Comments on: Ah well, can’t win ‘em all

By: forkboy1965

forkboy1965 — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 14:58:02 +0000

Great job Tam….now you’ve massaged his ego so large he won’t be able to get through the door at The Bear. And THEN what will we do for indoor photography??

And speaking of things Tam…..when are you going to let us in on your site?

By: fotdmike

fotdmike — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 03:42:58 +0000

Oh, we’ve got castles a-plenty Tam… problem is, most of ‘em are falling down! ‘Course, there’s the touristy type stuff like Windsor Castle. But they’re not for real people (royals don’t count as real people, do they?).

As for my “adventures”… well, there’s a bit of a story attached to my starting this blog.
Originally I was posting these episodes to another blog of mine. But that wasn’t really the right place for them as its more “political activism” type stuff. And these stories first came about as a result of me getting into this digital photography lark and doing some incredibly stupid things.

Well, I’m of an age now where I find it very hard to take myself too seriously, so when I saw myself doing these stupid things I just had to laugh… afterwards, of course!

It then occurred to me that similar sorts of experiences may well happen to other people, and it would sort of be fun to share the tales, so to speak.

Hence this blog. And inevitably, ‘cos its photo-focussed (now there’s a sort of pun to conjure with!) I’ve interspersed the occasional tale of stupidity with other photo-related stuff that I find interesting, or that I think is worth sharing (should anyone happen by here, that is).

And I have to say, I get a real buzz out of hearing that there’s some folk out there who get a bit of pleasure from my fairly aimless ruminations.

Thanks one and all.

By: tam

tam — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 02:58:13 +0000

First of all, the photos are beautiful. I love looking at them. Secondly, I have to laugh. You are incredibly funny. I don’t know if you think you are, but I really enjoy reading what you have to say about your adventures. I love your blog and forkboy there is funny too… Called you a loser??? I too (unfortunately) live in the land of strip malls and mcDs. Sad really. I wish we preserved our historical sites. Wish we had castles!!!

By: fotdmike

fotdmike — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 01:58:44 +0000

Dunno ’bout living in history… feel like history meself, lugging a damn heavy photo-backpack around everywhere on the offchance that I might actually manage to get a halfway decent shot occasionally.

And if you think where I am now is good, you shoulda seen where I originally came from… it’d have you engulfed in paroxysms of sheer unadulterated envy. But that was years ago. Explains why I’ll never be satisfied with my current environment though.

By: forkboy1965

forkboy1965 — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 01:14:18 +0000

You loser. Here it looks like you had a most glorious day of warm sunshine in which to snap pictures and you complain and whinge. Ducks. Beautiful flowers. Exquisite water reflections from the Great River Ouse…..

You are so freaking lucky to be living someplace where you can walk out your door, spend hours outside walking about, and take glorious photos of all sorts of things. I live in the land of strip malls and McDonalds. You live in history with the warmth of brick and mortar and taste of time. I’ve got acid rain and a diarrhea brown coloured river.

You are win ‘em all, but just don’t know it.

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