Gwyn they have had some snow in London - but it was not widespread but where it did fall it was pretty heavy . TfL had to open its SnowDesk because of this .

My daughter was laughing fit to burst as she relayed this story

To get to work she leaves at 5.30 , walks for about 10 to 15 mins down a steepish hill and waits for a bus at the bottom . Bus comes and she hops on and eventually gets to work .

About a week ago she was working away from her normal base - on radio desks and received a phone call from a member of staff who said he couldn't get in because of the heavy snow . She asked where he lived and got the answer - yup the same area as her , so she asked which street and then told him to walk down the steepish hill , and wait for either bus xxx or bus yyyy both of which would get him to work. He spluttered and said they weren't running - so was told in very emphatic terms he could get himself to work and FAST as they were running at 6am when she got them and they were running problem free.

I gather that some parts of London were hit badly and other areas were snow free .

I'm now waiting for more at the end of this week

I had almost 1000 on my initial Lithiums . I'm still on my second set [ weather has kept me inside for the last few weeks ]

AAAAAAAAAAAAAH

The joy of waking up to a warm house Being able to have a shower and wash my hair

the simple pleasures of life

OOOOOOOOH Mr Spider - you are really in trouble aren't you


AND you are out on the Town tonight too

MAN you really have got problems.

As to the new graphics card doesn't your wife want something done and printed from your computer ?

Come on man - be creative

I haz hot water too

I HAZ HEAT

Wonderful wonderful heat

Temp has been below freezing all day so I'm really glad of this

Normal service has been resumed

ummm

One question and then a thought or two

have you always given your location as Finland ?

Now for thought

1) could your batteries be cold ? They do not like being cold and will show depleted very quickly - but if left in a warm room will go back to a green indicator . I've not tried this with my K-x but certainly this happens with the Optio P70 .

2) the K-x manual does say use NiMH batteries or AA alkaline or AA Lithium - it emphasises on page 2 that no other re-chargeables other than NiMH should be used

3) Temperature range for the camera is 0C to 40C [ page 3]

As long as I have enough warning AND I have some heating and hot water

Just seen the forecast cold till Wednesday and then - aaaaaargh white precipitate again.

.

Oh and note no online orders being delivered from Tesco , ASDA, Sainsbury etc etc to Scotland - they can't guarantee delivery !!

They said food deliveries aren't involved - now that I do NOT believe. I ordered food [ and salt ] from Tesco on 1st December for delivery on 8th [ first available date ] and on the 8th [ admittedly very snowy ] it didn't appear - turns out it was cancelled and I was NOT told . First available date then was 18 December - so I'm willing to bet that for my area there are no dates now before Christmas

I'm getting a tad worried

Still no boiler fitted [ it's going s....l....o....w....l.....y

Hmmm Tony where did I offer a meal to one and all playing in my new kitchen ?

I think you are going to have fun tonight