I just spent a few days sitting with my FIL in hospital. We binged Gunsmoke. I am a reluctant fan of Festus now.

• do they have you scheduled for any sight-seeing like CT or MRI scans?
• can you order UberEats to your room? I watched them come and go frequently and wondered if it was for employees, inmates, or both
• do you ask all the nurses for crunchy ice?
• have you asked that one nurse for a bed bath?
• are most of the nurses pregnant like they were at my hospital? Wtf is in the water?!

Fall risk?

** CAUTION: may incur relocation to a different wing

1. Oh jeez
2. Haha, weird

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Lol, we’re all thinking alike.
I got it! Nope!
This one? Nope!
Goddammit. How bout now?

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Tough one.

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Connections
Puzzle #760
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Too many can be just one. My husband has started pausing his music in the car of he asks me something. And he’s incredibly patient if we’re out to eat and the next table over has loud talkers. I just can’t form coherent thoughts over loud talkers.

Dude. When my second word doesn’t get any hits, I know it’s going to be challenging.

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#WhenTaken #498 (09.07.2025)

I scored 791/1000🏅

1️⃣📍1.9 km - 🗓️6 yrs - 🥇193/200
2️⃣📍2.5K km - 🗓️3 yrs - 🥈142/200
3️⃣📍5.8K km - 🗓️12 yrs - 🥉96/200
4️⃣📍42.6 m - 🗓️5 yrs - 🥇195/200
5️⃣📍1.2K km - 🗓️1 yrs - 🥈165/200
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I use so many cheap carabiners to hook things to other things to get them up out of the way. I don’t climb so they’ll never get mistakenly & dangerously used inappropriately.

Sponge and rubber band ideas are new to me. That’s brilliant, thanks!

And water purification tablets or a filter system, just in case.

I look at focus. Did they opt for wide or narrow apeture. Did they get the focus sharp or did the focus point accidentally fixate on something other than the subject.

I look at composition around the edge of the frame. A random branch or leaf unintentionally breaking the frame. Using something in the foreground intentionally as a frame is different. Crop out the unintentional distraction. Conversely, be aware of ears, hair, arms, hands, legs, feet, (and tails if applicable) getting cut off in the frame. Sometimes that’s a legitimate choice, sometimes it looks like an accident. Maybe better to capture the whole being and crop down later.

I look at white balance and color tone to see if it’s pleasing to me. This is highly subjective depending on the viewer.

I look for other compositional things like straight horizons, leading lines, rule of thirds. And if those rules were intentionally broken as a style choice or accidental.

I believe learners should try to follow compositional rules. Once you’ve mastered looking out for those things while minding your exposure time, apeture, ISO, and focus all at the same time when getting your shot, then you will get a feel for when you can break the rules for more impact and it still be a good photo.

I am trying to cross-post in Jerboa, and unless I’m missing it, there doesn’t seem to be an automated way to do that. If you have tips on easy cross-posting, I’d appreciate any.