Friday, June 25, 2010

Got good snacks?

21 comments:

  1. Howard would be the most first! Fershur.

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  2. Beautiful, temperate day here today (a one day break from a week of hellish temps). Kinda pretty, and am enjoying it immensely. Today's tasks include removing and reinstalling thunderbird; removing and reinstalling earthlink. I've found (so far) that if I keep trying, rather than just accepting a goofy install, I can usually eventually get a mostly decent running. . . . .

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  3. Indeed he would.

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  4. Thanks for the warning. My computer is on the fritz again, only mildly so far, but no doubt the problems will escalate. They always seem to. I understand the trauma of losing years' worth of e-mail. It has happened to me more than once. You worry and feel devastated about it for a while, but eventually you adjust. It's just another reminder of the ephemeral nature of our existence. Nothing lasts forever. You can't keep anything forever. Maybe I'm fatalistic, or maybe I just don't feel things as keenly and deeply as I use to, but I've more or less gotten accustomed to it.

    Don't know about Thunderbird. Is that a Mozilla product?

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  5. Happy belated birthday to Son*in*Ohio!

    Sorry he's being a snot. Seventeen is a hard age, neither fish nor foul. You're no longer a child, but not yet an adult. You feel smothered and constricted, yet under the best of circumstances you're not ready to strike out on your own. For a disabled youngster, the confusion, the internal pressures and conflicts, the sense of a whole new world out there waiting and the frustration and helpless rage at not being able to reach it are *very* intense. Believe me, I've been there! Adolescence is a very difficult time for everyone involved. Though having been denied the joy and solace of a husband and family is a continuing ache in my heart, occasionally, as now, I am glad to have been spared the intense aggravation of bringing up teenagers.

    Hang in there, Renee. *hug*

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  6. It's being reported that Doris Day has joined the blogosphere!

    http://blogs.villagevoice.com/dailymusto/archives/2010/06/doris_day_is_no.php

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  7. Ya. They started out together as Firebird and Thunderbird. I got the beta of both, but was pretty happy with the earthlink mailbox, so Thunderbird just sat, unused. It now has a very hotshot installer which makes using it a piece of cake. (I never got the hang of figuring out the differences between IMAP and POP and the like.)

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  8. Mum found me the *perfect* stereo!

    http://xtremegameroom.com/CR72-Crosley-Mission-Stack-O-Matic-Cherry-2.aspx

    Think she bought it through amazon.com though. I'll write her a check when it arrives, since it was a lot easier for her to buy it on her account. I'm a *very* happy mousey, err, kitty!

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  9. I don't make 'em up, folks, I just report 'em.

    'Psychic' octopus predicts Germany victory over England
    An octopus in a German aquarium who is said to be psychic has predicted the country's football team will knock England out of the World Cup.

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/europe/10420131.stm

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  10. Beautiful, Cat. I gave away one pretty much like that but in Oak a couple of years ago when I got rid of my records.

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  11. You...did WHAT???

    Getting rid of records is like getting rid of books! Maybe worse! I couldn't bear to get rid of my records. Ooh, just thinking about it hurts! And I don't even have a lot of records!

    Whatever possessed you to do such a wrenching thing?

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  12. Awesome, Cat! I still miss the old style albums, because the covers were so cool. But I do like the strength and size of CDs. No good sized posters tucked into those though. LOL!

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  13. Well, how about this!
    The Costner Centrifuge could be a big help in cleaning up the waters of the Gulf of Mexico.
    http://news.yahoo.com/s/ynews/ynews_ts2851

    I'll take any good news about the Gulf, especially given that the Tropical Depression is expected to become a Tropical Storm, and even if it hits the Yucatan Peninsula and weakens it will restrengthen into a TS afterwards...and all while the cap is off BP's gusher. This is not an oil spill it's an oil gusher.

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  14. No, there isn't room for a decent sized poster in a CD.

    On the other hand, one does become accustomed to them. Handling LPs the other day, I realized how awkward they suddenly seemed. When I played records several times a day, they didn't seem awkward at all. Ah well, with my new record player, I'll soon get in the groove again.

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  15. I think the cap is back on, more or less.

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  16. I had a LOT of records. I have very little space. (I live, altogether, in less than 450 square feet.) The Universe has been arranging for me to let go of stuff since I sold the house (two yard sales, a move to California, a flood. . . . you get the drift. . . . Then another flood. . . . I already have more cds than I had records, but they're blessedly small.

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  17. Well, just deleted the second copy of thunderbird. Thought I'd try the Opera mail client. I'm reading how "elegant" its design is. . . . While weeping, because I cannot find one damned single thing.

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  18. Puddle, if you can play video, this will cure what ails you. Be warned though. Put down any food, drink or sharp object you may be holding. Maybe take a trip to the loo too. *grin*

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFZXauOU-gQ

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  19. I can actually see youtube now. The catch is: It takes two and a half hours to download four minutes. . . .

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  20. Oops! I didn't realize that.

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