Hmm I can feel your pain over things this morning .

Still they started nice and early - that's a bonus

As for turning down coffee - unbelieveable

Those links make very interesting reading Mike

Their Website makes the 3 Legged Thing look as if it's British designed and made

link

I'll admit I was drooling over it but telling myself to put the acquisition of one on the back burner for some months

I've had several of those at times - have used the report problem function in the past.

For me I get them during daylight hours

what happens if you then take them out [ call them set A ] , insert set B , finish what you were doing, and then allow Set A to return to room temperature in the house ?

Can you then use Set A again ?

I'm just curious because I have an Optio P70 that doesn't like cold weather shooting but if I get the warning yellow indicator that my battery is on the way out [ Pentax Li-on rechargeable] I just stop using the camera. Later that day once I'm back in the warmth or it's warmer outside , I'll find that the battery indicator is green and I've no problem taking more shots.

NAH

Actually it was a tad embarrassing when I didn't answer the front door at 10pm the other night.

I got a return visit from 2 members of Strathclyde's Finest the following evening - house-to-house calls looking for information about some mindless vandalism.

Me , living on my own , with no external light at the front door answering the door at that time of night - not on your nellie

Gwyn - you have my sympathy.

Weird wiring etc makes for a very interesting time when you are forced into changing things because they no longer work.

I'm waiting for someone to come and help me with 2 non-working lights that are supposed to let me see who is at the door before I open it .

Council said that what they had written was perfectly clear Well of course it was - it had been passed by the Legal Dept and they had spent hours, said the Council, going through each clause to make sure it said what they intended it to say

Someone didn't realise that horses were animals they meant dogs but said animals [ can't imagine how they were going to keep foxes and squirrels out ]

And so it went on - my husband enjoyed himself re-writing their regulations and submitting them for approval

Lawyers can also make errors

I well remember the case of trying to limit access to a local Council owned Cemetery.

Said Council drew up new regulations which were passed by their lawyers

BUT

1 ) you could not have a horse drawn hearse as animals were barred from the cemetery.

2) you could not enter by the vehicular gates [ so how the blazes was the motor hearse going to get access ? ]

3) you could not get access during 'normal' working hours

OH and as well as that this document had been issued under the auspices of the clear English Campaign [ or whatever its correct name is ]

Does anyone remember the case I mentioned ? - that of a disabled photographer who tried to take photographs of flowers in a public park and was denied permission by the local Council in case he managed to include photographs of children ?

They then [ after a number of protests ] agreed he could take photographs but had to give them 24 hours notice .

This sort of thing is completely ridiculous .

The problem is that sensible parents are being made to suffer in this way because of the one or two bad apples in the barrel.

You are NOT nice