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Old 06-28-2004 | 01:23 PM
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Took some time out today to take some pics whilst the sun was shining.

Take a look, may take a while to load as the original files are quite big, sorry.

http://www.stephenaldous.com/xfire/my_xf.htm

EDIT: USE THIS URL INSTEAD: http://homepages.nildram.co.uk/~saldous/xfire/album/
 
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Old 06-28-2004 | 02:09 PM
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:shock: everything looks all backwards in there... :shock:

BUT REALLY NICE PICS! :lol:
 
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Old 06-28-2004 | 03:26 PM
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Next weekend I'll re-size them all and put them on a better site.
 
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Old 06-30-2004 | 02:04 AM
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Great looking pics Steve!

If you have like photoshop you can compress the picture file size and they will load much faster for ya...

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Old 06-30-2004 | 12:12 PM
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I have PaintShop Pro. But I don't know how to use it! lol
 
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Old 06-30-2004 | 03:56 PM
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:roll: Open the image in PSP, click on the word IMAGE, then RESIZE, set a value, then click FILEand SAVE (or SAVE COPY) and your done.
Bob
 
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Old 07-01-2004 | 02:22 PM
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:shock: Your steering wheel is on the wrong side :lol:

Nice pictures man....did you get the girl before or after getting the car :lol:
 
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Old 07-01-2004 | 02:31 PM
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lol. We've been together nearly 2 years now. I had a Merc CLK when we met. :-)
 
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Old 07-05-2004 | 10:28 AM
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OK, finally sorted this out. Take a look: http://homepages.nildram.co.uk/~saldous/xfire/album/

Should be a lot faster.
 
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Old 07-05-2004 | 12:12 PM
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Very nice pictures - but is your poor baby on gravel? :shock:
 
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Old 07-05-2004 | 12:27 PM
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It was only on it for the duration of taking the photos. Thought the trees made a nice background. I drove very very carefully!!
 
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Old 07-05-2004 | 12:37 PM
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Originally Posted by saldous
It was only on it for the duration of taking the photos. Thought the trees made a nice background. I drove very very carefully!!
Whew!!! I feel better now :wink:

The trees did make a beautiful background. - Good choice!
 
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Old 07-05-2004 | 01:57 PM
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Steve, nice pictures. Thanks for sharing them with us. I've been trying to see them since your first post but this is the first time they loaded.
I was going to make the all too familiar to you, "Steering wheel on the wrong side" but I can see that others have done it already.
I wish you lots of happy miles with your new Xfire; I can hardly wait for mine to arrive.
 
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Old 07-05-2004 | 02:17 PM
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Thank you. Glad you like them. I expecially like the way the sun sparkles off some of the edges in some of the pics. I do wish I had given her a better clean before I took them though. I had cleaned it the day before but then it rained. I didn't bother to wipe her down the next day when I took the pics.

I've done just over 1,000 miles now and she is opening up nicely. There is a noticable difference in how freely she revs and accelerates now. I'm still finding it hard to break her in slowly though, that needle keeps getting into the red when I'm not looking and too busy enjoying myself. Makes me smile anyway. :lol:
 
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Old 07-05-2004 | 03:56 PM
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Nice Pics
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Is that Wellington Country Park?

I'm less than 10 mins from there :!:

Hope to get some of my pics on the forum soon.
 
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Old 07-05-2004 | 04:37 PM
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No, it is The Look Out in Bracknell. Opposite the Coral Reef swimming pool.
 
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Old 07-05-2004 | 04:40 PM
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Real nice pics. You have the same color as I do. Real nice. I am even going to use one of your pics for my computer background (no, not the one with the girl). I have my own trophy wife for that.
 
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Old 07-05-2004 | 04:47 PM
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:-) I have them in full size 1600x1200. If you PM me your e-mail address and the pic you want I'll mail it over in full size for you.
 
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Old 07-06-2004 | 12:24 PM
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I know you have the auto... but man, how do u UKers shift with your left hand? I don't think I could ever get used to that.
 
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Old 07-06-2004 | 12:29 PM
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Well we've been doing it since we learnt to drive so it comes naturally! I have to admit though that when I am abroad and in a hire car I don't have any problems getting used to it the other way around. I have to concentrate for the first hour or so but after that my brain seems to be fine with it.
 


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