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Falkland Island Life
Explore the history, way of life, and wildlife of the Falklands on this week-long tour. Visit historic battlefields, museums, and remnants of the gaucho culture of the 1800s. Spend an afternoon visiting one of the largest working sheep farms in the Islands, and another day taking a city tour of the capital, Stanley. A trip to the Falklands would not be complete without a visit to wildlife-rich Sea Lion Island, where elephant seals, giant petrels, and the endangered Johnny Rooks can be seen along with the sea lions. A week-long Falklands adventure!
- Day 1 Arrive Falkland Islands / Transfer to Darwin
- Days 2-3 Port Howard, West Falkland
- Days 4-5 Sea Lion Island
- Day 6 Stanley, East Falkland
- Day 7 Explore Stanley
- Day 8 Fly Chile and return home
- Cultural ImmersionIncludes cultural activities such as a visit to a traditional village or a local market to give a unique perspective.
- HistoryVisit ancient ruins and historical sites.
- Wildlife WatchingIncludes intentional opportunity to observe flora or fauna with an experienced guide.
Day 1 Arrive Falkland Islands / Transfer to Darwin (D)
Arrive Mount Pleasant Airport early afternoon, transfer by private vehicle to Darwin, a drive of approximately 35 minutes.
A half day tour will take you to San Carlos and nearby Goose Green for a whistle stop battlefield and general interest tour. Darwin, named after the famous naturalist Charles Darwin who visited the Islands in the 1830s, provides its visitors with a selection of Falklands history. There is plenty to see from the 1982 conflict, and then going back some 200 years remnants of the gauchos' occupation in the 1800's.
Days 2-3 Port Howard, West Falkland (2B,2L,2D)
After breakfast, transfer by Falkland Islands Government Air Service (FIGAS) 8-seater Britten Norman Islander aircraft to Port Howard, where you'll spend the next two days. The relatively low-level flying provides passengers with stunning views of the Falklands' coastlines and inland scenery.
In the afternoon, you'll visit one of the Falklands' few remaining large--and one of the most picturesque--working farms. A guided walking tour of the settlement includes stops at the shearing shed where the farm's 47,000 sheep are shorn, the 1982 war museum, the local school room, and the harbor, where you may have the chance to see a local pod of dolphins.
On Day 3 you will travel by Land Rover to the Fox Bay settlement, with a stop at Hawksnest Pond for a picnic lunch. While eating, be on the lookout for some 18 species of freshwater fowl, including the black-necked swan. Included in this full-day excursion are a peat cutting demonstration, a visit to two 1982 aircraft crash sites, and one of the Falklands' richest fossil beds.
Days 4-5 Sea Lion Island (2B,2L,2D)
Morning transfer by FIGAS to wildlife-rich Sea Lion Island.
Sea Lion Island is the most southerly inhabited island and one of the smallest in the Falklands archipelago, but it is still a prime destination due to the sheer abundance of wildlife found in such a small area.
Upon arrival, a 2-hour orientation tour by vehicle will acquaint you with the principle areas of interest. During the rest of your time on the island, you'll be able to explore on foot, as most of the sites are within walking distance of the lodge.
Forty-seven different species of breeding birds make their home on Sea Lion Island, including the endangered Striated caracara, Antarctic skuas, Southern giant petrels, and a host of passerines. But birds aren't the only wildlife here! Southern sea lions play in the waters around East Loafers, and the Elephant seals bask on the white sandy beach at the aptly named Elephant Corner. The latter are close enough to be seen from the lodge bar! If you keep your eyes open, you may be fortunate enough to see a killer whale off shore as well.
Day 6 Stanley, East Falkland (B)
Morning transfer by FIGAS to Stanley on East Falkland.
Following arrival at Stanley Airport and prior to your arrival at your hotel, a city tour will take in both the historic and most modern parts of this small and remote capital city, as well as a visit to the museum and the Magellanic penguin colony at Gypsy Cove.
Day 7 Explore Stanley (B)
Today, you have two options to choose from to explore Stanley.
Option One
A full-day guided battlefield will take you around some of the Stanley Mountains such as Tumbledown, Two Sisters, Mt. Harriet, Sappers Hill – some of the places that became household names during the 74 day conflict in 1982 between Argentina and England over the sovereignty of the Falklands. Experienced guides will really bring these events to life.
Option Two
A full-day guided excursion in 4x4 vehicle to Volunteer Point will be a highlight of this trip. With the white sandy beach and turquoise waters this destination has a Caribbeanesque feel to it, but the King and Gentoo penguins will bring you back to the Falklands. There is a host of other wildlife to be seen along the beach and on the lagoons, as well as spectacular scenery as you traverse the north of East Falkland.
Day 8 Fly Chile and return home (B)
This afternoon, transfer to Mount Pleasant Airport by private vehicle. Your route will take you past many of the 1982 battlefields, and more historic relics from the gaucho era of the 1800s. Return to Chile and continue home or on to further South American adventures.
$2975 | Tour Cost |
$1100 | Internal Flights (Santiago-Mount Pleasant-Santiago) |
Flight costs subject to change | |
$4075 | Total cost |
Excludes |
Recommended Budgeting
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Travelers can also fly from Punta Arenas, Chile, or from Rio Gallegos, Argentina, to get to the Falkland Islands.


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A history of Leamington in columns, pediments and arches
IT was a boom town where the fashion for taking the waters attracted wealth, high society and some of the finest architects and craftsmen of the time
But it was also a place where eccentric vicars dreamed of cathedrals but builders cut corners, banks went bust and aldermen's good works sat alongside profligate spending.
All this is reflected in Leamington's architecture and monuments, as reporter Robert Collins learned when he tagged along on a tour historian Robin Taylor gave to the Sydenham History Group.
IF you travelled back 250 years and stood where Pump Room Gardens are today, you would see a small village church and a cluster of cottages. No grand parks, no stucco vistas, not even a bridge.
You would also have wet feet. The whole park was created in 1814 and the ground was raised to stop it flooding every winter.
This is just one of many unexpected facts lifelong Leamington resident and historian Robin Taylor will tell us on an evening stroll that takes us only a few hundred yards from the Pump Room and the springs that made Leamington's fortune.
That upward leap coincided with a rise in the nation's fortunes, confidence and ambition that shaped town's buildings, bringing centuries of architectural traditions together, sometimes under the same roof.
On a cool August evening, we meet Mr Taylor in Pump Room Gardens, where the most recent addition to Leamington's architectural heritage is the reinstatement of the cast iron Linden Arches, a feature first erected in 1875.
The park was opened in 1814, at first only for the use of those taking the waters. In about 1850 it stopped making money, so the council took it over. The arches were the work of W Jenkins to a design by the borough surveyor, and today's are an almost exact replica made by Warwick firm George Worrall. With electric, not gas lighting, they are also taller to prevent people swinging from them. This was once a popular pastime, but not the only reason the originals crumbled, according to Mr Taylor.
He said: "These are much better quality than the ones in 1875. They were rather cheap and stuck together with all sorts of rubbish.
"The story is that local government was changing. That was the year that Leamington became a borough and the people who were previously running Leamington, who were pretty much the same as the people who ran it later, thought to themselves, let's spend it rather than pay it over to the other people."
Leading us to the corner of Dormer Place and the Parade, Mr Taylor invites us to look around.
"There are lots of beautiful views in Leamington. If you look down the Parade, on the left you see greenery and on the right you see a very beautiful urban landscape, and in the middle, as a climax, you see something spiritual, the parish church."
Crossing the road, we pause at the war memorial in Euston Place. It's the work of Albert Toft, a sculptor also behind the statue of Queen Victoria and a bust of Edward VII in the town hall, and of some renown. Look closely and you'll see the barrel of the rifle isn't touching the ground, but resting on the soldier's boot - exactly the way a soldier would have been trained to hold it.
Up the road, we stop outside the town hall, a late addition to the street and designed by John Cundall, who Mr Taylor believes is one of the most important architects in the town, responsible for both St Paul's church in Leicester Street and St Alban's church.
But the town hall is no church, and Mr Taylor says it brings to mind not the later, sober image of Victorian life but the young queen who liked pudding and dancing.
Mr Taylor said: "When I was about 20 and knew even more than I know now I wanted to demolish it. When I got to be more affectionate about it I thought about it in the way you think about an uncle who's lived a rather disgraceful life.
"It's a great mix of styles - he likes them all. The clock tower is the most elegant part of the building, it's like an Italian clock tower - they are often separate from the building, but not always.
"There's an oriel window - first used in the 14th and 15th centuries, they became very popular in the 19th century. You have obelisks on top. You don't have to have obelisks, but he likes obelisks."
The list goes on: it's not symmetrical, there are five pediments on the right, six on the left, the right side is higher; Gothic, classical and medieval features jostle merrily.
High above the entrance is a reference to Leamington's status as a spa town, a lunette with a depiction of Hygieia, the goddess of health and hygiene, whose father was Aesculapius, the god of medicine. Her symbols are a cup and a snake - a sign of regeneration because it sloughs off its skin and becomes young again.
The town hall was comparitively late, and is angled back from the Parade. When the site was chosen, the space was too short for the building in Cundall's drawings, so he simply set it on a diagonal, in so doing opened out the street.
Across the road is an Egyptian-style obelisk commemorating Alderman Henry Bright. While the rich came to Leamington to take the waters, drinking the stuff wasn't necessarily good for you. In 1849 and 1850 there was a cholera outbreak, and it was Alderman Bright who built the Camp Hill reservoir in Newbold Comyn.
Across the road in Euston Terrace Mr Taylor gives us a lesson in what the Greeks did for Leamington.
"The town is a modern town. In 1801 there were 311 people, it was a tiny village right by the church. Modern buildings at the time were classical buildings, and by classical buildings I mean Greek and, very rarely, Roman."
There were five orders of columns; the Greeks had Doric, Ionic and Corinthian, with the Romans adding Tuscan and Composite. Leamington has examples of them all. In Euston place, one porch has the simple fluted column and circular capital of an Doric. At No 1 Newbold Terrace, the ground floor pillar has a base, a fluted shaft and above that a scroll, making it Ionic. On the storey above, the columns are not carved but look fluted, and the acanthus leaf design at the top makes it Corinthian.
Crossing the road into Jephson Gardens, we pass the Pump Room, which has examples of Roman-style Tuscan columns, like the Doric, but with plain shafts.
In Jephson Gardens is another obelisk commemorating Edward Willes, the wealthy landowner who contributed the land for Jephson Gardens, with a 2,000-year lease at a rate of one peppercorn per year, if required.
Anyone who knows the park knows the detour you have to take to get to Mill Bridge. This is no accident. When the gardens were created, people paid to get in. The path is the ancient footpath between Whitnash and Lillington. To stop people not paying, the right of way was sunk into a brick channel.
At the bottom is Mill Bridge, which Mr Taylor describes as probably his favourite place in the world.
He says: "It's a very graceful bridge. It has water, it has a waterfall. In one direction you have reeds, it's the rural part of Leamington, and when you turn round you have a very elegant townscape. You don't get views like that in most towns."
The weir and the bridge are at the place where people had crossed the river since the 1400s, with the weir built to prevent frequent floods. The bridge was designed by William De Normanville, the borough engineer who also built the bandstand in Pump Room Gardens. The pillars are not solid but latticework, and the suspension bridge uses rods, rather than chains. Once unpopular, it is hard to imagine it looking different.
Next we come to Christ church in Priory Terrace. It looks like a church, but was originally part of a school, buit by the Rev John Craig, the charismatic and eccentric vicar of the parish church, to educate the sons of tradespeople. The school failed, and later became a print works, and finally a church.
Not far away, on the corner of Leam Terrace and Church Street, is the house built by the organist of St Peter's church, a Signor Aspa. He bought part of the old school, knocked it down and built a house with the town's only other example of a double portico, also known as a colossus.
We cross into the small park behind All Saints' church, originally a small village church. As Leamington rose in status the Rev Craig decided the church should do likewise.
If the Greeks perfected the column, the Romans were among the first to adopt the arch, which could bear more weight. Early Norman churches and cathedrals such as Durham are characterised by their round arches, but the Normans later used the even stronger, pointed, Gothic arch.
There were three types: the narrow 'early English' style, with very little tracery; the more elaborate 'decorated' style, with tracery in the points; and the perpendicular style, with many verticals. All Saints has them all, and it gets better. One rose window is copied from Rouen Cathedral, the other from the church of St Ouen in Rouen, and the three Gothic windows in the sanctuary from Cologne Cathedral.
Less impressive, particularly for today's clergy, is the cheap sandstone, which has a tendency to crumble and is costing millions to repair.
To the front of the church, and it's back to the neoclassical. Much of Leamington is straight lines, but it has the occasional crescent, a feature first used in Bath by John Woods the younger, one of a father and son who designed much of of that town. Leamington's most celebrated example is Lansdowne Crescent, which together with Lansdowne Circus was designed by William Thomas. Even the Parade has a slight kink, and at the very bottom of that is another of Thomas's creations, Victoria Terrace.
Today it is obscured by buses, stretchmarked by plate glass shopfronts and has the odd tree sprouting out of it, but the terrace once boasted one of the grandest facades in town.
Mr Taylor said: "If you're quite well off but you can't actually afford to live in a palace, you build a palace and divide it up.
"Victoria Terrace is a magnificent example of classical Regency architecture. It was built for people to live in, not to have shops at the bottom. Ideally you imagine it without shops, and with ladies and gentlemen drawing up in their horses and carriages."
Precisely balanced and symmetrical, the terrace has pediments - triangular ornaments - above most of its windows and a combination of Ionic and Corinthian capitals, albeit without fluting on the columns. On the front of what is now the Five Rivers restaurant there is rustication - heavily divided slabs of stone.
There is ironwork along the veranda, which is on the first floor - the piano nobile or grand storey - where the reception rooms would be. This always has the largest windows with the most panes. At the top, with the lowest ceilings and the smallest windows, would be the servants' rooms.
We're south of the river and we've come almost full circle, and learnt a little about the buildings that most of us walk or drive past every day. In 250 years the village church has gone up in the world, once grand buildings have come down, and in the Parade, the town hall is still partying roguishly.
Mr Taylor said: "Leamington is a wonderful place, having all this in a mile or less."
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Joined: 20 Jun 2006
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Location: Banbury, UK
Posted: Sat Feb 19, 2011 3:29 pm
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The word is "fanwank"
Of course, few of these weapons make make much sense in real world terms despite being often built around existing guns, but as fans of just about any genre show you could name, we feel *compelled* to come up with explanations for absolutely *everything* that appears on screen as though it was *actually real* (which is kinda daft if you think about it)
What can I say...it's a disease
(The whole Speculation segment series on The Signal is nothing more than an extended exercise in this fine fanninsh onanistic tradition.
Everyone does it, secretly enjoys it, it's habit forming and can eventually make you go blind
Interesting, I didn't know Karl had parted ways with QMx. I'll have to ask Andy about that next time I speak to him. Hopefully an amicable departure. He's an extremely gifted prop maker (professional - it's what he does - in fact that may be the reason he left QMx, to go make the "real" things) - you two would get on like a house on fire
(and that was total speculation on my part....see, we can't help it!)
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Posted: Sun Feb 20, 2011 1:09 am
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Lemming wrote:
The word is "fanwank"
What?! Well! I never! Or at least...not, you know, much...well, oh, alright...maybe but...yeah, OK...
I have felt that Firefly's slug throwers require less fanwank,
because they are often based on old weapons technology.
Zoe's mare's leg is a lever action rifle, and that should be that.
Mal's pistol should be simple;
it isn't until you start trying to wedge out-of-the-ordinary tech in the thing,
like Gauss gun magnetic accelerator tech,
that things get complicated.
Occasionally fanwank is a result of fans trying to reconcile creative mistakes from the production teams.
Lemming wrote:
Interesting, I didn't know Karl had parted ways with QMx. I'll have to ask Andy about that next time I speak to him. Hopefully an amicable departure.
It was presented that way on fireflyprops.net
Lemming wrote:
He's an extremely gifted prop maker
you two would get on like a house on fire
(and that was total speculation on my part....see, we can't help it!)
Unfortunately, on that last point the answer is no.
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Location: Northern Ireland
Posted: Sat Feb 26, 2011 6:49 pm
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Wow, didnt expect to invoke this sort of discussion.
A rail/ gauss gun? My deity, I dont think so. I would be happy thinking
that a trigger system was replaced with electronics,
to cover the sound they make.
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Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2011 11:25 pm
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Proof once again that I have TOO many projects.
Yes, that is a three foot long, HO scale, fiberglass Firefly.
Which is no longer a project, because I sold it to finance the 2011 BCB trip.
After I sold my 3 foot Firefly to finance a trip I didn't take
I bought this 15 inch replacement.
And honestly, it will be easier to build and display than the larger one.
Also, notice I still have just as many projects!
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Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2011 5:41 pm
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Wow, thats one big ass firefly! Where are ya gonna put it?
Suppose some (insert ALOT) of browncoats would love one.
What ya gonna do with it Mike? Give, Keep, or aution to charity!
Or you could make it into a Series 3 Cerberus type gunship, that would be pretty shiny.
As always lookin forward to the updates.
PS. Is this the only thread people talk in here anymore?
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Location: Banbury, UK
Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2011 6:21 am
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Alas, that's mostly a yes to that.
OT: it's quite strange how several of the forums have declined in the last year or so. We expected there to be some drop off here when The Signal moved all it's active posting to our own forums (which tick over nicely enough, but there's rarely more than a dozen posts a day if that).
The Universal HD board seemed to dry up once FF wasn't being shown - dropping from a very dynamic and active place to just about dead. The UK forum also seemed to dry up a couple of years ago for some unknown reason (I suspect bloody Facebook maybe partly to blame)
Fireflyfans.net is still pretty active and Whedonesque of course has it's own small group of overactive commenters (the less said about the recent HNBF nonsense the better) and there are other places I don't have time to look at I'm sure.
I'm just as guilty of not posting here as anyone, but I do still keep tabs
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Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2011 11:01 am
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A prop for "Fool Me Twice" that is still in-process.
This is the handgun for the main "villain".
The operating system is super compressed air housed in the magazine,
with the projectiles, that removes like a conventional pistol magazine.
So, it is flashy and out-sized in proportion to it's lower hitting power,
kinda like my blustery antagonist.
In real-life, it is lotsa leftover flotsam-and-jetsom.
The main body is an old paint gun, the barrel is from my first Zoe carbine replica,
the rear sight is a Chicago air fitting clamp and everything else is machined out of scrap aluminum.
The incomplete-ness of this prop project is one more indicator of my ramped-up real-life interference in my hobbies.
Far as the overall slowness of the boards, well, let's face it;
first there is no new content
(and the comic books and fan-films don't seem to be filling the void)
so only the hardcore fans are left.
And, in the absence of new content, for many folks, all the topics have been discussed to death.
This board is pretty mild mannered, but many of the more active boards are populated by argumentative types who drive off the "normal" folks.
Also, it seems most folks are ONLY interested in the show, without looking beyond that.
Like I wrote in my Firefly Fan Films column;
There are many other Firefly verse stories to tell.
Story arcs exploring the reach and machinations of Blue Sun,
tales of Companions and politics, dissatisfactions within the Alliance;
the Firefly verse is rich with story ideas beyond a simple peril-of-the-week-for-the-crew.
Stories about cops and robbers and Companions and politics and business could be fodder for discussion, but few seem interested.
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Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2011 4:01 pm
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Looking good Mike!
"May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one."
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Posted: Sat Mar 26, 2011 6:05 pm
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Nice work Mike.. Im sure I speak for everyone in that we wish we had your machine working skills!
Btw, you never said what you'll do with ther resin 3' firefly.. Eager to know over here..
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Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2011 10:02 pm
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Loire wrote:
Btw, you never said what you'll do with the resin 3' firefly..
Eager to know over here..
Wellll, I want to take my wife to the Browncoat Ball this year
so the 3 foot Firefly is on its way to a new home.
That, and a few other items from my collection, are paying my way.
The New England Browncoats are hosting the Ball and a prop museum for original and replica props
and I'm looking forward to displaying the things I've built and acquired.
I'm looking forward to meeting some of the collectors I know only online,
like Dan, coordinator of the prop museum interviewed on the first BCB Podcast:
I attended the BCB in Philadelphia in 2007.
I enjoyed that outing, and I'm sure this year will be even better!
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Posted: Fri May 20, 2011 8:26 am
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Making a little forward progress on my next project.
I've had a static version of this prop for a long time, but it is just very unsatisfying.
I'm not too sure about the internal mechanism,
and I realized I drew the return position ramps on the release mechanism in the wrong plane.
The other area for concern is that the extended springs will collapse back to compressed position without kinking.
A lot of these types of problems would be easier to solve if there was more internal space to work with.
But if it works....it'll be so cool.
Springs proved to be unusable, I have new ones on order.
But, I'm still on track to have a working Blue Hands Neural Bleeder.
Well, working like pops open, not working like makes people bleed out!
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Posted: Thu May 26, 2011 10:16 am
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Shiny! Can't wait to see the finished product. Make a great addition to the collection.
"May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one."
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Posted: Tue May 31, 2011 9:04 am
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The springs came in, I drilled the bodies to accept them,
and they work as hoped for!
So, the project is back where it was a week ago.
Barely a hiccup, when I was expecting far worse.
The next step is to finalize sizes for the release mechanism.
It will basically be a slim, rectangular release button in the center
that holds the little blocks back.
There is still a lot of work to go,
(release mechanism, top cover, paint, fitting and final assembly).
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Coming along nicely!
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Latest update on the neural bleeder death thingies.
At this point they are about two-thirds done and the release mechanism works.
In the first pic they are shown with the rods captured closed:
and in the second pic the mock up is popped open
while the cover-off version shows how the rods slide past the release catch.
In the third pic you can see all but two of the parts, and some hardware.
I still have to make an escutcheon plate for the release button
and there is a black plastic end piece that will go over the socket head cap screw on the one end.
The bodies still need to be drilled and tapped for the cover plate
and there is a fair amount of hand filing and deburring work to do.
I expect to finish this project by mid-July.
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Wish I had the talent to put one of those together. Make a great prop for my Hands of Blue costume.
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And sometimes something comes along that is too good to pass up.
Although I'm trying to not take on any new projects,
when a Firefly collector/builder offered these castings,
I couldn't say "no".
And after machining a few replacement parts:
From the new Firefly: Still Flying volume, this is a replica of the hideout pistol Jayne was so industriously taping to his stomach.
I'll finish my 2X2 HOB death thingies first, but this will be a July/August project, along with finally finishing my Sidkit Mal pistol.
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You're right Mike, how could you say "no"?
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More progress:
All the pieces are made; note: that's MADE, NOT finished.
I have to drill and tap the bodies and cover plates so they can be bolted together.
After that will be some fine tuning.
I need to ream the holes for the acrylic rods.
The drill was too inconsistent and some of the end caps and sliding blocks won't press on the rods.
Overall, some final fit and finish is required.
The final steps will be to paint the bodies in krinkle-finish black, assemble, and send to their new homes.
I'm debating whether to serial number them;
something like 1-8 through 8-8 or 108 through 808.
Still on track for a mid-July finish.
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Looking great Mike!
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New family portrait.
Although it just looks like a little putty and, VIOLA!, they're done; there's a lot more involved than that.
The green one to the left is a badly damaged, poorly molded production piece that had been relegated to paint tests,
and the gray one on the right is a Golden Armor made helmet with spikey, blown-in fiberglass sticking out all over the inside.
I completely sealed and refinished the GA helmet,
and I had to saw cut the green one to lay new mat on the inside to correct it, as well as rebuilding external features on both.
Ohhh, yeahhhh, NOW I remember why I put off finishing them....
I'm finishing these up for inclusion in the new Firefly Fan Film, "First Meeting".
Lower quality pic, but the work is further along:
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I finished all the machine work on the HOB Neural Bleeders.
These little piles of parts just somehow don't convey the hours spent making them.
Also, the few modifications I made have taken their toll on the fit of the moving parts.
Tiny burrs from a change here and there means that the slides barely slide.
You can't see in the picture, but I've numbered the parts,
so now begins the process of fitting each one individually.
I assembled one.
It barely moved; but an hour's work and it ejected the unattached blue rod right out of the slide.
(Which was really funny, 'til I realized it went into a pile of "stuff" and now I can't find it!)
So, I'm looking at about two more weeks to get these all deburred, fitted, painted and assembled.
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Sorry you are running into issues with the bleeders due to your mods. I can't imagine how much time you must have put into these, but your handiwork is amazing. I am always amazed at your attention to detail on your creations.
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OK, I admit it; I haven't gotten a thing done on the Blue Hands Neural Bleeders.
Distractions? Yeah, I got distractions......
I've been distracted by a number of things, including:
a leaky radiator in my 2001 black Cadillac.
275 horsepower, 300lb/ft of torque, 20 miles per gallon, Bose 10 speaker stereo;
I love to drive this car, but it is a NIGHTMARE to work on!
But, like the guitar, this is only a detour.
I'll be back on more Firefly projects soon-enough!
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Sorry to hear about the radiator Mike.
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Because I'm taking some of my prop collection to the 2011 Browncoat Ball Prop Museum,
I want to have some nice displays finished.
Two that I'm working on, when I can, are for Jayne and Zoe.
The Zoe display will be a case for her three main weapons,
the Firefly Mare's Leg,
the BDM Serenity Mare's Leg
and the Firefly pistol she carried in the cross-draw holster.
This pic shows the foam "nest" I made, now I need to find matching brown fur to upholster it.
For Jayne, I'm building a rather large shadowbox to display his Firefly and BDM Serenity weapons, patches and a few pertinent pictures.
This will be stained in a near clear to show off the light wood,
and I'll use aluminum posts for the weapons and aluminum push-pins to hold the patches and pictures.
The MP5K is just a place holder,
I'll be building a more accurate one for Jayne's, "Let's be bad guys", rig.
Anything I don't finish I'll take along anyway, because I think in replica prop making,
the process is as much about the hobby as the finished product.
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OK, I'm not making it to the 2011 BCB any more,
but I did get a boatload of work done in the meanwhile.
The Jayne shadow box display is coming along nicely.
I built the main box with a machined groove to glue the panels in
and a machined groove for a removable (lifts up and out the top) Plexiglas front.
I finished the Zoe travel case by sewing two pieces of the original fur together.
I couldn't find a close match, so I had to c-a-r-e-f-u-l-l-y strip the original fur off an interior panel.
I can see the seam, but it isn't real noticeable unless you know to look for it.
I also happened into a Rance Burgess laser kit (from "Heart of Gold").
The original hero prop is available for about eight grand,
but my budget was about $7,850 less than that, so I'm building this really nice static display model.
The kit was cast off the rubber stunt prop so I had to machine out the gap in the handle, I drilled out the barrels,
and I drilled and filed out the (supposed to be) open areas around the barrels.
I also machined a stainless tube for the "check battery" tube and machined aluminum end caps.
Finally, I tried to finish my Mal pistol,
but I'm rather ambivalent about the "final" result.
The weathering wouldn't have been bad for a 1/32nd scale model airplane,
but as I'm sure ya'll have noticed,
the Mal pistol isn't a 1/32nd scale model airplane.....sigh.
So, I see this sitting for another few months/longer 'til I feel like taking another stab at it.
On the plus side, the overall presentation is what I wanted, the real walnut grips look really nice in person,
the finish is painted so it's fix-able, and the value is there for a metal Mal.
The pistol, two spare mags, case, cleaning tools, ship's papers, St. Lucy's ID and 'verse money
STILL represents only about a $650 dollar investment.
And of course, a WHOLE lotta hours making everything.
But that had value, too!
As a final note, I'm really pleased with how the cleaning and disassembly tools came out.
This was an idea that just popped out of the fact that I had some black walnut laying around;
sort of a, "I wonder what-if?" moment.
The tools all fit the various screws (tho' nothing comes apart),
and the cleaning tools would really work,
if there was anything to clean.
So, even though it isn't quite finished, my Mal pistol has been a pretty satisfying project.
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Firefly/Serenity Collectors' Corner: The video
If you are going to have a Firefly and Serenity collection, it all starts here; the DVD's.
First would be the four disc set in the slipcase.
I recommend this version over the less expensive set currently available at Walmart for $19.95.
The less expensive set is four discs in a single case.
I just prefer the more expensive packaging,
in part because there is more info on the individual case sleeves,
in part because such a noteworthy show deserves the better presentation,
but mostly I have a sense of warm nostalgia at handling the DVD box set that shocked the execs who canceled such an "unpopular" show.
The second required viewing item is the Serenity Collectors Edition.
It is the black box next to the Firefly slipcase.
The Collectors Edition has all the special features of the original release of Serenity (top of the picture)
plus most of the features of the Australian release (middle of the second row).
I actually bought a region-free DVD player to watch the Australian version of Serenity.
The special features included a few things not on the original US Serenity release
and also a Q&A with Joss Whedon at FOX Studios in Sydney Australia
that has STILL not been released anywhere else.
The DVD at the top-row-right is the "Done The Impossible- A Fans' Tale of Firefly & Serenity".
Brought to you some uber Firefly/Serenity fans (including the creator of this website)
DTI is an excellent overview of the brightest hour of Browncoat fandom.
The early "save Firefly" movement, the guerrilla marketing campaign,
the creator, cast and crew refusing to give up, the interaction between fans and filmmakers,
everything leading up to the green light for the BDM Serenity;
are encapsulated in this well-made documentary.
I came kinda late to the party (January 2006 after seeing BDM Serenity on DVD)
so DTI is my link to the most optimistic days of the fandom.
The DVD under DTI is a collection of panels filmed at a handful of conventions.
Sadly, the sound is so bad, these things are nearly unwatchable.
Sitting quietly, it is barely possible to make out kinda-sorta most of what is said.
I put the best of these on at a shindig once, but I could tell I was making folks strain too hard to follow for this to be fun.
Only for the most hard-core collector.
Finally, on the far right is a Joss Whedon interview on "the Write Environment" hosted by Jeffrey Berman DVD.
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Firefly/Serenity Collectors' Corner: The Music
The music of Firefly was every bit as unique as every other aspect of the show.
Greg Edmonson scored Firefly in an amazing blend of American country-western with an international twist.
The Firefly sound was very organic, always sounding as if it could be played on those backwater worlds
where folks were left with nothing but a few blankets and a herd...
...and some simple stringed instruments.
Although Greg used some electronic tonalities in some of the "battle" music,
it was things like the juxtaposition of his homespun guitar chords over a space ship lighting the afterburners
that helped the future world of the 'verse feel comfortable and at home in our early 21st century hearts.
John Williams popularized the idea of writing musical themes for characters in Star Wars,
but Greg Edmonson has said he wrote to capture the emotion of a scene rather than try to write character themes.
Even the oboe piece that has come to be thought of as Jubal Early's theme
was written to capture the mood of this really bad man sneaking aboard Serenity.
From the energetic hoe down song backing the spaceball game opening of "Bushwacked",
to the weeping funeral song of "The Message",
I can't recall an out of place note in the Firefly 'verse.
The soundtrack album captures much of that wide range of musical style
(tho' the absence of the Persephone docks music, "The Hero of Canton", and the "Our Mrs. Reynolds" river intro music is sorely felt).
The only problem with listening to a TV soundtrack album is that the musical pieces are barely more than snippets.
The Firefly album is essentially 44 pieces of music broken up into 25 tracks.
And even at that, I rearranged the song order to try to make the music "flow" a little more to my liking.
Snippets or no, this album still triggers emotional responses straight out of the show,
and listening is like carrying a little bit of the show where ever you take your CD or MP3 player.
Top left is the Firefly music book.
It's filled with a bunch of notes that, frankly, mean nothing to me,
but I bought it because of my love for the music that Greg Edmonson created for Firefly,
and a hope, however fleeting and unlikely, that I might someday be able to make use of it.
Below the music book is the Firefly soundtrack album, which also includes the show's theme,
written by Joss Whedon and performed by Sonny Rhoades.
I have to admit, the first time I heard the Ballad of Serenity, I thought it was a little goofy.
About four episodes in I realized how perfectly it captured the Firefly vibe,
and at some point before I finished watching the series for the first time,
I found myself singing along.
To the right of the Firefly soundtrack album is the BDM Serenity soundtrack.
Yeah, uh, well; it's a really good MOVIE soundtrack, but....
like many of the changes made to BDM Serenity from the TV show, Firefly,
it feels too much like an attempt to appeal to a mainstream audience.
BDM Serenity's soundtrack is-just-so-much-BIGGER.
In the liner notes, Joss Whedon waxes enthusiastic about composer David Newman's talent.
And everything he says is true: Newman "got" the "western" thing
(our first view of Serenity breaking atmo to a banjo is a very "Firefly" moment)
and he crafted a very solid movie score.
But at times, BDM Serenity's score almost feels cliche.
The characters had themes
(tho' River's slightly out of tune piano theme does capture her slightly out of tune character)
and where Firefly felt very organic, BDM Serenity feels very "Alliance",
that is to say the music better represented the resources of the Core planets
than the Rim worlds the audience is asked to identify with.
Much of the big battle music feels very, "been-there-done-that" up to and including a number of (seems like)
note by note, sound by sound lifts from the Road Warrior and Star Wars soundtracks.
Missing is the very cool electronic music that so well fits Serenity docking at the Beaumonde shipyard.
Most Firefly fans seem to feel that the scoring nod should have gone to Greg Edmonson.
Artistically I agree.
Commercially, I can see the David Newman score for a blockbuster summer release,
but when Universal decided on a, "nobody but Browncoats will see this movie" Fall release;
well aw shoot, they might as well have let Greg score the thing with that "Wow, never heard that before" touch of his.
Above the BDM Serenity soundtrack are the CD's
"On The Drift" from the Bedlam Bards and the
"Done The Impossible" soundtrack.
These albums are a mixture of songs that fit IN the 'verse,
and songs ABOUT the show and fandom.
I'm not personally into folk music or Filk, but like Greg Edmonson's Firefly music,
many of the songs transcend a pidgeonhole genre and work as the eclectic mix that defines the Firefly 'verse.
And some are just fun Browncoat anthems, good for singin' along, if'n ya can remember all the words.
And finally, I beg a little indulgence, (assuming your eyeballs haven't already rolled back into your skull from so___many___words).
Part of my love of the Firefly 'verse is that I could pack my bags and move there.
When I build the props highlighted in this collection thread or listen to the music from the show,
there is a sense of at least peripherally inhabiting that fictional world.
And if I'm going somewhere, I'm not leaving my Led Zeppelin behind.
Led Zeppelin isn't totally out of place in the 'verse, because the band traveled the world
and brought back Eastern tonalities, phrasing and instruments, and incorporated them into their rock sound.
So, the green album in the upper right is "Kashmir: Symphonic Led Zeppelin" played by The London Philharmonic Orchestra.
Arranged by Jaz Coleman, the mix is so Eastern, I believe parts of it could be literally used as backing for the Firefly show.
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Firefly/Serenity Collectors' Corner: The Companion Volumes
Alright, if the Firefly DVD boxed set and the Serenity Collectors Edition DVD's
are the obvious ESSENTIAL Firefly/Serenity purchase,
I'd tend to place all four of the Companion volumes as a close second.
These books contain the scripts for all the episodes and the movie,
plus a wealth of info on the fictional Firefly/Serenity 'verse,
and the behind the scenes people, props, sets and wardrobe that made the 'verse come alive.
The majority of Firefly props were rescued from obscurity or worse by English film industry professional, Karl Derrick.
Although he is currently selling off the collection, it is featured prominently in the companion volumes
and on Karl's Firefly Archive website:
Firefly Companion Vol. I contains the scripts for:
The Train Job
Our Mrs. Reynolds
Firefly Companion Vol. II contains the scripts for:
Out Of Gas
War Stories
The Message
Heart Of Gold
Objects In Space
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Tress concludes season with silver and bronze medals
PARK CITY, Utah (Feb. 11, 2012)– The Intercontinental Cup tour wrapped up the 2011-2012 season with a two-race series on Friday and Saturday on the 2002 Olympic track in Park City, Utah. The finale was more than a contest for gold, but a race for points to qualify a third sled for the U.S. team at 2012 World Championships. World Cup athletes Kyle Tress (Ewing, N.J.) and Kimber Gabryszak (Park City, Utah) slid solid performances, including silver and bronze medal performances from Tress, but were unable to accumulate the needed points to qualify.
"It was great wrapping up the tour on our home track and seeing the U.S. flag raised for the second week in a row," said Brian McDonald, U.S. coach. "We had a season of ups and downs, but we are developing new talent in our program that will represent the U.S. at the elite level well past Sochi 2014. Championship quality talent is not developed overnight, so my advice to these new sliders was to learn, race hard and have fun. They did just that, and I am proud to have spent another season coaching this team."
Tress needed to surpass Russian Anton Batuev in international points in order for him to have his name entered on the 2012 World Championship roster. The veteran U.S. athlete navigated to the finish in 1:40.48 to claim bronze the first day with Batuev four positions behind in seventh. Tress still needed to gain 38 points in order to spring ahead of the Russian in points. Tress bettered his performance by posting a two-run total of 1:39.96 for silver, but Batuev was too close in fifth position for Tress to overtake him in rank.
"It's always a great feeling to stand on the podium," Tress said. "There are a lot of great competitors on the Intercontinental Cup circuit. However, that feeling is mixed with sadness and frustration, because I fell 20 points short of qualifying for World Championships. The only thing I can do moving forward is to learn from this and use it as motivation for the future."
Tress also thanked Greg West, who gave up his spot on the Intercontinental Cup team to allow John Daly and Tress the opportunity to gain valuable points over the last two weeks. Tress remained upbeat, and said he's looking forward to returning to Lake Placid, N.Y., site of the World Championships, to provide support to his teammates as they vie for the crown.
The same three men medaled in the two-race finale. World Cup veteran Michi Halilovic from Germany was victorious in both competitions by solid margins. Halilovic's total time of 1:40.24 put him 0.22 seconds in the lead yesterday, and his combined time of 1:39.61 was 0.35 seconds ahead of the field today. Canadian Charles Wlodarczak finished 0.02 seconds ahead of Tress to claim silver with an aggregate time of 1:40.46, but Tress was able to overtake Wlodarczak by 0.12 seconds the final day.
Tom Santagato (Astoria, N.Y.) posted a career best Intercontinental Cup result after clocking a two-run total of 1:41.34 for eighth place yesterday, and he finished 12th in today's finale.
"The last time I raced in Park City was during team trials last year, and I'm pretty sure I came in last both races," Santagato said. "Finishing eighth in an Intercontinental Cup race was definitely a huge improvement. My runs weren't as consistent as I would have liked, but I can't be disappointed with the way things turned out."
Luke Schulz (Davenport, N.D.) slid to the finish in 1:41.59 and 1:41.03 for ninth and 10th place finishes, respectively.
"I'm happy the season is over," Schulz said. "This was a really challenging season for me. I never felt like anything clicked from the first day of sliding this year. I'm looking forward to going back to the drawing board and figuring out what I can do better for next year."
Despite leading the U.S. women in the final series of Intercontinental Cup races, Gabryszak was disheartened with her results. Like Tress, Gabryszak was battling the third ranked Russian woman for points to earn her spot in World Championships, but she was unable to garner enough points to make the necessary leap in standings. Gabryszak said she slid four flawless runs, but she was unable to find speed down the course and could only assemble combined times of 1:43.77 and 1:42.79 for 11th and ninth place finishes.
"Obviously I'm disappointed since it's my home track and I hoped to place closer to the top," Grabyrszak said. "Over the last two days I've had some of the most perfectly frustrating runs. They were smooth, relaxed, clean and very solid runs that were just ineffably slow. I came across the finish line and was absolutely stunned by the slow times. The silver lining is that I now have a few more weeks on this track to train and try different things. Next time it'll be a different story."
Savannah Graybill (Denver, Pa.) raced to 13th and 14th place finishes to conclude her first competitive season with combined times of 1:43.91 and 1:43.88, respectively. Graybill made gains in her sliding while competing on the 2002 Olympic track for only the second time in her short career.
British athlete Rose McGrandle swept the Park City races, although she had to fight a talented field for the victory. McGrandle came from behind in both competitions to earn double gold with combined times of 1:42.15 and 1:42.03.
Reigning Olympic champion Amy Williams returned to racing after taking a few weeks off to spend time with her newborn nephew. Williams trailed her British teammate by 0.16 seconds to claim silver in the first race, but failed to medal today.
Germany's Sophia Griebel posted a two-run total of 1:42.61 for bronze the first race, and was just 0.02 seconds off McGrandle's pace to earn silver today. Jacqueline Lölling, also from Germany, denied Williams the podium by finishing third with a combined time of 1:42.10 in the final Intercontinental Cup race of the season.
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Men's race #1
1. Michi Halilovic (GER) 1:40.24 (50.33, 49.91); 2. Charles Wlodarczak (CAN) 1:40.46 (50.43, 50.03); 3. Kyle Tress (USA) 1:40.48 (50.52, 49.96);…8. Tom Santagato (USA) 1:41.34 (50.77, 50.57); 9. Luke Schulz (USA) 1:41.59 (50.86, 50.73);
Men's race #2
1. Michi Halilovic (GER) 1:39.61 (49.65, 49.96); 2. Kyle Tress (USA) 1:39.96 (50.00, 49.96); 3. Charles Wlodarczak (CAN) 1:40.08 (49.98, 50.10);…10. Luke Schulz (USA) 1:41.03 (50.38, 50.65);…12. Tom Santagato (USA) 1:41.15 (50.75, 50.40);
Women's race #1
1. Rose McGrandle (GBR) 1:42.15 (51.27, 50.88); 2. Amy Williams (GBR) 1:42.31 (51.25, 51.06); 3. Sophia Griebel (GER) 1:42.61 (51.50, 51.11);…11. Kimber Gabryszak (USA) 1:43.77 (52.12, 51.65);…13. Savannah Graybill (USA) 1:43.91 (52.09, 51.82);
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1. Rose McGrandle (GBR) 1:42.03 (51.22, 50.81); 2. Sophia Griebel (GER) 1:42.05 (51.21, 50.84); 3. Jacqueline Lölling (GER) 1:42.10 (51.21, 50.89);…9. Kimber Gabryszak (USA) 1:42.79 (51.38, 51.41);…14. Savannah Graybill (USA) 1:43.88 (52.11, 51.77);
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healthy personal relationship or family "models"
January 23, 2010, 04:00:03 PM »
does anyone know where I can find a healthy model of a relationship, or family? I'm using model in the NLP sense of the word...
Strange question, but I am working on healing an emotionally abusive childhood, and continually choosing emotionally abusive partners. One thing I've realised it that I dont know what "healthy" looks like. I've made vast improvements over the years and also have a few ideas myself, but I want to get some more ideas in what I want my "ideal" to look like, and therefore create it and know what I'm looking for.
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January 24, 2010, 10:47:23 PM »
Quote from: emmacombes on January 23, 2010, 04:00:03 PM
One thing I've realised it that I dont know what "healthy" looks like. I've made vast improvements over the years and also have a few ideas myself, but I want to get some more ideas in what I want my "ideal" to look like, and therefore create it and know what I'm looking for.
Dearest Emma,
I also chose a string of partners who were different versions of the same mold (new day, same guy, different name!).
The only way I know to find the answer to your question is to continue to look inside where you are looking now. I found my answers when I learned to listen and heed my own inner wisdom. You have that wisdom inside, no matter what has happened to you. What happens when we make mistakes is sometimes we think we can't trust ourselves because we've blown it in the past.
You say you have a few ideas... so here are some ways to get some more...
Have you taken all the opposites of what you have experienced so far and written down a list?
Another thing to do is to look around at people you know... cast a wide net...When you see a relationship you feel is a good one, scan your own insides to see what are the qualities you think you are seeing? You could complete the sentence
"I think this is a happy relationship because..."
"I imagine they get on really well because they..."
"They have been together 30 years because..."
list qualities that each possess, what you imagine their agreements are, what you think their shared values are.
You don't actually need to ask them or even know - you can just make it up!
See what kind of relationships and couples attract you as you walk around and ask yourself what you are seeing that you like. Maybe keep a list of qualities, values, etc...
After all, even if you do find a great model for 'healthy' from somewhere, you will still need to know if it's right for you and compare it against who you are on the inside. Otherwise it will always be just somebody else's idea. Only you know what is right for you.
Is this making sense?
Spiritual Divorce by Debbie Ford is a great heart healing book, with many practices for turning inside and learning to hear your own guidance. Maybe George Pransky's 'Relationship Handbook' or Greg Baer's 'Real Love.' Not sure if books would be what you are after or if these are on the right track ... so feel free to contact me if you wish.
If you don't know me, I was Michael's apprentice last year, I am on staff at Supercoach Academy this year...
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I've done a few radio shows on both intuition/inner wisdom and relationships - you may find something there on
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January 28, 2010, 02:49:32 PM »
Hi Elese,
Thanks for this, yes the book suggestions are great, if you have any more I would love to hear... Real Love seemed to ring true for me flicking through the first few pages on amazon so I'll try and get a copy.
I've done the opposite of what went wrong to create positive affirmations and ideas which is good, also the questions you start asking are a great idea....
See what kind of relationships and couples attract you as you walk around and ask yourself what you are seeing that you like. Maybe keep a list of qualities, values, etc...
Its funny but I dont really notice couples, ever! So now I'm sure I'll be noticing them everywhere!
thanks for all the ideas, I've checked out the radio shows but could you give me the link to the ones on relationships or just the name so I can scroll to find them?
Many Thanks
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February 01, 2010, 10:55:18 PM »
Hi Emma! I feel like my husband and I have a pretty good relationship. It was really rocky at first, because he was abusing alcohol. However, he hasn't had a drink since September 2000. Since then, it has been really good. We have our money problems, but we each acknowledge that we were both rebels, and that we made poor life choices early on. We are working to make a good life together.
We are both artists. (Horrors! LOL!) We met when I was 43, and he was 38. (Yes, I robbed the cradle!) I have a grown son from my first, very short marriage. He had never been married, nor did he have children. However, we do have a dog and a lot of cats.
I am 60 now, and he is 55. We have been married for over 14 years. I amazed that we found each other, and I feel very blessed that we are still together when so many aren't. We are both very loyal to each other. That is key in a good relationship. We have arguments. Everything is not perfect. We get depressed about our situation sometimes, but we love each other very much. And, really, he is my best friend.
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February 03, 2010, 01:38:18 PM »
Hi Emma,
My father is an alcoholic, and so I am an Adult Child of Alcoholic. My childhood was far from happy and I did not grew up with the 'model' of happy relationship. I believe that to know why we do not have a good reference point is important, but not in order to digg in the past and painful experiences - it serves no purpose. So what did I do? Well first of all I did not look for any model. Model means certain pattern, it is term that is very limited as people are different, have different needs, different personalities. I looked back in my past experiences and recalled behaviours of both my parents and my father toward me. I looked at what caused my fear and anxiety in those behaviours. So if my father shouted at my mother I felt fear, so I looked for opposite - what would be the behaviour which would not make me feel fearful or threatened. So I came with: calm voice, polite behaviour, two people sitting and speaking in a relaxed. This image FELT right for me. This does not mean that getting angry and raising voice is BAD. No, but you can be all of that and still have respect of each other!
If you wish I can speak to you more on that. There is just too much to say.
Look inside your heart, listen to how you feel in relation to certain situations and behaviours. Just because we were deprived of positive examples does not mean that we do not have them 'within' us - we just need to rediscover them.
In the meantime I recommend a book 'Co - dependent no more'. It speaks about those 'bad' relationships and why they are 'bad'. It is the co-dependence that makes us attract abusive partners and it is the same co-dependence which makes it difficult to leave them BUT the moment you rediscover your 'happy relationship' and understand the difference between the co - dependence and inter dependence you will have the relationship you are looking for and which you deserve:)
Also listen/read to Michael's Neill talk about relationship ('You can have what you want') where he, in a very simple way, explains the difference.
Good luck!
Michelle Young
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Hey Emma
One thing i suggest anyone yo ask themselves before going into a relationship is 'how are your pots'.. By this I mean
For each emotion, we can metaphorically have a pot, therefore right now my energy pot is about 50% as the day is drawing to a close. My heart pot is quite high, my happiness pot is high, my communication pot is relativley high as well.. Confidence etc goes the same way.
So... Before embarking on a new relationship, ensure your 'pots' are pretty high. With high pots you are going to make better choices. If your confidence pot is running low, you might consider dating someone whom you would not touch with a barge pole if your confidence pot was high. There is a huge difference in the people and standards we will accept into our lives depending where our pots are at.
When most people come out of a relationship, their pots are running low, and this is possibily the worse time to look for another relationship. This is the time to rebuild yourself, strenghten your pots and to ensure you are happy within yourself. When you are in a happy place on your own, then it has to take someone special to increase that happiness, because anything less than special means they will drain your pots. If someone is draining your pots, you have to ask yourself is that the right person for you..
Good luck xx
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