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1954 – The Problem with Vlogging

Please don’t think that my having a problem with vlogging is because I lack some wonderful piece of kit, which if I had it would immediately enable me to produce very successful vlogs (Am I missing such a piece of kit..Oh My, what is it? Just kidding. I’m pretty sure I have everygthing I need).Continue reading “1954 – The Problem with Vlogging”

1953 – How much time

The thing is, I am loving u3a – every session I have been to has been really enjoyable, and in some cases has sparked a piece of self-imposed home work. Some of which I have done, others I am working on, and one piece of long term (months to a year) of work, it’s notContinue reading “1953 – How much time”

1952 – Oh Dear!

I was writing a post, and tried to publish it early, because it was getting very close to midnight. I had an error message pop up, and I clicked the wrong button, meaning that I lost the post, and actually it was very close to the end, with only one or two short paragraphs toContinue reading “1952 – Oh Dear!”

1951 – An Experiment

Tonight was another competition at the Gosport Camera Club. The last print competition of the season. There’s one more PDI competition after this, then we are in the rundown to the end of season. Elayne and I both put three prints into the competition, I think for us it is a case of put somethingContinue reading “1951 – An Experiment”

1950 – Book Mapping

Here is something that I have never done before, and I don’t know why. I buy a lot of books that I think may be useful for reference purposes. But, how do I know whether they will be really useful? Obviously, you need to get at least an overview of what the book is about,Continue reading “1950 – Book Mapping”

1949 – Letter to Steve VI

Letter VI Gilbert’s Letter VI talks of a fairly extensive forest adjacent to Selborne. The Forest of Wolmer. Now, I am not aware of a forest of equivalent size near Gosport (the New Forest is too far away), but what we do have is the Alver Valley. This is a lovely nature reserve with aContinue reading “1949 – Letter to Steve VI”

1948 – Project Hail Mary

A while ago, I think on the order of a few months, Alex strongly suggested that I read a science fiction book, Project Hail Mary, by Andy Weir (Author of The Martian – both the book and the film are superb). I listened to the audio version rather than read the book, and I haveContinue reading “1948 – Project Hail Mary”

1947 – Shed Breakfast

I said to ChatGPT please create a picture of a full english breakfast. The header picture is the result, and I have to be honest and say I’d eat that. This morninngs breakfast with other members of the Shed was slightly smaller than that. But I have tosay was very nice. in a local cafe,Continue reading “1947 – Shed Breakfast”

1946 – Greenwich Maritime Museum

I wonder if this is the world’s largest ship in a bottle? It’s the one boutside the Maritime Museum, the subject of this month’s Gosport Shed Outing, and another excellent visit it was as well. Well…the journey up didn’t go too well. The drive from Gosport towards the M27, took us an hour, and IContinue reading “1946 – Greenwich Maritime Museum”

1945 – u3a

OK, I’m going to be honest here. I hated school; I was rubbish there. I really didn’t do well. It was a relief to get away from it when I was 16. I think ever since I learned to read, I have not shied away from difficult topics, my main reading genre was science fictionContinue reading “1945 – u3a”