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Team USA Mens Foil, takes gold and named world champions! Go team USA! Oh, our Airbnb turns out to be nice than the website pictures.

That is me totally physically trashed. In a moment of madness I decided to do a run I last did about 15 years ago - 15 miles of cross country with three chunky hills in it. I really haven't done anything like that for three years (when I did the Yorkshire 3 peaks) so I was working on base fitness from the gym, and physical memory of doing that sort of thing. I did 3h45m - and back in the day, when I was doing a lot more running and quite a bit younger I got it down to 2h30m. Anyway I'm not unhappy at age 63 that I can still cut the mustard to some extent. It was made a bit more tricky that it started at 75F and finished at 83F. And made even more tricky that copious and corrosive sweat gave me an heroic dose of runner's crotch. When Carole saw it she said "how on earth did you continue with that". Well basically I had to - I had to get back to the car! But last night I was walking around as if I'd just got off a horse. A lot better today, but I'm pretty physically tired. Definitely not looking for sympathy (as if! This is head-case!)! It's after all my own fault

Yesterday, Yumi and I rented a jet ski at lake Conroe! It was awesome. So now I want to get one. Thinking of Sea-Doo GTX or RTX 230. I think we’ll even be able to fit it in the toy hauler to take with us camping (if we on a lake or ocean).

It's been done, and better.

MilkyWay in the French Calanques of Marseille. Click for slightly larger. Hell's Gate, Death Valley.

Currently listening to it on showreel

Ah, 240p Memories ... Where Are They Now?

Tyler was ahead of the curve!

2016 Atomized – The Raveonettes I've only got Chain Gain of Love and Pretty In Black, so this is a big update for me... the Raveonettes' latest album sounds much more modern, to my ears. A lot of ear candy in this first listen.

Although I was reasonably happy with the Oyster Perpetual 39mm, I’ve always liked Jaeger-LeCoultre and in particular their Reverso, I also prefer manual wind to automatic. Well the place where I got both that Rolex and Saxonia from had a Reverso 1931 2788570 available, and I’m happy to say I’m in the process of buying that beautiful ( imo ) looking watch. I did have to use that Rolex as part exchange but I’m ok with that. Hopefully I should have it within the next few days, but here’s a photo of that Reverso.

One of my favourite sets as well.

RIP, Art Neville, 81, another New Orleans legend: https://www.npr.org/2019/07/22/744150388/art-neville-a-new-orleans-icon-dead-at-81?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_term=nprnews&fbclid=IwAR04PIsyQsEemtDGY2vAH5rARmPLgTCwuZO-_u4zefbNfbx9zTgkWvd5vN8&fbclid=IwAR0Gj4Z7x06VpKbdo8OaaKYz-8EH_KeNBnKmtgAa6kpdVheLg2sA7aF64FY

You would also need something like this: https://floridasailcraft.com/product/bigfoot-4-wheel-beach-dolly/ and also a winch installed within your trailer to allow you to have a controlled loading and unloading process.

It has got Daniel Lanois, Rhiannon Giddens, Willie Nelson, D'Angelo, etc. etc. It is brilliant. No knowledge of the game required to enjoy.

Here’s a profile shot. Chevy certainly borrowed the styling ques and proportions in this view from the Ferrari 458.

Sony A7R IV. 61 MP, 10 FPS, 15 stop DR

Just focus on the “fortissimo pianissimo.”

Sigma out with a tiny, non-Foveon, L-mount, FF, modular "fp" camera no one was expecting. Foveon version rumored to be following later.

An exciting young player, but posted here for being a spectacularly well framed and timed photograph.