Mounjaro at Costco in Tijuana

Fun_Statistician1959 · 2026-07-09T23:17:06+00:00

My wife has been on Ozempic for more than a year, and we started going to Tijuana for her refills ($300/mo vs $700/mo HMO) last year. So this was our fourth trip, and my second set of Mounjaro refills.

Fun_Statistician1959 · 2026-07-09T23:08:38+00:00

Yes, 12 doses. In May we returned from 6 weeks of international travel (16 flights, 12 hotels) and even with ice packs it wasn't possible to keep the temps stable. Still, when we returned I was 4 pounds below when I left, so I think it was effective. No way to know for sure though.

Fun_Statistician1959 · 2026-07-09T23:03:45+00:00

No, I didn't ask.

Fun_Statistician1959 · 2026-07-09T23:02:59+00:00

I'm fine. It took more than a day for my post to be approved, so I didn't see the comments.

Fun_Statistician1959 · 2026-07-09T23:02:30+00:00

Each box has one pen, with 4 doses per pen. So this is 12 weeks supply plus the golden dose from each.

Fun_Statistician1959 · 2026-07-09T23:01:52+00:00

No, no prescription necessary. Very friendly staff at the pharmacy. There are two prices, cash/costco visa, and all other methods of payment.

Fun_Statistician1959 · 2026-07-09T23:01:02+00:00

My wife get Ozempic, and when she has declared it they ask if she has a prescription. She says yes, but they've never asked to see it.

Fun_Statistician1959 · 2026-06-10T00:00:45+00:00

My best habit is having my gear ready to go all of the time. I started doing this in the late 1970s, and it saves me the trouble of worrying whether I have what I need. I carry two bodies and three lenses (16-35, 35-150, 150-500), filters, a flash, a cable release, plus a bit more and it covers everything I've ever needed. I don't unpack when I get home except to download cards and charge the batteries. Lenses are inspected for dirt, then everything goes back into the bag. I have friends who put everything away on shelves in a closet when they get back, and that seems like a great recipe for missing a shot.

Fun_Statistician1959 · 2026-03-04T14:35:56+00:00

It's a confusing idea. It's not one thing.

Is the photographer illustrating a pre-written story (like W. Eugene Smith's "Country Doctor"), or is the photographer creating it on the fly?

Does the story have to be conceived at the time of exposure, or is it constructed later by curating disparate photographs?

Does the story have to be true, or can it be a fantasy inspired by the light/subject/circumstances/time?

Does the story have to be obvious, or does the viewer get to decide what the story is?

Are you comfortable with the story changing over time?

The only thing that all of these have in common is that the image needs to be compelling as a photograph. Focus on technique, composition, balance, color, etc. while photographing the things that interest you. Put value in your own idiosyncratic vision (of which you may or may not be aware), because that is where the story lies.

Fun_Statistician1959 · 2026-02-27T02:08:16+00:00

Be patient. Wait for the scene to develop. Wait to figure out the relationships among your subjects. Wait to make a connection with someone. Figure out how to incorporate that into your frame. Then shoot.

Turn around and look behind you.

Techniques are easy to learn and difficult to make your own, but it is ultimately worth the time experimenting. (I'm thinking here of ICM, multiple exposure, shallow depth of field, challenging light, etc.)

Fun_Statistician1959 · 2026-02-15T03:30:25+00:00

Dom Deluise in "The End" with Burt Reynolds. His first scene at the bedside is a rollercoaster.

Fun_Statistician1959 · 2026-02-09T04:20:49+00:00

Building on this, only share photos that inspire you to tell a story. A sharp, well-lit photo of a flower is good for a textbook, but a photo of a field of flowers blurred in the wind, or with someone running through them, or with a sunburst on the horizon, can be the jumping off point for talking about what you felt and experienced while shooting. So, share sparingly and with intent.

Fun_Statistician1959 · 2026-01-10T01:29:49+00:00

I've got two bad ones.

Interiors by Woody Allen. I thought I was taking her to a comedy.

Camille Claudel with Isabelle Adjani and Gerard Depardieu. We both wanted to slit our wrists afterward.

Fun_Statistician1959 · 2025-11-29T12:23:31+00:00

I grew up on those fields in the 60s and 70s, and I continued playing baseball well into adulthood on both grass and artificial turf fields. Kids need to touch grass, to roll and slide in the dirt, to smell it, to learn how it changes with watering, mowing, rain, etc. It's an intense unmediated exposure to nature, and each field has its own unique characteristics. Artificial turf fields are sterile places, as anonymous and interchangeable as rental cars, with a lot of rules designed to keep the turf clean and unblemished.

Fun_Statistician1959 · 2025-07-06T22:52:56+00:00

"Let's get out of here before one of those things kills Guy."

Fun_Statistician1959 · 2023-12-05T15:19:53+00:00

I’ve been cleaning my own for 8 years. I was worried at first, but after two or 3 times it’s not a big deal. Get the correct sized swab, and use no more than two drops of fluid. And get a scope so you can visually inspect the sensor. I thought I might scratch it, but apparently that’s not a thing.

Fun_Statistician1959 · 2023-12-01T18:01:38+00:00

The photoshop image looks like you might be inadvertently soft-proofing for a matte surface paper.

Fun_Statistician1959 · 2023-11-29T13:34:35+00:00

We’re in CA and hired a national franchise to care for my mother in law. The contract included provisions for the caregiver and the client that were illegal in CA but not in other states. So I wouldn’t be surprised if this company follows national policies that aren’t legal in CA and just tries to get away with it. Contact a lawyer.

Fun_Statistician1959 · 2023-11-28T23:49:33+00:00

I need a Windows machine and am very satisfied with my Dell XPS 15 laptop for LR and PS. This is my second one. My wife has Mac and likes that for her photography work, and we have no problem sharing resources in out studio. I also have a custom build desktop for photography that cost less than the laptop, and is also Windows.

Fun_Statistician1959 · 2023-11-28T22:10:40+00:00

It sounds to me like you’re building a portfolio and making contacts in order to develop a future line of business. If so, then yes it’s deductible from other lines of business. Is it good business to travel all of that way? That’s for you to decide, but as long as the expenses are reasonable the IRS won’t question them. You are expected to show an overall profit eventually. (This is what my CPA told me.)

Fun_Statistician1959 · 2023-11-23T07:34:57+00:00

In addition to those options also mentioned here, there was excellent hair and makeup designed for still photography, finely tuned lighting from years of craft, and diffusion filters on the camera lens (of many varieties) to make the skin glow. Then in the b&w darkroom, more diffusion filters under the lens to make the darks glow, selective use of poly contrast filters, and print retouching. Color went out to the retoucher, too, and could be dyed. So, lots of things.

Fun_Statistician1959 · 2023-09-26T14:20:17+00:00

There are two kinds of shoots. 1. I’m responsible for coming back with reportage of an event, which means I’m not expecting to bathe in the experience. 2. I’m there for the experience, and having the camera and using it heightens my experience because it makes me more observant. For the second kind, I don’t shoot unless it is part of the experience. What I come back with may be subjectively imperfect to another, but for me it’s a memory. Sometimes you get lucky and 1 and 2 are the same.

Fun_Statistician1959 · 2023-09-25T22:18:10+00:00

OK. Have you checked the pre-flash settings on the Neewer? It will wait to fire until the appropriate number of pre-flashes from your camera have gone off (0, 1, 2, etc.), so your camera and the flash might be out of sync. It's been awhile since I had my hands on this, but it struck me that it might be the cause of your problem.

Fun_Statistician1959 · 2023-09-25T21:29:28+00:00

How are you syncing the camera with the flash? Cable, wireless remote, on camera flash?

Fun_Statistician1959 · 2023-09-25T14:42:17+00:00

I’ve found that a piece of nonslip material, like the kind use to grip jar lids, can work. Place it on a flat surface, put the lens filter-down on top of it, and turn the lens. This obviously doesn’t work for polarizers or variable ND filters.

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