General Chat

Isn't it good to think of the positive things in our lives rather than the negatives? I am most impressed. Lorr, that Navy diver wouldn't be here now if it was not for you. You should meet up with her - she probably feel the need to ay thank you for her life, so please meet her if the opportunity arises again. Sally I am very interested in your photography exhibition - want to tell us about it? That is one of my other hobbies. I forgot in my initial message, I too left school with only 2 O levels. After i was married and had the kids i achieved another 3 O levels, (Sociology, Accounts and Law) 2 A levels (Law and English) and an economics GCSE. As part of my job in the MOD I also passed a Service training course which was equivalent to a teaching qualification. The idea for this question comes from courses done as part of my job. Often a first introductory question would be the one I asked on this thread.

I put my cousin in touch with her father's biological family. After she spent ten years searching. Her link with Longmans drew my attention and in a matter of months I found her uncle and she is very happy. "My biggest Fan" apparently.

Hi Ann, Thanks for the interest in my exhibition! It's nowhere posh, just a nice little cafe in St Albans. They feature work of local artists and asked me to exhibit. My photos are a mix of landscapes, flowers, abstracts, nudes and child portraits. The exhibition has my fave shots of New York, my best flower photos, a shot of St Albans Abbey, and a shot of a wheatfield. I am going to change a few things around in the next week or so, and going to add some shots from my homeland of Tyneside. Thank you for asking. I think we are all a pretty special bunch of people, and have achieved a lot just by the support we all give each other here! Sal.x

Sal. Is this digital photography or film? On holiday in the lake district we used up some 35mm film we had in the cupboard, i had forgotten how expensive it is to have developed. No wonder photography took off with digital. sounds like a good selection of photos. Ann glos

Hi Ann, I have a very good Canon SLR, but have hardly touched it since I got my gorgeously fabulous digital fuji S602!! Digital has transformed my photography--I love it! Great zoom, fab quality! It was fantastic in New York--I took about 40 shots of the Statue of Liberty, then quickly edited them down to my favourite 15 or so, so I still had plenty of space on my card and hadn't wasted money getting below standard prints developed! I still prefer my Canon for portraits and macro though!

Sal, had a good day today, was out and about in Gloucester with the 3 grandsons, 12,14 and 16 all with their fairly new digital cameras. Showing them what they could take - buildings etc. Mind you they are better at editing them on the computer than I am, the oldest is very good with Photo Shop, so i look forward to th results. Ann Glos

Sorry, Ann and I seem to have hijacked this thread with our photography chat! Ann, I am a nanny and up until a year ago, I looked after 3 boys aged from 6 to 12. I taught them all photography from an early age, and some of our nicest times were going out with my cameras. I would give them one each, and we would see what each of us would find to photograph. They were very good, and the two eldest soon learnt the basics of SLR photography. When I left, I gave my biggest boy my old Minolta SLR as he was always so careful with it. Actually, this takes me back to the original reason for this thread! I am proud to say I raised 3 gorgeous young men! During my career, I have taught 5 children to swim, four children to read and write, and potty trained five! And I still have a wonderful relationship with the boys, with my current family, and with my first charge--who goes to university next month! When I first started nannying I read a motto--'In one hundred year's time it will not matter what kind of house I lived in, what kind of car I drove, or how much I had in my bank account, but the world may be better because I was important in the life of a child'. I have carried that with me throughout my career, and hope I've lived up to it!