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Why do commentators say this? It’s not his name.

Rob Hawthorne said it towards the end of the game today and I thought about it for the first time in ages. Do they think Alec and Alex are interchangeable names and anyone can choose which they use? Is it just Rob Hawthorne who says it and I’ve never realised because commentators voices are mostly so similar? Are me and my other half the only people who’ve ever noticed?

Any help with these questions appreciated.

This is a question for people who repair Panasonic cameras really.

My S5 & 16-35 dropped a long way and I sent them off for repair. I’ve received the estimates and I’m delighted to learn that the lens (which detached from the camera leaving the mount attached…) is repairable but the estimate for repair of the S5 is too much to be economically viable.

I’m not surprised by that (as I say, I’m mainly happy that the lens can be fixed given the circumstances) , I’m just curious to learn what the brief note I was given about the repair means. “Replacement lens unit required. Severely damaged.” is the feedback. What’s the lens unit?

Before I sent it off for repair I put another lens on it,

Alan Smith used that term to describe Dean Henderson just now but he’d conceded 9 minutes earlier. That rules him out of the top form category surely.