Is your Navy db stationed at Camp LeJuene? That's where one of my db's and I were born.
No, he's actually in the reserves now. He was active duty for 13 years: Norfolk, Naples, and Bethesda. He got out of active because he was told his next tour would be on a ship and he didn't want to leave his 4 daughters. So he moved close to my parents in Asheville, NC. He was recalled for a year - thankfully only to Texas and not Afghanistan - but it was still hard on my Dsil. Thank goodness my mom had just retired.
And it was his first year -- before I was born! 
Mike!!! OMG that really did bring tears to my eyes! I really wish I had it to do all over again! It was a beautiful slide show! Thank you!
Canon just announced an impressive new 5D Mark 2 FULL FRAME DSLR body with the following for a "list" price of $2699 before Christmas... which should drop o a "street price" at or below $2400 soon after Christmas.
21 megapixel CMOS sensor (very similar to the sensor in the EOS-1Ds Mark III)
Sensor dust reduction by vibration of filter
ISO 100 - 6400 calibrated range, ISO 50 - 25600 expansion (1Ds Mark III & 5D max ISO 3200)
Auto ISO (100 - 3200) in all modes except manual
3.9 frames per second continuous shooting
DIGIC 4 processor, new menus / interface as per the EOS 50D
Image processing features:
Highlight tone priority
Auto lighting optimizer (4 levels)
High ISO noise reduction (4 levels)
Lens peripheral illumination correction (vignetting correction)
RAW and SRAW1 (10 MP) / SRAW2 (5 MP)
RAW / JPEG selection made separately
Permanent display of ISO on both top plate and viewfinder displays
AF microadjustment (up to 20 lenses individually)
Three custom modes on command dial, Creative Auto mode
Image copyright metadata support
98% coverage viewfinder (0.71x magnification)
3.0" 920,000 dot LCD monitor with 'Clear View' cover / coatings, 170° viewing angle
Automatic LCD brightness adjustment (ambient light sensor)
Live view with three mode auto-focus (including face detection)
No mirror-flip for exposures in Live View if contrast detect AF selected
HD Movie recording in live view (1080p H.264 up to 12 minutes, VGA H.264 up to 24 mins per clip)
Two mode silent shooting (in live view)
New jump options in play mode
HDMI and standard composite (AV) video out
Full audio support: built-in mic and speaker, mic-in socket, audio-out over AV (although not HDMI)
IrPort (supports IR remote shutter release using optional RC1 / RC5 controllers)
UDMA CompactFlash support
New 1800 mAh battery with improved battery information / logging
New optional WFT-E4 WiFi / LAN / USB vertical grip
Water resistance: 10 mm rain in 3 minutes
I will send your post to dh.... it is much too much for me to care about! LOL!
Ok, seeing as DCL didn't play the darn tune (not even once) during the TOAL, and nobody's put up a slideshow verison on smugmug........yet
Here it is.......DIS Pirates in the Panama Canal, Van Halen Edition, including a timelapse of the transit.
Crank up the speakers and clickey clickey:
DIS Pirates Transit The Canal with Van Halen's Panama
Andy
PS Shame the song is about a car.
What kind of clips, Cheryl? Are these the "innocent" clips or the "not guilty" clips? Some pirates were supposedly more entertaining than others...
It was really great and can't express(yes I am speechless even in person) how wonderful the trip and people were!! 
We have over 8 hours of videos and he is now putting them on a large DVD.Ok, seeing as DCL didn't play the darn tune (not even once) during the TOAL, and nobody's put up a slideshow verison on smugmug........yet
Here it is.......DIS Pirates in the Panama Canal, Van Halen Edition, including a timelapse of the transit.
Crank up the speakers and clickey clickey:
DIS Pirates Transit The Canal with Van Halen's Panama
Andy
PS Shame the song is about a car.
We called in more help.
Not too hard if I can do it with only a few mistakes. I still have to up-load John's pictures from his Memory card from his camcorder yet. 
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I hope you kept your Sony Mini DVD camera. John shot over an hour on each mini and the quality is beautiful.
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Ok, seeing as DCL didn't play the darn tune (not even once) during the TOAL, and nobody's put up a slideshow verison on smugmug........yet
Here it is.......DIS Pirates in the Panama Canal, Van Halen Edition, including a timelapse of the transit.
Crank up the speakers and clickey clickey:
DIS Pirates Transit The Canal with Van Halen's Panama
Andy
PS Shame the song is about a car.
I guess even my 10yr old is cooler then I am! After all the luck I have been wishing for A's and you make me cry!!!
Cheryl, I was talking to one of my cousins today (the one that came home-Sept 26, 2007-and found her dh dead in his chair) and I promised her that we were going to be in Chicago (Mt Prospect) for the reunion in June. The last weekend in June. She told me that she would be sending me weekly reminders so, I had no excuse!
A little chilly for me by at least 40 degrees.
I really think that once Jon thinks about it he will think it will be too cold, also.
Just think of it this way...........No children will be on the cruise!!
Except possibly mine!
Arlene....... I loved the clips and thanks for trying to walk John through posting the videos.
Maybe we can all start homeschooling the kids in March 2010 and we will call it one big "fieldtrip". We have enough experienced home schoolers in this group to help us figure it out!
All told the DSLR thing would cost $6000 - 7500 or possibly 10,000+ with all the thoerotical bells and whistles ... and I told her in ...even... serious tones. She was quiet for a moment and then I could see she had quickly figured out my prevailing "material" passions would cycle away as quickly as they've cycled in. After 24 years together you begin to recognize a few things in one another!
And SO.... she has Steph and ANDYR to blame for that - and that other soccer family for the Ferrari thing. In the end all I need is what I got now that I found the local camera store was closed on sundays (drat!) so I was unable to go "PLAY" with a 28-300 f3.5-5.6 IS L... and on the Ferrari thing... I DO need 4 seats - and I need a car that the Samoyed would be OK to ride in + all the gear it takes to haul around in support of soccer, beach going and Disneyland visiting.
Sigh....
SO on account of her resisting my Ferrari and Camera ideas - I told her everything she tried on today while shopping looked really BAD. She has not yet figured out WHY I was so criitcal I suspect.... < steady silent grinnin' >
I figure I saved maybe $200-300 today with DISing all the things she tried on today at Macys!
I think I'll go catch a movie to unwind now.
We're reserved for the Princess cruise over Halloween now - but waiting for my Dad to confirm his end. He didn't call and our TA was nice enough to hold our cabin requests 24 hours w/o money. So we're reserved with cabins but NOT locked in with money ... yet. I cancelled the january 3rd 2009 NCL cruise in favor of this one... and saving $800 in the process... and moving to a 2 year newer and 10,000 ton bigger ship! < wink > Whew!.... looking at the deck plans on the Princess Sapphire I've NEVER seen so many decks, cabins or dining venues. I was briefly thinking of bringing an electirc cattle prod along to cut my way through the 1000s and 1000s anticipitated in the "herd" on board...
OK ... So I'll close with the thought that I hope everyone had as much fun teasing their spouse, kids or friends as I did today!!
Maybe we can all start homeschooling the kids in March 2010 and we will call it one big "fieldtrip". We have enough experienced home schoolers in this group to help us figure it out!
So when does THIS 1st image come into consideration?
Hey Cheryl!
It just so happens I still have it. And I have it cuz I had not given it any serious thought recently. It was a really good deal after all in some ways ... more so I thought this because I saw it on sale (not advertised special mind you ) at the local Frys' electronics superstore for $400... so I mused GEE.... I paid only $125 I think? Now right now I don't quite remember what I paid .... but I do vaguely recall including all my stuff and discs and had been thinking of wanting $175 on ebay (net) to get all my "fair" cash out of it. IE, 2 batteries, charger, 50 DVD discs (40 left now) came to about $175.
So... anyways.... for that kind of sum I figured before - and reaffirmed today that I just might .... keep it. Unfortunately ... I have not as yet settled on what I'll keep or sell. Look at it this way... 1) That new HD Canon Camcorder I got which records to SD memory card - well I have 70GB of footage shot.... but no viewable discs burned or shared. 2) The low def Sony #103 camcorder has shot 9 discs of 20-30 minute movies and I've already viewed them and given a couple movie DVDs away to friends. 3) As yet I don't OWN a HD or Blue Ray high definition player (or burner)... so I still have to gear up for this. I do have a HD TV.... but it's resolution is 720p ... not as high as the 1080p of the camera. So does this mean I need a player and burner ... YES, Plus 4) I might need new higher power computers and softweare to manipulate and edit the HD movie footage .... and ... 5) do I need a 1080p HDTV? Well I COULD use one .... but I don't know how far I'd get with that on account of my mentioning to Alicia yesterday and today that 6) I wanted a nice 2nd hand Ferrari mondial or 348 (even though it only has 2 seats)...
... all this on account of another family leaving soccer practice in a nice black Mondial. .... and the other thing was 7) on account of my posting the digital camera thing this morning I turned to Alicia and quipped that I think it's time to update my equipment kit - and that I wanted that $2200 28-300 f3.5-5.6 IS L lens plus a nice superwide 16-35 L plus a new body of some sort - either an EOS 1 series or possibly I'd step down to the new 5D mk2... either $2600 or $4000+.
All told the DSLR thing would cost $6000 - 7500 or possibly 10,000+ with all the thoerotical bells and whistles ... and I told her in ...even... serious tones. She was quiet for a moment and then I could see she had quickly figured out my prevailing "material" passions would cycle away as quickly as they've cycled in. After 24 years together you begin to recognize a few things in one another!
And SO.... she has Steph and ANDYR to blame for that - and that other soccer family for the Ferrari thing. In the end all I need is what I got now that I found the local camera store was closed on sundays (drat!) so I was unable to go "PLAY" with a 28-300 f3.5-5.6 IS L... and on the Ferrari thing... I DO need 4 seats - and I need a car that the Samoyed would be OK to ride in + all the gear it takes to haul around in support of soccer, beach going and Disneyland visiting.
Sigh....
SO on account of her resisting my Ferrari and Camera ideas - I told her everything she tried on today while shopping looked really BAD. She has not yet figured out WHY I was so criitcal I suspect.... < steady silent grinnin' >
I figure I saved maybe $200-300 today with DISing all the things she tried on today at Macys!
I think I'll go catch a movie to unwind now.
We're reserved for the Princess cruise over Halloween now - but waiting for my Dad to confirm his end. He didn't call and our TA was nice enough to hold our cabin requests 24 hours w/o money. So we're reserved with cabins but NOT locked in with money ... yet. I cancelled the january 3rd 2009 NCL cruise in favor of this one... and saving $800 in the process... and moving to a 2 year newer and 10,000 ton bigger ship! < wink > Whew!.... looking at the deck plans on the Princess Sapphire I've NEVER seen so many decks, cabins or dining venues. I was briefly thinking of bringing an electirc cattle prod along to cut my way through the 1000s and 1000s anticipitated in the "herd" on board...
OK ... So I'll close with the thought that I hope everyone had as much fun teasing their spouse, kids or friends as I did today!!
The quality was perfect except for the lightening in RBD.
He will have to take a few lessons in putting it into smug mug. He also had to read the directions on our DVD player to transfer the mini's to the larger DVD which he is doing but will take time.
....all I know is when I told her I feel sorry for her married to you ...........she rolled her eyes and laughed. 
That is what they get for not giving be my boarding passes on the ship for my transfers. 
