As an ex s**y employee the only one I can come up with is idle curiosity.

know I should have done this before, but I was busy buying shiny bits and a hundred other feeble excuses.

This morning I came to switch the PC on and there was a "ringdingding" and it refused to see the hard drive.

I felt sick.

It took most of the day to get it going again. As soon as I did manage it, I got in the car and tore round to the nearest source of backup drives. My photos are backing up as I type.

I am sure 90% of people back up regularly, but to the rest - please do it.

Our bears had a much better Christmas than Misery. I particularly winced when he got a paw stuck in the sash window as I did the same as a kid, but with both hands so all I could do was squeal.

I got a small sun dial (!). I am going to have a look at it through my DFA100.

From the nice people at SRS of course. It says K7 but I have just bought one for my K20 so it should fit Sammy.

It along with the 50-135 is my reason for keeping a Pentax body.

Fascinating picture i-Berg. Thanks for sharing.

This lens does does feel a bit clunky, but it produces beautiful pictures.

According to Pentax Japan the 600 F4 was discontinued some time ago. That saying, most of the other lenses mentioned still seem to be around. Clear as mud.

Try a bit of scrambled or poached egg and some mushrooms with your salmon Vic.

Just settling down with a glass of Port for a change. Christmas dinner seems to be under control (which probably means that I have forgotten something difficult).