I'm sorry that my post has upset you, it wasn't my intention.
Your 1st post translated to my speak was "Feisty middle class woman comes home to find a homeless person had broken into her (unoccupied) second home and decides to use the full force of the law on this poor bastard because he broke a window to get in.She then proceeds to nearly kick him down the stairs and gives him a right earbashing as the rozzers cart off said miscreant to the local workhouse to break rocks for a week. That'll teach him.
So i was going to post something along the lines of "why don't you get your Gamekeeper to  have him shot" or some other trite remark but alas it was not to be and instead I posted the seemingly far more offensive and vitriol inducing " I hope you don't press charges Ding, it can't be very pleasant being homeless in the middle of December" which is still a fair enough comment considering the version of events I was commenting on.
Your reply to me painted a very different picture of events which were obviously unknown to me when I posted, yet you seem have turned this into a diatribe against me, just for suggesting some leniency on someone who was described as homeless. Not the dirty thieving threatening nasty piece of work you later described.
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But now it's somehow been turned into how dare you, after all I've been through and a " How would you like it if your wife or girlfriend etc"
Well I'll tell you how my wife would like it, she would think it was a pleasant relief from all the shit she puts up with day in day out In a hospital A+E department.
Do you get spat at at least once a week by drunks? are you pushed, punched or kicked almost daily? are you verbally abused, have explicit sexual innuendos shouted at you regularly do you get threatened by people from all walks of life because they are drunk and angry.The ones that shout "I'm going to find out where you live" well one day one of them just might do that. I've just got to hope i'm at home at the same time if they come.How do you think it feels being the husband of someone in that situation, your natural reaction is to want to find out who they are and where they live and pay them a visit but obviously that would be a silly thing to do so you either worry yourself to death, become bitter and antagonistic or try to forget about it.
So I would rather she got frightened by a squatter living in the shed (my equivalent of your 2nd property) once in a while, than having to deal with the twats that try to make her life miserable on a daily basis.

You got a bit of a fright and it's going to cost a couple of hundred to fix, so what, stick it in the whinge thread, life can be shit but someone else's is always worse, get over it you'll make it worse worrying about it etc,
No need to twist it to make me the villain.


The Heroin issue is another argument altogether and I can't be arsed.

Up yours Rookie my posts are never piss poor.

Cheers Bolt (the voice of reason).

I hope you don't press charges Ding, it can't be very pleasant being homeless in the middle of December.

The RAF at 90 was shown on BBC4 last night Tony, it's on i player for another 7 days if your interested. There's some excellent colour footage of Fighter and Bomber Command, fascinating stuff.

[for someone with a Porsche Boxster]

Thanks Dr Bolt! I will circulate it to all my motoring friends.
Sadly, my girlfriend left me when I bought an MX5 for someone with a Porsche Boxster, I'll save up and try the in-car-lovin tips when I get the right ride 

Must be tough losing your missus to another woman...

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What do you mean I can't park it there.

I don't think these photos are random

Here you go Tank

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I have quite a few so I thought I'd start a thread, feel free to add your own.

I took some photo's of the moon, it's not full until Friday but it's crystal clear tonight so I thought I'd have a bash.

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Starting to fuzz around the edge a bit but not bad.

What is 'Top of the Rock'?  Is it like a mini marathon or something?

While we're at it...anyone been on MS Independence of the Seas?  That's the wee boat we'll be on.  Just wondering if they hype it up a bit much or if it's really ok?  Kind of feel bad being away for 2 weeks during the summer without the rest of the family, TBH.  I'd have turned the trip down if they hadn't insisted...in-laws too.  Hmmmmm.  Wonder if they're hoping we'll sink?    

"The traditional race which takes runners from the dockyard to the top of the Rock – a gruelling course which although only 2.5 miles long ascends some 1,250 feet – has been contested by visiting ships for over 50 years"

Like everything, you get what you pay for, although why not go to a camera shop for a camera!

Quite.

We should all shop at PC World, that way we can read Bill Brysons nostalgic recollections of  "proper" high streets and congratulate ourselves that we helped give him some writing material.

she only wants my help finding 'unusual' info. about the place. 

My brother came 2nd in the "Top of the Rock" race in 1989 if my memory's correct.

Hope that's unusual enough for you.

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Has anyone said eyebrow or eyeball model?

Hi Wader, interesting bits, but not really my line of business though, I buy & sell the images, not equipment. Try looking at finished Ebay auctions to get an idea of value if your looking to sell them.

Sorry mate did it sound like a sales pitch, not after selling them just thought you might have been into that sort of stuff too.
Got quite a few glass negs as well, collected them more out of interest than for selling on tbh.

Here's a squashed bike

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and a squashed plane

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I've got a lot of views and scenery too and 1 or 2 of cricketers late 1920's early '30s i'd guess.

Tonji, I don't know whether you're just interested in old photo's or old photographic bits and pieces in general but I worked in the photographic business  for a good few years and collected one or two things that you might find interesting.

Here's a couple of old exposure meters I managed to pick up.

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I don't think they are worth a great deal but they look nice.