BBQ in the rain

BBQ in the rain make sure the umbrella that you use stops the rain hitting the grilling plate, and try to hold the umbrella at an angle so that the hot air rise not into your face.

Drink of the day

The drink of the day today is..... Tea with milk and no sugar, and why not its a good way to start the day.

Dark sky

So it's all change gone is the blue sky now it's Gerry skies and dark....

Drink of the day

The drink of the day today is.....

Orange squash with fizzy water and ice and its nice, not very very nice just nice.

BBQ Saturday

So our second attempt to have a BBQ this summer with the family does not look to good, the first one got stopped due to rain and the very high winds, this Saturday it's forecasting rain!

Just can not win with the weather here in the UK!

It's no use moaning about it as that's just the way the weather is here in the UK.

Warm

Still warm which is nice as long as the humidity stays low, as feeling like you are melting is never good.

Live book

Not to sure if live book is working correctly, should it take more than 3 days to index 600GB of data?

Nikon flash

The new flash is working well with the d600 what more do I have to say?

My book live

My book live is working again, in hot weather don't leave it stuck in a cupboard without ventilation. Took ages to get the computer to see the drive again, in the end turning the drive on and off worked!

It's still indexing after two days I know I have a lot of of files on the drive, it does not help that I have 250000 files on the drive I suppose !

New phone

Finally got the discount from O2 fourth attempt.

Hot

Still rather hot 31 centigrade 

New phone

So I have a nice new phone a galaxy s4 the UK version, so not as hi spe'ed as what the rest of the world gets for some reason, the good news is that we are charged more for this than anyone else... Yeah go figure!

The is good the speed is good and the screen is nice, it is a bit of a change from a Nokia but I am sure that I will get used to it.

I already have my kindle software on it and its great being able to read my books anywhere.

I have been looking at plugging in extra memory into it to make it a bit future proof, so I have found that the s4 can use sdxc cards so I am looking for the largest one of them to install.

New phone

So finally I have a new phone, no thanks to the module companies making it so confusingly as to this tariff   and that-tariff    when all I want to to do was have a new phone that just works.

1 hour to get a new phone and I had to pay 50 quid for it.

So I have a s4 just hope it will last 24 years.

Ascot

So for the first time we went to ascot on Saturday. It was a great day even though I am not really into horse racing. Saw seven races and was impressed by just how quick a horse race is. The only sad thing was to see a horse pulled up lame right in front of  the main grandstand.

The good news about all of this was the speed at which the horse was sorted out.

As for betting I think not is good for me as it does not do anything for me.

The other thing about ascot was the numbers of people there! Lots and lots is not really telling you just how many people they were there but thousands is a good start.

So people watching is something you end  up doing at a place like ascot and I did see things and sights that will be with me for years.....

Any Murry

Andy Murray has won what does he go for next? 

BBQ

So as its rather warm this evening we had a nice BBQ

Hot

Yes finally a hot day!

Going Tivo

So I have bitten the bullet and have gone Tivo on my Virgin media service. Due install next Monday I get a speed increase from 20Mb to 60Mb .

My service charge goes down  3 pounds a month! while my internet speed goes up.

Only bad thing on the deal is that Virgin want you to use their super-hub 2, which when you read reviews on it are if you get a good one its really good and if you get a bad one then you are going to have a bad day.

So only time will tell which we are going to end up with.

On the speed front Virgin say they give me 20Mb and guess what? they do! and its more than 90% of time that speed so I hope that the 60Mb I am paying for will be just as good.

Drink of the day

The drink of the day today is .....

Tea!

Why not?

It's a nice drink and an a lot of the world seem to agree with me and drink it as well, so that's not so bad is it?

Happy

What is happy?

Is it the opposite of not happy?

Do you have a right to be happy?

I know silly questions to which I don't have the answers but I wanted to record these stupid questions somewhere, so that perhaps one day in the future I can have a look at all these questions and see if I have any answers to them.

Flash gun

So I have this nice Nikon 600 but don't really have a flash gun that can keep up with the camera. The good news is that I have been paid my bonus this year and I have enough money for a flash gun and a new iPad.

As the iPad 5 will not come out to October this year that only leaves the flashgun. Luckily I know just the flash gun that I need and it's a speed light 910 made by Nikon, why its so expensive I don't have a clue but from reading the reviews it appears that you really do get a lot for your money. I will soon see, as soon as it gets delivered.

The iPad 5 is supposed to come out in October, it had better have more storage, as 64gb is not enough, I know they do an iPad 4 with 128gb, but I will need something with more storage than that as it will have to last 2 to 3 years before I can buy another one.

Month 7

So it's already month 7 it doesn't feel like it but I just hope we can have a few warm days as a sort of summer this year.