This is a lenovo - they did seem to have chucked a bit of extra stuff in when I first ran it to check everything worked. Once that was established out came the original drive and in went a new & larger replacement & a fresh install.
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A bit gutted as I was in a conversation with a union person a few weeks back and they told me about a 2/3 time position at the closest lycée for me (I have a definate 1/3 position at my lycée pro I’ve been at for the last 2 years). I was super excited that that could be s possibility!
My contact at the rectorate has just called and confirmed the 1/3 contract but the other post has gone 
(titulaires and stagieres get there before me). A bit gutted as would have been so nice to have that security for the whole year of full time 
. They only thing dge could offer me was a 1/3 post in Perigueux in a college, double non!
On the upside it gives me the opportunity to throw myself into the flower business and the estate agency in a way I’ve not been able to when full time (I killed my trays of seedlings when I went back full time in April 
).
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Sorry to hear about that but as you say you can get more involved in the flower business and estate agency. Fingers crossed for both of those projects for you tory 
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Keep your eyes open and in contact - you have a whole school year coming up and all sorts of things can happen to incumbents - and you want to be there when they do 
Not sure how you’d have managed 1/3rd and 2/3rd if in 2 different places - how would you get timetables to match?
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And if you ever need a reference from an insignificant member of the community, you know where to come. Your organisational qualities are second to none. my pallet arrived dead on time today, has been transferred to my trailer and the construction starts tomorrow. 
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Absolutely, people get signed off sick ect and I generally do get something at some point, I was just really hoping for this post as it would have been perfect and stress wise I hate the precarity of not knowing.
Full time is 18 hours face to face and the ideal lycée I wanted is only 5 minutes away and the schools sort it out between them.
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Thankfully stool and carpet stopped it tumbling down the stairs. The frame is probably reparable but there is a big scratch on the photo.
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It is possible to repair photos. @ChrisMann may well know what materials to use.
I did it many many years ago for my mother when she wanted someone in the background removed from her wedding photo.* This was long, long before photoshop, all done by hand.
Alternatively, could it be photographed and then the scratch removed via photoshop? It would obviously be a copy and might be some loss of quality.
Maybe a good thing the stool and carpet were there?
- Nothing sinister about said removal, merely their head was in the way and spoiling what otherwise was a good photo.
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Earthquake?
This is an original artist’s print, which was given to us by friend Bruno. I guess we could buy another one, but gift even with a scratch prob means more than a perfect replacement. We all have scars as we age! (Edit, no we can’t it was a limited edition)
@plod. Earthquake?
No, stupid concrete wall that didn’t hold fixing properly.
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Ouch sorry to hear that Jane.
Yes there are two approaches - retouching the original print, or photographing it and then fixing the digital copy.
Physical retouching
I have not done any physical retouching of photos myself - the difficulty is that most prints have a gloss or lustre surface which is tricky to retouch.
If there is an actual tear you can stabilise it (on the back) using archival repair tape.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B000P8FT2G
I have done this with a vintage Japanese James Bond movie poster which was in quite bad shape:
I also washed and rolled it between two sheets of mylar and then ironed between sheets of blotting paper while damp to minimise the creases.
I then retouched the tear on the visible side with watercolour pencils.
This worked quite well, and is reversible if necessary, but I’m not sure it would work with a photo as the watercolour pencils would leave a matt finish.
Of course you could take the photo to a professional restorer for a quote - depends how bad the scratch is.
I was quoted the best part of a thousand quid to restore that poster professionally, which is why I decided to do it myself!
Digital retouching
This is the safer option as it is totally non-destructive. The key is to get a good clear undistorted photo of the original - if Iw as going to try it I would lay the print flat on the floor and put my camera on a tripod above it facing straight down.
Ideally you would light it evenly from both sides with large soft light sources such as lamps or flashguns diffused through big sheets of tracing paper. I have a roll of some translucent polyester sheet called Translum (made by Savage in the US and distributed by Colorama in the UK) which I use to create soft light for photographing products, but it is fearsomely expensive - around £80-£100 a roll. You could probably find something cheaper in sheet form on Amazon though, or use tracing paper.
Once the image is on the computer it would be a very quick process to fix the blemish with digital cloning tools. and then of course you would have another print made.
take it in stride
I’ve got one like that!
But mine was doubly unlucky as it then fell victim to a leaking heat pump pipe. It’s one of mine but printed in Quad Black and I can’t find anyone who does that any more.
Returning to your print I may be able to advise on how best to retouch it , but I’d need a bit more info.
Is it a digitally printed photograph?
What sort of paper - glossy, matte or archival quality rag paper eg. Arches?
Can you post a close-up photo of the damage?
Love kintsugi, although rather hard to do properly. I’ve tried!
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Thanks, but we’ll ask photographer next tine we see him and 
maybe he’ll print us a new one.
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with real gold ? I modestly use adhesive tape 
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This is professional-grade equipment 
. It reminds me of the old days when I used to practise calligraphy and illumination, using gesso, gold leaf and homemade ink.