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But this is a learning curve, which is different. The x axis is knowledge, or how much you have learnt, and the y axis is time, or how long it takes to learn that amount of knowledge.

Have a look at the diagram DWU2 posted. If you’re on the steep part of the learning curve you are learning quickly with more to learn in the near future.

This all started with the expression "I'm on the steep part of the learning curve", which got shortened to "A steep learning curve" or even "it's a learning curve" by people who have no idea what a learning curve is. It happens to all sorts of sayings, which get shortened from the original, like "pride goes before a fall", or "gilding the lily" (both biblical).

But not with the same style!

[quote=Architect1776]This is an interesting claim.
Seeing as Hasselblad and Leica the only 250mm lenses I know of, and believe they are not current lenses, outside some view camera lenses. Were there any other 250mm lenses made for 35mm cameras? So the claim below is interesting like saying the fastest 24 wheel bicycle in the world.

There was at least one other, the Minolta 250mm f5.6 mirror lens. I have one from about 1980. Not by any means the sharpest lens, but fun to play with. I put it on my Sony a6500, which has IBIS, so camera shake is pretty much taken care of. This photo was hand-held at 1/60, and taken through double glazing, but shows the very shallow DOF you get with mirror lenses, as well as the weird bokeh.

They are very sought after for some reason, and fetch about £1000 to £1300 on ebay.

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Yes, I've got one in my car, connects via USB, and shuffles tracks. Had it about eight years now. Still connects to iTunes to add new tracks.

But they are all God’s creatures, and I’m sure He treats them all equally. It’s only us who values one animal above another.

Why does that matter? Surely if one animal can go to heaven, then any animal can. Or are we saying that pets get special treatment, but not domestic animals. And what about wild animals? There could be lions, tigers, bears....

So if our late pets are waiting to greet us in heaven with all their love, how about all those bullocks, lambs, chickens, geese, turkeys etc that we've been eating all these years? I hate to think how they will react when they see us. (I forgot the pigs!)

FastStone is excellent. You can easily compare two or more photos side by side, enlarge them as well. And it’s free! I’ve been using it for years.

But that’s not what a wristwatch is for. It’s for keeping an eye on the time - “We’re running a bit late, let’s get a move on”. Anybody remember the original Bulova Accutron? One of the first battery powered watches. It had a vibrating tuning fork, and the mechanism counted the vibrations, converting that to time. Incredibly accurate compared to contemporary watches. You can still buy them used.

I have two "luxury" watches, one is an Omega Seamaster, which was a 21st birthday present from my parents. That was 55 years ago. The watch still works fine. I have tried to get it serviced, but have been told they don't have the parts any more. The other is a Rolex Oyster Perpetual Date Submariner which I bought for myself in 1993. I wear it every day. It has been serviced twice and still looks like new. They are both self-winding mechanical watches, so don't keep perfect time - the Rolex gains a second or two each day. But who needs to know the time to the exact second? Ask someone the time and they'll look at their watch and say something like "Almost ten to five". That's good enough for me.

For all those who don’t think spelling is important....

Eye have a spelling chequer
It came with my pea sea.
It plainly marques for my revue
Miss steaks eye can knot sea.

I strike a quay and type a word
And weight four it too say
Weather I am wrong oar write
It shows me strait a weigh.

As soon as a mist ache is maid
It nose bee four two long
And eye can put the error rite
Its really ever wrong.

Eye have run this poem threw it,
I am shore your pleased two no
Its letter perfect in it’s weigh,
My chequer tolled me sew.

(Sauce unknown)

Billingham are the best!