Being ex Royal Air Force, I can do all of those things that you mention and my ironing is second to none (I hate it though) and the cooking side, I have not killed any one yet, that is why my wife married me, definitely not for my money.
Thinking about it I did buy her a brand new car just before Chrismas, my one is 5 years old and not as nice.

She doesn’t use this computer either

My Wife would not know one end of a camera to the other let alone switch it on

Hi, And Welcome Russ, someone in the business of selling cameras, gave you good advice then.
Enjoy the fun on the forum, I do

I agree with Jack, Microsoft do a good job producing what they do, I use XP pro on my base unit and Vista on my laptop, ok Vista in its early days was “buggy” but now no problem at all, yes you do require more “power” to run it , I will wait until the new operating system software has been out for a while and most of the bugs have been fixed + all the drivers have been updated before I change though, As for “Macs” If you are a “graphic designer” ok or you want to pay well over the top for your kit or if you want a “Label” go ahead.
Ps I hope you declared your extra earnings to the Spanish Tax man Jack

Also you can get the genuine Epson carts on Ebay, very cheap. (under £30)
One of my printers is the 285 an A4 the same as the 585 but without the scanner,and as I said before good photo colour prints but not for perfect monoprints.
Another + is i do not have the old Epson problem of having to clean the print heads every time i use it.
Yet another + is you can take up an extra warrantee when buying from Epson direct, but dont buy it on line after you get the printer phone customer services, and you get it for about 25% of the online price

Well you know Jack you miss all this cold weather, and it is snowing again

You must have a place called uk in Spain Jack
It must be that Monday thing:shockops

Not every one stocks Leica cameras but they are still going.
Just read your weekly monthly camera mags loads of them stock Pentax.
I really don’t know what all the fuss is about, Hoya now own Pentax and have spent quite a lot of money, I don’t think they will let the brand go, also Panasonic and Pentax are co working on sensors. Nikon rely on Sony for that, it takes time to develop new gear .
And of course Pentax UK are now doing their own distribution, not Intro 20-20. That will also take time to settle.
Just be patient and watch this space.

Nothing problematic, about Pentax servicing, I have great praise for them in the times I have delt with them.
Just try one or two of the others, Nikon for instance will charge for mapping pixels, not under Nikon warranty, they charge enough for their cameras, Canon do most of their servicing via third parties.
I also would rather buy my kit at a place where the Staff knew their job rather than just flogging the best profit markup item.
Maybe that is why we have Pentax Pro centres like SRS.