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  1. I don't like Januarys either. The descent into darkest Winter seems to go easily (Christmas etc) but the long uphill haul out is terrible. I say that by mid-February things (light-wise) get better but end-February / early March can still be damned cold around our way. (Dreams of 2012- end February / early March - when my wife & I had first vacation without the children. We flew to Teneriffe & whilst on a guided hike through the caldera my wife's phone rang - "how do you cook noodles?". We did get to the top of Teide being very fortunate with the weather.)
  2. Just been SKYPing with my brother in the UK. His daughter (recently qualified as a doctor & working in A & E of a London hospital) now has Covid for the second time. Does not bode well. First time was April & in July had a positive anitbody test. He wrote that she had also been vaccinated but might have been infected around the same time.
  3. I enjoyed both those videos. Must be >45 years since I visited the Broads. I can appreciate the tranquility of being almost alone in December. I had the hope of being able to bring my (German) wife over for a vacation on the Broads but Covid-19 & Brexit plus time marching on makes it increasingly unlikely.
  4. As a (retired) Computer Scientist I leave the control of the TV / Fire Stick / Netflix to wife/daughter (same for the washing machine). I don't watch much TV - but yesterday evening there was an excellent report "Iceland's unknown northeast" on the regional TV channel. Also recently there has been a plethora of programs on the numerous Swiss railways - with excellent photography.
  5. Not specifically related to the Broads but fitting for today (the 21st): The Unconquered Sun by Steeleye Span. My wife & I saw them perform this on the 21st December 2009 in the Buxton Opera House.
  6. Our meeting & accomodation was in the Grande Hotel - on an island in the Danube. Probably a good idea to keep us locked in! Our meetings were organised by Andras - a meteorologist by profession, ably supported by his good-looking wife Diana & 2 further colleagues. I almost put my proverbial foot in it when at some stage I aksed Diana whether she also flew - in good English she replied that aviation was her hobby & occupation. OK I thought - maybe she worked at the airport. "I am captain Boeing 737 since 12 years"!!!!
  7. I was in Budapest for 3 nights early March this year attending the Plenary Meeting of the International Gliding Commision. We got the meeting in just before the lockdowns started. On the evening of the first meeting day the Hungarian Gliding folks organised an evening cruise (with dinner) on the Danube. All the bridges & many buildings are illuminated. Even with a simple camera I got some decent photos - here the parliament building:
  8. For a long time my mother would make Yorkshire Pudding (baked in a single dish) that turned out with the consistency of neoprene wet suit. Once she started to use milk/water 50/50 things improved. Mine turn out as shown in post -6 above.
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    Christmas?!

    Yesterday I drove past a large-as-life Rudolf mounted on a balcony, made out of wire mesh & covered with white LEDs. Shudder...
  10. IIRC the refurbishing & addition of cabin was done as a reward for salvaging the Margoletta on Breydon. Hint: Coot Club was the very first AR that I ever read aged about 10 - there was a tattered hardback copy in the classroom library.
  11. I believe at one stage they fired / let go / <whatever> the development team & restarted with fresh (=cheaper) developers. Premiere Elements runs on both. For users of PE its a "must" to join the forum for advice: https://community.adobe.com/t5/premiere-elements/bd-p/premiere-elements Steve Grisetti of Muvipix.com gives a free 8-part Basic Training for Premiere Elements 2021
  12. We started off using Pinnacle back in 2003 when we bought a second-hand digital CAMcorder (not HD back in those days) using miniDV tapes. In 2014 we "upgraded" to a HD Camcorder (Panasonic HC-V727) & needed new PC & new software. Since our son had used Adobe Premiere Elements (PE) for some school project we moved to that (version 14). This has served our needs up to now when I just got a new PC & have thus moved to PE 2021 (recently released). The support from Adobe (from the sub-continent) such as it exists is minimal but there is a pretty good user-to-user forum which has solved some issues I have & given a number of tips which I have used. A number of people report trouble with the "green line " or "purple haze" syndromes which appear to be related to the driver versions of certain graphic cards. SInce PE does not really use the graphics engine its best to have a good CPU & not really invest in a graphics card (my PC uses the simple graphics within the CPU). PE seems to use multiple cores / threads well when rendering. A hint: although some video editting tools (including PE) offer the ability to export a completed video direct to YouTube its advisable to export to MP4 file on your PC, verify that its what you want & then you YouTube to upload. Since YouTube (& others) keep changing their interfaces direct export usually ceases working after a time. Bottom line: Video editting software is like with cars - you only have trouble with the one that you own! I have a number of videos on YouTube - either travel (USA, UK, Mallorca/Ibiza) or flying...
  13. Wow - sounds as if things have gone really bad in the UK!
  14. This is to support the flabby chin - the one below the stiff upper lip!
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    Gnats

    The sad demise of WASP-EZE
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