Hi All,
Our 16 year old daughter is pretty good with hand and PC art /
graphics (self taught so far) and is probably going to do a 3D Design
(BTEC) course starting next year.
This week she is doing some work experience with the missus and her 'graphics' department uses 'Macs'.
Her first issues were leaning on the mouse and having it 'click' (and stroking it where a scroll wheel should be <g>) so I wondered if there
was a 'good' (small, reasonably competent, reasonably priced second
hand) Mac I might pick up on eBay(?) that she could connect to the
unused VGA connector on her 19" TFT and use for getting used to
'Mac's' in advance of any she may be forced to used in the future
<weg> (and if so, what model number(s) and what approx price am I
looking at please)?
All the best ..
T i m (London)
On 25/09/2006 19:50, T i m wrote:<snip>
Hi All,
Our 16 year old daughter is pretty good with hand and PC art /
graphics (self taught so far) and is probably going to do a 3D Design
(BTEC) course starting next year.
Hi Tim
Is this the daughter you so sadly lost?
On 11/12/2022 10:16, David Brooks wrote:
On 25/09/2006 19:50, T i m wrote:<snip>
Hi All,
Our 16 year old daughter is pretty good with hand and PC art /
graphics (self taught so far) and is probably going to do a 3D Design
(BTEC) course starting next year.
Hi Tim
Hi David,
Is this the daughter you so sadly lost?
No, that one is our daughter, the one we lost was my stepdaughter,
current Wifes daughter.
We did actually get a Mac Mini and she started the 3D design BTEC but
the class sort of fell to bits. Promised 12 students with one lecturer
and two assistants and it actually turned into 30 students and the two assistants left in protest. ;-(
Most of the addition students seemed to be shipped out from London and weren't there because they wanted to be but to be money earning 'bums on seats' for the College and 'something to do' for the 'students'. She
couldn't cope with their 'attitude', especially disrespect towards the
staff and left before she floored one of them (Taekwondo).
She still has a good eye / hand and seems able able to turn out very
detailed pyrography pieces (bedroom door names or the like as presents)
but is really too busy just living, managing her health (ulcerative
colitis) and doing an OU degree to do much else.
She moved out of here and in with her half sister when she was first diagnosed with cancer, partly to look after her but also her 15 year old daughter. She dealt with all of it (with us helping as / when we could)
and ran on adrenalin till after the funeral.
Her dream now, that her little rescue dog lives forever, to get her
degree and find a worthwhile job with caring and considerate people who
are also there for the right reasons and understand that introverts are perfectly happy that way.
Cheers, T i m
I've just read here:- https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/ulcerative-colitis/
Not at all nice. :-(
Does her mum suffer with health issues?
She moved out of here and in with her half sister when she was first
diagnosed with cancer, partly to look after her but also her 15 year
old daughter. She dealt with all of it (with us helping as / when we
could) and ran on adrenalin till after the funeral.
She sounds like an angel here on earth. :-D
Her dream now, that her little rescue dog lives forever, to get her
degree and find a worthwhile job with caring and considerate people
who are also there for the right reasons and understand that
introverts are perfectly happy that way.
I do hope she achieves her dream .... and that she doesn't cause you too
much worry.
On 11/12/2022 15:24, David Brooks wrote:
<snip>
I've just read here:- https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/ulcerative-colitis/
Not at all nice. :-(
No, very unpredictable and inconvenient.
Does her mum suffer with health issues?
Funnily, until a recent potential Alzheimer's diagnosis, she has mostly
had structural rather than chemical issues. Tennis elbow, carpel tunnel,
two new knees, op on her spine, rheumatoid arthritis etc.
She moved out of here and in with her half sister when she was first
diagnosed with cancer, partly to look after her but also her 15 year
old daughter. She dealt with all of it (with us helping as / when we
could) and ran on adrenalin till after the funeral.
She sounds like an angel here on earth. :-D
She is a good and caring person that's for sure but that has also cost
her psychologically. 'We' simply can't turn our brains off and I was
recently accused of being an 'over-thinker', by someone I considered
(but didn't state) was an ostrich, proudly supporting the 'ignorance is bliss' POV. And it is of course, if you are hard of thinking ... but we really need to be aware of the consequences what we do, especially if we
have children or care about the world we leave for others.
This is why amongst others who are 'open' to learning about what is
going on around us, she's not having children because she couldn't face bringing them into the world as it is today.
Her dream now, that her little rescue dog lives forever, to get her
degree and find a worthwhile job with caring and considerate people
who are also there for the right reasons and understand that
introverts are perfectly happy that way.
I do hope she achieves her dream .... and that she doesn't cause you
too much worry.
Thanks, me too. I think we are equally concerned about each other and
now she's taking some of the responsibility re pushing the system to
deal with her Mum. Not a good time to be doing that either of course but completely typical of our luck.
Cheers, T i m
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