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Simple rules for better pictures

Friday, 06 April 2012 Issue Vol. XX No. 14 By Harry Flashman
There is an unfortunate idea amongst weekend photographers that the more expensive camera you use will return better photographs.  Sorry, but this is not the case.  There are people who…

Free love for Hillary?

Friday, 11 March 2011 Issue Vol. XIX No. 10 By Hillary
Dear Hillary, Do you believe in free love?  I cannot decide whether you are a prude, or someone very liberated.  Your replies are never consistent.  Tell me where you lie…

Credit where credit’s due, part 2

Friday, 30 March 2012 Issue Vol. XX No. 13 By Graham Macdonald
It is a few weeks now since my business partner, Paul Gambles, compared long suffering US Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner to a transvestite athlete but it seems to have caused…

Surgical risks

Friday, 30 March 2012 Issue Vol. XX No. 13 By Dr. Iain Corness
Last year I received an email from a farang who was worried about his 17 year old daughter wishing to have the shape of her nose altered (known as a…

Portraits or Pictures?

Friday, 30 March 2012 Issue Vol. XX No. 13 By Harry Flashman
Anyone who is known to enjoy the pastime of photography will, one day, be asked to take somebody’s photo - and by that, they don’t mean a passport picture, they…

Sandman has doubts

Friday, 11 March 2011 Issue Vol. XIX No. 10 By Hillary
Dear Hillary, Sorry I had to send this letter by motorcycle taxi, but I was afraid you might recognize me if I delivered it by myself.  As you will see…

Credit where credit’s due, part 1

Friday, 23 March 2012 Issue Vol. XX No. 12 By Graham Macdonald
It is a few weeks now since my business partner, Paul Gambles, compared long suffering US Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner to a transvestite athlete but it seems to have caused…

A miracle for Mrs Gonzales

Friday, 23 March 2012 Issue Vol. XX No. 12 By Dr. Iain Corness
Mrs. Gonzales was your typical Gibraltarian Mumma.  Around 20 stone in weight, give or take the odd kilogram or six.  These Gibraltarians, descended from the mainland Spanish, were all very…

The Grandma Moses of photography

Friday, 23 March 2012 Issue Vol. XX No. 12 By Harry Flashman
Grandma Moses can be a role model for ‘seniors’.  Died when she was 101, had 10 children and did hard farm work from the age of 12.  She was unfailingly…

Room maid becomes floor maid

Friday, 11 March 2011 Issue Vol. XIX No. 10 By Hillary
Dear Hillary, My maid seems to be afraid of all time-saving appliances.  I have tried to show her how to use the simple microwave and the convection oven, but she…

A Golden Opportunity?

Friday, 16 March 2012 Issue Vol. XX No. 11 By Graham Macdonald
Our friends at MitonOptimal are multi-managers and, as such, they do not pick individual equities, but rather focus on sector selection and let the asset managers make their top stock…

Why an MRI?

Friday, 16 March 2012 Issue Vol. XX No. 11 By Dr. Iain Corness
MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) is one of the battery of radiological diagnostic examinations that can be done.  The procedure is similar to an X-Ray, in the fact that the end…

Sharpen your Auto-Focus skills

Friday, 16 March 2012 Issue Vol. XX No. 11 By Harry Flashman
For many years I resisted Auto-Focus (AF) cameras.  I always felt that I could focus manually faster than the AF could, and what was even more important, I knew what…

Ben 10 and the Aliens

Friday, 04 March 2011 Issue Vol. XIX No. 9 By Hillary
Dear Hillary, Agony aunts in other newspapers like “Ask Abby” get their photos published with their advice column, but you have never shown us your picture.  Are you shy or…

State of the Union, part 2

Friday, 09 March 2012 Issue Vol. XX No. 10 By Graham Macdonald
Buy backs can be seen as a signal of confidence in a company’s future. They are also attractive because, unlike dividends, they are one-offs, and imply no continued commitment to…
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