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HAHAHAHAHA

I just had a phone call from some guy that want us to photograph their place at night! I figure I can just make some colored dots on a black background and be done. I explained that we don't have an GIANT ENORMOUS flash so there will not be anything to see. We could set the shutter to a long exposure and have a bunch of wiggly streaks but that will not help much.

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Old 09-16-2013, 12:59 PM
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There are several car brands I would not own here in OKC no matter how much I like the car because the local dealer service sucks so bad. Your experiences sound exactly like what I've heard about our local VW, Jeep, BMW, and GM dealerships.

Learn and move on dude.

Actually I am considering selling my 928 GTS because I am having some issues with the local service. It was once a shop that if a used Porsche had a Service By sticker from them meant it got a premium price. Since then a couple of Mechanics have retired and the ownership has gone from the father to the son. A 928 owner in Tulsa takes his car to an independent in Dallas (the guy that rebuilt my crashed valve motor). The problem I have is finding the time to take the car to Dallas to get things fixed.
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You mean that expensive camera doesn't have night vision, pfft.
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Old 09-16-2013, 01:09 PM
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There are several car brands I would not own here in OKC no matter how much I like the car because the local dealer service sucks so bad. Your experiences sound exactly like what I've heard about our local VW, Jeep, BMW, and GM dealerships.

Learn and move on dude.

Actually I am considering selling my 928 GTS because I am having some issues with the local service. It was once a shop that if a used Porsche had a Service By sticker from them meant it got a premium price. Since then a couple of Mechanics have retired and the ownership has gone from the father to the son. A 928 owner in Tulsa takes his car to an independent in Dallas (the guy that rebuilt my crashed valve motor). The problem I have is finding the time to take the car to Dallas to get things fixed.
I would think there are 4 to 6 local GM dealerships. If you count Chevy there must be a dozen. Our local Porsche dealership has one mechanic I would trust with my 911 anytime I don't mind their price. Since he is the head mechanic he gets to pick and choose the cars to work on. Of course that means everyone comes to him with a problem they can't figure out.

I wish we had a Ed Mayo from Dallas class of shop locally. Just not a big enough market.
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You mean that expensive camera doesn't have night vision, pfft.
Dude, even my iPhone has a night vision app....

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so glue a few iphones to the plane.
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so glue a few iphones to the plane.
Only if you can get the APPROVED app for it.
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He's up!
Gawd, I hope I never get to age or condition that I have to yell that.
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Only if you can get the APPROVED app for it.
you are so right probably voids the phone.
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Gawd, I hope I never get to age or condition that I have to yell that.
I'm practicing for next weekend and the vampire from down south.
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South huh?
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well technically he is from south of here.
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Here in the south we call that "left"
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well left of me is nothing but water. So he is south and you are southeast. or if you insist the "right" coast.
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Not sure what that means but you run with it.....
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Dude, even my iPhone has a night vision app....

Try shooting a photo at night at 150 MPH.
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A minor detail.

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