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Obsessing about rocks

Started by RhB_HJ, July 13, 2013, 07:33:04 PM

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RhB_HJ

Wellll, I really don't need to, others do already! :) ;) :D ;D
But I need a few more to shore up the mountain side at Muot, probably get them tomorrow.
Hans-Joerg Mueller
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Jeff

Some people really find rocks important!

Apparently.

Did you ever catch up to the steam section?
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RhB_HJ

No, the steamer was ready to backing the consist up to the yard as we got to Skagway. Too bad, so sad. And it was raining, too!
Hans-Joerg Mueller
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Jeff

Ummm, yes. Rain. The wife picked up a decent little weather-proof camera, last black Friday. It doesn't care about rain.
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RhB_HJ

The problem with those cameras is: sub-par HD and a fixed focus i.e. no zoom. Not my kettle of fish!

I had a good laugh watching the cam-man on Holland-America traipsing through the rain and trying to keep his equipment dry. He wasn't a happy camper!
I just sat inside and read my book; got better footage last year which still needs to be edited.  :o :o :o
Hans-Joerg Mueller
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Jeff

#5
Well,it's not multi-thousand dollar camera kit, but it does zoom and has surprisingly flexible exposure control. As opposed to not getting ANY pictures, I think it's pretty good :-)
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Mike from CT

Quote from: RhB_HJ on July 13, 2013, 07:33:04 PM
Wellll, I really don't need to, others do already! :) ;) :D ;D
But I need a few more to shore up the mountain side at Muot, probably get them tomorrow.


"A few more"??? I hate to guess, but my bet is when you need "a few more", Mt. Rainier is about to become the Rainier Plain.

RhB_HJ

Quote from: Jeff on July 16, 2013, 03:42:25 AM
Well,it's not multi-thousand dollar camera kit, but it does zoom and has surprisingly flexible exposure control. As opposed to not getting ANY pictures, I think it's pretty good :-)
True, but I just hate Photoshoping all the raindrops in the pictures.  ::) :o ::)
Hans-Joerg Mueller
Coldstream, BC   Canada

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RhB_HJ

Today 425kg to be exact, just before it started to rain.  8) 8)
Hans-Joerg Mueller
Coldstream, BC   Canada

http://www.rhb-grischun.ca

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Mike from CT

Quote from: RhB_HJ on July 17, 2013, 08:33:20 PM
Today 425kg to be exact, just before it started to rain.  8) 8)


I know no one will believe this, but HJ only wants you to think he lives in British Columbia - actually, he lives in Manitoba which he's trying to transform into a scale model of British Columbia.

BritsTukker

Quote from: Mike from CT on July 19, 2013, 10:28:27 PM
I know no one will believe this, but HJ only wants you to think he lives in British Columbia - actually, he lives in Manitoba which he's trying to transform into a scale model of British Columbia.

That would be 1:1 scale, would it?

RhB_HJ

Manitoba? Oh no, that's a good place to be from, no more than that. Cold as Hell in winter, warm enough in the summer for Winnipeg to be the mosquito capital of Canada - in the summer they have fog alerts when they spray against the mozzies. Not to mention the regular flooding problems.   
Hans-Joerg Mueller
Coldstream, BC   Canada

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Jeff

As they in Alaska, the mosquito is the state bird!
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RhB_HJ

It was a pleasant surprise, in the Yukon and in Alaska I only had to smack one mosquito. It was blowing in the Yukon and raining (big time) in Alaska. The mosquitoes and black flies didn't feel like flying.
Hans-Joerg Mueller
Coldstream, BC   Canada

http://www.rhb-grischun.ca

My train videos

Win7Pro 64bit; 8 GB RAM; i5 2.67GHz; 1920x1080 22" display

Mike from CT

Quote from: RhB_HJ on July 19, 2013, 10:54:50 PM
... Cold as Hell in winter....

You want to rethink that one?  ??? :)

(Actually, I picked Manitoba for the pancake terrain, not the climate.)