During my childhood we always had a cat, we never knew where they came from and rarely where they went except when they were old and sick Dad would take them away. I'm sure many people will have the same story of being "adopted" by the cat rather than the other way round.

it's usually said by stupid humans

My QR with K7 + 100-300mm slipped from the tripod mount and crashed onto the wooden laminate floor. On examination I could see the bayonet fitting was partly pulled away from the camera body, it didn't look good
I carefully managed to remove the lens and the screw at the base of the fitting had been pulled through the hole so was still in place in the body. After removing the other screws I lifted the bayonet fitting, removed the screw which was still in place then replaced the fitting and screws. Attached a lens and everything still works except there is a slight buckle in the bayonet fitting causing more resistance than normal when changing a lens. Thankfully camera is insurered so is going off for repair and check-up. Could not belive it still worked, it must be built like a tank. Took a couple of snaps, hand held, when trying it and they look ok to me no obvious double vision or badly blurred etc considering I was quite shaken up.

This was one of the "test" photographs, think its one testing built-in flash?

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I don't listen to gossip if it's not in the Daily Mail or Sun it can't be true but, nothing surprises me in these uncertain times. Larger concerns than Pentax have gone "overnight".

Breaking News: 15 Nov 2011 In PC Pro Magazine Pentax K-r grabs a spot on the A List

I think I should further add, in the 18 years we had the cat I never once attempted to give her a bath.

We let her have kittens once, then it was a trip to the vets
Perhaps I should have said come back as our neighbours cat (the father) which missed out going to the vet but had a similar life style to our cat.

Have you noticed, even if there were 100 people in a room, the lap the cat jumped up on would belong to the person who hated cats

If there is such a thing as reincarnation I want to come back in the form of and live in the same conditions as (luxuriously spoilt) our cat

Well I suppose it's that time of the year, only a few shoplifting weeks to Christmas, then it'll soon be Easter and our thoughts will be starting to wander towards Christmas again. I'm convinced time accelerates in direct proportion to ones age

There is nothing more heartbreakingly disappointing than sitting through an entire reading of a Will, just to learn you have been left nothing