gillpolack @ 2013-10-12T14:09:00
Websites were refusing to listen to my computer, so I'm taking a break. I've also rebooted my computer, and discovered that an update was lurking, which may have been the source of the problem. We'll see.
In the interim, because I've about 10 hours work to finish still today and therefore have heaps of time, I've been playing with my old postcard collection. I started it in late primary school and carried it through until the craze stopped, so up to about 1973. Somewhere around then I inherited a few postcards from those who'd finished collecting them and had gone onto something else. In one case, I inherited the postcards under the proviso she could have them the minute she asked and that I would give them to her if I ever got rid of them.
Why they're out is because the Big Book Sort brought a heap of them out of hiding and I've been bringing them together. I'm not going to dissolve the collection, though I'm willing to give away (or sell, for money is an issue with me) duplicates. I don't think anyone will want them, however, except for my friend Nick, who will want my Astroboy postcards and who is not getting them, for I have no duplicates of those.
I was collecting postcards and reading Enid Blyton and the Bronte sisters at the same age, for the record. I discovered JRRT about a year before I stopped collecting. The educationalists who came round to check on schools really didn't appreciate this. I've since learned to camouflage better.
Looking at 450 pictures from a four year period is eye-opening. My 'playing' consisted of going through them and taking out just one category. About 65 cards in all. I'm thinking of doing photo collages and putting them on Facebook. But that's only if people are interested. Otherwise I'll find other ways to postpone all this work...
PS If anyone has seen my reading glasses, please tell them I miss them and could they please come home?
In the interim, because I've about 10 hours work to finish still today and therefore have heaps of time, I've been playing with my old postcard collection. I started it in late primary school and carried it through until the craze stopped, so up to about 1973. Somewhere around then I inherited a few postcards from those who'd finished collecting them and had gone onto something else. In one case, I inherited the postcards under the proviso she could have them the minute she asked and that I would give them to her if I ever got rid of them.
Why they're out is because the Big Book Sort brought a heap of them out of hiding and I've been bringing them together. I'm not going to dissolve the collection, though I'm willing to give away (or sell, for money is an issue with me) duplicates. I don't think anyone will want them, however, except for my friend Nick, who will want my Astroboy postcards and who is not getting them, for I have no duplicates of those.
I was collecting postcards and reading Enid Blyton and the Bronte sisters at the same age, for the record. I discovered JRRT about a year before I stopped collecting. The educationalists who came round to check on schools really didn't appreciate this. I've since learned to camouflage better.
Looking at 450 pictures from a four year period is eye-opening. My 'playing' consisted of going through them and taking out just one category. About 65 cards in all. I'm thinking of doing photo collages and putting them on Facebook. But that's only if people are interested. Otherwise I'll find other ways to postpone all this work...
PS If anyone has seen my reading glasses, please tell them I miss them and could they please come home?
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