BOY, DID I DO SOMETHING DUMB TUESDAY NIGHT

HAD TO RELY ON A FEW OF MY FILE PHOTOS TONIGHT,,,JUST TOO HOT FOR PICTURE TAKING THE PAST FEW DAYS

Knew it was going to be another boiler cooker of a day so I was in the Jeep early & headed for Henry's Camera Store in London Ontario this morning. Wanted to be there when they opened at 10 & back to Bayfield before the heavy heat & humidity set in again.  Although I did make it back shortly after 12 I did not escape being cooked!!

At Henry’s I had some questions about my new Nikon D3100 & needed an explanation of why the 'auto focus' will not work right with my older Nikkor 18-35mm lens. I read the manual & I searched the internet but was unable to come up with a workable answer to my on-line questions. I find mechanical or technical things easier if someone shows me or explains to me why things are the way they are. Understanding something I am reading seems to be more difficult for me these days.  Also wanted a knowledgeable camera person to actually handle the camera & lens to see if there was some kind of a definite problem between the lens & the camera. And, there was.  I was relieved it wasn’t just me.

Although my aging 18-55mm lens works fine with my older D90 & D40, the contact points were probably just a tad too worn for the new D3100. Long story short....I bought a new 18-55mm lens which works perfectly with the new camera now. No more auto-focus problems. I will put my older 18-55mm lens on my D40 & use that camera as a back-up. A back-up for what I don't know but it's just there if needed. I would say 90% of all my countless thousands of photos over the last 7 years have been taken with that dependable old 18-55mm lens. It has been a true workhorse of reliability for me. Kinda sad to gently retire my old friend but I am kind of like that with objects & things which have worked out well & brought me so many fond memories over the years.

Kelly checked on-line a few days ago about the cost of installing an A/C unit in our Jeep & found it would probably run in access of $2,000. So, that's not going to happen. Maybe trade the Jeep in for a vehicle with A/C?? No Sireeeeeeeeee, not getting rid of that little Jeep any time soon. It's my fav:))

 

Well, I did just about the dumbest thing Tuesday night. Late in the afternoon I clicked on the Park Theatre site in Goderich to see what movies were playing. It was half price Tuesday & figured if there was something remotely interesting at either one of the two on site theatres I would go. One of the theatres had 'Grown Ups' playing. Knew right off that was not a movie for me. I'm not an Adam Sandler/David Spade or Chris Rock fan. With those guys in it I already new the high school level mentality would be trashy & just plain dumb. The second theatre had an animation movie playing called 'Despicable Me 2. Couldn't remember the last time I had ever seen a full length animation movie at a theatre. Decades, maybe even half a century. Decided to give 'Despicable Me 2' a try & by 7:30 last night I was in Goderich imbedded in the line up outside the theatre.

One ticket for 'Despicable Me 2' please. Walked into the lobby, up the steps & straight into the big theatre ahead of me. I always like to sit right in the center half way between the front & back seats. I am always on the early side so I am always able to find the seat I prefer. Movie didn't start for half an hour so I tinkered around with my Canon Powershot camera which I always carry with me. Sharply at 8 the lights dimmed & the up-coming movie previews began. A few minutes later we were through the previews & it was time for the main feature....'Despicable Me 2' right.........................

THIS TROPICAL LITTLE BIRD FELLOW IS MADE OUT OF WOOD & SITS ON OUR COMPUTER DESK
Wrong!!!!! For a second or two I thought a preview for ‘Grown Ups’ had popped onto the screen. But, it wasn't a preview. ‘OH NO’.........I was in the wrong theatre!!!!!!!! Quickly realized I had 2 options. Either get up immediately, embarrass myself, disrupt half a dozen people sitting on the right side of me, walk over to the other theatre, grovel around in the dark & disrupt another dozen people trying to find a seat, or.......I could just suck up my mistake, stay quietly where I was & sit through a movie I already knew was going to be crappy. Nine out of ten people would have chosen the first option. Why am I always that tenth person!!

Stayed where I was & toughed out the next hour & a forty minutes. But here was the scary part for me. The theatre was packed & from all around me came the sounds of kids & teen-agers practically rolling in the aisles with laughter. I'm sitting there thinking to myself, this is the stupidest, the dumbest, & the very much most worst movie I have ever seen in my entire life. Some people even clapped when the movie was finally over. Have I slid that far down the slippery slope of life that I have lost my sense of humor. Well, in defense of myself, no I have not lost my sense of humor. It's just not on the level anymore of cheesy site gags, crappy dialogue, mediocre actors,(except for Kevin James) & cheap potty humor.  And all that probably thrown together by some director kid fresh out of high school because that was the mentality level this movie was produced at. In my humble opinion this movie was just plain baaaaaaaaad!!  Oh, & did I mention I was again probably the oldest person sitting in the theatre??  Okay, guess I forgot that part:((
On the way out of the theatre I glanced over to the other side of the confection bar in the lobby & saw the entrance for theatre 2, where I should have been!! I was then struck by a second scary thought. It was totally by accident that I had walked into the correct theater the last two times I had come to a movie there last month. When I walked into that lobby tonight my mind did not for one mili-second think of the second theatre. And, I do not remember any kind of lighted sign indicating which movie was playing in which theatre. Oh well, worst movie of ever or not, it was just worth it to get out & do something different.  And darn good thing it was half price movie night too.  My little foible cost me all of $6 & I am wondering today if it constitutes as a ‘Senior Moment’:))

It was the photo of Timber stretched out with a leg & paw stretched across his little stuffed toy teddy bear that caught my eye over at RV SUE & HER CANINE CREW'S blog.  There is quite an ongoing story here about a man & his dog Sue met a year ago while wandering & boondocking her way around the West.  To catch up with the on-going saga of Rusty & Timber just head on over to Sue’s blog & see why Sue is excited about an email she received Tuesday.  Be sure to follow her link for the full story.  It has a happy ending but you might want to take a few tissues along with you anyway…………………..  
 
GROANER'S CORNER:(( Did you know that if a man can be properly trained he can become a dog's best friend. Yes, it's actually true......................
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