Posts from chester7777 in thread „YouTube in Your Own Backyard“

  • YouTube in Your Own Backyard

    Quote from chester7777

    Here's the one from Roaring Camp Railroad, which offers a loop ride or one from Felton all the way to Santa Cruz


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    Here's what they do with the Roaring Camp train that goes to Santa Cruz, at Christmas time -


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    And we just found the following video, which is literally in our backyard - from 1:03 in the video to the end, it's all just a block or two from our house! (We had trouble pinpointing the first minute.)


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    These are just about a block away from our house -


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    And this one was at a friend's house, at a BBQ/neighborhood talent show. The little boy on the middle of the bench, with the striped shirt, is our grandson! (Open to full screen for best effect, as the lighting partway through becomes less).


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  • YouTube in Your Own Backyard

    Thanks Stumpy for posting this, I've gotten it in a couple of emails recently,
    but had not the time to watch it. I did this time. I liked one of his last comments," If you don't want to do anything, go out and buy a gun, you're going to need it!


    Chester :newyear:

  • YouTube in Your Own Backyard

    Quote from William T Brooks

    Well I Got One Up of "Duke On The Wild Goose."
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    Bill


    Obviously, the guy who said you can't teach an old dog new tricks was WRONG!


    Good job, Bill!!


    Great clip - I love the music, and I especially loved the part where Ethan sidled on up to his dad and put his arm around his shoulder. What a precious memory that must be for him!


    Mrs. C :angel1:

  • YouTube in Your Own Backyard

    Bill,


    Don't feel bad, even I, who has put dozens of YouTubes on this message board, had a 'brain fart' recently and had to ask the Mrs. the trick to doing it, as I had not done it in a while.


    Chester :newyear:




    And now, courtesy of my wife, who explains things much better than I do, here is "the trick" -


    When you find a YouTube video you want to share, look at the top of the browser, in the address bar, where it says, "http://. . . .


    If you look closely at the address, you will see an equal sign (=). Highlight what comes after the =, and copy (hold down the Ctrl key and then the "C" key, then release them; that 'copies' the highlighted text) .


    For example, let's say the address is
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ielh3vetInI


    You would highlight, copy and paste what I have placed in red.


    Then come here, and in the post, where you want the link to appear, click your mouse so the cursor is blinking. Then hold down the Ctrl key and then the "V" key, then release them, and you should see the letters that you copied "magically" appear (see below).


    ielh3vetInI


    Now highlight the letters that just appeared, and then click on the "YouTube" icon above, on the right (white and red). It should place YouTube screen in your post, like this -


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    Now sometimes you will have arrived at an interesting YouTube video by clicking on "Related videos" or even one of the links at the end of another video you watched. Then the address might like something like


    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-F_alXicn0&feature=related


    Do NOT highlight and copy anything except the characters between the = and the &. Then follow the same steps above.


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    BTW, the above scenes are from the beach where we went on a ten-mile hike with our son's Boy Scout troop a couple of weeks ago, although these two beaches were just a portion of the hike. If you would like to, you can read more about the cement ship in both videos (the second video is taken from the ship).


    I hope this helps!


    Mrs. C :angel1:

  • YouTube in Your Own Backyard

    I made reference to the log ride at the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk in our anniversary thread, and then found this over at YT. This has to be our family's favorite ride at the Boardwalk, bar none. We can ALL go on it, and do, every time we're there (unless it's closed for some reason). It's popular, but moves quickly enough that there is never too long a wait for it.


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    It's fun to look all around on the ride, seeing the San Lorenzo River that goes to the ocean, looking out on the beach, at the other rides . . . it's real pretty at night.


    Enjoy!


    Chester :newyear:

  • YouTube in Your Own Backyard

    Not only is this in our own backyard, it is our daughter singing. While the visual quality is decidedly poor (you can hardly see anything), the singing is not (we're hoping another friend who was there has better video).


    The event is the "final" for the Beginning Jazz and Popular Solo Voice class at the local community college. It is held in a local restaurant/bar (in the bar, of course). Everybody in the class performs. It is a wonderfully fun event, and generally every act is very good. We had a great time!


    Anyway, for your listening pleasure, our daughter Alison, singing "A Crazy Little Thing Called Love" -


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    Proudly,


    Chester :newyear: and the Mrs. :angel1:

  • YouTube in Your Own Backyard

    Quote from H.sanada

    and there is a home near large park called Kashiwanoha Park.
    I'm always with my dog on saturday,sunday take a walk around this park.


    I was trying to imagine where you live, so I put the name of the park in Google maps, and came up with this. For the life of me, I was unable to capture the picture of the map to post here. Is the map showing the park near your home?


    When I was in the Navy, I was stationed in Sasebo, Japan for a couple of years. The ship I was on would come up to Yokosaka a couple of times a year for maintenance and training. This was from 1968-1970. In 1970, a Navy buddy and I went to the World's Fair in Osaka.


    More recently, in 1988 (if you can call that recently :teeth_smile:), while in the Naval Reserve, our diving unit was heading for Guam and Palau for our 2-week annual active duty. Two other reservist buddies of mine and I had our tickets changed to stop in Tokyo on the way there instead of Hawaii. We took the Navy bus from the Tokyo airport down to Yokosaka, to see how the place had fared after twenty years. Things certainly had gotten more expensive. They wanted $6 for a beer! Twenty years earlier, it had been 30 cents!! From Yokosaka, we visited a town about 60 miles away, where one of my buddies had spent some years in the mid-50s as a "Navy brat." Amazingly, the same hobby shop was still in business, and the son of the shop owner, with whom he'd played when was a kid, was now the shop owner himself. Needless to say, we were wined and dined for a day or so and had a great time.


    Chester :newyear:

  • YouTube in Your Own Backyard

    Thanks, smokey, for sharing! What a pretty town Ipswich is.


    Are you south of town, or west, or . . . ?


    Ipswich looks somewhat hilly. Is your neighborhood like that?


    What a BEAUTIFUL day they had for the filming!


    Mrs. C :angel1:

  • YouTube in Your Own Backyard

    When I found the YouTube of the Swanton Pacific Railroad, I noticed several YTs from another attraction near our home, the Roaring Camp Railroad, which then got the Mrs. and me wondering what other local finds there might be on YT.


    We found the following YT, which is a mere 3 miles from our home, driving towards our town, and very representative of what we see every day.


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    Here's the one from Roaring Camp Railroad, which offers a loop ride or one from Felton all the way to Santa Cruz


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    Very close to Roaring Camp (walking distance, actually) is the Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park, and within the park is the Fremont tree, where it is believed Gen. John Fremont camped in the early 1800's. It is a fun and popular local attraction, with a walk through a grove of giant redwood trees. I always tell folks to take their flashlight, for when they go "into" this tree.


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    For a more extended walk through the same park . . .


    Another local attraction - surfing at Steamer Lane in Santa Cruz, about 10 miles from our home -


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    And no . . . that's NOT Chester on the red surfboard :shades_smile:!


    Also in Santa Cruz - the world famous Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk, home of the Giant Dipper roller coaster. While most of the videos we watched didn't really do justice to the ride (it IS more exciting than it seems on the videos), this one was the best of the bunch (at least in our opinion) -


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    We hope you enjoy seeing some of what's in our neck of the woods, so to speak, and we look forward to seeing places of interest in your part of the world.


    Chester :newyear: and the Mrs. :angel1: