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Hey, you guys aren't alone! I don't have any of my stuff that needs alterations because, well, I'm a bit larger than I was before having DD, so there aren't that many clothes in my size (just the basics, jeans, 2 pairs of slacks, a few dresses, skirts, and tops). I refuse to clean out my closet and dresser when I know I will lose the weight. Now, having said that, I have 2 pairs of pants that belong to DH that have been sitting on my sewing table or in my storage cabinets for about 2 years now....1 needs hemming, 1 needs a new zipper.....apparently, he doesn't miss them or need them right away because he hasn't said anything...lol

Larisa, who will get to them eventually, probably by the time DS can fit > ROFL! I have a pile of about five RTW in my sewing room. A jacket needs

Hi Tom, I love your site. You are certainly multi-talented. Your photography is beautiful. If you ever go to NY again, you must photograph the FlatIron Building. I am not sure what street it is on, but it is a triangular building. One of my favorites. As far as the WTC, My late FIL was a structural steel detailer and he designed the steel for the first 30 floors and all the sub-basements. When the first attack occurred in the parking area and the buildings stood, we were so proud. He had passed away

3 years earlier. Of all the big projects he did this was the one he was most proud of. When the building fell on 9/11 it was like we lost him all over again. We lost a reminder of him and his talent that day. Linda in Plano, Texas

hi Linda, your words really struck home for me various reasons but, looking on the bright side you can keep close to your heart that "His" work enabled many to get out alive, and thats no small feat and easy to forget *hugs*.

OT... had to peek at your photography also, beautiful work you certainly have an eye for composition.

Jennie

Thank you. Everything I know about photography, I learned from my father.

I have, actually, but it's so iconic that it's so heavily photographed that I didn't feel I have anything to add to the world with more photos of it.

When I worked at WTC in the early 90's, I'd often come and go at odd hours, so there were no great crowds in the elevators. Sometimes I'd have one of those huge elevators, half the size of the apartment I lived in at the time, all to myself. They went so fast that if you started jumping up and down as the elevator started to descend, sometimes you'd have a second or two of weightlessness before you returned to the floor. So, if the security guards had hidden cameras in the elevators, they frequently got to watch me dressed in a three piece suit, carrying a briefcase, standing in an elevator and jumping up and down like a giddy child.

I was there in April 2001. I took an old friend there for his first real trip to NYC, and among other things took him to the top of both the WTC and the ESB. As I said earlier, I used to work at WTC, so I was very familiar with it, but it still filled me with awe. Standing in the observation deck, I was just filled with wonder at the sheer accomplishment of it all. I stood there looking out the windows, and I was humbled by what an astonishing accomplishment those buildings were, and I thought about how their sheer existence was a testament to mankind's abilities. When we came down to ground level again, I waited in the lobby for my friend (he had innocently brought a pocket knife and had to retrieve it from security), and as I waited a young muslim couple came along. They discreetly walked underneath an elevator, and he opened up a backpack and withdrew a small carpet and a compass. He checked the compass, laid down the carpet, knelt on it, and prayed as his wife looked on. I thought, how wonderful that in the amazing city of New York, people of every imaginable background, religion, lifestyle, and variation managed with relatively little friction to live together in relative peace.

When I watched the footage of the towers falling, I just felt numb. Next time I was in NYC, I ended up there with another friend, so I took him to the top of the ESB, and looking down toward where the towers used to be, I felt sad. But, when I ended up staying in the Hilton across from ground zero, with a room facing ground zero, I opened the window and looked out as there was an agonizingly beautiful sunset over New Jersey, while below me was a big hole in the ground, and I cried very hard. I mourned not only for the loss of the people, not only for the towers, but for the loss of the sense of world human community and trust with which we had previously been able to live our lives.

You have stated my feelings exactly. Today on the Jane Pauley show, Bette Midler was the guest. They played a small snippet from the Memorial Service at Yankee Stadium. It brought back the flood of memories of that day and I started to cry. The evil that did this is unimaginable by civilized people. Buildings can be rebuilt, but the lives shattered can never be.

Linda in Plano, Texas

You're most kind. As I said in an earlier posting, everything I know about photography I learned from my father.

I encourage everyone to get a digital camera and just take lots and lots and lots of pictures. If you take 600 pictures, one or two of them is bound to be good. I'm not joking, that's how pros do it, and so do I. (When I'm on vacation, I shoot an average of 300 photos a day.) You can also learn composition from a book, there are fairly easy rules for it, and then you practice. And, if you get a really small camera, you can take it everywhere, which is also very important because it means you'll have a camera with you when you see something great, so you'll never say "Oh, I wish I had a camera..."

Tom

Thank you, Tom. That was beautifully put.

Marilyn

My husband is a professional photographer, and he takes 3 pictures to get one decent one; 10 pictures to get one good enough to sell. But that's after taking photographs for 35 years.

Karen > -=- Jennie-=- <jenstoy@*nospam*hotmail.com> wrote:

Tom Farrell wrote:>

what he said... the beauty of digital is you just delete the photos, no developing 12 rolls of films for 8 great photos.

Penny S

That is exactly what I do. With digital it frees you to shoot EVERYTHING and I have had some great shots among some really bad ones. Linda

The truth is, after 27 years of taking photos, I'm much better than the two-good-in-300 I suggested myself... but I take the 300 anyway. I use the "just keep taking photos and pick the good ones later" method, and end up with as many good ones as I can get.

Tom Farrell

Even with the 128 megabyte card I get CARD FULL...

For sewing projects I use the smaller card and download more often because I'm at home close to the computer.