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Is that a single speed bike?
It’s a three speed . It has an internally geared rear hub . It should be perfect for around town . It’s similar to the old chain activated Sturmey Archer three speeds but improved upon by those clever Japanese at Shimano .
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If you like photography I trust that you are aware of the "rule of thirds'. If not it is important. Many think that the main object in a photo should be dentered but that is actually not true. If the subject is in motion you want it off set so the motion has somewhere to go. Think if a tic-tac-toe grid. Here is an example. Being offset the copters have somewhere to go to continue the aspect of motion. If the copters were centered it would actually take away the motion aspect. Also many think that they should totally 'freeze' the image but that is not true. The little bit of blur of the copter rotors also denote motion. Just these two factors can make the difference between boring and an experience. ;)
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That is interesting, thank you. Indeed, I did not know about that rule.

For me to photograph the Moon like that, I have to zoom 20x in my Canon® PowerShot SX400 IS (at maximum), that is, for every breath, there is a big movement on the image I try to take. One of the photos I took, I showed to a former girl I was in love with, and she said, "You're a photographer!". I still have not ended my article about the Brazilian economy in colonial times.

I started to try to learn German with Duolingo. I know that is not the best, but it is better than nothing. I must know more about German culture and my German ancestry.

I have the "Historia Naturalis Brasiliae" from Willem Piso and Georg Marcgraf, in 1648. However, it is in Latin, as you can see below. Oh, I forgot, did you know that typography was banned in Brazil until 1808? So, no Brazilian books. The books must be printed in Portugal and then sent to Brazil, under royal authorization. Because of that, so many manuscripts. The reason? Maybe paranoia.

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Also, there are German books with a different calligraphy about Brazil, I suppose. Google cannot help me understand the Gothic script.
 
Been getting back into Tv recently. I finished the sopranos this evening along with house M.D a few months back. I’m thinking of GOT next since it’s been recommended a lot. I never finished the walking dead so that’s another possibility.
 
Been getting back into Tv recently. I finished the sopranos this evening along with house M.D a few months back. I’m thinking of GOT next since it’s been recommended a lot. I never finished the walking dead so that’s another possibility.
LOL! I have found myself getting hooked on Law and Order - Special Victims Unit. ;)
 
Been getting back into Tv recently. I finished the sopranos this evening along with house M.D a few months back. I’m thinking of GOT next since it’s been recommended a lot. I never finished the walking dead so that’s another possibility.
House MD is a one of my favorites
 
Been getting back into Tv recently. I finished the sopranos this evening along with house M.D a few months back. I’m thinking of GOT next since it’s been recommended a lot. I never finished the walking dead so that’s another possibility
If you like The Sopranos, I think you’d like Tulsa King starring Sylvester Stallone. Read reviews on IMDB. It is streaming on Paramount Plus. They offer a free trial. It just finished the third season and I think they will have a 4 th season next year.
 
My streaming, TV weakness is Time Team, an older British archaeology show on Prime and youtube. The last few evenings have been REALLY cold here, and that means I've been turning the rarely used TV on. When it gets cold here, the tapwater runs grey with oxygen saturation, so I tend not to do fishroom stuff.

I'm rewatching this 20 season show, and enjoying the characters and their knowledge. It's a bit late in life for me to become an archaeologist, and as a North American, there isn't a lot of really old that has survived here - I live on Wolostoq land but they didn't build with stone. The soil here has more acid in it than the Sixties did.

But if I watch a detective show, I don't have to solve crimes. And with the ads, I know a lot more about fabric softeners than I used to. I keep seeing a french language perfume ad with an attractive woman running up a hill (she doesn't seem to sweat and her hair is perfect) surrounded by lionesses that I suspect AI added later. You wouldn't want to have a snort at me if I were running up a hill followed by lions.
 
I also just realised I have season 2 of fallout in a week. I might watch GOT and that in tandem
 

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