Talking about unusual things to eat, I have eaten Chinese 100 year eggs and the Philipine speciality Balut (a boiled egg containing a chick shortly before birth).

Neither are things I especially wish to have again.

And at school in Africa, we used to eat flying ants (actually a termite, I believe). They were delicious fried in butter.

G

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Anastasia,

I am sorry you are having to sell.

You are much more likely to find a buyer if you sell the items separately, whether here or on Ebay or anywhere else.

Good luck.

G

The best lens for a trip depends very much on where you are going, and what you like to photograph.

For cities, I would rather take the 12-24 and leave everything else behind. It's obviously great for buildings, but you can also get good people shots at 18mm because the subject will often feel that you are photographing something else.

G

Good. People who send things back at the drop of a hat put up prices for the rest of us. Having to recycle returns is very costly for suppliers, and it's one of the reasons that prices here are higher than in some other countries.

I think the Distance Selling Regulations are misconceived and generally bad for consumers.

BTW, welcome to the forum.

G

I fear you are exaggerating slightly, Dr M.

Did you read this, posted by Stefan?

"I really thought more might come over but guess not."

Of those claiming to be defectors (as opposed to members of both forums) I saw only one "long-standing and respected" member (Prieni). Most of the others were either infrequent or perhaps (in one case) overly-frequent posters.

It's interesting that many of those who have been most vocal in this thread are not UK-based, and thus gain no benefit from belonging to this site rather than to one in, say, America. The threads on suppliers, locations, meetings, and matters of purely local interest will be less relevant to them than they are to UK residents. Their ties to this site are therefore likely to be less strong.

G

I take a slightly less bleak view than Pentaxophile's.

First, this thread is continuing in a fairly civilised manner.

Second, nobody has sought to censor or curtail it.

Third, the fact that the matter remains unresolved demonstrates that it's a complex issue, not that there is no possibility of agreement, eventually.

Fourth, the absence of input from the mods is surely deliberate. People are being encouraged to have their say.

G

Wagner looks nothing like Bill Bailey. Thank God.

G

Never heard of 'em.

Wagner on Radio 3 tonight. Bottle of Burgundy, Inverurie sirloin, bliss.

G

Techno, we haven't always seen eye to eye, but I'm sure the fault was entirely mine.

You are clearly an extremely civilised person, and if you should ever choose to invite me to dinner, I shall accept with alacrity.

G