I am writing this blog while waiting for the forecast rain storm to come and more importantly the post.  I have already been to the gym and finished mowing the lawns.  My real aim in waiting for the post is to receive a parcel from California not a coin, a rare lens.  That lens, printing Nikkor 105mm F 2.8, will be the subject of a blog in a couple of weeks assuming I get it.  The seller has already emailed me early this morning asking if I received it.  The seller is an old hand at selling movie equipment ( the lens was designed for "printing" movies) but is very new to eBay. I suspect his concern is that under the new EBay rules a newbie seller doesn't get their hands on the money until positive feedback has been received.