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Thanks a lot, guys! I’ve had a terrific and quiet Birthday time with my wife and eldest grandchild - after a "hectic" Christmas celebration with our two children and their families with a half dozen grandchildren.

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Happy birthday, Joachim.

Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday Joachim!

I wish you a very merry birthday, Joachim

Happy Birthday! (party favour noise)

@blessingx When I was in the used camera business, we had a small stash of old Alpas which are still my favorites. https://casualphotophile.com/2018/03/21/alpa-10d-camera-review-swiss-35mm-film-slr/

Regarding the initial comparison of the Daguerre Giroux vs. the Fox Talbot: the construction of the DG, with the grain running top to bottom, will cause the distance between the lens and the film to change with humidity as the wood swells and contracts thus throwing it out of focus. The front to back grain of the FT will be stable in that regard. It's a minor thing that probably didn't really matter at the time, but it's an interesting form vs function distinction. Also, the Brownie wasn't produced in the tradition of the Model T as it predates it by a decade

Phew... couple of days already finishing up the final wiring, setup and calibration of my CNC router. Ended up with a 2.2kW 400Hz water cooled spindle on a 4 axis machine that is connected to a Mach3 system with two LPT cards fully automating spindle start/stop, water pump start/stop for cooling, air cooling for the cutter, etc. Very happy for now how everything goes together. Need to fabricate a heavy duty cabinet for it holding all the electrical stuff and computer below the machine with some drawers as well for the cutting tools, fixtures, vacuum pump and water tank as well. Going to keep me busy for some time.

A fun little video on old beautiful cameras.

It almost sounds ridiculous nowadays but in my neighborhood, these guys and Michael Jackson were the "hottest"

Happy belated Birthday Ric!

Cheers and Happy Birthday -

Happy Birthday, Joachim! Have a wonderful day.

Happy Birthday Joachim! I hope you have a wonderful day

I can't help but wonder if that means that 99.9% of Russians are ready to sacrifice Putin.

Hope it’s a wonderful day.

Have a great one Joachim! Cheers

Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday!

Very Happy Birthday!

If you like jazz, you enjoy Ella Fitzgerald and want to have some fun, this is a must: Just let her warm up. It's a pity the recording sound quality is not stellar.

Excellent! In a similar lane...

Dusty got his Chinese takeaway, Dusty is happy.

50yo Superfly Curtis Mayfield 1972 https://album.link/i/1048472205 Example: This is a killer set of Curtis cuts for your cool Christmas.

Thanks everybody. I've been sick most of the month (not Covid) and spent a quiet birthday at home with my critters.