I REALLY don't think you want to look at me... But just give you a bad dream before going to sleep...

gawd ian.

that nearly made me spit my last swig of whiskey out, that did!

you look like the fella that used to play george(brian murphy) in that pic, out of the british 70s sitcom series george and mildred.

ive heard people referring to spongebob before but had no idea what they were on about.

sometimes i think i live in a little coocoon, where i most like to be.

neverdie no wonder you have a circulation problem, you gotta get out of that cocoon. Let the breeze blow through.

Oh my, you missed growing up with Looney Tunes and Tom and Jerry, didn't you?

Thaibebop - I grew up during WWII, no cinema, no TV. After the war (I was eight or nine I suppose) we had kiddies Saturday morning cinema, with all sorts of movies, cowboy; space wars; T&J; whatever. And I thoroughly enjoyed it. On Saturday mornings. Knowing it was fantasy. Going out and playing a good game of rugby afterwards.

My father came out of the war (he had been teaching the Yanks about radar) and started a radio/TV manufacturer's company with some colleagues. So from around 1947 onwards we had several TVs in the house. Never in cabinets, never the right way up, always being 'improved'. So I was one of the very early viewers. But it was only for an hour or so a day - first came tea; then homework; then out to play in the woods at the back of the house; come back to see what the TV was showing (only BBC, one channel); some supper and off to bed.

It didn't not never inflooense me - I learnd proper an' got to be an enjineear. (No, not driving a train!).

But it seems that whatever the media put out these days is swallowed verbatim as 'culture' and no one should change it.

I was going to have a rant about the deteriorating content of newspapers on-line such as the Guardian and Telegraph, but I'll leave that for another day.

I know what you are saying, Humphrey (I don't fully agree though). I wonder if the difference is not the content of the programs so much as the balance with time with Mum, whether it was shelling peas for her or bringing in a bucket of coal, perhaps kids in your day had a bit more interaction with Mum in the house, whereas kids these days, Mum is at work and too tired when she gets home to have much quality time. I count sitting at the kitchen table peeling spuds for her while she cooks as "quality time" even if I didn't actually enjoy the chores.

I REALLY don't think you want to look at me... But just give you a bad dream before going to sleep...

gawd ian.

that nearly made me spit my last swig of whiskey out, that did!

you look like the fella that used to play george(brian murphy) in that pic, out of the british 70s sitcom series george and mildred.

You're right! A dead ringer for George Roper. There's another couple of pics where Ian is wearing a cowboy-type hat and he's a facsimile of Richard Branson.

gawd ian.

that nearly made me spit my last swig of whiskey out, that did!

you look like the fella that used to play george(brian murphy) in that pic, out of the british 70s sitcom series george and mildred.

I'm always fooling around with Photoshop and it is funny what you can do with a little "tweeking". I've always had a touch of the absurd and would rather make myself the butt of a joke rather than poking fun at others. When internet forums were first starting there were lots of young fellows on the forums with fragile egos, and they couldn't admit mistakes, or have anyone disagree with them. I would post stuff and make fun of myself, and it showed the young guys not to take themselves so seriously.

Oh my, you missed growing up with Looney Tunes and Tom and Jerry, didn't you?

Thaibebop - I grew up during WWII, no cinema, no TV. After the war (I was eight or nine I suppose) we had kiddies Saturday morning cinema, with all sorts of movies, cowboy; space wars; T&J; whatever. And I thoroughly enjoyed it. On Saturday mornings. Knowing it was fantasy. Going out and playing a good game of rugby afterwards.

My father came out of the war (he had been teaching the Yanks about radar) and started a radio/TV manufacturer's company with some colleagues. So from around 1947 onwards we had several TVs in the house. Never in cabinets, never the right way up, always being 'improved'. So I was one of the very early viewers. But it was only for an hour or so a day - first came tea; then homework; then out to play in the woods at the back of the house; come back to see what the TV was showing (only BBC, one channel); some supper and off to bed.

It didn't not never inflooense me - I learnd proper an' got to be an enjineear. (No, not driving a train!).

But it seems that whatever the media put out these days is swallowed verbatim as 'culture' and no one should change it.

I was going to have a rant about the deteriorating content of newspapers on-line such as the Guardian and Telegraph, but I'll leave that for another day.

I know what you are saying, Humphrey (I don't fully agree though). I wonder if the difference is not the content of the programs so much as the balance with time with Mum, whether it was shelling peas for her or bringing in a bucket of coal, perhaps kids in your day had a bit more interaction with Mum in the house, whereas kids these days, Mum is at work and too tired when she gets home to have much quality time. I count sitting at the kitchen table peeling spuds for her while she cooks as "quality time" even if I didn't actually enjoy the chores.

To an extent - yes.

We were bombed out in 1941 and spent the next few years moving to different friends every few months until after WWII finished. So we were rather close, while my father was away.

And I did get a beating for playing truant when I was about six.

But it was not just my mother - everyone expected the kids to do the best they could at school and most adults would encourage and help. My parents, though, expected me to do everything on my own - just a brief "Have you finished your homework?" around supper-time.

But the teachers we had - being a boys school, all men - were very keen on our doing the best we could. All returning from WWII, they had a very real ambition for us to grow up in a much different world to their experience in the thirties.

gawd ian.

that nearly made me spit my last swig of whiskey out, that did!

you look like the fella that used to play george(brian murphy) in that pic, out of the british 70s sitcom series george and mildred.

I'm always fooling around with Photoshop and it is funny what you can do with a little "tweeking". I've always had a touch of the absurd and would rather make myself the butt of a joke rather than poking fun at others. When internet forums were first starting there were lots of young fellows on the forums with fragile egos, and they couldn't admit mistakes, or have anyone disagree with them. I would post stuff and make fun of myself, and it showed the young guys not to take themselves so seriously.

Never mind photoshop !! Get some help for that nose............................quickly.

Never mind photoshop !! Get some help for that nose............................quickly.

Nothing the matter with my nose. I just made it larger and added the purple colouring. Then I squeezed my head flatter and changed the size or my eyes. Then moved the pupils and put one eye higher than the other. Kind of fun really.

When taking photos of girl friends I remove all blemishes and get rid of braces if they have them..

Never mind photoshop !! Get some help for that nose............................quickly.

Nothing the matter with my nose. I just made it larger and added the purple colouring. Then I squeezed my head flatter and changed the size or my eyes. Then moved the pupils and put one eye higher than the other. Kind of fun really.

When taking photos of girl friends I remove all blemishes and get rid of braces if they have them..

At your age Ian your girl friends should not have braces.

Never mind photoshop !! Get some help for that nose............................quickly.

Nothing the matter with my nose. I just made it larger and added the purple colouring. Then I squeezed my head flatter and changed the size or my eyes. Then moved the pupils and put one eye higher than the other. Kind of fun really.

When taking photos of girl friends I remove all blemishes and get rid of braces if they have them..

At your age Ian your girl friends should not have braces.

Just falsies

......choppers I mean.

Guess there are other possibilties...... hehe

(. ) (. )

At your age Ian your girl friends should not have braces.

I don't pick them. They pick me. Who am I to complain. I've got lady friends of all ages... from nineteen to ninety. That is one of the beauties of Thailand... there doesn't seem to be a problem with mixed age groups if everyone is enjoying themselves.

I REALLY don't think you want to look at me... But just give you a bad dream before going to sleep...

gawd ian.

that nearly made me spit my last swig of whiskey out, that did!

you look like the fella that used to play george(brian murphy) in that pic, out of the british 70s sitcom series george and mildred.

You're right! A dead ringer for George Roper. There's another couple of pics where Ian is wearing a cowboy-type hat and he's a facsimile of Richard Branson.

All together now....

*Rudolph, the red-nosed reindeer...

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Whipping the pussy...now that would get my attention.

I'm just so jaded that anything less would go unnoticed, I am afraid.