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General Discussion & Feedback => Just Chat! => Topic started by: Karen W. on 09/01/2011 11:52:28
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Dear Diary..
Its been too long since someone has entered in the Diary thread, so I have locked the 85 page version 9, and started this new one. Please help me to make Neil's old thread as lively and fun as all the previous ones.. Lets Start again and bring back some good cheer and catch up and get to know each other as we post in all the threads of this lovely science forum.
Well I am still here and trying to get back into gear with posting and reading and enjoying life and friends. I have been very ill and am wanting to dwell on good things and funny humor that our fellow posters have while posting both science and chat posts! Lets have some fun!
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I'm not sure of the required format...
I have just been to the International Boat Show in London. Boats and bits of all kinds. Some of the boats are so expensive even international football players (US or UK types) couldn't afford them.
I bought some wellies :-)
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Giles produced some great cartoons about the London Boat Show. Here is one example.
http://www.gilescartoons.co.uk/cartoon.asp?cartoon=380
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I have been painting my lounge. Last wall finished in a mocha chocolate colour.
I looked in the mirror and I appear to have lots of freckles.... damned roller!
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damned roller!
I hope it was, and not something you picked up at work.
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Cleaned room three today and changed the guy in room seven with room one to get him away from stinky. Been trying to fix the signals for the satellites again as someone seems to be a satellite terrorist in the house, I think they like to see me at the top of a tall ladder all the time!
Noticed lots of mice holes in the garden outside stinky's room, wouldn't mind doing a mark and recapture population estimation on them just for the hell of it.
Put up a mirror in room 18. Noticed now that there is a light bulb covered by a protective shield to prevent it from being stolen, in the toilet downstairs, every week that stinky doesn't use it any more and wee's outside judging by all the yellow stains in the melting snow which have appeared since installing the new light fitting!
Helped the guy in room one with some first aid when he cut his hand severely on some broken glass and was bleeding everywhere!
Spoke to an old friend currently in South Korea on Skype for the first time in years.
Tried to get into room 14 to turn the water off as there is a leak in the laundry room coming from his broken toilet but he has changed the locks on the door without telling myself or the owner, frustrating!
Woke up at 4.30am after having an odd dream about people deliberately provoking me to try and get a reaction!
Sorry KarrenW for being so drab and non fun, im sure I will have a better day tomorrow [;D]
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Plucked up the courage to open the American Express statement that came in over a week ago. I was concerned because I usually don't get anything from them in the mail. I found this to be a bit ominous, so I decided it would benefit from a bit of ageing.
Good news! Despite what it said on the envelope, it wasn't really a statement at all. It was just one of those annoying notices about privacy that nobody ever takes the time to read.
Bad news! On further inspection, I discovered it wasn't addressed to me at all. It was for some other guy down the road that I've never heard of.
Now what do I do with the flaming thing? Tape up the (very badly damaged) envelope, write "Ooops - sorry!" on it, and stick it back in the mail, which is probably a total waste of time because the recipient will immediately chuck it in the trash when he realizes what it is, or, stick the thing in the shredder (almost certainly a Federal offense) and pretend like none of this ever happened?
Having made this rather public, I think I better go with option A.
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Geezer. An even better option would be to tell the postman about his incorrect delivery of mail to your address and tell him you opened the mail by mistake. You could then take the letter yourself to the person down the road and give it to them personally and explain exactly what you said in your post. I am sure they will understand although having said that they also might pull out a gun and blow your head off, who knows [;D] Yep I would go with Option A [;D]
Just drinking my first cup of tea in 2011, as an Englishman I am somewhat [:I]
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Dear Diary
Today, I waited while some bacteria took 6 hrs to grow. During that time I :-
-rearranged my bench, twice
-cleaned my bench after rearranging it, so I had to rearrange it again.
-went to the media room and stocked up with spare everything, whether I need it or not.
-played 'see how far you can eject the pipette tip off the end'
-made a long, thin plastic bag into a sock puppet, with the aid of some stickers.
-made two empty ice buckets into bongos and played a tune
-bugged everyone else in my lab who was trying to work
-bugged anyone outside my lab that, including the electricians working in the hallway.
So if anyone every wonders why scientists take so long to discover things, that is why [:)]
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We turned on the TV to watch the news this morning and it promptly quit working. Then it started working, then it quit again. What was really annoying was that the only periods when it was working seemed to be perfectly synchronized with the frequent commercials. This is the second time this has happened in a week.
As if that's not bad enough, the internet also comes via cable and, so does the blinking phone. Consequently, it's extremely difficult to contact the cable company to report the fault. You might well ask why I didn't use my cell phone. I can't. We don't have coverage where we live!
I was just coming to terms with this latest effrontery when I heard screaming in the kitchen. Mrs G had just detected that there was no water coming out of the taps! So I had to get out of bed, put on a lot of clothes (it was really cold last night) and trudge through the snow to the community well to fire up the generator. Turns out a transformer on a utility pole had conked out.
Mind you, it could have been worse. One of our neighbors gets power (or, more accurately wasn't getting power) from the offending transformer. His pipes froze, so even if the water pump had been running, he wasn't going to get any. And, to crown it all, he went out to his truck to go to work and one of the tires was as flat as a tack.
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I'm not sure of the required format...
I have just been to the International Boat Show in London. Boats and bits of all kinds. Some of the boats are so expensive even international football players (US or UK types) couldn't afford them.
I bought some wellies :-)
I would have loved to see that.. I always wanted to buy a big houseboat and live on the water in retirement! Were they not just lovely.. They were sport boats eh?
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I have been painting my lounge. Last wall finished in a mocha chocolate colour.
I looked in the mirror and I appear to have lots of freckles.... damned roller!
Thats a big Job You need some extra work... My living room and Hallway need a good going over! LOL...
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Cleaned room three today and changed the guy in room seven with room one to get him away from stinky. Been trying to fix the signals for the satellites again as someone seems to be a satellite terrorist in the house, I think they like to see me at the top of a tall ladder all the time!
Noticed lots of mice holes in the garden outside stinky's room, wouldn't mind doing a mark and recapture population estimation on them just for the hell of it.
Put up a mirror in room 18. Noticed now that there is a light bulb covered by a protective shield to prevent it from being stolen, in the toilet downstairs, every week that stinky doesn't use it any more and wee's outside judging by all the yellow stains in the melting snow which have appeared since installing the new light fitting!
Helped the guy in room one with some first aid when he cut his hand severely on some broken glass and was bleeding everywhere!
Spoke to an old friend currently in South Korea on Skype for the first time in years.
Tried to get into room 14 to turn the water off as there is a leak in the laundry room coming from his broken toilet but he has changed the locks on the door without telling myself or the owner, frustrating!
Woke up at 4.30am after having an odd dream about people deliberately provoking me to try and get a reaction!
Sorry Karen W for being so drab and non fun, im sure I will have a better day tomorrow [;D]
You were not drab.. It sounds like you did a lot today and that is great! Thats even if you could not gain entry to the one room. LOL..I always feel a sense of accomplishment if I have even made my bed and done the dishes these days.... Its not an easy chore at this point in my health.. and I so appreciate good days where I can do the simplest of things....
Hoping tomorrow brings you something fun..like speaking to your old friend.. that always makes my day..LOL week or month... talking with my best friend...
Thanks for posting..
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Plucked up the courage to open the American Express statement that came in over a week ago. I was concerned because I usually don't get anything from them in the mail. I found this to be a bit ominous, so I decided it would benefit from a bit of ageing.
Good news! Despite what it said on the envelope, it wasn't really a statement at all. It was just one of those annoying notices about privacy that nobody ever takes the time to read.
Bad news! On further inspection, I discovered it wasn't addressed to me at all. It was for some other guy down the road that I've never heard of.
Now what do I do with the flaming thing? Tape up the (very badly damaged) envelope, write "Ooops - sorry!" on it, and stick it back in the mail, which is probably a total waste of time because the recipient will immediately chuck it in the trash when he realizes what it is, or, stick the thing in the shredder (almost certainly a Federal offense) and pretend like none of this ever happened?
Having made this rather public, I think I better go with option A.
Yep go with the A and let the mail carrier know what happened so they can redeliver with an apology to the owner.. After all the postal carriers are responsible for delivering the mail to the proper boxes.. it really was not your fault.. I have done the same thing on many occasions and its usually the same neighbor.. Now I look real good and if they get mail here I redeliver it to them in person...So They know me well and know That if it comes to me by carrier mistake It will be safe a delivered immediately by hand..
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Geezer. An even better option would be to tell the postman about his incorrect delivery of mail to your address and tell him you opened the mail by mistake. You could then take the letter yourself to the person down the road and give it to them personally and explain exactly what you said in your post. I am sure they will understand although having said that they also might pull out a gun and blow your head off, who knows [;D] Yep I would go with Option A [;D]
Just drinking my first cup of tea in 2011, as an Englishman I am somewhat [:I]
No need for embarrassment even so! I have not had tea for weeks .. That sounds good this am...
I do however have a toothache and have not had one of those for years... need to go see the dentist...
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Dear Diary
Today, I waited while some bacteria took 6 hrs to grow. During that time I :-
-rearranged my bench, twice
-cleaned my bench after rearranging it, so I had to rearrange it again.
-went to the media room and stocked up with spare everything, whether I need it or not.
-played 'see how far you can eject the pipette tip off the end'
-made a long, thin plastic bag into a sock puppet, with the aid of some stickers.
-made two empty ice buckets into bongos and played a tune
-bugged everyone else in my lab who was trying to work
-bugged anyone outside my lab that, including the electricians working in the hallway.
So if anyone every wonders why scientists take so long to discover things, that is why [:)]
Hope the day ended well and your results went as they should have.. meaning every thing grew or didn't grow as hoped either way! LOL
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We turned on the TV to watch the news this morning and it promptly quit working. Then it started working, then it quit again. What was really
We turned on the TV to watch the news this morning and it promptly quit working. Then it started working, then it quit again. What was really annoying was that the only periods when it was working seemed to be perfectly synchronized with the frequent commercials. This is the second time this has happened in a week.
As if that's not bad enough, the internet also comes via cable and, so does the blinking phone. Consequently, it's extremely difficult to contact the cable company to report the fault. You might well ask why I didn't use my cell phone. I can't. We don't have coverage where we live!
I was just coming to terms with this latest effrontery when I heard screaming in the kitchen. Mrs G had just detected that there was no water coming out of the taps! So I had to get out of bed, put on a lot of clothes (it was really cold last night) and trudge through the snow to the community well to fire up the generator. Turns out a transformer on a utility pole had conked out.
Mind you, it could have been worse. One of our neighbors gets power (or, more accurately wasn't getting power) from the offending transformer. His pipes froze, so even if the water pump had been running, he wasn't going to get any. And, to crown it all, he went out to his truck to go to work and one of the tires was as flat as a tack.
was that the only periods when it was working seemed to be perfectly synchronized with the frequent commercials. This is the second time this has happened in a week.
As if that's not bad enough, the internet also comes via cable and, so does the blinking phone. Consequently, it's extremely difficult to contact the cable company to report the fault. You might well ask why I didn't use my cell phone. I can't. We don't have coverage where we live!
I was just coming to terms with this latest effrontery when I heard screaming in the kitchen. Mrs G had just detected that there was no water coming out of the taps! So I had to get out of bed, put on a lot of clothes (it was really cold last night) and trudge through the snow to the community well to fire up the generator. Turns out a transformer on a utility pole had conked out.
Mind you, it could have been worse. One of our neighbors gets power (or, more accurately wasn't getting power) from the offending transformer. His pipes froze, so even if the water pump had been running, he wasn't going to get any. And, to crown it all, he went out to his truck to go to work and one of the tires was as flat as a tack.
What a day yesterday! Sounds dreary and a mess like mine.. Hoping You have a warmer night at least inside and all straightens up and decides to work properly! :-)
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Hope the day ended well and your results went as they should have.. meaning every thing grew or didn't grow as hoped either way! LOL
Funnily enough it all went very bizarre.
Expt 1- complete opposite result of what was expected. [:-\]
Expt 2-didn't grow at all, nor did the controls [::)]
Expt 3-What the hell happened there?!!!!! [???] Actually I know what happened, my spec machine was giving false readings, meaning I have way way more colonies growing than I had tried for.
At least my supervisor agrees we need a knew spec machine now!
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LOL..All those hours for it to all go buggy..LOL.. I hope budgets there will allow for new equipment for you students.. Good luck next time...
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Tuesday: Sat in Court in connection with taking someone to court for disturbing some limestone pavement.
Wednesday: Got annoyed by how long it takes the "media team" to make a press release I have already written from them; started filing paperwork associated with the case.
Thursday: finished filing the paperwork generated; note to self: do it as you are going along!
Still waiting for the ******* ***** ********** ** ***** ************ **** **** media team to send out the press release
Tomorrow: never comes nor does the paperless office...
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Thursday: finished filing the paperwork generated; note to self: do it as you are going along!
If you find a way of actually sticking to this could you tell me please. I cannot count how many times I have resolved to do this.
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Thursday: finished filing the paperwork generated; note to self: do it as you are going along!
If you find a way of actually sticking to this could you tell me please. I cannot count how many times I have resolved to do this.
Of course, you could always try the old "box" method.
Obtain a box, or several boxes, of reasonable proportions. "File" everything into the box when you think it no longer needs to be on your desk. Once a year, or when you run out of boxes, go through the contents of the box starting from the oldest material and decide if any of it is worth keeping.
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working for local governement means that the box of reasonable proportions would need to be in the order of a cubic metre or so...
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We had to move to a new building because our version of the 'old box method' was the spare offices method. When we moved we chucked about 25% of the total paperwork and assorted rubbish we were hanging on to - 2 years later not one ill effect.
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We had to move to a new building because our version of the 'old box method' was the spare offices method. When we moved we chucked about 25% of the total paperwork and assorted rubbish we were hanging on to - 2 years later not one ill effect.
Hehehe! That's what I always found, only in my case, about 90% of the stuff was not in the least relevant after a year. Not only that, but as most of the documents had been created and transmtted electronically, there were probably about fifty other copies floating around on our intranet, in peoples laptops, etc. I figured that we could reduce our electronic storage space requirements by at least 90% (probably a lot more) simply by eliminating redundant copies of everything. However, as we were in the business of selling electronic storage equipment, that might have been frowned upon [:D]
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I have identical contracts that go back within my company for 50 years - the size of the file has gone from less than a centimetre thick to over 5 centimetres; god bless the paperless office. Even a raving technophile like myself sometimes wishes for the old days of telex communication where you knew the rough cost per character and communicated accordingly (about 5p a letter via inmarsat telex).
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Dear Diary
Today nothing grew, whatsoever, despite being put in yummy broth and placed in a heated shaker for 6 hours.
I have even resorted to showing my texts books and journal papers to my bacteria in the flasks in an attempt to make them realise what they should be doing. Upon doing so, my lab colleagues suggested I should get a coffee, and a life.
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Dear Diary
Today nothing grew, whatsoever, despite being put in yummy broth and placed in a heated shaker for 6 hours.
I have even resorted to showing my texts books and journal papers to my bacteria in the flasks in an attempt to make them realise what they should be doing. Upon doing so, my lab colleagues suggested I should get a coffee, and a life.
Maybe you sterilized them with ultraviolent light. Tell your colleagues they'll have to work with the lights turned off tomorrow.
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I have identical contracts that go back within my company for 50 years - the size of the file has gone from less than a centimetre thick to over 5 centimetres; god bless the paperless office. Even a raving technophile like myself sometimes wishes for the old days of telex communication where you knew the rough cost per character and communicated accordingly (about 5p a letter via inmarsat telex).
I never used a telex, or a telegram.
However, I can tell you the wonders of cutting and pasting. Make a generic contract... and cut and paste large chunks of it into the next contract.
I could not imagine having to sit down and type out a new contract using a manual typewriter every time. Especially if the BOSS insisted on no white-out, and not a single error on a page!!!
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Clifford - my predecessor remembers actual cutting and pasting; way before computers we had telex machines that worked off punched tape storage. To make a complicated message you could either work on a live connexion (very expensive), re-type the message (very laborious), or literally cut and paste sections of tape together. Two of our old machines are housed in BT's museum (where-ever that is)
I wasn't clear on my comparison btw - the actual contracts have remained exactly the same (pre-printed forms have become protected msword templates), but the files dealing with the voyage fulfilling the contract have increased at least five-fold.
My predecessor's career spanned an era when international calls had to be booked with the operator in advance to instant mobile communication around the world; from ticker tape via telx and fax to email, and of course manual calculators that strengthened your biceps to computers that can run sophisticated scenario evaluation. That's in a little over 40 years! What's the next sea-change that will aid us - I suppose if I could imagine it, I wouldnt be writing about it I would be patenting it.
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Dear Diary
Today nothing grew, whatsoever, despite being put in yummy broth and placed in a heated shaker for 6 hours.
I have even resorted to showing my texts books and journal papers to my bacteria in the flasks in an attempt to make them realise what they should be doing. Upon doing so, my lab colleagues suggested I should get a coffee, and a life.
I would urge caution - boredom and frustration can lead to poor decision making and (presumably) you would not want to mix up the coffee flask with the bacterial broth flask.
Just out of interest have you tried setups involving lightning rods and blade switches?
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My mobile phone has died. More specifically the LCD display has cracked and displays pretty colours rather randomly, although the phone still works if one can remember the key presses. Fortunately my company has an identical replacement so all that needs to be done is to transfer my address book across without the benefit of being able to see the screen. Hmm!
I must not keep my phone in my trouser pocket in future.
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Just out of interest have you tried setups involving lightning rods and blade switches?
No I haven't although unless they start behaving then I may threaten them with such [:)]
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My mobile phone has died.
That would have have helped me when I accidentally deleted a thread on my iPhone. Everything is so dangerously close on the iPhone screen!
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Well, as at the end of last year I graduated from high school, today I watched my younger sister return for another year. The morning was filled with much joy, happiness and laughter... for me at least anyway before I decided to go back to bed for another our or so as uni doesn't start yet for another month and a bit.
So with all the insanity of senior year going on I havn't had much time recently for being ablee to do much posting until now.
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Just finished my tax return - phew! Only 7 days to go for anyone else who hasn't yet done it. HMRC owe me money :-D
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Maybe they'll send you a taxed message on your mobile phone.
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No. They'll probably send the money electronically in a Tax eCAB.
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Dear Diary, I hope you all here are doing well and that the new year is bringing you good luck and loads of fun new adventures!
Anyone do anything new and fun?
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No. They'll probably send the money electronically in a Tax eCAB.
I hail that remark.
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Just finished my tax return - phew! Only 7 days to go for anyone else who hasn't yet done it. HMRC owe me money :-D
Maybe they'll send you a taxed message on your mobile phone.
That's about all you can hope for, they sure won't be sending a cheque, they've got no money.
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I don't keep a personal diary, so I'll write on this milk bottle.
Dear dairy,
Bought a new 80 - 400mm lens today, going to pick it up in short while.
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Dear milk bottle,
Well I've got my new lens and it ain't' half bad.
Set at 400mm I can see into the bird box at the end of the garden and I can read the number plate on that car over there and I can see the birds in that tree and I can s....... Whoa, just a minute, what's going on in that bedroom window? What's that young lady doing? She's not going to...... Aw she's not is she? Or is she? Nah, I don't believe ............ Oh I say....... She is, you know......PHOARRRRR (https://www.thenakedscientists.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fbestsmileys.com%2Feyes%2F8.gif&hash=b5f680bbf302ab3ba27c24811f272cf2)
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Is that for a digital or film SLR? 400mm on a digital (equiv to close to 600 on film) is one hell of lens! Is it light enough to hold steady? Getting very jealous...
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Dear milk bottle,
Well I've got my new lens and it ain't' half bad.
Set at 400mm I can see into the bird box at the end of the garden and I can read the number plate on that car over there and I can see the birds in that tree and I can s....... Whoa, just a minute, what's going on in that bedroom window? What's that young lady doing? She's not going to...... Aw she's not is she? Or is she? Nah, I don't believe ............ Oh I say....... She is, you know......PHOARRRRR (https://www.thenakedscientists.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fbestsmileys.com%2Feyes%2F8.gif&hash=b5f680bbf302ab3ba27c24811f272cf2)
I found a cheaper solution, I just mail-ordered Wow-X-Ray Glasses from the back cover of this here comic book!
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Bet you didn't know Don's real name is Ivar Biggin.
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That's it! Go on, give away all my secrets.
Next you'll be telling everyone about my old mate Ben Dover. Opps, I shouldn't have said that. Bugger it!
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Don 1... Neil..going to be Jealous ...That sounds like quite the lens but I think he may have that one whipped with his Telescope! LOL...
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Bet you didn't know Don's real name is Ivar Biggin.
LOL..LOL I had to read that fast several times before I caught on....LOL....
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That's it! Go on, give away all my secrets. Next you'll be telling everyone about my old mate Ben Dover. Opps, I shouldn't have said that. Bugger it!
LOL...LOL That is so funny.. you always make me giggle...LOL
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LOL..LOL I remember those from those old comics!!! LOL Oh my gosh and the chocolate covered ants!!! LOL...
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Is that for a digital or film SLR? 400mm on a digital (equiv to close to 600 on film) is one hell of lens! Is it light enough to hold steady? Getting very jealous...
Its on a DSLR (Nikon D300). I looked at a Tamron a while ago, but found it too light. The barrels are plastic. This one is a Tokina AT-X 840 AF, an older model I found on eBay. The metal barrels make it much heavier and keeps the balance feeling nice. Tokina are made by the same company as Hoya & Kood filters.
Hand held? Not a chance, must be on a tripod.
I did give it a quick whirl yesterday, but the light was very poor, so the results aren't really anything to go by. But it is in cracking condition, if a little noisy when focusing.
Of course I don't expect to get results up to the standard of my Nikon 18 - 200mm lens, or even the rather old Sigma 70 - 300mm, but at £175.00 + P&P its a fraction of the cost of a Sigma 120 - 400mm (£715.00), Tamron 200 - 500mm (£870) or Nikon 80 - 400mm (£1072.00) or the Nikon 200 - 400mm (£5120.00)
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I have never been brave enough to buy a lens on ebay - I am convinced I will receive a tube full of broken glass and an assertion "that it was all-right when I put it in the post". I know what you mean about the heft of the old lenses being reassuring - my nikkor 55-200 weighs in a less than a quarter of my old sigma 75-200 (but then the sigma stopped down to 2.8 as opposed to 4.5 and has much large objective - must be almost twice the area to gather light).
the ebay lens possibility has suddenly reminded me of a project that I fancied doing - building a cut price macro tube. You need a cheap lens to act as your objective, a tube, and basically some hacked body/lens covers - I could pick up a super cheap cargo that has nothing to do with my camera (but has an external aperture ring).
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Imatfaal,
As I said this lens is in cracking condition, certainly nothing wrong that a new filter wont sort out.
Have sent you a PM.
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Moo moo
Dear dairy,
I have a little job to sort out on the Toy Fair at Olympia tonight, would you like me to bring you a yoyo, or some udder toy?
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[;D] [:D] [;D]
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Dear Diary tomorrow I have loads of tests at the lab.. Checking all my blood work and cardiac enzymes.
The doctor says I am experiencing Diastolic Heart failure and has restricted my activity even more now.. He says heart rate no more then 60.. apparently the heart rate rises and my heart starts failing.. I am not sure what to expect.. he has upped my blood pressure meds to double the dose upped my lassix to double the dose.. and doubled the pravastatin and has been monitoring me for the last week and a few days.. My swelling is still prevalent in the joints legs, feet, hands! My face has finally gone down some, but legs,feet, and hands are still some what swollen...
I have been off and on uncomfortable this evening,but it just seems to make me feel worn out..
Now on the good side To day was a gorgeous day.. I went to the pool early and walked laps in the pool stopping when the heart rate rose to 60..
After the pool I Sat in my car talked to a couple people on phone then went had a very light lunch with a fellow from the pool. then Called my Ex and asked him if he would take me to the beach so I could watch the water again.. you tend to really miss little things like that when you cannot simply do them.. The water was lovely the surfers were out in full force having a great day.. there was barely a breeze and it was warm and lovely.. I was not able to get down to the water but I expect to drive to Trinidad head tomorrow and give it my best effort it seems to be the beach with the easies and shortest access... so Tomorrow is my dream for tonight..Tests, beach and if I am lucky There will be some kids playing in the sand and some laughter...etc.. I really miss having children around me.....
Is anyone else having good weather where you are? Its supposed to stay nice like this for another 7 to 9 days...before a change is expected...Seems some what spring like here .. there were Rhododendrons in full bloom and the cherry trees have been fooled into blooming etc.. I saw a beautiful red Camilia tree in full bloom also.. Just so lovely..... Life was lovely today....
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Dear Diary.. My tests went off without a hitch today and I had a good day.. nice lunch and coffee with my sister and now a nice evening in here in the forum!
Hope you are all having fun and that you all had a good day also!
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Karen - I had an awful day, but it's over now and I can go home. Glad you had a good day - your previous post on this thread on the 2nd was a little emotionally charged and I hope all is OK. London is getting close to spring - two days ago it was chilly, but this evening it is not at all bad. No buds on my fruit trees though - and normally would be expecting them now/fairly soon.
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Karren - I am glad you have a diagnosis - somethimes I think the stress of not getting a clear answer from the doc exacerbates cardio issues.
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Dear Diary;
The weather today can be summurised thus
The rain it raineth on the just
and on the unjust fella.
But mostly on the just because
The unjust steals, the justs umbrella.
(which I will not wrongly arttribute to Spike Milligan)
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Karen - I had an awful day, but it's over now and I can go home. Glad you had a good day - your previous post on this thread on the 2nd was a little emotionally charged and I hope all is OK. London is getting close to spring - two days ago it was chilly, but this evening it is not at all bad. No buds on my fruit trees though - and normally would be expecting them now/fairly soon.
Imatfaal, I am sorry your day was not good. Sometimes days like that can be really difficult, as you know.I hope the following days are better for you.
I am okay.. I am trying to stay positive. I think that is the most important thing right now and following my doctors advice and instructions.
Well It will be nice to see spring come forward in glorious bloom. I hope it brings you happiness and some sunshine and a light heart.
My fruit trees especially the apples did not do well last year they needed more water... Hope your fruit does well this year.
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Karren - I am glad you have a diagnosis - somethimes I think the stress of not getting a clear answer from the doc exacerbates cardio issues.
Thanks that is so true.. and I seem to Have many different Diagnosis's for different problems which were happening over the last couple years...
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Dear Diary;
The weather today can be summurised thus
The rain it raineth on the just
and on the unjust fella.
But mostly on the just because
The unjust steals, the justs umbrella.
(which I will not wrongly arttribute to Spike Milligan)
That is cute...!
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Mazurka - great poem. Why is it wrong to attribute to St Spike - I thought it was one of his...
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It seems to be attributed to many people, the earliest I can find is Lord Bowen, a Judge and all round victorian gentleman who died in 1894.
On a similar vein and also reflecting todays weather, here is something undeniably by the wonderful Milligan...
There are holes in the sky,
Where the rain gets in.
They're not very large,
So the rain is thin.
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That's very nice.. I like it because it is simple and cute. ;-)
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Its a great little rhyme - it is in one of my oldest poetry books, will check tonight. AS this is diary will admit to the fact that I am quite drunk - had long business lunch - but determined to double check providence of that poem this evening
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Dear Diary,
I have an itch !
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Sheepy, not to worry, it will disappear in 7 years!
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..but I can't count to 7 !
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..but I can't count to 7 !
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It's easy! Just count all fingers on one hand!
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LOL...LOL....
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"Picture of Isabella, a Polydactyl Cat"
Isabella
© Kat Fick
Isabella was a rescue from an animal shelter. She was so small we thought she was a kitten weighing in at under 3 lbs, but instead she was a starved 1 1/2 yr old. She now weighs 10 lbs, has SEVEN toes on each front foot and five on the back.
If above link does not get you there try this one third cat in...
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Neily check out this site I did not post the pic cause of the copyright but please do go look at
Isabella, she is so gorgeous.... reminds me of my old cat Jeremy.... he was gorgeous too! You could count all 24 of hers...lol
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Dear diary....
I am learning how to cheat Knit on a knitting loom....LOL I started a scarf..LOL.. I know how to knit with needles at least to pearl and knit, but I could never seem to get the knitting off the needles to stop the thing! LOL...I have a male pool buddy who has got me started.. Better watch out I might be making dozens of scarfs to get rid of while laying in bed all the time...LOl...
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Be worried be very very worried... when I start it never ends!!!
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I mix a tablespoon of baking soda in water and drink it every day. It cleans the calcium out of my arteries. Yum!
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Dear Diary,
how wonderful that Kareny Mam is learning to knit.....as a sheepy I of course know everything there is to know about knitting !!
it's quite literally all I think about !
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LOL...LOL... I love that picture very funny! LOL...Knitting an never ending yarn..........LOL
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Dear diary... I am having a slow day today but am sitting on my bed enjoying the sunshine coming through my windows and watching the white fluffy clouds as they seem to be pretty stationary today with little to no breeze... Quite lovely and yet there is a bit of a bitter chill in the air out in the cool of the shade...
How is the weather in your neck of the woods today?
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I should get sheepy to knit me a scarf! -5F here (not counting the wind chill) and snow. Hunkered down with the 4-legged blonde in front of fireplace.
Our groundhog, Montana Mike, didn't do us any favors when he saw his shadow this year.
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-5F here (not counting the wind chill) and snow.
Hehehe! It's only down to 7F here. I think I'll get Mrs G to give me a good thrashing with the birch twigs before I go for a nice long roll in the snow.
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Hunkered down with the 4-legged blonde in front of fireplace.
...... think I'll get Mrs G to give me a good thrashing with the birch twigs before I go for a nice long roll in the snow.
What is this place turning in to?
There are some wierd people about these days.
"erm, HONEY, MY BELOVED, MY LITTLE SWEETNESS & LIGHT*, have you got the keys for the handcuffs, I need to pop out for a fresh cucumber."
*What a creep!
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Mummy, I'm frightened; the scary people are back.
-5 Fah - jeepers that's nasty
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Hunkered down with the 4-legged blonde in front of fireplace.
...... think I'll get Mrs G to give me a good thrashing with the birch twigs before I go for a nice long roll in the snow.
What is this place turning in to?
There are some wierd people about these days.
"erm, HONEY, MY BELOVED, MY LITTLE SWEETNESS & LIGHT*, have you got the keys for the handcuffs, I need to pop out for a fresh cucumber."
*What a creep!
LOL...LOL..Don_1 thats so funny....pop out for a fresh cucumber...hee hee hee...LOL....
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I think I'll get Mrs G...go for a nice long roll in the snow hay. - mod edit
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I think I'll get Mrs G...go for a nice long roll
I'll have sausage, bacon and eggs in mine please.
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I think I'll get Mrs G...go for a nice long roll
I'll have sausage, bacon and eggs in mine please.
Wouldn't you prefer a roll with a little honey?
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I think I'll get Mrs G...go for a nice long roll
I'll have sausage, bacon and eggs in mine please.
Wouldn't you prefer a roll with a little honey?
[;D] [;D] [;D]
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Dear diary,
We are having quite the storm here tonight. The wind is blowing quite hard tonight..feels a bit restless like me...and my legs tonight.Anyone have any tips that I may not have tried to reduce the antsy feelings so I can sleep...?
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Anyone have any tips that I may not have tried to reduce the antsy feelings...?
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OH NOoooooo!!!! DON'T KILL THE QUEEN!!!!!
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I LOVE YOU GUYS! Night
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Well despite my attempt to sleep I ended up standing in the hot shower trying to get my legs to relax.. then laid back down to try to go to sleep again to no avail!
Now this is the working on three days with maybe two hours sleep total and I am still awake....
Keep falling asleep and waking up within ten minutes I just don't get it.. then my legs are driving me nuts!
Hope you all have been having a great Sunday...
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It's snowed here for 23 straight days. Some days we get over 6", others just a couple of snow showers. Today started sunny and mild, but has turned chilly with a dark cloud hovering over the mountains to the west. I was hoping to break the "snow string", but it looks like Geezer (who lives ~150 miles northwest of here) is sending us at least enough to keep the streak alive.
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It's snowed here for 23 straight days. Some days we get over 6", others just a couple of snow showers. Today started sunny and mild, but has turned chilly with a dark cloud hovering over the mountains to the west. I was hoping to break the "snow string", but it looks like Geezer (who lives ~150 miles northwest of here) is sending us at least enough to streak alive.
They got six and a half feet of the stuff last week at the Lookout Pass ski hill! (It's right on the Montana/Idaho line, which is a real pain, because you have to keep switching your watch between Mountain time and Pacific time as you ski down the hill.)
A few years back, we had a lot of snow around Memorial Day, so they opened the ski area at Lookout for a free ski day. (Memorial Day falls on the last Monday IN MAY!)
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Out here in Lost Angeles, nuttin' ever happens...
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Not much here in Arcata, Blue Lake, or the McKinleyville area either!
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Up to 25 straight days- there was a trace of snow after midnight and some very dark looking storm clouds creeping over the horizon once again.
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Wow! Its still sounds nasty there. Today was overcast with peeks of sun and warm...
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It's Spring! Yippee!
The thaw has started and the winds are blowing, so much so that a friggin' enormous Ponderosa Pine came up by the roots and totalled a quarter mile of our power lines. Of course, it also took out the TV, phone and Internet for three days.
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You have internet out there? Oh yes...I do recall now...2400 baud dial-up...
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Well, it has to travel along the electrified barbed wire that keeps the dang sheeps in Montanar where they belong.
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Today was overcast warm windy with bouts of rain...Tonight warmish with very very slight movement. Bored all day. Hope all of you are enjoying the start of spring. Take care all.
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Well, it has to travel along the electrified barbed wire that keeps the dang sheeps in Montanar where they belong.
Got to feed the wolves something...
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Nice blue sky, with billowy white clouds, cool and breezy today, but ...better then just blatantly overcast skies. I am ready for spring and today is the last day of winter here but seems pretty cold still.
I have had an invasion of ants and flies.. I have been swatting flies and killing ants for weeks now! Maybe the change in weather will help me get rid of all the ants... e-gads they are annoying!
How is everyone today?
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The last 4 day have been a real whirlwind and I am happy today is here, cause: Me thought I was not gonna make it through the weekend! Everything that ever needed anything done to it, had to happen and my body had no break, and every time I turned around something else needed tending till I basically ovvvvvvvvvvvvvvvver-tended everything including me... Now I am just plain tuckered out, out of it,burned out, blown out,worn out,far out, left out, knocked out, down and out, and totally out of sight!! :-)
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And so you came here to relax, with like 37 posts!!
LOL
No but really, posting on the forum IS relaxing. Especially in this cozy little corner you've got here. [:)]
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Hate to tell ya' but we're coming on to fall here. It's cooled down to the low 80's, which is a nice break!
It's been like 95 for the last 5 months solid.
We don't get many of those billowy clouds though, which I miss.
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Where is here Daveman? whoops coming to fall in Chile eh?
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Weird to think that somewhere else, is entering fall. I like billowy clouds...
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Summer is still never ending, but still in the low 30's most days. Humidity up around the 75% mark, currently 28C and 75% at 9PM indoors. I might have to use the AC sometime.
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So whats the temp in Fahrenheit?
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30 degrees Celsius = 86 degrees Fahrenheit
Google has a nifty calculator you can use to convert measurements with...............
I used to live in a town where year round it was over 100F up to 110 in summer.
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Thanks for the calculator.
Year round... eeek gads...Thats hot! I like about 86 degrees Fahrenheit! Nice no coat comfortable clothes and the ability to cool off if needed...
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In winter we wore jerseys and complained about the cold, whilst the tourists came visiting from upcountry and dropped dead from heatstroke.
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LOL...LOL...that's funny I see the opposite here in winter...tourists come tonothern california..thing hot LLC year round but it is dismal and cold and wet and foggy here in the winter...many nights of freezing and below temps...they mistake us for southern california...LOL...
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Snow showers here again today. Will it never end?
(of course, when it does, all the creeks and rivers will flood)
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Holy Moly. .... snow showers...brrrrrrrr...
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Sheesh! I just took the snow tires off Mrs G's car the other day, and now it's snowing like crazy!
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Seriously..That is some crazy dang weather!
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Not to seem like I am indulging in schadenfreude - but it's t-shirt weather here in london. The next two weekends are both long weekends with public holidays so everyone on is praying the good weather continues; but we all know in our heart of hearts that this is england and it will be raining over the holidays
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OH..I hope the weather is nice for your holidays! [:)]
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if its true the world is expanding, could it be that what is causing global warming
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Not to seem like I am indulging in schadenfreude - but it's t-shirt weather here in london. The next two weekends are both long weekends with public holidays so everyone on is praying the good weather continues; but we all know in our heart of hearts that this is england and it will be raining over the holidays
No need to apologize, although I will make a note to report on the weather here in the Summer (when the average daytime highs are in the low eighties with overnight lows in the mid fifties) around the time when the usual August Bank Holiday gales are reorganizing the UK coastline.
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A photo just because London is looking very pretty and I want to show that we do have nice weather sometimes - and also because Geezer is gonna be proved right and August Bank Holiday will be cold and rainy
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This is St James's Park - Birdcage Walk side at the entrance to Queen Anne's Gate yesterday lunchtime.
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Thats a beautiful, sweet, warm picture, Matthew. Thanks for posting. Very nice!
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Mrs G is visiting her parents in Scotland during May, so we hope the weather says good.
The UK weather is really quirky. May and early June can be fabulous. July and August tend to suck. Then it gets better in September.
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Mrs G is visiting her parents in Scotland during May, so we hope the weather says good.
The UK weather is really quirky. May and early June can be fabulous. July and August tend to suck. Then it gets better in September.
I hope the weather "SAYS" good too!! HEE HEE HEE...That is odd weather for sure!
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Speaking of weather....
Can someone please teach Geezer how close the gates?
It's snowing here. AGAIN!!!
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Speaking of weather....
Can someone please teach Geezer how close the gates?
It's snowing here. AGAIN!!!
Don't expect it to stop anytime soon. It's been raining all day here.
Have a nice day [;D]
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I feel wonderful today and I wish for all of you the same feeling! Hugs and loves all of you guys... Have a terrific day!
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Your post made my day...
(that, and the fact that it didn't snow) [;D]
Here's hoping tomorrow is as good as today!
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Yes indeed.. Starting my day off with a nap..lol but.. I slept all night!!!! So a small snooze before physical therapy and off on a new day....YAYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!
Thanks Bass and I hope it does not snow again today. It is a bit nippy this morning here and I had to get up and turn the heat on...Have a great day!
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Another great day so far! Sunshine energy and a big smile! A great day... Beautiful out today and inside too!Everyone have another great day and I hope your weekend has been good!
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OK all you forum posters how is your day going so far?
It is 4:14 am and I am wide awake after my little nap at around midnight...I have been watching television and sorting out medical records for the last two hours since I woke up..LOL.
Do any of you have any fun plans for the day? I will go to physical therapy at 10 AM..at the pool, so that is about,6 hours away.. Hee hee hee.
Going to start sewing new bathing suit for the pool and finish knitting a skirt I am making and then start another new skirt after that.. pink eylet with a white eyelet underskirt with ruffles.. I must be feeling pink these days as the fabric I chose for my Bathing suit is Hot pink with medium large black polka dots...LOL.. I wonder what that means.. I am feeling in the pink... lol in more ways then one! LOL...
Yesterday started nice and sunny then become Grey and cool with a nippy wind, then around 5 PM the sun came back out again and it warmed right back up! Weird darn weather I tell ya!
By the way can someone tell me the difference between Grey and Gray as in the colors..? Is it one color spelled two different ways or is it some other way of using the word to imply a difference in the same color but slightly different??? I am confused?... Easily done by the way..LOL
Now keep in mind I could look them up, but I wondered if anyone knows off the top of their heads, or am I just the only one in the dark, I mean Grey, or do I mean Gray??? LOL....
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OOOOOH I could have just hit it.. I mean, I could be in the gray instead of the red, but would that not, still be a color reference, besides a financial reference..? Is the financial use spelled differently..? Is it in the Grey or Gray? Perhaps I have it ass-backwards....?