Mundane News

[mybike]

Mrs MY had a desire for a new, small, pocket sized camera with a viewfinder. 20mile trip to the nearest decent camera shop & a purchase of a slightly less expensive Lumix than mine.

Not many camera shops around these days.

 

[PeteXXX]

I used to work for the company that made them.

Was it you that fitted the sqeak behind the passenger side of the dashboard? 😐

 

[mybike]

Who says you have to eat it all in one go?

Just put a square of chocolate in my mouth.

Lasted about 4 mins.

 

[rockyroller]

Mrs MY had a desire for a new, small, pocket sized camera with a viewfinder. 20mile trip to the nearest decent camera shop & a purchase of a slightly less expensive Lumix than mine. Not many camera shops around these days.

congratulations! very exciting indeed! first thing I do with a new anything, but especially cameras, is live w/ the manual. if you're lucky enough to get a printed manual, I keep it next to my bed. some light reading makes me grab the camera & try something out. also like having a PDF of the manual on my work computer. the learning curve, at first, can be daunting, but when I learn little bits over time I can have more confidence w/ it. another project for me, is what case to use for it. sometimes it takes me a while to find one w/ the features & benefits that match the unit & my needs. enjoy!

 

[Gravity Aided]

congratulations! very exciting indeed! first thing I do with a new anything, but especially cameras, is live w/ the manual. if you're lucky enough to get a printed manual, I keep it next to my bed. some light reading makes me grab the camera & try something out. also like having a PDF of the manual on my work computer. the learning curve, at first, can be daunting, but when I learn little bits over time I can have more confidence w/ it. another project for me, is what case to use for it. sometimes it takes me a while to find one w/ the features & benefits that match the unit & my needs. enjoy!

Glad someone reads the manual.

 

[oldwheels]

I used to have a Commer van.. 👍

I had a Commer pop top camper 1600cc. You had to bank it into corners I remember. Terrible convoluted gear change which continually got stiff, and clutch was very heavy. Really needed big boots to drive it. Tin worm eventually got it and MOT man said he would give me an MOT this time but never bring it back.

 

[gbb]

Late last year we rebuilt the trellis cence we have to keep the dog off the lawn, 3 new posts, 4 new panels. (I dont like the dog pooping and peeing on the lawn, kids play on it, we use it too.
Jake passed around 6 months ago.
We wanted to take the fence down, its visually ok but makes the small garden seem smaller. Are we getting another dog was the constant question ? So we hung off taking it down.
2 months ago i got up one morning and cut the posts off at ground level, took it all down, we seemed ok not having a dog.

Now we have a pup....and up the fence goes again this morning.
Luckily, i kept the trellis fence , stored it it a gap by the shed.

 

[cookiemonster]

Mmmmm.....crab cakes.


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[cookiemonster]

Just put a square of chocolate in my mouth.

Lasted about 4 mins.

That long!?

 

[PeteXXX]

I had a Commer pop top camper 1600cc. You had to bank it into corners I remember. Terrible convoluted gear change which continually got stiff, and clutch was very heavy. Really needed big boots to drive it. Tin worm eventually got it and MOT man said he would give me an MOT this time but never bring it back.

I ended up swapping mine for a Bedford CF250, if I remember correctly..

 

[fossyant]

18th garden party set up for my daughter. Having a rest for a couple of hours before guests start to arrive and I'm chief BBQer. Sister and brother coming earlier with their little ones, then most others from 7. Just family.

 

[oldwheels]

I ended up swapping mine for a Bedford CF250, if I remember correctly..

I got a T2 VW van and took the interior out of the Commer which with a bit of fiddling worked nicely. Sold the base Commer for £10 to a builder who needed a van pdq. He knew about the shortish mot and rust.

 

[DCLane]

I'm currently sat at Blackburn Rovers' Ewood Park ground with son no. 2 for his last Young Driver session: having had two recent cancellations it's the last slot we could find before his 17th next Sunday.

Next week, en route to a race in Scarborough, he'll have his first road drive in my Tepee.

 

[Kempstonian]

Was it you that fitted the sqeak behind the passenger side of the dashboard? 😐

Haha... not guilty m'lud! I was in the office drawing illustrations for the workshop manuals

Edit to add: I worked on the lorries, not the vans. The van department was in Luton and I worked in Dunstable.

 

[Kempstonian]

Just put a square of chocolate in my mouth.

Lasted about 4 mins.

Was that a typo? Did you type 'mins' when you meant to put 'secs'?