Tour of California that used to roll through Sacramento annually. It evaporated a few years ago, but attracted big names when it was on. Fun photo .......
105: Inmate Central, and another thing... (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2024-01-15, 06:51:54 (66.205.138.143)
silver cars don't show dirt much. Our silver Highlander always looks clean, maybe until you get close. Beautiful car, Dean. .......
106: Inmate Central, Ford engine? (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2024-01-14, 08:28:17 (66.205.138.143)
I've always like XKEs. Who hasn't? But a Ford engine? Let's just call it a '63 Falcon then. The hood looks a little boogered up too. I'd definitely take that XK150 tho. .......
107: Inmate Central, NOLA vehicles (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2024-01-13, 13:17:09 (66.205.138.143)
Just back from 5 nights in New Orleans. It was mostly about food but you guys seem to like cars better. That red one is a Slingshot 3-wheeler. There were a dozen or more cruising Bourbon Stre .......
108: Inmate Central, RE: Speaking of Porsche ... (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2024-01-13, 07:22:57 (66.205.138.143)
very cool and excellent searching to find the one you wanted. You're bound to have fun driving that, Dean. Report back! .......
109: Inmate Central, RE: New Bike! (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2024-01-12, 08:58:56 (66.205.138.143)
Looks nice. I've seen good reviews of the Shimano motors, but I haven't ridden a bike with one. .......
110: Inmate Central, Re: Valiant (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2024-01-04, 11:04:51 (66.205.138.143)
I had an office mate years ago with an old Valiant. It was maybe 20 years old 20 years ago. Hand painted, I think. With a roller or a brush. Or maybe spray cans. I told her to warn me if she ever park .......
111: Inmate Central, nitrogen in the tunnels (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2024-01-04, 06:41:34 (66.205.138.143)
reminds me of dry ice in gopher holes. Turns out gophers can't breath CO2 very long either. .......
112: Inmate Central, RE: Virgil Exner's Corvette killer... (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2024-01-04, 06:37:26 (66.205.138.143)
XNR/Exner.. I get it. And the old Plymouth Valiant look is there. That's some funky asymmetry. Some of us are old enough to remember when white side wall tires were sold as a good thing. ::: TOPIC:: .......
113: Inmate Central, And drive up windows. Just across from the Oklahoma state line. Nt (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2024-01-03, 15:49:23 (66.205.138.143)
N .......
114: Inmate Central, RE: Don't drink and drive. (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2024-01-03, 11:38:30 (66.205.138.143)
most of my driving is within a few beers from home. just kidding, you know. I think it's against the law, for one thing. .......
115: Inmate Central, RE: Flowers (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2024-01-03, 11:02:40 (66.205.138.143)
keep the flowers coming, John. We got mostly 'chilly and bleak' up here. I am seeing some early spring bulbs beginning to emerge though. Usually it's the paper white narcissus that come up first but m .......
116: Inmate Central, that finale (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2024-01-03, 10:55:55 (66.205.138.143)
I assume someone bumped they noggin. Personally, I usually keep it to under 30 mph to keep from spilling my beer. .......
117: Inmate Central, Obscure sports stats (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2024-01-03, 09:32:11 (66.205.138.143)
Lately I've been seeing a lot more obscure stats than I used to. I suspect AI is involved. Whatcha think? On a related note, I really like Malik Monk. And DeAaron Fox, despite they came to the King .......
118: Inmate Central, well, unlike some people... (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2024-01-01, 15:10:50 (66.205.138.143)
I can't say that. Go Michigan! .......
119: Inmate Central, just under $4/gal here I think (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-12-31, 13:34:20 (66.205.138.143)
but I filled up with some $4.19 couple days ago. .......
120: Inmate Central, RE: with apologies to stan2 and Tonio K - ROTD: "Life in the Food Chain" (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-12-30, 20:28:55 (66.205.138.143)
nifty bird on bird sequence. It's as if I were to eat, say, a Nevadan or Arizonan. No thanks! It's not often you get to see the actual eating part. Usually they're just sitting on a branch or a wire. .......
121: Inmate Central, Chuck is livin 2 lives (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-12-30, 18:58:45 (66.205.138.143)
we had a cat come home once with a note that he was the boyfriend of some neighbor cat .......
122: Inmate Central, cool! (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-12-30, 18:57:13 (66.205.138.143)
There are a few eagles here in Sacramento. I might see one every couple years, unless I go uphill. Very nice pix. I think it saw you. .......
123: Inmate Central, RE: Why this complication? (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-12-28, 09:26:02 (66.205.138.143)
I've always assumed that it was so Election Day doesn't 'sneak up' on people like it might if voting Tuesday fell on the first or second of the month. Some people may need a few days to realize it's N .......
124: Inmate Central, RE: JIP. (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-12-26, 08:57:16 (66.205.138.143)
Japanese Industrial Partners bought up the camera division of Olympus a couple years ago. One of their first products with the name "OM Systems", instead of Olympus, is the 8-25mm lens I bought a year .......
125: Inmate Central, 40s and 50s; some rain (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-12-24, 15:30:12 (66.205.138.143)
in the past week. It's been up to 65F this past week. I'll probably have flowers blooming in a month. We need more rain. Not enuf snow up the hill at the Tahoe ski areas. But it's fairly early in the .......
126: Inmate Central, RE: The Chrysler Falcon (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-12-24, 15:25:52 (66.205.138.143)
my dad moved our family from SW Kansas to Michigan, north of Detroit in 1959. Cars were kind of a big thing then and there. My friends and I used to ride our bikes down the Chevy showroom every fall t .......
127: Inmate Central, thanks, guys... (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-12-24, 07:13:38 (66.205.138.143)
MRH - cool pic of your Cooper's hawk. Do you know what it was up to, on the ground there? Maybe guarding a dead mouse or something. I've heard that Coopers will get slightly aggressive at people, but .......
128: Inmate Central, ROTD (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-12-23, 11:35:22 (66.205.138.143)
We had a raptor situation here the other day. Red Shouldered hawk was being harassed by a couple American kestrels. I've seen crows so that and the big hawks just shrug it off. But this guy wasn't hav .......
129: Inmate Central, OSOTD (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-12-20, 13:48:10 (66.205.138.143)
Costco parking lot oil slick - iPhone .......
130: Inmate Central, RE: sailors... (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-12-20, 11:57:57 (66.205.138.143)
the shrimp come in on the shrimp boat but the crabs come in on the captain's dinghy. nice sky, Rod! .......
131: Inmate Central, RE: Beechcraft (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-12-15, 08:43:13 (66.205.138.143)
my old hometown and favorite oxymoron, Liberal, Kansas, had a Beech manufacturing plant after WW2. The airfield was the Army's main B-24 training base, a tidbit I just learned. My first house when dad .......
132: Inmate Central, and no skiing in NorCal (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-12-14, 07:39:42 (66.205.138.143)
pretty much rocks and stumps up the hill around Tahoe. So our kids coming for Christmas may want to rethink dragging their skis along. .......
133: Inmate Central, RE: Thanks for posting. (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-12-13, 22:29:15 (66.205.138.143)
yep. I guess it's understandable tho that there's someone over there for whom that sound strikes a chord. It's kind of a mesmerizing style of music. .......
134: Inmate Central, haha (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-12-13, 22:04:13 (66.205.138.143)
thanks.. I guess I could photoshop that out. I hope the boss here isn't offended. ;-) .......
135: Inmate Central, something different (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-12-13, 12:11:00 (66.205.138.143)
I posted a few pix from the California International Marathon a couple weeks ago. I found one more I liked after the editing. I think it's kind of abstract minimalist bellybutton fetish style thing, w .......
136: Inmate Central, Cool ride! Nt (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-12-13, 10:22:28 (66.205.138.143)
N .......
137: Inmate Central, IDBOTD (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-12-13, 10:20:40 (66.205.138.143)
Irish delta blues kid. 'Police Dog Blues' .......
138: Inmate Central, caffeine - the gift that keeps on giving (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-12-13, 07:19:18 (66.205.138.143)
She's getting a new espresso machine. Our current one, like me, is falling apart little by little. But my wife is an extremely cautious shopper. Her own purchases only come after reading reviews, and .......
139: Inmate Central, RE: Most of us (well... some of us... anyway...) remember... (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-12-11, 08:08:22 (66.205.138.143)
I read that a group of primarily civilian guys with drones were involved. Drone attack on the front of the column knocked out the lead vehicles and stalled things out on the road. Wasn't that part of .......
140: Inmate Central, Thanks! (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-12-10, 21:25:56 (66.205.138.143)
Glad you like em. .......
141: Inmate Central, RE: What (another) beautiful series of shots to see... (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-12-10, 09:22:41 (66.205.138.143)
thanks! glad you like em. Finches are hard to get, but getting easier for some people with the newest cameras using bird ID. I don't have one. Mine has decent tracking, but it's hard to keep little on .......
142: Inmate Central, RE: 'same goes for wines' (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-12-10, 08:55:14 (66.205.138.143)
disagree. If I don't like it enough to drink it, I don't cook with it. That's not to say I'd use a really nice wine for cooking. But most of the time I'm cooking with wine, it's red. We sometimes open .......
143: Inmate Central, RE: Holy Duck, them's some nice pictures ! ... (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-12-09, 17:05:57 (66.205.138.143)
thanks, Dean. Happy to have entertained you! .......
144: Inmate Central, RE: Nice shots. (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-12-08, 08:59:09 (66.205.138.143)
Thanks. Those are Ross's Geese. They're very similar to the snow geese up there by the thousands .......
145: Inmate Central, Birds, mostly (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-12-08, 07:39:40 (66.205.138.143)
A few recent bird pix. The red breasted sap sucker with the apple was in Southern Oregon on Thanksgiving. The water birds are at the Colusa National Wildlife Refuge, about an hour north of Sacramen .......
146: Inmate Central, RE: 'miffed' (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-12-07, 14:01:41 (66.205.138.143)
cats are miffed most of the time and sleep the rest. ;-) .......
147: Inmate Central, looks great (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-12-07, 14:00:28 (66.205.138.143)
now you just need that one of those boats is your 'work'. Or is it? .......
148: Inmate Central, haha (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-12-07, 08:14:10 (66.205.138.143)
those hood strips fall into the category of unnecessary geegah, in my opinion. Like fake brake vents and a lot of other car trim stuff, including most chrome. But the fins on the '57 Chevys get a pass .......
149: Inmate Central, RE: NOT a Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix Car of the Day. (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-12-07, 06:47:52 (66.205.138.143)
that must be a 55 or 56. IMO, they got better in 57, but still not as nice looking as a Nomad. Only 9000 of the Safaris were made in the 3 years they were out. Pontiac's lowest selling model. No wonde .......
150: Inmate Central, hahahaha nt (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-12-05, 12:28:25 (66.205.138.143)
n .......
151: Inmate Central, the Oregon/Liberty game looks interesting (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-12-05, 09:00:00 (66.205.138.143)
Like most everyone, I haven't paid attention to Liberty, wherever that is. Oh. Virginia, I see. But that weak schedule of theirs is probably over for this season. Kansas plays in Vegas. I'd maybe go .......
152: Inmate Central, kinda makes my eyes bleed a little (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-12-05, 08:37:03 (66.205.138.143)
I like a lot of '50s cars. I can't see myself in one of those tho. I'm not into silly and awkward, I guess. Why'd they install that front fender trim backwards, for instance? Maybe the designer was ex .......
153: Inmate Central, RE: The sidelines (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-12-04, 15:49:41 (66.205.138.143)
I had sideline privileges with my camera when our kid was playing HS football. On a runty cruddy International Baccalaureate team. Ie, not Big 10 size guys. My wife also worked the sidelines - down ma .......
154: Inmate Central, Florida State - robbed? (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-12-04, 13:06:16 (66.205.138.143)
Frankly, I don't care. I'll be for Michigan in the playoffs. I used to live there, I was an usher in The Big House as a Boy Scout way back when, and our international student just finished her masters .......
155: Inmate Central, RE: Big Weed today is a whole lot like Big Tobacco in the 1950s (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-12-04, 12:31:58 (66.205.138.143)
some good thoughts in that article. The industry isn't well regulated and as the author mentions, there's an arms race to up the THC levels. I think there is also probably an intermingling of legal an .......
156: Inmate Central, hmmm. in '95 what we actually bought (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-12-04, 08:55:49 (66.205.138.143)
was an '88 M5, we got for $14.5K. About 140,000 miles on it then but M engines had a much longer life than that. I'd rather have the M5 than any of the '95's in that story that cost $10k more. I did .......
157: Inmate Central, California Int'l Marathon (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-12-03, 11:25:45 (66.205.138.143)
top to bottom, men in finish order and women's winner. It was PERFECT weather for photos. Maybe too warm for the sweaty runners. My camera is good at this stuff. Olympus 40-150mm lens, all the way out .......
158: Inmate Central, RE: So I had a question about PHEVs--plug-in hybrid EVs... (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-12-02, 10:16:56 (66.205.138.143)
My 2017 Prius Prime is a PHEV. (just got the title sent to me yesterday - I had a 0% 6yr loan on it from Toyota). It got about 30-35 miles to a charge before the ICE kicked in the first few years, dep .......
159: Inmate Central, RE: not to change the subject, but here's a salmon (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-11-30, 18:39:56 (66.205.138.143)
There were probably a couple dozen fish kinda testing the water in a narrow stream. It was just half a fish deep in some places. Maybe every minute or so one would make a run up the riffles. Most of .......
160: Inmate Central, Ha! (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-11-30, 14:12:42 (66.205.138.143)
They all have zits. They're as zitty as it gets. .......
161: Inmate Central, not to change the subject, but here's a salmon (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-11-30, 13:08:38 (66.205.138.143)
the fall run up the American River is on. There's a pond close to me that used to be isolated from the river except in times of high flow. But it got rearranged by flooding a few years ago so now t .......
162: Inmate Central, my friend had a white wagon (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-11-28, 22:38:38 (66.205.138.143)
named Boss. Boss Nova. .......
163: Inmate Central, RE: Endangered Species Chocolate (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-11-28, 11:34:06 (66.205.138.143)
we're dark chocolate fans here. I kinda remember having one or two of the Endangereds. I recall them being not my favorite. Seems like the melting texture was not very smooth. I'm willing to try again .......
164: Inmate Central, RE: Football trash stats (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-11-28, 07:48:09 (66.205.138.143)
interesting stat last night was that the Bears were the first team this season to win a game scoring zero TDs. Poor Vikes. .......
165: Inmate Central, what's left of the venerable company is now owned by a hedge fund (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-11-28, 07:44:23 (66.205.138.143)
McClatchy did Chapter 11 a couple years ago. .......
166: Inmate Central, RE: "Darkening Skies for Sports Journalism" (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-11-28, 07:28:36 (66.205.138.143)
I had a piece on the radio couple days ago about this. The various media all zero in on the same content, which hasn't really changed, I suppose, but the way of passing it along has. I watched the Sac .......
167: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Black Friday toy: Fosi (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-11-27, 20:39:39 (66.205.138.143)
I connected it to my CD player (Eastern Electric Minimax) and Tyler Acoustics speakers. Sounded good right off the bat, but I won't lie, my hearing sucks. I think for the grandsons, if I follow throug .......
168: Inmate Central, somewhere, in a different universe.... (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-11-27, 13:41:17 (66.205.138.143)
there are some guys chatting in some platform about THEIR version of that story. .......
169: Amp/Preamp Asylum, Black Friday toy: Fosi (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-11-27, 08:41:31 (66.205.138.143)
These little guys were on sale for $79 so I clicked on one. I had it in mind as a gift to get one of the grandsonnies interested in audio. I haven't tried it yet; just arrived. Seems nicely made b .......
170: Inmate Central, RE: COTD (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-11-25, 10:10:05 (162.244.37.209)
thanks. yep. I'm using an iPhone 14 pro max these days. I usually leave it in the 'not high rez' mode, so not a 48mp RAW file. So, 12mp and jpeg. The phone's processor does pretty well. I might should .......
171: Inmate Central, COTD (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-11-25, 09:06:17 (162.244.37.209)
But what is it? Town and Country? On the street last night. Christmas tree lashed on top. iPhone pic .......
172: Inmate Central, shrimps come in on the shrimp boat, but (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-11-18, 08:39:18 (66.205.138.143)
crabs come in on the Captain's dinghy. .......
173: Inmate Central, you're not in Japan (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-11-17, 08:39:22 (66.205.138.143)
maybe a couple other places where that would work. I see items left near the bike trail here but IDK their fate. I left my camera pack with several lenses etc on a busy airport coffee shop counter her .......
174: Inmate Central, RE: Jesus... (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-11-15, 19:24:03 (66.205.138.143)
from what I've read, most Palestinians have opposed a two-state, as has Netanyahu. And when it's been put on the table, the division gets argued about, apparently for sound reasons. But the fact is th .......
175: Inmate Central, 2-state solution (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-11-15, 14:03:54 (66.205.138.143)
I feel pretty much the same way. Why has a 2-state solution failed in the past? Has a 'fair' allocation ever put forward? Or has a 2-state solution not happened because each side wants it all, or at l .......
176: Inmate Central, RE: Another dam bird (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-11-14, 10:46:11 (66.205.138.143)
Thanks. I haven't printed it. It might print ok on my dinky little printer. It's a dye sublimation Canon Selphy. Cheap but good. I may give it a try. Only prints small, so it won't guarantee it would .......
177: Inmate Central, NIMBY plays a big part too (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-11-14, 10:25:18 (66.205.138.143)
no one wants a legit encampment area near where they live. .......
178: Inmate Central, plenty (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-11-14, 09:59:38 (66.205.138.143)
it's a very high priority for both the city and county here in Sac, and the two local governments haven't worked together well to solve it. Homelessness has been probably the main problem the mayor ha .......
179: Inmate Central, RE: Another dam bird (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-11-13, 17:00:53 (66.205.138.143)
Thanks. I haven't printed it. It might print ok on my dinky little printer. It's a dye sublimation Canon Selphy. Cheap but good. I may give it a try. Only prints small, so it won't guarantee it would .......
180: Inmate Central, RE: Back to S.F. Chinatown (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-11-13, 07:12:24 (66.205.138.143)
yeah. thanks for the tour, Lumi. Although it's not a big trip for me to get there, I haven't been for a few years. Great spot for street photography. I walked around the alleyways with the Bay Area iP .......
181: Inmate Central, X19 (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-11-13, 07:05:58 (66.205.138.143)
my dorm wing upperclassman 'counsellor' (babysitter) when I was a freshman at KU had one of those. I used to like kicking his tiny engine ass with my mighty 1275cc Sprite. haha .......
182: Inmate Central, cool (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-11-12, 11:50:48 (66.205.138.143)
I had a '67 Sprite in college. Big fun! Almost as good as a puppy for girls. haha .......
183: Inmate Central, agree. The IS is impressive (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-11-12, 11:15:07 (66.205.138.143)
That egret pic was pretty heavily cropped, I should have mentioned, Abe. Here's the full photo and prior to any sharpening software. You can see how the sharpening and de-noise helped out. I think .......
184: Inmate Central, RE: More bird (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-11-12, 10:56:15 (66.205.138.143)
cool bird, cool pic. It must have seemed like a good idea to someone in 1957 to import a bird from a far away continent to an island in the middle of the pacific ocean. Sheesh. I'll have to look thru .......
185: Inmate Central, RE: Beautiful shot (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-11-12, 10:51:17 (66.205.138.143)
the dual stabilization on Olympus is just available on a few lenses. It works on this 300mm one, including when the 1.4x teleconverter is on too. But the camera's on-board is is good too. That comes w .......
186: Inmate Central, Another dam bird (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-11-11, 22:10:13 (66.205.138.143)
This time an egret. All egrets are herons, but not visa versa. Saw this guy on the dog walk today. And Abe, this was regular old hand held 840mm, no leaning on the car window. The dual image stabil .......
187: Inmate Central, If it sounded like someone squeezing a cat, (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-11-11, 22:02:27 (66.205.138.143)
It was Neil Young .......
188: Inmate Central, RE: Stunning! (mt) (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-11-09, 18:54:16 (66.205.138.143)
Thanks, Rod! No charge! Haha .......
189: Inmate Central, RE: Nice! Tripod, monopod, or handheld ? (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-11-09, 13:27:26 (66.205.138.143)
Thanks for investigating, Abe. this was most likely shot with me holding the camera from the drivers seat window. So I leaned on the car window sitting down. I had a mono and a tripod in the car but t .......
190: Inmate Central, Sandhill cranes (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-11-09, 10:19:58 (66.205.138.143)
The fall migration is on here. The Sandhills have a few migration routes and wintering locations - the biggest one goes thru the Platte River where over half a million hang out. The Pacific Flyway .......
191: Films/DVD Asylum, Dumb Money - the Game Stop story (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-11-08, 13:11:29 (66.205.138.143)
I didn't jump into the Game Stop crazy trading a couple years ago, but my son and nephew played with it a bit at the time back then. They didn't get hurt. If any of you followed the story or got in on .......
192: Inmate Central, RE: Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix Car of the Day (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-11-08, 06:54:03 (66.205.138.143)
there's an elderly (even elderlyer than me) couple who live in my neighborhood who drive one of those vintage Caddies around. Maybe the same color -kinda pinkish? I see them parked at the river pretty .......
193: Inmate Central, AC (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-11-04, 08:21:48 (66.205.138.143)
I'm with you. I just roll the windows down around town when it's not really 'hot' out. I see people when it's 75F with the windows rolled up, AC apparently on. I guess if it were cruddy air, but here .......
194: Inmate Central, RE: Passport (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-11-03, 15:42:51 (66.205.138.143)
my hikin bikin skiin paddlin buddy has a Passport. Maybe a little new than yours. Nice car. I've ridden in it often. I might get one but my wife wants 3rd row seat so we can give 4 other adult relativ .......
195: Inmate Central, RE: No roadrunner in sight (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-11-02, 07:54:22 (66.205.138.143)
Thanks! That guy may have been looking at the squirrel that was chittering nearby, Abe. I saw the coyote run across the bike path into the brush. It was maybe 25' away, just sitting and scratching his .......
196: Inmate Central, nifty! (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-11-01, 12:49:53 (66.205.138.143)
those things make for cool pix. I didn't get to the county fair this year. .......
197: Inmate Central, thanks, Dean (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-11-01, 10:42:25 (66.205.138.143)
I think the term for this shot is 'lucky'. or, 'right time, right place'. .......
198: Inmate Central, RE: No roadrunner in sight (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-11-01, 10:41:23 (66.205.138.143)
I'm going to get a RR photo someday. I know more or less where they are. .......
199: Inmate Central, No roadrunner in sight (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-11-01, 06:53:32 (66.205.138.143)
I saw a roadrunner last month tho. Didn't get a good view or photo. But yesterday I had just started a bike and camera ride when a coyote trotted across the bike trail into the brush. I got lucky tha .......
200: Inmate Central, ready here too! (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-10-31, 16:09:52 (66.205.138.143)
Don't anticipate as many as in the old days. .......
201: Inmate Central, Es no problema. Yet (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-10-31, 09:38:48 (66.205.138.143)
Yesterday in Sacto .......
202: Inmate Central, RE: Spider (Spyder?) of the Day (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-10-31, 06:46:20 (66.205.138.143)
I've driven by that crash spot many times. Highway SR46, near Cholame. It's very near where 46 crosses the San Andreas Fault. There's a memorial nearby. I always thought there should be a sign where t .......
203: Inmate Central, RE: ADotD (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-10-30, 12:26:15 (66.205.138.143)
Nice pix! Looks like a cool spot. I'm surprised my LA relatives haven't taken us there. I better point that out to them. .......
204: Computer Audio Asylum, that caused me to look at M1 mini's (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-10-30, 11:33:16 (66.205.138.143)
I see Costco has one for $299! M2 a couple hundred more. I'm not in the market tho. .......
205: Inmate Central, unexpected, yet (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-10-30, 11:29:36 (66.205.138.143)
inevitable post OTD .......
206: Inmate Central, RE: FFOTD (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-10-29, 08:29:34 (66.205.138.143)
your trees are showy than ours now. I saw some good color on a recent Utah trip tho. .......
207: Inmate Central, in this day and age, tho (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-10-28, 21:50:51 (66.205.138.143)
best to keep it operational. Fire off some warning shots or something. .......
208: Inmate Central, Thanks, Victor (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-10-27, 16:20:19 (66.205.138.143)
We are proud of course. He's following his passion. Not exactly what I thought he'd be doing when he graduated 2 yrs ago with the aerospace engineering degree, but his choice for now. If he gets tired .......
209: Inmate Central, RoTD (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-10-27, 11:55:00 (66.205.138.143)
We went to a wine dinner last night featuring wines from IMSA Hall of Fame race driver Scott Pruett. He's a local guy. Nice guy. His Syrahs are among the best in the world. Our kid is the wine dinn .......
210: Inmate Central, my ex-brother in law had one (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-10-27, 09:59:50 (66.205.138.143)
the ad claim on those 2000s was '150 mph off the showroom floor', I think. .......
211: Inmate Central, I figured (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-10-26, 09:30:48 (66.205.138.143)
but I stopped taking the local paper a couple years ago. The Sacramento Bee used to be a decent paper, then McClatchy started buying up papers all over the place, print media took hits from digital so .......
212: Inmate Central, Timbo (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-10-26, 07:49:11 (66.205.138.143)
I used to chat with Tim now and then. He's been AWOL from email for a year or more now. I should try pinging him again. .......
213: Inmate Central, CSCOTD (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-10-26, 06:57:41 (66.205.138.143)
Some of you are old enough to remember this comic strip although probably not when it started in 1930. Chic Young was the creator. There was also that goofy TV show for a while. .......
214: Inmate Central, fantastic! (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-10-25, 19:02:09 (66.205.138.143)
the photos are great but the actual real deal there must have been infinitely better. I love being up high with those views. That long ridge in the 5th photo is impressive. And the color is kicking in .......
215: Inmate Central, RE: FLotD (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-10-25, 11:29:47 (66.205.138.143)
Nice scene! That looks like the place to be. Weather here changed but not a lot of fall color down in the valley at this point. Yesterday may be the last warm day for a while. .......
216: Inmate Central, RE: Can you BYOB? (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-10-24, 11:36:10 (66.205.138.143)
The restaurants here typically allow it, with varying corkage fees. This one does too, for the regular menu. But for these wine dinners I think it's all or nothing. One of our friends who's coming thi .......
217: Inmate Central, RE: Super Fog (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-10-24, 11:19:26 (66.205.138.143)
we used to get thick tule fog in the Central Valley of California that would cause massive pile ups like that. I haven't heard of one happening for several years tho and there generally isn't as much .......
218: Inmate Central, RE: Fall is in full swing (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-10-24, 11:15:51 (66.205.138.143)
cool! Pup looks happy to be there and the weather looks perfect. .......
219: Inmate Central, RE: 'one glass' (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-10-24, 11:13:52 (66.205.138.143)
it's probably a bit less than a glass, but more than a taste. And the food is small bites, but I never leave hungry. And I'm usually about 1/2 sober. .......
220: Inmate Central, RE: tartare (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-10-24, 11:11:57 (66.205.138.143)
haha.. Jack worked on the steak tartare a couple weeks ago at home. I was in Colorado but Ms Stan2 got it. Apparently he made way too much. Nancy wanted to turn the extra amount into a burger. I haven .......
221: Inmate Central, MOTD (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-10-24, 09:42:37 (66.205.138.143)
Menu for our kid's next wine dinner. He reeled in Alpha Omega for this dinner. The menu is his creation and looks good to me. Alpha Omega is a top Napa wine producer. We and Jack have a few friends .......
222: Inmate Central, "...a bunch of sprinkles" (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-10-23, 08:49:09 (66.205.138.143)
we got significantly more that that in Sacto yesterday. More like "downpour". .......
223: Inmate Central, these cakes (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-10-21, 09:53:46 (66.205.138.143)
were $14 for 3 big ones, maple syrup, blueberry goo, butter. (Or $7 for 1, which didn't seem economical. I got 3). Good coffee to wash it down, extra. Cash only, but a free ATM. Nice music, very nice .......
224: Inmate Central, haha it was an edit fail. I fixed (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-10-21, 09:47:31 (66.205.138.143)
I think. .......
225: Inmate Central, CIWWOTD (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-10-20, 15:26:48 (66.205.138.143)
Car I wouldn't want but rarely see. And a cornmeal blueberry pancake .......
226: Inmate Central, RE: BOTD! (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-10-20, 08:18:01 (66.205.138.143)
I'd drink that. Bud Lite, not. I just saw that Butt Lite is going under, and I don't mean OZ. I don't think I've ever had a Bud Lite, on purpose. .......
227: Inmate Central, RE: Land Yacht of the Day... (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-10-20, 07:19:52 (66.205.138.143)
my old friend. across the street when I was a kid in Port Huron MI had a Buick family. Specials, Electras, etc.. We were Chevy/Pontiac people, till mom discovered Audis after mom went thru about 4 Gra .......
228: Inmate Central, my longest (head) hair (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-10-18, 13:55:49 (66.205.138.143)
is about 3/16th inch, maybe 1/4th if I let it go too long. Do they make a small one? .......
229: Inmate Central, RE: Hospital bombing (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-10-18, 08:44:48 (66.205.138.143)
This mess has been going on for WAY too long, of course. I'm no expert and many of you are much closer to politics and history of the Middle East, but I wish they'd knock it off and start up Isrealist .......
230: Inmate Central, reminds me of a Tiger (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-10-16, 08:09:00 (66.205.138.143)
I had an AH Sprite back then, so I had Tiger envy in the late '60s. I also had AH 3000 and XKE envy. But I could beat those little Fiat 850 or whatevers .......
231: Inmate Central, cool car (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-10-16, 07:56:40 (66.205.138.143)
I've seen similar here in car shows, but not with that history. It would be hard to ditch a Duesenberg engine, but restoration is restoration, no doubt. I liked the guillotine-shaped dashboard, but ma .......
232: Inmate Central, Mustangs OTD (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-10-14, 16:42:59 (66.205.138.143)
In Nevada the other day. .......
233: Inmate Central, RE: It's been a barn burned! (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-10-14, 08:22:59 (66.205.138.143)
My parents went to OU. And FK! Texass just tied it up. OU could use some of those points the muffed up. I'm in Zion NP in a hotel room watching the game. Beautiful day here, or so I hear. Wifey and d .......
234: Inmate Central, Not very eclipsy here (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-10-14, 07:52:12 (66.205.138.143)
Half clouds. We'll see soon. .......
235: Inmate Central, DCOTD (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-10-14, 06:12:53 (66.205.138.143)
Dress code OTD .......
236: Inmate Central, Per recent bike talk (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-10-13, 11:16:32 (66.205.138.143)
Happy friday, kids .......
237: Inmate Central, the story I heard on spikes (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-10-12, 07:40:45 (66.205.138.143)
was that the guys in Crested Butte, who were the original mountain bikers (altho a case can also be made for the Marin guys, but I digress...).. anyhow, the CB guys poked nails from the inside of thei .......
238: Inmate Central, Baseball playoffs time (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-10-11, 07:55:22 (66.205.138.143)
Not that I care much. Looks like the Braves are the team to beat tho. But here's a baseball necktie for you guys to figger out. I saw this in a shop window in DC years ago. .......
239: Inmate Central, RE: It's been a barn burned! (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-10-07, 12:23:17 (66.60.98.124)
My parents went to OU. And FK! Texass just tied it up. OU could use some of those points the muffed up. I'm in Zion NP in a hotel room watching the game. Beautiful day here, or so I hear. Wifey and d .......
240: Inmate Central, Boomer Sooner (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-10-07, 11:43:30 (66.60.98.124)
I hope the spank em. (My ex married a damn Longhorn, of all things!) OU looking good so far, halfway thru the 3rd .......
241: Inmate Central, UHOTD (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-10-03, 08:36:11 (174.205.33.110)
Undulating highway 120, heading east from Mono Lake California towards Tonapah Nevada then Zion NP. I think that's Boundary Peak, unless it White Mt. iPhone snap. Saw some wild horses out there too .......
242: Inmate Central, that's good! (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-10-01, 21:56:34 (66.205.138.143)
Welcome back to feeling better. I haven't had it yet. I'll probablyget the latest booster in a week or two. .......
243: Inmate Central, RSV shot report: (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-10-01, 21:53:52 (66.205.138.143)
got one the other day. It was totally like nothing. Covid shots give me a sore arm and wear me out the following day. RSV was unnoticeable. YMMV but I hope not .......
244: Inmate Central, thanks, guys! (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-10-01, 21:46:46 (66.205.138.143)
off to Zion NP tomorrow. Glad the parks will be open. That shutdown was beginning to worry me a bit. I'm looking forward to the drive down US395. The trees are starting to turn on the Eastern Sierras. .......
245: Inmate Central, Bwotd (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-10-01, 15:57:43 (66.205.138.143)
Wine mugs at the wine joint .......
246: Inmate Central, beautiful little road to ride on (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-09-28, 16:16:40 (66.205.138.143)
Youghiogheny. Y'll got some funny place names back there. .......
247: Inmate Central, Lumi, you are the product salesman alright (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-09-28, 07:11:23 (66.205.138.143)
But for a weekender bag with no wheels, I'd want to limit it to weekends with a car and not a lot of toting. I made the mistake of carrying a similarly sized bag (made by Patagonia) to China as one of .......
248: Inmate Central, RE: I really like the van pic... (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-09-27, 17:09:18 (66.205.138.143)
thanks!. It was parked in downtown Telluride. I'd never been there before. Very nice place. Friendly folks. Town wasn't necessarily busy, since folks were in the venue with the music, in a park in tow .......
249: Inmate Central, bingo! (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-09-27, 15:02:29 (66.205.138.143)
at the blues fest. I didn't get a lot of pix inside the venue. No detachable lens cameras allowed. rats. .......
250: Inmate Central, RE: Nice shots! (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-09-27, 15:00:17 (66.205.138.143)
thank you, Abe. Yes; I've been using that hipstamatic app for years. I read your above link on it. I'd not thought of it as an 'Instagram rival' particularly. But it is a widespread community on line, .......
251: Inmate Central, back when car steering wheels (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-09-27, 12:39:34 (66.205.138.143)
and sailboat steering wheels were interchangeable .......
252: Inmate Central, LPOTD (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-09-27, 07:47:16 (66.205.138.143)
A couple recent license plates. The van was in Telluride last week. I met up with my Jayhawk buddies (who were also Cub Scout/high school old friends) for the Blues fest there. The Audacious was .......
253: Inmate Central, that's a beaut (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-09-27, 07:41:21 (66.205.138.143)
I don't see any cup holders. Where are you supposed to put your beer bottle? .......
254: Inmate Central, RE: This year's Alaska trip, first half of September (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-09-26, 11:20:23 (66.205.138.143)
so much to see up there. Great reporting! Thanks for the show. Those old salmon live a tough life towards the end. I wonder if it hurts? or itches? .......
255: Inmate Central, RE: air show pix (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-09-25, 12:37:03 (66.205.138.143)
I usually shoot jpeg until I 'need' RAW in low light, lot of DR or on a scene I really really like and want the best file. Otherwise, my camera makes pretty nice jpegs. These are all jpegs. I process .......
256: Inmate Central, RE: Awesome shots Stan ! Questions for you.... (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-09-25, 12:17:58 (66.205.138.143)
thanks, Abe. Glad you like em. Yeah, I did some touch up on the computer. I usually do. A little contrast, sharpening, de-noise and a lot of cropping on some. I tried to shoot the jets at a fast shut .......
257: Inmate Central, air show pix (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-09-25, 11:40:58 (66.205.138.143)
a few from the California Capitol Airshow here over the weekend. The old Mather AF Base is across the river from me. I biked over to get closer with my camera. I liked the lens I had for it - a 40-15 .......
258: Inmate Central, RE: 1928 Indian Scout 45 (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-09-25, 11:25:42 (66.205.138.143)
my grandad had an old Indian of some sort. I'm not sure if it was pre or post WW I. He was in rural Oklahoma at the time and the rules probably were few. He told me how he'd race trains where the road .......
259: Inmate Central, RE: F-16s / F-18s (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-09-25, 08:09:47 (66.205.138.143)
It was the AF Thunderbirds at this air show. I thought the F-18s were primarily Navy planes. The schedule didn't mention the 18s. I think it was the AF jets checking out the flight patterns etc. The N .......
260: Inmate Central, today (Saturday ) is the start of the show (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-09-23, 07:05:32 (66.205.138.143)
runs thru tomorrow. I'll ride my bike and camera over close. It's right across the river at the old Mather AFB, which I busted for groundwater pollution in 1979. .......
261: Inmate Central, dam. F-16s roaring overhead. (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-09-22, 14:53:25 (66.205.138.143)
practice runs for the air show this weekend go right over my house. .......
262: Inmate Central, I hear good things about DXO for editing (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-09-22, 14:52:32 (66.205.138.143)
I'm pretty happy with Topaz these days, to the point of not upgrading to the latest. Some people seem to think Topaz DeNoise is better than their latest offering. .......
263: Inmate Central, RE: Thats a fancy menu. (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-09-22, 14:35:13 (66.205.138.143)
yep. True that, Steve about the interesting comparisons. They're all in the Silver Oak family tho. I didn't know where the name came from till last night. One of the original partners wives came up wi .......
264: Inmate Central, haha. My kid likes duck (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-09-22, 14:31:53 (66.205.138.143)
his brother won't eat it tho. He says it's the 'perfect animal' - it can run. It can swim. It can fly. ha. .......
265: Inmate Central, 1984 prices... (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-09-22, 14:30:33 (66.205.138.143)
I had to look those up. $15-20/bottle bought some nice wine back then alright. The 'Timeless' on this menu goes for $200-300, restaurant price. It's from Silver Oak. Their other cabs are from Napa and .......
266: Inmate Central, the 'theme' was 'bye bye summer; hello fall' (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-09-22, 14:19:18 (66.205.138.143)
more or less. The way these dinners go, he and the wine rep discuss each course as it comes out. After the ceviche, he asked everyone if they enjoyed the taste of summer, then he said, 'Well, summer's .......
267: Inmate Central, My kid the cook (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-09-22, 11:19:12 (66.205.138.143)
He's a chef at a local country French restaurant here and one of his assignments is the monthly wine dinners. Last night was dinner paired with Silver Oak wines. He created the menu. He did a separ .......
268: Inmate Central, snazzy! (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-09-22, 09:05:41 (66.205.138.143)
Sounds like a good date night. We went to a nice wine dinner last night. Our kid is a chef at the place and does the wine dinners monthly. Also pricey, but tasty! You had the better views no doubt. :: .......
269: General Asylum, RE: Burning Amp 9/30 - 10/1 (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-09-21, 07:55:20 (66.205.138.143)
that's the same weekend as Hardly Strictly Bluegrass in SF's Golden Gate Park. Now there's a party! I've been a few times. May go this year if I don't take off for Zion early. .......
270: Inmate Central, RE: Red Rocks (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-09-21, 07:49:39 (66.205.138.143)
I didn't realize it was a WPA project. I've been there to a couple concerts and a couple non-concert visits. It's a beautiful place, in any season, as I'm sure you know, Abe. How about Sam's, on Looko .......
271: Inmate Central, RE: Used Car of the Day. (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-09-21, 07:32:39 (66.205.138.143)
I used to see that sucker, or another wienermobile, here in Sacramento now and then back in the '70s. It must get around a bit, although there have been quite a few built over the decades since the '3 .......
272: Inmate Central, so if that pulls up beside you at a stoplight (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-09-13, 07:19:21 (66.205.138.143)
don't bet your pink slip or the farm! .......
273: Inmate Central, I miss our old Cruiser (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-09-11, 13:59:15 (66.205.138.143)
We had a '75. Sold it this year. It was a family deal. I should have bought the cousins out maybe, and brought it to Calif from Colorado. But.... I didn't really have a place to keep it and it's best .......
274: Inmate Central, RE: coyote munches on cyclist in Cape Breton... (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-09-10, 10:57:02 (66.205.138.143)
the coyotes here mostly live in the Parkway along the American River. The bike trail runs the length of it so the coyotes see thousands of bikers a day. They just watch. Never heard of an attack. I go .......
275: Inmate Central, nice pix! (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-09-10, 10:49:56 (66.205.138.143)
I remember the Ch. Frontenac from years ago. Did a big family vacay there when I was 12. I've been wanting to get back, and on out the Gaspe area. Maybe next year. .......
276: Inmate Central, haha (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-09-07, 07:58:06 (66.205.138.143)
they probably are using dogs in PA, Abe. I haven't seen any on the news. OTH, if they were using dogs, seems like they'd have found the guy now. Maybe the optics of chasing a guy with dogs isn't very .......
277: Vinyl Asylum, Funny of the day (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-09-06, 16:55:57 (66.205.138.143)
I don't know what cartoons have circulated around here. Hopefully not this very often. .......
278: Inmate Central, that manhunt in Pennsylvania (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-09-06, 08:03:37 (66.205.138.143)
I read how they're using bullhorns with his mom pleading him to give himself up, closed off the area, etc. What I haven't seen is any dogs. Seems like surely there would be dogs and that they could ha .......
279: Inmate Central, he's been all over the media with that airplane (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-09-06, 07:34:31 (66.205.138.143)
A China news show spent a couple days there a few years ago. Good Morning America or Today, etc. I see him pop-up now and then while just browsing. He even appeared as the #1 strangest home in the cou .......
280: Inmate Central, yep. Bruce Campbell (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-09-06, 07:31:11 (66.205.138.143)
He bought the plane quite a few years ago and arranged to have it moved to his property there. He's an electrical engineer, ex-Tektronics worker but in business for himself since forever. thanks for .......
281: Inmate Central, My cousin's 'house' (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-09-05, 21:15:17 (66.205.138.143)
I tuned in to a newish Apple TV show, 'Invasion'. During the intro, a bunch of scenes flash by, including my cousin's 'house' in Oregon. Wonder if he knows? I'll tell him. .......
282: Inmate Central, JDK's probably just as grumpy as the rest of us (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-09-04, 13:59:22 (66.205.138.143)
I'm 74 and in denial about that. I ride my e-bike more than my old Vitus these days. I suspect I have the 'best' bike trail of all of you guys tho. I hop on it right around the corner. .......
283: Inmate Central, I have a 65" LG C1 (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-09-04, 13:52:44 (66.205.138.143)
not the latest; couple years old now. But I like it fine. No problems with Disney, Apple, etc. At time I was shopping, it was that, or one of the similarly priced Sony's or a Sammy nano whatever. Cost .......
284: Inmate Central, Class 2 e-bikes can go unassisted (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-09-04, 10:42:34 (66.205.138.143)
Class 1 & 3 require peddling. How much assist you get is up to the rider. But it does give you some exercise. .......
285: Inmate Central, that game will be the sports talk today (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-09-02, 16:18:10 (66.205.138.143)
and throughout the week. Next up for CU is Nebraska. TCU played in the Natty last season, don't forget, and they were the home team today. Great game, back and forth. My Sooners and Jayhawks both loo .......
286: Inmate Central, RE: Tripod etc (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-09-01, 07:52:48 (66.205.138.143)
tripod collar - yes. Both my 300/4 and the 40-150/2.8 have Arca compitible tripod collar rings. Makes for a more balanced attachment, as you say. The connection is on the lens rather than hanging the .......
287: Inmate Central, Tripod etc (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-08-31, 22:02:06 (66.205.138.143)
I have a pretty sturdy tripod and head, designed for much heavier combos than my Oly set-up that's much smaller than most 600-840mm cameras/lenses. I'd go shoot that moon again now but we have serious .......
288: Inmate Central, RE: ASOTD (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-08-31, 16:44:59 (66.205.138.143)
Cool. That looks like the place to be alright. Beautiful sky! .......
289: Inmate Central, well, I got one, sort of (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-08-31, 13:22:02 (66.205.138.143)
We were at a wine tasting dinner but I wanted to give it a shot. I'd normally my biggest prime lens (600mm equiv) and maybe with a 1.4x tele extender, for 840mm equiv. But it's a little too large t .......
290: Inmate Central, RE: Exactly. (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-08-29, 07:09:48 (66.205.138.143)
Ivan, one of the guys at the shop I used to take my cars too before it changed hands mentioned another option for batteries. They use Prius's for customer shuttle and have a couple of those. He said t .......
291: Inmate Central, Ah. Tonopah (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-08-23, 15:16:47 (66.205.138.143)
Drove thru there a few years ago. Nice brew pub/bbq joint right up the street. .......
292: Inmate Central, Hurriquake! nt (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-08-20, 16:23:59 (66.205.138.143)
n .......
293: Inmate Central, assuming it won't be too harsh on you (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-08-20, 08:14:02 (66.205.138.143)
enjoy the show! I was in HI during Iniki, in '92. Watched in blow between Kauai and Oahu, sitting on the porch with some local pakalolo. One of my favorite weather memories. Probably my #1 favorite we .......
294: Inmate Central, Maui Emergency Chief resigned (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-08-17, 19:33:30 (174.208.105.12)
Under whatever kind of pressure. I heard him defend not using the sirens. I agreed at the time and still do. The islanders have been trained for decades that when you hear the sirens, you head for the .......
295: Inmate Central, biker dude photobombed the baby state birds (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-08-17, 18:28:16 (66.205.138.143)
Out on my own bike ride today and I stopped to click some quail on the trail. Trail quail, if you will. And a biker rolled by. I couldn't tell what kind of tires he had tho, Abe. .......
296: Inmate Central, congrats to him (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-08-17, 11:41:34 (66.205.138.143)
heck, with interest, that should be General. .......
297: Inmate Central, it's on my dvr, John (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-08-16, 07:33:40 (66.205.138.143)
and I just fired it up Your girls look young! The Brits look kinda mean. Good luck, and I guess I'll avoid checking back in here till it's over. .......
298: Inmate Central, RE: Hawaii joins California.... (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-08-16, 07:28:38 (66.205.138.143)
one difference is that my wife won't be there for weeks at a time like she was when she worked on Camp Fire. I think they'd benefit though if she were one of the people sent over to help. She project .......
299: Inmate Central, RE: Sigma and Canon (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-08-14, 11:59:52 (66.205.138.143)
I have the Canon 70-200/f4 IS. I love that lens but I'm into Olympus now. I have adapters tho. The 70-200/2.8 is also excellent. Picked it up used years ago for night HS football when my kid played. I .......
300: Inmate Central, re: Disney Hall (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-08-14, 07:44:01 (66.205.138.143)
yeah. It's a stunner of a building. I was in the backseat as my brother in law whipped by. I clicked off half a dozen quick shots out the back window. Lot of cool angles for pix and I always like the .......
301: Inmate Central, the other Getty (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-08-14, 07:40:46 (66.205.138.143)
yeah. We did the other Getty a few years ago. I had been to the Villa many years ago, but the in-laws and wife had not. That guy must have been quite well off. .......
302: Inmate Central, LA life (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-08-13, 19:09:36 (66.205.138.143)
Spent a few days in LA this past week. Went to a couple beaches (Will Rogers and Zuma), ate some good food, Saw Joe Bonamassa at the Hollywood Bowl, went to the Getty Villa Museum in Malibu a .......
303: Inmate Central, RE: POTN picture of the night? (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-08-13, 18:59:55 (66.205.138.143)
cool. Thanks for the info. I found myself awake last night at almost 1 a.m., so I went out in the backyard and caught 1 good and 2 barely meteors from the Perseids storm. The good one came within a mi .......
304: Inmate Central, RE: GOTD (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-08-13, 17:50:00 (66.205.138.143)
scrolling down you can see how the ruble has done vs other major currencies. haha. It's in the sh*tter everywhere. .......
305: Inmate Central, John - here's one of my favorite stories about calculators (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-08-11, 10:01:44 (66.205.138.143)
in Asimov's "Foundation" series, near the beginning, in the first book, I think, one of the early scenes has the pilot of a space ship pulling out his pocket calculator to compute a course. That was w .......
306: Inmate Central, I was there (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-08-11, 09:13:00 (66.205.138.143)
when it all changed. And yeah, 1972 was about the year. I started engineering grad school at Illinois then and had been using my trusty yellow Pickett slide rule at KU for a few years. I couldn't affo .......
307: Inmate Central, Haha. (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-08-02, 18:55:36 (66.205.138.143)
Re-did .......
308: Inmate Central, I'll bet she could (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-08-02, 11:45:59 (66.205.138.143)
play soccer with those things. And I'm thankful the audio didn't come thru. .......
309: General Asylum, Abe - (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-08-02, 11:12:33 (66.205.138.143)
you're such a cool geek. I love it! ;-) .......
310: Inmate Central, BOTD (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-08-02, 10:43:13 (66.205.138.143)
The bear that ate our jalape .......
311: Inmate Central, Elan ll e. Yep (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-08-02, 09:14:23 (66.205.138.143)
Ghats the one. Probably the first decent camera I bought. I had access to some Pentax and other canon film SLRs thru work before that to learn on. .......
312: Inmate Central, Elan ll e. Yep (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-07-29, 09:54:19 (66.205.138.143)
Ghats the one. Probably the first decent camera I bought. I had access to some Pentax and other canon film SLRs thru work before that to learn on. .......
313: Inmate Central, from age zero till about age 7 (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-07-29, 08:00:38 (66.205.138.143)
That's when dad bought the little b/w RCA I watched Fury, Sky King, Rifleman, 3 Stooges etc on. I suppose technically 'I didn't have a tv' in college, although one was available in the dorm for the co .......
314: Inmate Central, 504 and pepper grinder (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-07-29, 07:27:19 (66.205.138.143)
I had a 504 wagon in the early '80s. Actually pulled a little trailer with it, if the hills weren't too steep. Sold it and bought a Canon EOS 650, with eye focus. Interesting gimmick that never really .......
315: Inmate Central, RE: Another family mile stone has been reached today (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-07-25, 06:39:36 (66.205.138.143)
our kid in Seattle bought a Tiguan a couple years ago. Nice car. Your daughter should be happy with that. Congrats! Meanwhile, our son has more or less commandeered my Prius Prime since he commutes ab .......
316: Inmate Central, RE: POTD (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-07-24, 13:48:27 (66.205.138.143)
nice pic; cute dog. A that's a cute age, other than the peeing and, uh, you know. .......
317: Inmate Central, RE: that walk in campsite (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-07-24, 11:50:31 (66.205.138.143)
I may have camped at that walk-in site. Several times. Right over the rocks way below, very near McWay Falls. I've seen raccoons there but our favorite experience was when the spotted skunks walked be .......
318: Inmate Central, Big Sur (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-07-21, 15:50:21 (66.205.138.143)
We camped at Big Sur this week. An annual tradition with my in-laws. They have it down and we always get the best campsite in Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park. It was supposed to be an excessiv .......
319: Inmate Central, thank goodness (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-07-20, 07:16:40 (66.205.138.143)
for old camera geeks. They compile some cool, detailed history. Thanks for that. I've never owned any Nikon gear. Not for any particular reason. I think we had some Nikon rangefinders for field use a .......
320: Inmate Central, ah. Well, no problem then (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-07-12, 18:22:47 (66.205.138.143)
who cares whether you outa staters have access anyhow. It'll still be here on tap when I need it, which is once or twice a year, always draught, usually at Tower. Maybe it's an acquired taste? or a re .......
321: Inmate Central, well, damn (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-07-12, 11:59:52 (66.205.138.143)
glad I ordered one a week or so ago, at Tower Cafe in Sac. .......
322: Inmate Central, I have one of these (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-07-11, 15:14:11 (66.205.138.143)
My non-e-bike is an old Vitus that I inherited from my daughter who inherited it from her boyfriend at the time, 30 yrs or so ago. He was a racer. Did well as a junior which is 18 or under, I think .......
323: Inmate Central, I have one of these (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-07-11, 13:08:24 (66.205.138.143)
My non-e-bike is an old Vitus that I inherited from my daughter who inherited it from her boyfriend at the time, 30 yrs or so ago. He was a racer. Did well as a junior which is 18 or under, I think .......
324: Inmate Central, RE: oh boy, this stuff is tiny! (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-07-09, 15:56:24 (66.205.138.143)
good work. Gee. One might think a watch shop would care to spend a couple minutes to change a battery for 15 0r 20 CADs. It's not like they don't know anything about, uh, watches. .......
325: Inmate Central, I love that stuff (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-07-08, 08:01:36 (66.205.138.143)
Whole Foods used to have it locally. Surprisingly adequate. Good actually, except when compared to really good versions. Out here in NorCal I'm more likely to see cIoppinno on a menu. Which reminds me .......
326: Inmate Central, not with a bang, but a whimper nt (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-07-07, 21:15:34 (66.205.138.143)
nt .......
327: Inmate Central, RE: A few minor corrections ................ (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-07-07, 21:14:20 (66.205.138.143)
ah. Thanks for the fact check/correction. I was panicked when I typed it. ha not ha. .......
328: Inmate Central, I see a lot of em here (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-07-07, 21:10:07 (66.205.138.143)
and the big uni-wheel jobs. I dunno how fast they go. I bet sales numbers correlate well with teen road rash tho. .......
329: Films/DVD Asylum, The Days (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-07-07, 13:10:30 (66.205.138.143)
well that was about as realistic of a disaster film as I have seen. It's about the Fukushima Daiichi nuke disaster in 2011. We all watched it unfold from wherever we were then but this is the recounti .......
330: Inmate Central, How doomed are we? (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-07-07, 11:06:30 (66.205.138.143)
This is from a local photographer friend who is up north now, inside the Artic circle. (And not 77 miles south of it as his post notes). 90F up there a few days ago. Remember the record heat in Canada .......
331: Inmate Central, RE: Young Roadrunner (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-07-06, 08:01:14 (66.205.138.143)
cool. I MAY have seen 1 roadrunner 1 time. And I always like 2-species wildlife photos. Good catch. .......
332: Inmate Central, the court made lying legal (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-07-05, 10:52:53 (66.205.138.143)
and calling it out, illegal. We're in trouble in this next election. .......
333: Inmate Central, RE: Which imposes another set of limitations... (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-07-05, 10:40:01 (66.205.138.143)
my in-laws were thinking they'd have to swap all their cookware but much of it works with induction. The ferrous stuff, obviously. .......
334: Inmate Central, RE: induction (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-07-05, 10:28:34 (66.205.138.143)
I don't have one but a couple friends and relatives do. They like them. Unlike conventional resistance electric ranges, induction does have instant on/off with the heat, like gas. But induction has no .......
335: Inmate Central, I don't get it here (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-07-03, 13:23:37 (66.205.138.143)
unless I pay up. I'm bummed. YouTube has a good highlights channel tho. .......
336: Inmate Central, I think the pandemic stirred things up some (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-07-03, 08:18:23 (66.205.138.143)
although the tech itself was at a point of taking off exponentially, with all the stuff you can manage with a smart phone. Now I manage my music, oven, banking, shopping, photos etc with the phone. Se .......
337: Inmate Central, 'Is that a phone in your pocket or are you just glad to see me?' (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-07-03, 08:01:49 (66.205.138.143)
I have a max size iPhone and it fits in jeans. I like it in the right front pocket for security. No keys or coins in there with it. They go in the left front. .......
338: Inmate Central, what I really need.... (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-07-03, 07:54:02 (66.205.138.143)
is a smart fly. But I'm about 50%or so good even without one. .......
339: Inmate Central, RE: recumbents (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-07-01, 09:50:27 (66.205.138.143)
I see a lot of them here, on the bike trail. It's a great urban wild park along the American River well suited to either 2 or 3 wheelers. .......
340: Inmate Central, RE: hot hog nuclear hell (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-07-01, 09:08:42 (66.205.138.143)
it crisps up here just fine. It usually takes a couple trial runs thru the nuke cycle. I don't have a standard number of minutes because I never have the same amt of bacon. So a couple minutes, then a .......
341: Inmate Central, re: 2002 and Mazda (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-07-01, 08:35:49 (66.205.138.143)
when I first started work outa college, I ended up in NorCal. About the first thing I had to do, in a hurry since I came out here in a UHAUL from Illinois, was buy a car. I got a brand new fire engine .......
342: Inmate Central, same here (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-07-01, 07:27:50 (66.205.138.143)
we've used that Nordicware tray for years. .......
343: Inmate Central, RE:does it climb well (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-06-30, 17:18:22 (66.205.138.143)
It beats 'out of saddle' easily. Best use might be its climbing. There are two controls. One is motor power, with 5 levels - walk, eco, tour, sport and turbo. So pick the level of boost you need. The .......
344: Inmate Central, Thanks and good morning! Nt (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-06-30, 11:40:16 (66.205.138.143)
N .......
345: General Asylum, auto-percussion (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-06-30, 08:33:26 (66.205.138.143)
is the one I can't stand. I gave away or tossed CDs where I heard it. .......
346: Inmate Central, if that happened around here now (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-06-28, 10:46:06 (66.205.138.143)
it would be like a freakn strobe light show. PS: that new monster grill look on the 4s, and some other models, I think, is nasty. .......
347: Inmate Central, nifty minimalist pic! nt (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-06-28, 10:39:39 (66.205.138.143)
n .......
348: Inmate Central, You're an Aggie, Steve? (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-06-27, 09:32:55 (66.205.138.143)
My lovely DiL is too. Computer something or other. She probably was there around 1990 or so I think. .......
349: Inmate Central, the game yesterday surprised me (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-06-27, 09:04:16 (66.205.138.143)
I didn't watch the whole thing, but after Florida clobbered them the day before, I was surprised to see that turnaround. I had to look up one of the LSU pitchers - Guidry. Remember Ron Guidry? Also fr .......
350: Inmate Central, enviolo transmission is std on some models. nt (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-06-27, 08:56:40 (66.205.138.143)
n .......
351: Inmate Central, no.. A Gazelle (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-06-27, 08:55:27 (66.205.138.143)
Dutch company. They're been around for a long time. I got this a couple years ago. I blew some mandatory 401k disbursement on it during the pandemic. .......
352: Inmate Central, I have an Enviolo transmission on my bike (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-06-27, 08:00:25 (66.205.138.143)
works like a champ. Continuously variable, stepless, quiet, clean, low/no maintenance, steady cadence when you want it. Belt drive. No derailleur, no click click click shifting or jumping off the spro .......
353: Inmate Central, RE: Midget (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-06-21, 06:55:31 (66.205.138.143)
the manual for the car in my pic above was for 'MG Midget: TD, TF'. I didn't realize the oldies were called Midgets. I had an AH Sprite, MkIV, the last model. Fun little car, pretty much same as the .......
354: Inmate Central, DBOTD (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-06-20, 17:49:34 (66.205.138.143)
MG Dashboard at the shop .......
355: Inmate Central, Pretty cute (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-06-20, 17:48:08 (66.205.138.143)
A fawn and mom jogged across my path on a bike ride yesterda. About the same size. .......
356: Inmate Central, Happy Watergate Day! (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-06-17, 09:42:50 (66.205.138.143)
We celebrated a day early at Pt. Reyes National Seashore. Excellent lunch at Tony's in Marshall. .......
357: Inmate Central, cool! Everybody loves (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-06-17, 07:48:15 (66.205.138.143)
pterodactyls! I see them here pretty often. I watched one launch from a tree branch once where the force of his pushing off busted the branch with a loud 'crack'. .......
358: Inmate Central, Haha. Well if I didn't want it before, (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-06-14, 21:32:02 (66.205.138.143)
I sure don't now either. .......
359: Inmate Central, Murano (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-06-14, 15:24:44 (174.236.229.243)
Apologies to anyone here who has one. And condolences. ;-) .......
360: Inmate Central, Re: Zinfandel (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-06-14, 12:52:34 (174.236.229.243)
Haha. Good notice. Zinfandel: it's not just for breakfast anymore .......
361: Inmate Central, Re: Zinfandel (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-06-14, 10:35:29 (66.205.138.143)
Haha. Good notice. Zinfandel: it's not just for breakfast anymore .......
362: Inmate Central, RE: What is your end of life plan? (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-06-14, 08:15:48 (66.205.138.143)
mountain lion on the neck. Or bolt of lightning on top of a mountain. I'm 74, so I've given this some thought. Backup plan: in my sleep. Or as the old joke goes, "I wan't to die in my sleep, unlike t .......
363: Inmate Central, TOTD (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-06-14, 08:08:06 (66.205.138.143)
Looks like a tick. Must be a car (?) for tick lovers. .......
364: Inmate Central, RE: Overcast day again (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-06-14, 07:27:32 (66.205.138.143)
haha. thanks. In this case, Cujo is a Golden Retriever tho .......
365: Inmate Central, RE: Grizzlies (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-06-13, 08:17:57 (66.205.138.143)
There's one in the California state flag but none actually living in the wild here. But the trail cams catch a lot of mountain lions aka cougars. I've never seen one out there. You'd be at home with o .......
366: Inmate Central, RE: Great shot. (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-06-13, 07:54:17 (66.205.138.143)
Thanks. Down low with the phonecam and ultra wide lens. Works pretty good for this kind of thing. .......
367: Inmate Central, Thanks and good morning! Nt (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-06-13, 06:26:05 (66.205.138.143)
N .......
368: Inmate Central, RE: Nice photo! (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-06-13, 06:25:15 (66.205.138.143)
Thanks, Abe. Yes; she will go swimming any time of year. And that river right now is pretty chilly, recently skied on up by Lake Tahoe. We don't usually let her get completely wet unless it's a hot da .......
369: Inmate Central, RE: Eye roll ..... (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-06-12, 22:54:37 (66.205.138.143)
I meant venomous of course. But watch out either way .......
370: Inmate Central, Christian Braun, Denver Nuggets (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-06-12, 21:06:04 (66.205.138.143)
won 3 straight HS state championships, then went to Kansas and won the NCAA Championship as a starter his freshman year last year. So with this NBA win tonight as a rookie again, he's undefeated in th .......
371: Inmate Central, If this is climate change (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-06-12, 20:29:54 (66.205.138.143)
I guess I'm ok with it after all. .......
372: Inmate Central, Overcast day again (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-06-12, 19:34:45 (174.236.226.9)
And 3 out of place rain events in the past week. But the old dog got in a swim anyhow. .......
373: Inmate Central, nice tour, John... (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-06-12, 14:15:24 (66.205.138.143)
thanks! That wood walkway thru the trees and all looks very inviting, altho it is AUS, so you might need to watch out for poison things jumping out on you, etc. .......
374: Inmate Central, Easy peazy (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-06-12, 13:56:10 (66.205.138.143)
nothing on there I'd consider anyhow. Surprised Acura was so un-liked, I suppose. I had an Integra years ago that was pretty fun. .......
375: Inmate Central, cool. Congrats! nt (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-06-10, 08:18:11 (66.205.138.143)
nt .......
376: Inmate Central, RE: C&FOTD -- yeah, but is it art? (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-06-10, 08:17:17 (66.205.138.143)
nice C&F pix. Our California summer sky is often 'no clouds', so when a good cloudy sky pops up, I like to snap some pix of it too. .......
377: Inmate Central, good one! nt (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-06-09, 09:00:49 (66.205.138.143)
n .......
378: Inmate Central, RE: Bleak and hopeful... (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-06-08, 16:05:26 (66.205.138.143)
thanks. Yeah. It'll come back and it will be fun to watch that happen. .......
379: Inmate Central, pretty fancy (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-06-08, 16:04:26 (66.205.138.143)
what was the gear? Butterfly season is kicking in here. I should go shoot some. .......
380: Inmate Central, Welcome. Glad you liked seeing them (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-06-08, 08:49:05 (66.205.138.143)
That was a BIG fire. .......
381: Inmate Central, RE: Horsetail Falls and Caldor Fire burn (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-06-07, 17:15:13 (66.205.138.143)
there are trails from Horsetail Falls area to Fallen Leaf. I haven't walked that route, but I've backpacked in Desolation Valley between the two. They're only a few miles apart. No bears the other day .......
382: Inmate Central, Welcome. Glad you liked seeing them (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-06-07, 16:39:07 (66.205.138.143)
That was a BIG fire. .......
383: Inmate Central, Cute pup (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-06-06, 20:08:47 (66.205.138.143)
Doesn't look too vicious. Probably it's the bow and all. Haha .......
384: Inmate Central, Horsetail Falls and Caldor Fire burn (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-06-06, 20:07:13 (66.205.138.143)
My buddy and I did a hike up the hill near Highway 50 at Twin Bridges yesterday to see Horsetail Falls and the burn from the Caldor Fire of 2021. Horsetail is a good-sized waterfall in the Desolation .......
385: Inmate Central, Re: sharpening (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-06-06, 20:00:21 (66.205.138.143)
Topaz DeNoise usuall does all the sharpening I need, and I use it gently. Gigapixel can work well on some things but I think feather detail isn't one of them, or I have yet to learn it. I keep ISO lo .......
386: Inmate Central, I like my Oboz (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-06-05, 08:17:29 (66.205.138.143)
I've had some heavy duty hiking boots in the past, but for years I've worn and liked lighter weight shoes. I've gotten off-piste with them plenty of times - scrambling rocks etc. I mainly use them on .......
387: Inmate Central, we have tomatoes and some herbs, etc (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-06-04, 11:20:29 (66.205.138.143)
couple kinds of basil, mint, thyme, rosemary. Usually a couple melons. My wife is a scientist and she likes experimenting. More than eating tomatoes, I think, which we could get a lot easier at the fa .......
388: Inmate Central, Yeah. I get that (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-05-30, 12:22:50 (66.205.138.143)
The media love shiny objects alright. I just have a feeling that this one will be transformational. And then with the other race to quantum computing well underway, it could get very interesting, as i .......
389: Inmate Central, Ah yes. I remember 3 yrs ago when (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-05-30, 10:25:23 (66.205.138.143)
Hundreds of experts strongly advised us and millions of people said "oh foo". Cutting wasteful government spending and controlling taxes are good ideas. But those are different topics. .......
390: Inmate Central, Another AI piece (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-05-30, 08:23:27 (66.205.138.143)
Good podcast. Hard to argue with those concerns. Too many sociopaths and unintended consequences out there. And the machines will continue to chart their own course anyhow. Good luck, Future People. .......
391: Inmate Central, Hipstamatic app (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-05-30, 08:17:51 (66.205.138.143)
I use Hipstamatic quite a bit. It's an iPhone shooting or editing app. There's a good international mobile photo community Out there with a variety of topic areas - cars, trees, food, places, street, .......
392: Inmate Central, COTD (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-05-30, 06:22:45 (66.205.138.143)
At the pizza joint down the street. I didn't read the tire size. Bigger than my Prius Prime even. .......
393: Inmate Central, RE: Good kitty (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-05-28, 15:44:20 (66.205.138.143)
BAD KITTY! We like our porch lizards but one of our cats is a hunter. (that's not him in the pic). .......
394: Inmate Central, cool (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-05-27, 07:41:19 (66.205.138.143)
I'll dig up a photo of our local magpies to show you the difference. Northern Calif is the only place where yellow magpies are found. Or so we're led to believe. They're all really intelligent birds, .......
395: Inmate Central, BBLotd (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-05-26, 10:24:15 (174.208.164.116)
Local hunter vs blue belly lizard. (Western fence lizard) .......
396: Inmate Central, I wish there was a way to invest (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-05-25, 08:05:10 (66.205.138.143)
in a mutual fund called "All the time wasted fkn around with this debt crisis mess". Have they done much of anything else? Congress? White House? News people? This is as bad as the perpetual full-tim .......
397: Inmate Central, ever watch PBS Motor Week? (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-05-22, 11:06:30 (66.205.138.143)
Saturday mornings. Been on for decades. I think about a week ago they reviewed this Aston Martin and said it was in a class by itself pretty much. I've always like AM. .......
398: Inmate Central, fish OTD (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-05-21, 22:07:00 (66.205.138.143)
we watched this sea lion snack on the migrating shad in the river tonight for 10 min or so. I didn't have my longest lens; this is 300mm equiv. 1/1250th @f4. ISO200 .......
399: Inmate Central, those guys, and others, wrote about a lot of 'techno-fantasy' stuff (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-05-21, 08:34:10 (66.205.138.143)
that we all use now. I remember when I got into reading all the Foundation and Robot series books that the notion of a pocket calculator Asimov described in the early '50's was an eye-opener to me as .......
400: Inmate Central, RE: "I thought a backpack was a backpack" (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-05-21, 06:22:59 (66.205.138.143)
good story. Good memory. The early '90s were a mess for me and therefore thankfully a blur. I admit to not knowing (or probably not shopping for) a designated chick pack, till about a year ago. I got .......
401: Inmate Central, AI Dilemma (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-05-20, 09:39:22 (66.205.138.143)
50% of AI researchers think there's a 10% chance or better that humans will go extinct because of AI. It's like you are about to board a plane and half of all the aeronautical engineers think there a .......
402: Inmate Central, looks great! (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-05-20, 07:53:10 (66.205.138.143)
I need to do one of those. I have a nice barrel smoker that could do a good job on it, I think. About how long do you let it cook? .......
403: General Asylum, I just vaccuumed up glass shards (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-05-17, 08:25:12 (66.205.138.143)
from a set of entirely shattered Riedel wine glasses my kid ordered. I don't know if it was a brown, white or DHL truck that brought it. Surely the shipper must have noticed the rattle when he left it .......
404: Inmate Central, RE: Pneumonia recovery (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-05-17, 07:51:44 (66.205.138.143)
dang, John. I didn't realize it was a week in the hospital for you. Glad you're over the worst of it though. Keep up the steady improvement! The pup is no doubt glad to have you back too. .......
405: Inmate Central, very cool! (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-05-15, 08:01:01 (66.205.138.143)
both the bulb and the photo. Great concept and execution. Frame it up! .......
406: Inmate Central, Dang. Sorry, Abe (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-05-13, 12:39:27 (66.205.138.143)
What a bother. Better than a tornado tho. .......
407: Inmate Central, Re: sharpening (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-05-13, 12:15:18 (66.205.138.143)
Topaz DeNoise usuall does all the sharpening I need, and I use it gently. Gigapixel can work well on some things but I think feather detail isn't one of them, or I have yet to learn it. I keep ISO lo .......
408: Inmate Central, RE: phone (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-05-13, 11:48:47 (66.205.138.143)
My iPhone takes dam good pix, especially RAW with the 48mp main camera. But there are things it can't do like my Olympus. The Oly shoots up to 60 fps, RAW, altho I don't do that often. And it has seve .......
409: Inmate Central, Re: feathers. (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-05-13, 10:47:11 (66.205.138.143)
Agree. My camera just has 20 mp so when I crop too much, feather detail gets smooshed. .......
410: Inmate Central, RE: edgy (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-05-12, 21:41:48 (66.205.138.143)
Yeah. I wish they weren't. Severe crops. I ran Topaz DeNoise on them and they got better. I think I ran Topaz Gigapixel and got more 'detail' but like you say, edgy. Just look at it on your phone like .......
411: Inmate Central, FOTD (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-05-12, 14:01:28 (66.205.138.143)
I think I figured out where all the swallows by the river are coming from. Is that guy grinning as he flies off? .......
412: Inmate Central, I just got one too, couple days ago (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-05-12, 11:26:00 (66.205.138.143)
$250 off at Costco. I got the 14", which is slightly more real estate than the 2015, 13" I've been using. I got it to run some photo programs like Adobe and Topaz faster than the i5 chip in the old la .......
413: Inmate Central, nice flowers (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-05-09, 14:00:57 (66.205.138.143)
I kinda like the last one best. Is that a trillium? Our tomatoes are still in little starter pots. I'll put them in the raised bed this week sometime. My wife starts them from seeds. .......
414: Inmate Central, Killer pies, Dean (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-05-09, 06:34:47 (66.205.138.143)
I'd hang on to that daughter, if I were you. .......
415: Inmate Central, RE: In the midwest pie used to mean (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-05-08, 07:54:20 (66.205.138.143)
Baker's Square sounds familiar, but I don't know that I've lived near one. .......
416: Inmate Central, RE: Julian and LInn's (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-05-08, 07:53:31 (66.205.138.143)
My cousin introduced me to Linn's years ago. I kind of remember driving inland some distance thru horse country near Santa Barbara for their shop. Later, they had the nice corner restaurant in San Lui .......
417: Inmate Central, my bad. (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-05-07, 20:53:33 (66.205.138.143)
I realize now that photos like that should be banned here, like politics, religion and country music. Rod'll probably gimme a time-out. Would you like to see the giant tiramisu my in-laws brought ove .......
418: Inmate Central, haha burp nt (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-05-07, 14:56:47 (66.205.138.143)
nt .......
419: Inmate Central, RE: Freeport Bakery (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-05-07, 13:54:11 (66.205.138.143)
I know Freeport Bakery well. It's a local icon for cakes and other pastries. If you're in town and don't want to drive across town for pie, Real Pie is closer, near 24th and Broadway. I like Real P .......
420: Inmate Central, RE: I Love Pie Bakeshop (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-05-07, 13:11:17 (66.205.138.143)
Lumi - this place just popped up new outa nowhere about a year before the pandemic, unless it was laying low right under my pie-sniffing nose, which I doubt. The other pie here I like is downtown - Re .......
421: Inmate Central, POTD (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-05-07, 12:45:56 (66.205.138.143)
Raspberry merengue and honey walnut, from my local pie shop, I ❤️ Pie. That's the name of the shop. .......
422: Inmate Central, jeez... well, as you've probably said yourself... (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-05-06, 11:29:11 (66.205.138.143)
enjoy the ride. More seriously though, I hope all's swell soon. I've had a fkn cough that won't quit for a couple weeks or longer now. 2 negative covid tests, but still. It's allergy season here, big .......
423: Inmate Central, your premise is just wrong (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-05-05, 10:08:16 (66.205.138.143)
"unless it's illegal, there's no reason to resign..." You're ok with unethical, so long as it's not illegal? That's a low bar for the highest court. The SCOTUS doesn't even have a code of ethics, whic .......
424: Inmate Central, RE: Starting with big rigs... (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-05-03, 21:02:57 (66.205.138.143)
I didn't say the the big rigs didn't pay. But do they pay their 'fair share'? Hard to calculate, I suppose, but I've heard they get more out of the roads than they put in. Maybe that's outdated info? .......
425: Inmate Central, RE: EV Taxation (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-05-03, 06:54:08 (66.205.138.143)
couple thoughts: EVs typically cost more. It's sort of like a tax an EV owner pays to be able to drive without dirtying up YOUR air. Meanwhile ICE drivers get to dirty MY air without paying the full c .......
426: Inmate Central, nifty (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-04-28, 15:34:35 (66.205.138.143)
I hear them regularly but the local owl tree blew down in a storm a few years ago about the same time I got a camera and lens that woulda worked on them. We used to walk down with the neighbors to wat .......
427: Inmate Central, cute pup (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-04-28, 13:53:51 (66.205.138.143)
snapping bubbles. What fun! .......
428: Inmate Central, RE: Car Color NAMES (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-04-25, 21:50:38 (66.205.138.143)
well, my Prius Prime is 'Titanium Glow', which apparently is Japanese for 'Almost Pink' according to my wife. I'm too colorblind to know or care. The beemer is 'Schwarz' because for that model, like .......
429: Inmate Central, Congrats, Dean (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-04-24, 12:37:30 (66.205.138.143)
my wife had one as a rental car last week and liked it. It's had good reviews the last few years. You should be good to go, so to speak. .......
430: Inmate Central, "Light the Beam!" (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-04-18, 09:40:39 (66.205.138.143)
Is the new slogan here in Sacramento. It's a good gimmick for when the Kings win that started this season and really caught on. Big, purple laser fired up in the sky from the areas downtown. .......
431: Inmate Central, I'm still a covid virgin (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-04-18, 09:30:13 (66.205.138.143)
I think I'll wait till later in the summer/early fall to get the next booster. I still wear a mask in crowds, wash my hands and use hand Stanitizer. No more washing groceries, thank goodness. ::: TOPI .......
432: Inmate Central, Good to know cuz (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-04-16, 17:20:45 (66.205.138.143)
I just bought a ticket to the Blues Festival in Telluride in Sept! Meeting up with my old grade school thru college buddies. And that's not April Fools. .......
433: Inmate Central, sounds like a win-win nt (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-04-15, 09:00:49 (66.205.138.143)
n .......
434: Inmate Central, crow photobombed my kite pic (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-04-15, 08:20:00 (66.205.138.143)
I was snapping away at the kite that was hunting and hovering in the area when the crow flew into my viewfinder while I was clicking shots on the kite. Fortunately, I got a few frames of the har .......
435: General Asylum, RE: Oldest and newest equipment in your current system (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-04-10, 18:47:28 (66.205.138.143)
I think my oldest is the Eastern Electric Mini Max (tube) cdp. But I got my Tyler Acoustic Taylos about the same time. I'm sure one or the other was used as justification for buying the other within m .......
436: Inmate Central, the photographers in SF have been concerned for a while now (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-04-08, 22:15:44 (66.205.138.143)
bad guys know where the money shot guys hang out at the numerous photo vantange points and zero in on people with the pricey cameras and lenses. Watch them load thousands of bucks worth of gear in a b .......
437: Inmate Central, RE:desaturation (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-04-08, 21:54:38 (66.205.138.143)
I think I used the NIK SilverEfex software on it. I'm not seeing a way to read the exif to see how the editing went. I use NIK as a plug-in to Lightroom but the info isn't embedded that I can find in .......
438: Inmate Central, re-working some old pix (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-04-07, 08:28:25 (66.205.138.143)
I came across this one, from a China/HK trip in 2019. I had it in color in my China folder but thought it might look better as b/w. Sometimes a nifty scene is just sitting right in front of you. I thi .......
439: Inmate Central, RE: Mission Hill Creamery (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-04-07, 08:18:03 (66.205.138.143)
there used to be a little hole in the wall ice cream shop near me, in a run-down strip mall in a not too great, but not too bad, neighborhood. They made their own in-house and never moved or expanded .......
440: Inmate Central, RE: "Extraordinary Attorney Woo" on Netflix, best thing on TV since The "Queens Gambit" (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-04-06, 16:10:24 (66.205.138.143)
Yeah. I liked that one too, especially the general Korean lifestyle, at least the well-to-do Korean lifestyle. And the food. She is a talented actress to play that role. if you liked that, try an epi .......
441: Inmate Central, RE: generally good software... (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-04-03, 19:54:49 (66.205.138.143)
I like the Silver Efex for B/W edits. Haven't tried their sharpener. I assume you could one you like better? I like Topaz DeNoise AI well enough. Thinking about getting DXO but I'm ok enough with what .......
442: Inmate Central, Anyone here using NIK photo software? (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-04-03, 16:26:18 (66.205.138.143)
It's owned by Google or DXO or both now I think. One of their editing apps is Analog Efex Pro - which has filters and controls to do an old film look. Other apps can too, of course. I like this as .......
443: Inmate Central, I supper had an office mobile phone around 1990 (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-04-03, 15:53:50 (66.205.138.143)
Big shoebox sizedbox battery that got hot if your talked more than a brief call. Used it for work and got it sometime around the Loma Prieta earthquake or maybe the Southern Pacific toxic spill into t .......
444: Inmate Central, I use the right eye (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-04-02, 14:46:24 (66.205.138.143)
I only use the LCD when I'm shooting way low or way overhead. I haven't ever thought your left eye right eye notion. I'm not sure these things are mutually exclusive. Just because the one eye sends t .......
445: Inmate Central, it was never in doubt, eh Rod? (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-04-02, 08:10:42 (66.205.138.143)
haha. We watched it. I watched the first half with a friend at the local brew pub, River City. (The owner is a Jayhawk!) and the second at home with my wife. Her daughter is a SDSU grad, so she was pa .......
446: Inmate Central, NBA news (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-03-30, 07:40:06 (66.205.138.143)
Probably I'm the only one here tuned into the Sacramento Kings. That's ok; I don't blame you. They've been not so good for a long time. But last night was a big deal here. Light the Beam! Kings are go .......
447: Inmate Central, glad you like em (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-03-29, 17:01:13 (66.205.138.143)
I've considered it but what the heck? I'm not sure if I really care where they go after I post them. And would it matter or would I ever know if they got used? Usually the ones I post are compressed. .......
448: Inmate Central, Thanks, Dean. yep. Nt (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-03-29, 16:57:30 (66.205.138.143)
n .......
449: Inmate Central, RE: Very nice photos. (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-03-29, 16:56:35 (66.205.138.143)
thanks! The turkeys here are pretty acclimated to all the people walking and biking on the Parkway. They'll come within 10' of me regularly. That one above was maybe 30', but it got closer. I had too .......
450: Inmate Central, thx! nt (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-03-28, 22:00:10 (66.205.138.143)
n .......
451: Inmate Central, thanks Mike. (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-03-28, 21:59:28 (66.205.138.143)
They're all nice to have around here. Lot of variety .......
452: Inmate Central, thanks, Abe (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-03-28, 21:55:34 (66.205.138.143)
haha.. those were the days. You were likely on the American River above Folsom Dam. It's pretty tame here thru town, although there is a short stretch of Class II rapids that a lot of people manage to .......
453: Inmate Central, RE:turtles (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-03-28, 21:47:46 (66.205.138.143)
yep. They do like to line up like that. I've seen over 20 on a log, all facing the same direction. .......
454: Inmate Central, glad you like em, Boss! thanks. nt (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-03-28, 21:45:03 (66.205.138.143)
n .......
455: Inmate Central, RE: WSJ article: "Russia's Economy is Starting to Come Undone" (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-03-28, 14:27:57 (66.205.138.143)
I can't open the WSJ but I bet 'the russian economy' was on the agenda when Xi and the Czar met last week. I didn't catch the outcome of that meeting. But if China is committed to doing their part to .......
456: Inmate Central, fresh critters (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-03-28, 14:13:17 (66.205.138.143)
walking around the last couple days before more rain kicked in, which is happening now. More sunshine coming in a couple days they say. The top pic is a whitewater stretch near us on the American Rive .......
457: Inmate Central, RE: DU (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-03-28, 08:44:51 (66.205.138.143)
I was in a multi-day meeting in Krakow around 2000 with a bunch of guys from all around the former USSR. They were there meeting with US DOD about environmental messes left behind in their countries w .......
458: Inmate Central, cool. I missed that one. (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-03-27, 07:54:49 (66.205.138.143)
Thanks, PG.. Way to go, girls! I'll try to catch the next game. Meanwhile, we're still UCSD Aztec fans. My wifey's daughter, which makes her my stepdaughter, graduated from there. She's a good Jayhawk .......
459: Inmate Central, THC gummies on top? (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-03-26, 11:27:37 (66.205.138.143)
Elk Grove has a lot of good food. My daughter lives there. I'm not aware of any great food there tho. Could be an opportunity! There are some nice places in Roseville. My son cooks at La Provence. Gre .......
460: Inmate Central, Fairchild Camera (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-03-26, 10:07:18 (66.205.138.143)
I remember when a friend of my dad's back in the late '50s, early '60's hit the jackpot on Fairchild. I don't know if dad put any money in, or had any spare $$ at the time anyhow. It was a stock to ha .......
461: Inmate Central, RE: PCOTD (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-03-26, 10:01:36 (66.205.138.143)
Mulder gotta love that, John! My dog wants to tag along next time. .......
462: Inmate Central, ICOTD (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-03-26, 07:32:41 (66.205.138.143)
Gunther's was picked by some foodie review a while back as the best ice cream in California. Who knows, really, but it's here in Sacto and handy. We figured we earned it after walking 4-5 miles aro .......
463: Inmate Central, my wife is a UCLA girl (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-03-24, 09:27:14 (66.205.138.143)
so we didn't like the way that turned out either, Rod. Nowell put on quite a show for Silo Tech tho. And today, our one family remaining team is on - The Aztecs. Our daughter's alma mater (altho she' .......
464: Inmate Central, That looks good (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-03-23, 16:09:35 (66.205.138.143)
It's a little more elaborate than what I do. I might try it next time. I use about equal parts of roasted garlic and pistachio that I press into the mustard/OO. And I add a couple tbsp of chopped rose .......
465: Inmate Central, worcestershire, huh? I'll try that (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-03-23, 08:05:36 (66.205.138.143)
your post got me going. To Costco, for 3 racks of lamb, last night. I did my std prep with the dijon/OO/pistachio/garlic. Had the in-laws over and served it with creamy rosemary polenta and roasted br .......
466: Inmate Central, RE: LCOTD (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-03-22, 10:54:46 (66.205.138.143)
we get those now and then. They are tasty! I usually marinate and grill them. the other lamb thing I get at Costco is the little racks. 6-8 bones. I slather them with a blend of dijon mustard and oli .......
467: Inmate Central, yeah. I'll miss it (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-03-22, 08:26:44 (66.205.138.143)
I used it as one good source of info for buying, but there are others. The guys who ran it will go to Petapixel. I agree that it would be nice to have that database not disappear. .......
468: Inmate Central, JOTD (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-03-19, 12:17:18 (66.205.138.143)
Joke from my kid: Why are the Great Pyramids in Egypt? Answer: Because they wouldn't fit in the British Museum .......
469: Speaker Asylum, The Tyler Acoustics Taylos and Linbrook are two different speakers (post below) (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-03-19, 10:29:09 (66.205.138.143)
coincidentally, I have both! The Taylo's are smaller, with just the one mid-bass speaker (and a different tweeter). The ones in the Audiocircle post are the Taylos. The Linbrook has two of the 7" mid .......
470: Inmate Central, SOTD (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-03-19, 08:22:11 (66.205.138.143)
Here's a category of speakers I hadn't noticed before. A streaming party speaker. Not for me, of course, but for some people it could work. Like my nephew with a pool and rowdy friends. My daughter ha .......
471: Inmate Central, Jayhawks bite the dust (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-03-18, 17:48:17 (66.205.138.143)
It was a battle. Dammy. Freed up some time over the next couple weeks for me tho, I suppose. Gradey Dick not scoring to his avg hurt. Maybe he'll come back another year now. At least Duke lost too. :: .......
472: Inmate Central, RE: March Madness makes history....#1 goes down to #16 seed (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-03-18, 11:27:17 (66.205.138.143)
I read that the FD upset over Purdue was the biggest point spread underdog win in the tournament history. Which seems implausible but that's what I read. I think it's those kinda games that give the .......
473: Inmate Central, aside from 'cloth vs whatever' (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-03-16, 11:47:39 (66.205.138.143)
I think the thing that most kept the virus spreading is that people who had symptoms or were otherwise contagious didn't wear any. A decent sealing mask like a KN95 will protect the wearer pretty well .......
474: Inmate Central, RE: Happy Pi Day! (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-03-15, 16:06:54 (174.208.161.232)
Pie Day! .......
475: Inmate Central, RE: Happy Pi Day! (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-03-15, 10:39:26 (66.205.138.143)
Pie Day! .......
476: Inmate Central, congrats! Cool pix. We have shrimp in our tank too (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-03-13, 11:25:57 (66.205.138.143)
Idk what kind. It's my kid's tank. And here's my go-to cocktail sauce recipe, if you're interested: ketchup - about a half cup or so juice of a half lemon horseradish to taste, whatever kind you lik .......
477: Inmate Central, even within baseball (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-03-13, 11:09:44 (66.205.138.143)
35% hitting: good. Pitching: not so much .......
478: Inmate Central, RE: Self being down brought his team down, imo. Sympathy pains. They will be back. (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-03-11, 18:57:10 (66.205.138.143)
Yeah. But I think Texas was favored to win the conference this season, going in. Seems like. .......
479: Inmate Central, my Jayhawks went down in flames (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-03-11, 18:23:27 (66.205.138.143)
I hate loosing to Texas. KU was flat, other than Jalen Wilson. Also, coach was in the hospital but I don't think that was the problem. The real tournament is what counts. .......
480: Inmate Central, RE: E bike loses, Trek wins... (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-03-11, 18:21:05 (66.205.138.143)
Nice looking bike, Jim! I'm sure you'll like riding that. You apparently think you won't need any suspension for the paths, huh? I probably would have wanted some. I supposed I've gotten used to havin .......
481: Inmate Central, well.. Kansas hoops win % since 1899 (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-03-11, 09:58:42 (66.205.138.143)
is 73%. Just sayin, because it's that time of year. And then there's Rocky Marciano and Floyd Mayweather with 100%. Either of them in their prime could kick Shiffrin's butt in the first round probab .......
482: Inmate Central, I'll share that with a few friends (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-03-10, 20:26:57 (67.187.154.51)
and be sorry I did. .......
483: Inmate Central, haha. what a licker. nt (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-03-09, 19:33:05 (67.187.154.51)
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484: Inmate Central, LMOTD & a puppy (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-03-09, 19:22:36 (67.187.154.51)
Babysitting my daughter's new pup, Maisy. A designer Bernie-doodle. Sheesh. But she is cute. And an excellent pee-er. And the local market - Nugget. Elk Grove used to be kinda backwater not lon .......
485: Inmate Central, white tailed kite and a crow (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-03-06, 11:50:31 (66.205.138.143)
not in the same frame. Sorry. I realize the moon is OOF. My camera can do in-camera focus stacking, but I didn't think of it yesterday. Maybe I'll try again. Both it and the crows are dependa .......
486: Inmate Central, if there's a fast food culture here, it's probably tacos (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-03-06, 11:38:57 (66.205.138.143)
it's the golden age of tacos. And beer. And pot. .......
487: Inmate Central, nifty! (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-03-06, 08:13:24 (66.205.138.143)
looks like one of the little river beaches near my house, although my river isn't that wide. Good for dog and people swimming. .......
488: Inmate Central, it was a derailment about 30 years ago in California (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-03-06, 08:11:01 (66.205.138.143)
that gave birth to the California Environmental Protection Agency. Southern Pacific derailed a tank car in a stretch along the Sacramento River near Dunsmuir called the 'Cantara Loop' dumping the herb .......
489: Inmate Central, looks like a nice scenic drive! nt (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-03-06, 07:52:20 (66.205.138.143)
n .......
490: Inmate Central, some Car and Driver inconsistency here I think (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-03-06, 07:50:03 (66.205.138.143)
I'm pretty sure it was C&D that listed my E28 BMW M5 as one of the top 50 all-time, but it doesn't make the cut here for their slate of 1988's. Instead they like a bunch of Hondas, Acuras, Fords... Ma .......
491: Inmate Central, I have a Gazelle C380+ model (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-03-06, 07:32:41 (66.205.138.143)
55 pounds, which is still pretty heavy alright. Also, not cheap, although there are pricier ones out there, for sure. I never planned to lift it up on the roof. I got a hitch rack so I just have to bo .......
492: Inmate Central, I had a great view of it (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-02-23, 07:04:27 (66.205.138.143)
last night, but I was on my way to dinner and not in charge of driving or I woulda run back in for my camera. And I don't think I'll get a chance tonight - rain and overcast. Tonight I think, if one h .......
493: Inmate Central, RE: bad pic (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-02-21, 11:22:44 (66.205.138.143)
I've gotten pix of Jupiter's moons. But Jup itself gets blown out. I wish I could get the banding. .......
494: Inmate Central, I grew up in the Pancake Hub of the Universe (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-02-21, 10:06:47 (66.205.138.143)
and my favorite oxymoron and home of Dorothy and Land of Oz..... Liberal, Kansas. We had a Pancake parade, school got let out, there was a princess and the big annual international race of housewifes .......
495: Inmate Central, New granddogger, and a bird (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-02-21, 07:43:46 (66.205.138.143)
My daughter got a new puppy. It's pretty dam cute. Bernie-doodle. The hawk is a red shoulder I caught fluffing up. There's a feather on the loose to the left. .......
496: Inmate Central, looks tasty (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-02-20, 09:17:02 (66.205.138.143)
and juicy. and unorthodox, but whatever works! .......
497: Inmate Central, probably too early to talk about college hoops (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-02-19, 08:28:38 (66.205.138.143)
for some of you. Not me! The Kansas / Baylor game yesterday was a really entertaining game. Those are the last two national champions, playing in what most commentators consider to be the best venue i .......
498: Inmate Central, RE: BOTD (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-02-19, 07:37:47 (66.205.138.143)
nifty. We have resident mockingbirds too. Cool birds with a nice playlist. .......
499: Inmate Central, we did the past three nights (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-02-18, 09:10:01 (66.205.138.143)
she's up near the Oregon border cleaning up hazmat at yet more burnt houses and businesses after the wildfires. .......
500: Inmate Central, The genie may not want to go back in the bottle (0.00)
Posted by stan2 on 2023-02-17, 08:50:12 (66.205.138.143)
Forget the second part about Elon. The first half about Microsoft's AI chat is kinda disturbing. 'Invent killer viruses'. 'Hack nuke codes' .......
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