How about a photo gallery ?

[Twistermania]

Why don't you setup a photo gallery so we can post pics ?

[LI Phil]

What kind of pics? You can always post a pick as an attachment or even right inside the message box, like this:



http://craphound.com/images/fingerworldcon.jpg

[ROLLTIDE]

I increased the size of pic uploads. Let me know if that helps ?

[Jason234]

is that u in that picture that you posted?

[LI Phil]

is that u in that picture that you posted?
No, that photo is of my cousin Mikey. This is me:

http://www.x-rep.com/images/JLmidX_side.jpg (http://www.x-rep.com/photogallery.htm)

[Jason234]

LOL, your cousin looks like his name would be Drew, those glasses....remind me of someone.

[LI Phil]

LOL, your cousin looks like his name would be Drew, those glasses....remind me of someone.
That isn't funny. Mikey is developmentally disabled.

[Jason234]

i'm not making fun, my dad's sister had cerible plausia (can't spell it) she died 7 and 1/2 months ago...

[LI Phil]

Cerebral Palsy.

[Jason234]

i would never even think about making fun of anyone after that.

[LI Phil]

i would never even think about making fun of anyone after that.
Good. It's been very difficult for my aunt and uncle. Aside from a fairly mild form of mental retardation, Mikey has Tourette's Syndrome.

[Jason234]

i feel bad. My Dad's sister, fell off a wheel chair hit her head and died...he's still very depressed, people used to make fun of her when she was at school, and he would get into many fights in self-defense.

[LI Phil]

Yeah, that's very sad...I know what you're saying. A few years ago, I wanted Mikey to feel normal, so I brought him to a few bars. Well, that was a mistake, because the alcohol made the tourette's even worse. Imagine him just blurt out the word "******" in the middle of a mixed crowd of people. I had to defend him, because he would have gotten knifed or worse. It also didn't help when he would scream "*****" or worse (think anatomy) to members of the opposite sex. I tried to explain his condition, but they just thought he was an obnoxious drunk. Fortunately, he never had to wear a helmet or take the short bus, but he was always very disruptive in class.

[Jason234]

i knew her very well, and I don't want to talk about it anymore. top that on with my Grandparents dying on my farthers side (in August), and now you can see why the holidays aren't good.

[LI Phil]

Yeah. We won't be visiting Mikey and my Aunt & Uncle this year. They have moved to rural New Hampshire to help Mikey with his treatments and to keep him from the awful physical and mental abuse to which he was subjected in his home town. The obligatory holiday phone call, which is done via speakerphone, always brings a tear to my eye when we're all happily chatting and Mikey will start screaming obscenities or make inappropriate sexual references. Last year, my parents invited an elderly widow whose family was all in Florida for the holidays, over for Christmas dinner. She fancied her Sherry and insisted upon joining in on the family phone call. It was hilarious when Mikey told her to "shut the phuck up" and then called her an "old bag." She has not been back to my parents' home ever since.

But lets not talk about it anymore...need to move on, you know...go forward.