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lol...Here's another set of images that have been enlarged after uploading to the thread, Giverny.
The default images are 565 x 715 but, as I view them on my monitor just now, they're displaying at 710 x 895 .
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I read it somewhere...

WELCOME TO HOLLAND
by
Emily Perl Kingsley.

c1987 by Emily Perl Kingsley. All rights reserved

I am often asked to describe the experience of raising a child with a disability - to try to help people who have not shared that unique experience to understand it, to imagine how it would feel. It's like this......

When you're going to have a baby, it's like planning a fabulous vacation trip - to Italy. You buy a bunch of guide books and make your wonderful plans. The Coliseum. The Michelangelo David. The gondolas in Venice. You may learn some handy phrases in Italian. It's all very exciting.

After months of eager anticipation, the day finally arrives. You pack your bags and off you go. Several hours later, the plane lands. The stewardess comes in and says, "Welcome to Holland."

"Holland?!?" you say. "What do you mean Holland?? I signed up for Italy! I'm supposed to be in Italy. All my life I've dreamed of going to Italy."

But there's been a change in the flight plan. They've landed in Holland and there you must stay.

The important thing is that they haven't taken you to a horrible, disgusting, filthy place, full of pestilence, famine and disease. It's just a different place.

So you must go out and buy new guide books. And you must learn a whole new language. And you will meet a whole new group of people you would never have met.

It's just a different place. It's slower-paced than Italy, less flashy than Italy. But after you've been there for a while and you catch your breath, you look around.... and you begin to notice that Holland has windmills....and Holland has tulips. Holland even has Rembrandts.

But everyone you know is busy coming and going from Italy... and they're all bragging about what a wonderful time they had there. And for the rest of your life, you will say "Yes, that's where I was supposed to go. That's what I had planned."

And the pain of that will never, ever, ever, ever go away... because the loss of that dream is a very very significant loss.

But... if you spend your life mourning the fact that you didn't get to Italy, you may never be free to enjoy the very special, the very lovely things ... about Holland.

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Excellent IVM18. It's another new one for me. My wife particularly, appreciated it.

Any other lady members who come across it are sure to like it also......
.....that came from me better half, you have have a new fan.;)



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Apologies for the quality, all my images are still being automatically enlarged when uploaded.
I posted Giverny a PM regarding the problem, I'd an idea she'd be very busy, so I mentioned
there was no rush to look into it as far as I'm concerned.

Anyone popping in for a read.....hope it doesn't put you off.

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Excellent IVM18. It's another new one for me. My wife particularly, appreciated it.

Any other lady members who come across it are sure to like it also......
.....that came from me better half, you have have a new fan.;)

Thank you Willie, your wife seems an awesome woman.

regards,
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Please remember that, due to a fault, the images have been enlarged and out of
focus after they've been uploaded, the fault will eventually be rectified, I hope. lol

 

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(The image problem has not been rectified yet)


No, it's not the begining of a children's story. lol.

 
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I see nothing wrong with the size of the images.
Maybe for people using phones but I'm not one of those.
 
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REALLY
I see nothing wrong with the size of the images.
Maybe for people using phones but I'm not one of those.
REALLY!!!!!

Giverny, hasn't replied to my PM as yet so, I really must thank you for your feedback JTL.


If that is the case, and I'm delighted with your news, it kind of points to my PC settings somehow,
(though I don't know how, as other site's images appear fine) being suspect.
Or perhaps there's some settings in the Forum I've accidently changed, that's something I'll have to look into.

I don't use a mobile App in here so can't check that side out, but I'd be relieved to discover if the fault's at my
end, at least I can attempt to remedy it myself.

Many thanks again.

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I can see the whole image and the writing and borders etc etc perfectly clearly Willie.
 
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Here's how it looks to me WW ......



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Definitely need hugs this time, mixed emotions just kicked in, I don't know why, there are times I feel sad and very emotional.
Thank you RRB, warm hugs to you too.

From a friend who lives in a warm country :)
 
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Definitely need hugs this time, mixed emotions just kicked in, I don't know why, there are times I feel sad and very emotional.
Thank you RRB, warm hugs to you too.

From a friend who lives in a warm country :)

That has made my day, really, really lovely x
 
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Definitely need hugs this time, mixed emotions just kicked in, I don't know why, there are times I feel sad and very emotional.
Thank you RRB, warm hugs to you too.

From a friend who lives in a warm country :)


I too get like that, I blame on the diabetes or getting older,or both, such is life, but sending those hugs to you for that Friday feeling x
 
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I got lots of hugs from my different friends around the world, just wonderful feelings.
It's weekend we are having a friendly Bingo games around neighborhood. prizes are some good foods( nuts, fruits, and crackers) coffee and corn muffins too! Wish me luck, I'll share you those prizes! :p:)
 
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