Sirius's Motorcycle and wizard pics

[Jason]

No: HPFGUIDX 101585

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, K G <moonmyyst13 at y...> wrote:
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> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Ali" <Ali at z...> wrote:
> > Cheryl H. wrote:
> > At what age can teenagers drive in England? I would not be 
surprised to  discover that Harry inherits Sirius's motorcycle and 
this is how the motorcycle plays a part in the final two books. >>>


I don't think English Laws would matter since Vernon would never 
take Harry to the DMV or whatever it is over there. I was thinking a 
few days ago that if laws were equal in the UK as US, Harry would be 
forced to suffer Dudders getting his permit and learning to drive 
over the summer. But since laws are different...





 
> And another question.... If the pictures in Hogwarts and GP can 
talk, why can't HP's pictures of his parents?  Do they have to be a 
certain size before they can?
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> moonmyyst
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I understood that painted portraits with the right spells applied 
took on a life of their own and that simple photographs with spells 
applied were different. Can you imagine a shoebox full of photos 
yelling at you from under the bed? Or five different photographs 
yelling "don't look at him, look at me!" from a page in the photo 
album? I think its best to keep them quiet and just have the 
occasional spellwork done to animate a portait. Whats the latin for 
animate? Maybe a swirl and a jab of the wand with an Imago Animatus!


And I dont believe any painting will be "alive" just by being 
painted. I.E. Dobby's picture of Harry without the proper charm, is 
just a painting. I'm sure it would have spoken up at Christmas... or 
more likely, flattened his hair over his scar as everyone was 
staring at him.

Jason