What bemused you today?

[ABERS]

WBMT.
Entered four prints for consideration for The 2011 London Salon. Three I considered stood a reasonable chance of success and the fourth was really a bit of a 'make-weight'.

Guess which one was accepted . Funny old game photography.

[michaelb104]

It's common sense that if a dog chases a Swan into the pond, and you are holding the lead - then let go else, you end up in the water. 

Oops!!!

Brilliant Oldboy.
I bet you wish you'd had the video switched on, you could be £250 better off now.  I wonder what Harry Hill would have come up with to say about it 

[Alfonso_Frisk]

Advertising various room attendant positions across the country at the moment from Birmingham to Plymouth and across Surrey and Sussex as well...had LOADS of CV's come in and at least the last 8 I have looked at, people have listed photography as either one of their interests or one of their "qualifications" and a couple claim they do photography in their spare time to earn some extra money.....where did I go wrong??? 

Forgive my ignorance, but what is a "room attendant" ?

[Graham]

Advertising various room attendant positions across the country at the moment from Birmingham to Plymouth and across Surrey and Sussex as well...had LOADS of CV's come in and at least the last 8 I have looked at, people have listed photography as either one of their interests or one of their "qualifications" and a couple claim they do photography in their spare time to earn some extra money.....where did I go wrong??? 

Forgive my ignorance, but what is a "room attendant" ?

   I wonderd that!   Would the room in question be a lavatory perchance?
                                 Graham.

[Jonathan]

So I've been buying a bunch of ultra light kit for my trek in Peru (who knew that a pair of jeans could weight more than a lens....?).

Big bundle came yesterday from an online store that was having a sale .  Bunch of T shirts, some dry bags and a first aid kit came to a shade under a kilo.  However the parcel weighed over 2 kilos.  The tags on the shirts telling me how light they were and the plastic bags they were in weighed more than the kit itself....

[Beaux Reflets]

Having been so called removed from the registration system (as requested) on a certain site many are familiar with - I still get notification of threads coming through my inbox.  . They certainly need to get something sorted out there, as that simply confirms I made the right move. 

[krennon]

Forgive my ignorance, but what is a "room attendant" ?
[/quote]

Ah sorry I somehow missed this post.....so sorry for late reply, a room attendant in Ye Olde Englishe is a chambermaid but as that is considered not very pc now we have to use new fangled terminology.
A room attendant basically cleans a hotel room (yes including the bathroom and toilet) for mimimum wage not much thanks and damn hard work....

Jonathan funny how that works out I ordered a couple of A3 prints from DSC Colour Labs a few weeks ago and the postage was more than the 2 prints (of course if I'd ordered more prints then it would have been less on the postage which is weird when you think about it)

[ABERS]

My gob has never been so smacked when I read the attached.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-13641709

What is going on? I know there are many fat cats getting fatter via the Olympics, but now the 'counselling fraternity' is getting a share of the cake.

[nickt]

I can understand if you've been out in Afganistan for a few months or you've been a prisoner of war, you might require this type of counselling, but walking around Britian with a torch? This beggars belief!! I wonder if our soldiers actually get any counselling.

[greypoint]

My Pentax 55-300 which previously went WHRRRRRRRRRRRR CLUNK when you focussed now goes WHRARER...WHARER..WHRARER...CLUNK [YES IT IS THAT LOUD ].......should I be worried?? 
.....probably stick to the 70-200 today...don't wan't to frighten the dogs......

[Jonathan]

More trip shopping bemusement.

1. I bought a really cheap nylon belt off eBay.  It was about 7 quid and it has a zip running along it you can stuff money in.  Cheap product, unknown seller.  Second time I tried it I pulled the zip tab off (so I now actually have money stuck in there - I'll have to cut it out).  I emailed the seller.  Instant apology and next day I received a replacement.  Unknown seller with very cheap product on the dodgiest site in the world = great service.

2. I bought a really expensive pair of trousers from Craghoppers.  They are designed by (don't laugh) Bear Grylls.  Mainly they are tough and protect against leishmaniasis.  They cost an eye watering £75 (Google up leishmaniasis if you think that's not worth it).  First pair: laughably small and the button holes hadn't been cut at all so even if they fitted they are faulty.  Second pair (ordered a size larger - their sizing is definitely wrong): button broke after 2 days (due to reinforcement it's not possible to replace this button....).  Third pair: button holes too small for buttons and had to be cut to even make them work, I've already heard some stitching go.  Each time the CS at Craghoppers is the same "well if you want to send them back we can take a look and maybe get another pair to you within 10 days or so....".  So I've actually paid nearly £200 to them for 3 pairs of trousers and am waiting for a refund on 2 and holding my breath on the third.  Big company with expensive products = terrible QC and lousy service.

[SimonW]

Leishmaniasis sounds very nasty indeed. I'm very glad I don't need protection from that in this part of the world.

[Graham]

     Jonathan. You know the bit where you said "They are designed by (don't laugh) Bear Grylls. "?
     I'm afraid I laughed a bit, sorry.
     You lucky they were'nt fashioned out of banana leaves and tied around the waist with a dead snake!
                                     Graham. 

[Jonathan]

     Jonathan. You know the bit where you said "They are designed by (don't laugh) Bear Grylls. "?
     I'm afraid I laughed a bit, sorry.

Right, that's you off my Christmas card list.....

In better news, just done my first test pack of my trekking pack (srsly, my luggage is complicated....).

Pack + sleeping bag + clothes + waterproofs + warm jacket + spare shoes + 2 cameras and tripod come to 10.5 kilos.  There's half a kilo of junk plus 2 kilos of water to add but I may sneak in under 13 kilos total.  Which is TBH a relief.

[Oldboy]

Pack + sleeping bag + clothes + waterproofs + warm jacket + spare shoes + 2 cameras and tripod come to 10.5 kilos.  There's half a kilo of junk plus 2 kilos of water to add but I may sneak in under 13 kilos total.  Which is TBH a relief.

What, no lenses! 

You could take my 400mm F2.8 plus tripod which weighs 12 kilos.