Shifter: What Else Did We Learn?
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- Опубліковано 6 лют 2025
- The first film in this series came during a stop in Maine a few short weeks ago. I am following it up with another as there was, and is, much to learn about the world these days. Might be photography-related, might be van-related, might be country related or even me-related. Never know what you are going to get. Like Forrest said, "Life is like a box of chocolates." I remind you in this film but it begs to remind again. I am not "Mr. Together." I am just making observations and sharing what I know.
Sound: Friendly Fire, Mystery Mammal, Bulkhead 2 from Free Music Archive.
Daniel, from 2:00 minutes in to roughly 9:00 minutes is the best most concise description of our country that I have ever heard. I've shared this with people that I know for them to hear the message. Very well said!
Ah, glad you like. I'm sad to report that is what I have to report but the more we acknowledge and adapt the better we will be.
Point 9 (on fly fishing), point 10 (the importance of listening for documentary work) and point 11 (it's okay to not be good) are my essentials. Seriously, all I've truly learned in life, after so many disappointments and disillusions, are summarized in those three points. And you wrapped them up as if you were doing pancakes. That's why I love this channel.
Ha, good to know. We share much in common.
Spot on with those first 10 minutes and New Mexico might be my favorite state. Wish I had more time to spend there instead of just passing through to visit family in AZ at Christmas. I will be sure to wave when I pass Santa Fe.
Fire off a rocket!
Somehow I missed this... I want to echo and shout louder your "Coastal Elite" rant. It is a 1000% true. I work for a super large Fortune 20 company and I say constantly "this will work in I-95 corridor or the LA Metroplex or Dallas...but what about the rest of real America?"...I do not live in the I-95 corridor but travel into for these meetings, so these corporate leaders then stare at me since they just 'fly-over' all of these places. They have no idea that people actual drink black coffee out of a Mr Coffee maker from 1982. Like steak and potatoes. You are so right real people and cool people live there and have a unique culture. Listen and understand!!!! Bravo to you for saying it!!!!
That is hilarious. Mr. Coffee and drip weakness. One of the things I will go to grave trying to do, bring good coffee and tea to the masses! I just had this conversation again today with someone who said the "red state" thing and I said "I lived in that state for 25 years and it's far from all red." We just have to get smarter, turn off the tech and start talking to one another, not yelling.
When Dan talks we listen… keep digging that mud !
slinging mud...
@@DANIELMILNOR505 that too!
This was the bright spot in my day. Thank you.
When I hear “caravan” it think Snatch… the film. Cool video as always uncle Dan.
Love that film. Brad Pitt was awesome. Everyone was but that accent was so great. Travelers.
Great video! That‘s the type of storytelling I love on your podcast. Throw in the hero of the week and maybe a puke story or two from old times and this will work on YT too.
I am gonna hit a new puke story. Oh, just thought of it.
Another brilliant video.
Where rambling meets art, is art, or is maybe nothing like art. Ok, it's nothing like art, but it's still completely awesome! 🙏
I think the rambling part is right.
Most entertaining film yet. Keep em coming. Vaporize those IG’rs!
Perimeter laser defense.
As a person who lives in Iowa, thank you!
Great space that Iowa. And if you have a hankering for corn you just drive into the field and have at it.
@@DANIELMILNOR505 Or walk into the corn and watch a baseball game!
I always enjoy the quiet and very sparsely populated areas of states often. Sometimes its the long unbroken vistas or the quaint little rural towns. But then you come across a town that has a ton of stories to tell. One case for me was Condon Oregon. The area used to be surrounded by miles of huge wheat fields and such and because of this they had a beautiful town with a huge middle and high school. But sadly the year i went through their senior class had only 6 students! My point is if you live in a populated state i recommend searching out the two least populated counties and take a road trip. One can almost be guaranteed to find some interesting stories and places to research late.
And talking to people in those towns can help you understand how the other half lives. Their interpretation of you is probably off and yours of them might be as well. Then you both depart knowing more.
Tercel!!! Vinyl seats. No AC! Used to deliver auto parts in one in Northern Virginia. Hot humid loved every minute of it.
they are indestructible. How about the Cressida. The most underrated car of all time.
Could not stop laughing at " neck punch" Thanks!
Interesting observations. There's a book from the 1970s titled, "The 9 Nations of North America" that talks about the regional differences among the states (the Desert SW, The Breadbasket, etc.). It was an interesting read and I recommend it.
I used to fish with my dad, who loved fly fishing with his best friend. They went all over. When my dad died, I got all his gear...and have never used it. It's sad, really. I found that as much I liked to think of myself as an outdoorsman, I am really a city dweller.
Right up my alley. Thank you.
I moved from Phoenix to Boston...haha what a drastic change and awesome experience. completely different cities but I love them both. I miss the desert...I miss the random taco stands in the middle of nowhere
I like both places as well. Blue Fin sushi bowls in Phoenix, or drinks at a friend's house as the monsoons light the night sky. Fried clams in Boston rolling with my wife's friends from high school. Calling me "Danny," and getting cocked on trial size booze.
Best 45 minutes of my day.
How clean the van is = peoples' perception of your choices - 1000%. When I was cruising up and down the coast of WA I'd pull up next to some crusty hippy types which only made my gleaming OCD rolling palace look all the more respectable. The locals would treat us both _very_ differently. I'd get invited to peoples' homes for dinner or "you must go and see such and such a place". People would get really, really keen on sharing their favourite spots and making recommendations and just having a real conversation. The hippies would get awkward glances and, more often than not, completely ignored. Even though we've made exactly the same life choice.
Appearance. I guess we could say the same thing about say flying. Dress snazzy and the flight crew suddenly gets friendly. Dress sloppy and they ignore you. How about Billy Crystal "Don't be a schnook, it's not how you feel, it's how you look."
Hi Dan, see you really relaxed on your trip as your eyes aren't bloodshot. Nice not to look into reflecting glasses/specs.
My allergies are so bad my entire face itches. I passed red weeks ago.
@@DANIELMILNOR505 Allergies are shitty
Spite haircuts are the most satisfying.
I think you’ve outdone yourself. But I’m sure there’s plenty more. I do know where NM is and have driven through it. As a certified resident of a flyover state, this gave me more than a few humorous moments.
flyover...geez. Personally, I love being in a "lesser" state.
I really want to get back to NM. I had a crazy experience driving through in 2012, on my way to LA for an internship. I was passing through Oklahoma and that little piece of Texas that sticks up. There was this strange hybrid thunder and dust storm. Everywhere was brown. I remember it being very flat. I remember Oklahoma being like what I thought Texas was supposed to be like, and the north of Texas being like what I though Kansas was supposed to be like. As I drove through this flat brown hinterland, a blue sliver emerged as I got close to the NM border. The terrain suddenly changed, along with the weather. When I crossed the border I was leaning forward trying to look up at the sky through my windshield, because it seemed like the storm literally stopped right at the border. Suddenly it was blue sky and beautiful snow-capped mountains in the distance. I had a nice hatch-chile filled overnight with a friend in Albuquerque and then it was back to the road.
During chili season you can smell them when you leave the airport in ABQ. It makes me feel like....home. NM is a unique place that takes time to learn. Well worth every moment.
Vaporised igers!! love it , I wander what that looks like, there must be something left :)
Just shoes.
"Lettering in stupidity".
Dude. Nailed it B-).
Just had this same conversation with a friend today.
Milnor, bad to the bone!! Preach.
Dude!!! You got your T-DUB!!!! WHOOP! I hope you put 1 bazillion miles on that thing!
Getting close to 200 miles. Gonna change that oil at 500 then it's gonna get real.
More of these! :)
I want the A7C for my M-mount lenses and my left eye dominated vision. But my understanding is the sensor still cant handle most RF lenses that well, especially wides.
If Leica would just put out an EVF version of the M-mount in full frame. Basically a Q with an M-mount.
I'm not sure. The files look damn good to me but I'm easy. Leica cams are so expensive it's hard to justify when you can get a Fuji GFX for less. I've been happy so far. I just need a project to sink my teeth into.
I think if you stick to 50mm and above its not really a problem to put an M lens on a Sony. Which is 80% of what I would want anyways. Simple and tactile.
Being left eye dominate the A7C's RF style EVF is appealing.
18:40 The energy could be coming from a coal-powered power plant but power plants are very efficient @ 90%+ in terms of power production compared to an internal combustion engine. Most internal combustion engines only get 50% of the power from the combustion to the wheels. a lot is given off as heat and gas out the exhaust.
Yes, agree. I so love the internal combustion engine but a master of efficiency it is not. Heck, Ford vs Ferrari alone burned off any chance of long-term survival and yet here I am riding a motorcycle spewing gas, oil and god knows what else.
Thumbs up on the red-blue discussion. Was that the Yamaha you've been talking about?
Yes sir. TW200, the mountain goat of bikes. Guy at shop said. "It's not fast, but you will eventually get there and will have more fun than anyone else.
You often talk about how you weren’t a good student, which I can relate to probably all too well. So studying and research were never a strong suit of mine. What’s one of the best ways to start researching a topic before starting a project?
Google. Not to be rude. It can be a good place to start but then deep diving into specific histories will be where the fun begins and the real knowledge starts. I love the library but that's me. Online is so developed now you can find so much so quickly it can be a challenge to curate.
pls some closeups from the bike!!!
Tons more bike on the way.
@@DANIELMILNOR505 awesome!
In the UK a caravan is what you call a trailer. What you call a van, we call a campervan. A van over here is what tradesmen drive for their business, builders, delivery guys, whatever. Unless it's a stealth camper, which looks like every other van except on the inside, where degrees of fabulousness can be found. Our version of coastal and flyover states is somewhere's and nowhere's. Personally, I'm more likely to fly to Alabama or Wyoming than New York or LA. If I wanted impatient narcissists, lost tourists and shops selling overpriced trinkets it's much easier to visit London. Photography-wise most greats had done their stuff by the age of 40. Tony Ray-Jones produced some of the best social commentary photographs ever taken in a couple of years and died age 31.
Sometimes the brightest among us burn with a white-hot flame that just doesn't last long. we have RV's, most enormous white boxes with push out sides, vans and campers then a full range of modified Mad Max style rigs that defy logic and good design but are out there duking it out on the roadways. I'm a middle parts guy too. No jellied eels here however.
Also, agreed re your red/blue assessment. In the fall of 2020, I drove 8400 from Minneapolis to Washington to shoot a wedding, then all the way back to the east coast for a wedding in Concord, NH, then all the way back to Minneapolis. I have now been to all 50 states (and all over the world). To generalize, most cities lean liberal and most rural areas are lean conservative. The myth that the coasts are more liberal is based only on NY and LA. I lived in Seattle for 13 years. Seattle, like Portland and Vancouver BC, is nice and liberal, but go 45 minutes outside of the city and it's no different from Idaho. Tons of midwest cities are just as "liberal" as any "coastal" cities. Minneapolis, St Paul, Milwaukee, Madison, Chicago, Cleveland, Des Moines, etc. That side, I met tons of wonderful people along the way, and had no idea where they fall in terms of political labels, and that's how it should be. We do need to listen to each other or we are fucked.
yes, the red state, blue state thing was the dumbing down of the nation to help divide us. And it work wonderfully. Our education system, regardless of state, unless you talk private, is hurting in a major way. The result is Trump, the Post Truth world and internal insurrection.
@@DANIELMILNOR505 True. In Texas, the school board likes to edit history books to their liking, and never in the direction of reality.
Here’s where we part company - I think the Chile Pepper license tags are beautiful.
Really? My wife has it. To each his own. I say own it.
I think I might have an Idea on what bike that is
Tell me...
@@DANIELMILNOR505 based on our last couple of messages I would think “Tern / Verge S8i” at least that would be my choice if I was in your position.
Hey Minor, we all need new podcast episode (running out of old dispatches)
It's coming. Will try to get it done tomorrow...
Yes, we do :-) But this one was pretty close already!
You got the TW? Sweet!
Oh ya. It's a dream. Geared like a goat. Slow but so damn fun.
What is your podcast called? I searched for your name and a corresponding podcast didn’t pop up.
For What It's Worth. It's on my www.shifter.media site.
I genuinely thought this was going to be 43 minutes of bike riding and frankly, I would have been more than okay with that.
Much more coming.
If I had a wife and she walked in my room, she would be getting the Stone Cold Stunner
Step one, secure wife. My wife is so great and so crazy at the same time.
@@DANIELMILNOR505 I bet she says the same about you lol
Is it the new Harley Davidson e-bike?
Not quite. This is an ancient tech Yamaha.
01:40 - RIP headphone listeners 😂
We are permanently divided and it's not going to change. Our belief system is so radically different that it's just going to get worse year after year.
I think it will till the system breaks entirely. Then, if we survive we rebuild.
Reality is difficult to comprehend for a lot of people :)) To be foney is easy.
Reality doesn't build following.
It's funny because the people in the Rockies call the mountains in the North East hills...
For sure. There are no mtns east of Chicago. (to western folks)
Yeah, where's my podcast? I haven't had a good laugh (or sleep) in weeks.
It's coming....
You live in a gated compound?
Or perhaps he just has a gate?
Yes, but it's not my compound.
Somebody should create a map of non-Instagram places.
They would find it and ruin it. I'm making a heart symbol with my hands.
I thought the D word was going to be Dork. Damn.
Close, and a good word.
VAPORIZE THE INSTAGRAMMERS!!! YES! HAHAHAHA!
sorry... got a little excited. (cough)
You are not alone.
Venture4wd
Yes! GIOJ Guy in Orange Jeep, seems like a very nice guy. And the dude knows how to wheel. No drone, no fancy camera tech just good, solid documentation.
@@DANIELMILNOR505 yes, he is great. One of the UA-cam resources worth consuming. If you like his channel check out Dirt Sunrise. Summary is they just finished driving the pan-American highway to Patagonia. They are currently leaving for Alaska. I think Venture4wd actually met up with them and did an episode not too long ago. Worth checking out.
Dan, consider color vlogs, please! This isn’t a Fellini film, after all. LOL! 😂
Booo!
This is closer to a Fellini film than you realize.
If your closest and main reference for something B&W is Fellini,
I kind of pity you.
BnW for life.
8 1/2 all the way
My Blurb blogs are color.......mine, sadly, mired in black and white.
@@DANIELMILNOR505 I love the black and white tones of your videos and this one was pretty perfect in terms of contrast and tonal range. Don‘t know if it‘s the A7C or the conversion you did.