Dave1291

I see what you're doing @Full Range! It's not gonna work! YOU think I'm gonna start buying CD's now cause I'm outta room... NOT happening!

Score! Picked up 4 tickets for Keb Mo' just down the road a bit from in August. Great seats and I'm stoked for a road trip. This song pretty much sums things up for all of us old curmudgeon's. Check it out! lol

Bout darn time you surface in here @Tarheel! How's the mama bear's tennis game and that youngin you got runnin around the house? Also gonna need a hot tub and bubble update pretty darn soon. Another addition goin on yet? Get the shed rebuilt? Missin your ugly mug brother! Oh yea, gonna need a gear update soon too.

@MeloManiac being the nice guy that you are you could just fill me up a box full and ship it too me here. Trust me on this one brother. 😂

Getting some of it here in Ohio too. Sad to see all of the fires up there. Such beautiful country. ANY forest fire is sad to see.

The way the red headed step children in this forum roll! 😂 Can't go toooo wrong w/anything Blue Note imo.

LONG day here again today. Have a plate full of stuff going on right now but did get some of it sorted today. THEN I broke out the gas Stihl trimmers and tackled 3 huge burning bushes on the end of the house. Those suckers have been here forever I think but I finally broke out the chain saw on 'em a couple years ago. Now it's like cuttin cake but still a ton of work for me. Ran outta garbage cans so a trip to the compost site tomorrow morning and I'll knock the rest out in the morning. The downside maybe some spotty showers. I'll be done though by the weekend since they're calling for rain all weekend. No rain in 2 weeks isn't good for my new landscaping. So I'm beat and decided McD's for a milkshake only to be told the ice cream machine is broken. No idea when they'll get parts they said. Seriously? Byte me! THEN get the news that Keb' Mo' is playing in a renovated theatre about 50 miles away. He squeezed it into his tour. So made a couple calls and snagged 4. Priced 79 each which is crazy for a 4.7 star tour. THAT made the day! Road trip! 😂

@JohnJ She's just starting to blossom. When that happens look out! Had it not been for @Marvel we'd have been clueless. When I heard her I was stunned and the more I read about her the more I realized she had the correct mentality and drive to make her mark. She's only gonna get better imo. When she blooms it's gonna be fun to watch!

Killin me George. Ya did it the right way. That German engineering once again.

Who knows. At the start of the day, enough. The F-4 around my neck w/the AF zoom ugh, left shoulder an F-5/300 2.8 on a stick for balance lol cause the right shoulder had the Domke bag. At the end of the day it was ugly heavy. Many hot days shooting Indy cars I just wanted to drag the 300/F-5 by the bottom of the stick and go home. The Fuji bag had the Metz, waist pack, light meter and a couple spare batteries just in case. It was on the left shoulder under the stick if I took it at all. They safety guys will keep an eye on your gear if you ask em too so I'd drop that near the tower/finish line or leave it w/Nikon Pro Services @ Indy. I ALWAYS pushed the limit and would again today. One day the indy cars were running @ Mid-Ohio here so one of the spotters on a hair pin turn asked if I wanted to go closer to the track. Straight shot down a slope, under a bridge, up the other side into a hairpin coming out right at me warp 3 then into the last turn to the finish line. I jumped at the chance to go down there I didn't care WHO was gonna spot for me. That fast you're both dead. Maybe 15 feet from the outside edge of the track and the adrenaline rush started. First car up the leader, my finger froze on the motor drive. 36 frames in a couple seconds. Not reloading there so I backed away to the fence then we went down for more. Much better the second time. Rick Mears was the first driver and Mario was the second. Only time in my life I was shaking when I was done shooting. At the end of the race Rick saw me and came over and shook my hand. Welcomed me to the "club." Started laffin his rear off so I told him thanks and what happened. THEN he started laffin harder. He never forgot that. He'd see me, point and grin. I'd just shake my head and give him a thumbs up. lol The most humiliating story involves a former President and the Secret Service but only if ya want it. lol Yea, I wanna backspace that sentence but if ya want it ya got it. 😂

@amped You're catchin the drift of this place. The red-headed step children usually hang here & vinyl record spinning if you'd like to join us. 😂

@amped that was a hoot! 😂

@Marvel She was with Dirks Bentley. I guess she did one song w/him according to the setlist www.cleveland.com posted. Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway open for Dierks Bentley show at Blossom, June 3, 2023 Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway perform at Blossom Music Center as opening act for Dierks Bentley show, June 3, 2023.

For some reason this just popped up in my notify. Dunno. Just an thread @Tarheel created as a place to hang and chit chat. Guys started talking about something startind w/the letter C soooo he kept adding it to the title. Simple. Like minded ppl just chewing the fat. lol

Funny this popped up. Just pulled my junk outta the closet for one last peek. The youngest daughter in Phoenix wants my gear. Last time I used it was at Mid-Ohio in 1998 the photo pass says. Had my usual Tower & Hot pass for the Indy car race. It's been packed away since. After 28 years of string sports for a paper and many Golf/Racing mags I called it quits. EVERYone was going digital and I wasn't jumping on the wagon. Just too much money and the profit offset wasn't there. Was I any good? Many said I was the best but that's neither here or there. I just took an immense amount of pride in my work. Today it's all digital but for some crazy reason she wants to shoot film. Yea, I've preached that these lenses will work with digital bodies but she's not listening. Someday maybe but we'll see. Here ya go w/some thoughts. 1. My Domke bag. Pricey but the most comfortable bag (once it's broken in) you ever throw on your shoulder. About 2 million miles on mine. Hurts to let it go but my right shoulder is only an inch lower than my left today. It also served as a great place to stach free food from the press room or anywhere I could find it. Sammich for the road cause I didn't stop movin til it was over. I'm cheap! 2. F4 body. Then came the F5 then digital. Blah. Mirrors prolly frozen and needs to go to NPS. Junk it. 3. Lenses? On the body Nikon ED AF-S 28-70 1:2.8 D. Pricey but a joy to use it'll stop any running back dead in his tracks. 85mm 1.4, 180.2.8, 24mm 2.8, also a 50mm 1.4, 35mm 2 or 2.8 and my 300mm 2.8 still sittin in the closet. Metz 60 C-4 strobe w/the nicad waist pack, Gossen Luna Pro F meter. That's my story and I'm stickin to it. Bittersweet letting it go but at my age all I need is a cell. Blah, they work I guess. Not a geek so it is what it is. Picked that nosey bear up for a buck at an old H-D guy's auction. It's signed and I'm thinkin he brought it back from Sturgis one year. Who know but for a buck he's fun. Even found a 25 year old exposed roll of film. That might be interesting if it's any good. lol My freezer? About 400 rolls of Kodachrome64 the only thing I shot when I shot slides. My bag of tricks will be heading to Phoenix next week. Downsizing is good but it sure as heck is bittersweet. Carry on!

@MeloManiac Yes Sir, gotta love a scrounge! Shall we say SCORE?

Hey now, I'm not the movie dude. Gust gimme mah tunes and the h3ll w/everything else. That world's gonna keep right on spinning. Another from Gabriel. I'm gettin the itch cauise it's been soooo long. I'd have to pay for these and I'm one cheap dude. Arrrrrrrgh... I gotta quit nosin on him. Might though.

From Peter Gabriel's I/O tour... LP's gotta drop soon or maybe it has already. Columbus show on 9/25 but tickets are crazy. Should be a fantastic lp though.

😂 Not bad, not bad at all... The first few weeks you were here I knew you'd fit right in w/our band of brothers! 😂 I'll take your word for it. Wasn't that Wes Harrison dude in the movie Police Academy?

I got a reprieve on the ball game. Daughter said they cancelled it because of the heat. lolol Been lurnkin in here getting caught up.

@Marvel Molly is playing tonight up @ Blossom Music just south of Cleveland. Should have jumped in your Lear and gone w/me. lol I'll let ya know how it went but I'm sure she handled it well.

Clockin out for a couple hours. Seems as though I forgot the grandson's baseball game. lol Wonder how many hot dogs I can eat. Kill both those birds w/one stone.

Ni Ni !

Taking a break for a bit here. I'm hangry! Gettin caught up w/George while I do. There might be a quiz later. Ya never know about THAT guy!