Mundane News

[deptfordmarmoset]

In the time it's taken me to make a cuppa and have a shower the sea mist has cleared enough to see across the road .
First cuppa going down well

The Northants coastline can be a very changeable thing.

Meanwhile, the forecast tells me it's cloudy but the sky is blue. I'm taking my daughter's mother off to the Weald today, ostensibly to see how the bluebells are coming along. What she doesn't know is that daughter, stepdaughter and grandkids are giving her a surprise visit too. I've even been shown how to set up live tracking on WhatsApp so that we don't accidentally bump into each other at the wrong moment. That said, I'm not sure when it will be the right moment. What could possibly go wrong?

 

[Illaveago]

Morning.
I just got up to answer the phone and I've gone all Ooohhh!

 

[PeteXXX]

Ahhhh..

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Cantonaaa?

 

[Illaveago]

In the time it's taken me to make a cuppa and have a shower the sea mist has cleared enough to see across the road .
First cuppa going down well

The tide is probably out !

 

[Illaveago]

Neat. It's satisfying to solve a fun / frustrating puzzle. Hope you end up with a fully-working camera for your efforts.

Whilst I cycled over to my brother's yesterday I was wishing it would work .
I have been looking on the net for possible causes . Not sure if anything I have done worked or that it is a complicated set up . I'm not sure if the problem was just down to the clock not being set . I don't think my Pentax has that . If it has I've ignored it .
I will need to get a lens and battery or battery case for CR2 batteries.
I noticed a couple of things . The mirror hesitated several times in the up position . Whether this was due to a long shutter speed I don't know ! The other thing ! The aperture control lever which I discovered has now freed up !
I am slowly reading through the manual .

 

[oldwheels]

What you need are those individual wheel car jacks. Each one is a wheeled trolley jack which is placed by each wheel . As the jack is pumped up rollers move in and lift the wheel off the ground . Once all wheels are free the vehicle can be spun round and placed in an impossibly tight space .

 

[oldwheels]

Another damp looking morning but they often brighten up by mid morning so still hope of a nice day.
Today's excitement is a trip to the dump with my old freezer and some redundant fish boxes. Since my wildlife pal is coming to help with his pickup it probably means an argument at the dump when they try to charge commercial rates.
Cars can dump for free but anything looking commercial gets charged unless persuaded otherwise. A couple of the staff owe me favours so unless they are off it should be ok.

 

[tyred]

I can take a deep breath this morning without it sounding like a trainee bagpipe player so I must be recovering

 

[postman]

The Northants coastline can be a very changeable thing.

Meanwhile, the forecast tells me it's cloudy but the sky is blue. I'm taking my daughter's mother off to the Weald today, ostensibly to see how the bluebells are coming along. What she doesn't know is that daughter, stepdaughter and grandkids are giving her a surprise visit too. I've even been shown how to set up live tracking on WhatsApp so that we don't accidentally bump into each other at the wrong moment. That said, I'm not sure when it will be the right moment. What could possibly go wrong?

That's lovely,we once did something similar.Father in Law took mother in law for a meal.We had travelled from Manchester with son and daughter.We were sat having pre drinks,Fil pushed MIL to the next table,nobody spoke ,her face as she saw her two grandkids was something I will never forget,have some tissues ready.I have watery eyes just typing this.Have a lovely day.

 

[classic33]

In the time it's taken me to make a cuppa and have a shower the sea mist has cleared enough to see across the road .
First cuppa going down well

That'd make it a fog, not a mist in meteorological terms then.
Visibility less than1,100 yards.

 

[Illaveago]

It is for those peeps who park where they shouldn't !

 

[biggs682]

The tide is probably out !

Certainly is

 

[biggs682]

Second cuppa went down well

 

[oldwheels]

It is for those peeps who park where they shouldn't !

I did get that but it is not my problem in that area. Good idea tho'.