{"id":770,"date":"2004-07-10T14:22:00","date_gmt":"2004-07-10T14:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/u75blog\/?p=770"},"modified":"2010-07-14T14:41:12","modified_gmt":"2010-07-14T13:41:12","slug":"770","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/770\/","title":{"rendered":"Where\u2019s my chuffin\u2019 camera? (rant)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Where’s my chuffin’ camera?<\/strong><\/p>\n

(warning: dull rant ahead)<\/p>\n

Any of you who yawned through my extra-dull ‘what camera shall I buy’ marathon muse will recall that I finally settled on a Minolta A2 which performed admirably until its focusing went all jazz-funk<\/em> on me.<\/p>\n

So I took it back and ordered a super-swish Nikon D70 – my first SLR camera for 20 years!<\/p>\n

Or rather it would be if Nikon would get off their arses and produce one for me.<\/p>\n

It’s now been 6 weeks and rising on the waiting list. I want my camera! Now!<\/p>\n

(cue: sounds of feet stamping and toys being thrown out of pram)<\/p>\n

And while I’m in a ranting mood, here’s another thing that winds me up: publicly slobbering, fawning couples.<\/em><\/p>\n

Right now, I’m trying to enjoy a coffee and brie roll in the Photographers Gallery but facing me is two of the wettest<\/em> couples I’ve ever seen, all kissy, simpering, doe eyed and lovey-dovey.<\/p>\n

Stop it. Fuck off. This is a place for eating food not each other’s faces.<\/p>\n

The bastards.<\/p>\n

(guess whose girlfriend is away for the weekend!)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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