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Back in those days, while we were waiting for USB to take the world by storm, getting pics from the digital camera to the PC was a real ordeal. For one thing, a set of fully charged batteries wouldn't sustain the download of more than a few photos. The 'fix' for this was a floppy adapter, which you stuck the memory card into, and the PC saw it as a normal floppy disc. Amazing tech! One thing which amazes me is that I was talking about buying a 8MB memory card for my camera, at $69. These days my 'goto' memory card is 4,000 times that size, and half the price... You've need four 8MB cards to...

Paul, as the saying goes...."Once you've gone black you'll never go back!". Make of that what you will!..... :blink: ... :wink2: .... :lol: ....! Actually, one of the most refreshing drinks I have in my 'Fridge is.... Chilled Dandelion and Burdock!...>>>> It also helps to keep me safely away from consuming excessive quantities of various Alcoholic Beverages.... :rolleyes: ....! Lemonade is equally as nice! Paul.....excessively de-hydrated.... :D ....!

I sometimes look after a farm for a friend close by at Kowai bush , perched above the waimak . We sometimes horse trek out at Rubicon Valley and recently looked at a Kowai Bush property, a rather quirky house with a loft master bedroom accessed via a spiral wrought iron staircase. Loved it, trouble was it wasn't fully double-glazed and thought it just a bit far off the beaten track. Congrats Dorian, looks like a beaut spot !!!! Thanks. It really is a great spot. First thing we are going to have to purchase is a generator ... just learned there have been 5 blackouts this year alone!

Great post Paul... I do feel for you.... I hate the bloody stuff. Charl ... magic drone shot :thumbup: Doug .... I shall keep an eye on you from now on , you and Charl really are gadget guys.

Thanks big guy ... yep , they pulled out the stops on this one . The water is amazing. Thanks for looking deeknow.

красивая ... skill , nature , person . :bow:

And a Britannia behind it! I got to sit in the left seat of an RAF Britannia in 1979. It was a freighter but still had it's original airline interior down the back end. Very flash.

That's quite funny, I must admit I don't mind being off the map -- the video showed the CIA map, I think, so if they don't know where we are, then we are quite safe from their shenanigans... lol none of you are safe from the shenanigans. :ph43r: CIA map is more detailed complete with NZ reactors LMAO....how did Duterte know?

The extra hour's sleep didn't benefit me.... ...the increased daylight in front of my closed eyelids got me out of bed an hour early anyway! Paul..... :lol: ....!

That actually does sound great, although I haven't eaten for a few days, after having a tooth pulled last week... I think I have most of the ingredients, so I'll give it a crack!

For through-the-window stuff, I have to use Movie mode on my digicam, because my camcorder does not let me set the focus to infinity and it locks on to the outer panel of the window. Below is a link to a movie of my departure from Blenheim back in April which I uploaded to my gurgledrive. The file is nearly 800MB and shows taxying out and takeoff for NZAA. Also a few thousand acres of grapevines to cheer Paul up :D Cheers, Em!..... :cheers: ...! I was quite surprised just how noisy it is inside the aircraft during taxiing fo take-off...turbo-props. Talking about Vineyards.... ...I'm following...