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... time for a new camera?

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There was an intruder in our house and home at 35 Rectory Road on Saturday morning at 1.30 AM. The young man reached as far as into my bedroom, which is on the second floor, while I was downstairs on my computer. It is obvious that the young thief was watching the house for the whole evening, because within 5 minutes of my leaving the living room upstairs during a TV commercial break, to catch a cup of tea and a quick look on Facebook downstairs, he was inside the house ... and getting himself discovered. The thief stole my "Lime" backpack from besides my bed, but to do that he had to empty the contents of the backpack beside the bed. The contents included my faithful Canon EOS-20D camera, a Canon EF 300mm zoom lens, my security vest, but not my spare camera batteries. This thief was definitely looking for CASH. I am happy that the thief did not steal my Canon EOS-20D camera, but if he had it would  not have been a loss, but just an inconvenience, as the EOS-10D would get s...

... is it done yet?

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I don't know. What do you think? Elections are over and done, the 4-peat Government is all sworn in and legal, so it should all be done now, as far as I would suspect, but some folks are still saying that "it ain't over yet" ... well it is for me. I was back to living a normal life from the 26th January 2010. Normal for me is take a snap or two every day and blogging not just when I feel like it, but when I have to make an utterance on something that is a bit bothersome. Today I plan to got into town and take some snaps representative of the day after or more appropriately, the first day in the life of the new LABOUR PARTY administration. I should have been down there at 8.00 AM to capture the NEW Government turning up early for work on the first day, but I did not wish to embarrass myself, so I stayed at home enjoying the view of the hills above Shadwell and appreciating the early morning aromatic breeze. You have to live in the country to know about this. At 4.00 ...