Congratulations on your retirement Colin. Sorry it got off to a bad start - things can only get better now.
Enjoy yourself, and get lots of photos.

My other half was due to be out of a contract on December 31st - all contractors out, but they have extended his contract by three months to get the current projects finished.
I was looking forward to seeing a bit(a lot!) more of him, but instead he will be spending the next three months travelling practically every week.
He isn't out of work if he doesn't have a contract - he still gets paid for sitting at home, but a contract is obviously better for him. Not that his company will sack him if he doesn't get a new contract. It is cheaper to have him sit at home on full pay until he retires than it is to pay his redundancy under Dutch law.

I've just seen the official engagement photos on the Beeb site, and tbh I have seen far better portraits here than those are. They may be by Diana's favourite photog but I don't like them.

The backgrounds are distracting, and whilst the cuddle one is potentially good it looks over exposed, and that window frame growing out of her head is a beginners mistake.

Or am I missing something here?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11976352

Oggy I think you need to send PentaxDan a PM about it and see what he has to say.

Hello Alan,
nice of you to join after reading for so long. I hope you feel brave enough to join in now - you know we won't bite - well not hard anyway .

What an interesting old post.
I love the snails.
Poor Finlay looks a bit wired though.

I like digital manipulation when it is well done, and suits the subject. If you have a powerful tool like Photoshop why not make full use of it, and it's plug-ins.

I've done all my Christmas shopping. Every last present .

Long live internet shopping.

No idea what he did wrong HG - they don't seem to like Aliona's choreography.
No wonder he didn't have staying power for the swingathon - after just dancing and getting that pasting from the judges.

Ah well looks like Cara is going to win it.

I've never had a free program from them .

Before reformatting them - have you tried a recovery program to get any images off them?
Have a Google and you will find some programs. It may be worth a try.

I don't see the ads thanks to Ad Blocker Plus, but yes it is Big Brother Google watching you.