Mundane News

[mybike]

What day is it tomorrow ?

Monday.

 

[biggs682]

Our car turned over the 60k mark this morning

 

[Reynard]

Happy Easter, everyone!

 

[Reynard]

Warm, breezy and sunny here chez Casa Reynard, although there is a lot of high cloud.

Slept like a log, but boy am I stiff this morning... Still, all of that bimbling around Tesco was worth it. As was walking across Ely to St Etheldreda's. Did a load of laundry this morning, and have sorted out the groceries that I acquired for my friend. She'll be picking up her stash at tea time. All that's left to do is divvy up that salmon.

It is almost time for luncheon - which will consist of what's in the above basket.

 

[Reynard]

I wish I hadn't missed out on that camera yesterday . I have been looking on the bay and haven't found anything as cheap or as good .
I looked at some Pentax to Nikon converters and they seem to be a bit pricy . I have discovered that I have a Nikon F to screw thread adaptor but haven't got any screw thread lenses .
I could put an end to it by just giving up ! I'm a bit like a dog with a bone and I want to see if the camera is fully functional and see what it's pictures are like . I think the easiest and cheapest option would be to borrow my brother's lens and battery .
Doing all the research into the camera's faults has made me more aware of my Pentax D10. I don't know if Nikon's are more susceptible to problems or if I have been lucky . Shutter count seems to be a thing to be aware of . I must reduce my snap happy itchy finger . I didn't know that removing and installing the SD cards can cause problems either. It's the way I down load my pics, I'll have to get a cable to connect it to my computer . Some people say that by not using Nikon batteries can cause problems . Probably Nikon !
Oh well ! I'll give it some thought .

That's a shame, I feel your frustration... I'd suggest borrow lens and battery from the fraternal unit initially, and see whether it's worth persisting. And keep looking on the 'bay.

Shame you're all the way t'other side of the country, otherwise you'd be welcome to furkle through my box of old camera bits.

 

[Reynard]

Lovely luncheon of bread, butter, sausage, cheese, ham, hard boiled egg with salt and fruit loaf, along with a pear, an orange and the obligatory two

Now watching a bit of snooker before I see to a salmon.

 

[Oldhippy]

I've just swept the carpet throughout the flat on my hands and knees with a stiff handheld brush while I wait for the washing machine to finish.

 

[PeteXXX]

I've just swept the carpet throughout the flat on my hands and knees with a stiff handheld brush while I wait for the washing machine to finish.

My knees couldn't take that sort of abuse! 😂

 

[Oldhippy]

My knees couldn't take that sort of abuse! 😂

I just think its really swept when I do it like that.

 

[Andy in Germany]

Tinybug has now decided to make an Easter egg hunt for her brothers. She tends to forget where she hid the Easter eggs or how many there are, so we'll probably still be finding them in September...

To my complete lack of surprise, there's one pack of Gummibears still missing; I have three teenagers trying to figure where it is at the moment.

Beautiful Wife hid some mini eggs for Tinybug and she can't remember where she put them either so they're looking for those too...

 

[midlife]

Cadbury cream egg wrapped in croissant dough and baked in the oven....... Happy Easter

 

[Reynard]

Friend's been, picked up her share of the groceries and gone.

Time for a and a bakewell tart.

 

[mybike]

Are the training courses there as utterly mind numbingly dull and stating the bleeding obvious as they are here?

I did my Fire Marshall training at a fire station, it was far from dull.

 

[Reynard]

Yay, The Rocket is through to round 2

 

[Mo1959]

I did my Fire Marshall training at a fire station, it was far from dull.

We went through a period when the Scottish Prison Service decided we should be trained to be able to wear SDBA and enter a smoke filled area to retrieve someone. Never had to use it for real thankfully. I found it a bit claustrophobic.