Peaceful Swiss Alps – Gstaad
Thought for the day…”Life is 10 percent what you make it, and 90 percent how you take it”
“We learn the ropes of life by untying the knots”.
Did you know that there are 4 official languages in Switzerland (Swiss German, French, Italian and Romansh)? Swiss German is the main language, with about 64% of the population using it. And did you know that the abbreviation for Switzerland, CH comes from Confoederatio Helvetica, which is latin, and was chosen as a neutral alternative to using one of the 4 official languages. It has the second highest life expectancy in the world (Japan is first), and also a high divorce rate (around 43%). The wrist watch was invented here in 1868 (Patek Philippe). The photo today is of the Swiss town of Gstaad, in the southwest of the country. About 9200 people live in this expensive resort, home to the famous such as Julie Andrews, Bernie Ecclestone and previously Roger Moore, Elisabeth Taylor and Roman Polanski. It looks very quiet in the photo though……
and another photo from the archives….fireworks over Bergen, Norway
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The megapixel race
Thought for the day…” Remember- you are unique. Just like everyone else”.
“Laughter is a tranquilizer with no side effects, so keep taking it regularly”.
Just been reading the latest issue of Amateur Photographer magazine, and learning about the latest and greatest cameras that are being released, some of which now come with over 40 megapixels of resolution. I read a very interesting letter on the dpreview.com forum (dpreview.com is an excellent website for anyone interested in photography) from a man who was selling his Fuji camera. He was very happy with the excellent quality photos that it produced and the very high resolution BUT he went on to say that all he ever did was to look at his pictures on the computer screen, so having so many pixels was wasted. The camera produced fantastic quality pictures, but for HIS needs, it was too much. I am sure that many people will sympathize with his views…do we really need upwards of 40mp resolution? How many photos are we actually going to print or enlarge to a huge size? And if we are just going to look at them on a computer screen then those extra pixels may indeed be wasted. I will stick with my 16mp Fuji camera for now…the results are totally ok for my needs. No need to upgrade to a 40mp camera…..I just do not need the extra pixels. Sorry Canon, sorry Sony, I am just not interested !!
Today’s photo is reduced in quality for the internet…..but shows Furusund in the Swedish archipeligo at sunset..
and another photo from the archives….a happy cyclist in the Challenge Wanaka Triathlon competition…..
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Street corner colour – Riga, Latvia
Thought for the day…”About the time that we can make ends meet, somebody moves the ends”.
A bit of street life in the Latvian capital city of Riga for the photo today….and not much action judging by the photo. About 640 000 people live in the this city, or about 1/3 of the entire population of Lativa. Temperatures in the city in winter can fall to -20 or -25 degrees. It became independent from the Soviet Union in 1991, and interestingly, after independence around 290 000 people (about 14% today) were left with no citizenship of any country. Latvia is also home to Europe’s widest waterfall, the 110m wide Ventas Rumba Falls. Apparently, the studs on jeans were invented in Latvia, when the Latvian Jacob Davis joined with Levi Strauss.
and another photo from the archives..the waterfalls at Iguazu, Brail…..
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Last light of the day….from above
Thought for the day…”I’ll try anything once, twice if I like it, and three times to make sure” (Mae West).
“Sex is emotion in motion” (Mae West).
Up in the air……Who is the biggest? The largest airline in the world (in terms of revenue, profit and fleet size) is the American Airlines group. In terms of passengers, Delta is the world’s biggest private airline, with around 129 million passengers a year. Emirates Airlines (UAE) is government owned, but their revenue last year was around USD 24.2 BILLION. It used to be fun at one time, but now the security checks, check-in procedures and overcrowded airports have certainly taken the gloss away. I often wonder who actually votes for the airlines that ‘win’ the awards for the world’s best airlines, but Singapore Airlines get my vote…..as does Singapore Airport (SIN) for the world’s best airport. Norway’s Oslo (OSL) airport certainly deserves an award, not for comfort or for convenience, but for the lack of facilities and unpleasant surroundings. Every time that I fly into or out of OSL I am struck by what a DISGRACE it is for Norway. It does not get any better either.
Work means that I fly more than I would like but occasionally there are some perks….like this sunset last month, seen from an aircraft window in Norway….
and another photo from the archives…an unlucky weekend motorist (Ferrari) gets a ticket in Stockholm, Sweden….
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They deserve to go out of business……Norwegian Post
Thought for the day…” Make your life a mission, not an intermission”.
Customers can forgive a lot, IF they see that a company is trying. Mistakes will be made, that is natural, and customers will generally forgive IF the company is seen to be trying to resolve the problem. But not Posten.no (Norway Post). Not once, but TWICE they have messed up a delivery coming from New Zealand to Oslo. They delivered the letter to the WRONG address, then sent it back to New Zealand for a second time. But the worst thing is that they do not want to try to put matters right. They will not even give out the email address of the customer manager. Try emailing them…..and you will wait a long time for a pathetic reply. Try asking them for compensation, and again you will wait and wait. They really are hopeless. They deserve to go out of business with staff like that working for them. Bad enough that they messed up the delivery the first time, but to do it TWICE and then send the letter back to New Zealand AFTER I had emailed them to advise them of the problem is unforgiveable. Guess who will be avoiding Norway Post in future?? I hope that bankruptcy comes soon.
The photo today is from rural Ethiopia……..not sure what they were looking at……..
and another photo from the archives….autumn in Geilo, Norway
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