Random Picture YOU'VE TAKEN Thread

[RJ]

There must be some good photographers here.

Rulez: Post a picture YOU HAVE TAKEN. That's it.

Add a few words if you like.

Let's see what ya got.

My entry: Yellowstone River, Yellowstone National Park. We had parked near the 35 busses at the turn around and I was wading through the tourists. I leaned over out of view on a slight rise, and snapped this shot. It always makes me smile.

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[Duke]

My wife on the courtyard at Schloss Neuschwanstein about a decade ago.


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[Kyle Reese]

Taken in November 2013 on my honeymoon. Wife and I went to Jerome, AZ one afternoon and enjoyed the history, wine, food and the view. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190803/bbdf4faa987803aaa1c8b5b09254fa09.jpg

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[Greg]

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This guy in my backyard, I was grilling burgers.

[Casual Friday]

This is a place I've been coming to since I was a kid. My Dad and I used to hike up to it, build a little fire and cook a hot dog for lunch. It's one of our favorite places to take the family for a picnic. This was taken last fall/early winter just before the snow sets in. Lots of memories were made here.

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[Malamute]

Out for a drive, early May, 08

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RE Jerome, cool town, one of the places we used to ride to just for something to do.

[Duelist]

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Kids in my youth group rapelling off a 70+ foot cliff. Arizona.

[11B10]

Great idea, RJ - only problem: wearing out the "LIKE!" Gotta get busy....

[Guinnessman]

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Cruisin’ over Turks and Caicos on a springtime afternoon.

[trailrunner]

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18 August 2010. I took this photo during a 15 hour day doing a field test in the California desert. Each morning it would be 100 F by the time we reached our test site at 0900, and I knew it was going to be a long day. The next day set a record for Imperial CA when it reached 114 F. We were out there with absolutely no shade. It was hot, but every time I look at an Army uniform, I know I played a small part.

[BobM]

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Yesterday we paddled 2.5 miles up the creek that feeds a state park lake. Ran out of water and had to turn around.

[miller_man]

Ok, I'll play. Not as good but I thought this was kinda neat. Came out one morning to find this guy on my truck tire, believe it is a Cicada bug just shedding his shell. Wikipedia tells me this

" In the final nymphal instar, they construct an exit tunnel to the surface and emerge.[9] They then moult (shed their skins) on a nearby plant for the last time, and emerge as adults. The exuviae or abandoned exoskeletons remain, still clinging to the bark of the tree."

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[MistWolf]

Venice, California
https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-LrF7LT8/0/e4ae486a/X2/i-LrF7LT8-X2.jpg

[AKDoug]

Moberly Lake, BChttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190803/45f82b23a5a1768c116d843fbdb88ec2.jpg


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[CCT125US]

Great blue heron outside kitchen window. We typically have a dozen or so nesting down the creek about 200 yards.

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[andre3k]

Driver said he bought the car two months ago and had no idea those were in the trunk. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190803/fc589d6165305509170b7e45776a6140.jpg

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[snow white]

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Trip to Acadia my wife and I took last month. I haven't been for a few years, was good to get back.

[Kyle Reese]

The Dead Sea, from the Jordanian side...https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190803/04214dfb5e38d7dea04719bf539fccab.jpg

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[Pacioli]

A sharp shinned hawk on my courtyard gate

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[Greg]

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A fixer-upper in the Nevada desert.

[Nightvisionary]

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[MistWolf]

Just another day on the job-

Enstrom F-28 after it sucked a valve and spat it out through the turbo
https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-fbw2CK2/0/5aca6bb5/X3/i-fbw2CK2-X3.jpg

Brand new Robbies. R66s & R44s awaiting delivery at the Robinson plant in California
https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-nZMpw8k/0/ea31821c/X4/i-nZMpw8k-X4.jpg

Any landing you can walk away from...
https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-4J9HH2C/0/907372f9/X2/i-4J9HH2C-X2.jpg

[pistolwrench]

https://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z228/pistolwrench19/2019Shorty/MF1.jpg~original

[Hieronymous]

There must be some good photographers here.

Rulez: Post a picture YOU HAVE TAKEN. That's it.

Add a few words if you like.

Let's see what ya got.

My entry: Yellowstone River, Yellowstone National Park. We had parked near the 35 busses at the turn around and I was wading through the tourists. I leaned over out of view on a slight rise, and snapped this shot. It always makes me smile.

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Brilliant thread; sure to be endlessly interesting and envy inducing :)

[Bigghoss]

Taken at the Camp Amache cemetary.

https://scontent.fapa1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/66412533_10157021812070219_3794917696974356480_n.j pg?_nc_cat=103&_nc_eui2=AeGNIRxwxVtJs1NKqupMvb9AtWszzC00HLxL99CkJ d5YicCGKsdSjPpNI9pa6In-uvlQefHlnD84k9RTGxoxw6FxO5f9ZQCK2UZH8Vp6T624DQ&_nc_oc=AQn_qGDy77UWxoWz5VWRWw4eudF0fHK5D_zJihaOxX0 mnPwQJQcG0dsREWe_DYkGGnh04DdIcpe2CgslR3kbT40N&_nc_ht=scontent.fapa1-1.fna&oh=ebfd27dce351da8a9a803e103079c707&oe=5DA50DC1

[RJ]

Great idea, RJ - only problem: wearing out the "LIKE!" Gotta get busy....


Brilliant thread; sure to be endlessly interesting and envy inducing :)

I wish I could take credit for it, but, like most things on the internet, I grabbed the idea from somewhere else. I just thought it would be a cool thread idea here.

Great pictures so far!!

[Kyle Reese]

Valentine's Eve sky in Baghdad, Iraq, many years ago.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190803/1d5b80c29e9744d96b89cbfb345a6086.jpg

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[Stephanie B]

Fog in the Harlem River valley in the summer of 2008.

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[Nightvisionary]

Border

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[pistolwrench]

https://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z228/pistolwrench19/TOAD%20PICS/P4.jpg~original

[Le Français]

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A disused castle somewhere in the hidden heart of France.


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[5pins]

https://i.imgur.com/jSmlYhXl.jpg?1

[idahojess]

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Dog training in January on wild(ish) birds. (We had a nice January. February through mid-March sucked...)

[StraitR]

Great thread idea!!! @RJ

I'll dig up some more random stuff, but here are a few of our now almost 10 year old Golden Retriever, Mason. Good dog.

https://live.staticflickr.com/2448/3615387026_225dc7fb05_b.jpg

https://live.staticflickr.com/3387/3611954701_97ce5665d3_b.jpg

https://live.staticflickr.com/3316/3612769872_a4d2d3a05e_b.jpg

https://live.staticflickr.com/1653/23791238783_d121d04133_b.jpg

https://live.staticflickr.com/1602/24562334322_bc47ce9e7e_b.jpg

[Andy in NH]

At the airport outside Kismayo, Somalia April '93.

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[MistWolf]

Be vewy, vewy quiet...
https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-T4RgJr9/0/6540d19f/586HP%2AHtLge%2B13dTUMN4naYVo%2Ag%3D-1564968988-O/i-T4RgJr9.jpg

[Artemas2]

This is "Frank" She was part of our dairy herd before we had to quit. I used to sit on top her whenever we let the girls out of the barn after milking and ride out to the pasture. I rarely get emotional over live stock, but it was hard loading her on the truck. She did get lucky and go to another dairy operation instead of beef)
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[pistolwrench]

https://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z228/pistolwrench19/Tarantula/q1.jpg~original

[Nightvisionary]

Newest Nike World Headquarters employee gym.

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[taadski]

https://i.imgur.com/A1YyuCsl.jpg

[Holmes375]

Green River lakes, Wyoming Wind River range. Taken from my canoe.

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[RevolverRob]

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[Jason M]

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Bald Mt in Utah. This is from the summit at just shy of 12,000 ft. Looking toward Wyoming.

[Jason M]

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Return to the tree line from the summit. This was just before Thanksgiving 2018 and there was about a foot of fresh on top of about 3ft of crust/packed. I was really missing my snowshoes. Postholing all the way up and back sucked out loud. Winds were crazy and it was good to be back in the trees.

[BobM]

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Found my fly rod in the garage a few days ago. It probably hasn't been out of its case in 25 years. I made a few practice casts in the yard and attached a new leader. Today I went to a pond at a SW Ohio wildlife area and caught a couple bluegill, this one on a fly I tied way back then.

[Trukinjp13]

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190804/bb676b26ca7fc4d8d8910223db84f751.jpg

Waking the dogs out in the back country


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[Paul D]

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[Borderland]

A young Barred owl in my front yard. They hang out because of a good supply of rabbits.

https://i.ibb.co/LtZQkXs/P1020276.jpg

Oregon coast

https://image.ibb.co/dtmiZU/P1000626.jpg

Utah desert storm

https://i.ibb.co/Y06FyNB/P1020087.jpg

[baddean]

Ummm….. the out without the house. BYOTP.
South of Gunnison Colorado
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[RJ]

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190804/bb676b26ca7fc4d8d8910223db84f751.jpg

Waking the dogs out in the back country


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Awesome picture.

What a story it could tell.


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[Shellback]

Every year we do a men only Lake Fest, each year is a different lake in the Adirondacks. Last month at Indian Lake, NY

https://i.imgur.com/KDpB1AJ.jpg

[Wheeler]

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Sunset at Maasai Mara

[baddean]

Prairie dog control. (more fun than we should be allowed to have)

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[baddean]

A trip my wife and I took in '09. Went to the World Superbike Races in Toelle Ut. (Miller Motorsports Park) Left Cincinnati at 8 am Wed. morning and was sitting at the race track Friday at noon watching practices.
This was Capitol Reef National Park. One of my favorites. Since everyone goes to the more popular parks there was almost no one else here.


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[Paul D]

It was a long day for both of us.

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[StraitR]

Shot of some random people at a local Orange County CA fair from when we lived out there for a bit. I've always enjoyed B&W street photography.
https://live.staticflickr.com/3475/3999423039_8a125cbff6_b.jpg

[Borderland]

Shot of some random people at a local Orange County CA fair from when we lived out there for a bit. I've always enjoyed B&W street photography.
https://live.staticflickr.com/3475/3999423039_8a125cbff6_b.jpg

B&W adds a lot to photography. I accidentally stumbled onto that in AZ bumming around Tombstone AZ. I had my camera set to B&W and didn't know it. At first I was pretty pissed off until I saw some of the photos. This is the ghost town of Fairbank AZ. est 1886. That was the depot/post office, later a store. It's been abandoned a very long time. Tombstone didn't have a RR so everything came thru here.

https://i.ibb.co/Tm4SNW6/P1010779.jpg

[Borderland]

A trip my wife and I took in '09. Went to the World Superbike Races in Toelle Ut. (Miller Motorsports Park) Left Cincinnati at 8 am Wed. morning and was sitting at the race track Friday at noon watching practices.
This was Capitol Reef National Park. One of my favorites. Since everyone goes to the more popular parks there was almost no one else here.


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We were there a few years ago. Camped about a week and we both love that place. Utah has more to see than one can imagine. I think we've hit about all the parks there.

[blues]

We were there a few years ago. Camped about a week and we both love that place. Utah has more to see than one can imagine. I think we've hit about all the parks there.

Did a motorcycle trip there (from FL) about 20 years ago. Beautiful.

[Nightvisionary]

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[Larry Sellers]

Our last night in Naples a few months back.

It's pretty in a sort of "visit Camden NJ because it has the best pizza in the world" kind of way. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190805/75b5e69dd76eff556565d6c28f388728.jpg

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[Le Français]

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A derelict bridge between the US and Mexico, abandoned by both sides after a cartel attack on Mexican officials.

[Holmes375]

Conspiracy dogs...

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[dontshakepandas]

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[taadski]

Castleton Tower from the top of The Rectory. Castle Valley, UT.

https://i.imgur.com/asuNbEhh.jpg

[taadski]

Ama Dablam.




https://i.imgur.com/elepO8fh.jpg



https://i.imgur.com/8w85Zsuh.jpg



https://i.imgur.com/IK6fWPxh.jpg

[nalesq]

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190805/3843b80570fec4dc316e3bea541c0941.jpg

From inside the semi-secret speakeasy above the Pirates of the Caribbean ride at Disneyland.


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[ubervic]

A gorgeously misty afternoon in Glencoe, Scotland

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[RevolverRob]

Graphic taco shot:

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[LSP552]

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Living the Yak Life in RI.

[Darth_Uno]

This is a little fella that ran from our lawn mower and got trapped in a window well. Of course I saved him (her? Didn’t check too close) and expect him (her) to aid me in my darkest hour.

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190805/0fd0940e1b788d874ce115f7ab28a7e4.jpg

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190805/23de153199cc6e9e56aa1e847c82a1aa.jpg


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[Coyotesfan97]

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Get some! My retired boy in a Blackhawk.

[BobM]

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The second round of baby robins, taken a week or so ago. I was going to cut down that tree until I noticed the mama sitting on the nest.

[flyrodr]

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Dorado on fly rod from Loreto a few years ago, just before landing (and releasing).

[flyrodr]

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In Alaska's Denali Nat'l Park about five years ago.

[Paul D]

Looks like Arizona but it's not unless the folks in Utah spoke Portuguese and the folks in Mexico starting speaking Afrikaans.

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[Nightvisionary]

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[Greg]

Meat!

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Guardians of the Meat!

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[Coyotesfan97]

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At the house my daughter lived at in Wasila. The wife lost a brother in a LODD.

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Downtown Palmer

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Liquid refreshment in Anchorage

[Holmes375]

"What the hell is this thing doin' in the dog park!?"

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[trailrunner]

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February 2011.


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After a ride in southern MD. November 2002. I still have the same car and same bike.

[Wheeler]

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[blues]

trailrunner


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February 2011.


I see what you did there...

https://www.moma.org/media/W1siZiIsIjE2NTQ1NyJdLFsicCIsImNvbnZlcnQiLCItcmVzaX plIDIwMDB4MjAwMFx1MDAzZSJdXQ.jpg?sha=33c151dba7f8d e4c

[trailrunner]

I see what you did there...



Indeed. :D

[blues]

Indeed. :D

Only the most cultured coterie contingent need apply. ;)

[MistWolf]

Nope. Not seeing it...

...wait and minute- you didn't knock that poor girl down and take her bicycle, did you?

[blues]

Nope. Not seeing it...

...wait and minute- you didn't knock that poor girl down and take her bicycle, did you?

trail runner, not tail runner...

[Palmguy]

A few of my favorites:

Stockholm, Sweden
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48476617436_b21f5365bc_h.jpg

Antelope Island, Utah
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48476752047_4c776a3555_h.jpg

Middle Joffre Lake, British Columbia
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48476605231_9613f26e9c_h.jpg

NAS Pensacola
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48476752007_bb024abf4a_h.jpg

[Lex Luthier]

April this year.

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Kind of a tricky repair. 1932 Martin R-18 guitar.

[Trukinjp13]

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190807/635fcfa3669070c31d454e8f3afcc1a8.jpg

The 4th a handful of years ago


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[da6dspanburg]

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Sunrise, Kitty Hawk, NC May 2019

[Wondering Beard]

Spilled Blood Cathedral in Saint petersburg (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_the_Savior_on_Blood)

iPhone 3 Photo

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[Wondering Beard]

Peterhof Palace, booby trapped fountains.

iPhone 3 Photo

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[0ddl0t]

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[RevolverRob]

Two different species of tussock moth caterpillars.

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[taadski]

https://i.imgur.com/tmoeuArh.jpg

[ubervic]

View from the pier at back of in-laws' old place, Indian River Inlet, Delaware

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[Kyle Reese]

Long walkway on the Choptank River, on Maryland's beautiful Eastern Shore. I was in Cambridge,MD, attending LWRC's armorer class.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190808/dd4d96cbaf2088a9c9e236f563383def.jpg

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[Holmes375]

My favorite game animal...

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[fatdog]

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[Kyle Reese]

The Palace of the Parliament, Bucharest, Romania. Taken winter 2008. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190809/0d3240c0b42045c423c10ae9715cfc02.jpg

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[Duke]

Career best shot - Yellow jacket in flight in my home gym. 10-12 feet distance. Glock 17T

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[HeavyDuty]

Above Breckenridge on the road to Boreas Pass, 2017.
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[Nightvisionary]

70 Ring DT Mega Maga cigar next to Obama era cigar.


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[luckyman]

The inspiration and starting point for the CGI "wall" in GOT, from Iceland
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[luckyman]

My cousin's pet elephant. Pic taken in his backyard.
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Mind you I'm not really comfortable with the life the old guy leads. The yard is huge and he has a friend that is not in the pic, but still....

PS:
Old? Heck I’m older than him,he has a chance of outliving me!

Note they do NOT have any worries about intruders trying to get in the back yard. That big ole guy likes the family but is extremely suspicious of strangers.

[Bigghoss]

https://scontent.fapa1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/29026136_10155902779230219_6632537009585913856_o.j pg?_nc_cat=108&_nc_oc=AQnsDEtFwt6AHRHTLjvKtr0dydwO419iHmCI4ooehhw hmEP-2GA7gK86WSujBeNAl-RX_S9t3_kHSe-U7EfEnTUT&_nc_ht=scontent.fapa1-1.fna&oh=97648c31af44c8e5391f0cda8554a3f3&oe=5DED93CB

[Nightvisionary]

Gulf War 1991, USS Wisconsin 16 Inch Naval Gunfire Support Mission

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[nalesq]

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190809/68cdb7abb48d09fcdc064306c85c79bc.jpg

Corner of the sixth floor of the Texas School Book Depository in Dallas.


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[JclInAtx]

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The waters edge at Lobsterville beach, MA.

[Paul D]

Red Rock Canyon outside of Las Vegas, NV

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[Kyle Reese]

Synagogue in Bucharest, Romania.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190810/a93aefbf87af0700a03b5a28671f4b70.jpg

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[Kyle Reese]

Budapest, Hungary, mid-late 2000's.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190810/6ccfb5939d308c915f03101c1db420ee.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190810/eb76b02ae40235507eb2c87fcde2afd1.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190810/85989440f3be4f02455f1d7e880f549e.jpg

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[Greg]

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This is the inside of an obscure Anasazi grainery in SE Utah.

Those 700+ year old toe prints are from a little kid who must have been bored with slathering mud into the rock wall.

[Totem Polar]

Only the most cultured coterie contingent need apply. ;)

Wyeth, indeed, only the most cultured coterie contingent will immediately see it.

[blues]

Wyeth, indeed, only the most cultured coterie contingent will immediately see it.

Christina might have ridden away on the bike had the opportunity arisen.

[Trukinjp13]

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190811/ccdb226464d6778b84df456c09b95d03.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190811/17869d03f4c5027605f58a81b716e4d0.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190811/c68c0b2c74dbe017b7d561f6e0c81273.jpg

Frederik Meijer Gardens, Grand Rapids Mi. This place is huge and a good way to spend the day.


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[Totem Polar]

Christina might have ridden away on the bike had the opportunity arisen.

Helga bent for leather...

[taadski]

Hut skiing trip. Selkirks, BC.



https://i.imgur.com/fS3jEMu.jpg

[taadski]

Training lap on a via ferrata in our SAR team's area of purview.



https://i.imgur.com/Rx3CofOh.jpg

[JAD]

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190811/f4ff2ad8e8cf331adba53a417938cb5d.jpgAlong the lake of Konstanz

[JAD]

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190811/7169044af4057797c9bae664c2f2e412.jpgsedona

[JAD]

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190811/c52642a9446de1c823ade6b180ecb62e.jpgWest coast of Norway

[pistolwrench]

https://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z228/pistolwrench19/2019Shortyz/g3.jpg~original

[MistWolf]

Spider Lake, Rubicon Trail
https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-ffTW82K/0/54e98e63/M/i-ffTW82K-M.jpg

[1911nerd]

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[cornstalker]

Elevenmile Reservoir, CO

The lightning shot is a video still.

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My beloved bike in Cheyenne Canyon

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[cornstalker]

I absolutely love sunrise. Especially ones like this.

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[cornstalker]

Ama Dablam.




https://i.imgur.com/elepO8fh.jpg



https://i.imgur.com/8w85Zsuh.jpg



https://i.imgur.com/IK6fWPxh.jpg

Man, that is awesome. I would LOVE to hear that story sometime!

[Greg]

Sunrise this morning off the Florida Space Coast

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[bigslim]

Rollamite with the hops in the Side Eye vs Bitch Please bout at RollerCon 2019 in Vegas https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190815/50dbca0b6dbf7f287eac758d2489b42d.jpg


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[Whirlwind06]

Not sure what it is but looks pretty cool. 4137141372

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[Whirlwind06]

Glacier groves Kellys Island Ohio 4138241383

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[5pins]

https://i.imgur.com/hL8tom3l.jpg?1

https://i.imgur.com/5ILm8vTl.jpg?1

[BN]

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Full Moon the other night.

[Duke]

One of my favorite bikes I’ve ever owned

1972 CB500 four. All new old stock carbs, seals, electronic ignition, tuned forks and shocks.

When it was is stock form it was featured in UK classic bike mag (Nov 2012) as it was in near concours condition.

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[Drang]

Not sure what it is but looks pretty cool. 4137141372
LARC-V - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LARC-V)
I think...

[CCT125US]

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Newport Aquarium

[Trukinjp13]

Dream cruise boundhttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190817/c4011da90253e4d6b621b05365dfae92.jpg


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[BehindBlueI's]

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"Shooting range" at Graceland.

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Elvis' badge collection.

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Elvis' patch collection.

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Elvis' 1911.

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Elvis' custom leather rig.

[Lon]

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Devil’s Den and the Slaughter Pen, Gettysburg.

[Malamute]

A dog walk day in the mountains. A 15 minute snow squall. The sun was shining a few minutes after this and melted the snow.

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[11B10]

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Devil’s Den and the Slaughter Pen, Gettysburg.



Lon, thanks for this - Gettysburg in general, with the Little/Big Round Top/Devil's Den area and especially the Slaughter Pen, are very close geographically to me and also close to my heart, ever since my first trip there as a Boy Scout....many years ago. If you haven't already, please read "Killer Angels," by Michael Shaara. He won the Pulitzer Prize for it in 1965. It was made into the movie "Gettysburg." I still get goosebumps when I visit there.

[blues]

Lon, thanks for this - Gettysburg in general, with the Little/Big Round Top/Devil's Den area and especially the Slaughter Pen, are very close geographically to me and also close to my heart, ever since my first trip there as a Boy Scout....many years ago. If you haven't already, please read "Killer Angels," by Michael Shaara. He won the Pulitzer Prize for it in 1965. It was made into the movie "Gettysburg." I still get goosebumps when I visit there.

Related to Gettysburg...some years ago I met a gentleman locally who was a retired Lieutenant Colonel from the USMC who was teaching outdoor skills at a local college.
He told me that his family had a tradition of military service back to the Revolution and mentioned one of his ancestors who played a role at Gettysburg. (I read about him in "Killer Angels" and other books on the Civil War.)

When I found a picture of Brigadier General John Buford (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Buford) I was floored that the gentleman I met, (also a Buford), was the spitting image. I mean it quite literally.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/John_Buford.jpg/800px-John_Buford.jpg

[Drang]

So how do you post a "random" picture you've taken...? Asking for a friend...

In the meantime, here are a couple of non-random photos...
Poncho hooch vic. Chipyongni, , Low Level Voice Intercept Team, 102d MI Battalion, 2nd ID, Team Spirit '86.41426

Then-Corporal Wi, my KATUSA assistant on ditto:
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[Guinnessman]

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[Holmes375]

Cedar-strip kayak on Lewis Lake in Yellowstone:

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[Lon]

Lon, thanks for this - Gettysburg in general, with the Little/Big Round Top/Devil's Den area and especially the Slaughter Pen, are very close geographically to me and also close to my heart, ever since my first trip there as a Boy Scout....many years ago. If you haven't already, please read "Killer Angels," by Michael Shaara. He won the Pulitzer Prize for it in 1965. It was made into the movie "Gettysburg." I still get goosebumps when I visit there.

You’re welcome. Read it, watched it many times. My favorite part of my trip to PA last month w my daughter. More pics here:https://www.instagram.com/p/B0lzSBng3n0/?igshid=nnhk9ov3692o

[11B10]

You’re welcome. Read it, watched it many times. My favorite part of my trip to PA last month w my daughter. More pics here:https://www.instagram.com/p/B0lzSBng3n0/?igshid=nnhk9ov3692o



I agree with your thoughts on the uniforms/heat. I've been in/on/around the locations where the battles were fought - on the same dates in July and was drenched in sweat with considerably less clothing on. When I'm sitting on those very same boulders anywhere near the 2 Round Tops and the Devil's Den and it's sooooo quiet, I can almost hear what must have been absolute hell on earth. What men they were - all of them! We have no clue. It's vital that our children and grandchildren experience these places. Kudos to you for taking yours there!

[blues]

I agree with your thoughts on the uniforms/heat. I've been in/on/around the locations where the battles were fought - on the same dates in July and was drenched in sweat with considerably less clothing on. When I'm sitting on those very same boulders anywhere near the 2 Round Tops and the Devil's Den and it's sooooo quiet, I can almost hear what must have been absolute hell on earth. What men they were - all of them! We have no clue. It's vital that our children and grandchildren experience these places. Kudos to you for taking yours there!

We felt much the same way at the Little Bighorn Battlefield in Montana.

[11B10]

We felt much the same way at the Little Bighorn Battlefield in Montana.



There can be no doubt that all battlefields are hell on earth.

[Lon]

I agree with your thoughts on the uniforms/heat. I've been in/on/around the locations where the battles were fought - on the same dates in July and was drenched in sweat with considerably less clothing on. When I'm sitting on those very same boulders anywhere near the 2 Round Tops and the Devil's Den and it's sooooo quiet, I can almost hear what must have been absolute hell on earth. What men they were - all of them! We have no clue. It's vital that our children and grandchildren experience these places. Kudos to you for taking yours there!

I’d like to go back when I can spend some more time. My 9 year old was great, but I didn’t want to push it and make her hate it.

[Drang]

We felt much the same way at the Little Bighorn Battlefield in Montana.

Ditto.
Also on Snodgrass Hill, next to my Great Great Grandfather's Regimental monument.

[bigslim]

Sedona, taken from the Chapel of the Holy Cross

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190819/1413629265fd8c1e6851520c90f2c246.jpg


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[Casual Friday]

A couple Muleys on the way home this evening.
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[StraitR]

A few B&W randoms...

https://live.staticflickr.com/2612/4000186750_5dc540e08a_b.jpg

https://live.staticflickr.com/2898/14560579296_feee863e37_b.jpg

https://live.staticflickr.com/3446/3997414676_6e196cdecc_b.jpg

[JAD]

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190811/7169044af4057797c9bae664c2f2e412.jpgsedona

Caption, by the way:
Dad: “Son, someday this will all be yours.”
Mom:”And then, probably, half yours.”

[MGW]

Camp Williams Utah December 2005


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[MGW]

Near Rawah Iraq November 2005


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[Greg]

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Mosasaurus skull. Notice the rows of teeth at the back of the mouth.

[MGW]

This thread tricked me into digging through a bunch a pictures I forgot I had. Thanks for starting it @RJ. I didn’t really expect the flood of emotions some of these old photos would bring up.

I wish I could cut the date out of this one. This picture holds a special place in my heart. He survived Iraq that year and Afghanistan a few years later. He is still alive last I heard but couldn’t escape his demons once he returned to civilian life. Probably the best friend I ever had and wish I could bring him back.

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[nalesq]

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190823/b7d51959c2197d0127ed005bac9b5f8d.jpg

Hat worn by President Lincoln the evening he attended a play performed at Ford’s Theatre on 14 April 1865.


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[RJ]

Thanks for starting it @RJ. I didn’t really expect the flood of emotions some of these old photos would bring up.



I am pleased this thread is turning out so well.

All of the pictures posted tells a story.


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[MistWolf]

My sons at Sedona when they were young boys
https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-732WqrV/0/908007d7/M/i-732WqrV-M.jpg

Brother Elk on our front lawn, Tusayan Az
https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-bW4w5zG/0/eda4ec40/XL/i-bW4w5zG-XL.jpg

Pratt & Whitney Wasp radial. Ford 5-AT-C Tri-Motor N414H
https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-GPxGzSx/0/66f5edad/M/i-GPxGzSx-M.jpg

The original Grand Canyon Airlines hangar. Grand Canyon Airlines began operations as Scenic Airways in 1927. The hangar is now being used as storage by a rancher
https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-V8f5Wzw/0/80308b53/M/i-V8f5Wzw-M.jpg

[AKDoug]

View from my deck a couple nights ago. Sun is red from the smoke of fires nearby. A little sample bottle of Scotch made it even better.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190823/d6c51f8edc4e5018bcc9832b951f8a06.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190823/fd6a1f9d7eac166de7314a50596219a8.jpg


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[Greg]

I've been thinking how lucky we've been this summer with so few wildfires. Last year was terrible.

With the pine beetle turning Western pine forests into standing kindling, it's going to get worse before it gets better.

[MistWolf]

I drive Jeeps because with them, you get the best parking. Southern Utah
https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-nxXc2hd/0/3642f36a/M/i-nxXc2hd-M.jpg

There are petroglyphs all over the Moab Valley, but these are just outside of town, hidden in a place only a few locals know
https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-wqxFw26/0/4b3e9a85/L/i-wqxFw26-L.jpg

https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-mgGGSCv/0/e70b571b/L/i-mgGGSCv-L.jpg

and are protected by the Guardian Lizard
https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-rwbgz6k/0/864461b7/L/i-rwbgz6k-L.jpg

I didn't make much money that summer, but the view from the office was worth it! Waiting to pick up our river boats at Hite, Lake Powel
https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-DC47hrh/0/fd5f3d8a/M/i-DC47hrh-M.jpg

[Duke]

If you don’t like meeting new people the Lamborghini LP 610 is not the car for you

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[breakingtime91]

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nice picture of the Helmand behind us. Right before an ambush through a new town. I put my helmet on before the patrol, promise

[Lex Luthier]

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Cleveland Indians VS Minnesota Twins,
Target Field, Minneapolis, MN, two weeks ago.

[Duelist]

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Baby frog.

[Wheeler]

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A bunch of cats hanging out by a scratching post... :)

[JAD]

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Cleveland Indians VS Minnesota Twins,
Target Field, Minneapolis, MN, two weeks ago.

Without even looking, I can tell you the shitty team won.

[Xrslug]

On the Dalton Highway, I think just north of the Arctic Circle. Had to do a double take to read this little sign from my bike.

[Artemas2]

This thread tricked me into digging through a bunch a pictures I forgot I had. Thanks for starting it @RJ. I didn’t really expect the flood of emotions some of these old photos would bring up.

I wish I could cut the date out of this one. This picture holds a special place in my heart. He survived Iraq that year and Afghanistan a few years later. He is still alive last I heard but couldn’t escape his demons once he returned to civilian life. Probably the best friend I ever had and wish I could bring him back.

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I hope that this is what you meant and that you are ok with me going ahead and doing this. It has been a few years since I have done image work. I had preferred to PM you however it would not let me upload an image from my computer on the messenger.
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[MGW]

Artemas2 that’s perfect! Thank you for doing that! That was really nice of you.

[RJ]

We are at the Northern end of our car tour of Big Sur in central California. Tomorrow we head back to Santa Barbara before flying home Thursday.

The scenery along the Pacific Coast Highway is simply spectacular. Regretfully we weren’t a able to get much past Bixby Creek Bridge headed South out of Carmel when we had the RV, due to mudslides that year.

The road is now open. We’ve spent two nights relaxing with no cell service, no TV or AC and limited Internet here at Lucia Lodge. View out the doorway of our tiny cottage ain’t bad though. :)

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[Bratch]

For the whiskey fans.
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[Stephanie B]

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190826/3835bae5d94618b538574539ad65f044.jpg
At a kind-of-crappy concert. All those people recording it.

Later, the lead singer asked to kill the spotlights and for people to light up their phones. Good lesson in the additive power of photons, the arena was fairly well lit.

[JAD]

Who was it?

I am about done with phones at sporting and music events. I don’t know why but it chaps me.

[awp_101]

80Nm precision fastening tool with torque multiplier head and reaction arm. Good for 600Nm.
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48617382011_f6dae766af_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2h59MSk)

The test fixture on the left is the one we use to calibrate the above setup
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48617526302_0e4ecbff3f_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2h5awL7)

[da6dspanburg]

I still get goosebumps when I visit there.
So I'm not the only one...........

[Gadfly]

Yoga Day, Times Square, NYC About 2 years ago.

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[Stephanie B]

Rodman gun

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190829/afd221b4ff063111dc7e6799d0c51c7e.jpg

[Malamute]

Some goats, out on an afternoon drive,

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[Stephanie B]

Some goats on an an afternoon drive.

I thought it would be hard for goats to get drivers’ licenses ......

[Malamute]

I thought it would be hard for goats to get drivers’ licenses ......

They are amazing animals.

[DIESEL]

One of the many reasons I love living in the NW!41880

[Robinson]

I thought it would be hard for goats to get drivers’ licenses ......

You thought you'd post that before blues got around to it?

[blues]

You thought you'd post that before blues got around to it?

The old goats really should get off the road...and stop using their horns.

[Robinson]

The old goats really should get off the road...and stop using their horns.

I never learn.

[Stephanie B]

Who was it?

I am about done with phones at sporting and music events. I don’t know why but it chaps me.

Some guy named “Daughtrey”. Thoroughly forgettable.

[blues]

Some guy named “Daughtrey”. Thoroughly forgettable.

Who? (If you mean Daltrey.)

[JAD]

She meant Daughtry, a band fronted by Chris Daughtry, of American Idol Season 5.

[Stephanie B]

She meant Daughtry, a band fronted by Chris Daughtry, of American Idol Season 5.

Oh. That was last weekend; I couldn't have picked him out of a lineup today.

[blues]

She meant Daughtry, a band fronted by Chris Daughtry, of American Idol Season 5.

Ahhh...never have watched the show.

But, nothing goes with "Who" like Daltrey. Everyone hopefully knows that. (Or at least they shouldn't be fooled again. ;))

[Lost River]

It is fair week locally and the kiddo managed to get herself on the front page of the local paper doing what she loves to do.


http://i.imgur.com/4jjg8Qi.jpg (https://imgur.com/4jjg8Qi)


**I guess technically This does not fit the rules as I did not take this shot..


However here is one from the last shoot in the mountains of ID 2 weeks ago, where she cleaned up money wise:

http://i.imgur.com/IwXsaOL.jpg (https://imgur.com/IwXsaOL)

[Duke]

Still shot from 7M strong hand only card split. Fired Da with a brig tac. Link to the self shot (pun) video below


https://www.instagram.com/p/B1zsbudAuil/?igshid=1x5opbs9o6pxo

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[Trukinjp13]

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190910/ae5ea4bdd15679c9cd44b628ab87c21a.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190910/36d4bdbced43ff801a35c0e62e237350.jpg

Just got her finished. Lots of mods done.


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[da6dspanburg]

Florida National Cemetery, Bushnell, FL
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[5pins]

https://i.imgur.com/1nwnbJGl.jpg

[Holmes375]

Toads are cool :)

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[JAD]

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20191005/25b7f99070fdab409515cf97f0d57ec6.jpg

Two vessels nearing completion at Vard Brattvåg. I got to walk both yesterday; the left one is going to be amazing.

[AKDoug]

I spent some time last weekend volunteering myself and some of my heavy equipment cleaning up after a wildfire destroyed 50 homes near me. It was super hot. This pic is of a railroad rail this guy was using as a vertical in an outbuilding he parked an RV under. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20191005/b8f40363f4a78829f3b740aa69a6fa24.jpg


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[Stephanie B]

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20191005/cf0374c5af2c8ca3c977712ccc72392e.jpg

Looks like the scaffolding for a hobbit house.

[Stephanie B]

A Coastie G-V.

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20191005/1e3df03bb28f1fef190f90562c98ee54.jpg
Must have been a Coastie or DHS bigwig in town.

[BN]

Random pictures taken at home in the last couple of days.

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[CCT125US]

Farm ride after monthly dinner party. Kids bailed out and decided to make a pile of bovine bones.

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[Darth_Uno]

He’s eating all the bugs while I sort out the garage. Thanks little buddy.

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[Holmes375]

Cool... more toads :D

[HopetonBrown]

Nike missile battery. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20191006/6fb00a7b951ca6c4d64f1e05feaedff2.jpg

[andre3k]

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These are taped on the ceiling tiles of the officers workroom. I took this one a few years ago.

[Holmes375]

Hey... anybody seen a toad?

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[TC215]

https://i.imgur.com/HW0d7CZ.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/KNHcMBr.jpg

[fatdog]

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[Elkhitman]

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North Side of Shasta, coming South on 97, though my dirty windshield.

[APS-PF]

Found this pretty lady exhausted on the shady sidewalk at the office. I normally leave nature alone but a couple of folks had already just missed stepping on her and she wasn't moving at all. I picked her up, tried to put her in a tree, put her bill into some flowers but she wouldn't move. Ended up just holding her in the sunlight for a couple of minutes and she finally flew off. It was in the high 80s that day I'm surprised she got cold just from sitting in the shade.

[BehindBlueI's]

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[Stephanie B]

Oh my GOD! They blew up Binghampton!!

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Those bastards!!

[JAD]

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I want to believe.

[rayrevolver]

Spent last weekend in Gettysburg. I didn't appreciate the devastation of the Civil War and I still don't think I fully grasp the war in its entirety.

My brother-in-law was a US history major (and teacher after that) and we chatted today about the war. I have a lot to learn, especially being an Expat through middle school where we hit world history vice US history. Three days in Gettyburg is not enough time and I need to go back.

And I need to finally read The Killer Angels, thanks PF for the book recommendation.

Sadly I didn't take many pictures. These are from Little Round Top:

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48867977851_87970e2d4d_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2hsiahg)

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48868006781_6aa94784c8_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2hsiiT4)

[BehindBlueI's]

I want to believe.

I couldn't figure out how to make my cell phone camera go out of focus, so I ended up having to just swing it around too fast for it to compensate in order to get the most authentic experience possible...

[nalesq]

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20191009/2ab73bbbb75f55f298fe3b93e30761ce.jpg

I love the PMCS admonition to “reject if dented or deformed.” As if anyone would be happy about taking off with a potentially broken 15-megaton thermonuclear bomb.


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[NEPAKevin]

And I need to finally read The Killer Angels, thanks PF for the book recommendation.

Sadly I didn't take many pictures. These are from Little Round Top:



One other benefit of visiting Little Round Top is that if you watch the movie Gettysburg, you can pretty much see which scenes were filmed there.

[BehindBlueI's]

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Johnny Cash's USAF uniform and Folsom Prison guard badges.

[BehindBlueI's]

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Balcony view from our AirBnB rental at Gulf Shores

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Ice Cream/Soda shop on the USS Alabama to remind me to spread my ball busting around more and not concentrate on the US Chair Force so much.

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This feathery dude who kept panhandling us.

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Feathery panhandler checking out our beach fortifications.

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The quad guitar, because what else do you do with an old railroad tie?

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Real nice waterfall in Bankhead National Forest, Alabama.

[Greg]

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A couple of trespassing mammals on my property this week.

[trailrunner]

Panorama taken at sunset, 18 October 2019, at The Angle, Gettysburg Battlefield. The marker on the left notes the high-water mark of the Confederacy, where the remnants of Pickett's Charge ended. The Copse of Trees is to the right of the marker. The charge started in the tree line in the background between the two larger stone monuments in the foreground. If you zoom in and look to the left of the right monument, you can see the Virginia monument, which is where the charge started.

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[Greg]

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[Elkhitman]

This picture was taken in our old jail. I’ve heard stories from inmates seeing a young Chinese kid with a white shirt.

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[BehindBlueI's]

This picture was taken in our old jail. I’ve heard stories from inmates seeing a young Chinese kid with a white shirt.


Well, that's creepy.

[Elkhitman]

Well, that's creepy.

Creepy is walking up that hallway at 0300 in the morning and hearing something exhale right by your ear and when you turn around with your fists up read to fight, there’s nothing there.

[Cypher]

https://i.postimg.cc/g0RkckYs/20140516-061849.jpg (https://postimg.cc/94mjJ2ww)

Actually I was working a 12-hour shift from 4 a.m. to 4 p.m. and I was sitting outside my office watching the sun come up and she came up and sat down next to me

[Wake27]

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20191021/45fb6ce8bd975a6faa6cc03bb82512dc.jpg

Part of the Maginot line during some off time from a work trip.


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[Cypher]

I was sitting on a rock outside my office and she walked around the corner that building and walked over to me and sat down.

https://i.postimg.cc/sXMRV7tb/20140516-061921.jpg (https://postimg.cc/r02Hj0y9)

There's a little bit more history to it though that particular site was out on the edge of town it was 50 acres, mostly undeveloped was an 8-foot fence all the way around the property. The majority of the time there was nobody there but me and her.

I was walking the fence line one day and I turned around she was following me. One morning I was doing my checks and I yelled "Hey Spud" and she came and from that point on that was her name.

I rarely fed her. I never fed her by hand. I would just leave a pile of scraps out if I had them and she would come eat them, unless something else ate them first. She just liked hanging out with me.

[Hieronymous]

Top of the Rock (Big Cedar Lodge, Branson, MO)

[BN]

This is a stray cat we took in. She seems to have settled in OK. :)

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It was foggy here yesterday morning.

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[Det1397]

Here you go....I’m not much of a religious sort of guy, but enter if you dare...?

[BehindBlueI's]

This is a stray cat we took in. She seems to have settled in OK. :)

A stuffed toy and a few singles for the club?

[BN]

A stuffed toy and a few singles for the club?

The kids set that up and told me to come look. Sometimes I don't ask too many questions. ;) Kids are all teenagers now. I thought the same thing.

[Yung]

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One of the seasoned hosses at the shotgun class said he had not seen that brand in a while.

[Hieronymous]

Top of the Rock (Big Cedar Lodge, Branson, MO) Couldn't upload from my phone last night.

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[revchuck38]

From yesterday morning's bike ride:

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[RJ]

Part of my dinner last night at the Sushi restaurant here in Hachiōji West of Tokyo where we ate. Pacific Bluefin Tuna on left, Salmon on right. Prices in JPY on the plates, where about 106 JPY = $1. It was yummy.

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20191027/20937107486cb54282b40ed3fe0e005b.jpg



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[Duelist]

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Sunset from the Ben Avery range in Phoenix today, after day 1 of the Gabe White class Paul D so generously gave me his spot in.

[Wheeler]

The spousal unit and I went to a reenactment a few weeks ago. I cropped to make the pictures appear to be of the period, so some of the formatting is a bit weird.

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[mark7]

Sunset at the Atlantic City-Brigantine Connector bridge

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[BN]

It was foggy this morning. The first picture is what I originally wanted. The second picture is the one I got because the flash was on auto. I thought it was pretty nifty, but then, I'm easily amused. ;)

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[Artemas2]

When you need to move cows, but it's also time for breakfast
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[BN]

When you need to move cows, but it's also time for breakfast
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Ah, man. I know what cows smell like. I might have to back off a bit. :(