I'm really happy with my light!
I hadn't thought of it beforehand, but I have a section of fencing with a gate in it that's flush with the garage on which the light is mounted.
When I have to go through the gate I now have some light so I can actually find the keyhole :D

Once through the gate in the garden it's quite the shocker though as it's pitchblack there.
I do want a solar light there too eventually.

When someone walks by the 7m long driveway the light goes on as well.
Makes me wonder if people will finally start using the pavement on the other side of the street for a change, hihi.

Really quite happy with it!

I watched a trailer of that. Seems interesting in one way, but you know... makes me feel so guilty for being a crystal lover and buying them when I see how our planet is ripped apart to obtain them :/

I think I'm going to check out "the last samurai" series. About getting the most tokens by fighting I assume. Fiction, good ratings.

Oowww... lemme give you a kiss

You often read/hear that around the holiday season there's an increase in new people on dating sites as people don't want to be alone with Christmas.

Have you ever noticed this to be true?
I can't say I have.
I always feel there are fewer people online during this time.
I've never gotten the idea that there are more people (desperately) trying to find a date around Christmas time.

Hmmm... I don't think the owner of Bonterra is particularly sensitive to that.
Now it doesn't concern a copyright but a registered trademark. Which makes it more difficult to nick the name or even anything close to it.
But a registered trademark is only valid for 10 years. You can however extend it with another 10 years, provided you cough up the fee.
And you can keep doing that indefinitely.
In and of itself it's only valid in your own country but you can have it registered in many/all countries as well.

I didn't know that, nor that legally a registered trademark is stronger than copyright.
Logical in a way, as anything you make or write has automatically got copyright, I do think provided you state that.
Doesn't cost you whereas a registered trademark does and has to be approved of etc. etc.
Kinda interesting.
I always thought it was the other way round.

In any case, as far as Mantracker is concerned, I think we'll have to be happy with what we got.
I still haven't found a new series to watch that I like.
Maybe something decent will come out in January though :)
Oftentimes everything comes to a screeching halt when the US has Thanksgivings, superbowl and whatnot.

I first tested it by walking around myself.
Later on I noticed the light was on, looked closer and saw my youngest cat on the driveway, hihi.
So yes, it detects cats.

But I can't put the light higher up as I want & need it on the left hand side of the garage. It isn't much higher than 2m there.
It could easily go higher in the middle but then I won't get the amount of light closer to the house that I want to have.
It is what it is.

Aside from the OP that sounds like the ramblings of an envious uneducated man who didn't get the blonde...

A lot is going on and I do think certainly for men. Testosterone levels in men are significantly lower than they used to be.
That has a big effect on how men are, think, behave, and so on.
This is a trend that -at least- is occurring in developed countries.
And yes, it's reason for concern.

I finally put up the light, yeehaa!!
The weather was good, sunny, so time to get on with it.

Took me quite some time too.
Not because it's difficult, it isn't.
Unfortunately the driveway isn't level in front of the garage. It goes up by some 10-15cm, forming a bit of a ramp so you can drive into the garage.
At the same time it goes down towards the sides so rainwater flows away.
Real nice place to put your stepladder up, pffff...

Finding positions where the stepladder was stable enough and I could still reach the garage was a pain.
But I did it :)

I should be able to test it in about an hour since it's already getting dark.

Maybe -likely- they've got some overly strict AI proggie that goes over photos?
And then sends out the same PM as well.

Stupid thing is it also removes the photo that isn't approved of. They could leave it as a public photo, just not the main one.
Too much work I suppose.

Thinking... it's one of those winters again... grey and gloomy overcast days. Temperature around 10C, regular rain, barely any sun.

Now I don't like snow & frost, but snow & frost usually go hand in hand with sun which would be loads better than this.

Same here, haha.
It's already been 14 years since the last Mantracker season. I feel 15 years would be long enough.
I could wait for it to be back in 2026 :)
I mean, that's another 19 days, haha.

Yeah, I'd thought of that as well.
I thought copyright was about 25 or 50 years, but it is a helluva lot longer!

Now I'd be quite happy to see it come back over some 95 years time. Means I get to be at least in my 150s, haha. I wouldn't mind, as long as I stay healthy, agile & mobile. And good-looking, lol.

A TV show's copyright generally lasts for 70 years after the death of the principal creators (writer, director, composer) in most countries, but it can be different for specific elements like broadcasts, which might be 50 years from publication, and corporate works (like studio-owned shows) can last 95 years from publication or 120 from creation in the U.S., making it quite a long time, often extending well beyond a single creator's life.

Would be a really good idea for sure. Except I think there'd be a helluva lot of flak when a Native American would be chasing & capturing Caucasians. Certainly if it were women, and men probably wouldn't even sign up for it.
Same with Aborigines.

I think it's one of these shows that was absolutely brill, and that can't and won't ever be brought back to our screens again.

If you feel that way it's time to have a good talk with each other, and possibly leave the relationship. When feeling this way it may be dead already, you just forgot to bail ship when it went under.

The (new?) rule of dealing with photos is odd.
I had a photo removed a few days back.
I got a mail saying I had to use photos that clearly showed my face and nothing else and a smile.
Now my photo did clearly show my face and I did smile. You could also see a bit of my Christmas tree in the background.
But my entire face was in clear view in the foreground.

Looking at other people's photos, newer accounts so from after the change here, there is one on a motorbike in the distance that doesn't show a face at all. Too far away and wearing a helmet.
Another one with a giraffe almost covering his face.
Full body photos that don't even show a head in the thumbnail.
Photos with sunglasses and/or hats & caps.
And so on.

That is okay & allowed, yet one with your face AND smile in plain view with a bit of a Christmas tree in the back gets removed?

Doesn't make sense to me.
If you cannot have anything in the background they'd have to remove tons of photos, including yours.
It's just silly.

The one at the back is the same as the new one I have yet to put up. It does go on when my cats walk to the backdoor even though I put the light at its recommended height. Just over 2 meters.
I may put the other one a little bit higher as I get quite a lot of neighbour cats on the driveway area. I don't want it to go on all the time because of that. Then test if it still works properly to pick up motion when I walk around.

I thought of doing it yesterday, but I'm waiting for a day with a bit of sunshine.

Thanks, I'll check that out later on.
It brought to mind that we actually had a Dutch version of this concept as well. I believe some 15 years ago.

I gave Survivorman a try, didn't like that much either, then decided to watch a few Ray Mears Survival episodes on YouTube. You can never go wrong with Ray Mears.
It's not chasing of course, but always very informative and relaxing.
I always say that if something is to happen, a major disaster, I wanna be with Ray Mears, haha.
He can keep you safe, fed, sheltered and warm regardless of the weather and location.
Like Terry Grant, he's also helped military learn certain survival skills.

In any case, considering several shows concerning chasing/tracking, the Mantracker series is by far the best concept of all.
The production people must really have had their heads up their @$$es to not give Terry what he wanted so they could've made many more seasons of the show.
They had the goose that laid golden eggs in their hands and then killed it.
And they have a copyright on the name mantracker -which is insane in itself- and likely the concept of the show too.
I gather that's why no one else did their own version of it like they did with the Hunted concept.
Otherwise Americans could easily have done it, and probably would have since it was so popular. They got cowboys, the vast stretches of wilderness and so on.
Same for Australia.
Yet no one ever did. I guess no one is interested in getting sued.

I'm not a man, obviously, but now that you ask the question... I don't think so.
I've never thought about it till I read your question but what I see and notice many men like Asian women but then it's the Thai, Philippine, Japanese type. Not Indian.
The ones that stay slender. I think that plays a big role.
Now I do assume in countries with many Indian people, like the UK, it will happen. But generally speaking I don't think men think of Indian women when they say they like Asian women.

Yeah, the Hunted thing is not what I'd hoped it'd be.
I was really disappointed when they caught this Ricky Allen after using the general public to catch him. I felt that was going too far. The man is a GP for crissake. Very damaging for his reputation.
And doing house-searches and stuff...
I'd never ever sign up for that. Way too invasive to be entertainment.
As you say, it's about showing how good the police are at getting fugitives.

At least having been Mantracker prey wouldn't have an adverse effect on your reputation. And even though someone was seriously out to get you as well, there was an element of fun involved.

Happy Sunday everyone!
No sun to be seen here, but one lives in hope, haha.
I'll let the inner sun shine a bit brighter :)