Another pointless thread

They were pretty amazing weren't they .

D'Oh!!!

Very sad.

Not really the day to be an England rugby supporting polar bear!

This really is not a good weekend for Pentax. It looks as though Dad's K7 needs to go back under guarantee as the front thumbwheel doesn't work (well it does...but I think shutter speeds are supposed to go down as you turn it one way, not drop three stops then climb two!)

Think this might be the last fire of the year unless it goes cold again, had clear skies and sun most of the day. Bit of a drastic shortage of logs too...

You are being very optimistic Matt! Too chilly here still at night to be without heating of some sort. It is going to go below freezing at night here again this coming week too.
Sorry to hear about the K7. I hope it can be fixed soon.

My watch broke yesterday. I only got it for Christmas, but the metal lugs that hold the strap have broken. So that is going back to Amazon on Monday. They have agreed a refund since they don't have the model any more.
I really liked that watch.
I am good at killing watches though expensive ones which just die, or seize up because they are no longer waterproof after a year, but they forget to tell you you need to change the rubber seal , and I forget just once to take it off under the shower .
Cheapo ones too bite the dust fairly quickly, again they just die on me, having set off my nickel allergy.
This one was a titanium one and just about perfect. Now to find another titanium watch that doesn't cost a fortune.

My central heating is still on - far too cold here to turn it off yet

one word: snow.

Depth? 3" or so - should look pretty spectacular tomorrow morning.

Bret

You can keep the snow Bret! We just aren't equipped for it.
Besides I'm putting the summer tyres on again next week.

I'll be driving sideways, I don't really care - I'll have spikes on for at least another month. Anyways, fresh snow is fun to drive on

Bret

Oh, there'll be heating on for a while yet. I just think it might have reached the point where the radiator can cope (in the depths of winter one room would be freezing as the radiator in there is tiny compared to the rest). I always suspect the last owner obtained them from the back of a poorly-secured lorry load as he was known locally as a bit of a dodgy property developer (owned a lot of flats with some very rough tenants who provided the local Police with a fair bit of "trade", according to a reliable source).

The plumbing is a law unto itself with everything from 25mm pipe down to microbore in the same system and masses of adapters. Amazingly it doesn't leak so we're not inclined to fiddle too much, the last plumber who got involved couldn't figure out what on earth was going on so just resorted to moving the pipes (to make way for the new shower) before reconnecting them as before!

They reckon the moon looks big tonight :arrow:

I got a new watch for my birthday last week.

Look - no hands.

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I would never be able to cope with that

That looks more complicated than a paper manual for a K-5!!

I'll stick to using the clock in my camera for time checks.

I also use my phone and the clock on the bike Instrument console as well as the one in the car.

I gave up on watches a long time ago, Like you Gwyn I kill them far too easily!