Another pointless thread
Posted 07/12/2010 - 16:37
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hehe - ask Tony about them - he's responsible
And that reminds me
Tony
how are they doing in the nasty weather ? - latest pics please
And that reminds me
Tony
how are they doing in the nasty weather ? - latest pics please
let the education continue
proud owner of a couple of cameras and a few bits and bobs
proud owner of a couple of cameras and a few bits and bobs
Posted 07/12/2010 - 17:50
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Hi TT and robbie - we never had much snow when we were in Nesscliffe back in 1972/3/4 at the Old Three Pigeons.
The mascots are my little lad/lady Cyril/Cyrille the Wirral squirrel who taps on the window daily for a hand feeding of peanuts in their shells.....we now have three "offspring" who are smaller chubbier and possibly males who have learned about the "open window feeding" trick !!
I will endeavour to produce some recent shots ASAP.
robbie see this thread p 319 for the "mascot" latest shot ! p309 for a couple more.
laters
Tony
The mascots are my little lad/lady Cyril/Cyrille the Wirral squirrel who taps on the window daily for a hand feeding of peanuts in their shells.....we now have three "offspring" who are smaller chubbier and possibly males who have learned about the "open window feeding" trick !!
I will endeavour to produce some recent shots ASAP.
robbie see this thread p 319 for the "mascot" latest shot ! p309 for a couple more.
laters
Tony
K20D,*istD ( now a dedicated M42 digital ),K100D,MZ5N,P50,ME Super,Spotmatic 1000,Spotmatic,ESII,ES,H2.18-55 II,18-55,75-300 FAJ,35-80 FA,80-200 F,28-105 FA,Sigma 24-70 AF Aspherical,Sigma 28-300 Hyperzoom , Praotor II 500 M42,Centon 500mm mirror,and a few Pentax M42 Taks,super-Taks,smc Taks,A and M lenses.Benbo trekker,7dayshop monopod and a Lowepro rucksack.
I am now on Flickr which is nice !
I am now on Flickr which is nice !
Posted 07/12/2010 - 17:53
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TOZZA27 wrote:
Hi TT and robbie - we never had much snow when we were in Nesscliffe back in 1972/3/4 at the Old Three Pigeons.
The mascots are my little lad/lady Cyril/Cyrille the Wirral squirrel who taps on the window daily for a hand feeding of peanuts in their shells.....we now have three "offspring" who are smaller chubbier and possibly males who have learned about the "open window feeding" trick !!
I will endeavour to produce some recent shots ASAP.
robbie see this thread p 319 for the "mascot" latest shot ! p309 for a couple more.
laters
Tony
Did you used to have the Three Pigeons then Tony?Hi TT and robbie - we never had much snow when we were in Nesscliffe back in 1972/3/4 at the Old Three Pigeons.
The mascots are my little lad/lady Cyril/Cyrille the Wirral squirrel who taps on the window daily for a hand feeding of peanuts in their shells.....we now have three "offspring" who are smaller chubbier and possibly males who have learned about the "open window feeding" trick !!
I will endeavour to produce some recent shots ASAP.
robbie see this thread p 319 for the "mascot" latest shot ! p309 for a couple more.
laters
Tony
I don't live far from Nescliffe (Oswestry - born and bred) my parents live even closer (Dovaston).
If you can't say something nice about Pentax, you won't say anything at all.
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Posted 07/12/2010 - 18:16
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When we were married in Torquay , the company said they didn`t want a married relief hotel manager - bye bye ! So we stayed with my sister-inlaw in Richmond for a few months,then Wembley and finally got the job of Chef manager & wife at the Pigeons.
It was owned by Ken Micah who also had the Albright Hussey at Bomere Heath.We had a very happy 2 1/2 years there before he "tested the market" !! and sold it for 4 times what he paid 2 years previously as sitting tenant - bye bye !!
Those were the days - power strikes/cuts - decimalisation - £25 per week joint salary and a bonus of £5 in hand if we had a good trading week ( cinema for 2 and two meals at the Berni Inn AND change ).No mains drains,street lighting or refuse collections,next door to a pig farm and 1 (empty) fire extinguisher ( pre 1974 regs ).
Oswestry market on a Saturday afternoon buying "duff" fruit for the fruit salad and the best cheeses I have ever tasted !!
Lovely place,lovely people,lovely memories ( especially Kynaston`s cave and potting pigeon for the menu with my BSA Airsporter ! )
Went back about 4 years ago - bit off the beaten track now - nice pate and strange to see the modernisation - we used to have Kevin Keegan and Robert Hardy and Percy Thrower as customers !
Memory lane eh ??
Tony
It was owned by Ken Micah who also had the Albright Hussey at Bomere Heath.We had a very happy 2 1/2 years there before he "tested the market" !! and sold it for 4 times what he paid 2 years previously as sitting tenant - bye bye !!
Those were the days - power strikes/cuts - decimalisation - £25 per week joint salary and a bonus of £5 in hand if we had a good trading week ( cinema for 2 and two meals at the Berni Inn AND change ).No mains drains,street lighting or refuse collections,next door to a pig farm and 1 (empty) fire extinguisher ( pre 1974 regs ).
Oswestry market on a Saturday afternoon buying "duff" fruit for the fruit salad and the best cheeses I have ever tasted !!
Lovely place,lovely people,lovely memories ( especially Kynaston`s cave and potting pigeon for the menu with my BSA Airsporter ! )
Went back about 4 years ago - bit off the beaten track now - nice pate and strange to see the modernisation - we used to have Kevin Keegan and Robert Hardy and Percy Thrower as customers !
Memory lane eh ??
Tony
K20D,*istD ( now a dedicated M42 digital ),K100D,MZ5N,P50,ME Super,Spotmatic 1000,Spotmatic,ESII,ES,H2.18-55 II,18-55,75-300 FAJ,35-80 FA,80-200 F,28-105 FA,Sigma 24-70 AF Aspherical,Sigma 28-300 Hyperzoom , Praotor II 500 M42,Centon 500mm mirror,and a few Pentax M42 Taks,super-Taks,smc Taks,A and M lenses.Benbo trekker,7dayshop monopod and a Lowepro rucksack.
I am now on Flickr which is nice !
I am now on Flickr which is nice !
Posted 07/12/2010 - 18:16
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Hi Robbie! Glad to see you are still around.
Hope the reason you are no longer a Pentax owner is progressing well, and at a future date we will see some photos .
The 50-200 is being put to good use by my daughter in law. She is very happy with it!
Hope the reason you are no longer a Pentax owner is progressing well, and at a future date we will see some photos .
The 50-200 is being put to good use by my daughter in law. She is very happy with it!
Posted 08/12/2010 - 15:27
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I see Formula One is going to be even more confusing next season - not only Red Bull and Torro Rosso with similar livery but two Lotus teams, each sporting JPS colours.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/motorsport/formula_one/9267715.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/motorsport/formula_one/9267715.stm
Posted 08/12/2010 - 15:33
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Gwyn wrote:
Hi Robbie! Glad to see you are still around.
Hope the reason you are no longer a Pentax owner is progressing well, and at a future date we will see some photos .
The 50-200 is being put to good use by my daughter in law. She is very happy with it!
All going well so far thanks Gwyn (touch wood), 30th January is due date so getting very close now!Hi Robbie! Glad to see you are still around.
Hope the reason you are no longer a Pentax owner is progressing well, and at a future date we will see some photos .
The 50-200 is being put to good use by my daughter in law. She is very happy with it!
No doubt there will be pictures aplenty, I will post some up (though they may not be on a Pentax...)
Glad the lens has found a good home. It's a very underrated lens and capable of some superb results.
Read your post just above and I for one am giddy at the thought of JPS livery returning to F1!
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Posted 08/12/2010 - 15:41
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Ah - JPS - the livery I had my Lotus 7 Mk III done out in - happy days !!
K20D,*istD ( now a dedicated M42 digital ),K100D,MZ5N,P50,ME Super,Spotmatic 1000,Spotmatic,ESII,ES,H2.18-55 II,18-55,75-300 FAJ,35-80 FA,80-200 F,28-105 FA,Sigma 24-70 AF Aspherical,Sigma 28-300 Hyperzoom , Praotor II 500 M42,Centon 500mm mirror,and a few Pentax M42 Taks,super-Taks,smc Taks,A and M lenses.Benbo trekker,7dayshop monopod and a Lowepro rucksack.
I am now on Flickr which is nice !
I am now on Flickr which is nice !
Posted 08/12/2010 - 21:27
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The JPS colours are what the cars had when I worked for team Lotus.
Halfway round the world at someone else's expense, great times.
Halfway round the world at someone else's expense, great times.
Colin
“Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.”
Edmund Burke (1729 – 1797)
[IMG]http://i941.photobucket.com/albums/ad254/weldingblues/K-7userbar-red.jpg[/IMG]
“Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.”
Edmund Burke (1729 – 1797)
[IMG]http://i941.photobucket.com/albums/ad254/weldingblues/K-7userbar-red.jpg[/IMG]
Posted 08/12/2010 - 21:53
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and the colours that Ayrton Senna first drove under if my memory's correct.
I discovered yesterday that the XP mode in Win 7 does work, I've just spent the last hour playing Quake 4, ah the sweet pleasure in killing strog...
.. don't ask, just don't!
I discovered yesterday that the XP mode in Win 7 does work, I've just spent the last hour playing Quake 4, ah the sweet pleasure in killing strog...
.. don't ask, just don't!
Cheers, HG
K110+DA40, K200+DA35, K3 and a bag of lenses, bodies and other bits.
Mustn't forget the Zenits, or folders, or...
PPG entries.
K110+DA40, K200+DA35, K3 and a bag of lenses, bodies and other bits.
Mustn't forget the Zenits, or folders, or...
PPG entries.
Posted 08/12/2010 - 21:57
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XP wasn't bad either.
Posted 08/12/2010 - 22:02
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HG, yes correct he was there when I was, also Nigel Mansell.
Colin
“Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.”
Edmund Burke (1729 – 1797)
[IMG]http://i941.photobucket.com/albums/ad254/weldingblues/K-7userbar-red.jpg[/IMG]
“Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.”
Edmund Burke (1729 – 1797)
[IMG]http://i941.photobucket.com/albums/ad254/weldingblues/K-7userbar-red.jpg[/IMG]
Posted 08/12/2010 - 22:03
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how does this xp in win7 work then? I have a grandson who would like to play games made for xp on win7
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Blimey -!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! robbie_d - thought you were long gone and done - is Shropshire still there ?
The whole point of this thread is pointlessness thus it will be going for a lot longer my friend !!
Regards
Tony
Shropshire is still here, under heavy frost but still here!
Glad to see the pointlessness is still abundant!!
Not been around much lately due to lack of Pentax, but very intrigued by the K5 and Kr.
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