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\"NIKON<\/a>… arrived in this box at my apartment this morning in this box.<\/p>\n

To give you some idea, the dimensions of the box are 50cms by 37cms by 17cms – in other words – it’s a pretty big box<\/p>\n

As regular readers of this rubbish will recall, I’m expecting a clothing delivery (that also came this afternoon) but that was in a bigger, heavier box. This box was quite light.
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\"nikon<\/a>This is the answer.<\/p>\n

Something else that I was expecting today was the repaired lens for the Nikon 1 J5 camera<\/a> – the one that was repaired on a factory recall. <\/p>\n

That lens is 3cms deep and has a diameter of 5.8cms, and sure enough, they had sent it back to me in that enormous box.<\/p>\n

I really don’t know what must go through the minds of some people. I really don’t.
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Just for a change just recently, I’d had a really good sleep and was awake bright-eyed and bushy-tailed long before the alarm. I even managed to beat the second alarm.<\/p>\n

And after breakfast and a little relax, I made a start on unloading Caliburn.<\/p>\n

But there were several interruptions.<\/p>\n

\"learner<\/a>We’ve seen several buses try to force their way through the tight corner into the Place d’Armes, but today we really touched rock-bottom.<\/p>\n

The Place d’Armes now seems to be a destination to HGV learner-drivers. We had one of those here this morning doing his best to negotiated the very tight corner. <\/p>\n

Luckily he made it without demolishing anything, but if this is goinf to become a learner-route, it won’t be long before the wall disappears underneath an errant lorry.
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The second interruption was telephoning the bank. It took them a while to answer but not anything like 25 minutes. And the matter was resolved in minutes, although the person to whom I spoke had to put his head in the fridge to stop his ears burning.<\/p>\n

And a series of e-mails has arrived that seems to indicate to me that the transfer has indeed taken place. So watch this space.<\/p>\n

Once that was out of the way, I started to bring the furniture out of Caliburn and assemble it. <\/p>\n

I now have a kitchen trolley for the kettle and coffee machine etc, a larger kitchen trolley for a work surface (the table can return to being a table), several shelf units for CDs and DVDs, a set of shelves in the bathroom and a cupboard underneath the sink.<\/p>\n

The bedroom and office furniture isn’t unloaded yet, but I might have a go at some of that tomorrow morning if I can. This place is slowly looking like it might be a home.<\/p>\n

\"marit\u00e9<\/a>This afternoon I went for my walk around the headland, and there was Marit\u00e9, back in her berth in the harbour.<\/p>\n

This photo here was taken with the repaired lens. I wanted to see if it’s working – and working properly ytoo, because it’s going to be playing a very important role in a little project that I have in mind.<\/p>\n

It mustn’t fail when I’m off on my travels or I will be upset.
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\"marit\u00e9<\/a>Having taken a photo with the repaired lens, I took a photograph of the same scene with the telephoto lens.<\/p>\n

It’s been cropped and enlarged to bring out the best in Marit\u00e9.<\/p>\n

But comparing the two different original photos taken with the different lenses will show me whether or not there’s a discrepancy between the images, but they look pretty good to me.<\/p>\n

There is a difference, but it’s not big enough to worry me too much.
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\"neighbour<\/a>Later that evening, I was outside socialising. And that’s not like me is it?<\/p>\n

A mysterious notice appeared on our door announcing a get-together for the inhabitants of the building, and I need to be much more sociable than I am.<\/p>\n

So I made one of my lentil, onion and rice curries (not too spicy for the French palate of course) in the slow cooker while I had a chat to Rosemary on the phone. And then I went off downstairs with my food.<\/p>\n

I was there for two hours too, and I wasn’t the first to leave. I’m definitely not feeling myself, am I? And just as well for it’s a disgusting habit anyway.
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Now I really will have to have an early night. There’s so much to do tomorrow. So an early night is called for. I’ve not crashed out today, with being so busy.<\/p>\n

But my apartment is starting to look nice now. It’s about time too.<\/p>\n

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