Red-Ringed Tupperware Party with Tin Foil and Scrambled Eggs Hats (8)

aussieskier wrote in post #5242430
It is us skinny guys with not so expensive cameras that they have to worry about

Well, you definitely scare me.

aussieskier wrote in post #5242430
It is us skinny guys with not so expensive cameras that they have to worry about

Exactly!

Hey Chief - I saw this in Portland last week and thought of your location:
http://flickr.com …s/94668213@N00/​777108216/

belmondo wrote in post #5242411
Old fat guys with expensive cameras taking pictures of rusty freight cars are not a threat to the national security.

Terrorist, you.

timbernet wrote in post #5242454
Hey Chief - I saw this in Portland last week and thought of your location:
http://flickr.com …s/94668213@N00/​777108216/

LOL! I've seen that place, but I've never shot it.

T.D. wrote in post #5242463
LOL! I've seen that place, but I've never shot it.

Neither have I - but image search finds a lot

belmondo wrote in post #5242411
Funny you should say that, but the only problems I've ever had were with the railroad police. I had one hassle me bigtime in the Indio yard a couple years ago. He insisted on name, identification, car registration, etc., etc.

After he had carried on with his little power trip for a few minutes, I asked him for his name and badge number, and he freaked. We then had a big debate about whether I was entitled to that information or not, so I told him I didn't really need it since I had his vehicle information. I'm sure the railroad would know who was driving it.

He finally gave me one of those "I'm going to let you go this time" speeches. I think he was absolutely stunned that I wasn't totally compliant, and I probably would have been if I'd been doing anything to give him cause for concern

Old fat guys with expensive cameras taking pictures of rusty freight cars are not a threat to the national security.

That is pretty much my theory....I've had a couple run ins with these clowns...and it hasn't been pretty...they don't like being challenged.

hey riley how do you like your canon backpack

jedi1354 wrote in post #5242505
hey riley how do you like your canon backpack

I like it, perfect for the kit you have. I now have a Tamrac Expedition 7, which is a bit better for some of my additional gear. But for the price, it is hard to beat that canon backpack.

I remember one occasion that was kinda' funny. Lois and I had eaten lunch at a pretty nice restaurant, and as we were leaving they gave us each a bottle of water. These were not your run-of-the-mill plastic water bottles. These looked exactly like wine bottles in just about every detail including the color of the glass, the shape, and a cork stopper.

I don't remember where Lois was, but I went over to the railroad track and waited for trains to pass by. I had drunk about half my bottle of water when a Sheriff's Deputy stopped to see what I was doing. I told him, and he was satisfied, but being a creature of habit, he looked into the car, and spotted my 'water bottle.'

"What's that?"

Ummm, water.


"Please step out of the car."

Okay.

He told me to go stand by the back bumper of the car. Once I was out of the way, he reached in the car, grabbed the bottle, pulled the cork out and sniffed it. He started laughing, and muttered something about that being the stupidest way of bottling water he'd ever seen. I had to agree, but I wasn't going to waste a perfectly good bottle of water.

He probably thought he'd cracked the crime of the century....old fat wino sitting in his car by the railorad tracks getting sloshed.

timbernet wrote in post #5242454
Hey Chief - I saw this in Portland last week and thought of your location:
http://flickr.com …s/94668213@N00/​777108216/

Nice!!

I don't think they serve cocktails at the local Betty Ford....

belmondo wrote in post #5242513
He probably though he'd cracked the crime of the century....old fat wino sitting in his car by the railorad tracks getting sloshed.

That is funny!

How much you want to bet, this won't come early...
http://wwwapps.ups.com …re=&track.x=27&​track.y=12

aussieskier wrote in post #5242532
How much you want to bet, this won't come early...
http://wwwapps.ups.com …re=&track.x=27&​track.y=12

hmmm.... I dunno... It might come early...

belmondo wrote in post #5242513
I remember one occasion that was kinda' funny. Lois and I had eaten lunch at a pretty nice restaurant, and as we were leaving they gave us each a bottle of water. These were not your run-of-the-mill plastic water bottles. These looked exactly like wine bottles in just about every detail including the color of the glass, the shape, and a cork stopper.

I don't remember where Lois was, but I went over to the railroad track and waited for trains to pass by. I had drunk about half my bottle of water when a Sheriff's Deputy stopped to see what I was doing. I told him, and he was satisfied, but being a creature of habit, he looked into the car, and spotted my 'water bottle.'

"What's that?"

Ummm, water.


"Please step out of the car."

Okay.

He told me to go stand by the back bumper of the car. Once I was out of the way, he reached in the car, grabbed the bottle, pulled the cork out and sniffed it. He started laughing, and muttered something about that being the stupidest way of bottling water he'd ever seen. I had to agree, but I wasn't going to waste a perfectly good bottle of water.

He probably thought he'd cracked the crime of the century....old fat wino sitting in his car by the railorad tracks getting sloshed.

ROFL....You are a menace to society!