I had to do a bit of minor surgery on the D810 which developed a cracked viewfinder cover. Fortunately, one was available from Etobicoke in Ontario and the D810 is now happily mended for another 256K photos! :)
Mind you, Pele’s jam was cursing those who would steal volcanic rocks from Hawai’i…the Italian authorities seem to go for swifter economic retribution! :) https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-49394828
By now, I'm sure everyone has heard of President Trump's novel idea of purchasing Greenland from the Kingdom of Denmark. And to be fair, this isn't the first time this has come up as a serious proposal given Greenland's strategic location. But I'm thinking that too many people are being a bit hasty at writing off the latest proposal as more than a little bit daft or an April Fools' joke that's either way late…
Yesterday, we celebrated a certain someone completing the hat-trick of teenaged children which meant that I could finally set up an Apple ID for her iPhone and start loading apps/music. Between finding bugs in trying to set up an Apple ID on an IOS device (where it'd verify the phone number but then fail the phone number on validation on a later step) to fighting with iTunes to get it to recognise the MP3 files…
But I have to say that it’s so weird hearing Bob Roll as the colour analyst on the Tour de France race call with Phil Liggett. That was Paul Sherwen’s usual role for so many years and now that Paul is gone...it’s going to take a while of listening to Bobke to get used to him being Phil’s sidekick rather than in the trailer at the finish line where he’s been for many years. On…
They may well drive me to distraction from time to time but I have no desire to consider what my world would be without them in it.As much as I appreciate the gifts...they truly are the best gift one could ever hope to have. They are the closest to immortality that I will ever know and the beginning of the next great story...one I hope will last a millennium or more. :)
