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Actor Sam Neill has passed away shortly after saying he was cancer free.

In a post near the beginning of this thread I mentioned that I became interested in photography when a workmate of my father gave me a 35mm camera. Neoca 35mm - my first camera I later purchased a twin lens reflex camera which took a 2+1//4" film negative. I never got into film processing, taking my negatives and transparency films to a chemist or camera shop for processing. Twin lens reflex Then I went digital so I could do post processing on the computer. I bought a Panasonic Lumix FZ20 camera which had a 12x zoom lens, great for airport photos. Unfortunately I lost it at an Avalon Air Show. It was a particularly hot day, and at the end of the show I was heading to the exit, suffering from a bit of heat exhaustion. A staff person on a golf buggy offered me a lift to the first aid room. I placed all my goods, chair, esky, camera, etc. on the back seat. When we got to the first aid room the camera was missing. I was pretty devistated. I assumed it had fallen off when we bumped over a gutter. My wife found a secondhand Lumix FZ40 which had a 24x zoom lens in the Trading Post for much less than I paid for the FZ20. It had belonged to the late father of the advertiser. That is the camera I use today in addition to my phone cameras. Lumix FZ40 I have an old iPhone 6 whichhas been decommossioned as a phone, it has no sim card. However it takes good photos, is small and light and fits in a tee shirt pocket, and is very easy to transfer images to the computer. My actual phone, a Samsung Galaxy, takes probably slightly better photos than the iPhone, but is large, heavy, like a brick to carry, and is a nightmare to transfer photos.

A mate sends me a bulletin called Pearls and Irritations every week. Often, I don't read it, a bit over my head many times. But he drew my attention to this article, and it has a bearing on the subject of this thread. https://pearlsandirritations.com/post/2026/07/gen-z-is-not-ageing-into-the-old-australia/?utm_source=pi_news&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=weekly-2026-07-12

The other thing that is becoming a pain is having to do everything on your phone. So many aps drain the battery quickly, and if you are stuck with a flat battery, or the network fails as has haapened with Telstra and Optus, you are stuffed.

Yes, it's a bloody pain. Also the sites that require you to enter the security code they send to your phone. I don't always have my phone close handy. I've had two FB accounts closed for some spurious reason. I was using my late wifes account, just to receive info, jokes and trivia, but I had to delete browser history and cookies to get Google Maps to work and lost the login.

https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/other/general-reveals-huge-problem-for-trump-as-insiders-say-he-s-embarrassed-by-af1-flop/ar-AA27DI6M?ocid=winp2fptaskbar&cvid=6a5229e81d2942eeb2f2363865a21827&ei=36

D Good, D Bad and D Ugly.

The girl had a nifty little device on her desk It was a screen about half the size of an iPad and was on a stand. When I had my hearing aids out for other test equipment, I couldn't hear any instructions she was giving me. The device used the technology in smartphones which enables you to dictate SMS's, and converted her instructions into words on the screen like closed captions on the TV.

Eight months older than me.

Derryn Hinch, who referred to himself as the Human Headline because of his penchant for courting controversy, has died aged 82. The New Zealand-born radio host, who dabbled in acting and politics, died in his sleep on Friday morning. His former colleague and personal assistant Annette Philpott confirmed his death, attributing it to “old age”. “He’s had really tough times of late. He’s been in and out of hospital. I’m assuming his heart just gave out,” Philpott told the Daily Mail.

Finally had my Cochlear Assessment testing done today. The residual hearing in my left ear is so degraded, I would benefit from an implant in that ear. My right ear has more residual hearing than the implant would replace,so they would only implant one. Many people pair an implant with a normal amplifying aid. The young lady conducting the test was amazing. She sat one side of the desk and I was on the other. She placed a page of typed notes on the desk so I could read them, and wrote comments/notes UPSIDE DOWN perfectly clearly, as if she wrote that way all the time, ie., writing right to left and inverted. The report will be forwarded to the Ear Nose and Throat (ENT) specialist who will take things from there. It was a 70km round trip.

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/08/trump-spain-nato-trade-summit.html

Apart from resuming bombing of Iran, bringing the ceasefire to an end, now he has called for no dealings or speaking with Spain, and he has referred to the Islamic Republic of Japan. ????? Islamic Republic of Japan.mp4

I wish someone would tip a barrowload of sand on each of those Trevago guys.

Could be. Game Over.

True story. I was looking through the program guide on Foxtel, and came a across a program called..(What The?) .. "Rooted". Of course, I had to check it out. It was about trees in Africa.

Thi is the incident Balogun was awarded the red card for, stepping on an oponent's foot.

https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/motoring/motoring-news/peugeot-suspends-australian-car-sales-amid-pressure-from-cheaper-chinese-rivals/news-story/194491500cf89f20e2a560fe73013f08

(Bill) Maher, (Robert) Reed, wi(d)th Children Married With Children

Victor Willis, lead singer of the group Village People, (Y.M.C.A., In The Navy) died on Monday after a short but agressive illness.

My wallet is like an onion. Every time I open it, it makes me cry.

G, aim, over = Game over.

A guy got pulled over by the police. The cop walked up to his window and asked, "Do you know why I pulled you over?" The guy said, "To check how tall I am?" The cop looked definitely unimpressed and said, "Step out of the car please." The guy said, "So I was right then?"