Isn't it just typical........

[Lincs Yellowbelly]

........all week i've been trying to photograph Butterflies, and either they fly off at the wrong moment or they insist on feeding with shut wings

But this evening i nip out for a quick walk around a lake, without my camera(not expecting to see anything because its dull) and a Red Admiral is sat slap bang in the middle of a path and lets me wander to within a foot of it without flying off

I just knew something like that would happen

[colinaj]

I catch them place em in a jar in the fridge or portable cool box.. when cooled down place them backon the flowers etc & snap away.
One secret tip with Odonata is to get up at first light & check the reeds etc where you will see them roosting. With butterflies it is harder but if they are feeding on fruit they are usually so drunk you can get good snaps of them.
HTH
Colin.

[nicole]

heehee yes that is just typical and I really feel for you lincs as that kind of thing has happened to me in the past. We did some small mammal trapping at uni and me being really keen went along to all of the sessions (lol never woken up so early) and we caught nothing. So I thought to myself theres no point going to the last trapping session as all our efforts had been unsuccessful. Well guess what...on the last day they caught 4 shrews, 3 voles and 5 mice...thats just so typical..I could of kicked myself

[Lincs Yellowbelly]

I think its called sods law

[nicole]

Originally Posted by Lincs Yellowbelly

I think its called sods law

heehee yea iv been victim to that many a time. I wonder where the term sods law comes from. I would be interested to know if anyone knows. Alan your usually good on things like this

[FungiJohn]

Originally Posted by nicole

heehee yea iv been victim to that many a time. I wonder where the term sods law comes from. I would be interested to know if anyone knows. Alan your usually good on things like this

Sods Law or Murphy's Law reads: "If there are two or more ways to do something, and one of those ways can result in a catastrophe, then someone will do it.

Edward A. Murphy, Jr. was one of the engineers on the rocket-sled experiments that were done by the US Air Force in 1949 to test human acceleration tolerances (USAF project MX981).

One experiment involved a set of 16 accelerometers mounted to different parts of the subject's body. There were two ways each sensor could be glued to its mount, and somebody methodically installed all 16 the wrong way around. Murphy then made the original form of his pronouncement, which the test subject (Major John Paul Stapp) quoted at a news conference a few days later.

Within months "Murphy's Law' had spread to various technical cultures connected to aerospace engineering. Before too many years had gone by variants had passed into the popular imagination, changing as they went. Most of these are variants on "Anything that can go wrong, will"; this is sometimes referred to as Finagle's Law. The memetic drift apparent in these mutants clearly demonstrates Murphy's Law acting on itself!

Well you did ask nicole

[nicole]

Originally Posted by FungiJohn

Sods Law or Murphy's Law reads: "If there are two or more ways to do something, and one of those ways can result in a catastrophe, then someone will do it.

Edward A. Murphy, Jr. was one of the engineers on the rocket-sled experiments that were done by the US Air Force in 1949 to test human acceleration tolerances (USAF project MX981).

One experiment involved a set of 16 accelerometers mounted to different parts of the subject's body. There were two ways each sensor could be glued to its mount, and somebody methodically installed all 16 the wrong way around. Murphy then made the original form of his pronouncement, which the test subject (Major John Paul Stapp) quoted at a news conference a few days later.

Within months "Murphy's Law' had spread to various technical cultures connected to aerospace engineering. Before too many years had gone by variants had passed into the popular imagination, changing as they went. Most of these are variants on "Anything that can go wrong, will"; this is sometimes referred to as Finagle's Law. The memetic drift apparent in these mutants clearly demonstrates Murphy's Law acting on itself!

Well you did ask nicole

Wow thats excellent. Thank you very much John you fount of knowledge you

[Alan]

Originally Posted by FungiJohn

Sods Law or Murphy's Law reads: "If there are two or more ways to do something, and one of those ways can result in a catastrophe, then someone will do it.

Edward A. Murphy, Jr. was one of the engineers on the rocket-sled experiments that were done by the US Air Force in 1949 to test human acceleration tolerances (USAF project MX981).

One experiment involved a set of 16 accelerometers mounted to different parts of the subject's body. There were two ways each sensor could be glued to its mount, and somebody methodically installed all 16 the wrong way around. Murphy then made the original form of his pronouncement, which the test subject (Major John Paul Stapp) quoted at a news conference a few days later.

Within months "Murphy's Law' had spread to various technical cultures connected to aerospace engineering. Before too many years had gone by variants had passed into the popular imagination, changing as they went. Most of these are variants on "Anything that can go wrong, will"; this is sometimes referred to as Finagle's Law. The memetic drift apparent in these mutants clearly demonstrates Murphy's Law acting on itself!

Well you did ask nicole

You've just got too much time on your hands at the college John

Like I said before, that's where all the tuition fees go lol

[Alan]

Originally Posted by nicole

Wow thats excellent. Thank you very much John you fount of knowledge you

A great big fount of fungi

[FungiJohn]

Originally Posted by Alan

You've just got too much time on your hands at the college John

Like I said before, that's where all the tuition fees go lol

College .... College .... I'll have you know I work for a University .... just a bigger college really

Now can I get back to counting my money

Thanks nicole ... your always welcome

[FungiJohn]

Originally Posted by Alan

A great big fount of fungi

I'm so glad you're not Dyslexic Alan

[Alan]

Originally Posted by FungiJohn

I'm so glad you're not Dyslexic Alan

I'm glad you're not slow John

.........*whisper* I was quoting Niclole or is that Nocile.....then again Nicole.......

[nicole]

Originally Posted by Alan

A great big fount of fungi

LOL how do you come up with these things

[FungiJohn]

Originally Posted by nicole

LOL how do you come up with these things

Sods law I suppose

[nicole]

Originally Posted by FungiJohn

Sods law I suppose

haaahaa very good John

[Alan]

Originally Posted by FungiJohn

Sods law I suppose

Hey who you calling a Grass glod!

Your the one always down on your knees in them woods!

.....and you look for fungi afterwards as well

[Alan]

Originally Posted by nicole

haaahaa very good John

And you don't want to encourage him, especially at this time of night, he needs his rest so he can have a good day at that big college tomorrow id'ing fungi all day

[FungiJohn]

Originally Posted by Alan

Hey who you calling a Grass glod!

Your the one always down on your knees in them woods!

.....and you look for fungi afterwards as well

lol That took me some working out Alan and I thought I was quick

I think the red wine I had with the beefsteak is taking hold. I might be on my back tomorrow taking pictures of clouds ..... Lucy .. Lucy, where are you

[nicole]

Originally Posted by FungiJohn

lol That took me some working out Alan and I thought I was quick

I think the red wine I had with the beefsteak is taking hold. I might be on my back tomorrow taking pictures of clouds ..... Lucy .. Lucy, where are you

LOL that sounds like my 21st birthday all over again

[Alan]

Originally Posted by FungiJohn

lol That took me some working out Alan and I thought I was quick

I think the red wine I had with the beefsteak is taking hold. I might be on my back tomorrow taking pictures of clouds ..... Lucy .. Lucy, where are you

Hmm is that Lucy in the graveyard with mr wolfie, or the Lucy as in in L S D?

Or have you been fermenting them Fly Agaric again

[Alan]

Originally Posted by nicole

LOL that sounds like my 21st birthday all over again

...and you, you lil raver, I bet it does. I've heard the stories from Sophie

.......she tells me everything

[nicole]

Originally Posted by Alan

...and you, you lil raver, I bet it does. I've heard the stories from Sophie

.......she tells me everything

You little gossip you! Me and John were having quite a sensible conversation before came along with all your banter and talk of founts of fungi you cheeky lil monkey you

[FungiJohn]

Originally Posted by Alan

Hmm is that Lucy in the graveyard with mr wolfie, or the Lucy as in in L S D?

Or have you been fermenting them Fly Agaric again

Your a diamond mate What a liberty and to cap it all

Are you sure we didn't go to the same school

[Alan]

Originally Posted by nicole

You little gossip you! Me and John were having quite a sensible conversation before came along with all your banter and talk of founts of fungi you cheeky lil monkey you