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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: Moto Fugazzi on September 10, 2016, 02:00:01 AM
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In the past few months, I've put more miles on my Longboard than on my motorbike. There's some really great parks in Milwaukee, and tonight my friend and I skated over 17 miles round trip.
Here's a short video of our shenanigans...
Ken
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Hi Ken
Short board 6'2 been surfing since I was 10 years old.
Camping - camper trailer, on the bike - tent.
Love a sitting around a fire having a drink with friends.
56 this year and times are a changing
Enjoy
Harry
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I've got one teen-ager and two toddlers (2 & 5) so much of my time is spent being a family man. This time of year it means a lot of time swimming, kayaking, canoeing, paddle boarding in the lake behind our house.
I've always been a gear head and I still enjoy turning wrenches, and general involvement with motor vehicles of all kinds.
We sold the boat when we moved here but I could see another in the future when the kids are a little older.
Jenn and I met at our karate club more than a decade and a half ago. I've been training in the martial arts for about 3 decades now. Most of that and my black belts are in traditional Shotokan karate, but I've also spent time over the years training in Judo, boxing, wrestling, Tae Kwon Do, and Kenpo. When we moved states two years ago we found a new club that was largely Shotokan based but that also has wrestling, MMA, & Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu programs and mixes a lot of that back into the karate which is nice.
Jenn and I also like skiing/snowboarding, scuba diving, and basically anything else that's active, but don't get to do much of those for obvious reasons.
Living so close to hundreds of thousands of acres of state and federal land I'm thinking we'll do more hiking and paddling as the kids get older.
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Masticate, matriculate and meditate.
I applied many years ago for a truck driving job and one of the questions was what do you do in your spare time. My college educated brother gave me the three answers I posted. And I still got the job.
Tex
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All things car/motorcycle related, especially vintage.....i do pinstriping, painting, lettering, pencil and pen drawing, a little wood carving.....
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Also play the five string banjo some and ukulele
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Mostly like to tinker and ride motorcycles.....
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Have raced this vintage Formula Ford for way too long. Takes about 1/2 my time, 2/3's of the extra money and we only race on really hot days. Definitely not recommended.
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Build and fly RC helis and planes.
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Gardening and an occasional kayak fishing trip. Work leaves very little time for much more. I like to spend time with my dogs too
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I build stuff for fun
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Have raced this vintage Formula Ford for way too long. Takes about 1/2 my time, 2/3's of the extra money and we only race on really hot days. Definitely not recommended.
(http://thumb.ibb.co/nwViwF/Lola_HPR_RAKC.jpg) (http://ibb.co/nwViwF)
Now THAT looks like fun.......
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I have to admit, I probably ride more than anything else, though it's often to places like this (when I can):
(http://people.delphiforums.com/ITSecurity/CraterLakePan3Small.jpg)
But my other real passions would have to be politics (yeah, I actually enjoy the process!) and underwater photography. Here are a few shots...
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Very cool pics, ITSec!
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Very cool pics, ITSec!
Yes , very cool :bow:
Dusty
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You can post more of those underwater pics as far as I'm concerned!
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After a ten year hiatus from boating we'll be back on the water next season. Found a used Boston Whaler we like. Pretty much restored. Only motor boats we've owned have been Boston Whalers. This will be our third.
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I roll cigars:
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After a ten year hiatus from boating we'll be back on the water next season. Found a used Boston Whaler we like. Pretty much restored. Only motor boats we've owned have been Boston Whalers. This will be our third.
That's cause they're damn fine boats! :thumb:
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That's cause they're damn fine boats! :thumb:
Yes sir! Thank you. 1st was a 20' Temptation with a 200 Yamaha (it was rated for twin 150s), 2nd was a 15' Rage (jet boat), and this is a 1981 13' w a 2003 40hp 4stroke Mercury. It will be good to do a little more than rent a party barge every couple years especially with the grandson staying with us for 6 weeks in the summer :grin:.
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I've been target shooting and just started playing taiko (Japanese) drums.
Rich A
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I paint.
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I paint.
(http://thumb.ibb.co/jyMHOv/image.jpg) (http://ibb.co/jyMHOv)
(http://thumb.ibb.co/hRX2qa/image.jpg) (http://ibb.co/hRX2qa)
Wow...
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I paint.
(http://thumb.ibb.co/jyMHOv/image.jpg) (http://ibb.co/jyMHOv)
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Classic. Very nice.
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Damn , I'm surrounded by geniuses :bow:
Dusty
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You can post more of those underwater pics as far as I'm concerned!
OK, here's a few more...
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(http://people.delphiforums.com/ITSecurity/SquirrelFishSmall.jpg)
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IT, should I assume you've got a serious underwater camera rig? My understanding is the biggest problem/challenge is the lighting.
For many years I used a simple Canon elph point and shoot in a basic dive case with removable light diffuser. Most of my photos just don't have sufficient light to bring out those colors. I console myself by telling myself they look more "realistic" or as relatively stark as I actually experience it in real time lol. :laugh:
Maybe I'll get better gear someday.
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I generally find myself doing what I love, working, creating and trying to keep customers happy. Here is a small sample of some projects. I was fortunate to have my daughter working with me one summer and she started this page for me. Unfortunately I have 40 more years worth that are in albums and I have now idea how to put them on this page,
www.davidlebelmaine .wordpress.com
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I generally find myself doing what I love, working, creating and trying to keep customers happy. Here is a small sample of some projects. I was fortunate to have my daughter working with me one summer and she started this page for me. Unfortunately I have 40 more years worth that are in albums and I have now idea how to put them on this page,
www.davidlebelmaine .wordpress.com
Very impressive! You designed and/or built everything on that website?
Ken
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IT, should I assume you've got a serious underwater camera rig? My understanding is the biggest problem/challenge is the lighting.
For many years I used a simple Canon elph point and shoot in a basic dive case with removable light diffuser. Most of my photos just don't have sufficient light to bring out those colors. I console myself by telling myself they look more "realistic" or as relatively stark as I actually experience it in real time lol. :laugh:
Maybe I'll get better gear someday.
Not too serious - I've been using a Sea&Sea mid-range setup with a good strobe. I selected that one because it was my first UW digital and I wanted to learn with it. I had used 35mm UW for quite a while before that, going back to about 1985. Sea&Sea has always had a nice system for adding or removing lens adapters while underwater, so I could carry macro, standard, and wide lenses and use them all on one dive. Traditional film systems had to be set up for one kind of shooting for each dive, and it's a pain to be doing macro work when that whale shark swims past.
My next UW setup is going to be an Olympus OM-D EM series body (Micro 4/3) with a wide zoom (by land standards), likely a 7-14mm (35mm equiv 14-28mm) or a 9-18 (equiv 18-36). Given that water changes the refraction by about 35%, that puts these in the range of what acts like a 18 or 21mm to 40 or 50mm on a 35mm land camera. Add an externally mountable macro adapter and a pair of strobes (hopefully that also have LED continuous lighting for movies) and I'll be set. Now, that will qualify as a 'serious' UW rig :wink:
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Not too serious - I've been using a Sea&Sea mid-range setup with a good strobe. I selected that one because it was my first UW digital and I wanted to learn with it. I had used 35mm UW for quite a while before that, going back to about 1985. Sea&Sea has always had a nice system for adding or removing lens adapters while underwater, so I could carry macro, standard, and wide lenses and use them all on one dive. Traditional film systems had to be set up for one kind of shooting for each dive, and it's a pain to be doing macro work when that whale shark swims past.
My next UW setup is going to be an Olympus OM-D EM series body (Micro 4/3) with a wide zoom (by land standards), likely a 7-14mm (35mm equiv 14-28mm) or a 9-18 (equiv 18-36). Given that water changes the refraction by about 35%, that puts these in the range of what acts like a 18 or 21mm to 40 or 50mm on a 35mm land camera. Add an externally mountable macro adapter and a pair of strobes (hopefully that also have LED continuous lighting for movies) and I'll be set. Now, that will qualify as a 'serious' UW rig :wink:
Thanks for all that.... Still more serious than what I've always used which is about the equivalent of a camera-phone (actually it couldn't hold a candle to a modern smartphone camera lol). Maybe when the kids are grown I'll upgrade.
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Very impressive! You designed and/or built everything on that website?
Ken
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Very impressive! You designed and/or built everything on that website?
Ken
Thanks Ken, Yes, all my original designs and work. The dock gangway's designs I had checked by an engineer but were a standard design quite common around here. We fabbed each 40 ft. section in my yard and transported them to the site one at a time . The cribbing s we built the old fashion way at low tide and with manual labor. The whole job took three guy's five weeks.
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That's cause they're damn fine boats! :thumb:
I would have to respectfully reply that they aren't all fine. The Whaler method of construction uses very light outer skins. When you combine this with (inevitable) water entry into the foam core, it can make for a tricky repair
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I would have to respectfully reply that they aren't all fine. The Whaler method of construction uses very light outer skins. When you combine this with (inevitable) water entry into the foam core, it can make for a tricky repair
Agreed from that aspect, waterlogged Whalers are something I will always steer clear of. Haven't penetrated the hull of one yet. We don't leave them in the water and wash them down regularly so they get a good visual quite often. Not to mention we are probably more careful than most.
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We go racing. This is no 2 son on his Apriia RRV450GP
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You racing guys never get it out of your system!
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I like to do chemical re-engineering.
Basically I use beer, wine and whisky and and convert them into urine. :grin:
I'm also a fan of NFL.
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a little bit of this:
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a little bit of that:
https://youtu.be/_Ri3Z5HhRrs (https://youtu.be/_Ri3Z5HhRrs) (Laurentians, Quebec)
Nick
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I make stuff.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxP4uaMCi2k
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Leatherwork.
Camping.
Backpacking/ Travelling on the cheap.
Cooking (Chef by trade, professionally cooking for over 20 years, worked my way from fry cook to Exec Chef to F&B Director, left the business a few years back...now do it for fun again)
Write, carve (antler, bone).
Avid geek. Boardgames, books, vids, etc.
Basic jack-of-all-trades... I like creating stuff.
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Damn , I'm surrounded by geniuses :bow:
Dusty
Does that include me?
Tex
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Cruise chicks. Suck face!
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I fly one of these
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I fly one of these
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Thats beautiful! It looks very peaceful.
Rick.
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I've played keyboards in bands for many years. Now with little kids around, I've tried to replace that with solo piano gigs that end earlier in the evening. It hasn't been an easy transition, schedule restrictions and lack of talent being the major obstacles.
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Interesting thing for me, and the reason for this post, is the tie-in to riding a Guzzi. I've ridden to piano gigs on various different motorcycles, but nothing gives me as much Mojo going into it as a Guzzi.
Guzzi=rockn'roll
Caveat: haven't tried it on a Harley, but it's possible they're even better.
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Thats beautiful! It looks very peaceful.
Rick.
It's peaceful until the lift dies and you're out of gliding range of an airfield. Then things start to get interesting.
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I loved soaring, but quit when I got my power ticket. I may go back, now that I have no place to go in an airplane. We have great wave conditions here.
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got this little engine to play with a few days ago
https://youtu.be/BQ0vXfYZPtQ (https://youtu.be/BQ0vXfYZPtQ)
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Thats beautiful! It looks very peaceful.
Rick.
I was lucky enough as a youngster to get a glider ride over the New Hampshire white mountains. I'll never forget it , it was awesome. Pulled up with a vintage bi plane and soared around for about a half an hour. I anticipated it as being very quiet and peaceful but was surprised by the amount of wind noise and bumpiness.
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I like restoring old Ford tractors, my baby is a 1940 9N. Also do a lot of gunsmithing and custom ammo. I also like to fix things that are broke, sort of a jack of all trades.
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I fly one of these
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You must've used one hell of a selfie stick taking that pic of yourself!
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I've played keyboards in bands for many years. Now with little kids around, I've tried to replace that with solo piano gigs that end earlier in the evening. It hasn't been an easy transition, schedule restrictions and lack of talent being the major obstacles.
roccoromanucci.com
Interesting thing for me, and the reason for this post, is the tie-in to riding a Guzzi. I've ridden to piano gigs on various different motorcycles, but nothing gives me as much Mojo going into it as a Guzzi.
Guzzi=rockn'roll
Caveat: haven't tried it on a Harley, but it's possible they're even better.
I still play bass guitar, and that reminds me of when we opened up for Toots and The Maytals, and I showed up for the gig on my Griso with my bass slung on my back.
Ken
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I am an expert at thumb twiddling.
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Hunting, fishing, cycling, canoeing...when I can find the time. We have a small farm and a mess of old folks to care for. We also enjoy the beautiful Gulf Coast beaches; they can be used just about year 'round.
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Hunting, fishing, wood working, kayaking, hiking, bicycling, shooting, atv's, playing banjo, and believe it or not my work is quite fun, although demanding.
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Build and fly RC helis and planes.
Me too! (well, not so much the helis).
My current project is a 110" wingspan P-47 Thunderbolt. Best part is that it is powered by one of these (video is not me, but motor is the same). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAAGl7025fA Anybody see why I also LOVE my Guzzi?
Regards,
Jeff
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Thought it would be interesting to have some hives on the property. Most of the pics are on the camera down in the shop....
Inspecting one of the hives back in May..... Not supposed to be building out like this, ladies...
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First harvest beginning of June. I've decided that right now, comb honey is the easiest thing to do. They build their comb on very thin sheets of wax and when you harvest, it looks like a 'normal' frame of honey
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But.... you get this
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The wax sheet they build on is edible. If you are harvesting for regular honey to put in a jar, you have frames with plastic sheets.
Its delicious. I got about 25 nine to thirteen ounce cut 'squares' of comb this year. Not much, but not too shabby considering I only pulled off one hive. I have three hives so far, will probably split one later this month.
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I need to bicycle more, otherwise I've played with Corvettes since I was 7 years old.....started with 1:24 then into 1:1 scale as I got older.
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Scratch dog bellies, cook, take naps. In that order.