SoCalCarCulture

Yeah, I kind of thought that about the trucks too, but I was compelled to turn around, stop & shoot them!

Ogden, UT - Painted Ponies...

You can always check my site - SoCalCarCulture to see what's happening in both Full Scale and Small Scale car events!

Old trucks at an entrance to a nursery on Sauvie Island, Oregon... and the view looking at the mainland from the island...

Here's a few for you...

Mt. Vernon, Washington - every time I drive by this place there is something cool parked out front... This happens to be the owner's car and it's not a Radiator shop these days but it is an Upholstery shop with a constant flow of high end projects!

Thanks Virgil - I'm working on it but I will self publish.

Gold King Mine & Ghost Town - Jerome, AZ...

...and more...

Here's a few more...

040512 Wigwam Motel Holbrook Arizona 012 by SoCalCarCulture, on Flickr I happened to be in Holbrook, Arizona last month and had to stop and take a few pics! See the slideshow here...http://www.flickr.co...781758699/show/

Interesting, here's something similar that I saw a couple weeks ago. Tell us why you mounted the roll bar that way?

Bart & Rob - I think you both make good points. Technology may contribute to the lack of social skills but there is more to that issue that's hard to pinpoint.

You can rationalize anything of course but in today's business world it's nice to be able to respond from anywhere at any time! ...and you can always turn it off or ignore it!

Here's a sample of what smartphone cameras are capable of these days , leaving Salt Lake City this afternoon... Shot through a dirty airplane window with a Galaxy S2

Jay has had that for a while, I was at his garage a couple years ago and Bernard (His mechanic/right hand/guru) was explaining that one of the things they use it for the the most is to replicate water pumps. They can do a 3d scan on the old pump and then create a new one, adding any missing pieces along the way, they can then test fit it and machine it to fit, after that the send the printed version out as a master to cast a new one and offer the parts for sale to other restorers that need that particular part. What a great way to preserve truly antique cars! They had a sample to show people what was possible, it was a crescent wrench that was just like the original except it was printed in a resin material, everything worked on it!

Do your research, I was questioning the naysayers who haven't, not looking for comments like yours.

Why do you guys look at details that you may think haven't been worked out when you don't fully understand the technology? Why not look forward with ideas on how to use these and let the engineers solve the ability to do what you can dream? Seeing one of the higher end machines in use and observing the final product is believing!

They're still taking subscriptions - you could have checked their site for your answer! I think it's a quarterly now.

Yeah I use the speech to Text feature all the time - always have with the speech enabled phones, currently using the 4.5" Samsung Galaxy SII And contrary to what you might think it is large enough to read on!

Harry makes a great point here, but I don't know if everyone understands the ability to conceptualize in your head, I think most designers work this way. Like having a small tv in your head, now if I could just attach a hard drive to it to capture some of those concepts before the next one knocks tha last one out of memory!

Why wouldn't you keep up with technology - it's how we all communicate these days. My years of graphic design, computer graphics and web development not to mention photography all required the constant learning curve to ride the wave. They were all so closely entwined that if you didn't move forward you ceased to be useful. Photoshop is just another tool, if you need it you will learn how to use it, same with any other software. My smartphone is in reality a smaller tablet, yet it still is big enough to read magazines on and really fills the need for a tablet while still fitting my pocket. I keep forgetting about it's high quality camera and video capabilities but plan to use the video part more this year. Besides all the above it's great to learn new stuff everyday, keeps you young, I'm only 61!