Re: PESO: Shitstorm

2022-06-06 Thread David Mann
The stripped plants are a familiar sight here. We usually put them under netting which we can close up to prevent too many eggs being laid on them. Our plants survived last season in pretty good shape. As ours are in the garden we don't need to worry about the excrement :) Cheers, Dave > On

PESO: Shitstorm

2022-06-06 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
When I am raising my Monarch larvae, they get to a point where they devour large amounts of milkweed leaves every day. Monarchs are milkweed eating machines, and they are also pooping machines! This poop, called frass, is expelled as little dark green blobs. To keep the larvae healthy, one must

Re: New computer woes.

2022-06-06 Thread John Francis
On Sun, Jun 05, 2022 at 04:54:18PM +1000, jco...@iinet.net.au wrote: > That's what I meant Larry - I use them all the time now. I was somewhat > surprised that my latest HP box came with a wired mouse and keyboard. My recent purchases (Dell tower systems for my wife a couple of years ago, and

Re: OT Sweet Helmet

2022-06-06 Thread Larry Colen
> On Jun 6, 2022, at 10:49 AM, ann sanfedele wrote: > > Funny!what ever can it mean? I guess they don’t have many volunteer fire departments in NYC. You don’t get paid, you get dragged out of bed at weird times, but you do get a cool fireman’s helmet. kind of like this one from

Re: New computer woes.

2022-06-06 Thread Henk Terhell
That is remarkable, as the major mail-order firms here can also supply a wide selection of wired ones within one day. Apart from the advantage of not having to change batteries, a wired mouse doesn't have the habit of dropping from my desk on the floor ... Henk Op ma 6 jun. 2022 om 21:19 schreef

Re: OT Sweet Helmet

2022-06-06 Thread John Sessoms
Says I have to be signed in to view the planes landing ... which is odd because I AM signed in. On 6/6/2022 1:56 AM, Larry Colen wrote: I’ve been playing with the u4/3. I’ve taken to just keeping it with me rather than one of the Pentax bodies. Mostly because it’s a lot smaller and

Re: New computer woes.

2022-06-06 Thread John Sessoms
Around here the stores are pushing wireless really hard. The stores that stock wired mice are usually out of them. On 6/5/2022 9:54 AM, Henk Terhell wrote: My wireless USB mouse didn't work well. I bought last week a Logitech B112 silent wired USB mouse having 1.8 meter wire for 12 euro. These

Re: Advanced photographic techniques

2022-06-06 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Great! Dan Matyola *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery * On Mon, Jun 6, 2022 at 3:15 PM Larry Colen wrote: > Particularly helpful to videographers > > https://xkcd.com/2628/ > > > -- > Larry Colen > l...@red4est.com. sent from ret4est > > > > >

Advanced photographic techniques

2022-06-06 Thread Larry Colen
Particularly helpful to videographers https://xkcd.com/2628/ -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com. sent from ret4est -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the

Re: OT Sweet Helmet

2022-06-06 Thread ann sanfedele
Funny!    what ever can it mean? shots of burnt trees and such sad but nicely photo'ed I prefer birds to airplanes - landlubber moi On 6/6/2022 1:56 AM, Larry Colen wrote: I’ve been playing with the u4/3. I’ve taken to just keeping it with me rather than one of the Pentax bodies. Mostly

Re: OT Sweet Helmet

2022-06-06 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
I really like the aircraft images, especially the second one, P1011308. Dan Matyola *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery * On Mon, Jun 6, 2022 at 1:56 AM Larry Colen wrote: > I’ve been playing with the u4/3. I’ve taken to just keeping it with me >

Re: OT Sweet Helmet

2022-06-06 Thread Alan C
Well, you're doing much better than I am. I haven't ridden my Bike for months. When I do, it is usually for accurately measuring Race Routes using the Clane-Jones method. I have a Trek road bike - hopeless for off road with those thin tyres. Alan C On 06-Jun-22 08:22 AM, Larry Colen wrote:

Re: OT Sweet Helmet

2022-06-06 Thread Larry Colen
> On Jun 5, 2022, at 11:08 PM, Alan C wrote: > > Interesting. So, are you a Roadie in your spare time? I call that my “anyroad” bike. It is suboptimal for technical uphill offroad, but the day before I went on a somewhat shorter ride where I rode up pavement and back down the hill on

Re: OT Sweet Helmet

2022-06-06 Thread Alan C
Interesting. So, are you a Roadie in your spare time? Alan C On 06-Jun-22 07:56 AM, Larry Colen wrote: I’ve been playing with the u4/3. I’ve taken to just keeping it with me rather than one of the Pentax bodies. Mostly because it’s a lot smaller and lighter, but also because it’s less