cookiemonster
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- Location
- Hong Kong
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- Thread starter Katherine
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Andy in Germany
Guru
- Location
- Rottenburg am Neckar
Government of Hong Kong. There is still a difference, for now.
Good point, sorry. So it's the future of Hong Kong's children at stake; China dodged a bullet there.
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pawl
Legendary Member
- Location
- Desford Leicestershire
Morning.
I'll be going round in circles!
If you don’t stop I’ll glue your other foot to the floor.
rockyroller
Guru
- Location
- 20 miles northwest of Boston, MA
CT
re:
Daughter moved to another state, here in the US. now the car is an issue because the loan is in my name, as-is the registration & our insurance company won't insure it out of state (on a permanent basis). it would actually be easier for her to buy an entirely other car, in her new state! otherwise she'd have to buy it from me w/ a new loan, then have that bank provide a new title to the other state (with her name on it), plus other stuff ...
rockyroller
Guru
- Location
- 20 miles northwest of Boston, MA
just got to the office & wondering why there's no couch for napping
Reynard
Guru
- Location
- Cambridgeshire, UK
Warm and occasionally sunny here chez Casa Reynard.
I slept well, although still running in something of a sleep deficit and feeling a bit meh. Did a load of laundry this morning, picked a mixing bowl full of runner beans and another one full of tomatoes, put my 1Dmk2 camera battery pack on the charger and cleared a load of junk off some memory cards. I have a photoshoot to do this afternoon for the Siamese Cat Welfare Trust. It's only 10 mins up the road, so no biggie there.
In utter mundaneness, I opened a new pack of loo roll. Same kind as I usually get, but there's a definite change in the feel of the paper. Still a little bit left on the old roll, but we'll judge this change in a, shall I say, practical manner.
It is almost time for luncheon.
I slept well, although still running in something of a sleep deficit and feeling a bit meh. Did a load of laundry this morning, picked a mixing bowl full of runner beans and another one full of tomatoes, put my 1Dmk2 camera battery pack on the charger and cleared a load of junk off some memory cards. I have a photoshoot to do this afternoon for the Siamese Cat Welfare Trust. It's only 10 mins up the road, so no biggie there.
In utter mundaneness, I opened a new pack of loo roll. Same kind as I usually get, but there's a definite change in the feel of the paper. Still a little bit left on the old roll, but we'll judge this change in a, shall I say, practical manner.
It is almost time for luncheon.
Reynard
Guru
- Location
- Cambridgeshire, UK
Oh yeah, and I have gone through my archive - as I periodically do, and I have 440 photos, 240 of those as actual prints, with some degree of overlap between prints and digital files.
This isn't counting the stuff that's in press packs, magazines, programmes, books and on promotional posters.
Oooops.
Too hot for my nerdy anorak though...
And I have been introduced to a couple of retired photographers who may also have some stuff that's of interest.
This isn't counting the stuff that's in press packs, magazines, programmes, books and on promotional posters.
Oooops.
Too hot for my nerdy anorak though...
And I have been introduced to a couple of retired photographers who may also have some stuff that's of interest.
Reynard
Guru
- Location
- Cambridgeshire, UK
Lovely luncheon of two slices of multigrain toast, one with hummus, one with sliced avocado sprinkled with salt & pepper, a big bowl of fruit salad (made with nectarines, bananas, blueberries and tangerines, sprinkled with lemon juice and sugar and left to macerate overnight) and two 
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I dried a line full of sheets this morning.
Andy in Germany
Guru
- Location
- Rottenburg am Neckar
A wasp just flew through the open window.
It subsequently flew out again.
It subsequently flew out again.
biggs682
Itching to get back on my bike's
- Location
- Northamptonshire
Well that was nowhere near as good as the last time we went many moons ago
Andy in Germany
Guru
- Location
- Rottenburg am Neckar
It never is.
oldwheels
Legendary Member
- Location
- Isle of Mull
A pattern seems to be getting established regarding our weather recently. Wet in morning then sunshine to lull you into a sense of false optimism then as just now rain again.
Ferreting through my bookshelves I keep finding books I had forgotten about.
Wine and Spirit Trade Journal alphabet of terms from 1958 which somebody had collected and bound. No idea where or when I got this but it brings back all sorts of memories of a previous life.
British Brandy for example which is basically vodka with all sorts of weird things added including ground up prune stones. If you wish to improve it add 25% of foreign brandy. How many know that I wonder?
We once had the son of a distillery owner who was working in as many different distilleries as possible to learn the business outside the family firm. He had worked for a while in a brandy distillery in I think Brittany which was to put it mildly rather primitive.
Quality control of the distilling was by taste and at change of shift the first job was to carry away the person you were replacing.
Ferreting through my bookshelves I keep finding books I had forgotten about.
Wine and Spirit Trade Journal alphabet of terms from 1958 which somebody had collected and bound. No idea where or when I got this but it brings back all sorts of memories of a previous life.
British Brandy for example which is basically vodka with all sorts of weird things added including ground up prune stones. If you wish to improve it add 25% of foreign brandy. How many know that I wonder?
We once had the son of a distillery owner who was working in as many different distilleries as possible to learn the business outside the family firm. He had worked for a while in a brandy distillery in I think Brittany which was to put it mildly rather primitive.
Quality control of the distilling was by taste and at change of shift the first job was to carry away the person you were replacing.
