Re: Everybody make it through okay?

[Jim Campbell]

My friend in DC has power, although the person from whom he's piggybacking 801.11b access hasn't brought their computer back online yet... I really feel for those Ego Alley regulars. Those Hummer H2's aren't meant to get *dirty*, much less wet or anything. - Jim Haggerty, Mike wrote: >With the federal govt. shut down at the end of last week, this is my >first chance to get back into email. > >Did everyone make it through okay? > >We lost power at my apartment on Thursday and it is still not on. >Neither is the phone service (so much for underground lines). My uncle >owns some land down in St. Mary's county and lost everything - the house >on the property, the car they had parked there, the road leading up to >the place, tools, guns, antiques, etc. > >I took refuge from the storm at my Dad's house just outside Annapolis. >The water levels in Annapolis rose above the parking meters on Main >Street and it was awful to see. > >(Main Street in Annapolis, incidentally, is the home to 'Ego Alley', >where white trash millionaires go to park their oversized yachts and >drink $6 budweisers. The price of everything on main street is >outrageous - and for that reason is wasn't too terrible seeing >overpriced clothing, kick knacks and crab replicas floating out into the >bay.) > >I also spent some time in Baltimore, where streets were cordoned off >because of the water is so dirty you could get sick wading in it. I was >able to canoe down to the inner harbor where everything was underwater. >There had been some looting, apparently, as evidenced by the number of >fresh empties floating around the doors of bars. > >In other news, I went to Staples to buy flashlights and came across a >great deal on a photo printer. HP Photosmart 4x6 printer, refurbished, >$49 bucks. $49 is about the cost of the toner cartridge and the premium >glossy paper the printer comes with - good deal. > >The thing is about the size of a small toaster and is available on >Staples Web site at this price as well. I bought one and was surprised >both at the quality of the photos and the fact that getting it running >under Linux took about 1 minute. > >M > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|
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