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San Diego. The weather is gorgeous nearly year round. 80 degrees is a heat wave and people bundle up if it drops below about 65 degrees. Sure, there’s the cloudy “marine layer” overnight near the coast, but that’s not year round. What is year round are the absolutely awesome beaches. And the mountains. And the nifty tourist stuff like Balboa Park and the San Diego Maritime Museum. Now that we’ve established a few of the reasons San Diego is considered to be awesome as a place to live, a few of you out there might be wondering why I chose to move to Las Vegas, NV after 28 years in San Diego and why I haven’t moved back. After all, Las Vegas can hit 126 degrees in the summer, get down into the teens in the winter, and wind storms with gusts topping 60 MPH aren’t all that uncommon. We even got about four inches of snow in December! Sure, I like the food and the shows. It’s great to have the option of going gambling and doing it right every once in a while. But that’s not why I haven’t moved back to San Diego. Here’s one of the reasons I haven’t moved back to my old home town:
Yep, you read that correctly. The County of San Diego wants these people to shell out big bucks for a Major Use Permit because a few friends meet for bible study. I’ll deal with the heat and lack of a beach.  No, I didn’t make these videos. That distinction belongs to Semper Apollo I really like the idea of leaving out the overdubbed music on videos like these. The only bad part is that you can’t feel the sound like you can when you’re there. Crank up the volume Enjoy Notes from the YouTube page:
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Yes, I’m up a bit late, but it’s for a good purpose – I’ve been working on another slide show movie Still, I owe y’all some pictures don’t I? In that case, let’s get to ‘em  27 May 2009 - Yes, it belongs to a girl I saw this Jeep when I stopped at the gas station on my way to work and just had to get a picture  27 May 2009 - Just washed for the first time in months! Due to lack of funding, it’s been several months since Trevor (yes, for those who don’t know I named my car after a character in a Jimmy Buffett book) has had a bath and I just couldn’t stand it anymore.  27 May 2009 - I really like this color when it's clean She looks so good in the sun when she’s clean  27 May 2009 - Flash flood retention basin park I’ve shown pictures of one of these before, but it was a bit different. There are quite a few flash flood retention basins around town to keep more stuff from washing away than can be helped when it rains in the monsoon season. I’ve seen over two inches of rain fall in about 30 minutes and it all has to go somewhere. I like this idea as long as no rain is forecast.  27 May 2009 - Right across the street from the park Just across the street from the park, there’s another retention basin that hasn’t been “improved.”  27 May 2009 - Going south on Tenaya to the east of the park And one more taken especially for Kath Here’s hoping you like these Anyway, I’m off to catch the late show on the backs of my eyelids. Have a GREAT day Not all that long ago, I figured out that Windows Movie Maker can do some cool things with pictures. Of course, this gets even better with YouTube’s audio swap feature which lets you substitute music for the current audio on the videos you upload. Because the picture slide show movies made with Windows Movie Maker have no sound, this provides a legal way to add a nice soundtrack Here are my first three attempts at making worthwhile video slide shows with what I think are workable soundtracks 19 April 2009 Original post here
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I plan on doing more of these in the future Please let me know what you think, OK  WS-6 Ram Air Trans-Am This car belongs to one of my co-workers. She’s retired Navy, so I think she’s earned it I really wouldn’t mind one of these myself Tyson V. Rininger is TVR Photography. I admire his work and his skill. While equipment plays a part, skill is more important. I just hope I can do as well someday. TVR Photography official website  25 May 2009 - Distant Thunderstorm  25 May 2009 - Radar plot I know I did one like this the other day, but I liked this view I’m getting ready to fill out and send in my application for a Curio and Relics Federal Firearms License. I figured some advice would be a good idea, so I went on over to the J&G Sales web page. They had the right links to the BATFE’s page, but I also clicked on another link and found something I would love to own but can’t afford…  Colt M16A1 223 Machine Gun  Colt M16A1 223 Machine Gun  Colt M16A1 223 Machine Gun  Colt M16A1 223 Machine Gun  Colt M16A1 223 Machine Gun  Colt M16A1 223 Machine Gun  Colt M16A1 223 Machine Gun Yes, that’s an honest to God M16 rifle. It’s a machinegun and will fire full auto. It’s legal to buy in my state as well as in Arizona, but there’s only one problem – the $15,495.00 price tag  Russian 1895 Nagant Revolver  Russian 1895 Nagant Revolver  Russian 1895 Nagant Revolver Well, if I can’t have the M16, maybe I can get the Nagant revolver instead – it’s only $79.95 Click on any of the pictures to be taken to that gun’s web page at J&G I took this video at Nellis Air Force Base a couple of years ago during an airshow. I had posted the video on YouTube a while back, but that was before I knew how to add titles. I thought this version would be acceptable as my personal contribution on Memorial Day The missing man formation is flown to honor fallen comrades. As the formation passes overhead, one of the aircraft pulls up and flies skyward symbolizing the person who has been lost. This formation is usually flown with four aircraft in a “finger four” formation. The four aircraft are two elements of two aircraft with on aircraft leading, one on his left wing, and two on his right wing. When the missing man formation is flown from the finger four, the aircraft immediately to the leader’s right will pull up. The Thunderbirds fly this maneuver from their six aircraft delta formation, but the aircraft immediately to the leader’s right is still the aircraft that pulls up. This video is dedicated to all those men and women who have fallen over the years in the service of the United States of America.  Captain Mark P. Graziano Captain Graziano’s friends and family have put together a memorial web page – click here to visit it. From the official United States Air Force website:
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Here’s another street in northwest Las Vegas. I think it’s pretty interesting how different all those streets can look in this diverse city 
I’ll try to get the new slide show up soon, but I’ll also be posting the pictures which is going to take time. You see, the website can only upload and deal with up to two megabyte photos when using the blog interface. I want people to be able to see the real full size version of each picture, so I’m going to have to upload a different way and create other size versions of some of the pictures…