Good morning to everyone who ventures here. It is a bit overcast this morning though the sun does shine through occasionally doubt it will rain.
Did my early morning milk run this morning to the supermarket while things were still quiet, put a couple of the bins away while I was at it. The recycling bin has still not been collected, The driver has changed his route because they all used to be emptied by 6.30am but now the recycling bin is often out until after noon.
Nothing much planned for today, I would like to finish the book I am reading but that is the only plan I have.
Enjoy your day, the weekend is nearly here for the workers among us, have a good day.
It’s overcast here in deepest southern Hampshire. Weather forecasts say there’s a good chance of thunder later, which sort of throws my plans for the day out. If it holds off, my make a start on working on the garden, which I’ve been promising to do. Meanwhile, Mrs G is off for her weekly chiropractor session, but not before breakfast and coffee.
I’m glad you said that Swimmy👍
A bit unfair to the blokes perhaps but I remember watching an FA cup game supporting The Brighton ladies!
Seriously physical game, not much of the boring stop start stuff going on, fluid play from both sides as I remember
Decent ref too…
Oops ! Good morning people
I’m forgetting my manners getting all carried away with ladies football.
I’ve succumbed and bought my second and last 35mm film camera…
Good Afternoon from Foxy’s World…
Sometimes friends turn up at unexpected times, and that was the case yesterday. Just about to catch up on the forum, and look in to the morning crowd and the doorbell rung…
It’s always nice to see my mate though who was in the same class as me at school. The only school mate I’ve always kept in touch with…
Hot and muggy on this mornings walk even though I didn’t do any jogging. That bloke caught me up and talked my left ear off along the canal towpath, thank goodness he turned off at the end of the path and I could continue my walk quietly…
With a well man clinic at 10:50 am I resisted having breakfast, they reckon that last years blood test showed I was borderline diabetic… I reckon it was the half a bottle of honey on my porridge that done it…
So no breakfast this morning and see what happens…
The Coffee Boat on the canal looked inviting, but no time for that malarkey when you’re in training…
Good afternoon everyone, a beautiful, bright Summer’s day here, after some light rain last night. The strong winds yesterday have left the air particularly clean. It looks like we’re in for another heatwave as yet again, hot air is coming our way from the Sahara, the insidious anticiclone we’ve become very familiar with during this period. The cicadas singing away are also telling us we’re going through the hottest (traditionally) period of Summer which we call the “Sol Leone”, the “Lion Sun”, my starsign!
Have fun with your camera Chilli, good luck with your blood test Foxy, that coffee boat looks interesting.
Hope everyone has a great, sunny start to the weekend!
How do you get on with getting the batteries for this camera?
My SP2 took a mercury battery which was eventually abandoned for obvious reasons, I did read that there was a way round this but I don’t know what it was. I am not sure if the K1000 used the same battery or not.
Just under £5.00 a pack of four from Amazon. I would have thought the SP2 would have taken the same given that it’s fundamentally the same design as the K1000.
I know that with the K1000 the internal light meter kicks in as soon as the lens cover is removed, best replaced after use.
Are you thinking of taking a trip down memory lane?
It may well be the one that fits I don’t know - I might try it, I have a pack of those somewhere. , well, AG13 which are the same. I know you couldn’t get the proper cells for it because of their mercury content.
Mercury batteries were 1.35volts rather than 1.5v but I think the SP2 has a regulating circuit to keep the voltage constant so 1.5v probably isn’t a problem.
I reckon it was the half a bottle of honey on my porridge that done it…
It looks like we’re in for another heatwave as yet again, hot air is coming our way from the Sahara, the insidious anticiclone we’ve become very familiar with during this period. The cicadas singing away are also telling us we’re going through the hottest (traditionally) period of Summer which we call the “Sol Leone”, the “Lion Sun”, my starsign! 
