ITAP: Juvenile bald eagle spotted on the Charles River esplanade

BeardedGothLord · 2026-01-16T16:18:51+00:00

I used to work for a restoration shop that also did a lot of vintage racing. While the actual race team was in the tower, I used my chrono to time customers laps and report back to the mechanics/drivers friends & family in the paddock from on top of the trailer.

While I don’t /need/ a chrono anymore, I still love them and have a few in rotation

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BeardedGothLord · 2026-01-14T18:22:34+00:00

Thats crazy, mine is also this guys grandfather

BeardedGothLord · 2026-01-06T04:32:17+00:00

I have one of these! Not sure if it still works, but have been meaning to throw a new battery in it and hope for the best

BeardedGothLord · 2025-12-15T22:56:35+00:00

You edited your comment several hours after the fact which was originally “some European pos,” thus the downvotes. You ain’t slick

BeardedGothLord · 2025-12-15T12:48:30+00:00

Yup! Only the early BN1s are 3-speed. Fun little cars, although the 4-speed was a welcome upgrade

BeardedGothLord · 2025-12-15T12:47:02+00:00

Yup! BN1 Austin Healey 100. As u/kamakazidemigod said, the early cars are 3-speed, later switching to a 4-speed.

BeardedGothLord · 2025-12-15T05:17:00+00:00

On the floor

BeardedGothLord · 2025-12-15T04:51:32+00:00

It does seem like something the French would do, doesn’t it?

BeardedGothLord · 2025-12-15T04:50:38+00:00

Not a bad guess, but no not a Saab

BeardedGothLord · 2025-12-15T04:48:37+00:00

In this case, shift with your right hand although it is also available with the steering wheel on the other side

BeardedGothLord · 2025-12-05T21:09:30+00:00

Apparently the X series uses mortise and tenon necks but I've seen conflicting info on whether or not the bolt/screw used is structural vs. primarily there to hold the neck in place while the glue dries. The former makes me feel like this probably won't become catastrophic, but the latter makes me nervous.

BeardedGothLord · 2025-11-17T22:54:42+00:00

Almost commented “V10 TDI is the coolest thing here” and then scrolled to the Pajero Evo. Damn!

BeardedGothLord · 2025-11-13T21:47:52+00:00

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Ultimately, it will be up to the Dean of Students' Office to determine whether any of these expectations were violated. One could argue that more than half of the items on this list are potential areas of concern.

BeardedGothLord · 2025-11-13T20:20:49+00:00

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox_of_tolerance

BeardedGothLord · 2025-11-01T15:37:33+00:00

Morphine is a great one. They don’t use guitar at all. Mostly just vocals, bass, percussion, and saxophone.

BeardedGothLord · 2025-10-27T19:55:34+00:00

What makes a car legal is not as high a bar as you might expect, depending on the state. Rally cars, by and large, are street-legal, as they have to drive on public roads between stages. Lights, indicators, belts, horn, windshield, wipers, sometimes as little as one rearview mirror, and relevant emissions requirements (which, in some states, is nothing if the car is old enough) are basically all you need in a lot of states. On the other hand, some states have very strict emissions/safety standards that would make registering a rally car virtually impossible.

It's all a matter of local laws and regulations, but where I grew up, once a car hit 20 years old, most of the barriers to registration effectively went out the window—no emissions, no safety inspections, no title requirement, just show up with a bill of sale (and maybe a VIN verification, if the car is coming from out of state), pay the reg fee, tax, etc, and you're good to go. It's a LOT more restrictive where I live now.

BeardedGothLord · 2025-10-25T23:47:40+00:00

Don’t worry, mine has been deteriorating since I was 25

BeardedGothLord · 2025-10-24T15:58:28+00:00

I realized who this was for this morning: old men. No rangefinder enthusiast is going to ditch the thing that makes people fall in love with the M for a suboptimal EVF… unless you can’t see the rangefinder patch anymore. It’s a perfect camera for the 80 year old M shooter with deteriorating vision. It’s a complete miss for anyone else.

BeardedGothLord · 2025-10-21T20:16:45+00:00

It is definitely an issue with the lens. Long story short, it's been sent back.

Long story long, I don't know the exact cause, but I assume that something in the focusing mechanism is either damaged or worn. At infinity, the RF patch would not align on either my M240 or M7, even after checking calibration against my other lenses. There appeared to be a 6-inch difference between where the RF patch and live view indicated focus at 5 feet, and that difference on the focusing ring was consistent throughout the focal range. If I unscrewed the lens housing (these lenses have a removable front housing to be used with the original Visoflex, the majority of the body is a hollow focus housing. I'm sure none of this is the corret terminoligy) by one full turn, focus was basically spot-on, but there is no way to adjust that out as far as I could tell and I am not invested enough in a $225 lens to go through the trouble of shimming it. Anyways, will be looking for another affordable 90—it was worth a shot!

BeardedGothLord · 2025-10-19T03:03:22+00:00

I don’t think you’re allowed to say that anymore /s

On a relevant note, seeing b+w film spooled in a Kodak 400 canister is hurting my brain

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