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Scary school film from 1952
- By MoodyBlues
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Does anyone [who wants to admit their age] remember seeing this in the '50s? It's an instructional film for students, made in 1952 [before my time], on what to do if an atomic bomb drops. It's called Duck and Cover--a phrase repeated endlessly throughout the ≈10 minute film:
Kids are told--in a very reassuring and calm way--what to do whether the Civil Defense Emergency alarm sounds or not. They're repeatedly warned that 'the flash' could come at any time, day or night, and that they and their families must know what to do immediately, with no time for thinking.
They were told to look for safe places, marked with an 'S':
While watching the film, seeing the kids dropping to get under their school desks or the cafeteria tables, or in a doorway, covering their heads with their arms, looked exactly like the films I saw in the '60s--but mine were for earthquakes.
I don't know why exactly, but this film hit me as very timely. I won't say more...or it'll get moved to P&CA.
These are its closing credits:
FWIW, I seem to have vague memories of those signs around town as a child. I'm guessing it took awhile to take them all down. I'd love to hear your account of any memories you have related to the A-bomb.
Kids are told--in a very reassuring and calm way--what to do whether the Civil Defense Emergency alarm sounds or not. They're repeatedly warned that 'the flash' could come at any time, day or night, and that they and their families must know what to do immediately, with no time for thinking.
They were told to look for safe places, marked with an 'S':
While watching the film, seeing the kids dropping to get under their school desks or the cafeteria tables, or in a doorway, covering their heads with their arms, looked exactly like the films I saw in the '60s--but mine were for earthquakes.
I don't know why exactly, but this film hit me as very timely. I won't say more...or it'll get moved to P&CA.
These are its closing credits:
FWIW, I seem to have vague memories of those signs around town as a child. I'm guessing it took awhile to take them all down. I'd love to hear your account of any memories you have related to the A-bomb.
How do Dual Sim phones work?
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Don't they drain the battery?
If you have 2 different sim carriers / networks don't they need two radios constantly searching?
If you have a decent data allowance on one sim, and a tidy allowance on t'other can you swap your data source?
I'm considering one as a needed second phone, but also as a handy single device for both numbers when hiking or days out. Also my Nokia 7 Plus is having charging issues.
I'm thinking of a Nokia 5.3, dual sim only (cheap - good spec, 4000 battery) or a used Motorola. I'll probably use one sim most of the time. Dual Sims are very popular here, but I don't know anyone with one.
Answers on a postcard to Old Fogie, London - - or on this forum if you wish.
If you have 2 different sim carriers / networks don't they need two radios constantly searching?
If you have a decent data allowance on one sim, and a tidy allowance on t'other can you swap your data source?
I'm considering one as a needed second phone, but also as a handy single device for both numbers when hiking or days out. Also my Nokia 7 Plus is having charging issues.
I'm thinking of a Nokia 5.3, dual sim only (cheap - good spec, 4000 battery) or a used Motorola. I'll probably use one sim most of the time. Dual Sims are very popular here, but I don't know anyone with one.
Answers on a postcard to Old Fogie, London - - or on this forum if you wish.
TUTORIAL: Resize images so you can upload them
- By MoodyBlues
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There is a known forum glitch that results in an error message when uploading an image. This tutorial provides an easy workaround.
Please note that while *I* use F-Stop Gallery Pro for this task, any good image editing app should have similar functions.
The idea is to resize your image, down, until its size pleases the AF gods.
Let's begin:
1) install an image editing app if you don't already have one
2) fire it up:
3) open the image AF bombed out on:
4) find your app's 'edit' or 'resize' [or similar] option:
5) using F-Stop Pro, after pressing 'edit,' you're presented with the image editor; do nothing! Just press the 'save' [disk] icon at the top:
6) note the image's dimensions; they're too big! That's why AF spit out its error message:
Now use the slider to reduce them:
7) you're done, unless you want to change anything else shown; press 'OK'
8) you're now sitting on the original image; F-SP does not touch the original at all--it creates a copy; if you browse your files now, you'll see two of the images:
The original's name is unchanged:
The edited version's name will have "~(1)" appended to it:
You can leave that as is or rename it; it makes no difference as far as AF is concerned.
Note that, to the best of my knowledge, there is no magic size. One file may have big dimensions, but a small file size, another, small dimensions but a larger file size, and either or both can be accepted or rejected.
If you're in the mood to experiment, start by resizing it down a little, try uploading it, if it fails, resize it a little more, and so on. Personally, I just scale them all down to ≈1,000 pixels for their max height or width, and that always works.
Feel free to ask questions!
Please note that while *I* use F-Stop Gallery Pro for this task, any good image editing app should have similar functions.
The idea is to resize your image, down, until its size pleases the AF gods.
Let's begin:
1) install an image editing app if you don't already have one
2) fire it up:
3) open the image AF bombed out on:
4) find your app's 'edit' or 'resize' [or similar] option:
5) using F-Stop Pro, after pressing 'edit,' you're presented with the image editor; do nothing! Just press the 'save' [disk] icon at the top:
6) note the image's dimensions; they're too big! That's why AF spit out its error message:
Now use the slider to reduce them:
7) you're done, unless you want to change anything else shown; press 'OK'
8) you're now sitting on the original image; F-SP does not touch the original at all--it creates a copy; if you browse your files now, you'll see two of the images:
The original's name is unchanged:
The edited version's name will have "~(1)" appended to it:
You can leave that as is or rename it; it makes no difference as far as AF is concerned.
Note that, to the best of my knowledge, there is no magic size. One file may have big dimensions, but a small file size, another, small dimensions but a larger file size, and either or both can be accepted or rejected.
If you're in the mood to experiment, start by resizing it down a little, try uploading it, if it fails, resize it a little more, and so on. Personally, I just scale them all down to ≈1,000 pixels for their max height or width, and that always works.
Feel free to ask questions!