Caryl

Never heard of cherry barbs doing that and mine were always very peaceful

We have threads somewhere for favourite recipes and I believe last year we exchanged traditional Christmas recipes of various sorts. Have a hunt for it/them

Daughter did tea tonight so we had delicious sushi :love: Found a new, loving home for Denny Crane. :happy1: Just need to re-home Pickles and Charlie Bucket. :roll:

Ours is a Canon 450D bought from Harvey Norman's in their after Christmas sale about 4 years ago. Came with a 2 lens kit. Grant uses the 18 - 55mm most of the time as it's good for all round general photography. Also have 55 - 250mm lens which also does a good job for what are basically cheap lenses. Both have image stabilisation. He has a 60mm macro lens which he doesn't use much but if you do want to do any macro photography, it's a must. The 450 (I think the current model is now a 600) he finds to be a good one step above entry level DSLR. If you want a faster camera which would be most beneficial when trying to photograph fish, choose one with a full sized sensor as they are more sensitive and produce less noise. Sensitivity and noise level is more important than number of pixels. Often as they increase the number of pixels, but don't increase the size of the sensor, the background noise and sensitivity suffers. The higher the sensitivity (ISO number) the more sensitive the camera will be in low light. Also, a lens with a higher speed will be much more suitable in low light. Fish in a tank always suffer from low light levels. The image stabilisation allows you to run a longer shutter speed in low light so allowing better pics of the fish. It is all a compromise between shutter speed, aperture and ISO settings depending on depth of field required and how fast the object is moving. Grant bought a Canon because he likes their products, the price was right, and reviews generally were favourable. He would be more than happy with a Canon or Panasonic (or several others), it all depends on personal choice. Once you start with one brand of camera, you will probably stick with it because the lenses you buy will probably fit whatever you upgrade to. I love my old Sony (it was bought in 2004) but it is starting to have problems. It was really fast when I bought it but now seems so slow compared to the cameras of today! :roll:

"I say Santa, don't bother sending me some fish for Christmas, just send a net!"

Not too hot to eat though!

28+C again. I don't think the cats like it that hot... Charlie Bucket Pickles Denny Crane If anyone wants a cat, these 3 are all looking for good homes :roll:

Where's your sense of adventure?? :slfg:

Well the topic does say "post your stoopid stuff" :slfg: From a technician's point of view the i-anythings are worse than the rest when it comes to picking up signals Alan, if you do not have I-ce cream in your life you may not live long (or prosper) :thup:

Picking them up and seeing how they feel in your hand is most important. I find the Canon very uncomfortable as it does not fit my hand comfortably but the Sony does. My husband loves his Canon and finds the hand fit good.

and do you expect so little from your parents?? :smln:

and humility :slfg: Baking is always appreciated and is quick and easy to do with little cost, depending on what you make.

I do very little Christmas shopping plus I walk or bike everywhere so don't have to worry about parking :thup:

The ones that do the good job of nibbling are not allowed here.

I would still be suspecting the problem is their end, not yours, as they have been having troubles. Have you checked which lights are on on the router?

I thought I had heard of people using it in tanks. Why not cut a slit in the wood and slide a few roots into it? That is all I do, or use existing cracks.

Is there nobody here from Tauranga willing to do a couple of feeds for willow123? I have used the pill dispensers (from the $3 Shop) when leaving food for others to feed my fish.

Thank you Joe (but they were cupcakes, not muffins ). I have now managed to rehome the rest of them too. :happy1:

Off to the final of Quiz Night tonight so will drop 4 off on the way past :thup:

I can drop some around to you if you like.

The problem is at their end mcrudd, not yours. No need to change, or alter, anything. I made cupcakes for Kelly's last day of school, some for a meeting Grant is going to tomorrow night which requires a plate, some for my friends I am meeting for lunch, and some for the quiz master and judge at the final of Quiz Night tonight (to give afterwards so nobody can accuse me of bribery ) and I still have a baker's dozen left over. What to do, what to do? :dunno: Most are red velvet but the chocolate ones are gluten free.

They've been having problems with their latest upgrade :roll:

Only if the lung is in Europe though :gigl:

That's what I thought but they don't seem to be big enough. Perhaps they just don't grow so large in NZ :dunno: