Re: PAW--Week 29

2011-08-08 Thread Boris Liberman
On 7/25/2011 04:30, Christine Aguila wrote: Then this really nice young sales guy comes up: Need any help? No, just looking, I said, while playing with the 21.5 inch all-in-one iMac. Then Darrel starts talking to him, then I join in, then the next thing we know we're being offered a deal we

Re: PAW--Week 29

2011-08-08 Thread Christine Aguila
On Aug 8, 2011, at 6:05 AM, Boris Liberman wrote: On 7/25/2011 04:30, Christine Aguila wrote: Then this really nice young sales guy comes up: Need any help? No, just looking, I said, while playing with the 21.5 inch all-in-one iMac. Then Darrel starts talking to him, then I join in, then

Re: PAW--Week 29

2011-08-08 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Congratulations, Christine! Dan Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Mon, Aug 8, 2011 at 7:05 AM, Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com wrote: On 7/25/2011 04:30, Christine Aguila wrote: Then this really nice young sales guy comes up:  Need any help? No, just looking,

Re: PAW--Week 29

2011-08-08 Thread Christine Aguila
Thanks! Cheers, Christine On Aug 8, 2011, at 9:16 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: Congratulations, Christine! Dan Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Mon, Aug 8, 2011 at 7:05 AM, Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com wrote: On 7/25/2011 04:30, Christine Aguila

Re: PAW--Week 29

2011-07-27 Thread P. J. Alling
Backups work best if they're automatic. On 7/27/2011 1:15 AM, Christine Aguila wrote: On Jul 26, 2011, at 8:20 PM, Larry Colen wrote: Yes, congratulations. I've got a Necchi that's older than you or I by a few years that works, I just don't understand how to set all of the adjustments. My

Re: PAW--Week 29

2011-07-27 Thread Christine Aguila
Yep, plan to get Time Machine set up. Cheers, Christine On Jul 27, 2011, at 9:52 AM, P. J. Alling wrote: Backups work best if they're automatic. On 7/27/2011 1:15 AM, Christine Aguila wrote: On Jul 26, 2011, at 8:20 PM, Larry Colen wrote: Yes, congratulations. I've got a Necchi

Re: PAW--Week 29

2011-07-27 Thread Larry Colen
On Jul 27, 2011, at 7:52 AM, P. J. Alling wrote: Backups work best if they're automatic. Backups work best if they're tested. On 7/27/2011 1:15 AM, Christine Aguila wrote: On Jul 26, 2011, at 8:20 PM, Larry Colen wrote: Yes, congratulations. I've got a Necchi that's older than you

Re: PAW--Week 29

2011-07-27 Thread Doug Franklin
On 2011-07-27 10:52, P. J. Alling wrote: Backups work best if they're automatic. It ain't a backup until you've restored it. -- Thanks, DougF (KG4LMZ) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the

Re: PAW--Week 29

2011-07-27 Thread P. J. Alling
On 7/27/2011 4:51 PM, Doug Franklin wrote: On 2011-07-27 10:52, P. J. Alling wrote: Backups work best if they're automatic. It ain't a backup until you've restored it. It's always a good backup until you try to restore it. -- Where's the Kaboom? There was supposed to be an

Re: PAW--Week 29

2011-07-26 Thread David Mann
On Jul 26, 2011, at 2:10 AM, Rick Womer wrote: David Pogue (tech writer for the NYTimes) has an excellent book, Switching to Mac, that is very helpful for recovering Windoze users. He's an outstanding writer, and the book is a pleasure to read, as well as being very helpful. When I went

Re: PAW--Week 29

2011-07-26 Thread Stan Halpin
On Jul 25, 2011, at 3:28 PM, Christine Aguila wrote: My brother told me not to upgrade to Lion just yet because he's heard it's a little buggy. He said it will be great, but to wait a while. Have you heard anything like this? Cheers, Christine Congrats! You will love the iMac. RE:

Re: PAW--Week 29

2011-07-26 Thread Bruce Walker
Congratulations on the enablement, Christine. I read ahead so I know that you're cooking with Lightroom too. I can pretty much guarantee that you're going to love your new setup. BTW, be sure and get yourself a largish external disk (a terabyte or two) and enable Time Machine on it. We

Re: PAW--Week 29

2011-07-26 Thread Larry Colen
Yes, congratulations. I've got a Necchi that's older than you or I by a few years that works, I just don't understand how to set all of the adjustments. My sister got grandma's old treadle wheel singer. I think that you'll like the iMac. I highly recommend a second monitor on it. One of

Re: PAW--Week 29

2011-07-26 Thread Christine Aguila
Thanks, Bruce: I bought two new external drives of the terabyte size, because with the HP all photos were stored there; I didn't have any photos on my computer hard drive. I haven't started shifting stuff over yet. My working plan is to shift all the photos over to the new externals, but

Re: PAW--Week 29

2011-07-26 Thread Larry Colen
On Jul 26, 2011, at 10:03 PM, Christine Aguila wrote: Thanks, Bruce: I bought two new external drives of the terabyte size, because with the HP all photos were stored there; I didn't have any photos on my computer hard drive. I haven't started shifting stuff over yet. My working plan

Re: PAW--Week 29

2011-07-26 Thread Christine Aguila
Frankly, Frank, :-), I just thought it was a little funny to see the tree twig in the public garbage can, which is located outside the L stop I use. Cheers, Christine On Jul 25, 2011, at 3:45 PM, frank theriault wrote: On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 3:30 PM, Christine Aguila

Re: PAW--Week 29

2011-07-26 Thread Christine Aguila
I'm really starting to get comfortable with it now. Don't know everything, of course, but I do see the possibility of light at the end of the tunnel. I need to start making some more message rules for mail--get the PDML stuff in folders. Cheers, Christine On Jul 26, 2011, at 2:59 AM,

Re: PAW--Week 29

2011-07-26 Thread Christine Aguila
Good suggestions, Stan. I've got the Epson stuff loaded and plan to do a test print soon. Maybe tomorrow. I'll check out those Apple links as well. Cheers, Christine On Jul 26, 2011, at 3:11 PM, Stan Halpin wrote: On Jul 25, 2011, at 3:28 PM, Christine Aguila wrote: My brother

Re: PAW--Week 29

2011-07-26 Thread Christine Aguila
On Jul 26, 2011, at 8:20 PM, Larry Colen wrote: Yes, congratulations. I've got a Necchi that's older than you or I by a few years that works, I just don't understand how to set all of the adjustments. My sister got grandma's old treadle wheel singer. I think that you'll like the

Re: PAW--Week 29

2011-07-26 Thread Christine Aguila
In the past, I have thought about this, but the Domke bags are so great, IMO, that I gave up the idea. I don't think I could find the hardware the strength of domke stuff. I made red saddle bags for my bike when I was riding a lot--still have them, the bike too, but neither have been used

Re: PAW--Week 29

2011-07-26 Thread Larry Colen
On Jul 26, 2011, at 10:21 PM, Christine Aguila wrote: In the past, I have thought about this, but the Domke bags are so great, IMO, that I gave up the idea. I don't think I could find the hardware the strength of domke stuff. I made red saddle bags for my bike when I was riding a

Re: PAW--Week 29

2011-07-26 Thread Christine Aguila
On Jul 27, 2011, at 12:26 AM, Larry Colen wrote: On Jul 26, 2011, at 10:21 PM, Christine Aguila wrote: In the past, I have thought about this, but the Domke bags are so great, IMO, that I gave up the idea. I don't think I could find the hardware the strength of domke stuff. I

Re: PAW--Week 29

2011-07-25 Thread David Mann
On Jul 25, 2011, at 1:30 PM, Christine Aguila wrote: Well, it hasn't been dull here. My 10 year old used sewing machine died, so we took it in last Sunday. Wow, they don't make 'em like they used to. Janet inherited an old Singer machine that she thinks is about 50 years old. It was owned

RE: PAW--Week 29

2011-07-25 Thread Bob W
Of Christine Aguila Sent: 25 July 2011 02:31 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: PAW--Week 29 Hi Everyone: Well, it hasn't been dull here. My 10 year old used sewing machine died, so we took it in last Sunday. I'm out of touch with the latest models, so I started looking around

Re: PAW--Week 29

2011-07-25 Thread David J Brooks
On Sun, Jul 24, 2011 at 9:30 PM, Christine Aguila christ...@caguila.com wrote: We've got it set up.  Darrel's first question was, Where are all the wires?  I have lots to learn; I'm totally discombobulated--  I'm amazed iPhoto does RAW, and it's editor reminds me of Lightroom a bit. I have

Re: PAW--Week 29

2011-07-25 Thread Christine Nielsen
Finally, indeed! I know how it stinks when your sewing machine is down. The last time that happened to me, it was a day before Halloween I was halfway finished with a polar fleece dragon costume for my (then) four year-old. Talk about panic. :) And congrats on the Mac. Those are very

Re: PAW--Week 29

2011-07-25 Thread Rick Womer
/photos/RickW --- On Sun, 7/24/11, Christine Aguila christ...@caguila.com wrote: From: Christine Aguila christ...@caguila.com Subject: PAW--Week 29 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Sunday, July 24, 2011, 9:30 PM Hi Everyone: Well, it hasn't been dull here.  My 10 year old used

Re: PAW--Week 29

2011-07-25 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Good to see you back on line, up and running. How about the sewing machine? ;-) Shouldn't have any problem getting the upgrade to LR. Lightroom 3.4.1 works fine running in Mac OS X Lion. I installed the system update on Thursday and am quite pleased to see a number of nice improvements, a fusion

Re: PAW--Week 29

2011-07-25 Thread Chris Mitchell
On 25 July 2011 02:30, Christine Aguila wrote: Two new toys at once - lucky you! Not too sure about the PAW though - that twig in the foreground doesn't do much for it... Cheers, Chris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to

Re: PAW--Week 29

2011-07-25 Thread Christine Aguila
...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Christine Aguila Sent: Sunday, July 24, 2011 8:31 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: PAW--Week 29 Hi Everyone: Well, it hasn't been dull here. My 10 year old used sewing machine died, so we took it in last Sunday. I'm out of touch with the latest models, so I

Re: PAW--Week 29

2011-07-25 Thread Christine Aguila
Isn't that goofy!? Made me giggle so I snapped a pic. Cheers, Christine On Jul 24, 2011, at 9:35 PM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: so why did you throw out the divining rod... afraid to acquire more?? ann On 7/24/2011 21:30, Christine Aguila wrote: Hi Everyone: Well, it hasn't been dull

Re: PAW--Week 29

2011-07-25 Thread Christine Aguila
I should add that I bought the machine used, and I forget how old it was when I bought it. I had a Singer before the one I just traded in, and that was used as well, and I had it for probably about 20 years--my new machine should last a good long while! The new computer is great, but I love

Re: PAW--Week 29

2011-07-25 Thread Christine Aguila
On Jul 25, 2011, at 3:28 AM, Bob W wrote: Congrats - doing your bit for the global economy, you deserve a medal. I have to call Adobe tomorrow about Lightroom--I'm hoping they'll let me upgrade to Ver. 3 at the upgrade price. There will be lots of data transfer to learn too. Oh boy,

Re: PAW--Week 29

2011-07-25 Thread Christine Aguila
Thknsa, Dvea! Cheers, Christine On Jul 25, 2011, at 7:38 AM, David J Brooks wrote: On Sun, Jul 24, 2011 at 9:30 PM, Christine Aguila christ...@caguila.com wrote: We've got it set up. Darrel's first question was, Where are all the wires? I have lots to learn; I'm totally

Re: PAW--Week 29

2011-07-25 Thread Christine Aguila
Thanks for the helpful suggestion, Rick. I just may pick that up. Cheers, Christine On Jul 25, 2011, at 9:10 AM, Rick Womer wrote: Christine, David Pogue (tech writer for the NYTimes) has an excellent book, Switching to Mac, that is very helpful for recovering Windoze users. He's an

Re: PAW--Week 29

2011-07-25 Thread Christine Aguila
Yey, another seamstress! As to the shopping--Businesses I think are eager to give deals because they need to sell. There seem to be a lot of summer sales going on right now. Thanks, Christine! Cheers, Christine/Chicago On Jul 25, 2011, at 8:21 AM, Christine Nielsen wrote: Finally,

Re: PAW--Week 29

2011-07-25 Thread Christine Aguila
On Jul 25, 2011, at 10:52 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: Good to see you back on line, up and running. How about the sewing machine? ;-) Shouldn't have any problem getting the upgrade to LR. Lightroom 3.4.1 works fine running in Mac OS X Lion. I installed the system update on Thursday and

Re: PAW--Week 29

2011-07-25 Thread Christine Aguila
Really, you don't think the photo is brilliant!? I'm shocked! :-) Not the best week for photography, Chris. I admit it! Cheers, Christine On Jul 25, 2011, at 12:50 PM, Chris Mitchell wrote: On 25 July 2011 02:30, Christine Aguila wrote: Two new toys at once - lucky you! Not too

Re: PAW--Week 29

2011-07-25 Thread frank theriault
On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 3:30 PM, Christine Aguila christ...@caguila.com wrote: Really, you  don't think the photo is brilliant!?  I'm shocked!  :-)  Not the best week for photography, Chris.  I admit it!  Cheers, Christine Your photo makes a statement about the banality and sameness of our

PAW--Week 29

2011-07-24 Thread Christine Aguila
Hi Everyone: Well, it hasn't been dull here. My 10 year old used sewing machine died, so we took it in last Sunday. I'm out of touch with the latest models, so I started looking around and couldn't believe some of the sale prices, and I had the manager demonstrate the features on a top

Re: PAW--Week 29

2011-07-24 Thread Paul Stenquist
Finally, Congrats! Nice pics, too. Paul On Jul 24, 2011, at 9:30 PM, Christine Aguila wrote: Hi Everyone: Well, it hasn't been dull here. My 10 year old used sewing machine died, so we took it in last Sunday. I'm out of touch with the latest models, so I started looking around and

Re: PAW--Week 29

2011-07-24 Thread Christine Aguila
Thanks, Paul. Cheers, Christine On Jul 24, 2011, at 8:35 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: Finally, Congrats! Nice pics, too. Paul On Jul 24, 2011, at 9:30 PM, Christine Aguila wrote: Hi Everyone: Well, it hasn't been dull here. My 10 year old used sewing machine died, so we took it in

RE: PAW--Week 29

2011-07-24 Thread Jeffery Johnson
Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Christine Aguila Sent: Sunday, July 24, 2011 8:31 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: PAW--Week 29 Hi Everyone: Well, it hasn't been dull here. My 10 year old used sewing machine died, so we took it in last

Re: PAW--Week 29

2011-07-24 Thread Ann Sanfedele
so why did you throw out the divining rod... afraid to acquire more?? ann On 7/24/2011 21:30, Christine Aguila wrote: Hi Everyone: Well, it hasn't been dull here. My 10 year old used sewing machine died, so we took it in last Sunday. I'm out of touch with the latest models, so I started