My boss has actually told me flat out that he and I would be the last guys out the door in a worst case scenario. I don't really know if it is because I'm indispensable, or because he's gotten used to essentially doing nothing and making me do his work, though.

I *do* know a lot of stuff that no one else does. I didn't do it on purpose. It just happened. I have twenty years of experience in my pathetically underpaid career.

I just did something really, really stoopid.

Messing about with my new (bout a month old, but only started using it a week ago) casio digital camera, and dropped it. Wouldn't turn off, so took out battery and put it back in. It half turned off but the lens wouldn't fully retract. Now for the stoopid bit... I applied pressure to the lens and basically forced it to retract. Yeah...pretty dumb huh> Even as I was doing it I was thinking, Dani wtf do you think you're doing?

So...now it won't come out. I get 'Lens error', it comes halfway out then gives up and retracts again.

I am going to have to send it to the Casio repair place; where the engineers will no doubt instantly realise that the damage was caused by 'impact damage' or 'improper use' meaning it won't be covered by the warranty and will therefore quote me a repair bill more or less equivalent to the purchase cost of the fucking camera.

What a fucking idiot am I ?

Grrrr.

I wasn't even doing anything useful with the camera. I was attempting to work out how to use the timer setting to do a very slightly nsfw self portrait for the Cellar. Serves me right. That's karma that is, for being vain :P

Oh no!!!! We will all be very disappointed we didn't get to see that. Lets add it to what upsets me today. :neutral:

Well, in the end I couldn't figure out the timing setting...so the shot I do have is at a slightly odd angle, since I am having to hold the camera up and point it at myself :P. Makes me look a little twisted. I'm not really that happy with it. I'll post it anyway tho.

Yeah!!! :) Thanks for making it all better!

Dana yer Howtness is what busted the camera !!

It fainted !!!

You are far too kind Zipp :P But I love you for it lol.

We had that happen to ours a few weeks ago dana. Beest fiddled with it some more and it got better again. try blowing some air to dislodge any muck that's trapped. shake it a bit. Call it bad names. Smack it like you would and empty fuel gauge....

mmmm. I'll try that. Though I suspect having forced it back into place I broke it fairly fundamentally :P

Well we did that too...... it was a little crunchy for a while once we got it working again, but recovered slowly.

Hmmm. I;ve tried blowing it. I've fiddled with it (yes I am still talking about the camera). It still gets halfway out then goes back in and gives me the lens error message :(

leave it 'til tomorrow. It'll probably feel better then. and if not, try grabbing it when halfway out and encouragin it to go further? i mean, can you make it worse?

and fuck it, d, it's 4am -go to bed!

lol you;re right. I really should go to sleep now

read a little tw, that should do it.....