I add my welcome, Rick. But be aware, I have the privilege of the ancient to throw my own special somewhat philosophically colored or tainted remarks into the technical mix which, like the rest of the group, you will have to endure or quickly delete. (edit-cut will allow that without even opening my contribution!!) If my eyes were better at night, I would be at the next meeting to say "hi" in person to you. Marta
On Dec 27, 2005, at 18:26, Jonathan Fletcher wrote: > Welcome, Rick, to the best medium-sized city in American. (Or any > size, for that matter.) This list is populated by some of the nicest > people you will meet anywhere. And they are all Mac-users! (Is that > redundant?) > > Make sure you come to a meeting sometime and introduce yourself. Glad > you have joined the Army of the Light. Make sure you get your fiance > converted as soon as possible, though. As the Bible says, "Be ye not > unequally yoked." > > ::-) > > As to one of your other points: > > Don't "ditch the old gateway." There are many very useful things you > can still do with it: > > 10. Lamp stand > 9. Fish tank stand > 8. Throw a table cloth over it and call it an end table > 7. Prop open doors > 6. Anchor medium-sized water craft > 5. Use the ram modules as hippy-dippy dangly earrings > 4. Hang multiple flower pots with the wiring harness > 3. Heat the dog house > 2. Weld all the internal parts on the outside and enter it in the next > state fair > 1. Use its internals as "white elephant gifts" at next year's > Christmas parties > > See? VERY useful. For that matter NEW "gateways" are EQUALLY as useful! > > <Personal to Jeff Slyn: Sorry. I just can't help myself!> > > j. > > On Dec 27, 2005, at 5:15 PM, b3 <b3studios at gmail.com> wrote: > >> My fiance on the other hand? her windows PC and her old school email >> are besieged with spam. >> hopefully after macworld we'll get another portable so she can ditch >> the old gateway. > > > -- > Jonathan Fletcher > jfletch at newmediaconstco.com > > > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will > | be January 24 at Pitt Academy, 6010 Preston Highway. > | The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. > | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> > | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup> | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be January 24 at Pitt Academy, 6010 Preston Highway. | The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>
