It's A Beautiful Thing

This is a beautiful thing for digital camera lovers. With a 1 gigabyte card in it I have over 400 pictures on it and have used 512 megabytes. The pictures are clear and detail is excellent. I did set them to 4X6 size before installing them on the compact flash card I am using but that was only to prevent any blank areas on the side. All the pictures I used were horizontal or landscape views. I am going to need another digital frame to showcase pictures in the vertical or portrait mode.

With a few of these babies located in a wall grouping you could cycle through a large number of digital photos in a small amount of wall space. Also, contrary to my original thoughts you do not need to have the largest sizes to be able to enjoy your pictures.

Years ago, I remember the grandparents back pedalling at all of the 8x10 school pictures coming at them yearly. They use up a lot of wall space in a very short time. I understand their reasoning a lot better now as the grandfather of a growing number of grandchildren.

Things To Look Forward To In 2008

I will update this list as we go through the year as more things to look forward to occur to me.

These fine collectable books are available at:

Cape Publications
P.O. Box 1027, Tustin, CA 92781
1-800/745-9714

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A Motto For Consideration

Remember this motto to live by:

"Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, martini in the other, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming "WOO HOO what a ride!"

The Old Salt really loves this motto to live by but believes you have to aim for distance; skidding in sideways in your early twenties eliminates a lot of fun that you may miss if you can last until your nineties before you end the ride.

Men's Rules

Here are the rules from the male side. These are our rules!
Please note these are all numbered "1" on purpose!

1. Men are NOT mind readers.

1. Learn to work the toilet seat. You're a big girl, it's up, put it down. We need it up, you need it down. You don't hear us complaining about you leaving it down.

1. Sunday sports It's like the full moon or the changing of the tides. Let it be.

1. Crying is blackmail.

1. Ask for what you want. Let us be clear on this one:
Subtle hints do not work!
Strong hints do not work!
Obvious hints do not work!
Just say it!

1. Yes and No are perfectly acceptable answers to almost every question.

1. Come to us with a problem only if you want help solving it. That's what we do. Sympathy is what your girlfriends are for.


1. Anything we said 6 months ago is inadmissible in an argument. In fact, all comments become Null and void after 7 Days.

1. If you think you're fat, you probably are. Don't ask us.

1. If something we said can be interpreted two ways and one of the ways makes you sad or angry, we meant the other one

1. You can either ask us to do something or tell us how you want it done. Not both. If you already know best how to do it, just do it yourself.

1. Whenever possible, Please say whatever you have to say during commercials..

1. Christopher Columbus did NOT need directions and neither do we.

1. ALL men see in only 16 colors, like Windows default settings. Peach, for example, is a fruit, not a color. Pumpkin is also a fruit. We have no idea what mauve is.

1. If it itches, it will be scratched. We do that.

1. If we ask what is wrong and you say "nothing," We will act like nothing's wrong. We know you are lying, but it is just not worth the hassle.

1. If you ask a question you don't want an answer to, Expect an answer you don't want to hear.

1. When we have to go somewhere, absolutely anything you wear is fine... Really .

1. Don't ask us what we're thinking about unless you are prepared to discuss such topics as shooting, sex or movies.

1. You have enough clothes.

1. You have too many shoes.

1. I am in shape. Round IS a shape!