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Video yourself, and send it in......
optom3:
--- Quote from: Kelda on August 26, 2008, 12:31:14 pm ---I do but I didn't want it on my normal youtube account - hence trying photobucket first and then opening a second you tube account!
Fiona - loved your video and your house - I wish I had a pool!! When you forst arrived in the US - I bet you thought ll US houses were like hangers - they're so huge i comparison to nomal sized UK houses!!! One question - how do you sit outside playing on your computer? I can never see anything becasue of the glare and reflection on the screen! And i loved the Mummy's talking to a box thing too 9and I know Burnside vaguely)
Jess, Shasta, Katie, Tru - thankyou!
Now what parts did you not understand and I'll transcribe them for you!!!
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I manage outside with the glare, partly because where I usually sit has a roof over it,so it is rather like an outdoor room.Also I got an anti refelctive screen on my laptop.
I was not so much surprised at the size of the houses, more at the lack of gardens in a lot of them.The reason we bought this one is it has just a little over an acre,so when my son was still soccer mad, he had room, to kick a ball round.We had come from a farmhouse in England so had got used to being private. I cannot get my head round these enormous houses, where you can see right in to next doors yard.
That was the other plus with this house it is a corner plot, and we immediately planted a massive hedge. Our 2 cultures are very different, the Americans will often sit at the front of their house witha glass of wine socialising with whoever passes.
Brits, well we like our privacy, or certainly I do.
The odd thing is, I never go out in the garden, that we were so insistant on having.I sit in the lanai all the time. I do however really love being able to be outside all the time.For me, as an Optometrist back in England, most of my life was inside in a dark room with no windows, so I relish being outside with all the light.
Also as silly as it sounds it so much easier just having one wardrobe.Not summer, winter, etc clothes.The only decision I have to make is, if in the winter it gets a little chilly, do I need a cardigan.Also the heat is so good for my arthritis.I take hardly any painkillers now, a massive bonus.I was on very heavy doses of codeine back in England, just to get moving in the morning.
Brokeback_Dev:
Wow Fiona! You have a beautiful home (minus the holes in the walls)
You and your husband have made a good life together here in the US. Im happy for you.. You are only a hop over the Sunshine Skyway brigde, about two hours drive time and I could be at your house. We really should get together since we live so close! And I told you that I worked in the OPtical field most of my adult life so we have that in common. Besides being fellow brokies. :)
Brokeback_Dev:
--- Quote from: Kelda on August 26, 2008, 12:56:47 pm ---Oh and here's a picture of my print that I love so much.. found it on google! the best pic of it I can find online.
The original is at Kelvingrove Art Gallery in Glasgow.
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I like it too Kelda. Isnt it so interesting seeing who we all are and where we live?! You showed us the print hanging on your wall. Very nice.
optom3:
--- Quote from: brokeback_dev on August 26, 2008, 04:30:29 pm ---Wow Fiona! You have a beautiful home (minus the holes in the walls)
You and your husband have made a good life together here in the US. Im happy for you.. You are only a hop over the Sunshine Skyway brigde, about two hours drive time and I could be at your house. We really should get together since we live so close! And I told you that I worked in the OPtical field most of my adult life so we have that in common. Besides being fellow brokies. :)
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That is definitely something on my agenda to do this year.I need to make sure my daughter is fully settled at the new school.Arrange for my husband to take a day off, in the event of a crisis, and then we can sort out a meeting.I think it would be fun.Photos and videos help, but there is nothing like meeting someone in the flesh.
It would be so good to speak to someone face to face about BBM etc.Non of my friends get it although they tolerate me now on the subject!!!!
Brokeback_Dev:
--- Quote from: optom3 on August 27, 2008, 11:23:32 am ---
That is definitely something on my agenda to do this year..I think it would be fun.Photos and videos help, but there is nothing like meeting someone in the flesh.
It would be so good to speak to someone face to face about BBM etc.Non of my friends get it although they tolerate me now on the subject!!!!
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Thats exactly the what I'm talking about. :D We should really put a brokie meet on our agenda. Watch BBM together laugh together, cry together. Talk about the different feelilngs and aspects of the movie. Getting to know each other as fellow brokies.!!!
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