In a previous life building racing engines, “cack” was a familiar word, as in “the top ring is cackled.” Meaning damaged beyond repair.
Paul > On Dec 6, 2019, at 8:36 PM, Rick Womer <[email protected]> wrote: > > Well, I have a fairly good vocabulary, but “carks” was a new one. > > "To burden or be burdened with trouble; worry. A worry; a trouble: carks and > cares. [Middle English carken, from Norman French carquier, to burden, load, > from Late Latin carricāre; see cargo.]” > > I love being on a list that uses Norman French and Middle English words. > > Rick > >>> On Dec 6, 2019, at 5:42 PM, Brian W <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> On 07 December 2019 at 08:42 ann sanfedele <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> >>> John, I'm still annoyed by the differences between 7 and XP. >> >> So am I, which is why I installed Classic Shell as soon as I got a Win 7 >> computer. >> >> I'm going to stay on Win 7 on my desktop PC probably until it carks. (As an >> aside, my laptop still runs Vista and I've not had any security issues with >> it >> even though it's been unsupported for some time.) >> >> >> Cheers >> Brian >> >> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >> Brian Walters >> Western Sydney Australia >> http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ >> https://500px.com/supera1000/galleries >>> >>> >>> >>> On 12/6/2019 4:28 PM, [email protected] wrote: >>>> Ann, despite all the naysayers on the internet, I moved from W7 to W10 on >>>> three computers, and have taken all the upgrades since, with nary a >>>> problem. >>>> The only issue you might have is whether your hardware can support W190, >>>> and >>>> checking your upgrade status may tell you that (can't remember, its several >>>> years since I moved on from W7). People say the do not like the interface, >>>> but there is an option to use the "classic" interface - how do you define >>>> classic, W3.1? For me, its different but it works, so I'm happy enough. >>>> >>>> HTH >>>> >>>> >>>> John in Brisbane >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: PDML <[email protected]> On Behalf Of ann sanfedele >>>> Sent: Saturday, 7 December 2019 1:22 AM >>>> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >>>> Subject: how afraid should I be? (windoze 10) >>>> >>>> there is still that little ghost window at the bottom of my screen - when I >>>> right click I get 4 choices whick include "check your upgrade status" and >>>> get a response that they will send email to my pc. I think I can upgrade >>>> free.. but I can't remember and I don't know where the "key" is, or even >>>> the >>>> date I got this computer.. can't find the paper work >>>> >>>> I love my HP 8000 with 4gb ram and 1 tb hd - I need to backup stuff onto >>>> an >>>> external drive at some point this month.. >>>> >>>> When I got the HP bus a tech help guy sang it's praises and said it would >>>> surely last 10 years, etcetc... >>>> >>>> now - can I stay on Win 7 a bit longer than January without living too >>>> dangerously? >>>> can I avoid getting a new or refurbished desktop that has Win 10 on it ? >>>> >>>> No snarky comments about how I shuld get a MAc puleeze :) >>>> >>>> ann >>>> >>>> -- >>>> ann sanfedele photography >>>> https://annsan.smugmug.com >>>> https://www.cafepress.com/annsanstuff >>>> https://www.lulu.com/spotlight/annsan >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> ann sanfedele photography >>> https://annsan.smugmug.com >>> https://www.cafepress.com/annsanstuff >>> https://www.lulu.com/spotlight/annsan >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> [email protected] >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>> follow >>> the directions. >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
