Hey thanks fellas, problem solved! 'ppreciate it!!!!

Good grief! You ARE generous!  THANK YOU!!!

Rest in peace, Mathman. My condolences to those who knew, loved and respected him.

SWEET!  Thank you very much!!!

Wow! That was attention getting reading!  Best to you I say! The very best!

You are a generous and talented individual.  Thank you!

Thank you!

Quote - LOL, from the title, I was expecting Stan Musial - not that I would have known the difference in appearance. 1st class work at any rate. I'm not sure I've seen a VRay rendered portrait before - very nice.

I've met both of those Stans, each a MARVEL in his own right. That is some dynamic work I must say! Thanks for sharing such a great link!

That's very generous of you!  Thank you so much!

I'm running Poser 7(!) on an external SSD (obviously not my primary drive). It works great.  Loads of up fast, but seems to work about the same as before. Had it on my primary (C) SSD drive, but that got crowded because of so many other programs so I put it on an external SSD. No problems whatsoever. Still running Poser 7 because I'm focusing more on stuff like After Effects, Photoshop, Illustrator, using Poser mostly as an accessory now.

True, SSDs have been more expensive even at smaller capacity, but the size/price ratio is getting better. The 80 GB external I got was about half what I paid for the internal 80 GB 2 years ago. Of course, quality is an issue, so careful shopping is a definite prerequisite to buying one.

Very well done.  THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!!!!!  (In caps to help offset the "no thanks given" downloads.)

True, in re TBO, but that will happen when it happens. Seems there is never a large migration out when one does happen of whatever size. Frankly, I'd be more worried about the street crime in The City the last few years.  Not so many murders as a few years back, but LOTS of muggings and robberies, not to mention the car thefts! Over in the East Bay, particularly Oakland and Richmond, murders in the form of seemingly random shootings seemed to have been deemed an artform with a multitude of new devotees.

Of course, that doesn't stop Raiders fans from attending. Looks like they might be off to another terrible start this year, but probably won't be changing coaches as quickly as in the past (Rest in Peace, Al Davis).

Yeah, Polytechnic was literally right across the street from Kezar. We used to have to do our laps in gym class around that place. Often we ran into (also literally) 49er players as they went to and fro, although they did all their training inside Kezar. I graduated in June '62, went right into Air Force, got married, etc., etc. Some of the first Dirty Harry was filmed in Kezar. Poly was a great school and had a lot of notable alumni (as which longtime school doesn't of course): George Seifert, longtime 49er (head) coach graduated a few years before I did. The actress Vonetta Magee was in my homeroom, although she was 4 years older, apparently had been home schooled while grooming her modeling and acting career.  You wanna talk about "GORGEOUS?!?!"  Sadly she perished from cancer a couple years back.

Funny thing several of the teachers there were actually published authors under various pseudonyms, which I only learned years later. The Polytechnic buildings were ruled "not earthquake safe" circa 1966-67. The main building still stands and was retrofitted - I think - but all else demolished and the franchise became McAteer High over on the other side of town.

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"Naw, y'all! FAWTY NINAHS! Still (for the time being) SAN FRANCISCO 49ers!"

(for the time being)? Has Willie Brown lost his juice? Say it ain't so. The City without the Niners would be like Oakland without the Raiders, oops.

I agree with everything you said.  Alas, work has already begun on a stadium in the South Bay. They'll still be the 49ers, but yes, sad, very, very sad.

A few weeks ago I went to my 50th year high school reunion from the long defunct Polytechnic High School, right across the street from the pre-Candlestick home of the 49ers, Kezar Stadium, which still stands proudly. One of my dearest memories is one-time quarterback Y A Tittle patting me on the head once when my gym class visited the 49ers workout facility there, right across the street, but virtually miles ahead. I was heartbroken when he eventually got traded to the New York Giants Football Team!

Man, how time flies!!!

Naw, y'all!  FAWTY NINAHS! Still (for the time being) SAN FRANCISCO 49ers!

It's true!  Get used to it!