Picture Of The Day Feb 08

[gregs dad]

http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee283/exactavarex/P1020011.jpg
The Ben Johnson mural of Liverpool being painted in the Walker`s Art Gallery
being raised off the floor, Mr Johnson is in the left hand corner of the photo

[John(Zappa)]

Splendid:handclap::handclap:

[Steven]

The mind boggles at the detail they are putting into that painting.

[lindylou]

Fantastic. I love that kind of detailed work :handclap:

[ChrisGeorge]

Fab pic, Kev! Thanks! :handclap:

Chris

[Gerry]

That must have taken a long time to paint. Some detail and what patience.

[taffy]

Sea Wall defences at Leasowe, Wirral

[Partsky]

Thanks for posting that mural picture. Wonderful

[shoney]

Sea Wall defences at Leasowe, Wirral

great pic, how do those defences work, are they against tanks, landing craft , infantry or what, they look like they would give good cover to gunfire

[taffy]

great pic, how do those defences work, are they against tanks, landing craft , infantry or what, they look like they would give good cover to gunfire

Thanks for the comments. I've always assumed the sea defences at Leasowe were designed to break up waves but I suppose they could have had other uses like stopping tanks landing. Never thought of that one.

[ChrisGeorge]

Great photo, Taffy. I would also tend to think that what you photographed is a measure to protect the coast rather than a wartime defense.

Chris

[shoney]

Great photo, Taffy. I would also tend to think that what you photographed is a measure to protect the coast rather than a wartime defense.

Chris

yeah i realise that now, why would the germans land on the wirral, you can't even get a bag of decent chips............my mistake

[phredd]

Once upon a time, (long long ago,) you could walk from New Brighton Baths to West Kirby and not see any concrete for the whole walk.
The present defences are there as a defence agains the sea and land erosion.
They are doing a great job but alas, spoilt a nice sand-dune coast line.
During the summer? we spend a lot of time on Leasowe Common.

Phredd

[gregs dad]

Spent a lot of our weekends at Morton Common when I was a kid. We had
a family tent which we left in a shed in someones back garden to save us carrying it backwards and forwards to Kirkdale,the cost was sixpence a week.
Every sunday would see us carrying bags of cockles on the ferry going home.
The sea defences weren`t put there till after the war years

[chippie]

Yes I remember Morton was the costa brava to us kids back in the 50/60s not that I ever went very often but when someone did take me ,the tents were all over the sands and it looked like another country to me. Now it would probably look like a refugee camp.

[phredd]

Those Sea defences >>>>>
The lady on the left with back to us is my wife.

Phredd

[Atany]

a blue sky. Not often there over Liverpool, isn't it?

[lindylou]

No atany, we don't see blue sky very often :(

[gregs dad]

3rd Feb 2008

http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee283/exactavarex/P1020026.jpg
The statue of John on the Central building

[Kev]

Excellent view cheers. Don't forget to add the date above, I've done it for you :PDT11

[PhilipG]

3rd Feb 2008

http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee283/exactavarex/P1020026.jpg
The statue of John on the Central building

Very well lit.
The two fingers the Beatles gave always amused me because it could be taken two completely ways, although this photo makes it look like 'the finger'.

[PhilipG]

Upper Frederick Street.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2336/2233137891_bcbbe2d02a_o.jpg

[Steven]

Great Picture Philip. Are those railings painted in the colours of the African flag ?

[shoney]

Great Picture Philip. Are those railings painted in the colours of the African flag ? red yellow and green is for africa, the blue is for everton as we have more africans than liverpool, before you start with a list just ignore me H-asbo, i'm just having a laugh

[Ged]

:)

[Atany]

I wondered always why the Brits love these bright colours. Strong red, yellow and so on. For instance also at the window frames or doors of the houses. The phone boxes too. And now at this fence. In Germany nobody uses such colours.
But there is always a cloudy sky in Britain. And maybe the people seek for such colours to do something against the grey of the sky. That's it, isn't it?

[gregs dad]

http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee283/exactavarex/P1020063.jpg
When Winter comes can Spring be far behind.
ST Chad`s churchyard Kirkby

[Chris48]

But there is always a cloudy sky in Britain.

Bit of a sweeping statement. We have a great variation of weather here.

[Steven]

Bit of a sweeping statement. We have a great variation of weather here.

Well said Chris48 :handclap:

[taffy]

Great Picture Philip. Are those railings painted in the colours of the African flag ?

The Red, Gold and Green Colours are symbolic of the Rastafarian faith. In this case yellow seems to have been substituted for gold.

See

http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/rastafari/ataglance/glance.shtml

[shoney]

http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee283/exactavarex/P1020063.jpg
When Winter comes can Spring be far behind.
ST Chad`s churchyard Kirkby


nice pic, looks like something out of a steven king movie, has no-one got a bubble in a spirit level in kirkby anymore

[John(Zappa)]

:handclap:good pics all.:handclap:

[Atany]

gregs dad
You're having already crocuses? In Germany only the snowdrops begin to show their heads. Whose grave is it?

maybe the weather is sometimes not so bad.

[ChrisGeorge]

Very fine pics! :handclap:

Chris

[Gerry]

http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee283/exactavarex/P1020063.jpg
When Winter comes can Spring be far behind.
ST Chad`s churchyard Kirkby

This beautiful picture has inspired me to write a few words about Saint Chad's that I posted in the traditional creativity threads. I hope you don't mind.

[Gerry]

Saint Chad's Sad Stone's
(Inspired by Greg's Dad's beautiful picture)

There they stood twisted and gnarled
Their faces weathered and beaten
Algae growing on bare sand stone
The carefully carved writing eaten

Devoured by generations of pollution
The acid in the rain eating stone
Did the man who chipped that stone
Ever think that rain would destroy it

Family of the dead long dead themselves
No one left to come and mourn
Cut the grass and clean the stone
Complain to council about litter

Look at what Spring has sprung
The carpet of purples and whites
Reaching for the rays energies
Life goes on, Life still goes on

By Gerry Temple
Copyright February 2008
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[jimmy]

Nice photograph Gregs Dad, and a beautiful verse Gerry well done.:handclap:

[Gerry]

The Dingle looking down at the Mersey

Wednesday 6th February

http://img238.imageshack.us/img238/9781/dscf2077mh0.jpg

[gregs dad]

Thanks Gerry

[taffy]

Falkner Sq Liverpool L8.

[Atany]

The Dingle looking down at the Mersey

Wednesday 6th February

http://img238.imageshack.us/img238/9781/dscf2077mh0.jpg

That's so very British. I like it, but the houses are so very small. Maybe 3 metres wide, not more, and 2 stories. Do there live families with 2 children for instance?

[shoney]

which street is this malwood, elswick ? I used to work on many of those houses in those streets, and along grafton street which runs across the bottom, bread was filmed in these streets, I actually worked for the creator of bread and the liver birds ( carla Lane ) on her house in London, love this pic, brings back memories of walking up to mill street to get chips or bacon butties for our dinner

[Ged]

Atany, these houses are very old, known as 2 up, 2 down, as in the number of rooms. When built in fact, families were much larger so it would be more common for 6 or more people to be housed in them. Elswick Street was the 'Bread' Street (sitcom), my father-in-law was born in Grafton st then moved to one of these streets, Netherby but has been in the Flower Streets, Kirkdale now for 40 odd years.

Atany, not many miles South of here, some of the houses are as big or bigger then 3 or 4 of these put together.

[shoney]

one thing i remember about all the houses in these streets i worked on was that when replacing the front door frames the brickwork was a good 1 and a half inches out of plumb heading towards the mersey and the frames just looked wrong if you put them in plumb so you would have to purposley put them in wonky......... oh yeah and while your having a cup of tea and its quiet you can hear the trains rattling like hell directly underneath you.

[gregs dad]

http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee283/exactavarex/P1020104.jpg

Anglican Cathedral Reflection

[Ged]

Another very interesting perspective :handclap:

[Gerry]

Excellent picture and just proves the fantastic vision you have to see this beauty in that unusual way. Keep up the great work.

[Atany]

Atany, these houses are very old, known as 2 up, 2 down, as in the number of rooms. When built in fact, families were much larger so it would be more common for 6 or more people to be housed in them. Elswick Street was the 'Bread' Street (sitcom), my father-in-law was born in Grafton st then moved to one of these streets, Netherby but has been in the Flower Streets, Kirkdale now for 40 odd years.

Atany, not many miles South of here, some of the houses are as big or bigger then 3 or 4 of these put together.

Thanx for the explanation!
In my town there live the people also alone in a flats now, which were once built for a big family. But these houses are really very small. I hope there don't need to live families with many kids. But apart from that, these houses are very nice, very British. Also the street lamp. Maybe a tree wouldn't be bad. Are there gardens at the rear?

[naked lilac]

which street is this malwood, elswick ? I used to work on many of those houses in those streets, and along grafton street which runs across the bottom, bread was filmed in these streets, I actually worked for the creator of bread and the liver birds ( carla Lane ) on her house in London, love this pic, brings back memories of walking up to mill street to get chips or bacon butties for our dinner

That street is Sanbeck Street, looking down to the Mersey.. Grafton Street at the end ....so I remember...by Cockburn Road.

[taffy]

http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee283/exactavarex/P1020104.jpg

Anglican Cathedral Reflection

Nice photo but Feb 7th date already posted. Perhaps change to Feb 8th

[chippie]

No Atany, there are no gardens at the rear but small yards.

I grew up in a house no bigger than that and my grandparents had eight children in them and me also in the end.

It wasn,t even cosy as the cold got in through the door gaps and window gaps. No central heating and no hot water in those days. :PDT_Aliboronz_11:

[shoney]

That street is Sanbeck Street, looking down to the Mersey.. Grafton Street at the end ....so I remember...by Cockburn Road.

yeah there is about 7 streets heading down to grafton street, if my memory is right we renovated the very bottom house on the right hand side of the street where it meets grafton street

[Gerry]

Those little palaces of the working class who built Liverpool have a yard so tiny the outside toilet could be reached by a big step on a cold winters night if the need arose and you didn't want to poison the others crammed into each tiny bedroom.

I was born into a house this size and lived there with my Grandmother, Mum and Dad, one older brother and four older sisters. All in two tiny bedrooms.

My cot was the bottom drawer of the dressing table as there wasn't floor space to sit a cot down.

My good wife often remarks "I wish they had shut that drawer when you were in it" at times when I'm getting on her nerves.

[ChrisGeorge]

Nice photo but Feb 7th date already posted. Perhaps change to Feb 8th

Done! Changed to Feb 8th. Thanks, Taffy. :002:

Chris

[Atany]

Gerry,

what a sad story! I hope you have a better house now!

That's not very kind of your wife. :)

[Gerry]

We have a grand house now and we even have a toilet inside.

When we get is connected to the electricity I'll be able to do away with this old turf powered laptop.:PDT_Aliboronz_24:

[taffy]

HMS Bulwark, assault ship at Pierhead Liverpool

[Kev]

excellent :PDT11

[PhilipG]

St Luke's.
Chinese New Year.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2283/2254073675_3fda619d40_o.jpg

[Atany]

We have a grand house now and we even have a toilet inside.

When we get is connected to the electricity I'll be able to do away with this old turf powered laptop.:PDT_Aliboronz_24:

what a great life!

[taffy]

Photo taken appropriately in Church St Liverpool. Sadly the Church, St Peter's , has long since been demolished.

[shoney]

Photo taken appropriately in Church St Liverpool. Sadly the Church, St Peter's , has long since been demolished.

i'm not surprised spouting all this rubbish, is there a merseyside god ? what happend to rest of the beautiful world god created? , or have i just read the sign wrong? it's a big statement to keep preaching the word by ! i'm not a god botherer but it's not really from or for today i feel

[taffy]

i'm not surprised spouting all this rubbish, is there a merseyside god ? what happend to rest of the beautiful world god created? , or have i just read the sign wrong? it's a big statement to keep preaching the word by ! i'm not a god botherer but it's not really from or for today i feel

St Peter's became the Pro cathedral for Liverpool and demolished around 1920when the new Liverpool cathedral was in a usable state.

It's the Merseyside School of Evangelism in the outer circle, then "God Loves You" inside this.

Not sure if there is a Merseyside god, perhaps each of the three football teams. Then there's Max's references to the "god-like" zoom on his camera !!

[ChrisGeorge]

Photo taken appropriately in Church St Liverpool. Sadly the Church, St Peter's , has long since been demolished.

Hi Taffy

This is a very fine photograph, with the wording on the sign and the male bystanders as well as the big photograph of the young lady behind and the head of the man poking out of the doorway above the religious sign. Well done, Taffy. :handclap:

Chris

[taffy]

Hi Taffy

This is a very fine photograph, with the wording on the sign and the male bystanders as well as the big photograph of the young lady behind and the head of the man poking out of the doorway above the religious sign. Well done, Taffy. :handclap:

Chris

Thanks. It was quick snap as people were constantly moving about in front of the banner. Lucky to get it really.

[Kev]

12th Feb 2008 - Liverpool Arena including on of those 08 flags!

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2178/2259433455_433d25ba29_o.jpg (http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2178/2259433455_433d25ba29_o.jpg)

[A.D.W]

A splenid picture, Kev.

:PDT11

[Kev]

Thanks :)

[Atany]

In Germany the people use English words if they want to be hip. Or if they're making any flag or poster. But but the hell, do the English if they want to be hip?

[gregs dad]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2207/2262786654_e18f5a5e8f_o.jpg
Parrs Bank, Castle Street. built 1900

[naked lilac]

Beautifully perserved.. Bravo!:handclap:

[Atany]

The English could try Latin or French to make something special, couldn't they?

[taffy]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2207/2262786654_e18f5a5e8f_o.jpg
Parrs Bank, Castle Street. built 1900

Superb photo. The Parr family have long established Liverpool roots. The earliest I have them is 1690. Parr's bank seems to have had its origins in Warrington.

[John(Zappa)]

Another great pic Gregs Dad:PDT11

[Kev]

14th Feb 2007:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2094/2260378105_b941e7f373_o.jpg (http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2094/2260378105_b941e7f373_o.jpg)

Bluecoat Chambers (http://www.yoliverpool.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1347)

[Ged]

That;s a good un' Kev. :handclap:

[Kev]

Cheers Ged, the place looks brand new!

[A.D.W]

Nice picture, but the clock is running fast.

:)

[pasha]

what a brill picture kev, it does look brand new:handclap:

[taffy]

Dome of Liverpool Town Hall with Minerva at the top

[shoney]

Dome of Liverpool Town Hall with Minerva at the top

nice pic, minerva must have been a model for the first sports bra.

[PhilipG]

what a brill picture kev, it does look brand new:handclap:

The 'wraps' have just come off it, after a couple of years' worth of refurbishment, and a new block built on the back.
It'll be 300 years old in a few years time.

[gregs dad]

http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee283/exactavarex/collage.jpg
Quite a lot of people forget to look up at the tops of buildings which are sometimes better than the base. I think if you asked people in town where these 4 places were quite a lot couldn`t tell you.

[Kev]

16th Feb 2008:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2198/2260348675_d97f244dbb_o.jpg (http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2198/2260348675_d97f244dbb_o.jpg)

Men at work (http://www.yoliverpool.com/forum/showthread.php?t=8092) at Chavasse Park.

[Gerry]

They are having a prayer service:034:

[gregs dad]

http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee283/exactavarex/P1020312.jpg
Rigby`s in Dale street. Built in 1726 but the facade now is from1840.
Based on an Italian design

[John(Zappa)]

Another fine pic:PDT11

[ChrisGeorge]

Great pics, gregs dad and Kev.

Chris

[Kev]

18th Feb 2008 - Stained Glass Window, Anglican:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2368/2268695805_acb76a5f12_o.jpg (http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2368/2268695805_acb76a5f12_o.jpg)

[taffy]

Hole in the Wall pub. The oldest pub in Liverpool which carries the date 1726.

[PhilipG]

Deleted.

[PhilipG]

Hole in the Wall pub. The oldest pub in Liverpool which carries the date 1726.

Rigby's also has (or had) the date 1726 on it. The Central Hotel in Ranelagh Street 'carries' the date 1698 (or 1675, or 16 something), but neither they nor the Leather Lane pub are as old as the dates that are on them.
I wouldn't begin to hazard a guess at 'The Oldest Pub in Liverpool'. :)

[shoney]

it can't be too bad if at the end of the day if the dates arn't right then maybe the ale is a bit fresher

[Kev]

Hole in the Wall pub. The oldest pub in Liverpool which carries the date 1726.

Superb Taffy, cheers :PDT11

[taffy]

Rigby's also has (or had) the date 1726 on it. The Central Hotel in Ranelagh Street 'carries' the date 1698 (or 1675, or 16 something), but neither they nor the Leather Lane pub are as old as the dates that are on them.
I wouldn't begin to hazard a guess at 'The Oldest Pub in Liverpool'. :)

Phil, you'll have to take up the argument about which is the oldest pub with " Mine Host" at The Hole in the Wall !! They certainly advertise they are the oldest pub in Liverpool. Whether true or not I don't know either. However Ranelagh street did not exist in 1726 let alone 1698, so that date is definitely suspect.

[taffy]

Superb Taffy, cheers :PDT11

Thanks. Glad you liked it.

[gregs dad]

http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee283/exactavarex/P1020400.jpg
Is this the best pigeon loft in the city?

[Gerry]

Good photo. How did you get them all to pose so well for you:handclap:

[gregs dad]

They were all asleep in the winter sun after being fed by the city`s unofficial
pigeon feeders.

[Atany]

:)

[John(Zappa)]

Another good pic there gregs dad.:handclap:
(Sparrowhawk needed by the looks of things.)

[marky]

Sefton Street carwash. One of the worst paint-jobs I've seen.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3051/2281522046_c770642129.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/25632502@N00/2281522046/?edited=1

[PhilipG]

Phil, you'll have to take up the argument about which is the oldest pub with " Mine Host" at The Hole in the Wall !! They certainly advertise they are the oldest pub in Liverpool. Whether true or not I don't know either. However Ranelagh street did not exist in 1726 let alone 1698, so that date is definitely suspect.

Yes, Taffy, I know it's suspect.
As is the date on The Hole in the Wall.
Ranelagh Street certainly existed in the early 1700s and probably earlier, as it was the road to Manchester.
http://www.yoliverpool.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=5162&d=1202639386

[chrismarsden]

Sefton Street carwash. One of the worst paint-jobs I've seen.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3051/2281522046_c770642129.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/25632502@N00/2281522046/?edited=1

Couldn't help but notice that on the way home tonight!!!!

[taffy]

Phil, you'll have to take up the argument about which is the oldest pub with " Mine Host" at The Hole in the Wall !! They certainly advertise they are the oldest pub in Liverpool. Whether true or not I don't know either. However Ranelagh street did not exist in 1726 let alone 1698, so that date is definitely suspect.

Yes, Taffy, I know it's suspect.
As is the date on The Hole in the Wall.
Ranelagh Street certainly existed in the early 1700s and probably earlier, as it was the road to Manchester.
http://www.yoliverpool.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=5162&d=1202639386


Agreed the route was there but there were no buildings on it and at that time it had no name

[taffy]

Sefton Street carwash. One of the worst paint-jobs I've seen.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3051/2281522046_c770642129.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/25632502@N00/2281522046/?edited=1

This paint job shows all that is great about Liverpool !!!

[quincyg]

looks like house of Lego!

[Kev]

22nd Feb 2008:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2175/2268370089_61387e7f0d_o.jpg (http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2175/2268370089_61387e7f0d_o.jpg)

[John(Zappa)]

Now thats a good pic.Nice one.:PDT11

[quincyg]

superb stuff! :handclap:

[gregs dad]

http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee283/exactavarex/P1020452.jpg
Anchors Away, seen in Birkenhead`s Priory car park

[Atany]

that chain - amazing.
Or imagine, you're a fish and any idiot throws that anchor into the sea.:)

[taffy]

Interesting house in the Mossley Hill area of Liverpool

[shoney]

http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee283/exactavarex/P1020452.jpg
Anchors Away, seen in Birkenhead`s Priory car park

why is the anchor in the carpark? shouldn't it be a bit closer to the sea or maybe on a ship or equivilant site.

[Kev]

Interesting house in the Mossley Hill area of Liverpool

Nice pic Taffy, those houses along North Mossley Hill Rd are huge, is this one of them?

[gregs dad]

why is the anchor in the carpark? shouldn't it be a bit closer to the sea or maybe on a ship or equivilant site.

It`s only yards from a ship repairing yard which used to be Cammel Lairds
the way they are positioned I think they might have been put there as a monument but have been overgrown with weeds

[taffy]

Nice pic Taffy, those houses along North Mossley Hill Rd are huge, is this one of them?

Thanks for the comment about the photo. The house featured on a Sherlock Holmes TV series a few years ago. Yes it's on Elmsley Rd which comes off North Mossley Hill Rd. This part of Liverpool is truly delightful.

[PhilipG]

I caught a glimpse of this chap and knew he was watching me, and I had the feeling that he thought I hadn't seen him, so I pretended to take a photo of something in the direction he was looking, and then turned round quickly and snapped him without composing the picture, whick luckily turned out rather well.
He dived inside as soon as he saw me facing him, but too late!

I think its called Eden Square - its between Hatton Garden and Cheapside.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2214/2290040506_cbf5ab813e_o.jpg

[Atany]

haunting people with a camera is not as bad as with a shotgun. :)

[quincyg]

more a picture of the night...hedgehog in my garden
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e28/quincyg/blogging%20pix/Picture500.jpg

[naked lilac]

Awwww, what a sweet little critter..Looks scared , yet taking refuge in your garden.. that is just touching to me.. Sweet!

[John(Zappa)]

Good pic Quincy:PDT11

[quincyg]

Awwww, what a sweet little critter..Looks scared , yet taking refuge in your garden.. that is just touching to me.. Sweet!

we get them regularly. started about 5 years ago with 1. then that one brought another, then the baby ones started coming. I've got a storage box improvised into a feeding station. they have water and a pile of cat biscuits every night. Most we had at any one time was 8!

we had to move the food to the bottom of the garden from half way up. they are such noisy eaters they were waking us up in the night lol!

we had to rescue a baby that I found wandering round the garden one morning. it had hypothermia. they are lovely little things.

[Broliv]

I havn't seen a hedgehog for about 10 years now. They are cool little critters

[Howie]

They are cool little critters

that are full of ticks and fleas. :eek:

[gregs dad]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2099/2293948053_43d4e6edb2_o.jpg
Tranmere oil jetty

[PhilipG]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2099/2293948053_43d4e6edb2_o.jpg
Tranmere oil jetty

Unusual view.
So clear.
I can't figure out where you were, GD.

[Ged]

Walking on the water with Chippie perhaps.

[ChrisGeorge]

Unusual view.
So clear.
I can't figure out where you were, GD.

Presumably using a very powerful telescopic lens?

[gregs dad]

http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee283/exactavarex/P1020410.jpg
Nobody heard of ferry across the mersey,I took this on the return journey and all for free with being an old codger.Out side the peak hours they always
do a mini cruise,they leave Woodside and don`t turn for home till just past
Tranmere. On the outgoing they go as far as the Victoria Tower before turning.

[Atany]

that are full of ticks and fleas. :eek:

Do you know how hedgehogs are making love?
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very, very careful. :)

[John(Zappa)]

that are full of ticks and fleas. :eek:

That don't do nothing to humans,dogs or cats.If a hedgehog was without fleas I think it would die (So i've heard)

[Atany]

:)

[hengler]

Here is my contribution for today.

[Howie]

That don't do nothing to humans,dogs or cats.If a hedgehog was without fleas I think it would die (So i've heard)

Hedgehog fleas will jump onto humans, dogs and cats but don't tend to hang around long. They rarely bite humans but it is not unheard of. They are also found on other small mammals such as brown rats. Hedgehogs don't need the fleas and will not die without them. You should however not use dog/cat flea powder to get rid of the fleas - that will kill the hedgehog (I think this is were the misunderstanding comes from). You can use powders that are suitable for birds.

[quincyg]

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[Atany]

Dear guys
I know, it's really not my task to moan here about your pictures. I'm only a foreigner and a guest. But I think the pictures of this forum have too many byte. 800 kb for instance for one picture. And if there are 5 pictures on one page, then we have 4000 kb. I'm sure my computer sheds hidden tears.

And I wonder if nobody of you has a little fear, someone could snitch your pictures for commercial use? If you would publish only small pictures in a low quality then won't be such a danger.

[A.D.W]

Dear guys
I know, it's really not my task to moan here about your pictures. I'm only a foreigner and a guest. But I think the pictures of this forum have too many byte. 800 kb for instance for one picture. And if there are 5 pictures on one page, then we have 4000 kb. I'm sure my computer sheds hidden tears.

And I wonder if nobody of you has a little fear, someone could snitch your pictures for commercial use? If you would publish only small pictures in a low quality then won't be such a danger.

Valid point, Atany. I try to keep my posted pictures below 100kb.

:PDT_Xtremez_42:

[gregs dad]

http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee283/exactavarex/P1020394.jpg
Sitting on the dock of the bay.
Taken from Waterloo Dock

[Atany]

Valid point, Atany. I try to keep my posted pictures below 100kb.

:PDT_Xtremez_42:
oh, very much thanx! Unfortunately has gregs dad not the same opinion. Again more than 800 kb. I would say that's an invitation to sell his pictures somewhere.

[gregs dad]

oh, very much thanx! Unfortunately has gregs dad not the same opinion. Again more than 800 kb. I would say that's an invitation to sell his pictures somewhere.
I am afraid to tell you I am strictly an amateur I have never sold any of my pics at anytime. It takes me all my time to post them never mind worrying about the size.

[naked lilac]

I am afraid to tell you I am strictly an amateur I have never sold any of my pics at anytime. It takes me all my time to post them never mind worrying about the size.

:handclap::handclap::handclap::PDT_Aliboronz_24:Th ats funny Gregs Dad.. I also:thumbsup: feel the same when I post a picture.. They look fine on my screen...

[taffy]

posted in wrong place

[taffy]

http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee283/exactavarex/P1020394.jpg
Sitting on the dock of the bay.
Taken from Waterloo Dock

Should be in March not Feb. Has Feb been completed? No dates on some pictures

[gregs dad]

Thanks Taffy,I really must stop drinking wine with my tea ,it should have of course been March

[Atany]

I am afraid to tell you I am strictly an amateur I have never sold any of my pics at anytime. It takes me all my time to post them never mind worrying about the size.

yes, it takes all your time because the pictures are so very big.
At first you have to download Gimp, for instance, or Paint shop, Photo shop, whatever....
http://gimp-win.sourceforge.net/stable.html Gimp is free
Then you have to open the file (File -> Open) Okay?
Then click at Picture -> Scaling or Resize (not canvas-size!)
Then make it smaller - type in a smaller length and height
Then save your picture with another name in your folder, but with a .jpg extension
Then it will ask you for the quality, with Gimp 100 means very good quality but more kb. In Paint Shop is 1 the best quality and many kb. Try it a few times and observe how it looks!
Then upload that smaller picture and we all will be very happy.

Attention! Give your picture always a new name if you save it after any changing, or your genuine picture will be lost. It's the same as in Word and so on. The program will remind you moreover.

[gregs dad]

yes, it takes all your time because the pictures are so very big.
At first you have to download Gimp, for instance, or Paint shop, Photo shop, whatever....
http://gimp-win.sourceforge.net/stable.html Gimp is free
Then you have to open the file (File -> Open) Okay?
Then click at Picture -> Scaling or Resize (not canvas-size!)
Then make it smaller - type in a smaller length and height
Then save your picture with another name in your folder, but with a .jpg extension
Then it will ask you for the quality, with Gimp 100 means very good quality but more kb. In Paint Shop is 1 the best quality and many kb. Try it a few times and observe how it looks!
Then upload that smaller picture and we all will be very happy.

Attention! Give your picture always a new name if you save it after any changing, or your genuine picture will be lost. It's the same as in Word and so on. The program will remind you moreover.
First let me thank you for the lesson but you make it sound harder than what I am doing now,which is only 2 moves from flickr or photobucket. If our admin
team didn`t like how I was posting my pics I`m sure they would have told me by now.
By the way there is quite a lot posted in a large size by other members.
I myself don`t like thumbnails because they have to be enlarged for viewing
I would rather see large ones anytime, after all they are all resized to 800.

[quincyg]

I think the problem is in the how many bytes the photos are. the better quality the picture the bigger the file. although the size of photo is pretty much the same on the page the sizes of the files are different. I checked mine against other photos posted and found mine were smaller files.

right click on a photo and then properties and you'll see the difference in file sizes.

My camera is 7.2 mega pixels. perhaps others have better quality cameras with more pixels.

Just a thought.

[Atany]

First let me thank you for the lesson but you make it sound harder than what I am doing now,which is only 2 moves from flickr or photobucket. If our admin
team didn`t like how I was posting my pics I`m sure they would have told me by now.
By the way there is quite a lot posted in a large size by other members.
I myself don`t like thumbnails because they have to be enlarged for viewing
I would rather see large ones anytime, after all they are all resized to 800.

Maybe the admins are having high-end computers, which never have problems to display pictures.
And if you never do any image editing with your computer, then is that as you would have a Mercedes, but you're driving each day only one circuit around your house and then you're parking that car again.

There are so many things you can do with your pictures with Gimp. You can enlarge details. Changing the colours, brightness,.... Correcting mistakes. You can make photomontages. Whatever. Never done that?
You could create greetings cards for Christmas. Maybe also a calendar as a gift. Or booklets and covers for your burnt CDs. If you haven't a printer, the copy shops will print that too.

And with Animation Shop you can make animations. For instance that a ship navigates along the Mersey.
Or such rubbisch:
http://img223.imageshack.us/img223/2514/hizy4.gif

[gregs dad]

Maybe the admins are having high-end computers, which never have problems to display pictures.
And if you never do any image editing with your computer, then is that as you would have a Mercedes, but you're driving each day only one circuit around your house and then you're parking that car again.

There are so many things you can do with your pictures with Gimp. You can enlarge details. Changing the colours, brightness,.... Correcting mistakes. You can make photomontages. Whatever. Never done that?
You could create greetings cards for Christmas. Maybe also a calendar as a gift. Or booklets and covers for your burnt CDs. If you haven't a printer, the copy shops will print that too.

And with Animation Shop you can make animations. For instance that a ship navigates along the Mersey.
Or such rubbisch:
http://img223.imageshack.us/img223/2514/hizy4.gif

Hi Antany,I do have a few programs which I sometimes use to do the things you can do with your Gimp,for example Picasa,Photofiltre,Photoimpression,
but I try to take my photos as I would like them look without alterations.
If I wanted to alter them that much I think I would have taken up painting
instead years ago.

[shytalk]

Hi Antany,I do have a few programs which I sometimes use to do the things you can do with your Gimp,for example Picasa,Photofiltre,Photoimpression,
but I try to take my photos as I would like them look without alterations.
If I wanted to alter them that much I think I would have taken up painting
instead years ago.

Just keep on doing what you have been doing, you take great pics.

[John(Zappa)]

Just keep on doing what you have been doing, you take great pics.

I agree shytalk as Gregs dad well knows:PDT11
Gregs dad is our David Bailey or Lord Litchfield:PDT11

[gregs dad]

Thank`s folks for your kind remarks.

[Atany]

As you like it.

[PhilipG]

I didn't realise this discussion was taking place.
I don't particularly like thumbnails, certainly not in the POTD thread, but if it suits some people, then I can live with it.
I also didn't realise that Greg's Dad's photos 'weights' so much.
(I'm so green that I don't even know if 'weights' is a computer expression!)

My photos are about 2 Mb on my memory card, but when I save them to flickr I choose the 800 width size, and they end up about 100 Kb or less.
(That must be why they look as if they've been shot through lino!)

GD's photos are consistently beautiful, and I don't care what he's doing.
Yes, he's an amateur, and also an inspiration to the rest of us. :PDT11

[Ged]

Hear hear. You carry on doing what you're doing cos whatever it is, it's working.