My, how time flies. It doesn’t seem it but it was back in 2013 that I signed up with Crashplan for a cloud storage account to backup our data. Multiple people in one household banging away with multiple digital cameras…
Author: JC
The ISA Myth
Cash ISA (or NISA) savings accounts are a benefit to the consumer, right? This is because the interest on them is tax free, right? Well, yes, but … In just opening two new ISA accounts, I’ve bumped into another example…
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Canon Camera Batteries
Some years ago I acquired a Canon EOS 7D DSLR, primarily for wildlife photography. I always fancied a shutter release in the portrait orientation so I bought a battery grip for it. That takes two batteries so, instead of lashing…
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Campaign For Real English
Every now and then one hears things that jar; things that grate on the nerves; well, mine, anyway. There are at least two types of bastardization of our language going on. I was preparing to collect Carol from her return…
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Lens Selection
I’d been debating about lenses to take with me on a wildlife trip to parts foreign, Namibia, in this case. If my subjects were to be wildlife only, the choice would be very straightforward; all I would need would be…
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A Trip to Kew
Compare and contrast, both journeys being of similar distance (45mls vs 65kms). England: parking at LB station, £7.90 – off peak travel card to Kew Gardens, £21.00; Spain: parking at Xeraco station, FREE – return ticket to Valencia, ~8.50€. This…
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Spare Wars Episode VI: The Empire Strikes Back
After a week or so, customer Skywalker eventually heard back from Mr Stormtrooper representing the empire, i.e. advice@jaguarlandrover.com. He had been good to his word and had “further information” for me. I could, of course, have guessed pretty much what…
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Spare Wars Episode V: Regrouping of the Landie
After a not unexpected period of silence, I recently received a completely unexpected subsequent email from my assigned Landie Grand Master representing advice@jaguarlandrover.com, the one that was asking the dealers what Jaguar Land Rover supplied – akin to young Skywalker…
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Spare Wars Episode IV
… in a galaxy far, far away … It must be in a galaxy far, far away because the Stormtroopers of the evil empire of Jaguar Land Rover are clearly on a different planet from me. OK, in Episode III…
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Going Spare III
Repeat after me, “full-size spare wheel and tow bar”; in addition to being my mantra, this is a concept which seems to be almost lost on Land Rover when it comes to their otherwise delicious Discovery Sport model. The complexities…
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