What bemused you today?

[Reinardina]

I`d rather be called a pepperpot than a prick though 

So it is working! Hadn't thought of trying it.
I agree that pepperpot sounds a lot better than that other word!

[Hinfrance]

Assembling my Recesky 35mm TLR this afternoon (£7.80 including delivery). Hours of fun. After about two hours, got almost to the end of the build and spied a tiny piece with a couple of slots in it. Hmmm I think to myself, I wonder what that is? So back to the instruction sheet and parts list and yep, you've guessed it, it was about the third piece that should have gone in. So I had to disassemble the whole thing. The good thing was that as I had already had to work out how to put it together once it only took ten minutes to take apart and put together again.

[Reinardina]

Assembling my Recesky 35mm TLR this afternoon (£7.80 including delivery). Hours of fun. After about two hours, got almost to the end of the build and spied a tiny piece with a couple of slots in it. Hmmm I think to myself, I wonder what that is? So back to the instruction sheet and parts list and yep, you've guessed it, it was about the third piece that should have gone in. So I had to disassemble the whole thing. The good thing was that as I had already had to work out how to put it together once it only took ten minutes to take apart and put together again.

You live and learn. I hope.

Hope you have lots of fun with it!

[spinner]

It's technically Spring, but my back garden has a 1/4 inch of ice coating everything. I nearly slipped and broke my neck walking to my front drive. BUT, I did see (American) Robins a bob, bob, bobbin' along yesterday. 

[donoreo]

It's technically Spring, but my back garden has a 1/4 inch of ice coating everything. I nearly slipped and broke my neck walking to my front drive. BUT, I did see (American) Robins a bob, bob, bobbin' along yesterday. 

I saw one on the weekend.  I had no ice at home, but as I came north to work it got colder and hit 0C.  Lots of ice on trees.  It was so windy I could not get a good photo with my iPhone. 

[spinner]

I feel bad for my son and his wife, they live in Ottawa, they were getting another 10 cm. of ......Snow.

[Reinardina]

Here, central Southern England, the temperature is very slowly creeping up, but it doesn't look like spring yet.
Woke up to blazing sunshine, only to see it disappear before my eyes within ten minutes. It's now grey all over; difficult to determine whether it's mist or distant drizzle.

[Graham]

   Every time, and I mean EVERY TIME I look at my watch to check the date,  it's quarter past something o'clock and the minute hand is covering the little box that tells me the date!
   Why does that annoy me so much?

[Reinardina]

   Every time, and I mean EVERY TIME I look at my watch to check the date,  it's quarter past something o'clock and the minute hand is covering the little box that tells me the date!
   Why does that annoy me so much?

As it's happening every time, I suppose the annoyance builds up and up. Till one of these days, you rip off the hands. (And buy a different watch.)

[Oldboy]

   Every time, and I mean EVERY TIME I look at my watch to check the date,  it's quarter past something o'clock and the minute hand is covering the little box that tells me the date!
   Why does that annoy me so much?

Ah! That's because your circadian rhythm is out of synch with the natural clock cycle and needs to be reset. 

[Oldboy]

This from New Scientist. 

For a less conventional meal, Anjan Contractor of Systems and Materials Research Corporation in Austin, Texas, has NASA funding to develop a 3D printer for hot food on deep-space missions. The food powders are UV sterilised, fortified with nutrients and have a shelf life of at least 15 years, says Contractor. His team has so far printed noodles, turkey loaf, basil paste, bread and cake?– though they won't taste their creations until a new, food-only printer is used for the job.

[Reinardina]

This from New Scientist. 

For a less conventional meal, Anjan Contractor of Systems and Materials Research Corporation in Austin, Texas, has NASA funding to develop a 3D printer for hot food on deep-space missions. The food powders are UV sterilised, fortified with nutrients and have a shelf life of at least 15 years, says Contractor. His team has so far printed noodles, turkey loaf, basil paste, bread and cake?– though they won't taste their creations until a new, food-only printer is used for the job.

Looking forward to future dinner parties!

[Graham]

This from New Scientist. 

For a less conventional meal, Anjan Contractor of Systems and Materials Research Corporation in Austin, Texas, has NASA funding to develop a 3D printer for hot food on deep-space missions. The food powders are UV sterilised, fortified with nutrients and have a shelf life of at least 15 years, says Contractor. His team has so far printed noodles, turkey loaf, basil paste, bread and cake?– though they won't taste their creations until a new, food-only printer is used for the job.

Looking forward to future dinner parties!

  Yes. Looking forward to 'phoning the takeaway with "Fax me a pizza". 

[Oldboy]

This from New Scientist. 

For a less conventional meal, Anjan Contractor of Systems and Materials Research Corporation in Austin, Texas, has NASA funding to develop a 3D printer for hot food on deep-space missions. The food powders are UV sterilised, fortified with nutrients and have a shelf life of at least 15 years, says Contractor. His team has so far printed noodles, turkey loaf, basil paste, bread and cake?– though they won't taste their creations until a new, food-only printer is used for the job.

Looking forward to future dinner parties!

  Yes. Looking forward to 'phoning the takeaway with "Fax me a pizza". 

[alan1572]

Driving into wigan at 6am this morning to see 2 lads barely able to stand up after drinking their way through the night, it bemused me a little as it wasn't me