there's nothing in particular near BWI except arundel mills, with one of those medieval times places...so if jousting works for your conversation, then great, otherwise, you'll have to drive a bit.
I did fine with a 5.6 28-300 for my kids' sports outdoors. The length (plus the crop factor) got me a ton of shots that I couldn't have gotten otherwise.
Worked the database table at our church's annual auction, This year we brought in about $8000 less than in year's past, for a 40% drop. The economy is really making a difference.
We're not everyone in the world. We're a group of friends. That is how society works. If there's nothing tying a group of people together in the real world, they're not a group of people in the real world.
I'd argue that head-case IS a better reflection of real society than other web forums. We expect people to behave as if they were actually around the people they're talking to. And hold them to what they say.
It just goes to show, no matter how long people are around here, not everyone appreciates the "it's a bar where people who like headphones hang out" thing.
That said, sometimes people ramble on about something they really care about and no one else does in bars, too.