Posted on 02/26/2011 1:38:34 PM PST by Squawk 8888
And I got my certificate from that brain-killing class a couple of weeks ago!
Noted about "Kite Runner." Don't have a lot to do tomorrow. Going to another Toastmasters groups open house at the library, but they meet at 7:45 AM Saturdays. In summer that's fine, but not in winter. After that I have a haircut and beard trim -- I wanted to wait until shortly before the London trip but I'm already getting shaggy. Once a month is about the right rate, and it's been well over a month.
Good luck with that hard drive!
I’ve read most of Stephen R Donaldson, and have a hard time with his style. However, he is imaginative.
OK! Congratulations!
I need another haircut, as well, even though I asked for something “short and spiky.” I got the short, but it’s an uneven cut and I hate ineptitude. I could have done better myself with a razor comb.
Today, for the first time in ages, I had a blood test that didn’t leave marks on my arm! I was so happy!! But OH-SO HUNGRY!!!
In the latest book he's introduced time travel.
One of my coworkers came in today with a much shorter haircut. I didn’t recognize her at first (from a distance).
Been THERE! LOL!
Sunday, a person I’ve know for four years looked at me four times and STILL didn’t know me! It was to laugh! She’d have been REALLY lost if I had worn my contacts...
I remember you telling us that! LOL
Yah. Well, some days I have a tendency to repeat myself and repeat myself if I don’t get the attention I need before I repeat myself.
*sheesh*
Sigh. FReepers. I just had to defend some old left/liberal friends, going back a quarter-century and more, against a statement I consider wrong. (But re-phrased, I might find *some* credibility with it.)
Well, for those of us with shortening (for) memories it might be a good thing to repeat.
Well, for those of us with shortening (for) memories it might be a good thing to repeat.
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Yah. Well, some days I have a tendency to repeat myself and repeat myself if I don’t get the attention I need before I repeat myself.
*sheesh*
So what’s your plan for tomorrow? I forgot.
Friends are friends. We can defend them without agreeing with their philosophy. Let them know: I disagree with what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.
I could Google that and tell you who said it first, but...
Just remember that loyalty counts.
Tomorrow, I’m going to take the laptop and external hard drive to the guru and see if I can find the things I’ve lost, as well as access the things from the old hard drive.
Wish me luck. What I really need, I think, is an awesome computer that will accept all of the data and photos that I need to input without crapping out on me when I need the information the most.
There is SO MUCH information that I have, and so much more that I need to input, it’s not a bit funny. If I can find a way to make it all come together like I need it to, I’ll be a happy camper. I suspect, however, that the computer I really need can’t be had for less than $2000.
*sigh*
Many, many years ago I had some interesting discussions with a couple of my leftist friends. What we came to realize is that while our ideas of the ideal society were not so very different (though the differences could be significant), the routes we saw as the way to get there were considerably different and where we really disagreed.
(But things change too: I wonder if one fellow still has a "Split Wood, Not Atoms" bumpersticker on his car, a quarter-century later. Acid Rain & Global Warming, I wonder where he is now.)
He-heh. First time I heard anything about a Toastmaster I was in my grandparent’s breakfast room waiting for my Pop-Tart to be done.
They had a cool old toaster that would slowly raise your finished product up rather than trying to eject it into space.
I have a spare machine sitting here for someone in need but it's a heavy old Dell, not a laptop, and is outfitted with Xubuntu Linux which, while I like it --it's simple, works with older hardware, and gives you *multiple* desktops-- is an administration headache. There are way too many programs in the Administration section and it's not easy for the inexperienced to find what one needs.
Regular backup is your best bet, I think.
I have one of those. It is older than me though its cloth-wrapped cord is not definitive of that. I learned from my father that every 10 years you need to shake the crumbs from it then remove, open and lube the mechanical timer mechanism. It's then good for another decade.
Another cleaning coming up soon.
They just don't build them the way they used to.
I learned DOS, Word For Windows and Lotus 1.2.3.
The only thing that keeps me from knowing what is going on is the fact that I have not been able to keep up with the state-of-the-art programs. (Igor died before I could suck his computerized brain dry, and he was happy to keep me in the dark while he lived.) The county required that we learn every new application of what we already knew, but by the time I left (1998) I was at a loss for the simple fact that I had no computer at home.
I don’t care what program I have to use. I need a computer that will allow me to input massive amounts of data and then, at a later time, retrieve it for printing or transfer. I can learn. These days, it may take me a bit longer than “those days,” but I can still learn. I just have to take notes.
Huh.
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