As a kid, I was a voracious reader of Look ‘n Learn comics. My Granny Sylvia used to hide them in her bedroom cupboard for us to “find.” These, along with packets of Jelly Tots hidden behind a flap cut in the cardboard box under the budgie’s cage, were one of many delights for us to discover when we visited Granny’s house. My brother Andy and I were in on the secret – we knew exactly where to look!

My favorite Look ‘n Learn characters were Nurse Susan and Doctor David, a little brother and sister who wore mini uniforms and spent their days nursing dolls and teddy bears back to health. Their very chic (then retro-fifties) mother hovered like a veritable June Cleaver in the back of the strip, dispensing steaming bowls of soup and cotton bandages. But it was little David and Susan who did the real doctoring and nursing. Who knew I’d end up marrying the good doctor?!

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We finally signed up on You Tube, so that we can post video clips from our digital camera.

Our You Tube Channel URL is http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=daveandsue, so you can visit there from time to time to see new videos.

Keep in mind:

• The quality of the clips is better the second time you view them, i.e. after they have downloaded to your computer properly.
• Viewing clips is probably only viable for those with fast Internet access — the files are huge!

Here is one of our subdued, teething boy watching a little guy called Julius Nacken, whose dad posts great videos of him on You Tube. Tau looooves watching Julius!

Enjoy!