The picture thread

Subject: Re: The picture thread Tue Oct 07, 2008 12:28 pm

Albuquerque Trip Pics:

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I'm not a train nut, but I like them and do model railroading. This is my favorite pic of a few I took of this train. There was a road name I'd never seen.

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I found that Albuquerque has some fantastic museums. This was a hands-on one called Explora! and the kids went twice.

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At that museum they had giant Lincoln Log-type toys.

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Most of the great museums were all within one block and the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science was one of them. They have a ancient creature theme right now. This is "Stan" in what I call "about to die" mode. Stan is the seconds largest T-Rex skeleton ever found, just smaller than Sue.

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Old Town Albuquerque. Very cool with great shops and diners and things to spend your money on in a hurry.

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Grammy's girls.
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The Alb Zoo, Aquarium and Botanical Gardens were all connected and part of a package (if you wanted to buy the package) and this was the farm section of the Gardens.

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Smiley.

Great trip. Momma was on a conference, but had enough down time to do some things. Also, we stayed a couple days longer on our dime so we could hang out. Alb is about half way between Abilene and Chandler, AZ so my parents drove out for three days.

Got to meet Ult and lift weights with him. Nice guy and absurdly strong! You can tell he's good-people because his daughter was polite as can be and their strong relationship was obvious. Now I must meet other folks. Ult was my "first". Shocked

The Albuquerque International Balloon Feista just happened to be going on at the same time and it's a massive deal...but we were down-town and the wind was blowing North so my wife and I saw exactly two balloons way off in the distance.

Metal is Forever Number of posts : 9428 Age : 50

Awesome stuff, Scott. Looks like you and the family had a great time. Peace.

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manny wrote:

MetalGuy71 wrote:: Still no pics of me, but MetalGal08 and MetalLad08 are ready for the post-season. Go Phillies!

You have beautiful children, I am assuming they get their good looks from their mother.

They bear a striking resemblence to our mail man, but I don't think it's anything to be concerened about.

mini boss Number of posts : 21101 Age : 54

MetalGuy71 wrote:

manny wrote:

MetalGuy71 wrote:: Still no pics of me, but MetalGal08 and MetalLad08 are ready for the post-season. Go Phillies!

You have beautiful children, I am assuming they get their good looks from their mother.

They bear a striking resemblence to our mail man, but I don't think it's anything to be concerened about.

Metal is in my blood Number of posts : 3361 Age : 51

Scott, great pics.

I love the mirror one with the train. Every time I try and get a shot like that I almost drive off the road.

Also I hope they let adults play along at Explora. Those giant lincoln logs look like too much fun.

Subject: Re: The picture thread Tue Oct 07, 2008 7:15 pm

Oh, I was playing right along with them. We built this damn in this erosion experiment with these rubber pieces that reminded the girls of tiny pop-tart crumbs! I haven't built a damn in 20 years!! lol!

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I build a damn every day driving to work.

I say I'm going to remain calm and sure enough, some guy pulls out in front of me and crawls and I go "Damn!!!!".

Laughing

Great pics BTW Scott.

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White and Black Mage and I

mini boss Number of posts : 21101 Age : 54

Tired to upload a picture of my CD collection it failed.

Subject: Re: The picture thread Mon Oct 20, 2008 10:33 pm

Manny....that's not showing.

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scottmitchell74 wrote:: Manny....that's not showing.

IT FAILED!

Subject: Re: The picture thread Sat Oct 25, 2008 9:10 pm

A little bit of DIII football...the purest kind. No scholarships, just love.

I used to make quite a few each year, but the girls are getting older and we do other things. Still try to do a couple a year. McMurry (the maroon jersey) is now 0-8 after today! It's where my wife works, so we get in free...else we'd go across town to see the good D3 team in town.

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Guest

I'd think in Texas there'd be a bigger crowd.

Subject: Re: The picture thread Mon Oct 27, 2008 8:50 am

They were at the other two games across town. Hardin-Simmons (d3) is nationally ranked and ACU (DII) is #2 in the nation. McMurry is a tiny (1100 people??) college and now 0-8. This was their homecoming, even! Very Happy

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MetalGuy71 wrote:

manny wrote:

MetalGuy71 wrote:: Still no pics of me, but MetalGal08 and MetalLad08 are ready for the post-season. Go Phillies!

You have beautiful children, I am assuming they get their good looks from their mother.

They bear a striking resemblence to our mail man, but I don't think it's anything to be concerened about.

Metal is my Life Number of posts : 12811 Age : 55

My Daughter's first catch ever, one of my son's catches and the new car

Subject: Re: The picture thread Sat Nov 01, 2008 6:59 pm

Awesome! Just awesome. Kids are the best. Nice fam!

King Of Kaiju Number of posts : 30892 Age : 64

scottmitchell74 wrote:: Awesome! Just awesome. Kids are the best. Nice fam!

I agree.

Especially when they're someone else's kids. I was thinking that during Trick Or Treating last night. I really had fun handing out candy to those little kids but I was also really glad those kids weren't mine.

Nice pix though. You're a better man than I am...

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Thx SM and THS!

mini boss Number of posts : 21101 Age : 54

Great looking family and I can tell you have alot of fun with your kids.

Metal is in my blood Number of posts : 3012 Age : 35

love that black metal pic, really sweet

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manny wrote:: Great looking family and I can tell you have alot of fun with your kids.

I sure do!!!

Subject: Re: The picture thread Sat Nov 08, 2008 7:26 pm

I like this one a lot. So much going on. Ball in flight, Ref watching the ball (but not the players), fan and dog in background. Girls oblivious to game in background on cell phone.
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This is my best action shot yet. This kid was flagged for a 15 yard "helmet -to- helmet" penalty. My stroke of luck photo showed a text-book tackle and perfectly legal.
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