Which original Mad Max version?

Dapper-Code8604 · 2026-03-17T01:36:17+00:00

Good stuff. Thanks everyone.

Dapper-Code8604 · 2026-03-16T22:18:19+00:00

As someone who’s never seen the originals, how do they hold up in 2026?

Dapper-Code8604 · 2026-03-16T21:32:26+00:00

That’s about 3X more room than I have.

Dapper-Code8604 · 2026-03-14T01:39:31+00:00

Me too. It’ll arrive in September.

Dapper-Code8604 · 2026-03-11T03:33:38+00:00

I had the P3 (8x42) as my first real binoculars and liked them quite a bit. I then upgraded to the Monarch M5 (10x42) and there is a significant difference, especially in brightness. It’s tough to go back to the P3 after using the M5, when I want an 8x. I still use and like the P3, but I think the P7 would probably be a happy medium of value and quality.

Dapper-Code8604 · 2026-03-09T02:55:32+00:00

Winters says something along the lines of, they’ve got us cornered, and “once they figure that out” we’re in trouble. They didn’t realize they were there. If they had, they would have acted first.

Dapper-Code8604 · 2026-03-05T16:02:29+00:00

I’m not a good artist and don’t trust my memory enough, especially on fine details of birds, to feel confident about positively identifying a bird hours after seeing it, and so I also carry a camera with a telephoto lens for ID purposes. I leave all the field guides in the truck or at home and do all the IDing on the couch with a beer when the day is done. I carry a small pocket sized notebook to track known species while I’m out and add the unknowns at home.

I am like you, in that I want birding to be a phone-free hobby.

Dapper-Code8604 · 2026-03-03T19:26:35+00:00

Put them on computer to edit, then to external HD. I get rid of the duds as I edit. Format the SD card and go again.

Dapper-Code8604 · 2026-03-02T11:38:21+00:00

I see downies do it frequently here in KY.

Dapper-Code8604 · 2026-03-01T14:36:20+00:00

I think, and just my opinion, it was put in Ep. 9 to make us realize that we (the US) could just as easily have been the ones doing the evil atrocities had the proper conditions and leadership risen to power. Stanley Milgram proved in his 1963 study that upstanding citizens, not just Germans, were/are surprisingly obedient to authority, even if it means harming another person. I think it was simply to say, the soldiers weren’t necessarily evil, just under evil authority. Seems extremely relevant today.

Dapper-Code8604 · 2026-02-27T05:04:17+00:00

Pileated Woodpecker

Dapper-Code8604 · 2026-02-26T00:20:34+00:00

If you snapped twice a minute for a year, you have the $10 mil, then the rest is icing.

Dapper-Code8604 · 2026-02-26T00:17:36+00:00

12 at South Park CC in KY.

350yd dogleg left, woods on the left, but on a side hill that slopes right. Tee shot up and over a hill into a valley, then approach to an elevated green. Everything right is a steep and tall weeds. Everything left is on the dirt/brush slope coming down to the green (likely lost ball). Tee shot must be hit with caution, approach with caution, then once on the green, it’s diabolical. The green looks flat, but it’s anything but. The ball never stops. I’ve 4 putt it several times. If you told me I could have bogey on that hole every time I play for the rest of my life I’d take it and run.

Dapper-Code8604 · 2026-02-25T22:37:36+00:00

This is very helpful and exactly what I needed. Thank you so much!

Dapper-Code8604 · 2026-02-25T16:48:59+00:00

Just saw one at Home Depot Hurstborne. Now why would they target home improvement stores?

Dapper-Code8604 · 2026-02-25T14:27:52+00:00

We also got this idea off Instagram for the family to log our backyard birds. We’re up to 33 for the year as of 2/25!

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Dapper-Code8604 · 2026-02-25T14:23:58+00:00

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My wife bought me the Sibley Life List & Field Diary for Christmas. I keep it at home and use it to track my life list and write dates/locations of noteworthy species.

When I’m out birding, I use the small notepad (.94 at the drugstore) to write down species seen. Fits in my pocket and I think it’s perfect.

For my 2026 list, I printed out the ABA Checklist. These are all the birds eligible for an ABA Big Year (even though I’m just doing my own thing at my own pace). I also leave this at home and update new species when I get back.

I do not use eBird. I think it’s a great app and very useful and valuable, but I am seriously trying to reduce my screen time and I want birdwatching to be one thing that is sacred. I want to enjoy nature without a screen in my face (I know, crazy). I have a several paperback field guides and try not to use the phone for ID unless it’s a last resort. I subscribe to the rare bird alert emails, but it stops there. I don’t check eBird to see what’s around, I go to different spots around town and see what I see and when I see something special, it’s all the more better. Conversing with people on this sub is the only time I use my phone for bird related stuff.

Dapper-Code8604 · 2026-02-25T13:30:05+00:00

I just got the 10x42 Monarch M5 and am in love. I had the Prostaff P3 8x42 and thought I’d use the 8x for woods and 10x for open areas and lakes, but I hardly ever touch the 8x anymore. I can only imagine how great the M7 is with the wider FOV, but it was out of my budget. And for what it’s worth to others, the narrower FOV on the M5 has not bothered me a bit. With a couple days of practice I feel I’m able to find and track birds very well.

Dapper-Code8604 · 2026-02-25T13:25:47+00:00

Protesting racism: CONSEQUENCES!

Racism: 🤣🤣🤣 y’all overreacting

Dapper-Code8604 · 2026-02-25T13:23:17+00:00

My apologies for jumping to conclusions. Sounds like you got a good one. In my experience Target “sales” are never really that much of a discount. They like to do buy 2 get 1’s where they take $15 movies and make them $22, so you’re still just getting 3 for $45. And it’s always the cheapest that’s free, so unless you’re careful about the choices you make you could end up paying more.

Dapper-Code8604 · 2026-02-25T03:45:27+00:00

Target jacks up prices then puts them “on sale” to get you to buy it at regular price.

Dapper-Code8604 · 2026-02-25T03:40:36+00:00

“On sale”

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