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Post by Satman on Jun 1, 2004 9:15:04 GMT -2
Hi Julia, a belated welcome Havent been on the puter much lately so have missed your arrival. New York eh!!! Have been there a few times (long time ago) and loved the place. With four kids of my own I know exactly where you are coming from. We have put a combination lock on the kitchen door to keep them out, that way we know that there will be food there when we go to cook. We have to change it regularly though as they keep cracking the damn code
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JustinofOz
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Post by JustinofOz on Jun 1, 2004 10:55:19 GMT -2
I still run with Win98. can't see the sense in upgrading, even if I could afford it. I also run a 56Kmodem, bit slow, but can't quite reach broardband with my tiny budget. Pensions don't go far!
The World Circle is simply a group of forum owners who have mutually linked to each other. Some of the members links are in the buttons in the Affiliates table at the bottom of this forum. It's a good way to get around the world when your travelling days are over.
It is slowly growing and it gives each member a good forum to go to when they get sick of sitting at home on their own alone. We started it about two or three months ago and have a total of 12 members so far. A fairly pleasing result for something that started spontaneously.
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Post by julia on Jun 3, 2004 3:04:42 GMT -2
Hi Satman,
You'll have to drown those kids. Only way. :-) Food-stealing kids are EVIL! That's what I told my gang. (And now I have them for a week. Their elders are back in Scotland because a very old relative died. <Wahhhh... sob!>)
New York is great city. It survived terrorists. It survived an invasion by my three feisty wee Scots, the oldest of whom is thirteen. I think it survived.... I haven't heard otherwise.
Justin, I know what you mean about pensions. I'm too young to be a pensioner, but I'm a very young widow, with a teenager. I have to keep my equipment updated, as a professional scientist. Most of the winter I ate nothing but oatmeal to feed my son the better stuff. That's when my American neighbour began sending food over. When Cameron sends his boys over, he sends food enough for all. (And thank heaven for the American farmer who sends food over so I can cook for him.) You have to remember we have no health insurance over here. Earnings don't go very far.
I run Window 2000 on what is now an old ThinkPad A21p, but it was tops what I bought it in 2001. I also have an all-SCSI workstation I built myself to run AutoCAD. I'm a physicist and structural engineer. I'm also a musician. Sometimes I earn ma bawbees that way. My cable access is my contact to the world. I'll give up food altogether before I give up broadband. How else can I read the Graun, the Scotsman, The Times, and send my music all over the world?
The World Circle sounds interesting. I'll have to have a wee keek. Tell me more. What started it?
Today I heard about my neighbour's friend who went to Scotland for a month, and before I knew it, I was crying. Lord! Talk about homesick. England. Scotland. Wales. I just want to go home. And to be truthful, I live in a beauty spot. I'm simply extremely homesick.
Julia
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Post by julia on Jun 3, 2004 3:11:00 GMT -2
It occurs to me I should have put some sort of smiley after my comment about the World Circle of forums, since I'm already here. :-) No point in sounding dafter than I already am. :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) Julia
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JustinofOz
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Post by JustinofOz on Jun 3, 2004 6:53:35 GMT -2
Not much more to tell about the World Circle Julia. It is successful so far in that it has acheived its purpose of bringing visitors to each others sites. It also allows us to share some expertise between ourselves. It sure beats the predominant attitude of many forums who become very proprietary about their members. We actively encourage our members to visit and join other forums in the circle, as all have something different and unique to offer. Being a person who has never been outside Oz, you could say that I am parochial. However, this is a huge country, and I prety well know most of it, having travelled extensively within it. I have never experienced anything closely resembling homesickness, so I can't say that I know how you feel. I do sympathise with you though. If it means that much to you, hop on a 'plane and go back to Scotland, at least for a holiday. Hey there Andy, combination lock on a fridge? The mind boggles. I was still living in a time when we could go out and leave the door unlocked. What do we lock next? Maybe the water tap?
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Post by julia on Jun 3, 2004 17:01:02 GMT -2
Justin,
Hop on a plane... huh. Well, not right now. I hope to go home for good someday.
You've never been to the UK? Too bad! It's pretty. I've never been to Australia. Want to go though.
Parochial is a state of mind. It has nothing to do with whether a person has gone walkabout. It has nothing to do with how much formal education someone has either.
Julia
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Post by julia on Jun 3, 2004 17:01:36 GMT -2
Justin,
Hop on a plane... huh. Well, not right now. I hope to go home for good someday.
You've never been to the UK? Too bad! It's pretty. I've never been to Australia. Want to go though.
Parochial is a state of mind. It has nothing to do with whether a person has gone walkabout. It has nothing to do with how much formal education someone has either.
Julia
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Post by Satman on Jun 4, 2004 13:39:04 GMT -2
Not on the fridge Justin, its on the door leading into the kitchen. Big brute of a thing it is too otherwise they would rip it off!!!!!!
BTW, our front door is never locked unless we are away on holiday. It's only my own kids I don't trust. LOL
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