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  08-OCT-2003 02:58 Ellen  Nice pictures.  Like we are there with you.  In Pix we can travel the world.  Thank you and I welcome fall.  
  08-OCT-2003 11:25 Steve Thompson (steve_thompson)
  My (messy) office - it's raining outside today.
 
  08-OCT-2003 13:36 Leslie
  ::::waving to Steve:::::  
  09-OCT-2003 07:06 Steve Thompson (steve_thompson)
  working from home today. I usually work on my PC in my recording studio but it's dark and gloomy in there so I ran a network cable into the conservatory. I'll make this a permanent feature cos my wife is buying a new PC that looks a bit closer to furniture and it's nicer to network and do stuff in the living quarters rather than tucked away in a bedroom.

 

 

 
  09-OCT-2003 08:28 Grace
  Nice room~ If I had a room like that I'd be there too.  
  10-OCT-2003 03:36 Steve Thompson (steve_thompson)
  I'm working from home again today. (till 3pm)I mentioned my studio yesterday. I'm in there now as I've not set up the laptop yet. Here's a pic of the studio. That mixing desk is going soon and I'm going to refurb the studio generally, need more light. More details here http:/caucus/music/166:127  

 
  11-OCT-2003 08:49 Steve Thompson (steve_thompson)
   
12-OCT-2003 05:54 Steve Thompson (steve_thompson)
  Messing around with ebay as a newbie. Needed something fairly inconsequential to practice selling.  

 

 

  
  13-OCT-2003 14:52 Steve Thompson (steve_thompson)
  OK you expensive, gas guzzling, unreliable beast. That's your last car wash from me. You're history!
 
  14-OCT-2003 00:29 Ellen
  It's a Peugot?!!  Thanks for taking us to England with you.  England you are, right?  Anyway, sure beats flying planes, our Pix!
Please more and more and more. 		 
  14-OCT-2003 03:01 Steve Thompson (steve_thompson)
  Yes I'm in England and yes it's a Peugot. They have a very good name but mine proved to be a dog. To much electronics. It just kept going wrong.  
  14-OCT-2003 13:17 Steve Thompson (steve_thompson)
  It's kinda hard to describe my job. I'm at the University Of Teesside and I'm involved in all kinds of creative ICT and outreach. One of the places I go is  Whitby. Whitby is a mite off my patch but I go cos I love it. See the Abbey in the shot below. That's the hilltop haunt of Dracula. Here is a Christmas view of the abbey http://www.tvco.org.uk/longrope2/abbey.htm There are some better shots of Whitby from an earlier visit http://www.tvco.org.uk/longrope2/
  		 
  14-OCT-2003 13:36 Rob
  Steve - do you know Steve Lacy?  He's got a job that sounds exactly like the one you have.  He's my wife's cousin.  
  15-OCT-2003 06:14 Steve Thompson (steve_thompson)
  Rob - no I don't know Steve Lacy  

The pic below was shot from the car as I drove to work this morning.  

 
  16-OCT-2003 09:50 Steve Thompson (steve_thompson)
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  From the staff lounge at lunch time
 
  16-OCT-2003 17:38 Scott
  great pictures.  
17-OCT-2003 08:32 Steve Thompson (steve_thompson)
  Captain Cook Celebrations  

HM Bark Endeavour sails into Middlesbrough  

 
  17-OCT-2003 09:09 Leslie
  STUNNING! Steve, would it be possible to get a larger version of that? I would LOVE to use it for a desktop.  

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17-OCT-2003 09:20 Steve Thompson (steve_thompson)
  sent it:- it's a big attachment  
  17-OCT-2003 09:29 Leslie
  Thank you, Steve!  
17-OCT-2003 12:12 geORge
  Steve, is that a blue bridge behind the ship?  
  17-OCT-2003 13:54 Steve Thompson (steve_thompson)
  Yes, it's called the transporter bridge. It was opened on the 17th October, 1911 by Prince Arthur of Connaught meaning that it has it's 92nd birthday today. It is high so ships can pass beneath it, though these days not many do (The Edeavour sailed under it today to mark the birthday) Traffic and people cross the river on a suspended cradle. I have been across. The other side shows signs of deprivation. I'll go again soon and upload a picture. It's always hard to pick just one picture. I'm told in the old days it cost  two (UK) pennies to cross the river but for one penny you could climb the tower and walk across and down the other side. There were thousands of ant like men crossing on a morning to go to work in the steel mills. Nowadays you can only climb up one side  
  18-OCT-2003 04:40 Steve Thompson (steve_thompson)
  From yesterdays shoot

 
  18-OCT-2003 17:18 Steve Thompson (steve_thompson)
  Went to visit my folks today. Must confess I rarely go. That's my new car. I let my dad have a test drive; we're both automatic gear shift fans. He had a look under the hood and pronounced it OK. They then went off to watch Sunderland football club. He is a lifelong fan and has the seat he sat on from the old stadium. They got relegated from from the premiere division last season but they're doing good now. My mother just took up water colour painting and she is really good. They both think I am really cool but they would never use nor understand the term.  

 
  18-OCT-2003 17:45 Leslie
  You look like both of them!  

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