Berto

21 Took this one...handheld from the top of the eye of london. I put in some blur gradients to give the 'mini city effect'. Obviously this is Big Ben and the Parliament. http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c192/BertoBizkit/Fred%20Miranda%20Forum%20Entries/Berto%20Photography/UK%20Goodness/DSC_0724_edited-1.jpg 22 Eye of london http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c192/BertoBizkit/Fred%20Miranda%20Forum%20Entries/Berto%20Photography/UK%20Goodness/DSC_0740_edited-1.jpg 23 More parliament action. At first we were bummed out because the light was out on one of the sections. But we noticed the light was out on all the post cards. Look like there is just no 'ledge' in front of that section to be able to put lights on it. http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c192/BertoBizkit/Fred%20Miranda%20Forum%20Entries/Berto%20Photography/UK%20Goodness/DSC_0704_edited-1.jpg 24 http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c192/BertoBizkit/Fred%20Miranda%20Forum%20Entries/Berto%20Photography/UK%20Goodness/DSC_0697_edited-1.jpg 25 http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c192/BertoBizkit/Fred%20Miranda%20Forum%20Entries/Berto%20Photography/UK%20Goodness/DSC_0659_edited-1.jpg 26 West Minster Abby...wow. So much history in here its just unreal. Again bummer no phtography allowed. Just what is in my memory (or can search online). http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c192/BertoBizkit/Fred%20Miranda%20Forum%20Entries/Berto%20Photography/UK%20Goodness/DSC_0669_edited-1.jpg 27 http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c192/BertoBizkit/Fred%20Miranda%20Forum%20Entries/Berto%20Photography/UK%20Goodness/DSC_0603_edited-1.jpg 28 http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c192/BertoBizkit/Fred%20Miranda%20Forum%20Entries/Berto%20Photography/UK%20Goodness/DSC_0741_edited-1.jpg 29 http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c192/BertoBizkit/Fred%20Miranda%20Forum%20Entries/Berto%20Photography/UK%20Goodness/DSC_0942_edited-1.jpg 30 Tower Bridge, Even thought I like this shot, I was set up for a nicer shot..waiting for the sun to go down. We had spent all afternoon in the Tower of London, where half the place was blocked off because they were filming 'the muppets', yeah I know. Later outside of the Tower of London we were waiting and they were going to film out there so we got booted out. This was the next best suitable spot for a picture. Not bad but a lot of junk in the foreground. http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c192/BertoBizkit/Fred%20Miranda%20Forum%20Entries/Berto%20Photography/UK%20Goodness/DSC_0947_edited-1.jpg

11 http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c192/BertoBizkit/Fred%20Miranda%20Forum%20Entries/Berto%20Photography/UK%20Goodness/DSC_0935_edited-1.jpg 12 http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c192/BertoBizkit/Fred%20Miranda%20Forum%20Entries/Berto%20Photography/UK%20Goodness/DSC_0869_edited-1.jpg 13 St Pauls Cathedral, wow. So unfortunate there was no photography allowed inside. I encourage you to search online. Got to climb up into the first level of the dome. There was a very nice tribute/capel to American soldiers behind the main alter. Where the British recognized that we saved their butts. There were several scriptures/carvings. In english and also in yiddish and in muslim for soldiers that were of other faiths. There were even ones that were blank, for soldiers that were athiests, they still wanted to recognize them. Also there was a book with names of soldiers that had died, it was explained that they flip the page every day so every soldier's name gets seen. http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c192/BertoBizkit/Fred%20Miranda%20Forum%20Entries/Berto%20Photography/UK%20Goodness/DSC_0790_edited-1.jpg 14 cheapest fastest way around London. The subway even goes out to the airport. http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c192/BertoBizkit/Fred%20Miranda%20Forum%20Entries/Berto%20Photography/UK%20Goodness/DSC_0807_edited-1.jpg 15 This shot gave me an 'MC Escher' feel to it with all the different stairs. http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c192/BertoBizkit/Fred%20Miranda%20Forum%20Entries/Berto%20Photography/UK%20Goodness/DSC_0628_edited-1.jpg 16 http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c192/BertoBizkit/Fred%20Miranda%20Forum%20Entries/Berto%20Photography/UK%20Goodness/DSC_0640_edited-1.jpg 17 This is the 'archness bridge' I found it while doing a quick search since I took a drive out in the Lake District. It looked famous and much more imposing in the pictures. In reality it was a small, not really signficant bridge. Oh well, I liked the shot. http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c192/BertoBizkit/Fred%20Miranda%20Forum%20Entries/Berto%20Photography/UK%20Goodness/DSC_9977_edited-1.jpg 18 This is a 2 shot pano of the Aira Force falls. Got a long exposure which gave the water a flowing feel and also made the rainbow really pop in it. http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c192/BertoBizkit/Fred%20Miranda%20Forum%20Entries/Berto%20Photography/UK%20Goodness/AiraForceFallsPanorama.jpg 19 Bamburgh Castle. I have a cool shot of the great hall in the castle I can post. It was where the Royalty of North Umbria as based out of. I waited and waited for this shot. I liked the lake, the reflection. I waited for an hour and a half hoping that the sun would get a break and make some orange clouds but no luck. http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c192/BertoBizkit/Fred%20Miranda%20Forum%20Entries/Berto%20Photography/UK%20Goodness/DSC_9907_edited-1.jpg 20 Landisfarne again, the fisher men use old boat hulls as sheds, they just throw a set of doors on it. http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c192/BertoBizkit/Fred%20Miranda%20Forum%20Entries/Berto%20Photography/UK%20Goodness/DSC_9686_edited-1.jpg

1 This is Landisfarne castle. Really an amazing castle. Its located on Holy Island which you can only access at low tide, the road going to it goes under water at high tide. There was also ruins for a priary on the island but didn't get any worthy shots of it. You'll see this castle in a few pictures, really lent itself to some great shots. http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c192/BertoBizkit/Fred%20Miranda%20Forum%20Entries/Berto%20Photography/UK%20Goodness/DSC_9673_edited-1.jpg 2 http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c192/BertoBizkit/Fred%20Miranda%20Forum%20Entries/Berto%20Photography/UK%20Goodness/DSC_9695_edited-2.jpg 3 St. Giles cathedral in Edinburgh Scotland. I also went to the Edinnburgh castle which was AMAZING but didn't get any really good shots of it, mostly just touristy snap shots. This cathedral was neat because they actually allowed photography. I was really bummed out I had to put my camera away for West Minster Abby and St. Paul's Cathedral. http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c192/BertoBizkit/Fred%20Miranda%20Forum%20Entries/Berto%20Photography/UK%20Goodness/DSC_0222_edited-1.jpg 4 http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c192/BertoBizkit/Fred%20Miranda%20Forum%20Entries/Berto%20Photography/UK%20Goodness/DSC_0206_edited-1.jpg 5 What an great museum. This is the natural history museum in London. The building was spectacular. The contents were spectacular. This dinosaur is not cast, those are actual fossils. They had all kinds of crazy fossils, really makes you think back at how different earth was. They also had the original 'rosetta stone' etc etc. http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c192/BertoBizkit/Fred%20Miranda%20Forum%20Entries/Berto%20Photography/UK%20Goodness/DSC_0498_edited-1.jpg 6 More natural history museum action, this was the earth history side. http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c192/BertoBizkit/Fred%20Miranda%20Forum%20Entries/Berto%20Photography/UK%20Goodness/DSC_0618_edited-1.jpg 7 This is a shot on a pedestrian bridge over the Thames as we were going to the Tate modern museum of art. This was a really hard shot because wen people were on it...it shook just a bit. http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c192/BertoBizkit/Fred%20Miranda%20Forum%20Entries/Berto%20Photography/UK%20Goodness/DSC_0471_edited-1.jpg 8 http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c192/BertoBizkit/Fred%20Miranda%20Forum%20Entries/Berto%20Photography/UK%20Goodness/DSC_0535_edited-1.jpg 9 The pedestrian bridge aforementioned, with St. Paul's cathedral in the background. http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c192/BertoBizkit/Fred%20Miranda%20Forum%20Entries/Berto%20Photography/UK%20Goodness/DSC_0467_edited-1.jpg 10 http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c192/BertoBizkit/Fred%20Miranda%20Forum%20Entries/Berto%20Photography/UK%20Goodness/DSC_0304_edited-1.jpg

Where are the 'Thanks Rodman' .gifs ? Need them pronto

easy choice, CTS-V.

I guess me. But I have a truck, project car, rzr, and photography hobby to keep up with. I <3 my relatively stock dd, it performs an important function.

Yeah its pretty common. Actually I've never seen dimming side mirrors. Best I've seen is , mirrors with a blue tint to reduce glare. Which my fc had stock! And a CD player. What.

I just got some kenda bear claw htr for the rzr and they are a great tire. Only $98 a piece a chaparral racing, free shipping. Oh and they are 8 ply

I don't know if these are real or something you just packaged up for us to read.

This is all part of Dorner's plan. He just missed by a bit

Need drama llama pic

Next time I get pulled over.... I was avoiding paparazzi. Good defense for you guys in Ohio still, no front plate 'bcuz paparazzi'

Wondering if there are any tax gurus on here. I am faced with a dilemma.....are the home improvements I did to my house last year tax deductible? It looks like the discussion is whether it was a repair or a legitimate improvement. Some examples site repairing a patch in your roof vs replacing the entire roof. My specific example is that I redid all the flooring in my house. Got rid of the old carpet and put in 1200 sq-ft of wood laminate and a bit of tile. Yes the carpet was old but I would consider it an improvement rather than a replacement. I see arguments for that if it extends the 'longevity of your house'. My Laminate wood flooring has 20 yr warranty, where carpet would generally not last that long. From an energy efficiency stand point could I at least target the insulation padding I used under the flooring? I was feeling like a boss and bought the premium insulation/padding.

Someone somewhere on a forum is complaining that Ford build the truck with a weak frame. lol

Man I wasn't wild about the concrete counter but sealed and polished it looks good! Dual shower heads is full of win. Again I'm sure when you were doing this you realized that there were going to be some things folks didn't like, but as long as you do thats what matters. Good job, alot of work there!

There is a thread in the NWS section you might be interested in.

If you don't need a diesel I would stay away from Dodge, unless you get a 2wd maual transmission truck. Their 4x4 front ends aren't good as well as the trans. I'd go with a Ford if I wasn't getting a diesel, personally.

not this again.

That is crazy but I do know i've been working to long when I kept trying to figure out why you were talking about a "malfunction indicator lamp".

What is your phone service? VZW? I vaguely remember a block list on their website.

I just got back from my UK trip and they said the 'points' (priority club) only get credit for North America rentals, do you know a trick around that?

Shawn sorry to hear about the news of your dad. From the posts you had it sounds like he was really doing rough. His fight is over, always remember the good times. RIP

Dang how did I miss this? was it a rotary only thing? Very very nice cars, the silver car reminds me of Kyle Bacon's car, except the rear windshield wiper ruins it for me....take it off! But very minor thing, nit picking.

rule of turds.

So this might be a bit too 'riskay' for CR or maybe even too vulgar. But when thinking of tranquility. I think of where I can sit and no one bothers me. I can focus on something I am interested in. I'm sure many feel the same way. http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c192/BertoBizkit/Fred%20Miranda%20Forum%20Entries/010313_6698_edited-1Tranquility_zps36050893.jpg