Thank you for making me laugh!!
Best Wishes everybody....

Now the secret is out steve !! lol

He really is.. Does GWB come to mind ?

Hi,
I am the 50 year old mother of 2 boys with Autism. The youngest one is severe on non verbal is 16 and lives in a state school. My husband and I live with our 22 year old who has high functioning Autism. He has become more independent. I now have more time to myself and I am trying to find out who I am. I worked on drawing some while both boys were at home. But now is my time to find the real me. I still need to work on helping my 22 year old find a job and learn to take care of him self though. I also have 11 cats. My Hubby works in rice research.

Tammie

hi there, nice to meet you, welcome to drawspace, hopefully you will find it a relaxing place to be..it sounds like you could use a lil relaxation

Welcome Tammie. Where you from?

Steve right now we live in the state of Arkansas in the United States. Hopefully it is where we are going to be settling down for the long haul. I do not want to move again!!!

Well I hope you find plenty of time for your art. I'm sure you'll also make lots of friends here! This is a great place!

Ah ....well........time to fess up.....I am 50 years young, divorced, no children, and have two almost human dachshunds. I am also a Registered Nurse, unfortunately due to a back injury I can't work at the moment & probably won't ever be able to frontline nurse again. Will probably look into teaching people to become enrolled nurses (in the US I think you call them LPN's).

I started my nursing later than usual, swearing that nursing was something I would never do! I did lots of other jobs........Governessed on a remote property, worked in a theatre, managed a section in a hardware store, and was a Veterinary Nurse as well. I have lived in quite a few places in Australia too, Sydney (state of New South Wales), Brisbane (State of Queensland), Tamborine (Qld), Coffs Harbour (NSW), Young (NSW) , Newcastle (NSW), and now near Beaudesert (Qld).

Just to give you some idea of the size of our States here and the distances I moved, Queensland is about 4 times the size of Texas. New South Wales is twice the size of California.

holy cow the down under is really very large!!

Kay, we have some English friends who thought that we could take them on a day trip to the Great Barrier Reef from Brisbane - they are both in the same State after all and they looked so close on the map. We had to explain that Cairns was nearly 2,000 km away from us and it would take 2-3 days driving to get there:lol:.

Here is a picture that will give you some idea:

Click to view attachment


And just for fun!

Click to view attachment

LMAO! Danni Minogue? Oh No!

Ahhhh yes..........very dangerous.............but its the sharks with frickin' lasers that I'm afraid of........down in the Bight there its loaded with white pointers!!!!

Just imagine if Jaws could have blasted that oxy cylinder! EEEEEK!!

LOL..that is one massive area for sure..lots of room for the roos to romp.

I would LOVE to visit that area, if it werent for the hassles of flying I would see many areas, but i simply have such a LOW TOLERANCE FOR B.S. that it is best for all that I stay put..

The last time I flew home a few years back, I had such an aggravating flight...i was simply going from maine to louisiana and the delays, the hold ups, the smell of that closed in plane, the simple lack of courtesy for each other as human beings, well, it just isnt my 'thing'

I got off the plane in georgia..for a 3 stinking hour delay, and there were NO areas to smoke, I asked a janitor, 'sir could you please direct me to the smoking section?" he started talking about me taking the shuttle about a mile away from my departure site and (this airport is massive) getting off and going down this corridor, and out this door, Etc.. I looked at him as though he lost his mind as he was telling me this and lit one up right there..SCREW THAT!
I figured by the time the cops got to me my cigarette would be well smoked..LOL...good lord!! I smoked that puppy right down to the nub, before i seen someone coming down the aisle after me to tell me to 'put it out' LOL

I gave up Kay - had to do something with my hands and discovered drawing! Good job too - not a good look for a nurse to tell her patients to give up while smelling of the last coffin nail that she smoked

this is true...i have or had a few doctors always after me to quit, i had one doctor that actually came outdoors had a smoke with me while we discussed my probs..LOL. I worked at the nursing home, this one guy, bless his heart, pushing 80, had one of them throat holes, (cant remember the proper name for it) been diagnosed with the cancer, they figured he was only going to last another month or so, but i loved this guy..he was the bomb, he had done everything, been everywhere, met all kinds of people, and was such an interesting person to talk to..I miss him actually, anyhoot this guy was a smoker, and being in the nursing home he couldnt smoke, well screw that...that man had merely weeks left in his life, what is a butt going to hurt at this point..i used to smuggle him outdoors with me and let him have his smoke..he would smile, and enjoy the heck out of that..the stories he told me have stayed with me, he was in ww2, a pilot, etc.
I still am down to 'half' of what i normally smoked, not enough i know, but a miracle in itself for me, i hope if and when i end up in the ol folks home, i meet a nurses aide just like i was..i so tried to keep them smiling, i used to tease one gentleman who lost his leg to diabetes, but still had the 'itch' on his 'foot'..i used to tell him i would scratch it for him and he actually felt like it was being scratched.and i used to tell him i was tickling his foot and he would laugh...there was no foot there..
I just adore elderly people, and all they have to share with someone willing to listen to them..

Me too. Before I met Penny, when I was living alone, my local pub was quite full of oldies! They used to make me laugh! Some of the tales I heard were just fascinating! Mind you! Some of those old biddies were up for more than a few tales after a glass or two of sherry! Never had so many propositions in my life!

steve there is NOTHING like an ol pub/bar fly..
gotta love em..I know a few of em, and trust me if i turned my back long enough they would be all over my hubby too.
when i was younger there was a game my hubby and i used to play..he would be at the bar and then i would 'show' up..I would be dressed in my trampiest outfit..we then all evening would be 'not together' but flirt occasionally, and he would have a drink sent over to me etc..never letting on we 'knew' each other. and towards the end of the night i would sidle over to him, and make sure the others at the bar could hear me 'proposition him'..it was such great fun!!

Also when i was much younger, at the store and stuff, i would get carded and he would be standing right beside me, I turn to him and say 'uncle gary will buy it for me" I always called him 'uncle gary' in public..it was soooo funny!

We used to go out ALL OF THE TIME...now not so much, mostly because of my skin..I dont drink any more, but i still dance and love the bands.

Kay, there used to be a bar in a big Hotel in Brisbane that had two entrances to the ladies room. A friend and I used to go there and have a bet on who would get a drink bought for them first..........usually just a dollar, but most nights we never had to put our hand in our purse. The double doored ladies room was very handy because of over amorous attentions..........we'd make our excuses (girls always go in twos ) and make a quick getaway from the octopii out the other door!

I love the oldies too........in one nursing home I worked in I was writing reports at the end of the day and had the usual suspects in the room.......the oldies that were a bit demented or couldn't be left alone for safety reasons. One of these was a lovely old spinster who never married because her mother died when she was a teenager and she did the "proper" thing in her time, stayed and looked after her father and brothers. As well there was also an old Returned Serviceman who had lost both his legs above the knee and got about in a wheelchair - he was quite depressed most of the time and had no sense of humour at all.

Out of the blue, Winnie, the Spinster says to Mr G. (no legs) "You, you there.........go up the shops and get me some bread!" ......He says "I can't" .........living in the past she says "If you want lunch tomorrow you'll go and get me a loaf of bread!" ....He says again "I can't!" . Winnie then says "Why can't you !??!!" and he says "I haven't got any legs" and I swear this is true......she yells at him "NO!!! Nobody's got any bloody legs when I want them to do anything!!!!!" .............I nearly hurt myself trying not to laugh till I got out of earshot!!!

LMAO

Ya know the nursing home routine, 6-7 get everyone up for breakfast, then lunch, then back to bed, etc..GOD THAT ROUTINE ANNOYED ME..
All these people were up all their life before the sunrise, at this time if they want to sleep in i say let em..they earned it, they deserve it..most of them wanted up but there was always a couple who preferred to sleep in and would put up quite a fuss with you in the mornings..so I always climbed into bed with em...''move on over then, if you aint getting up , then im going back to bed too.." I would snuggle in with them for a few mins and ya know ...they loved that..I just snuggle em up for a few, then say ok thats enough laying around, we have things to do...up we have to get...and then they would get up..no fighting, no fussing..I really loved those people.

Probably get arrested for that now. And be labled a 'Sexual Deviant'

yep, i know, they would fire you for being a 'person' for actually 'caring'..you are suppose to be just a machine,..clean em up, feed em, put em to bed..it was sad..i always got to know my 'residents' and their families too, the ones who actually took the time to show up. I think I was well liked by all though, at the time common sense still reigned

Yep. There's a government ban on that now.

I just had to share this here. I am still laughing it is hilarious and i think we have all had a similar experience:

TENJOOBERRYMUDS"...

By the time you read through this YOU WILL UNDERSTAND "TENJOOBERRYMUDS"...

In order to continue getting-by in America (our home land), we all need to learn the NEW English language! Practice by reading the following conversation until you are able to understand the term "TENJOOBERRYMUDS".

With a little patience, you'll be able to fit right in.
Now, here goes...

The following is a telephone exchange between maybe you as a hotel guest and call room-service somewhere in the good old U S A today......

Room Service : "Morrin. Roon sirbees."

Guest : "Sorry, I thought I dialed room-service."

Room Service: " Rye. Roon sirbees...morrin! Joowish to oddor sunteen???"

Guest: "Uh..... Yes, I'd like to order bacon and eggs."

Room Service: "Ow July den?"

Guest: ".....What??"

Room Service: "Ow July den?!?... pryed, boyud, poochd?"

Guest: "Oh, the eggs! How do I like them? Sorry.. scrambled, please."

Room Service: "Ow July dee baykem? Crease?"

Guest: "Crisp will be fine."

Room Service: "Hokay. An Sahn toes?"

Guest: "What?"

Room Service: "An toes. July Sahn toes?"

Guest: "I... don't think so."

RoomService: "No? Judo wan sahn toes???"

Guest: "I feel really bad about this, but I don't know what 'judo wan sahn toes' means."

RoomService: "Toes! Toes!...Why Joo don Juan toes? Ow bow Anglish moppin we bodder?"

Guest: "Oh, English muffin!!! I've got it! You were saying 'toast'... Fine...Yes, an English muffin will be fine."

RoomService: "We bodder?"

Guest: "No, just put the bodder on the side."

RoomService: "Wad?!?"

Guest: "I mean butter... just put the butter on the side."

RoomService: "Copy?"

Guest: "Excuse me?"

RoomService: "Copy...tea..meel?"

Guest: "Yes. Coffee, please... and that's everything."

RoomService: "One Minnie. Scramah egg, crease baykem, Anglish moppin, we bodder on sigh and copy .... rye??"

Guest: "Whatever you say."

RoomService: "Tenjooberrymuds."

Guest: "You're welcome"

Well over here since I was a kid we have had an ad for Aeroguard, a mosquito repellant, and the ad says "Avagoodweegend" which is easily understood in Australia.

And with place names like Wooloongabba, Indooropilly, Dunnedoo, Woori Yallock, Tumbarrumba, Goondiwindi, Wonglepong (near me) and Tom Ugly, we Aussies are well practiced at weird speak!

You're all mad! I of course speak perfect English.

hello everyone, I'm a new member still 18 years old. I'm a collage student and taking architecture as a main subject. I live with my parents, my brother and my sister. i usually play video games beside drawing in my free times. sorry for the grammar actually, i'm not really good with english

welcome to drawspace, i am sure you will find it a great place to hang out.

All greetings!) my name is Ivan. First of all I wish still times to tell thanks founders of the given site, you very much help not only me!) THANKS BIG!

I the mechanic also study as the engineer. Very strongly I wish to learn to draw, and it is not simple " to draw as a hobby " namely I wish to draw as the professional. I know, that will be very difficult, and on it one year will leave not, but " If we knew all and able, it was boring to live misters ")
Always in the evenings, I sit down a computer and I look the most different figures from the most different artists... And me on a shower to become it is very insulting, that in the childhood I could not go to art school... For the most different reasons. And now I cannot go to art school, there it is necessary to study 6 years... And I should work and soon I should go to serve to a marine sea fleet. Therefore to spite of all past, I have decided to learn itself, and I have begun with the book on which I have found this remarkable site
In fact at me in a head images soar so much, it is so much representations what to draw and on what theme, but I cannot transfer the ideas on a paper!)
I very much hope, that masters will explain to me and will learn such remarkable craft!) thanks!)

Hi all I am a 58 woman with a degree in Mechanical Engineering, worked as a programmer and mathematician. My first love was art. I have one son and been married 29 years. I am working at being a professional photographer. Joined an art club and decided to relearn to draw and paint.

Welcome to Drawspace hun ..we would be glad to help you in any way we can .. just ask we have a great friendly group here .

Welcome Ivan and chomaee.

okay - then I oute me too

first = excuse my terrible english

Real Name: Rainer
, born in 1953, Zodiac sign Aquarius, married since May `74 with my ex-fiance ,
father of two daughters, grandfather of two grandsons and a granddaughter,
several occupations ( Plant protection specialist, occupational safety expert, Fire platoon leader, Illustrator, paramedic )
, since 1981 working as a paramedic at the German Red Cross

I`m very glad to be here by drawspace with all these great artists = feeling is like as a great family

Welcome Rainer! I didn't get the part about ex-fiance at first but now I do lol

Kay
I was reading threw the forums and I came across this and I want to thank you for the laughter how funny I laughed till I cried..thanks shadow2b

hello evryone
My name is Natasja Eline but i prefer just being called Natasja or Natta. ( bad memories with the other name)
im 17 years old. no children. no husband. i go to a high school (even though noeone thought id actually make it this far, well screw them) and i dream about becoming a doctor and showing those around me, that anything is possible

i do try to be nice most of the time, but im never really sure how to act around people they make me confused

Welcome to Drawspace Natasja. I hope you enjoy it here. It's a lovely place to be! I also hope you get to be a Doctor. We all need to strive for our dreams!

Natasja, I always go by the saying "Reach for the stars - even if you fall a bit short you will be well above the rest!". So you go for it. And remember if you decide those night call outs etc aren't for you then you can modify to another area in perhaps an Allied Health field.

And Steve we were discussing cab drivers here the other day and how so many of the poor devils are new immigrants who have some trouble with our colloquiallisms anyway, and then they drive a cab on a friday or saturday night when some drunk gets in and says "Waaatcha meeeeean China! You dunnnnnooooo where the coathanger ishhhhhh!!!" Translation - what do you mean mate! You don't know where the Sydney Harbour Bridge is!!

I can see where the Tower of Babel came into it! LOL

Fair dinkum!

Hi everyone!
My full name is actually Ebba Emese Rozalia Niklasdotter, but Ebba is fine. I'm half Swedish, and half Hungarian so I speak Swedish, Hungarian and English while learning French. No occupation yet: I'm only fourteen and still in school! I've recently moved back to Sweden after living in Sweden, Vietnam, Switzerland, Tonga and Cambodia (in that order ). In fact I've travelled all the way around the world about four times by the time I was 12. Tonga is a little island group out in the Pacific by the way. I only have one sibling: my twin brother, but I have two parrots and two dogs (:
I've always liked to paint and draw and have recently started doing both again, after a little break. For me, this website is very inspiring and helpful, and the members are both friendly and supportive.

Dear Friends:

My real name is fernando bartra, call me fernando and my nick is rednova.
I am 38 years old, retired military, and spend all my free time working to become a
master artist. I draw with pencils on my sketchbook and I make beautiful
computer art and animation. WHat can I say? I love art and working as an artist.
My dream is to forever keep working as an artist.
I am single with no kids, and spend my time on my art.

Love !!!

Rednova

Hello everyone!

My name is Julio Rodrigue, I'm brazilian. I don't speak english very well, but I try.
I am 20 years old studying computer science on a federal university.

I always wanted to learn how to draw. But as a child, never succeded. Two years ago a friend of mine indicated Drawing on the right side of the Braing, and then, I started to feel some confidence. I got me been not able to draw for several months, several times, but now I think I'm on drawing on some good regularity.

Hello everyone! I am 13 years old, and I love in Florida with my 5 brothers and sisters, and parents. I spend my time doing things like writing, drawing, painting, and with an activity I have been a practitioner of for years, Parkour.

I plan to go into criminology, or medical when I have the chance. Oh, and stay with my art of course!

I could go on, but I feel that's enough.

Hi all, I know some of you already, but thought I would add some more detail here:-

I am 36 years old live on the Central Coast of NSW Australia.
I work for a publishing company looking after IT infrastructure, Computer Systems and the Content Management System for all our publications and Web Sites also do a bit of Research and development for improved systems to improve productivity and to keep us on the cutting edge currently looking at getting our content onto IPAD.

I also run my own business Sublime Moonlight Printing Services which is a dye sublimation printing company. see website.

I am happily married (13 years) and have 1 precious daughter who is 10. (Long story here, she was very premature so we are very lucky to have her!!)

I was born in the UK in North Hampton shire and then moved to Sydney when I was 7 years old, we then moved to Melbourne (4years) then back to Sydney.

I enjoy movies and spending time with my wife and daughter, drawing is now my passion and I am striving to become a master and hopefully get to a point where I can sell some of my works.

I have been actively on drawpsace for almost 2 years and must say everyone is very helpful and friendly and drawspace is a great place to come for inspiration knowledge and a good laugh thanks Steve, and others.

Jon

Welcome everybody! You've all arrived at the right place.

Howdy Howdy
I used to have office jobs and my last one was as a business consultant for a seminar company. Woke up one day and decided it wasn't for me anymore so I went back to school. I have a BFA in ceramics and sculpture and since then I have worked as a ceramic tech for a company that makes germicidal/purification lamps and now I am currently unemployed and have been for a little over a year. So now I have just started doing freelance work online and will go back for a visual communications degree for more marketable skills in terms of freelancing!
Oh and I have recently gotten past a creative block and have started to do more artwork again and working on my drawing skills since they lack a bit!

Hello!

I'm 29 and I live in Slovenia (not Slovakia - people often mistake these two), Europe. Currently unemployed, but actively seeking a job so I can pursue further education and realize other projects in life. I've always been interested in art, probably because my mother was a fashion designer, but I began to draw only recently. I enjoy all kinds of art styles, however, I'm drawn to fantasy, sci-fi and religious art the most. (Nature) Photography is also one of the areas in art that I like a lot; I've been taking photos since I was no more than 5 or 6, hehe. Here's a collection of some of my photos (plus some other stuff). One day I hope to become a fairly good painter so I can finally paint the ideas that have been stirring my imagination and perhaps earn a buck or two in the process.

Other than that, in my free time I like to do mountain-biking, rock climbing & mountain hiking, reading fantasy & sci-fi novels, and exploring the world of GNU/Linux operating system. I've been a practitioner of traditional yoga & tantra for 10 years; recently I begun delving into Zen Buddhism as well. I have a girlfriend. We've been together for 10 years and still going strong, which is really cool nowadays in this modern world of dwindling commitment. That's about it, I guess.

Welcome to drawspace Agapetos, with such a nice collection of photos it would be great to host a weekly challenge sometime.