Mr Russ: I am sorry, tha was just a typo, but I do often get people's names wrong when I have oly read them 9as opposed to hearing them) I do not mean to cause offence, but there were recently a couple of people on here whose names I seem to have mis-spelled for years and never ever noticed I was doing it. I know it must be irksome, but it was a genuine mistake (and just a typo on this occasion, I believe (well, I hope) I usually get your name correct.
To the people saying about them being on the wall, I said that I wanted to get her one for the little table next to her, so one for the desk would probably be best, and it certainly wouldn't be on all of the time as she goes out a lot of the time and would turn it off then and at night, as she does wit everything. She has a TV but has stopped watching it the past few months, she says, because her hearing has become so bad that even with the induction loop she cannot make out speech, and she cannot read subtitles due to them being too fast and small for her eyes to see at that distance, and I thought the frame might be a nice alternative to her television, just something to look at once in a while, so I wouldn't feel too bad about the environment as it's an alternative, rather than just another 'thing', and it's not like she has a computer or any other power hungry devices (apart from her kettle, the tea-loving way that all Nans are.
As for it being a fad? Nah, that doesn't bother me at all - it's not something that I would want myself, but I think it is something that she would enjoy, and she certainly wouldn't care if it was in fashion or not
But I thought it would be a nice way to put a new pictures on of the whole extended family once in a while because as long as I have my laptop I can put any new pictures onto the SD card for her, which I would enjoy doing for her Marcus J, because, as you say, she'd not do it herself (she doesn't have a digital camera, for a start, but she does have loads of visitors, such as my uncle, who often take down laptops to show her photos from their travels. i also have a scanner and would like to scan in some of her older photos to put on as I know there are some she'd liek to display of all of her sisters that she just doesn't have room in the house for.
But, as I say, it was just an idea for a gift, and opinion seems to be very mixed, so I am not so sure now. one of those occasions where more information leads to more confusion on my part.