The Coffee House

[SquarePeg48 3]

Some days you make really stupid mistakes
Today is such a day, I have been out in the garden trying to photograph sea gulls, going well up to dropping lens cap.
Ok here is the pic I have the camera around my neck on a long strap my inner voice said take camera off and put it down safe indoors....
No I had to bend down to get cap, camera swung down and canon 70 200 l series clipped the ground.
Awllllll bad word more bad words........
End result I was one lucky daft fool, just the UV filter marked/dinked/ scratched
Tried cleaning filter no good leaves a dust like mark on the pics..... had been the front element.....
Going to cost new filter, better say a thank you to the god that looks after idiot photographers

my understanding is that front elements are much more ding and scratch resistant than uv filters. Was your lens hood on? That’s your best protector IMO. Those things bounce.

 

[dxqcanada1]

Yup, dropped my camera in a similar fashion ... tying shoe lace ... and my lens bounced off large gravel but hit the lens hood first.

 

[snowbear130 61]

Take some similar shots without filter and compare ... you might find the quality is a little better without it.

 

[snowbear130 61]

No known results from the person with the fever. We've been consistently in the upper 97 degree range.

MLW bought a landline phone in order to use the new all-in-one printer/scanner as a fax so she can send papers back to the office. Best Buy will bring it out to us (we just missed closing by about 20 minutes.) I picked one with two handsets - one wireless and one corded to the base, so it's still usable in a power outage (and the cell batteries die).

Lazy_lobster was able to get an extension on the apartment/dorm (urban college without real dorms so they lease apartments for the students) until the end of the semester, but he does have to move to the other building; we've hired a moving company to do it, so we don't need to do that trip until May, at least.

I got Zoe a catnip carrot because, well, she's my baby.

 

[SquarePeg48 3]

I’m beat. Worked about 12 hours each of the past 5 days. Is it really Monday if I didn’t get a weekend? I shouldn’t complain though, happy to have work during this time. Only slightly jealous of those getting to paint their laundry closets and clean out garages...

 

[Jeff G]

Charlie, Zoe has the same exact build as our daughter, had to look twice at first.

 

[CherylL]

No known results from the person with the fever. We've been consistently in the upper 97 degree range.

MLW bought a landline phone in order to use the new all-in-one printer/scanner as a fax so she can send papers back to the office. Best Buy will bring it out to us (we just missed closing by about 20 minutes.) I picked one with two handsets - one wireless and one corded to the base, so it's still usable in a power outage (and the cell batteries die).

Lazy_lobster was able to get an extension on the apartment/dorm (urban college without real dorms so they lease apartments for the students) until the end of the semester, but he does have to move to the other building; we've hired a moving company to do it, so we don't need to do that trip until May, at least.

I got Zoe a catnip carrot because, well, she's my baby.

Ahhhh kitty cap nip video so adorable. Thanks for the smile today

 

[Original katomi]

Can’t quite see from the pic, with cat nip is your cat a licker or does it give the cat nip the killer treatment

 

[snowbear130 61]

Charlie, Zoe has the same exact build as our daughter, had to look twice at first.View attachment 188820

She does. The markings are a bit different, but she's a cutie, too. By the way, Calico is the Maryland State Cat.

Can’t quite see from the pic, with cat nip is your cat a licker or does it give the cat nip the killer treatment

A little of both, it seems. She has only recently shown any real interest in nip. There were two "dynamite" toys that she has ignored forever, then torn both apart in the past couple of weeks.

She'll kick the toy with her back feet, then she'll lay on it for a bit, then start over again. I give the carrot two weeks, at the most.

Ahhhh kitty cap nip video so adorable. Thanks for the smile today

You're welcome.

 

[Jeff G]

Lol! Autumn, our calico is a kicker and a head shaker, but she will give you a bath as long as you will let her.

 

[terri48 19]

Charlie, Zoe has the same exact build as our daughter, had to look twice at first.View attachment 188820

She does. The markings are a bit different, but she's a cutie, too. By the way, Calico is the Maryland State Cat.

Can’t quite see from the pic, with cat nip is your cat a licker or does it give the cat nip the killer treatment

A little of both, it seems. She has only recently shown any real interest in nip. There were two "dynamite" toys that she has ignored forever, then torn both apart in the past couple of weeks.

She'll kick the toy with her back feet, then she'll lay on it for a bit, then start over again. I give the carrot two weeks, at the most.

Ahhhh kitty cap nip video so adorable. Thanks for the smile today

You're welcome.

I loved that video of Zoe having so much fun! She's gorgeous. Both my cats love catnip, rubbed on toys or embedded in toys like the carrot. And they both raise up their back legs like that for a big kicking scratch - my husband calls it "the kangaroo move."

I agree, that carrot ain't long for the world.

 

[snowbear130 61]

Thanks.

We just say she's using rumpers or rumper feet.

 

[waday]

Before, we didn’t know anyone that had COVID-19... now we do. One of wife’s coworker’s extended family has it.

And, the father of one of her best friends. Best friend’s dad is in medically induced coma. He was given a 30% chance of surviving yesterday, so they’re really hoping that since he hasn’t gotten worse, he’s over the worst of it.

 

[SquarePeg48 3]

Before, we didn’t know anyone that had COVID-19... now we do. One of wife’s coworker’s extended family has it.

And, the father of one of her best friends. Best friend’s dad is in medically induced coma. He was given a 30% chance of surviving yesterday, so they’re really hoping that since he hasn’t gotten worse, he’s over the worst of it.

So sorry to hear that. I don’t know anyone so far. We have 3 confirmed cases in our town but names are not out there. They better find a vaccine and a better treatment quickly.

 

[Jeff G]

Wade, was he sick before, or was he hospitalized just from the Covid-19? Sounds like a rough time for the family, hope it all comes out ok.