[MellySingsDoom]

Originally Posted by Cantankerous

he wants to make short films (which is something i also have interest in)
actually we've made some, he has an 8mm camera and i'd put them up here but i don't know how

Have you and Julian tried this method to converting from 8mm to digital?:

http://www.jakeludington.com/ask_jak...es_to_dvd.html

[Cantankerous]

Originally Posted by MellySingsDoom

D'oh! Still, Polaroid pix of Manchesterland and London are always good. (I recently found a Polaroid of a 20 year old me, with a guitar at my first "proper" job. Still like it a lot).

i love polaroids.

Originally Posted by MellySingsDoom

Have you and Julian tried this method to converting from 8mm to digital?:

http://www.jakeludington.com/ask_jak...es_to_dvd.html

that's pretty clever. except i don't have a digital video camera.

[MellySingsDoom]

Dad Melly's got a fair few from the 70's/80's - I'll ask him to have a looksee next time I'm at DadMelly mansions.

[Cantankerous]

i have a shitton from when my mom was a kid in the 70s
some of them are pretty cool

[MellySingsDoom]

Originally Posted by Cantankerous

i love polaroids.

that's pretty clever. except i don't have a digital video camera.

I guess the only option then would be to get them converted professionally - though I can see the downsides: a) not cheap, and b) always the chance of some idiot ruining the original film stock.

[Pookie]

Can you two piss off somewhere else so my post doesn't get lost in the bullshit? (no offence, I love you both)

Cheers.

Do you have pets girlgun? They are a good way of explaining the life cycle to a child. And even if you haven't, use animals as an example.

They're good because they don't live too long (you know what I mean) and because all of the feelings they will experience when a pet dies are the same they will experience when a loved one dies. And here's hoping you die before they do (you know what I mean).

My daughter is 4 1/2 and has already asked about death. Luckily at that age they take things in their stride. But it's still heartbreaking when you try to explain death to a child and they say "I don't want to die". It'sthen that you're tempted to start lying about there being a heaven!

[floatingslowly]

Originally Posted by deflinus

ive been having dreams about violent tornadoes tearing apart everything in my life.

OH HI!

welcome to my life.

[gmku]

Go outside, find some ants. Point and say, "Alive." Stomp on them, step back, and say, "Dead." Pause, allow him to absorb the situation. Then ask, "Any questions."

[█████████]

are you quoting "monkeys for dummies" or "teach yourself moron parenting"?

[!@#$%!]

Originally Posted by █████████

are you quoting "monkeys for dummies" or "teach yourself moron parenting"?

it's a joke, tits.

[█████████]

i actually realized that even before i started typing.

[floatingslowly]

Originally Posted by Pookie

Do you have pets girlgun? They are a good way of explaining the life cycle to a child. And even if you haven't, use animals as an example.

out cats live forever. however, about a year and a half ago we had to put one to sleep (see was 22 (or so?)). that would have been a good time, however he NEVER saw the cat and didn't even notice that she was gone for 6 months!

I think the timing of gg's uncle's demise worked out well for us however (yeah...that sounds morbid, even coming from me...but yeah).

for grimgun, thank you for yr reply. yr one of the few here with the experience to speak.

[floatingslowly]

Originally Posted by █████████

i actually realized that even before i started typing.

I do that all the time.

[!@#$%!]

Originally Posted by █████████

i actually realized that even before i started typing.

Originally Posted by floatingslowly

Every body perseveres in its state of being at rest or of moving uniformly straight forward, except insofar as it is compelled to change its state by force impressed. The rate of change of momentum of a body is proportional to the resultant force acting on the body and is in the same direction.All forces occur in pairs, and these two forces are equal in magnitude and opposite in direction. [Momentum, energy, angular momentum, matter] cannot be created or destroyed.

bah! newtonians!

[gmku]

Originally Posted by █████████

are you quoting "monkeys for dummies" or "teach yourself moron parenting"?

It's from Tough Love: Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to be Pussies by Getta Fuched

[!@#$%!]

Originally Posted by gmku

It's from Tough Love: Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to be Pussies by Getta Fuched

*snort*