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Another message from my friends there. People were surprised no bombs or missiles hit the city new years eve. But a couple intoxicated guys thought it would be appropriate to celebrate the new year...

Photo taken from my friend, Tatyana's apartment just down the street. This is a very recent pic. SW
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Aha! The site works on my desktop in the basement! Now I can participate more and post interesting pics again... when
I remember to save them t0 flash drive upstairs. SW

A little more on the DDR RR medals and awards I got a while back.

These 3 are medals for 10, 20 and 30 years faithful service. The 30 year example seems a bit fancier.
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At first I...

This one was for meritorious service or similar. DDR commies were as big on medals as the French in many cases. SW

Looks like it's an on again - off again problem. When it's off I can't post at all. But I'll keep checking and save up a few pics for the misc pics thread. SW

w00t! I was down to one site where I could conversate with others. Gunboards is dead to me, of course - Marlin owners is owned by the same outfit that destroyed gunboards and just isn't the same in...

Happy Christmas to me! My Hungarian friend came through again bidding on a German auction site for this DDR RR medal. When it and the west German RR medals arrive, I'll have enough stuff to fill...

Pic from an electronics store in Moscow ca. 1980s. As well as I know, exchange rate for Rubles to dollars was about 30 to 1 at the time.
Lens brands shown are (in no particular order) Jupiter,...

After our short hike, off we went to Wally and got right in when the doors opened @ 6. I try not to shop there much, but paper products are less expensive, and they carry dog food Flop Ears likes....

Dad was on the Nevada. His job once the ship got under way was to monitor output shaft bearing temps. Knowing well what was going on outside, he said it was a less than comfortable feeling "but you...

Sweet!! Going to break a piggy bank and score a drum mag? SW

Went kinda overboard at garage sales again.
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Actually not a bad idea.
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From the cat's expression it must be a macro lens.
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"I forgot my ID, but in fox years I'm plenty old...

I can really see depth of field there. Super detail on the beak and feathers closest to you... same for the pebbles. I like the pic! SW

Saturday again already? Where does time go? I asked that earlier this week when older daughter turned 40. In the meantime, it was fairly nice this morning when I took Flop Ears out - above freezing,...

It's a quote from the song! :icon_tongue: SW

"...a little Nash Rambler was following me - it's just 1/3 my size. Bee, beep. Beep, beep.
its horn went beep, beep, beep..."
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Another old time one-off ride. No idea what it is.SW
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Seals are fitness fanatics - you'll see them doing crunches a lot.
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"The tree was infested with gnomes, but don't worry - I chased 'em off!"
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It's true - cats ARE shady!
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One of my fave movie quotes is from Mountain Men. When Brian Keith was asked if he'd ever been lost, he replied, "I ain't never been lost! I was powerful confused for a couple months once, but I...

Our main way of dealing with the after effect of beans is yogurt. In fact, I just bought more when I was getting Sunday morning deli breakfast.

Warming up here. It's 31 right now (0600) which is...

I mentioned earlier I was assembling a military fuel truck kit. 90% done now. Missing items are the fuel nozzle to be placed on the main line. Knowing it was an important piece, I placed it somewhere...

Here's another ride along the line of the '55 Squill. No idea of the name, but it's seems pretty straight and might respond well to a gallon or 2 of Turt Wax and heavy duty buffing wheel. SW

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I believe it would. But it was so light & fluffy it was no bother to just shove it aside. SW

Snowed again last night, but it was light & fluffy = I easily pushed it off the walk with one hand on the shovel. Streets still slippery - does that slow people down? Not that I could tell. So the...