A Is For Angst

A, the fourth member of the team brought his kit of projector and mini-server (the size of York telephone exchange) to Strensall Village Hall for our invited presentation to the River Foss Society.

M and I had been keen to have a dry run before hand but he'd been too busy... "Don't worry, it'll be fine, it's all my kit so no problem." On the screen, as the room was filling up (it was packed to the gunnels) just before 7.30, there was message "Does not recognise personal settings". He said it was his kit...

Trouble is, we weren't surprised. No offence intended. M (thumbnail in contact sheet) was getting quite edgy, R (glasses) offered advice. A got more anxious, Chairman J (of the Foss Society, last person in the contact sheet) was starting to get perturbed.

(Me? No comment; I just record what's in front of the lens...)

At the last minute, after it had been suggested hard crashing it and trying again, it worked. We had a great time, everyone was attentive, interested and keen to possibly collaborate with us on the reissue of a book about the river on the Society's 50th Anniversary in 2023.

Chairman J reckoned that most of the membership should still be around then...