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'Get off my grass': Man interrupts Australian PM
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Get off my LAWN! "Grumpy Old Farts"
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Been busy for a while, so........................
) opened up, on a downed tree, whereupon, a squirrel came sauntering up the log and into the camera bag to check out what lenses I had in it. 
Again, for those who need to know - Canon FD lenses: 24/2.8, 35/2.8, 50/2.8 macro with 25mm extension tube (which came in handy on the longer lenses, too), 100/2.8, and 200/4, all to go with my F1n with standard finder.
Another time, we were sitting next to the Merced River, at the top of Vernal Falls, sitting on the ground having lunch, when a squirrel sauntered up my SO's leg to have a peak at the bag of dried apples she was eating. She, literally, tapped the squirrel's forehead and told him to wait his turn, then gave him a piece to eat. The squirrel patiently hung around for a while for some more. Oh, yeah, there was this marmot at Olmsted Point, one time............
slaving in front of a hot stove printing in front of an enlarger for hours on end. 
Mmm, Nathan's!
I was a afraid to click Play!
Similar to Los Angeles (the land of a thousand smokes).
We've had a couple of interesting encounters with squirrels at Yosemite over the years. While in a meadow south of the Ahwahnee Hotel one time, I had a my camera bag (Tamrac 608, for those who need to know
) opened up, on a downed tree, whereupon, a squirrel came sauntering up the log and into the camera bag to check out what lenses I had in it. Again, for those who need to know - Canon FD lenses: 24/2.8, 35/2.8, 50/2.8 macro with 25mm extension tube (which came in handy on the longer lenses, too), 100/2.8, and 200/4, all to go with my F1n with standard finder.Another time, we were sitting next to the Merced River, at the top of Vernal Falls, sitting on the ground having lunch, when a squirrel sauntered up my SO's leg to have a peak at the bag of dried apples she was eating. She, literally, tapped the squirrel's forehead and told him to wait his turn, then gave him a piece to eat. The squirrel patiently hung around for a while for some more. Oh, yeah, there was this marmot at Olmsted Point, one time............
I have one of their stereo DIs, a ProD2, that I always have plugged into my Bass Noodles® recording rig.
You were not supposed to memorize the music?!?!?!?
Like this?
I got a similar one for Christmas decades ago; it would always fall over if I looked at it sideways. Kept me from reading (and learning to read) music.
See above...................
I, once, sold Sony earbuds replacement foam to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, in the late '80s. I bet he had no trouble installing those.
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An old friend of mine designed and built a noise cancelling microphone system for the GD. Same guy who designed and built those PIE 4000 watt power amps for Phil Lesh. There were a couple that he (my friend) had sitting in the rafters of his garage in the '80s.
Enjoying the renovation?
Here's a (majorly edited down from around 800 images, so far) travelogue of the porch project, up to now, starting from where we left off:
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Been busy for a while, so........................
Mmm, Nathan's!
I was a afraid to click Play!
Similar to Los Angeles (the land of a thousand smokes).
We've had a couple of interesting encounters with squirrels at Yosemite over the years. While in a meadow south of the Ahwahnee Hotel one time, I had a my camera bag (Tamrac 608, for those who need to know
Another time, we were sitting next to the Merced River, at the top of Vernal Falls, sitting on the ground having lunch, when a squirrel sauntered up my SO's leg to have a peak at the bag of dried apples she was eating. She, literally, tapped the squirrel's forehead and told him to wait his turn, then gave him a piece to eat. The squirrel patiently hung around for a while for some more. Oh, yeah, there was this marmot at Olmsted Point, one time............
I have one of their stereo DIs, a ProD2, that I always have plugged into my Bass Noodles® recording rig.
You were not supposed to memorize the music?!?!?!?
Like this?
I got a similar one for Christmas decades ago; it would always fall over if I looked at it sideways. Kept me from reading (and learning to read) music.
See above...................
I, once, sold Sony earbuds replacement foam to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, in the late '80s. I bet he had no trouble installing those.
Tryslaving in front of a hot stoveprinting in front of an enlarger for hours on end.
An old friend of mine designed and built a noise cancelling microphone system for the GD. Same guy who designed and built those PIE 4000 watt power amps for Phil Lesh. There were a couple that he (my friend) had sitting in the rafters of his garage in the '80s.
Spending this day with Odin, who is by my side (as is his preference). Odin's relationship with squirrels is a different tale. My own experience with squirrels has an antecedent.
In the course of following a lead — in a time I and my colleagues in my former line of work were not seen as enemies — discovered the bubonic plague is still very much around. And not all that far away (but completely treatable). Called Sylvatic plague - Wikipedia when it is in a state of equilibrium with the rodent populations, the cycle breaks when your average family takes the family pet dog for a picnic in the national forest. They let the dog off the lead so he can romp. Dog chases ground squirrel. Ground squirrel goes down hole. Dog sticks nose down. Exhaled dog breath excites the plague-carrying fleas, who jump on the dog's snout.
Everyone goes home, dog has bubonic plague. Dog dies, fleas find humans, everyone's unhappy. Records are verifiable, and this is what we find as a reporter.
I thought the Amish don't care to have their picture taken?
I got permission to do so. You have no idea what it's like to wait for the opportune time to catch them looking away to clack the shutter! One of them actually told me he had no issues with being photographed, but I was still careful to delete files as needed. Some others, if I post them, will get doctoring up in PS.
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Really looks like a bang-up job. And just in time for summer.
So that's where Frank Zappa got that title.
Been busy for a while, so........................
Mmm, Nathan's!
I was a afraid to click Play!
Similar to Los Angeles (the land of a thousand smokes).
We've had a couple of interesting encounters with squirrels at Yosemite over the years. While in a meadow south of the Ahwahnee Hotel one time, I had a my camera bag (Tamrac 608, for those who need to know
Another time, we were sitting next to the Merced River, at the top of Vernal Falls, sitting on the ground having lunch, when a squirrel sauntered up my SO's leg to have a peak at the bag of dried apples she was eating. She, literally, tapped the squirrel's forehead and told him to wait his turn, then gave him a piece to eat. The squirrel patiently hung around for a while for some more. Oh, yeah, there was this marmot at Olmsted Point, one time............
I have one of their stereo DIs, a ProD2, that I always have plugged into my Bass Noodles® recording rig.
You were not supposed to memorize the music?!?!?!?
Like this?
I got a similar one for Christmas decades ago; it would always fall over if I looked at it sideways. Kept me from reading (and learning to read) music.
See above...................
I, once, sold Sony earbuds replacement foam to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, in the late '80s. I bet he had no trouble installing those.
Tryslaving in front of a hot stoveprinting in front of an enlarger for hours on end.
An old friend of mine designed and built a noise cancelling microphone system for the GD. Same guy who designed and built those PIE 4000 watt power amps for Phil Lesh. There were a couple that he (my friend) had sitting in the rafters of his garage in the '80s.
OK, that is too cool. That is a relatively rare Eb contra-bass clarinet. Didn't know MM played horns.
You were not supposed to memorize the music?!?!?!?
I was surprised, had no idea I could do that. I remember gulping when I realized I had forgotten it and figured well nobody will notice I'll just march, but it came to me as I marched, I was pretty happy as our band leader had sharp ears (upright bassist) and could pick you right out of the band when you screwed up or tried fooling around with the tubes as I did one day. It made the whole trumpet flat and I saw him giving me a look and asked to look at it after practice, I knew something was wrong but didn't know much at all about musical instruments although I had the ears. It's been a blessing and a curse, it made me lazy when I was young.
Lookin' really good.
Just outta curiosity, are they using bellows to supply the air operated tools? Or a hand-cranked generator? J/K. They're doing beautiful work.
It all looks top notch, sound structure. The windows look way better.
I see that the Amish are using power tools!
That’s pretty scary. I hope that Odin understands when you tell him you are keeping him on a leash for his own good.
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