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Sailing in my garden ( 2nd version, this photo thing is mysterious) - 10:20 PM, Aug. 12, 2005

 

Well, "in my garden" is a slight exaggeration, but Genval lake is just down the road . Were on babysitting duty for grandsons last weekend, and had promised "sail on lake" if they were good (yes, this is blackmail, best parenting tool ever). A jolly nice time was had by all, even a G+T at the end, followed by a splendid BBQ at this fantastic little restaurant in Cala Rosières - goes by the name of "Chez Olive", - good food, copious libations, and use of neighbours' pool.

This should have been posted a week ago, but had problems with posting photos (naively thought a copy/paste from hard disk would do). So a big thank you to son number 1, who taught an old dog some new tricks

 

OliveOyl, grandsons + legs of son number 1


 

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Disappearing photos - 10:32 PM, Aug. 12, 2005

Some days they were there, some days not. Linked to son no 1's server, which often seems to be down. Seems like the old dog still has lots of tricks to learn. Basic common sense told me that if Swagman managed to post his sunburn photo from his boat, while still suffering agonies, it could not be rocket science for me to post a pic without going thru a million manipulations

Posted by OliveOyl

Seasickness - 4:39 PM, Aug. 14, 2005

Hello,

The seasickness tablets were Mercalm... bought in France... worked very well indeed... no noticeable drowsiness.... took about an hour o be at their most effective...

Posted by MagnaCarter

Connectivity - 10:01 PM, Aug. 14, 2005

Dear OliveOyl,

It wasn't a GPRS card, it was Wireless LAN.... the only place I found a network was in Ramsgate which was only the second day, so it seemed hardly worth bothering.....

Although I'll also admit to not looking too hard for networks, as we were very busy enjoying ourselves!

Posted by MagnaCarter
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