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Thanks very much everybody for your detailed advice (y)

Thanks everyone for the advice (y)

Good morning all Just posting a question on behalf of my eldest son who has just bought his first house. The property is currently uninsulated and he's trying to decide between cavity wall and 270mm loft insulation. He can only stretch to getting one of them done. He's read some horror stories...

As you probably know, sometimes the reality doesn't match up Bodian.

Going back to what CM said earlier regarding the Lightroom tools for photo enhancement, here's an example, again the pic was taken in Rio looking the other way (some might recognise it from The James Bond film). This is only for the less experienced photogs on this thread, I don't mean to tell...

14000 is seven weeks of taking pics all day every day, 1200 of those were in just one night. I had been given a press pass for the Carnival del Pais in Gualeguaychu in Argentina which meant I could stand on the corsodrome track as the 5 hour procession of dancers and floats came by. So much bare...

My first camera was a Zenith E in '78, followed by the afforementioned Pentax K1000 which I had to flog in Stockholm when I ran out of money, after that a Nikon EM which I had to flog in Spain when I again ran out of money. Then Contax RTS 2 (lovely camera) after that all medium format cameras...

Here's 2 Panoramas from my recent South America trip. First one is Rio skyline and second one is from The Atacama desert in Chile. Now processing 14000 pics from trip

Well, my 5 year old grandson thought it was hilarious, so did the mother in law :blush::blush:

FFS chaps

Bit weird. Have I upset you :kiss:

Recently, there was a football match between the animals and the insects. At half time the animals were 3-0 up. At the start of the 2nd half the insects brought on their star player, a centipede called Dave. At the end of the match the insects had won 7-3 with Dave the centipede scoring all 7...

I used to be the brochure photographer for 'The Magic of Italy' back in the day and for a few years used to be there most summers as I specialised In Tuscany and Umbria, so here's my suggestions. I can recommend Siena, particularly during the twice yearly Palio (29 June-2nd July and 13-16...

It's all a matter of taste, innit ;)

WTF too. Prices have sky rocketed, litre bottles now £13. Sesame oil which is a good alternative has remaind the same price, now seems great value