> I'm not so much offended by your calling Al names (although there is a > grating kind of grade-school nyah-nyah-nyah-nyah Limbaughvian quality to > it) I'm offended that you are calling me naive and not a very smart Mac > user -- and you've never even met me. That hurts. > > Because I _believe_, I truly believe, deep down in the depths of my soul, > that Al Gore would _not_ have accepted credit for the creation of the > Internet if anyone had actually believed the supposed claim. > > Dan
LOL - well thanks, Dan. It's good to have one's imagination expanded from time to time. I stand corrected. Funny ... I don't know how to say "I stand corrected" in a "Limbaughvian" way, which is disappointing. Perhaps I should type louder? But on an earlier topic more appropriate to this list: Some time ago there was some discussion about experiences in dealing with our local Mac store on Bardstown Road. My previous experience had been mixed as had the experience of some other posters. But the current store is under new ownership and management. So I decided to check it out on the first opportunity. That opportunity came as a result of my beloved kitty who has managed to destroy several trackballs by shedding into the little wheels. Quite a nuisance. So I decided it's time to investigate optical trackballs - no wheels to be gummed up by kitty hair, and I called MacTown to inquire. The fellow I talked to, Mike, said that they did not have them in stock but could order them for me. Specialty item, I'd guess, so that wasn't surprising. Since I couldn't tell him the exact specification I would require, he couldn't tell me an exact price but gave me a range. I went there and we cruised through their on-line database of products to pick one out. He asked if I wanted the one with a scroll wheel for $49. I said no, I just use one button, so he went on in his data-base and found one that had just what I wanted and cost only $29. Not bad. It occurs to me that this is a service that a local Mac store can provide better than any catalogue. You can't know that some things, like key boards or track balls, are acceptable until you have your hands on them. For those things, ordering through the store reduces your risk of having to go through the trouble of dealing with a catalogue return - which can be a nuisance. And although there's only one point in my data-set, so far the price has been right. Besides, it is nice to deal with a pleasant and competent human being. So I'd have to report that my first experience with the Mac store under this new management was quite positive. Bill Holt | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be March 25. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>.
