Irritations

[Mayfly]

A new 1TB hard drive will cost you about £60 - can't you transfer the data yourself? - especially as they said theres nothing wrong with it or can you not access it at all?

[Minty4371]

A new 1TB hard drive will cost you about £60 - can't you transfer the data yourself? - especially as they said theres nothing wrong with it or can you not access it at all?

I couldn't access the HDD, that is why it went in for checking.
1Tb HDD is £60 plus VAT
HDD check and transfer data is £39 plus VAT

[Mayfly]

I was confused because they said there was nothing wrong with it. Have you tried it in another USB port - or something else in that port?

[Minty4371]

I was confused because they said there was nothing wrong with it. Have you tried it in another USB port - or something else in that port?

I have tried the HDD in all 3 ports, and nothing. Tried USB Memory sticks in all 3 ports, and they all worked.

[Mayfly]

I have the same problem with some of my sdhc cards - they are recognised if I boot with them in but not if inserted after I have booted. It is a work round but a pain in the butt so I bought myself a card reader.

[Hihonyr8811]

Being locked in the bathroom at home was quite irritating.

Good job I'm pretty good at DIY, the lock had jammed the handle down so even though it turned the door was essentially locked, mum had to pass me a screwdriver through the window so I could take the whole handle off and give it a jiggle (that's a technical term ) to 'un-lock' it to reattach it to open the door.

Trip to wicks is in order for a new handle as it now "locks" every time you shut the door trapping you inside .

[Mayfly]

Oh dear what can the matter be ....Helens locked in the..........


Good job you live in a bungalow!!

[Aceyone]

Could be worse,you might have been locked out

[Mayfly]

[Hihonyr8811]

We did discuss what we would have done had we been locked out, as both the lock and hinges are on the inside. Taking the outer handle off didn't do anything, and it's not a key it's a mechanisms so we;d probably have had to cut the door off somehow. Luckily we have very generous neighbours if you know what I mean plus next door owes us for looking after her cat

[Mayfly]

Buying season tickets to see places of interest only the first couple of times we go to use them we are told we can't enter at the appointed time as there is a wedding on!!

[Aceyone]

The BBC twittering on about Up to 90 Afghans detained at Camp Bastion ,possibly illegally while our soldiers are still being killed out there,does anyone care ?

[Mayfly]

Roofers who put their foot through my landing ceiling

[Hihonyr8811]

Dust.
Specifically the stuff that has got inside my big lens and has made it unusable.
Not that it worked properly anyway

I should never have bought that blasted camera

[Aceyone]

Dust.
Specifically the stuff that has got inside my big lens and has made it unusable.
Not that it worked properly anyway

I should never have bought that blasted camera

Oh dear what lens and what camera may I ask ,please ?

[Hihonyr8811]

Canon 1100D and a Tamron something or other 70-300

I have two specks on the sensor that have been there since day one, but I can hide them and they don't really bother me when I use my little lens for landscapes, but this lens has been nothing but trouble, I've moaned several times about the issues I've had on here somewhere. But I never got a chance to take it back to Jessops before it shut

This is what I get on photos.





I'm even embarrassed to post them here to be honest

[Tonka 71]

is there dust trapped inside the lens or have you got more sensor dots. If it's sensor dots turn yourcamera with the lens off face down and blow it out with a rocket blower.

Hope ths helps

[Hihonyr8811]

Just to show the difference, here's a bad photo of the only white back ground I could find at nine thirty at night taken with my little lens, no dust.



I've tried using my blower, don't do a thing. Like I said I've got two specks that I've had since the beginning, and no amount of squeezing that thing works
It's definitely inside the big lens between the glass, you can look inside and see it, but I can't find a way to get rid of it.

[Olicat]

can we see a picture of the dust on the lens too?

[Hihonyr8811]

Aren't the other two photos good enough?

[Olicat]

I meant looking into the lens Sorry, should've made that clear

[Hihonyr8811]

I have no idea how to do that..

[Olicat]

You have another lens right? just mount that on the camera and take a picture of the glass on the dusty one

[Hihonyr8811]

Being accused of steeling someone else's video

Lets forget the moral factor for a second, I wouldn't even know how to go about steeling someone's video far too technical for me easier to just film it myself

Anyway, they saw the error of their ways and apologised, so all is good
It's a first for me, still irritating though.

[Bubbles]

Brake control relay valves and hydraulics.