Recent content by Earley Man

:agree: :)

Like the merchant seamen, over 30.000 of them, without whom the war would have been lost, who are now almost completely forgotten.

I agree because it looks like she's just about to hit it.

Raymond, I bought a 55-200 when I first moved to Fuji by buying a reduced X-E1 and 18-55 at a photo show at the NEC in 2014. I still use mine as it is pretty sharp and I find it ideal for all sorts of general photography, not that I get to do much of that nowadays. :( I've always regarded it...

Back in the summer a traffic light team put up the lights on one of our busier local routes on a Wednesday, another team working for a telecoms company dug the hole on the Friday morning. On the following Tuesday the telecoms unit turned up and completed what they had to do by lunchtime , then...

That's exactly :rolleyes::headbang:the way I feel about it

I found out the reason for this a couple of years ago. Apparently the digging is carried out by one contractor and necessary repairs by a different one. Now if I was an old cynic I would think that this means two council departments are both getting an incentive to work it this way, but that...

"Some of the members here are in their 80s." I joined them in January.:(

Many moons ago I was a member of a camera club who used to have at least six talks by amateur as well as professional photographers, during the year. One stipulation was that they had to bring a number of prints of their work and talk about them. One of them, an amateur, showed a stunning set...

And after he had turned it into wine, the landlord charged him for 12 glasses of wine.

Since it's a trawler they're probably all fishy ones.:facepalm:

A bit more information which to some might be of interest. Some of these tankers might have moved since I looked them up earlier. The tankers off Anglesey: Atlantic Emerald from Arzew (Algeria) 109,201 tonnes Crude Oil, almost certainly for Tranmere. Hafnia Triton from Sullom Voe (UK) for...

My avatar is the cap badge of Trident Tankers, with whom I sailed for some 10 years as a Lecky (Electrical Officer), which could, or perhaps, should, explain my sense of humour.;)

Perhaps I should explain that I would only get into that position for a nuclear attack, as my chances of recovering from it and returning to any semblance of a vertical stance are somewhere between zero and infinite. :D

When needed, my preparation for a nuclear attack is very simple. Remove all my clothing, sit in my most comfortable armchair with my legs apart to their fullest extent and kiss my a**e goodbye.