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    Beginning of South American Trip, Rio d J.

    Now we come around to Cape Horn Island, the farthest point south the ship will sail. Weather is gloomy and not much to see as the three pics show. Then we sailed north to port Ushusia, Argentina. Fairly large town close to a large national park, which I will feature in the next...
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    Beginning of South American Trip, Rio d J.

    Ah, the Falkand Islands. I saw signs on the Argentine mainland saying "Las Islas Malvinas son Argentinas", meaning the Falklands belong to Argentina. The ownership of the Falklands is still a sore point and there is a British garrison on one of the islands to make sure it stays that way. We...
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    Beginning of South American Trip, Rio d J.

    I apologize and stand corrected. Sorry, Ratch
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    Beginning of South American Trip, Rio d J.

    Next we made a quick stop at a little port called Gaiman. It was settled by folk from Wales, England who immigrated to SA a while back to start a new life. In a tavern, my wife and most of the party were serenaded by a group of Welsh singers hired by the cruise line while I strolled outside...
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    Beginning of South American Trip, Rio d J.

    Next comes Montevideo (Video Mountain), Uruguay, located next to the River Plate (Silver River in Spanish) . This was where the Nazi Bastard pocket battleship (super cruiser) Admiral Graf Spee was scuttled by the Nasties after a battle with two British cruisers in the Plate Estuary. The Spee...
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    Beginning of South American Trip, Rio d J.

    Afer Iguazu Falls, we flew to Buenas Aires to board our cruise ship. While the ship waited for the remaining passengers, the cruise line gave the first arrivals a spin tour of the city. The following pics were taken from the window of the tour bus. Pic #2 is the University of BA building, and...
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    Beginning of South American Trip, Rio d J.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iguazu_Falls After Rio, we flew to to Iguazu Falls on the border between Brazil and Argentina. The Falls are not just in one place, but spaced along a stretch of the Iguazu River. The biggest and largest are concentrated in the "Devil's Throat Area", where the...
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    Beginning of South American Trip, Rio d J.

    As I said in my previous post, I did not bother to photograph it. That monster statue is only someone's fantasy depiction of J. C. and completely turns me off. There is no valid painting or description of what he actually looked like or dressed. The same is true of Christopher Columbus, by...
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    Beginning of South American Trip, Rio d J.

    Rio is best seen from a distance. One of the best places to is a view point on top of Corcovado Mountain. On the top is a huge spread eagle statue of a religious figure which I did not bother to photograph. The top is reached by cog powered tram, and the view is terrific. An equally good view...
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    Beginning of South American Trip, Rio d J.

    Rio can be a dangerous city if you are in the wrong area away from the beaten path. But, it has some nice sights too. The above is Copacabana Beach. I will add to this post later by editing. Ratch
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    Got Back From Around the Horn of South America Cruise

    OK, going to the "Tools" menu for the Batch processing did the trick. I will start a new thread to avoid the clutter. Ratch
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    Got Back From Around the Horn of South America Cruise

    Installed Faststone. Seems like a nice program, but I still cannot select more than one file at a time. Tried Ctrl-A , Shift move, and everything else to no avail. I seem to be missing something simple. I am doing this in the "Edit" menu. Ratch
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    Got Back From Around the Horn of South America Cruise

    OK, that did the trick. But do I have to go through that rigamarole for every file I want to post? I never had to do that before when I posted large files. What changed? Is there a way to batch process the files somehow? Ratch
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    Got Back From Around the Horn of South America Cruise

    Yikes, that must be the problem. All of my jpeg pics are over 2 megs, and some are up to 4 megs. What to do? On the other hand that cannot be the problem because I was able to send 3 megabyte files about the Utah National Park 3 years ago. Ratch
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    Got Back From Around the Horn of South America Cruise

    Yes, we got flew out of Santiago, Chile on a 9 hour flight to Atlanta, Georgia, just as reports of single outbreaks in Rio, d J. and Chile were coming in. Talk about timing. Having trouble uploading picture files. I reported the trouble, so awaiting possible solution. Ratch
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    Got Back From Around the Horn of South America Cruise

    Hi All, No, barely touched the Drake Passage. It's summer down there now and the calmest time of the year.
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    Got Back From Around the Horn of South America Cruise

    Returned from a shipboard cruise around the continent of South America including the Falkland Islands on Feb 28, 2020. Sorry I did not get back to this forum sooner. Ratch
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    I will be missing in action

    Tomorrow, my wife and I will depart for a 3 week vacation to South America starting at Rio de J., Brazil and ending in Santigo, Chile by going around the the coast of SA through the Drake passage. We will be traveling mostly by cruise liner. I will return on Feb 28, 2020. I am sure you all...
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    WheatStone bridge

    Everyone talks about the currents through the two legs of the bridge. Really, that is irrelevant. The currents can be any value whatsoever. What is important is the voltage across the path between the bridge legs. When that voltage is zero, the bridge is "balanced", and the resistances in...
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    WheatStone bridge

    You do not identify the post # where the misstatement was made. That makes it hard to track down what you are talking about. You are still describing charge flow as "current will flow". As I pointed out in post 11 of this thread, "current flow" literally means "charge flow flow", which is...
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