AggieDave

When I'm in a training cycle for a competition (powerlifting), I'm eating roughly 5,000-7,000 calories a day with 4-500gr of protein. Lots of meat, LOTS of meat, plus protein shakes (WPI mostly) and a significant amount of carbs. My levels are all right where they need to be as well. --"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline."

Good contact, e-mailed him and he already got back to me. Basically he said that legit access is super-hard to come by as the building's individual owners really have no desire to allow it. There's a market for this, where the building owner could have waivers and get paid per person. A photo-tour business could make it happen. I, however, am NOT moving there to make it happen! --"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline."

Hey, since I'm not swooping or competing, I've got to have something to fill the void! --"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline."

Exactly, that's some more examples of stuff we would like to shoot. We could only realistically one site a day, *maybe* two depending on travel time and how involved a single shooting location is. However, if we don't have someone to help us organize and get us access, it would be a tough trip to shoot even one legitimate location. --"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline."

http://s.mcstatic.com/thumb/7569183/20668972/4/flash_player/0/1/the_big_lebowski_1998_scattering_donnys_ashes.jpg?v=4 --"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline."

Does anyone have a link, the hook up or an idea of anyone who coordinates photo tours in Detroit? Specifically there are a couple of us who want to travel there and get legal access to some of the "big" ruins like the Packard factory, the opera house, some schools and such. Urban exploration photography. I've had great luck in Texas achieving legal access to some really great sites, including an abandoned orphanage in north Texas, but some friends and I want to travel to Detroit this year on a photography trip. --"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline."

This isn't Nam, there are rules... Come on Dave, it's just--it's Nataly. So her toe slipped over a little, it's just a thread. Do you see what happens Larry... --"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline."

This isn't Nam, there are rules... --"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline."

It's like a whuffo not understanding why we skydive. All the troubles. The pain. The heartache. You can't understand skydiving without doing it. And parenthood cannot be understood without being a parent. I wish I could explain it. I can't. Exactly, but you can't give someone the bowling speech about being a parent. That's the problem. Once you're in your in. --"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline."

You're not the first person to call me stupid, but maybe you could wait until we actually meet to make that determination. --"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline."

You know, after trading my super-loaded Velocity for a minivan I think I made a great choice. When I traded girlfriends and hookups for my wife, I know I made a great choice. However happy it all makes me, the same decisions won't make everyone happy. I'm 2-kids in and we're probably going to have more. This journey has spurred new and interesting side hobbies in my life like photography (as some of you "might" have noticed on Facebook). Don't sweat the haters, just be you. --"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline."

What do you think of the ABS, and can it be turned off? The abs has saved my life and no you can't turn it off. My former BMW had abs as well. --"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline."

My fun bike is a Vulcan 800 I've chopped up. My "fun" other bike is a Honda st1300p-abs. Previously I had a BMW 1150rt. Although I have ridden many others from Harley's to hardlies. --"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline."

http://www.ironbutt.com/about/default.cfm?CFID=26351877&CFTOKEN=56395273 Bah. http://www.hokaheychallenge.com/ --"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline."

Yeah, on occasion. --"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline."

No. That sounds more like a user/settings issue. Change to a single point and move using the cross ion the back of the body. Check your user manual if that didn't make any sense. --"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline."

Start with the book "understanding exposure" by Bryan Peterson. It is one of the best written photography books I've seen. The Nikon 55-200vr would be a good starting point, uses the same 52mm filters that the 18-55 does so you can save some money when buying filters like a circular polarizer. The nikkor 70-300vr is a much better choice but costs a bit over $500. The thing to remember is that a good photographer can take great photos with a cheap camera, a bad photographer can spend thousands on gear and still suck, work on the skills first and the kit second (go order the above mentioned book, then just about everything else the author wrote). When I can't get the shot I envisioned I try for unusual and unique shots. If you want to start training your eyes to see it, buy a cheap Nikon 50mm afs-d and zoom with your feet. Great lens and a great training tool. A favorite go to lens of mine for many situations. So don't get hung up on needing a longer zoom, get hung up on getting unique and interesting photos. --"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline."

Even if you're 'somewhat' current, it's not something I'd recommend. I just did 1377 miles, I'm very current, lotsa miles. Carry lots of water, more than you'd expect. Plan on fairly frequent breaks. If it's a Harley for that far, in this heat, I'd suggest a sheepskin seat cover/cooling pad. But overall, I wouldn't suggest it at all. Not for someone that hasn't road-tripped in 25 years. Do not listen to Spot, he's a pussy, Go hard "friend of Jim" I spend more time in the saddle than most everyone, I say twardo picks a non-important trip to do the first big run with. Or sign up for the Hoka Hey. --"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline."

Ok, I won't use the word vibrator in my posts. Ok, in your pants, just not in your posts...got it. --"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline."

Very cool! --"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline."

I mentioned that on Facebook as well as hitting up Big Bend National Park (which is a favorite destination of mine). --"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline."

OR that one legged tranny with a 'rash' that you kept proposing to! She loves me, she just doesn't know it yet! --"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline."

The one girlfriend that had me wondering was one that I dated for a few years in high school and into college. We thought that was it and how very wrong we were. She was a nice little religious girl who married another religious guy and I laugh wondering if she does that really kinky stuff she let loose when she was with me. If so, he might wonder how she learned it. That's a joke, but in all seriousness, I really deeply don't care what any of my ex-girlfriends are doing. Although as a general rule I hope they're happy and doing well. I know I am very happy (and very blessed) with my wife and family (and I'm so very lucky that I didn't marry any of those women)! --"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline."

Ahem. Loss of life. Looks like part of that was an amped up first responder running a victim smooth over! --"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline."

The federal government moves quick, it's been a whole 2 weeks and look what happened! Dangit John, thanks for retiring, this is why we can't have nice things! --"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline."