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Date: 10 October 2007 10:05:28

The last entry was a bit of a gnomic utterance - it was kind of you to pay any attention at all, let alone respond.

These days, I'm just tired. And the silliest things throw me. I have been kind to myself, and bought a new camera. It's an Olympus 'point and shoot', perfect, I thought, for carrying with me everywhere, and taking advantage of unexpected opportunities. Such as this morning, as I sat in the front of the bus, and was intrigued by the quality of light spread across Edinburgh by the rising sun. I got the camera out of my rucsac, but, as it happened, there wasn't really a photo there. At that point, I guess, my phone rang (or buzzed and played), and, I suppose, answering the phone, I forgot that I hadn't closed my rucsac properly.

No problem, until I descended the stairs to get off the bus, and as I reached the bottom, heard a thump behind me. The camera was lying on the second bottom step; I don't suppose that it had fallen far, perhaps a couple of feet at most. It doesn't appear to have been damaged - but with a complex piece of machinery, how do you know? What if a fault develops over time? Part of me says - it crashed to the floor, it must have suffered some consequence. Another part of me says - surely they've designed the camera to withstand some rough treatment; it does have a metal body. I'd feel silly, taking it back to the shop, or contacting the manufacturers, to say - well there doesn't appear to be a problem, do you think there should be?

As I say, the silliest things. It's just that I don't know how to deal with them. In this case, perhaps, the best thing is to be relieved that it didn't, for example, fall on to the street, and to learn from the experience. I'd like to take the camera everywhere, but, to be honest, taking it to work probably isn't a good idea.