BC Posted July 14, 2012 Share Posted July 14, 2012 Ok Tim ...but some pictures please and let us have the jury vote...or well comments from FTF members ;D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powerrabbit Posted July 14, 2012 Share Posted July 14, 2012 This is just a 'messing about' picture Bill, uploaded straight from the camera to here, I hope it comes out ok. Taken in the cameras '3D' mode. You may have to put on your 3D glasses to see it properly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted July 14, 2012 Share Posted July 14, 2012 wont go wrong with that tim, we have a tz5 so a good 5 years or more old. and its a great camera, very simple to use (suits me) by far an away the best digital and optical zoom out there to Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powerrabbit Posted July 14, 2012 Share Posted July 14, 2012 I'll take a few better pictures with it and post up, battery has to be charged up really and is easy as it charges from the PC USB cable through the PC or through the cable plugged into the mains USB plug. Have not loaded the disc onto the computer yet, don't want to clutter up the laptop, don't really need the CD manual and some picture programme that's on it, got a good programme already installed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powerrabbit Posted July 14, 2012 Share Posted July 14, 2012 Here's a few pictures taken earlier this evening that hopefully will demonstrate the zoom on the new camera. A big lump of granite 1/2 a mile away looking across the back of my fields. It was a little hazy as we'd just had a bit of thunder and a very heavy downpour. First is in mormal mode, second is 1/2 zoom, third is full zoom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC Posted July 15, 2012 Share Posted July 15, 2012 Looking a good buy Tim. That is quite a chuck of granite.....had that been in Aberdeen it would not remained like that ;D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powerrabbit Posted July 15, 2012 Share Posted July 15, 2012 Probably not the correct place to follow on Bill but there is another big lump of granite about the same distance to the West of me, this one is called Blackenstone rock, the previous one is called Heltor rock. They are in fact Tors, as the Tors on Dartmoor, extinct volcano 'plugs' from whence time began. There is a legend about these two rocks, it is said that a pair of giants lived on each one and they hated each other and hurled big rocks at each other until one eventually killed the other, it is said that this is why there are a large amount of big rocks more or less in a line in the fields between the two big rocks that 'fell short' when they were chucking them at each other, there is an area on the local map close by that is marked as 'giants grave' wher one of them was reputed to have been buried, there is a long deep depression in the ground visible. Here's Blackenstone rock. (Perhaps another thread should be started titled 'your area landmarks') Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jdeere6910 Posted July 15, 2012 Share Posted July 15, 2012 I love stories like that about how geological features have been explained. When I went to iceland theres hundreds of stories like this of giants and trolls from icelandic culture Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powerrabbit Posted July 15, 2012 Share Posted July 15, 2012 There is another local legend relating to this rock. It's said that back in the early 1600's a joung woman was drawn to the local little town fair by the sound of the music and festivities coming across on the wind, she succumbed to the temtation to go and left her newborn baby in its cot out in the garden of the house she lived in forgetting all about it. On her return home the next morning the cot was empty and no child could be found. A month later the remains of the child were discovered on top of the rock of which the crows were said to have taken the child and picked its bones clean. Said to be a true story, even an article was printed in a local paper in the 1950's about it, something to do with a series of articles on local legends that the paper was running at the time. Dartmoor is full of legends and mysteries. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC Posted July 15, 2012 Share Posted July 15, 2012 (edited) Probably not the correct place to follow on Bill but there is another big lump of granite about the same distance to the West of me, this one is called Blackenstone rock, the previous one is called Heltor rock. They are in fact Tors, as the Tors on Dartmoor, extinct volcano 'plugs' from whence time began. There is a legend about these two rocks, it is said that a pair of giants lived on each one and they hated each other and hurled big rocks at each other until one eventually killed the other, it is said that this is why there are a large amount of big rocks more or less in a line in the fields between the two big rocks that 'fell short' when they were chucking them at each other, there is an area on the local map close by that is marked as 'giants grave' wher one of them was reputed to have been buried, there is a long deep depression in the ground visible. Here's Blackenstone rock. (Perhaps another thread should be started titled 'your area landmarks') I'll second you on that one Tim and better too since we don't want to be caught going off topic...I have a couple of stories on local landmarks as well ;D.......back on topic... today 3 99's at Alford today when I took the folks a run in their car which hasn't been out for a couple of months. Edited July 15, 2012 by BC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMB Posted July 15, 2012 Share Posted July 15, 2012 The zoom on that camera is stupendous! These photos are compelling me to dig my Dartmoor books out, always been fascinated by the place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powerrabbit Posted July 15, 2012 Share Posted July 15, 2012 Can be a bugger of a place in the dead of winter, you have to make sure your log and coal shed is full, also your oil tank and the deep freezer and it's always a good idea to keep your standby generator serviced. Nice place in the spring, summer and autumn but we can get all four seasons together in one day at any time of the year. There are literally hundreds of books on Dartmoor, I've got quite a large and extensive library of them, some are now very rare, especially early copies and can command quite high prices. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jdeere6910 Posted July 16, 2012 Share Posted July 16, 2012 (edited) We've just bought a brand new Nissan Navara 2.5 tekna in silver to replace the 112000 mile Isuzu trooper Edited July 16, 2012 by Jdeere6910 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted July 16, 2012 Share Posted July 16, 2012 a "dine-saw" off peppa pig, because our little grand daughter loves peppa pig, just so she can see georges cuddly toy, al that money making the show and she goes for the 3rd part character??? :laugh: :laugh: kids Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMarshallModels Posted July 16, 2012 Share Posted July 16, 2012 Iphone 4s! ohyess now we're talking ;D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MF-ROB Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 This little Red and grey number well I bought two one for Mrs Nats and one for my good self Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Tractor Twitcher Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 A few more bits for my house, ironing board, CD rack and a bread bin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike R Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 Today I bought a Cub Cadet lawn tractor 24hp with a 50 inch deck from my local dealer with a discount off of £800 I cant wait to use it on Monday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Palmer Posted August 4, 2012 Share Posted August 4, 2012 well waiting for the comet truck to turn up,time from 7 am to 7pm given,new washing machine,last week the shower backed up,so a new shower,at the same time,oven inner glaas door blown,and about 2 months ago the dyson packed up,so a very expensive last 2 months Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Palmer Posted August 4, 2012 Share Posted August 4, 2012 well waiting for the comet truck to turn up,time from 7 am to 7pm given,new washing machine,last week the shower backed up,so a new shower,at the same time,oven inner glaas door blown,and about 2 months ago the dyson packed up,so a very expensive last 2 months washing machine turned up at about 10.30,had a call to say it was about an hour away,they took the old machine,and i had the easy job of connecting it,i now hope nothing else goes wrong!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Posted August 22, 2012 Share Posted August 22, 2012 Finally got myself a Proxxon saw, well it's on order and will be here in 5-7 days!!! I went for the FET model which you can alter the blade angle on for 45 degree cuts. Can't wait to start cutting stuff up, lots more stuff being built at "ches-Barry" 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMB Posted August 22, 2012 Share Posted August 22, 2012 That looks the business Barry, does it have a work application or is it just for 'play'? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Posted August 22, 2012 Share Posted August 22, 2012 Just for play. I'm getting tired of cutting plastic with a knife, and there are so many things I want to make that require cutting stuff, hopefully with this i'll be making lots of things, plus I want to have a go at making some buildings, cow shed and machinery shed etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pistol pete Posted August 23, 2012 Share Posted August 23, 2012 just ordered a new smax titanium sport not bad trading ing in the old one and they are giving me a new one and 500 quid back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deere-est Posted August 23, 2012 Share Posted August 23, 2012 Finally got myself a Proxxon saw, well it's on order and will be here in 5-7 days!!! I went for the FET model which you can alter the blade angle on for 45 degree cuts. Can't wait to start cutting stuff up, lots more stuff being built at "ches-Barry" Stuck up git. I hope you cut your bloody fingers off with it! The extendable bench top is also a nice addition to this I think too 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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