What bemused you today?

[Graham]

My bemusement today was the discovery that our kitchen scales have been under reading by anything up to 20% - they're not consistent, but that seems to be the average.

This goes a long towards explaining many recent baking disasters including heavy bread, flat cakes and soggy gypsy tart, to name but three.

Further bemusement ensued when I suggest to SWMBO that perhaps we ought to buy some new scales; alas, it appears that if the aforementioned SWMBO has spent the morning shopping for new shoes then a request for €10 for a tool that we use nearly every day is apparently beyond the pale.

But I'm working on it . . .

Sounds like you need to weigh your various options.

   Would Mr Evans kindly leave the stage! 

[Hinfrance]

What a silver tongued devil I am 

Just ordered a new set of scales 

[Graham]

What a silver tongued devil I am 

Just ordered a new set of scales 

  I don't know Howard, somtimes you just don't care do you!
                              Graham.

[Hinfrance]

It gets better ordered a new rucksack at the same time 

[Graham]

It gets better ordered a new rucksack at the same time 

That'll be handy for when she throws you out....You won't be  then will you!
                             Graham.

[Hinfrance]

I'll get my coat . . .

[spinner]

Those nice marketing people from Sony!
Got home to find an invite to the launch of their new A77 and NEX7 at their offices at Weybridge. Not being too far from my home I thought it would be a good way to spend half a day, so I clicked to order a ticket, only to find that they were £150 each.

Perhaps they've realized the DSLR market is saturated and this is the new money making scheme. Instead of buying the new cameras you just pay big money to look at them. 

[jinky]

Having seen some of my work when my daughter linked them to my website her firm asked me for a quote for some corporate headshots. Gave a price for 4 hours work where I felt I`d allowed at least 25% more time than I needed but said that if we overran due to staff being delayed in meetings etc I`d stay on for a set hourly rate. They got back to me and asked for a day rate which I was happy to give and threw in a sweetener of a little introductory discount and reduced charge for mileage as I would be visiting my daughter at same time. Hear nothing then this major international insurance company contact me through the 21 year old student summer placement guy saying I had been undercut by a local photographer specialising in corporate headshots but they liked my work and might ask me to do some in Bristol etc. My daughter had already warned me that after asking for and getting a move with better prospects the guy in charge was unhappy and likely to take it out on me ("Sorry Dad"). So she moves on to another section and today sends me a copy of her headshot done by said prfessional specialist and what do I see? Badly composed shot, f2.8 used but either re-composed or was off as it is out of focus on her eyes, badly lit with huge shadows under her nose /lip caused by what looks like a bare flash front left and yet two other lights used too. seems they were done. She asked my opinion so I agve her a list and sent my contact details for next time. Never ceases to amaze me how this insurance giant gives large budgets to inexperienced staff who often don`t know what they are looking for or what they should get. Shows it`s often luck more than ability that gets the job though - maybe there is still hope for me 

[Oldboy]

Hear nothing then this major international insurance company contact me through the 21 year old student summer placement guy saying I had been undercut by a local photographer specialising in corporate headshots but they liked my work and might ask me to do some in Bristol etc.

Hope you replied that your rates guarantee a proper job! 

[spinner]

Hear nothing then this major international insurance company contact me through the 21 year old student summer placement guy saying I had been undercut by a local photographer specialising in corporate headshots but they liked my work and might ask me to do some in Bristol etc.

Hope you replied that your rates guarantee a proper job! 

How bad do you need the money? My reply would be, my prices have gone up to cover you jerking me around the last time.  But that's just me.

[jinky]

Might well be the response Spinner as I`ll be charging expenses if they come back. Stupid thing is they`d have got the job done cheap with my first quote and they asked fore the higher quote then rejected  . Having asked my views on the shot my daughter has emailed back saying she thought that I`d comment on the shadows / out of focus elements and has sent my coments on to the project leader - oops!

[spinner]

WBMT? Daughter lives with us. She was getting ready to head out for a job interview and decided to print off her resume. Her printers not working so we tried to email from her computer upstairs to mine downstairs. She uses Gmail and I use Hotmail. She emailed it at 11:13 am, it didn't arrive until 12:19 pm. just over an hour. I wonder where it's been routed through China maybe? 

[Hinfrance]

Intriguing delay, but begs the question, why didn't you network the printer? Our printers are in the study, but my daughter's PC and the lappie can both use them.

[spinner]

Intriguing delay, but begs the question, why didn't you network the printer? Our printers are in the study, but my daughter's PC and the lappie can both use them.

We mistakenly thought email would be quicker

[spinner]

Intriguing delay, but begs the question, why didn't you network the printer? Our printers are in the study, but my daughter's PC and the lappie can both use them.

We mistakenly thought email would be quicker

Oh and I've had problems trying to network this particular printer with my Mac so I'm not sure where the issue lies, she needed it printed right away and I didn't want to muck about.
Of course, when I have time to muck about, I forget. Just like right now, I logged on to the web to check something out, the idea had come to me standing in my kitchen, but the time I got here to my Den, fired up the machine and logged in I've forgotten why I came.
Now I'm surfing through familiar sites hoping my memory will kick in.