Mundane News

[Jenkins]

At some point overnight I was woken by a thunderstorm, but was back to sleep within a few seconds, which is a pity as I do like a good storm.

With any luck this should be my penultimate early shift.

 

[oldwheels]

A couple of days ago, Monday, I think, I'm sure I spotted some Japanese Knotweed in a garden. I checked where I thought it was on my 3 mile walk this morning but didn't see it.
Tomorrow, I'll go along another cut through I use and see if it's there.

A "gardener" ie grass butcher reported to a neighbour that I had a bad case of Japanese Knotweed in my garden. In fact it was Jerusalem Artichokes.

 

[mybike]

As a Canon girl*, Nikon is the Dark Side

Sounds like jiggery pokery. But if someone bought that glass as Minolta fit, they're going to get a nasty surprise.

* I really only went Canon when I moved to SLRs... Prior to that I shot with with allsorts - Kodak, Pentax, Olympus in the main, a mix of compacts, boxes and rangefinders using 110, 126, 620 and 35mm films. So all over the place, really.

I was interested to see you had Prakticas, My first SLR was a Nova with a Tessar lens & I had a number before buying s/h Pentax.

I will admit to missing the focussing aids of the manual SLRs when using a DSLR.

 

[oldwheels]

Another vehicle partly off the road on the A848 between Salen and Tobermory. Saw one yesterday who nearly came to grief on that same road by putting his wheels off the tarmac to try to pass an idiot who had not pulled into a passing place enough to let it past. Never assume the road edge is hard.

 

[Gravity Aided]

Now that you mention it, I do actually remember those. Something of an evolutionary dead end, though.

Vectis? IIRC.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

New passport arrived. It took 3.5 weeks, which is great considering the horror stories out there.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

New passport arrived. It took 3.5 weeks, which is great considering the horror stories out there.

They accepted my profile picture on here, since I’m not smiling…

 

[fossyant]

Sun's out at last. Been dull all morning. Knee still very sore but improving - better be OK fast as I've a big weekend on the bike (and beers).

 

[Speicher]

I would like to purchase a new mouse. Yes, even Wols sometimes have to buy mice instead of hunting in the long grass. I like the (sound of) the Logitech Silent mouse.

https://www.johnlewis.com/logitech-m220-silent-mouse-black/p4339723

I have been warned in the past about wireless mice that "eat" batteries. The description of the above product says that the battery will last up to eighteen months. What is your experience of wireless mice?

 

[Reynard]

Warm, breezy and mostly sunny here chez Casa Reynard.

That whopper of a thunderstorm last night sat overhead for a fair while - it started crashing and banging around 11pm and finally stopped gone 1am. Didn't bother the cats. Lexi was fast asleep in the donut bed in my bedroom and Poppy was sat on the table in the hallway watching the rain and the lightning through the windows. I have to admit I stopped to watch too, as I do like a good storm. I think lightning must have hit some phone lines nearby, as my internet dropped out for a bit.

Slept ok - that's the best night in a couple of weeks, and have spent the morning writing. Couldn't be bothered to go to the market, but I will pop out later on the hunt for some tomato plants.

It is almost time for luncheon.

 

[Reynard]

I would like to purchase a new mouse. Yes, even Wols sometimes have to buy mice instead of hunting in the long grass. I like the (sound of) the Logitech Silent mouse.

https://www.johnlewis.com/logitech-m220-silent-mouse-black/p4339723

I have been warned in the past about wireless mice that "eat" batteries. The description of the above product says that the battery will last up to eighteen months. What is your experience of wireless mice?

Can't advise you here, I've been using laptops since 1997!

 

[Speicher]

Can't advise you here, I've been using laptops since 1997!

Do you use the tiny little square below the keyboard? I have tried that when I do on-line jigsaws, or scrabble, and I have really struggled with it. Hence wanting a mouse.

 

[Reynard]

I was interested to see you had Prakticas, My first SLR was a Nova with a Tessar lens & I had a number before buying s/h Pentax.

I will admit to missing the focussing aids of the manual SLRs when using a DSLR.

I picked mine up in a job lot of cameras in a local Oxfam shop. They had a whole case of stuff at 99p, so I cleaned them out - was nearly all old Soviet and East German stuff. Nothing in the way of glass, but I have lenses that fit. M42 screw mount if my brain isn't addled.

Yes, the split crystal thingy you got on some. Also found on rangefinders.

 

[Reynard]

Do you use the tiny little square below the keyboard? I have tried that when I do on-line jigsaws, or scrabble, and I have really struggled with it. Hence wanting a mouse.

Yes, I use the trackpad. I do a heck of a lot of photo editing, and the trackpad lets me use both hands at the same time.

The trackpad on my old Sony Vaio is brilliant - but probably because I've been using it for donkeys. Less enamoured of the trackpad on the Lenovo, but then I only use that laptop for internetting / streaming.

 

[Reynard]

Better get both so there's no complaints 🤣

I should think so...