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  • triky auto
    triky auto Forum Participant Posts: 8,690
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    edited August 2017 #8582

    wink Lovely sunny morning here in East Kent.Lot's of kerfuffle in Herne Bay getting ready for tomorrows air show !!.It will be packed again just like last year.

    Condolences to those caught up in the Barcelona terrorist attack.cry 

  • brue
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    edited August 2017 #8583

    We had torrential rain overnight. Hoping to take some furniture, bits and bobs to a local charity shop. A few jobs to do first. smile

  • Oneputt
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    edited August 2017 #8584

    Dull day in the East today.  All the pottering has brought forward great bounty (not the choc bar).  Victoria plums from BIL bumper crop this year, spuds, tons of runner beans (my favourite), marrows and salad stuff.  Might start to sort photo's today, Mrs One has two and a half thousand on her camera so I could be here for some hoursembarassed

  • Bakers2
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    edited August 2017 #8585

    Morning all torrential rain overnight for us in Essex too. Beautifully sunny now, let's hope it lasts the bedding is in the washing machine.

    This article caught my eye - a good reason to visit Essex.  Long coastline diverse county and the weather 😉

    I saw this on the BBC and thought you should see it:

    Pensioners told to head to West Sussex for happiness - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-40961624

  • Malcolm Mehta
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    edited August 2017 #8586

    Celebrating my birthday today. I've now reached the age of 66! 

  • Malcolm Mehta
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    edited August 2017 #8587

    I'm already here in West Sussex!

  • Bakers2
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    edited August 2017 #8588

    Off to friends for catch up and Victoria plums, question was phrased as how many buckets? 😲😲 hoping they'll be some runner beans on offer too. Defo my favourite but need to be fresh. Haven't grown any for a few years as no one at home to tend veg or crop if we're away 😢.

    Oneputt I don't envy you with photos but once you've finished you'll be spot on at doing them 😉. I reckon I can compete with your wife so you can finish your apprentiship by sorting mine and I'll offer you a fully compliant certificate of competence. Who needs A levels? 😂😂😂

  • Bakers2
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    edited August 2017 #8589

    Happy birthday Malcolm.  Enjoy your day. You may live in West Sussex but best weather in Essex!  You'll be able to really enjoy your aircon 😉😉

  • Oneputt
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    edited August 2017 #8590

    Happy birthday Malcolm 

  • Oneputt
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    edited August 2017 #8591

    Oneputt I don't envy you with photos but once you've finished you'll be spot on at doing them 😉. I reckon I can compete with your wife so you can finish your apprentiship by sorting mine and I'll offer you a fully compliant certificate of competence. Who needs A levels? 😂😂😂

    Have completed my apprenticeship, have just checked my desktop, Disc space taken with photos = 232 Gb

    Number of photos stored 52,786

    Thank goodness for large hard drivessurprised

    On top of that there are other storage devices so reckon in total we must be near 70,000 plus 40 years of hardcopies

  • DavidKlyne
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    edited August 2017 #8592

    Oneputt

    Given your photo statistics I thought I would have a look at mine and you are way ahead of me. Since 2010 just over 9000 photographs equalling 59 Gb. I will have more older ones on other devices but can't compete with you. 

    David

  • Bakers2
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    edited August 2017 #8593

    Oneputt ate you turning down apprentiship and further experience? I'm soooo disappointed  😢😢

  • Bakers2
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    edited August 2017 #8594

    David I can help you increase your volume training 😉😂

  • Cornersteady
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    edited August 2017 #8595

    hate to play top trumps here but

    From 2002 when I first got a digital camera

  • Cornersteady
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    edited August 2017 #8596

    August (two weeks away only):

     

  • Malcolm Mehta
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    edited August 2017 #8597

    Thanks, Bakers2. Perhaps I should move to Essex! No day off work though, I'm doing 18:30 to 22:30 and my birthday gift tonight from work will be next weeks rota! laughing

  • Malcolm Mehta
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    edited August 2017 #8598

    Thanks Oneputt! I'll drink a toast to you when I get back from work tonight!wink

  • Cornersteady
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    edited August 2017 #8599

    have a great daysmile that is just over two thousand million seconds you've been alive

    ( 2,082,801,600 seconds including leap years)

  • Oneputt
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    edited August 2017 #8600

    Can't beat that Corners even with all the pics lost when my hard drive crashed 5 years ago and only recovered a handful of files.

    DK as I usually take wildlife photos the camera is usually on burst so a lot of near duplicates.  Over this winter I will have a thorough sort out, changing my file system and getting rid of dross and duplicates.

  • taffyY
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    edited August 2017 #8601

    Happy Birthday Malc! laughing

  • KjellNN
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    edited August 2017 #8602

    I think I can bid higher, takes time to get the correct result......

     

    More mixed weather here today, some very heavy rain around 1am, sunny at 9am and now very grey.   

  • KjellNN
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    edited August 2017 #8603

    That year has fairly flown by......Happy Birthday!

  • Cornersteady
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    edited August 2017 #8604

    Yes for me most of those are but a snapshot of a moment in time with family and friends, I still do the 'arty' ones and I like nothing more than being on my own in a new (or old) place with my kit. Perhaps 5% are good enough to be worth showing or printing.

    I can often while away an hour or so looking at a particular day/month in 2005 (and gasp how I still have that same jumper). I've also started to scan in lots of Kodachrome slides, actually just name dropping there, most of the time it was Orwochrome, remember that?

     

    When I first started it was 24 exposures on a trip (36 if I could afford it) and every shot was precious and shot for shot my photos were better than the scatter gun approach I use now.  But now with 3800 pictures available on one 'film' rather than 24 I have sort of gone the opposite way, take it and maybe delete it later sort of thing or make an edited set. 

    You know the question what would you take out of your burning house? For me it was be the hard drive the photos are on. I have one attached to the computer, another hidden in the house and another copy at my mother in laws. 

  • KjellNN
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    edited August 2017 #8605

    Oh dear.....even worse than I had thought!

    size 921 GB

    size on disc 929 GB

    219,376 files

    Think I need a clear out.

  • JVB66
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    edited August 2017 #8606

    And how much of that has been posting on heresurprisedwinkcool

    happy birthday to a youngsterlaughing

  • Malcolm Mehta
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    edited August 2017 #8607

    Thanks, Corners. That certainly is a lot of seconds!

  • Malcolm Mehta
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    edited August 2017 #8608

    Thanks, taffyY!

  • Malcolm Mehta
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    edited August 2017 #8609

    Thanks KjellNN! It certainly has!

    I can understand why you prefer to spend July and August at home. Peak season certainly attracts the crowds not to mention higher prices! I couldn't help noticing on the last three visits the increased amount of traffic and people at all the tourist attractions. Having said that, it's nice to see people getting out and about and enjoying themselves!cool

  • Oneputt
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    edited August 2017 #8610

    You know you'll feel better after doing that Kjlaughinglaughingwink

  • EasyT
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    edited August 2017 #8611

    You know the question what would you take out of your burning house? For me it was be the hard drive the photos are on. I have one attached to the computer, another hidden in the house and another copy at my mother in laws.

    I back mine up to 32gig memory sticks. One in study and one in each of the two cars. Also on OH's laptop and an old XP

     

     

    Happy Birthday Malcolm. Many more fella

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