I used to watch "Thunderbirds" as a kid. I also think I built a plastic model of every damn one of those things. Now that brings back memories.
BTW, Cotty, there is a course in our English dept on fantasy literature and it includes some SciFi. After many animated conversations in the gym, my colleague invited me to do 3 or 4 lectures on some books of my choosing. I've now done this for the last 8 years, and I always enjoy playing Lit Critic under the watchful eye of a pro. So, at least for a little bit, I get to talk about SciFi to a captive audience and get paid for it. Steve (Your fellow Geek). >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 06/14/04 05:40PM >>> Seeing as I seemed to somehow mysteriously acquire a couple of lenses in America, I was driving home from London (Pinewood Studios - *see below) and suddenly enabled myself to buy a new, bigger bag for my gear :-) I had a Lowepro Micro Trekker 200 which is pretty diddy really, so I got a Mini Trekker AW from Morris Photo in Oxford. I don't like these massive bags that you see, and besides, shoe-horning everything in is a challenge... http://www.macads.co.uk/snaps/spare.html [* I had a brilliant job today - met one of my all-time heroes - Gerry Anderson. He's got a building full of people working on a new tv series - a remake of Captain Scarlet using CGI (computers imaging to you Tanja). It's a bit like Max Steele but there the similarity ends. Shooting HDTV and using photo-real software, the stuff is AMAZING. The walls were covered with inkjets of all the new vehicles and ships. Cloud base is now called Sky Base and has four runways. All sorts of new gizmos and ships - and the computer animation is awesome. Gerry Anderson (creator of Thunderbirds etc) is a charming man in his seventies, and his office is awesome - he showed me a model of Lady Penelope's FAB 1 made of solid silver, with incredible detail. Models and pics all over the place. I told him I have a model of Sky 1 (from 'UFO' somewhere with broken wings - and I am inspired to fix it :-) I'm such a Sci Fi geek... Fabulous day.... ] NB - Pentax Content: link leads to image with a Pentax lens visible (just) Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=====| www.macads.co.uk/snaps _____________________________
