It is the same old avitar, Andrew. The crop I was using was gone and I re cropped it a little different. I'm thinking about switching to a newer picture. I sure look different. With the full beard I look disreputable to some, they move on, and that's what I want. My attorney told me yesterday that I don't sound like I look. I told here thank goodness I don't look like I sound.
I got your email. It was clear and helpful. I am demoralized about our forum, too. I was having fun making more pictures than I needed then picking out which I'd post. That really kept my busy. I haven't made many pictures since the news broke about DPReview. I think your thread within DPReview had some physical force holding it together. Like the weak force, the strong force, electromagnetism and gravity. I wonder if it was a one time thing. It's like a loved one dying. You will never get over it, but you can get used to it. The conclusion of my other business is looking good and close. Once that is behind me I will be able to concentrate fully on being miserable about DPReview.
I hope you have fun and good luck at the playoffs. I see that Whitby is a long way from you and you get to drive through Toronto, oh joy!
Looking for and old picture to put here. At a car show, 1957 Buick Roadmaster. I wouldn't have got this view if not a convertible with top down. It stopped me cold and I was back in 1957, in the back seat looking out the windshield over that dashboard. A whole month. We drove east from L.A. to the southern end of the Rockys in New Mexico, then north, crossing over them several times all the way to Lake Louise, then SW to Vancouver, then all the way down the coast back to L.A. I'd like to do that again, but only if I could go back and do it again as an eight year old. Rich