Do not buy a used Nikon D70

I realize that at times my malapropismick view of the world is troubling but man, I guess I took having a good camera for granite. I never phantomed how it would feel to be cameraless.

So I went and took my wounded Nikon D70 to the local Camera rip-off store where I purchased it and told them I knew it was going to cost about $300. The guy said it would take a month and showed my a used D70 body I could buy right now for $375.

hmmmmmm - I could buy a used body that will have the same problems as mine for $75 MORE. The answer seemed oblivious to me! A used pro-sumer camera only has so many clicks in it and the shutter will freeze just like mine did. Get up near the 15,000 click area and be prepared for a lock out. Don't ever buy a used D70 unless you are ready to pay another $300 in a year or a day. The curse of Digital cameras is that they wear out faster.

Anywho - I have a point and shoot camera I can use but, it's like for emergencies only I guess. I should have my camera back before we go to Door County.

Meanwhile, back at Starbucks I think I should be selling my business cards. In one week 50 cards that are next to my images on the Starbucks wall have been grabbed . I should sell them for $1. I would be effluent with cash!
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We watched a movie last weekend which was really good "Fracture". Trailer is not the most exciting which is probably why I missed it when it came out. One of those hidden gems you never hear about. It will keep you glued to your seat.

Loved the movie.
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So Texas A & M (TAMU)does not celebrate Labor Day. A few things of note about Texas A & M. They had that giant 109 foot bonfire which collapsed in 1999 and also has the George Bush Presidential Library. HOWEVER - given those lapse of judgments it is the seventh largest university in the United States and the main campus is the largest in the States.

Texas A&M scientists created the first cloned domestic animal, a cat named 'cc', and were the first academic institution to clone each of six different species: cattle, a Boer goat, pigs, a cat, a deer and a horse.

They are also helping build the Giant Magellan Telescope in Chile which will be 10 times more powerful then Hubble (which was partially build at the University of Wisconsin).

But - enough of TAMU. My brain has a lot less weight on it today after my hair cut. I feel like a Marine!

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This weekend it looks like Iron Man Wisconsin is happening. I know this because it will be Josh and Jenny's Anniversity. I hope it rains before the race because right now Madison is slippery with grease from the Taste of Madison. Smelly rotting grease all over the streets that will not go away until a good rain.

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In 1850 California becomes Americas 31st state and the farthest West State to be on Specific Time. California in 1848 was owned by Mexico but with the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo "sold" the land to the U.S. Unbeknown to Mexico was that nine days before the treaty gold was discovered at Sutters Mill. Suddenly, the greatest gold rush in history was on, and "forty-niners" began flooding into California chasing after the fist-sized gold nuggets rumored to be strewn about the ground just waiting to be picked up. California's population and wealth skyrocketed.

Have a sweet day
Rod