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Are the osprey pictures live? It looks dusk at worst, whereas it has been pitch black here for at leats 3 hours.

Hello, Elle,
Here is a list of tablets that Curry's have.
https://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/computing/tablets-and-ereaders/tablets/149_3402_32003_xx_xx/1_20/price-asc/xx-criteria.html
I have set the page from "low" prices to "high" (if it works!)
You can use the filters on the left of the page to narrow your search.
For instance, screen size, manufacturer, price range, etc.
Bound to be something suitable there!

Chris
Yes, the video is live.
The camera is lighting the nesyvwith infrared

excuse typo
the nest with infrared

Hi, Rusty!
Well, as you know I am afraid of heights and I hate flying....and no one would ever get me on another plane .......
But setting all that aside and daydreaming......
I would go to see friends in either New Zealand or Canada!
Ah, I appreciate the opera clue!
My problem there was in not knowing the name of the opera required.
I can see now that the answer is "Nabucco" minus "co" (reversed) giving "Cuban."
A nice one!
I would never have got 27a. though.......
I know "eta" is the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet...but why is it plural?
The clue indicates more than one character, yes, but I would have thought different ones, not more of the same?
I don't like it!
Thank you very much for taking the time and trouble to find out the info about tablets for me!
It is most kind of you.
I will save the link and will study it at leisure tomorrow., when I can appreciate what I am reading!
My brain is going into 'Defunct' mode right now!
Our rain has finally stopped!




Hello, Chris!
Mmm, I don't like that Greek letters clue.......it seems feeble to be using the plural of the same letter......
I've given up assessing when the webcam picture are live or otherwise!
But the lighting is probably because of the infra -red camera?
And don't forget for future occasions that it gets darker very much later in Scotland than it does here.

Hello, Elle!
Well, can I choose Seattle?
For no other reason than a pal of mine was working there once and he told me it was a very beautiful city.
He loved it.
So, if I get a hole in one, I'll go to Seattle....maybe!
Ah! I am surprised you had not heard of Nabucco?
One of my very favourite bits of music comes from that opera.
"The Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves."
That would be one of my "Desert Island Discs".
As Verdi's funeral cortege was passing through Milan, the crowds sang that.
Elle, I did not like 27a, too.
I am sure the setter could have come up with something better.
The rest of his puzzle was very good, too.
Yes, save the link and use the filters and when you are done filtering, save the page again, and their will be much less to pick from.
Or email it to your daughters for opinions?

Mmmm - mine doesn't look like an IR picture; the sky background is quite oale, and I can see colours...

Hi, Rusty!
Seattle - according to Google - "a city on Puget Sound in the Pacific Northwest is surrounded by water, mountains and evergreen forests, and contains thousands of acres of parkland"
It sounds great!
This is not really relevant, but I watched Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan is the film "Sleepless in Seattle"........ a nice film, I enjoyed it!.
I'm afraid that I'm not at all well up on opera, Rusty - it is not a genre that I much like.
I could do with a little more knowledge though, as it would at least be useful for answering crosswords!
I shall do as you say with regard to the tablets link.......and will also forward it to the girls to see what they think.
An early walk tomorrow as usual despite its being the Easter weekend!
"Time and tide wait for no man" (and his dog).......... or some such ........




My picture of the osprey nest is b&w, Chris?......no colour?

Good morning, Elle!
Yes, that's what my pal told me about Seattle.
He told me I would love it!
And...I saw "Sleepless in Seattle", too.
I thought it it was a fine picture.
Now, I know very little about opera, but some arias appeal to me.
Yes, get the girls on board if you decide to get a tablet.
Do they have tablets at home?
It's a bit dull here, rain to come, I think.
Lassie all alone in her nest, so far.

Good morning, Rusty!
I am just home from the park.
A damp day here.....more heavy rain forecast soon.
I think we are in for a very wet Easter!
Our younger daughter and family are already en route for Swanage.
I think her plan was to arrive about 11 o'clock, so they should be nearly there.
You were asking about the girls' mobile devices.......
I am not sure just what they have.----.laptops definitely .....and "all singing and dancing" mobile phones .........these phones appear to do everything......!
(Is there a mobile phone that can take the dog for a walk?)
I am not sure about tablets?
Younger daughter had a Hudl 2 at one stage .
I looked in on the ospreys , but the nest is empty.
Have you got anything planned for the day?