OT: Back In The Saddle Again

My PC died a slow and horrible death about 2 weeks ago, so I've been
offline with ngs for the entirety of that time. (Had some connectivity
difficulties with the laptop and our in-house wireless.) Have a new PC
that just got delivered last night and just got up and running again.
It is simply astounding how I've been sitting here scratching my head
over what programs I need to re-find, reinstall and reformat.
Fortunately, I was able to do a "print screen" about the ninth time my
old PC rebooted itself in about a one hour time frame (damn, I'm
clever - having the computer reboot itself sua sponte, as it were, was
a HUGE clue, eh?), so I can see what most of my programs were, albeit
I'm sure there are a bunch I'll recall as time goes on that weren't in
the screen capture.

It's going to take me some time to adjust to this Windows 7 appearance
and the "pop ups" in the screen tray. Couldn't get rid of the
revolving wallpaper fast enough...

OB: Bought a free range turkey this year and will be interested to see
if the white meat is as tender as prior non-free range turkeys were.

Terry Pulliam Burd

"If the soup had been as warm as the wine,
if the wine had been as old as the turkey,
and if the turkey had had a breast like the maid,
it would have been a swell dinner."

Duncan Hines

On Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:42:15 -0800, Terry Pulliam Burd
<ntpulliam@spambot.com> wrote:

>My PC died a slow and horrible death about 2 weeks ago, so I've been
>offline with ngs for the entirety of that time. (Had some connectivity
>difficulties with the laptop and our in-house wireless.) Have a new PC
>that just got delivered last night and just got up and running again.

Just curious. Did you get a new laptop or a new desktop?

>It is simply astounding how I've been sitting here scratching my head
>over what programs I need to re-find, reinstall and reformat.

Hopefully, a lot of your old programs will run on Win7. I think I'll
have to go to a newer version of Agent when I change OS.

>Fortunately, I was able to do a "print screen" about the ninth time my
>old PC rebooted itself in about a one hour time frame (damn, I'm
>clever - having the computer reboot itself sua sponte, as it were, was
>a HUGE clue, eh?), so I can see what most of my programs were, albeit
>I'm sure there are a bunch I'll recall as time goes on that weren't in
>the screen capture.

I'm wondering how you managed to print it out. I didn't know you
could bypass pasting it into a txt document.

>
>It's going to take me some time to adjust to this Windows 7 appearance
>and the "pop ups" in the screen tray. Couldn't get rid of the
>revolving wallpaper fast enough...

I read that once you get past the initial tweaking, which you have to
do with all computers anyway, Win7 is fine. Ask Andy. He was pulling
his hair out for a few days after he got his Win7, but he seems fine
with it now.
>
>OB: Bought a free range turkey this year and will be interested to see
>if the white meat is as tender as prior non-free range turkeys were.
>
Did you see Alton Brown last night? Free range turkeys aren't as free
as we imagine. They are caged and the door is opened into a pen for a
few hours each day. It's up to the turkey to go outside or not and
they often don't.

--
I love cooking with wine.
Sometimes I even put it in the food.

Terry Pulliam Burd wrote:
> My PC died a slow and horrible death about 2 weeks ago, so I've been
> offline with ngs for the entirety of that time. (Had some connectivity
> difficulties with the laptop and our in-house wireless.) Have a new PC
> that just got delivered last night and just got up and running again.
> It is simply astounding how I've been sitting here scratching my head
> over what programs I need to re-find, reinstall and reformat.
> Fortunately, I was able to do a "print screen" about the ninth time my
> old PC rebooted itself in about a one hour time frame (damn, I'm
> clever - having the computer reboot itself sua sponte, as it were, was
> a HUGE clue, eh?), so I can see what most of my programs were, albeit
> I'm sure there are a bunch I'll recall as time goes on that weren't in
> the screen capture.
>
> It's going to take me some time to adjust to this Windows 7 appearance
> and the "pop ups" in the screen tray. Couldn't get rid of the
> revolving wallpaper fast enough...
>
> OB: Bought a free range turkey this year and will be interested to see
> if the white meat is as tender as prior non-free range turkeys were.
>
> Terry Pulliam Burd

Welcome back to the cyberworld. Let us know how you like Windows 7. My
laptop croaked while I was in Miami a few days ago, but it was 10 yrs
old with a lot of miles on it. I guess the only thing that lasts
forever is uncomfortable undies.


Becca

On Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:42:15 -0800, Terry Pulliam Burd
<ntpulliam@spambot.com> wrote:

>My PC died a slow and horrible death about 2 weeks ago, so I've been
>offline with ngs for the entirety of that time. (Had some connectivity
>difficulties with the laptop and our in-house wireless.) Have a new PC
>that just got delivered last night and just got up and running again.

snippage

Glad to see you, and I'm happy you are back up an running.

Belated Happy Thanksgiving.

koko
--

There is no love more sincere than the love of food
George Bernard Shaw
www.kokoscorner.typepad.com
updated 11/23

On Thu, 26 Nov 2009 19:58:13 -0600, Becca <becca@hal-pc.org> wrote:

>
>My laptop croaked while I was in Miami a few days ago, but it was
>10 yrs old with a lot of miles on it. I guess the only thing that lasts
>forever is uncomfortable undies.
>
>

Ok, I need an explanation... I can understand undies for a guy, not
enough room, but for a gal... do you mean like a mohair thong?

brooklyn1 wrote:
> On Thu, 26 Nov 2009 19:58:13 -0600, Becca <becca@hal-pc.org> wrote:
>
>
>> My laptop croaked while I was in Miami a few days ago, but it was
>> 10 yrs old with a lot of miles on it. I guess the only thing that lasts
>> forever is uncomfortable undies.
>>
>>
>>
>
> Ok, I need an explanation... I can understand undies for a guy, not
> enough room, but for a gal... do you mean like a mohair thong?
>


Men's "drawers" were designed for comfort, women's were designed by
someone who is obviously trying to torture us. Tracee explains it
better than I can, she even includes a photo. I will say, if you look
long enough and try enough styles, you will find some undies you like.
It is not easy, and they can be awfully expensive.
http://www.blisstree.com/articles/he...prefer-his-28/


Becca

On Fri, 27 Nov 2009 12:24:41 -0600, Becca <becca@hal-pc.org> wrote:

>brooklyn1 wrote:
>> On Thu, 26 Nov 2009 19:58:13 -0600, Becca <becca@hal-pc.org> wrote:
>>
>>
>>> My laptop croaked while I was in Miami a few days ago, but it was
>>> 10 yrs old with a lot of miles on it. I guess the only thing that lasts
>>> forever is uncomfortable undies.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Ok, I need an explanation... I can understand undies for a guy, not
>> enough room, but for a gal... do you mean like a mohair thong?
>>
>
>
>Men's "drawers" were designed for comfort, women's were designed by
>someone who is obviously trying to torture us. Tracee explains it
>better than I can, she even includes a photo. I will say, if you look
>long enough and try enough styles, you will find some undies you like.
>It is not easy, and they can be awfully expensive.
> http://www.blisstree.com/articles/he...prefer-his-28/
>
>
>Becca
>
>
Gee, I never thought it would be about drawers, I don't even own any,
not even one pair... I don't really think gals need any either. I
woulda sworn the uncomfortable undies was gonna be about bras.

In article <7najqaF3kf6apU1@mid.individual.net>,
Becca <becca@hal-pc.org> wrote:


> Men's "drawers" were designed for comfort, women's were designed by
> someone who is obviously trying to torture us. Tracee explains it
> better than I can, she even includes a photo. I will say, if you look
> long enough and try enough styles, you will find some undies you like.
> It is not easy, and they can be awfully expensive.
> http://www.blisstree.com/articles/he...prefer-his-28/

We had a poster here who said she always wore her husband's underwear.
They were just more comfortable. More power to her.

--
Dan Abel
Petaluma, California USA
dabel@sonic.net

Becca wrote:
> brooklyn1 wrote:

> Men's "drawers" were designed for comfort, women's were designed by
> someone who is obviously trying to torture us. Tracee explains it
> better than I can, she even includes a photo. I will say, if you look
> long enough and try enough styles, you will find some undies you like.
> It is not easy, and they can be awfully expensive.
> http://www.blisstree.com/articles/he...prefer-his-28/

Men's drawers are designed to suit the market.... what men will buy.
Men buy what is comfortable, not was fashion magazines tell them is in.

Best of luck with your new computing adventure.


I guess this is the time where I feel proud of myself for being
'somewhat computer literate'.

-J

On Nov 27, 5:49*pm, brooklyn1 <gravesen...@verizon.net> wrote:
> On Fri, 27 Nov 2009 12:24:41 -0600, Becca <be...@hal-pc.org> wrote:
> >brooklyn1 wrote:
> >> On Thu, 26 Nov 2009 19:58:13 -0600, Becca <be...@hal-pc.org> wrote:
>
> >>> My laptop croaked while I was in Miami a few days ago, but it was
> >>> 10 yrs old with a lot of miles on it. *I guess the only thing that lasts
> >>> forever is uncomfortable undies.
>
> >> Ok, I need an explanation... I can understand undies for a guy, not
> >> enough room, but for a gal... do you mean like a mohair thong?
>
> >Men's "drawers" were designed for comfort, women's were designed by
> >someone who is obviously trying to torture us. *Tracee explains it
> >better than I can, she even includes a photo. *I will say, if you look
> >long enough and try enough styles, you will find some undies you like. *
> >It is not easy, and they can be awfully expensive.
> > *http://www.blisstree.com/articles/he...prefer-his-28/
>
> >Becca
>
> Gee, I never thought it would be about drawers, I don't even own any,
> not even one pair...

I'm not sure what use they are either. Something your mother buys you
and insists that you wear when you're a kid.

> I don't really think gals need any either. *I
> woulda sworn the uncomfortable undies was gonna be about bras.

All of my girlfriends have worn panties, but not bras.
Panties. It's the magic word.

--Bryan

Dan Abel <dabel@sonic.net> wrote:

> We had a poster here who said she always wore her husband's underwear.
> They were just more comfortable. More power to her.

There was such a poster?

On the other hand, there was this banter between Harry and yours truly:

<http://groups.google.com/group/rec.food.cooking/msg/7b1266292ceaa25c>

<http://groups.google.com/group/rec.food.cooking/msg/adfa77de1a07c8d8>

Victor

On Sat, 28 Nov 2009 02:44:18 -0800 (PST), Food Snob®
<bryangsimmons@gmail.com> wrote:

>On Nov 27, 5:49*pm, brooklyn1 <gravesen...@verizon.net> wrote:
>> On Fri, 27 Nov 2009 12:24:41 -0600, Becca <be...@hal-pc.org> wrote:
>> >brooklyn1 wrote:
>> >> On Thu, 26 Nov 2009 19:58:13 -0600, Becca <be...@hal-pc.org> wrote:
>>
>> >>> My laptop croaked while I was in Miami a few days ago, but it was
>> >>> 10 yrs old with a lot of miles on it. *I guess the only thing that lasts
>> >>> forever is uncomfortable undies.
>>
>> >> Ok, I need an explanation... I can understand undies for a guy, not
>> >> enough room, but for a gal... do you mean like a mohair thong?
>>
>> >Men's "drawers" were designed for comfort, women's were designed by
>> >someone who is obviously trying to torture us. *Tracee explains it
>> >better than I can, she even includes a photo. *I will say, if you look
>> >long enough and try enough styles, you will find some undies you like. *
>> >It is not easy, and they can be awfully expensive.
>> > *http://www.blisstree.com/articles/he...prefer-his-28/
>>
>> >Becca
>>
>> Gee, I never thought it would be about drawers, I don't even own any,
>> not even one pair...
>
>I'm not sure what use they are either. Something your mother buys you
>and insists that you wear when you're a kid.
>
>> I don't really think gals need any either. *I
>> woulda sworn the uncomfortable undies was gonna be about bras.
>
>All of my girlfriends have worn panties, but not bras.


My girlfriends had to wear bras.

On Thu, 26 Nov 2009 09:13:14 -0800, sf <sf@geemail.com> wrote:

>Just curious. Did you get a new laptop or a new desktop?

New desktop - my craptop works just fine, except the wireless stinks
in my house for some reason.
>
>>It is simply astounding how I've been sitting here scratching my head
>>over what programs I need to re-find, reinstall and reformat.
>
>Hopefully, a lot of your old programs will run on Win7. I think I'll
>have to go to a newer version of Agent when I change OS.

I had to buy an upgrade b/c I forgot to transfer that program and my
old registration key didn't work, even though Agent sent one to me
twice. <shrug> It's a cheap program, so it was just easier to buy
another copy than deal.
>
>>Fortunately, I was able to do a "print screen" about the ninth time my
>>old PC rebooted itself in about a one hour time frame (damn, I'm
>>clever - having the computer reboot itself sua sponte, as it were, was
>>a HUGE clue, eh?), so I can see what most of my programs were, albeit
>>I'm sure there are a bunch I'll recall as time goes on that weren't in
>>the screen capture.
>
>I'm wondering how you managed to print it out. I didn't know you
>could bypass pasting it into a txt document.

It takes a "snapshot" of the screen.

>I read that once you get past the initial tweaking, which you have to
>do with all computers anyway, Win7 is fine. Ask Andy. He was pulling
>his hair out for a few days after he got his Win7, but he seems fine
>with it now.

It's just a visual slam, AFAICS. The desktop is so different and the
popups in the tray when my mouse pointer strays into the tray are
irritating. I'm having fits finding everything b/c Windows 7 has a
variety of categories on the start bar and it takes me a beat or two
to find the category I'm looking for. Now, I'm devoting today to
reinstalling Quicken, Office 2003 (I absolutely HATE Office 2007 that
I have at the office) and reorganizing desktop icons, etc...and paying
bills :-(
>>
>>OB: Bought a free range turkey this year and will be interested to see
>>if the white meat is as tender as prior non-free range turkeys were.
>>
>Did you see Alton Brown last night? Free range turkeys aren't as free
>as we imagine. They are caged and the door is opened into a pen for a
>few hours each day. It's up to the turkey to go outside or not and
>they often don't.

Great. No good deed goes unpunished. The bird was indistinguishable
from its prior brethern in taste and texture. Interestingly, the gravy
was darker.

Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd

---

"If the soup had been as warm as the wine,
if the wine had been as old as the turkey,
and if the turkey had had a breast like the maid,
it would have been a swell dinner." Duncan Hines

Terry Pulliam Burd <ntpulliam@spambot.com> wrote:

> I'm devoting today to reinstalling Quicken, Office 2003
> (I absolutely HATE Office 2007 that I have at the office)
> and reorganizing desktop icons, etc...and paying bills :-(

Any idea if Office 97 will install on Windows 7?

It works fine on XP, which is the most recent Microsoft
OS I have used... I do not want to pay hundreds of dollars
for some newer, less-usable version of Office.

Steve

Terry Pulliam Burd <ntpulliam@spambot.com> wrote in
news:trs5h59pl73uv31ge2qpvphlf9hebse731@4ax.com:

> It's just a visual slam, AFAICS. The desktop is so different and the
> popups in the tray when my mouse pointer strays into the tray are
> irritating. I'm having fits finding everything b/c Windows 7 has a
> variety of categories on the start bar and it takes me a beat or two
> to find the category I'm looking for. Now, I'm devoting today to
> reinstalling Quicken, Office 2003 (I absolutely HATE Office 2007 that
> I have at the office) and reorganizing desktop icons, etc...and paying
> bills :-(


Terry,

To completely occupy more of your valuable time...

Visit newsgroup alt.binaries.e-books.technical

Filter/search for the 53 part "Windows 7 The Pocket Guide v1.0
(2009).pdf" post and download it. It's free. There are some illegal
ebooks on there too, so DON'T STRAY!!! Not to mention it's a GIGANTIC
repository and will take time (a minute at T1? to read in the entire
newsgroup's headers.

It's very well done, at the novice level. It is categorized with step-by-
step tutorials, with great enhanced screen captured graphics. A pleasure
trip if I don't say so myself!

Donations are accepted.

Cleared up a Win7 world of mystery for me. It doesn't make any
differentiation between Win7 x86 and Win7 64bit.

Tip: it's PDF'd as 2-up (2 pages, side-by-side). You can change that as
single page, continuous so you can zoom in to make reading a breeze,
imho. In Adobe reader, visit the View menu --> Page Display and switch
it.

Best,

Andy

Steve Pope wrote:
> Terry Pulliam Burd <ntpulliam@spambot.com> wrote:
>
>> I'm devoting today to reinstalling Quicken, Office 2003
>> (I absolutely HATE Office 2007 that I have at the office)
>> and reorganizing desktop icons, etc...and paying bills :-(
>
> Any idea if Office 97 will install on Windows 7?
>
> It works fine on XP, which is the most recent Microsoft
> OS I have used... I do not want to pay hundreds of dollars
> for some newer, less-usable version of Office.

You're probably a source of great frustration to Microsoft. They'd
probably like to destroy your copy of Office 97. I use Office 2000
myself and I expect MS would be wanting to "take care" of people like us
shortly. :-)

>
> Steve

dsi1 <dsi1@spamnet.com> wrote:

>You're probably a source of great frustration to Microsoft. They'd
>probably like to destroy your copy of Office 97.

Well, I paid for the copy of Office and at that time one was
permitted to use such a purchased piece of software forever.

I'll continue to use it, even if it means not ever upgrading to
Windows 7.

Steve

dsi1 <dsi1@spamnet.com> wrote in news:rHDQm.46856$We2.11389@newsfe09.iad:

> Steve Pope wrote:
>> Terry Pulliam Burd <ntpulliam@spambot.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I'm devoting today to reinstalling Quicken, Office 2003
>>> (I absolutely HATE Office 2007 that I have at the office)
>>> and reorganizing desktop icons, etc...and paying bills :-(
>>
>> Any idea if Office 97 will install on Windows 7?
>>
>> It works fine on XP, which is the most recent Microsoft
>> OS I have used... I do not want to pay hundreds of dollars
>> for some newer, less-usable version of Office.
>
> You're probably a source of great frustration to Microsoft. They'd
> probably like to destroy your copy of Office 97. I use Office 2000
> myself and I expect MS would be wanting to "take care" of people like
us
> shortly. :-)


Ya know, there's a free open-source program called OpenOffice???

http://www.openoffice.org/

Now stop yer whining!

Andy

Steve Pope wrote:
> dsi1 <dsi1@spamnet.com> wrote:
>
>> You're probably a source of great frustration to Microsoft. They'd
>> probably like to destroy your copy of Office 97.
>
> Well, I paid for the copy of Office and at that time one was
> permitted to use such a purchased piece of software forever.
>
> I'll continue to use it, even if it means not ever upgrading to
> Windows 7.

I use Office 2000 every day. It works fine. I don't see much point in
upgrading to 2007 or whatever it is now. The truth is that there's a lot
of folks like us around. Not bad for such an old program.

>
> Steve