UK South-East "Mainly Under 5'11" Gossip Thread (5)

Well done Ray. Can you give us a review of it? Thanks

Ray.Petri wrote in post #8759496
An interesting conversation twixt wife and me yesterday -

Wife - "What's that you're playing with now?

Me - "Well err I errr - only a camera darling"

Wife - "I can see that - but what sort of camera?"

Me - "Oh, nothing special in fact I didn't pay full price for it"

Wife - With more pointed questioning - "What sort of camera?"

Me - "Well, its what Canon call the 7D"

Wife - "Where did the money come from for that?"

Me - "Don't worry about it darling (with emphasis on the darling) I paid by credit card"

Wife - But your credit card account don't have that much available"

Me - I know dear - It was your credit card! Now about this new 100mm IS Macro..........."

I will post some pics later in week but first impressions are very positive.

I take your hat off to you. Right now I need to get the wife to get a credit card. It will be interesting to hear it compares to the 50d.

adrian5127 wrote in post #8759627
I take your hat off to you. Right now I need to get the wife to get a credit card. It will be interesting to hear it compares to the 50d.

The new focus point system looks a bit confusing, but i get the impression that it is going to hand the 50D its backside

Ray.Petri wrote in post #8759496
An interesting conversation twixt wife and me yesterday -

Wife - "What's that you're playing with now?

Me - "Well err I errr - only a camera darling"

Wife - "I can see that - but what sort of camera?"

Me - "Oh, nothing special in fact I didn't pay full price for it"

Wife - With more pointed questioning - "What sort of camera?"

Me - "Well, its what Canon call the 7D"

Wife - "Where did the money come from for that?"

Me - "Don't worry about it darling (with emphasis on the darling) I paid by credit card"

Wife - But your credit card account don't have that much available"

Me - I know dear - It was your credit card! Now about this new 100mm IS Macro..........."

I will post some pics later in week but first impressions are very positive.

Nicely done, Ray Looking forward to your first shots with it.

Nice Ray! Be sure to post a shot of the black eye too!!

This is why I don't have a credit card. I'd be unable to resist.

Mike wrote in post #8759148
Yes, I have 2 or 3, Neal, Mitesh, Warren & Laura also have shots in the book. (And others probably)

I got one in. The only one that I submitted actually. I should have entered more, but didn't get around to it. I'll do more next time.

SwitchBlade wrote in post #8762369
This is why I don't have a credit card. I'd be unable to resist.

I resist ok. I've been in the gear-buying rut before and it's not a healthy option. I'll just stick with what I have...

Smooth criminal .. Haha!

Ray.Petri wrote in post #8759496
An interesting conversation twixt wife and me yesterday -

Wife - "What's that you're playing with now?

Me - "Well err I errr - only a camera darling"

Wife - "I can see that - but what sort of camera?"

Me - "Oh, nothing special in fact I didn't pay full price for it"

Wife - With more pointed questioning - "What sort of camera?"

Me - "Well, its what Canon call the 7D"

Wife - "Where did the money come from for that?"

Me - "Don't worry about it darling (with emphasis on the darling) I paid by credit card"

Wife - But your credit card account don't have that much available"

Me - I know dear - It was your credit card! Now about this new 100mm IS Macro..........."

I will post some pics later in week but first impressions are very positive.

Hi guys. Just back from my brother-in-law's birthday celebration. Spent the morning watching my nephews play rugby, and then much drink and food in the afternoon/evening. I'm knackered....

U10 Rugby:-

Great shots Pete, and well done Ray, looking forward to the pics.

Was someone discussing Sky broadband recently?

Found this amusing:
Arse from elbow moment.....

If you’re a Sky Broadband customer then keep an eye on your inbox in the next couple of days; Sky are making pretty bold promises as well as changes to their services. For example, did you know that Sky is the only broadband provider that doesn’t throttle its service at peak times?

Which is great news, except it completely contradicts Sky’s own usage policies:

Gotcha, Sky. By saying your customers can do whatever they want and you’ll never throttle their service, what you really mean you will throttle the service if you don’t like what they’re doing. Clear as mud. Sky are also telling customers that they can expect to be automatically upgraded to a more expensive tariff if they exceed their broadband allowance more than once in six months. Of course you can always drop back down to the lower tariff if you behave yourself, but it might cost you:

It’ll be interesting to see what administration costs Sky put in place for straying a MB or two over your allowance. After all, if they can automatically upgrade you surely they can automatically downgrade you? Regardless, they’re getting serious about it – from November customers are encouraged to monitor their own usage online at sky.com/usagetool.

http://www.bitterwalle​t.com …e-throttling-or-not/19191

Interesting, Rich. It was also pretty rough that Sky changed their broadband tiers so that I'm now paying a little bit more for a little bit less.

I got an email from them a week or so ago indicating that they would produce a tool "soon" that would enable you to gauge your internet usage to see if you're going over the quota or not. I'm pretty sure that the vast majority of broadband customers wouldn't know where to start keeping track of their download amounts (I certainly wouldn't).

I guess this is fallout from the Setanta thing.

Swaffs wrote in post #8762607
If you’re a Sky Broadband customer then keep an eye on your inbox in the next couple of days; Sky are making pretty bold promises as well as changes to their services. For example, did you know that Sky is the only broadband provider that doesn’t throttle its service at peak times?

Which is great news, except it completely contradicts Sky’s own usage policies:

Two different services. The Sky LLU service is not throttled, they limit the number of users connecting to the service at the exchange to maintain network quality. The Broadband Connect service uses the BT Wholesale service so like almost every other service using it certain services are throttled.

As for being charged for going over your broadband limit that's fairly standard fare, being auto-upgraded is better and likely cheaper option (especially if they charge like mobile companies) the Sky MAX unlimited package is only £15 a month (cheaper than the connect package).

Anke wrote in post #8759122
Cool! Any UKSErs get in this year?

One for me as well \o/

I think some of the problem with these broadband tier packages is that people have no idea what their actual useage and expectations are. Many casual surfers don't need the super-fast download speeds or the amount of data.

The big problem is that there's no easy tools around to help the customers choose what's appropriate for them. At least with your mobile phone tariff, you get a statement each month detail how many minutes/texts you've used. Read a few statements and you can easily see if you're on the right contract or not.

There's nothing like that for broadband, so people are paying over the odds for a level of service they don't need.

Swaffs wrote in post #8762625
One for me as well \o/

It slightly annoys me that I've take a few acceptable shots after the submission period had ended....