On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 3:07 PM, drew <[email protected]> wrote:

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>> >
>> > Where's Bellingham?  Hopefully the "fest" works well and there is a lot if
>> > interest in LibreOffice.
>>
>> Washington. 90 miles of Micro$oft; 50 miles south of Vancouver, BC.
>
>> 65% of all raspberries in the world are grown in this county.
>
> WOW - alright, I think I'd need to see citation, chapter AND verse thank
> you, for such a bold statement... :-)
>
> So, a little off topic (or not) - if you are that close to the BC line -
> did you see the emails from (??sorry, can't remember OTH) about the
> Languages spoken there. I felt a bit, un-education, after reading up
> having been prompted by the emails and finding so much about the large
> immigration numbers..sounds like Minnesota in the beginning of the last
> century. My grand father's generation apparently could do quite well
> speaking majority Norwegian/Swedish nearly full time - isn't so today of
> course.
>
> //drew
>

I didn't see those emails. Not surprised that there are many
languages, especially from Scandinavia. I've spent a good bit of time
in Finland, some in Sweden. It shocked me one day in Seattle when a
cab driver hopped out of his car and started swearing loudly in
Finnish.

This area is a lot like southern Sweden and Finland without the cold and snow.

Carl


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>> >
>> >> "Just set up a chat account in Opera 11.10. Hard to imagine anything
>> >> would be much easier. Step-by-step account setup. The only thing that
>> >> might be an obstacle is that Opera insists on downloading all 29000+
>> >> rooms, which takes a while. There's a button to join a conversation
>> >> (once it's published here). Searching for "tdf" located that channel."
>> >>
>> >> Now...in more detail...
>> >>
>> >> 1. If you don't already have Opera, download it from www.opera.com and
>> >> install
>> >> 2. In the menu, select "mail and chat accounts"
>> >> 3.  Create an account
>> >> 4. What type? - Chat (IRC)
>> >> 5. Fill in your name and email address
>> >> 6. Make up a Nick - preferably something that is slightly oddball that
>> >> is not already in use...krackedwebster
>> >> 7. Choose network from dropdown-Freenode for your location
>> >> 8. Finish
>> >> 9. Opera will churn, looking for 29000+ possible channels
>> >> 10. Search for documentfoundation (the IRC channel)
>> >> 11. As of right now, it is not on the list, so click "Add"
>> >> 12. enter documentationfoundation as room
>> >> 13. Close the dialog. You'll be in the room
>> >>
>> >> What further information do you need?
>> >>
>> >> Carl
>> >>
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