Well, if anybody were to break in to my place, they'd better pray that I'm home. They'd surely rather I dealt with them, than Benji.

I had a Jehovah's Witness call on me once. Unfortunately I was out at the time. Not a pretty sight to come home to.

That may be true of drug abusing criminals, but the 'new age' criminals may have more humane reasons for resorting to crime. I'm not condoning or justifying it, but that's life, and has been since the dawn of man.

Let's not forget, as we are so often reminded, that this is a photography forum and no other subject matter can be discussed here.

I couldn't possibly say which, but certainly not both.
All I will say is that I'm quite handy with a mop and bucket.

No Mike, none that I'm aware of. The only break in on my estate that I've heard of was to an empty property slightly isolated from the rest of us, had no alarm, and no rejas.

I can imagine crime is on the increase in most of Europe though with many people having to resort to crime to feed themselves and their families.

Not good times for many.

I won't discuss my security arrangements for obvious reasons, but suffice it to say, I'm well protected against intruders, and if anybody were to get in to my place, they can be sure they won't get out again.

My army of cats will keep 'em out anyway, especially Benji, my Bengal Tiger. He's such a softy, loves all nationalities, but he can't eat more than two at one sitting. If there are any more, he'll stick them up a tree for a snack later.

You (anybody) can always pay a visit to Spain for some sun, we need a boost in tourism for our economy.

Where I live, we get around 300 days of sun per year.

That's 300 days of clear blue skies with not a cloud in sight.

But being a brit, I struggle to enjoy summer afternoons here when temperatures recently nudged 40c, and expected to reach the mid 40's in late July/early August. When it's that hot, the only thing I can do is go to sleep and wake when it cools down again. Any physical work like pool cleaning or gardening is limited to the early mornings or just before the light fades later in the day.

We've had absolutely no rain for months now. No green grass left, it's all parched. Even the weeds are looking a bit sorry for themselves. We have had a few isolated showers but none of them anywhere close to me.

In fact, I might just book a holiday in Wales soon too, to get some guaranteed rain. It always has any time I've ever been there, and I've been quite a few times, though not in recent years. I don't suppose much has changed weather-wise.

SR state is just above Shutter Count in the Manufacturer Notes section.

I'll not continue this here because anything I post is bound to be deleted.

JR, You have a PM.

So confidential that even the banned member has no clue why.

Please extend him the courtesy of informing him of PU's reasons for their action.

I suspect that yet another personality clash is the root cause of this and it should be stopped right now.

FWIW: If I'm right, some of Ken's comments were totally unprofessional and uncalled for and I believe an apology (from Ken) is in order, not a ban.

Again, if I'm right, what punishment can be administered to moderators?

The one thing that this site has been criticized for in recent years is its moderators actions of banning people willy nilly, deleting posts, etc.

When will this change?

When will this site's moderators treat us like adults instead of children, and pay us the respect that we the membership deserve.

Temporary? or Permanent?

Perhaps someone who knows would have the courtesy to tell those of us who are interested.

Thanks for the update.