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Great thread Chris! If I had not been snorkeling in the warm turquoise waters and hiking to waterfalls in Fiji, this is where I would have been as well. Some nice photos of some nice eye candy.

Awesome!

Well I'm not expert on the Motorcycle market, and I'm not a rider, but I have been following Zero Motorcycles off and on for a number of years because I thought their technology was pretty cool. My take is that the torque on all of these bikes …

I'm all for letting investors or individuals make their own investment choices and would vehemently oppose any attempt at some self appointed or elected "elite" or "expert" dictating what is a good or bad investment. I just lament the herd …

Amazing analysis @dhirajkacker. You are covering this from all angles. Nice to see the WSJ article that agrees with my theory that negative interest rates are an addiction. I tend to agree with your hypothesis that we are in the best of times, and …

Definitely NOT the techno band on Pandora. This Native Alien was active from 1982 to 1988. Started in San Diego and ended up in the LA Music Scene. Was featured on KROQ (the alternative/New Wave station in LA once or twice) and also on KNAC (the LA …

I actually like Saved by Zero. The Fixx is one of the few true "80s" bands I really liked (Along with Tears for Fears)... and of course Native Alien... but that's a different story.

Here's one NO ONE has ever heard. But I found it on YouTube just now on a whim to see if it might be out there... and lo and behold it was. Someone posted it nearly 10 years ago. Only 700+ people listened to it in the meantime. This was from 1986 …

A lot of noise was made about them at that time, but more or less long since forgotten: The Firm (Jimmy Page, Paul Rogers, and a few other music legends of the 70s) released 2 albums in the 80s. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3973tfsllqw

Great posts! Love the demo of Does it Really Happen by Howe, Squire & White. Drama is an underated classic by Yes in my opinion. The poor Buggles never could measure up to Anderson and Wakeman, but they honestly put together a great album with Yes …

I'm humbled to be mentioned in the same sentence as Alan in this context. This is a really interesting topic and I thank @dhirajkacker for kicking it off. I am by no means an expert on the peculiarities of the public markets, but I am of the …

Probably a little too flashy for me... but still really cool.

I wonder where those stairs go? Maybe to another dimension? Wonderful photos!

I'm going with the Katydid... definitely not a butterfly and it was an adult already... Thanks for looking into that! Amazing what you can find out online!

"A Sand County Almanac" by Aldo Leopold. It's a 1949 non-fiction collection of essays by Aldo Leopold, the book is considered to be one of the classics of modern conservation science.

But some of the most interesting creatures were the ones with more than 2 or 4 legs. This is an iPhone shot of an insect shedding its exoskeleton at night and waiting and for its new one to harden.

... and there are lots of other interesting birds as well... this is a Hoatzin...

Here's a couple more Macaws hanging out in a tree...

Now I want one! (Just kidding... I don't believe in making pets out of wild animals, but those are the cutest pictures!).

Canon EOS with a Canon 300mm zoom. For some of the bird photos, I would have liked a bigger zoom, but I'm glad I didn't have to carry one around. Also, there are weight limitations going into TRC, so you don't want to carry too much stuff. As for …

Lots of crazy jungle spiders....

I love the sound of Howler monkeys. We experienced them for the first time in Tikal in Guatamala and it was indeed spooky. And when you see how small these little guys are and how much noise they make it is really amazing. We have gotten used to …

Cayman...

Howler Monkey along the shore of the Tambopata River

We flew from Lima to Puerto Maldonado and then took a boat down the Tambopata River. A couple hours to get to Refugio Amazonas, where we stayed the first night. Then a few more hours on the river to the research center where we stayed for 3 more …