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Has anyone else here bought a computer from Dell? And if so, how were your dealings with them? My saga begins a few months ago when my 2 HP laptops began developing faults. The one on which I store my photos suddenly lost partitions on the hard drive and I installed a new HD with Linux. Then...

"1 Shade of Grey" This hornet got more than he bargained for when he dropped into a pot of grey paint. Still, he later flew away, somewhat whiter if not wiser.

Hangover? The worst bit is waking up and seeing yourself in the mirror

Agelena labyrinthica Funnel Web Spider on rain-spattered web

Tiny female Ballus chelybeius. Unfortunately she wouldn't sit still long enough to enable me to set up properly.

Anyone who is interested in jumping spiders must have wondered at sometime why male Zebra spiders (Salticus scenicus) have such ridiculously long chelicerae -jaws). I zoomed in on this photo and discovered why. Their fangs are extremely impressive though they barely exceed 1mm in a fully grown...

As much as I detest the term and the whole (usually staged) concept, this is the perfect example of a "photobomb" .

This guy should have been named Badass maximus. 3 cm long and nasty as hell. I"d just fished him out of the canal (okay, I was to blame for him falling in in the first place, but he was too magnificent to leave to the fish) and I managed to get close (2 inches) while he dried out. By the...

A few more Scorpion Fly shots

Just got back after 2 laptops died in 3 days. Dell promised delivery of a new one in 48 hours but still waiting after 2 weeks. I managed to cobble together one from two this afternoon. Heron

Male Scorpion Fly

Hi,guys! Just got back after two horrendous computer failures and presently working on a Linux machine with dodgy keyboard. This is a photo I took last Sunday of a Common Sparrow with partial Leucism, causing the white feathers on the wings. Apparently it is quite rare.

Motacilla alba

Tiny (2.5mm long) Heliophanus cupreus male

The little darling climbing onto my sleeve.

I came across this beautiful little female Marpissa muscosa while working on a boat this afternoon. I coaxed her onto my hand and went off to get my camera. She ran up my arm and settled down on my collar. It was only when I re'turned to the boat that she jumped off. This is her sitting on my...

This has to be(e) a candidate for the "almost" photo of the decade. A stack of 12 photos. I only discovered during processing that I hadn't got the right antenna in focus.

Just come out of hibernation. I work outside in the cold so I don't like spending my free time outside. First Zebra of the season. "Skelping a backside" as we would say in Scotland . :D

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Europorte Vossloh Euro 4000 diesel-electric No 4009.