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[mechtech]

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Got me beat

 

[FreedomEclipse]

Got me beat

Its 27'c here today. But its a lot more comfortable than it was yesterday.

 

[Tatty_Two]

Got me beat

What are your typical temps for Mid September? I will be across then for a couple of weeks starting South East to South West via Whistler and Banff.

 

[FreedomEclipse]

Anyone interested in upgrading their AM5....

 

[mechtech]

What are your typical temps for Mid September? I will be across then for a couple of weeks starting South East to South West via Whistler and Banff.

Big country. Big differences. Calgary through Banff mid September nice weather would be mid-teens. Crappy weather -5 to 0 and wet snow. Once 3/4 way through BC starts to get moderate most of year from ocean. Past few years fall has be decent. *knock on wood*
About 1250km road distance between them taking the south BC highway “crows nest pass” shorter on north highway.
If you’re in Vancouver I’d recommend taking the ferry across to Vancouver island and try to see Victoria, Tofino Beach and Carmanah Valley.

 

[the54thvoid]

In 2017, wife and I toured a loop from Vancouver to Whistler, passed through Kamloops and Prince George on route to Canadian Cabins in Crescent Spur, on to Jasper, then Banff, and back to Vancouver via Kelowna. 20 day adventure.

The road from Jasper to Banff (hazy pic, unfortunately).

In 2019, we did Vancouver - Jasper - Bella Coola (via Prince George and 1 night in Williams Lake) - Ferry to Port Hardy (vancouver Island) - Ucluelet (south of Tofino) - Vancouver

In 2022, we did Vancouver - Vancouver Island (spent four nights in Knight Inlet) - Port Hardy - Ferry through Northern Passage to Prince Rupert, Back to Vancouver via Smithers and an overnight at 100-Mile House.

Bears at Knight Inlet (my pic)

Can't afford to go back since I changed career, but clearly, I love BC and I fully plan to move there if the chance arises.

 

[FreedomEclipse]

The road from Jasper to Banff (hazy pic, unfortunately).

^This looks like an oil painting.

Bears at Knight Inlet (my pic)

^This reminds me of this...

 

[the54thvoid]

^This reminds me of this...

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The bear's saying, 'get this prick off of me.'

 

[FreedomEclipse]

The bear's saying, 'get this prick off of me.'

I would be proud to have a big picture or painting of the first pic and have it up on my wall. Its genuinely that nice.

 

[mechtech]

I would be proud to have a big picture or painting of the first pic and have it up on my wall. Its genuinely that nice.

you may have seen some of these pics before

search "lake louise banff national park"

 

[FreedomEclipse]

search "lake louise banff national park"

Didnt W7 or Vista used to have background wallpapers that looked exactly like some of those pictures in the google search?

 

[mechtech]

Didnt W7 or Vista used to have background wallpapers that looked exactly like some of those pictures in the google search?

hmmmm possibly?

 

[the54thvoid]

you may have seen some of these pics before

search "lake louise banff national park"

The pics in my post were taken by me. The first was taken with a Lumix FZ330. It's poorly focused (the trees are mostly all blurred). The last was taken with much better gear (and way more expensive). But in terms of seeing pics like the first - it was taken from a photo-op spot on the road down the Icefields Parkway. There will be many out there with far better quality.

 

[FreedomEclipse]

Sony always did make some pretty good cameras.

 

[kurosagi01]

Sony always did make some pretty good cameras.

I think they still do, now if they can make a more simple UI default camera app(something what Samsung and Pixel offers) with their photography pro app for their phones, they could win the camera phone market.

 

[FreedomEclipse]

I think they still do, now if they can make a more simple UI default camera app(something what Samsung and Pixel offers) with their photography pro app for their phones, they could win the camera phone market.

Im sure there might be some 3rd party apps for that. But I was more referring to their use of tech. I have a pretty old sony sensor in my Mate 9 and that shoots really good photos compared to whatever is used in my moto G73

 

[kurosagi01]

Im sure there might be some 3rd party apps for that. But I was more referring to their use of tech. I have a pretty old sony sensor in my Mate 9 and that shoots really good photos compared to whatever is used in my moto G73

Possibly but filled with dumb ads.

 

[FreedomEclipse]

Possibly but filled with dumb ads.

Also Google camera app doesnt require a rooted device and is known to work with quite a lot of handsets

 

[kurosagi01]

Also Google camera app doesnt require a rooted device and is known to work with quite a lot of handsets

Got to love freebies.

 

[mechtech]

Anyone across the pond watch this? The guys started 10-ish years ago and last vid was 1 year ago, nothing since then.

 

[Eva01Master]

I've just watched episode 1 there, it is amazing.

Anyone across the pond watch this? The guys started 10-ish years ago and last vid was 1 year ago, nothing since then.

 

[kurosagi01]

Really windy last night, the tenant next door garden furniture got blown down which is crazy.
It has genuinely been windy this year, are we certain we shouldn't look at investing in some wind power.

 

[the54thvoid]

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Really windy last night, the tenant next door garden furniture got blown down which is crazy.
It has genuinely been windy this year, are we certain we shouldn't look at investing in some wind power.

UK has oodles of wind turbines, but the catch is the grid connections. They need to increase that infrastructure to deliver it to the network. It's like having plenty of cars with not enough roads.

 

[kurosagi01]

UK has oodles of wind turbines, but the catch is the grid connections. They need to increase that infrastructure to deliver it to the network. It's like having plenty of cars with not enough roads.

Time to get more wind turbines and hook them bad boys up.

 

[FoulOnWhite]

UK has oodles of wind turbines, but the catch is the grid connections. They need to increase that infrastructure to deliver it to the network. It's like having plenty of cars with not enough roads.

I think a fair few of them are made in my city.