Mundane News

[oldwheels]

I seem to be on a roll with posting old pictures on our local FB page dedicated to old photos. Need to stop and ration them as I seem to be building up a fan club. Lots of " is that not so and so ?" and" do you remember?"
I have a lot of pictures on negative film but no reader for them. Need to investigate that.
Does anyone here use such a device and is it any good?

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

That little rainstorm fully justified my bike ride cancellation and my decision to drive to the shop. I did have to move lots of barriers that the wind had blown into the driveway though. They're meant to provide temporary walkways while workmen are busy with their repairs, but they're no match for the wind today. I got some childish pleasure from shifting them into the pathway of a non-resident who always parks in our disabled parking bay. He's perfectly able-bodied so he'll manage to shift them out of the way.

 

[tyred]

Argos seem to want me to review my recent purchases.

 

[PeteXXX]

@oldwheels I use a 35mm transparency machine and it's quite good. I've never used the Negative option but don't see why it shouldn't be equally good.
Mine is a standalone one that saves onto an SD Card.

 

[Reynard]

A very nice lunch of two slices of wholemeal toast, one with rillettes de porc, one with stilton and pineapple chutney, two plus a lovely orange and some grapes.

 

[Reynard]

I seem to be on a roll with posting old pictures on our local FB page dedicated to old photos. Need to stop and ration them as I seem to be building up a fan club. Lots of " is that not so and so ?" and" do you remember?"
I have a lot of pictures on negative film but no reader for them. Need to investigate that.
Does anyone here use such a device and is it any good?

I have a flatbed scanner with a lightbox.

Although it's now on the blink, and I need to replace it. Although it has served me well for two decades.

 

[classic33]

Tragedy No brown bin collection until Aug 5 due to operatives having to self isolate Any ideas how to tow a bin full of shrub clippings to the local dump

Wheelie bin.

 

[classic33]

Finished for the day. Afternoons are spent working with clients in the second hand shop downstairs, so once my desk is tidy I'll be heading down there...

That's you there for the weekend then.

 

[DCLane]

Back home from holiday;

Brown (garden waste) bin not collected Monday, but might be today
Black (general) bin not collected yesterday, but apparently they turned up at 5am this morning and missed it. That'll now have to wait for 2 weeks

Kirklees waste collection services aren't wonderful, which is why their contract with Sita is ending. They're worse than useless.

 

[tyred]

11 minutes of my captivity left this week before I can escape for the weekend.

 

[Reynard]

Wow. Someone call Noah, I going to need to borrow a boat

I'm currently waiting for him to take me to Tesco.

The road outside the fence is gradually disappearing from view. *glub* *glub* *glub*

 

[oldwheels]

I have a flatbed scanner with a lightbox.

Although it's now on the blink, and I need to replace it. Although it has served me well for two decades.

Thanks. I will investigate further. Mostly I used 35mm and Rolliflex two and a quarter square film mostly b&w tho' there there are some colour also on transparencies. Need to be transferred on to computer memory. The macbook does not seem to do fractions so have to write it out the long way.

 

[oldwheels]

@oldwheels I use a 35mm transparency machine and it's quite good. I've never used the Negative option but don't see why it shouldn't be equally good.
Mine is a standalone one that saves onto an SD Card.

Something like that would do me fine I think so long as I can transfer from negative to positive. I do have transparencies but the ones I mostly want will be on 35mm or 2 1/4 square.
I want to post them on to a local FB page which is inhabited by mostly locals unlike the other "local" pages infested with others who have had a holiday and have opinions of no real value or interest to anyone else really.

 

[postman]

Argos seem to want me to review my recent purchases.

I bought some chicken food last month,they asked for feedback,I said the chickens had eaten it.

 

[postman]

I must have been a good boy this week.Mrs P back from shopping,I got a bar of dark chocolate,two bottles of Hobgoblin ruby ale and a cream horn cake.I wonder if I am being fattened up for something.Mind you I did stop the beeping of the fire alarms,despite new batteries this week,they have been beeping,So disconnect them take out batteries and hold down the test button 30 seconds,put battery back insert cables and screw back in to place no beeping,it seems to clear a memory inside the workings.