I had a chance encounter with a mate at work on Friday who does a feature on the Steve Allen show on the radio about gadgets; and the long and short of it was we all ended up being driven by Steve in his Bentley up to meet Terry at the Cat Survival Trust to be given a tour of his sanctuary. On route we picked up God save the queen, and had a thoroughly excellent afternoon out. Some of the cats you see would have been destroyed if Terry hadn't stepped in and offered them sanctuary; he is a most excellent geezer.
I was armed with a Canon 5D2, Canon 40D, 85mm f/1.2, 135mm f/2.0, 70-200 f/2.8L IS, and 24-105mm f/4 L IS; the results of which were wonderful and will be forwarded to Terry to use as he sees fit; but completely lost in this video.
Steve Allen will undoubtably mutter something about today on his show tomorrow, given the gadget guru (Darren, the mate) I've just noticed is on: www.steveallenshow.com/
Anyway, enjoy, four minutes of feline fluff! :)
Edit: Darren's quick effort: www.youtube.com/watch?v=8B2ecRqf1gk
Edit2http://www.flickr.com/photos/gstq/sets/72157615582637529
(, Sat 14 Mar 2009, 20:20, Reply)
Wonderful stuff. That gets a very envious click. :)
(, Sat 14 Mar 2009, 20:36, Reply)

cheers fella.
i was armed with a point in the general direction of the subject press the button and prey fuji finepix S5600 with a couple of filters that do stuff on it.
(, Sat 14 Mar 2009, 21:00, Reply)
*sends to mum*
You had a chance to do anything with those videos yet?
(, Sat 14 Mar 2009, 21:04, Reply)
not very good, some nice stuff but overall...
one disc is being a git and i'm converting the other to .avi so i can edit it, can't do it in .vob format as i don't have the software. conversion is taking bloody ages but i've got to shed the 10 mins where i forgot to turn the camera off and got some great footage of grass, also you lot talked constantly and drowned out the cats.
(, Sat 14 Mar 2009, 21:10, Reply)
www.flickr.com/photos/gstq/sets/72157615232062039/
(, Sun 15 Mar 2009, 11:52, Reply)
looks happy there... :P
beautiful pictures, very clear quality!
you are very lucky to have met something as stunning as that (i meant the big cat, not the person)
(, Sat 14 Mar 2009, 21:22, Reply)
You just wait until it bites you FUCKING HEAD OFF!!!!!!!1!!111
A dog would never do that, etc, etc
(, Sun 15 Mar 2009, 9:31, Reply)
Aside from the snow leopards, were the brown ones cougars / pumas ? (they were a lovely darker brown)
*clicks*
(, Sat 14 Mar 2009, 21:02, Reply)
they are gorgeous, also got a couple of amur leopards in there, not something you're likely to see often and a very rare european linx or two.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amur_Leopard
(, Sat 14 Mar 2009, 21:06, Reply)
34 left in the wild, and only 800 of the snow leopard cubs left in the wild; things have probably gone beyond being a bit critical, unless people like Terry and zoos world wide can pull it off with breeding programs. We've done it before to save a species from the night, so it can be done!
(, Sat 14 Mar 2009, 21:18, Reply)
my missus is off at the end of the Easter term to see if I can lend a hand (or at least donate a bit of my redundancy pay)
For those interested, here's the website of the Cat Survival Trust charity:
www.catsurvivaltrust.org/
Edit: their website needs a bit of TLC to bring it up to scratch - any web developers out there willing to spruce it up a bit ?
(, Sat 14 Mar 2009, 21:43, Reply)
Their website does need a spring clean by some of you talented people; Terry's got loads of high res full on pictures he can play with now, but being an old school zoologist I doubt knows how to; so if any of you guys want to lend the guy and his people a hand, please do so. They are not technically a zoo, and some of his staff live in caravans, such is their commitment.
mrmatt: phone in advance, do mention my real name if you want to as reference; James in the library at ZSL, and be blown away at the obvious affection Terry displays for these wonderful animals when he shows them to you; like you he is an absolute gem :)
(, Sat 14 Mar 2009, 21:57, Reply)
I doubt that my pics, if I go there, will be up to your standard but I'll do my best :D
(, Sat 14 Mar 2009, 22:05, Reply)
the depth of field you can get is bonkers :)
(, Sat 14 Mar 2009, 23:48, Reply)
sadly Aberystwyth has fuck all jobs, and I'm not looking for them yet...
(, Sun 15 Mar 2009, 2:59, Reply)
so nice to see b3tans in the wild.
What magnificent creatures those snow leopards are!
(, Sun 15 Mar 2009, 12:27, Reply)
For a movie which is meant to parody action movies, I'd pay to watch a Jack Slater film!
*fires at dynamite with Desert Eagle*
(, Sat 14 Mar 2009, 20:18, Reply)
I wonder if Faith looks back on that with any regret ?
(, Sat 14 Mar 2009, 21:04, Reply)
This isn't funny so don't laugh at it or anything, because it isn't funny.
(, Sat 14 Mar 2009, 19:04, Reply)
Whatever, made me chuckle again, the aha bit esp.
If you google the main chaps name you`ll find a load of yoobinframed type things where he is martial arts instructor, a security guard......
(, Sun 15 Mar 2009, 0:21, Reply)
iplayer - compilation of rough trade music from the bbc archives.
also the documentary Do it Yourself: The Story of Rough Trade
(, Sat 14 Mar 2009, 17:38, Reply)
Microdisney in particular - what a great band.
(, Sat 14 Mar 2009, 18:20, Reply)
no....oh well heres some anyway, probably work safe but best be cautious anyway
(, Sat 14 Mar 2009, 16:48, Reply)
Definintely the best erotic cakes I've ever seen.
(, Sat 14 Mar 2009, 18:15, Reply)
'I made this' as in the audio is my band, Birth. Visuals from 'Rendezvous'.
(, Sat 14 Mar 2009, 16:32, Reply)
That's pretty much all there is too it!
High view count but no GC on the meter, Risking it like last week in the hope of getting in newsletter again! Woooooo!
(, Sat 14 Mar 2009, 16:18, Reply)
it's so good it should be seen again!
*loves*
(, Sat 14 Mar 2009, 16:53, Reply)
"click me"
donate makes it sound like I have to give something
(, Sat 14 Mar 2009, 18:27, Reply)
www.chavgangs.com/register.php?referer=3623
the only reason i do it is cos it seems to work :D
(, Sat 14 Mar 2009, 18:50, Reply)
advertise them in your name comment if you want to, but I don't want to see b3ta getting swamped in SPAM
(, Sat 14 Mar 2009, 19:44, Reply)
i usually do, it's just there's a competition on, and since i got about 6 referrals the first time i posted it, it's positive reinforcing :D
(, Sat 14 Mar 2009, 19:57, Reply)
"Self-appointed sharia judge" - well, I shit myself in terror of his Allah-based proclaimations.
In a similar style, I proclaim myself God Emperor of Reality, and all of you shall bow down before me!
Can't even see why this made the news at all, really.
(, Sat 14 Mar 2009, 16:14, Reply)
1) Cheese sandiwches to be delivered to me every day at 4pm
2) Windows loading sound to be replaced with Larry Grayson saying "Shut that door"
3) Gravity to be turned down 10% to make stuff easier to carry
4) All priests of the holy one (i.e. me) to wear kitten masks AT ALL TIMES!
So speaks the new God Emperor of Reality.
(, Sat 14 Mar 2009, 16:24, Reply)
People with similar skin and beards held responsible.
(, Sat 14 Mar 2009, 16:16, Reply)
as an atheist, I find nutcases like this to demonstrate the dangers of fundamentalism.
Oh, and the replies are a gold mine of stereotypical daily mail reader responses, complete with dodgy spelling: "Why is this man still being aloud to claim benifits."
(, Sat 14 Mar 2009, 17:40, Reply)
Milarious
Debt Monkey TV offer Comic Relief a cheeky reach-around.
(, Sat 14 Mar 2009, 15:28, Reply)
"Each year, there are approximately 515 million cases of malaria, killing between one and three million people, the majority of whom are young children in Sub-Saharan Africa.[1] Ninety percent of malaria-related deaths occur in Sub-Saharan Africa. "
I make that 90% of 1-3 million, or 900,000 to 2,700,000.
(, Sat 14 Mar 2009, 15:35, Reply)
please make an account on this game for me :) www.chavgangs.com/register.php?referer=3623
thanks
edit: ONE account please, multi's get deleted, kthxbaai
(, Sat 14 Mar 2009, 15:50, Reply)
Meet some real life pirates! Scurvy rogues from ye crew of backhairpirates.com.
(, Sat 14 Mar 2009, 15:27, Reply)
Real priates didn;t talk like that at all.
(, Sun 15 Mar 2009, 2:37, Reply)
Shoegazing incredibility from bloke who used to be a grim black metal krieg person. Where the hell this came from I don't know; it's beautiful.
The video isn't important, but I can state confidently that this is the perfect song to play on a train leaving Nottingham after an all-too-brief few days visiting the girl you intend to spend the rest of your life with.
(, Sat 14 Mar 2009, 15:25, Reply)
I just gone and bought it.
I like discovering music from weird sources
(, Sat 14 Mar 2009, 20:12, Reply)
It was obviously a much simpler time.
(NWS for N-Bomb)
(, Sat 14 Mar 2009, 15:13, Reply)
But you wouldn't spell it like that these days.
(, Sat 14 Mar 2009, 15:16, Reply)
its an amazon link to an old album that uses the n-word
(, Sat 14 Mar 2009, 15:17, Reply)
An old one. With the N-word in the title. From "Glen Neaves and the Virginia Mountain Boys: Country Bluegrass from Southwest Virginia", which I really like the sound of.
(, Sat 14 Mar 2009, 15:17, Reply)
Most probs the best bit
(, Sat 14 Mar 2009, 15:07, Reply)
his comedy is very loutish...I can see how it'd appeal to the idiots that populate my local pubs that care about little more than football, cars and drinking but as someone who's not interested in football I found it pretty crap.
(, Sat 14 Mar 2009, 16:05, Reply)
The whole night was completly dire, apart from Armstrong and Miller, and Mitchel and Webb
(, Sat 14 Mar 2009, 16:22, Reply)
ooooooooOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOooooooooooooooooo. I hate football, but I like this guy.
(, Sat 14 Mar 2009, 16:24, Reply)
i can see that sonic's soul has died a little more with the release of sonic vs the black knight. when will they leave the francise alone?
(, Sat 14 Mar 2009, 17:25, Reply)
I had doubts before watching the new show and didn't change my mind after watching it. I was expecting lots of jokes based on "look, I'm FAT" and that's exactly what you get.
Couple of funnyish bits but overall, I'm not going to out of my way to watch it again.
(, Sat 14 Mar 2009, 20:33, Reply)
Yeah OK it's out of the Guide, but GC say no and it's just so wrong it needed sharing.
(, Sat 14 Mar 2009, 15:06, Reply)
Some of those are shocking....no they are all shocking actually
(, Sat 14 Mar 2009, 15:28, Reply)
And just some of them happened to be cosplay-ing?
(, Sat 14 Mar 2009, 22:08, Reply)

It's all pretty nasty stuff - but so fantastically done. The things of nightmares.
(, Sat 14 Mar 2009, 14:59, Reply)
I reckon it's not quite kvlt, but certainly there's a lot of necro in there.
It's definitely tr00.
(, Sat 14 Mar 2009, 15:14, Reply)
Don't suppose you remember Blaencathra, do you? The band that Dimrill drew some pictures of? That's me. Hallo.
(, Sat 14 Mar 2009, 15:26, Reply)
I'll add your last.fm too.
(, Sat 14 Mar 2009, 16:16, Reply)
www.flickr.com/photos/21581323@N05/page9/
In the middle of all the grotesque sculpture he's put in a few pics of his fluffy cats.
(, Sat 14 Mar 2009, 16:33, Reply)
My usual bubblegum but with added dance. I think it worked, but needs refining. Always fun to experiment!
(, Sat 14 Mar 2009, 14:56, Reply)
....for getting the song NAME right, (everybody seems to call it "Stay Now").
The ballet dancing was also a nice touch.
(, Sat 14 Mar 2009, 15:13, Reply)
I suddenly got the idea that ballet would suit the sax solo, and just had to do it
(, Sat 14 Mar 2009, 15:25, Reply)
I saw Hazel on a Saturday not a Sunday in 2004 at Glastonbury. Nice try at a coincidence though universe.
This is a really great album as a whole and this is a nice companion piece. Well done.
(, Sat 14 Mar 2009, 15:20, Reply)
underated as a singer, but then she didn't seem to do great material too often. 8th day was pretty awesome
(, Sat 14 Mar 2009, 15:28, Reply)
But I see you've been suffering too. They even went after my Abbott & Costello routine audio.
(, Sat 14 Mar 2009, 15:28, Reply)
Great vid I'd forgotten all about that song thank you for some happy memories
(, Sat 14 Mar 2009, 21:23, Reply)
Although he was quite funny as that cop .... in that film .. . whatever it was called

(, Sat 14 Mar 2009, 14:35, Reply)
Though I am a chubby hairy lazy loser aswell, so....
(, Sat 14 Mar 2009, 14:58, Reply)
This guy makes a mean curry. Tried and tested. This video shows you how to make a chickpea curry on a budget.
(, Sat 14 Mar 2009, 13:07, Reply)
but I'm not sure its really a budget dish- I certainly wouldn't be putting extra virgin olive oil and balsamic vingear in a credit crunch curry! Also all of those spices cost a fortune- I know as I have a kitchen full of them .
I make this sometimes; uktv.co.uk/food/recipe/aid/576739
Its really gorgeous
(, Sat 14 Mar 2009, 13:16, Reply)
I suppose if you have all the spices it will become a cheap dish right down to the important cinamon and cumin seed :)
I often make a curry which is quite like the recipe you linked.
(, Sat 14 Mar 2009, 13:41, Reply)
chick peas ewwwwwwww
actually my method is great.. oven dish full of korma curry sauce, put in chopped lamb, cover, and pop in oven for 45 mins.
when its done the lamb is really soft and the lamb flavour hes spread through the korma sauce too... its loverrrrly.
chef in oxford showed me that way to make it
(, Sat 14 Mar 2009, 13:47, Reply)
ill have to try that!!
i really need to budget for the next few months, im so glad google is around to help me fins cheap but tastey meals!!
(, Sat 14 Mar 2009, 16:34, Reply)
That seagull link you posted the other day has made it into the Guardian's Guide supplement...
(, Sat 14 Mar 2009, 14:26, Reply)
*fames*
I have to confess to finding it on stumbleupon, but never mind!
(, Sat 14 Mar 2009, 14:39, Reply)
What madness is that?
(, Sat 14 Mar 2009, 14:36, Reply)
Are you up for an outing to Alton towers then?
(, Sat 14 Mar 2009, 14:39, Reply)
I watched this yesterday, i'm currently on a mission to improve my curry making skills.
The secret appears to be having a handy curry base/gravy, like this fellow:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6O-IdAcCs0&feature=related
(, Sat 14 Mar 2009, 14:16, Reply)
"ruuun!"
"nah man i´m totally making out with this bird"
(, Sat 14 Mar 2009, 13:47, Reply)
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