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[Illaveago]

I think that is the only thing that I can agree with Elon Musk.
He called President Trump's trade advisor a Moron!

 

[Reynard]

It's been a bright and mostly sunny day here chez Casa Reynard, albeit still somewhat chilly thanks to that breeze.

Did not sleep well. I had a restless night with pins & needles in my right foot, hayfever sniffles and just general pre-monthly insomnia. So I've navigated the day feeling rather meh. And cold. I do not think it was a good idea to shed the winter base layer just yet.

Ergo I had a quiet morning, although I did make a big pot of carrot, sweet potato and red lentil soup.

Then had a nice luncheon of rye bread, salami, cheese, fruit and a

Looks like Mr Cyclist has chosen to go through insurance after all, as I got a pile of paperwork through the post that I need to fill in. I offered to pay for the damage to his bike and a helmet out of courtesy to a fellow cyclist. I am kind of infuriated, because he was a cyclist of the Ninja variety in black clothing, no helmet, no gloves, no lights, no reflectives in tricky lighting conditions (setting sun), and openly admitted that he saw me too late to stop. So he chose to hit me instead of swinging into the car park entry. Grrrrrrrrrrr.

Anyways, I had a quiet afternoon working on my novel, drawing on my experiences as an undergraduate in the mid 1990s for the passage that I'm currently writing.

Now sat by the fire with a

 

[Reynard]

N 90 was a great camera, but near the end of the film era. I went with the Nikon Digital Coolpix 5000 instead, and still use that now and again. By that time, I had bicycles to support.

Ooooh, the Dark Side!

I had a Canon Eos 5 film body (still have it), and then went digital in 2003 with a used Canon D60. I'm still using my 20-year-old 1D mk2 - sure, it may only be 8mp, but good glass trumps excess megapixels any day. The only downside is that its low light / indoor performance is nowhere near where modern camera bodies are. I *have* to use flash indoors if I can't use long exposure on a tripod, as above 400 ISO it starts to struggle.

It needs a new battery pack, as the two I have no longer hold more than an hour's worth of "juice" these days. But I see I can get aftermarket ones for something like £30.

 

[Reynard]

Time to feed the cat, and then it will be time to feed me.

 

[rockyroller]

had a quiet afternoon working on my novel, drawing on my experiences as an undergraduate in the mid 1990s for the passage that I'm currently writing.

???

 

[biggs682]

Time for a brew me thinks

 

[Mike_P]

Resolved FG. Looked at the book aisle in Sainsbury's and it clicked. 10 April is the paperback release of Invasion by Frank Gardner, his latest MI6 thriller.

 

[classic33]

Shouldn't have opened those biscuits

Opening them wasn't the problem, was it?

 

[classic33]

I think that is the only thing that I can agree with Elon Musk.
He called President Trump's trade advisor a Moron!

Lets leave religion out of this.

 

[DCLane]

Resolved FG. Looked at the book aisle in Sainsbury's and it clicked. 10 April is the paperback release of Invasion by Frank Gardner, his latest MI6 thriller.

I've met him. Nice bloke.

 

[Reynard]

Lovely supper of Thai-spiced carrot, sweet potato & red lentil soup, then eggs Florentine, the last of the onion bhajis and a nice tomato salad on the side.

 

[PeteXXX]

Resolved FG. Looked at the book aisle in Sainsbury's and it clicked. 10 April is the paperback release of Invasion by Frank Gardner, his latest MI6 thriller.

I was just about to suggest that!

 

[Reynard]

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I was thinking more like Wednesday afternoons in February, at the Motor Club lock-up garages, improving your welding skills by fixing someone's rather holey Mini...

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Lovely evening

 

[Jenkins]

Ooooh, the Dark Side!

I had a Canon Eos 5 film body (still have it), and then went digital in 2003 with a used Canon D60. I'm still using my 20-year-old 1D mk2 - sure, it may only be 8mp, but good glass trumps excess megapixels any day. The only downside is that its low light / indoor performance is nowhere near where modern camera bodies are. I *have* to use flash indoors if I can't use long exposure on a tripod, as above 400 ISO it starts to struggle.

It needs a new battery pack, as the two I have no longer hold more than an hour's worth of "juice" these days. But I see I can get aftermarket ones for something like £30.

Too true - the best investments I made as an amateur were a couple of the Canon L series white lenses (70-210 & 100-400). Not only for the picture quality, but I didn't lose much on them when I sold them off during the pandemic.