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01/27/2009 02:06:00 PM · #1301 |
| I have finally got rid of the lurgy - the one I got when I went to Rome with Deb in November! My voice is still a little deeper than it should be, sort of a husky 0898 telephone voice (that will only mean something to those from the UK, I suspect), but I feel WELL!!! First time in two and a half months! I want to shout from the roof tops, except my voice still won't carry very far, and trying to shout would probably bring the laryngitis back, but hey, listen, I feel great! |
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01/27/2009 03:47:07 PM · #1302 |
Having found no old schoolchums on facebook, I conducted a search, or, as one does, delegated some software to do one for me. Lo and behold, my primary school no longer exists and there is no trace on the net except for some new, privately run thing in the vicinity that bears no apparent resemblance to my Oliver Twist-like origins. But what about the grammar school? Doesn't exist either. It was Purley County Grammar School when I started in 1963 and Purley Grammar School a few years later when the area became a London borough and was therefore no longer in the county of Surrey. After I left, grammar schools were done away with so it became Purley High School (I think) and around 1988 it coughed and rolled over.
What the searching software did turn up, though, was a digitised 8mm film of a trip to the school hut in Snowdonia in 1966. I strongly suspect that the kid with the red trunks splashing water around in a mountain stream about half way through, is me.
So just as I'm psychically wailing about history conspiring to eradicate me, it shows me something to make me wish it had. There's probably a lesson there, but if there's one thing I learned at school, it's that I never learn.
It's the cinematographic talents of the geography teacher on display as well, and you're not obliged to watch. |
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01/27/2009 04:02:13 PM · #1303 |
| raish, I didn't realise you were THAT old (she say's ducking)! I would guess it was a little chilly swimming in Snowdonia....? |
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01/27/2009 05:57:58 PM · #1304 |
| Well, I entered sound with a "snapshot" so I'm expecting a 4.5. ROFL! Going to go watch raish play in the water now! |
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01/27/2009 06:29:21 PM · #1305 |
I entered silence, so I had to make a shot that didn't snap.
Sara, I was THAT young, so it didn't matter. A ducking you shall have, though. |
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01/28/2009 12:06:06 AM · #1306 |
Ansel Adams with glasses can be seen in the results thread. Congrats to  goinskiing and LaMas, who get to give comments to the rest of the Team Suck entries in their challenges. |
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01/28/2009 12:13:24 AM · #1307 |
| Man, you know you're in a photographic slump when you take your camera to a 2 year old's birthday party and don't take a single photo :/ |
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01/28/2009 12:16:32 AM · #1308 |
| aaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh |
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01/28/2009 12:17:54 AM · #1309 |
Originally posted by K10DGuy:
Man, you know you're in a photographic slump when you take your camera to a 2 year old's birthday party and don't take a single photo :/ |
Sometimes it's more fun to watch than to actually take pictures at these kinds of parties. That's my excuse anyway. :) |
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01/28/2009 12:19:09 AM · #1310 |
Originally posted by colorcarnival:
Originally posted by K10DGuy:
Man, you know you're in a photographic slump when you take your camera to a 2 year old's birthday party and don't take a single photo :/ |
Sometimes it's more fun to watch than to actually take pictures at these kinds of parties. That's my excuse anyway. :) |
That was my excuse this time too. I wanted to get some 50mm f/1.7 prime portraits, but meh. |
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01/28/2009 07:05:56 AM · #1311 |
| My sleeping frog finally got bumped off my front page. Sigh, I'll miss him. |
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01/28/2009 07:08:49 AM · #1312 |
Originally posted by Kelli:
My sleeping frog finally got bumped off my front page. Sigh, I'll miss him. |
Congrats! I don't think I'll ever get rid of my frog! It'll be there forever! |
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01/28/2009 10:17:56 AM · #1313 |
Originally posted by Doyle:
Originally posted by Kelli:
My sleeping frog finally got bumped off my front page. Sigh, I'll miss him. |
Congrats! I don't think I'll ever get rid of my frog! It'll be there forever! |
That's what you get for creating a good image. ;)
Message edited by author 2009-01-28 10:18:04. |
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01/29/2009 06:18:42 PM · #1314 |
| does anyone else get really weird facial expressions when they cry? |
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01/29/2009 06:37:09 PM · #1315 |
Originally posted by JDubsgirl:
does anyone else get really weird facial expressions when they cry? |
Does anyone NOT? |
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01/29/2009 06:39:50 PM · #1316 |
Originally posted by Kelli:
My sleeping frog finally got bumped off my front page. Sigh, I'll miss him. |
Originally posted by Doyle:
Congrats! I don't think I'll ever get rid of my frog! It'll be there forever! |
Oh, and we all feel SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO bad for your 7.3 frog!
Not!.....8>)
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01/29/2009 06:40:09 PM · #1317 |
Originally posted by K10DGuy:
Originally posted by JDubsgirl:
does anyone else get really weird facial expressions when they cry? |
Does anyone NOT? |
ive seen people who just sit there and leak tears with no facial expression. i just noticed i cant even imitate the weirdness in my face when im not crying |
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01/29/2009 07:57:26 PM · #1318 |
Originally posted by NikonJeb:
Originally posted by Kelli:
My sleeping frog finally got bumped off my front page. Sigh, I'll miss him. |
Originally posted by Doyle:
Congrats! I don't think I'll ever get rid of my frog! It'll be there forever! |
Oh, and we all feel SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO bad for your 7.3 frog!
Not!.....8>) |
Sorry Terry, I have to agree with Jeb on this one. |
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01/29/2009 10:08:04 PM · #1319 |
Originally posted by K10DGuy:
Originally posted by JDubsgirl:
does anyone else get really weird facial expressions when they cry? |
Does anyone NOT? |
I look like Brad Pitt when I cry. Amazingly, it's the only time I don't look like Jerry Lewis. That's why I'm always thinking about sick puppies. |
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01/29/2009 10:08:12 PM · #1320 |
| oh noooo!! i fell asleep on my couch and missed shooting a wrestling match and doing all my homework!! ugh!!!! |
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01/30/2009 05:23:25 PM · #1321 |
Hi. How is everybody? Other than Don trying to be Brad Pitt, that is...
Anything new and exciting going on? I'm doing laundry at the moment... wish the dryer would finish so I can go to bed. Still haven't picked something for this month's FS. Nor have I entered the Posthumous "Best of".... And I'm behind in commenting on the side challenges I'm playing in.
You?
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01/30/2009 05:30:49 PM · #1322 |
Originally posted by Melethia:
Hi. How is everybody? Other than Don trying to be Brad Pitt, that is...
Anything new and exciting going on? I'm doing laundry at the moment... wish the dryer would finish so I can go to bed. Still haven't picked something for this month's FS. Nor have I entered the Posthumous "Best of".... And I'm behind in commenting on the side challenges I'm playing in.
You? |
Me? I'm languishing in financial hell, but managed to trade some PSP games in to get a new one so that I can at least lose myself in fantasy and not have to realize the hell I'm in. lol.
I should do some laundry today.
I finally got my "Grey" shot today, although it's about as DPC friendly as a Troll voter from Iceland, but c'est la vie. Without a tripod, I can't do it any better than I did, and for me personally there's a certain Joie de Vivre. Actually, I could probably go back out and do it better, but I'm too damn lazy.
Oh, and I also have a FS entry, which I think is high 5 material.
Gearing up for the FS commenting, which I've made some adjustments to in order to avoid Crazy Timeâ„¢ again, so looking forward to that as well.
Now I just have to figure out how to turn a jar of peanut butter and some paper towel into a meal for dinner tonight. |
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01/30/2009 05:33:13 PM · #1323 |
Not much is new here for me, I still need to get crackin' on comments for Ansel Adams as my punishment for forgetting to suck. I'm trying to survive school as well as it's handing me my butt on a silver platter something fierce...
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01/30/2009 05:38:13 PM · #1324 |
Originally posted by Kelli:
My sleeping frog finally got bumped off my front page. Sigh, I'll miss him. |
He still shows when I view your portfolio. Adjust preferences for how many images you want to display and you can get him back with the magic number "6"...
R.
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01/30/2009 05:47:22 PM · #1325 |
Originally posted by Melethia:
Hi. How is everybody? Other than Don trying to be Brad Pitt, that is...
Anything new and exciting going on? I'm doing laundry at the moment... wish the dryer would finish so I can go to bed. Still haven't picked something for this month's FS. Nor have I entered the Posthumous "Best of".... And I'm behind in commenting on the side challenges I'm playing in.
You? |
Ummm....not much happening here. Scores currently over 5 so no complaints, lol! Snowing. Cats inside. Trying to get a Kathy Reichs novel read by tomorrow, cause it's due, but keep getting caught up in cooking/minor renovations. Meant to go snowshoeing later this evening with new guy. Oh yeah think I have an FS shot (one of my resolutions this year, enter each FS) but not sure. Not all elements are in focus. |
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