DW
13.11.12
12.11.12
11.11.12
A Perambulation Down Sheikh Zayed Road
I took a walk along Sheikh Zayed Road about an hour ago and took a load of photos. Here are some of them!
DW
DW
9.11.12
Enlightenment
Here I am playing with my new camera toy! The plant in this photo is a cutting of a Fuchsia plant that I bought earlier this year: it was fantastically prolific too.
These photos were taken in RAW format with my Olympus Digital 70 - 300 mm 1:4 - 5.6 ED lens: varying time delays ... from 1/6 second to 3.2 seconds. All at ISO 100, 202mm and f5.6.
I have compressed the files to show on here.
DW
These photos were taken in RAW format with my Olympus Digital 70 - 300 mm 1:4 - 5.6 ED lens: varying time delays ... from 1/6 second to 3.2 seconds. All at ISO 100, 202mm and f5.6.
I have compressed the files to show on here.
DW
Camera Settings
Here's the result of my latest photofaffography. Looks good i think, he says 😔
DW
DW
8.11.12
Pay or Not Pay?
Someone somewhere has sent me s letter or parcel and has under paid the postage.
The card that landed on my door mat asked me to pay the shortfall of nine PENCE and a handling fee if £1.
What would you do?
I am not expecting a special letter or parcel
I decided that after 18 days the Royal Mail can return whatever it is to sender. If it's important those people will send it back to me. If it's junk mail, i've lost nothing have I?!
DW
The card that landed on my door mat asked me to pay the shortfall of nine PENCE and a handling fee if £1.
What would you do?
I am not expecting a special letter or parcel
I decided that after 18 days the Royal Mail can return whatever it is to sender. If it's important those people will send it back to me. If it's junk mail, i've lost nothing have I?!
DW
7.11.12
Beige ... Moi?
I read a birthday card in WH Smith yesterday that said something like:
On his 60th birthday Fred found himself ordering a beige jacket, beige trousers and a beige shirt from the beigewear catalogue.
I'm saying nothing ...
On his 60th birthday Fred found himself ordering a beige jacket, beige trousers and a beige shirt from the beigewear catalogue.
I'm saying nothing ...
5.11.12
Bad Firework Photos
Maybe i will see more fireworks with less stress tomorrow.
Here are two really hurried firework photos for you!
DW
Here are two really hurried firework photos for you!
DW
3.11.12
Feeling much Better
I have had two relaxing days at home and I have kept myself very warm. With the benefit of some antibiotics and some painkillers I feel 98% perfect now.
A throat infection leading to or linked to a fever is not a good thing.
DW
A throat infection leading to or linked to a fever is not a good thing.
DW
1.11.12
Gold Medal Awarded!
From Emirates, today:
"Congratulations! You have qualified for your Gold membership status for another year."
Ta daa!
DW
"Congratulations! You have qualified for your Gold membership status for another year."
Ta daa!
DW
31.10.12
Fever!
High fever means sleeping badly, boiling to death, the same dreams as i had the last time this happened to me.
This is all because of air conditioning.
DW
This is all because of air conditioning.
DW
30.10.12
Ruinair? Not so bad!
I have flown Ryanair now and i have to say it wasn't bad. Only a 45 minute flight though but there was a highlight!
As i got onto the plane the stewardess pointed at the front row and said no one had bought them so i could sit there. That was nice of her 😀 and i assume she did it out of admiration for my charm and good looks and not because of my height!!
Five minutes before take off, a couple arrived with tickets for that front row 😒 so i was demoted! However, very few of the extra leg room seats had gone so i was allowed to sit in row two!
I have been on other low cost airlines and they do not allow you to sit in the expensive seats if you haven't paid for them.
Ryanair, u just went up a notch!
DW
As i got onto the plane the stewardess pointed at the front row and said no one had bought them so i could sit there. That was nice of her 😀 and i assume she did it out of admiration for my charm and good looks and not because of my height!!
Five minutes before take off, a couple arrived with tickets for that front row 😒 so i was demoted! However, very few of the extra leg room seats had gone so i was allowed to sit in row two!
I have been on other low cost airlines and they do not allow you to sit in the expensive seats if you haven't paid for them.
Ryanair, u just went up a notch!
DW
28.10.12
Unfortunate Incident
I witnessed rather an irate man trying his best to be understood ... he was German but speaking English to people who were neither German nor native English speakers.
This man did well but kept referring to his gebau ... I think no one knew what that was.
I noticed that he was being answered by one or other of the staff behind the desk but not one person consistently.
Then he wandered off in a bit of a huff, still unsatisfied. When he walked up to the wall at the end of the counter i realised he was blind.
Difficult for him and brave of him to travel alone. More sensitivity from the staff would have helped.
DW
This man did well but kept referring to his gebau ... I think no one knew what that was.
I noticed that he was being answered by one or other of the staff behind the desk but not one person consistently.
Then he wandered off in a bit of a huff, still unsatisfied. When he walked up to the wall at the end of the counter i realised he was blind.
Difficult for him and brave of him to travel alone. More sensitivity from the staff would have helped.
DW
Manchester Airport Terminal 3 ... Rubbish!
Imagine that you arrive by air from somewhere and you then fly somewhere else ... to and from Manchester Airport.
Imagine that the time between arriving and departing is 8 or 9 hours AND you cannot check in for 6 or 7 hours from your arrival time.
Manchester Airport Terminal 3 you are rubbish!
There! Said it! Land side, this is true:
No free wifi ... well, a thirty minute gift
No decent place to sit
No public power sockets
No shops worth shouting about
Nowhere to eat ... Ok, a caff
Nowhere to shower
No left luggage office
No heating
Etc
In my case i use Manchester many times a year AND i pay for the privilege. I get nothing in return.
By the way, how often do they clean this place? Look at the photo below ... one of several such bits of detritus near me.
See also how i had to spread out and find somewhere to charge my laptop and phone.
I wonder if anyone from MAN will find and respond to this?
DW
Imagine that the time between arriving and departing is 8 or 9 hours AND you cannot check in for 6 or 7 hours from your arrival time.
Manchester Airport Terminal 3 you are rubbish!
There! Said it! Land side, this is true:
No free wifi ... well, a thirty minute gift
No decent place to sit
No public power sockets
No shops worth shouting about
Nowhere to eat ... Ok, a caff
Nowhere to shower
No left luggage office
No heating
Etc
In my case i use Manchester many times a year AND i pay for the privilege. I get nothing in return.
By the way, how often do they clean this place? Look at the photo below ... one of several such bits of detritus near me.
See also how i had to spread out and find somewhere to charge my laptop and phone.
I wonder if anyone from MAN will find and respond to this?
DW
747 at Warp Speed
I went on flight on a Boeing 747-400 the other day: my first 747 flight for many years.
Maximum thrust at the start of the runway pushed us right back in our seats and we were airborne within 22 seconds, fully laden too. That's fast!!
I normally time all take offs and 22 seconds for any wide bodied plane is from 10 to 20 seconds faster than average.
DW
Maximum thrust at the start of the runway pushed us right back in our seats and we were airborne within 22 seconds, fully laden too. That's fast!!
I normally time all take offs and 22 seconds for any wide bodied plane is from 10 to 20 seconds faster than average.
DW
24.10.12
Xmas Cake Tester ... Tested
Here it is, the Christmas cake tester for this year.
Verdict: all round winner with the Be-Ro recipe.
Since 1975, there have been just two occasions when i did not use the Be-Ro recipe, as far as i remember:
When i used a different, utterly rubbish recipe
When i forgot to make a cake one year
Here it is, then ...
DW
Verdict: all round winner with the Be-Ro recipe.
Since 1975, there have been just two occasions when i did not use the Be-Ro recipe, as far as i remember:
When i used a different, utterly rubbish recipe
When i forgot to make a cake one year
Here it is, then ...
DW
22.10.12
Xmas is Coming!
It's mid October and time to bake the Christmas cake. Here's the 2012 version:
Main cake (round)
Tester (oblong)
Ta daa!
DW
Main cake (round)
Tester (oblong)
Ta daa!
DW
21.10.12
Dublin Here I Come
I have prepared a paper for an international education conference to be held on and between 29th and 31st October.
The paper is on my work in Kabul: the setting up of a TVET college there.
The conference is being held in the centre of the city.
This is my first trip to Dublin and if you are in or going to be in Dublin at that time, why not say hello!
DW
The paper is on my work in Kabul: the setting up of a TVET college there.
The conference is being held in the centre of the city.
This is my first trip to Dublin and if you are in or going to be in Dublin at that time, why not say hello!
DW
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