I don't know if they work, but metioned in a Dutch article on purple fringing are the following plug ins:

http://www.sd3.info/pf828/PFree/PFree0-1.html

http://www.sd3.info/pf828/CAfree/CAfree0-1.html

It was great to hear of the 6 6's, even if it was against my adopted country. Poor Dutch aren't used to playing on real grass.

And England as sorry as ever.

But Ireland v Zim, the day before - well THAT was one exciting cricket match!

And Gibb's feat means $1m to charity which can't be bad!

I have the Bigma - Sigma 50mm-500mm lens, which I really like. Not that cheap though.

Try Smutty Nose brewery in New England. We liked Brown Dog Ale from them. Much better than Sam Adams, or any mass of produced the gnats-pee the Americans call beer.

@ Pwynnej Shame on you drinking Heineken! So many better beers available in Holland!

Wow sounds like a great trip.
Any shopping you do should be done in New Hampshire -no sales tax!!!!
The roads in New England are lovely, and heve a very English feel to them, they even have roundabouts in New England! Once away from Greater Boston driving is very relaxed. Or at least it was in August, in leaf peeping time it could be all to like English roads and jam packed of course. The automatic just makes it even more relaxed.
I hope to go back there one day, my week in August wasn't enough.
Not sure that you need 3 nights in Boston to be honest but that's my own query.

Peter, I am glad you have got your camera at last. Now relax and have fun with it.
And I, for one, like your style - it makes me laugh as I sit here with my cup of coffee. I can just see you trekking off on the bus and giving the guy in jessops a tough time. Good for you!

Hope you will post some of your efforts here, with a great story attached to them!

I am really shocked that the hospital said keep them or they'd be thrown away! No wonder the NHS is in the state it is in. What a waste of resources. Here in Holland you have to HIRE your crutches if you need them

However I can't offhand think of any good use to put them to later. Maybe if you don't come up with something you could donate them to a charity that will send them to Africa or somewhere where they will be glad of them.

This gentleman is a lady

The 105 has a minimum focussing distance of 31.3cm, the 50 of 18.9 cm.
Sigma also have a new macro - the 70mm with a minimum focussing distance of 25.7cm.

I have the Tamron 90mm, an old non-digital version, which I am very happy with.

I have heard that the 70mm Sigma is a very good lens, but I have not used it or the others.

Which you go for depends a lot on what you want to photograph. The longer lenses are better for insects etc as you are further away, and so less likely to disturb them.

My OH uses one with his Ipod since his Prius is fitted with casstte and CD player. The previous car, a Corolla, had only a CD so he also has a little fm transmitter that fits the ipod and the radio can be tuned to the frequency of the transmitter (I think it's called an itrip). Illegal here in Holland but who cares, it works! When he was in the US last week he had a hire car with an aux in, so he bought a small lead and used his ipod through that. More and more cars/radios are being fitted with these now.
I think he now has all bases covered so he can blast out the Blues no matter what. (and the Now Show pod cast )