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Title: Which TS-er lives in Delaware?
Post by: RHPConsult on July 21, 2003, 11:46:26 AM

Better check this out, fast . . .

Buy low; sell high

Title: Which TS-er lives in Delaware?
Post by: Mrious_be on July 21, 2003, 03:42:49 PM

omg that can't be possible in USA? is it? noooooooo

Title: Which TS-er lives in Delaware?
Post by: ljocampo on July 21, 2003, 04:15:47 PM

If it was possible, we'd be paying our rent or property taxes to Bill Gates.  

Title: Which TS-er lives in Delaware?
Post by: RHPConsult on July 21, 2003, 04:33:55 PM

It's called a "running gag", Marcel.

A couple of years ago there was a very official-appearing Press Release purportedly from "Microsoft" describing the pending purchase by Mr. Gates and his minions of the Vatican!

M$, as I recall, subsequently had to issue a "retraction" of something they/it hadn't distributed in the first instance.  

Ah, satire . . .  

Title: Which TS-er lives in Delaware?
Post by: Gregg on July 22, 2003, 07:50:59 AM

What did Della wear? Please tell me, I'm unaware.  

Title: Which TS-er lives in Delaware?
Post by: Mrious_be on July 22, 2003, 11:45:04 AM

QUOTE(ljocampo @ Jul 21 2003, 11:15 PM)

If it was possible, we'd be paying our rent or property taxes to Bill Gates.  

 Hahahaha
Shhhhh, don't give him any ideas now... but we can just hope Bill doesn't visit apple bulletin boards

Ok people, you foooooooled this (simple) belgian boy

Title: Which TS-er lives in Delaware?
Post by: krissel on July 22, 2003, 10:44:38 PM

We don't have to worrry about being taken over here in New Jersey.

We were bought out years ago...

... by the mob.

 

Title: Which TS-er lives in Delaware?
Post by: Mrious_be on July 23, 2003, 12:01:13 PM

lol

Title: Which TS-er lives in Delaware?
Post by: Bill on July 23, 2003, 02:05:18 PM

QUOTE(krissel @ Jul 22 2003, 8:44 PM)

We don't have to worrry about being taken over here in New Jersey.

We were bought out years ago...

... by the mob.

 

 Here it's called realtors (no offense Jen).

Title: Which TS-er lives in Delaware?
Post by: Bill on July 23, 2003, 02:37:03 PM

ljocampo: "If it was possible, we'd be paying our rent or property taxes to Bill Gates."

RHP: "A couple of years ago there was a very official-appearing Press Release purportedly from "Microsoft" describing the pending purchase by Mr. Gates and his minions of the Vatican!"

Remember this pic Dreambird.

Title: Which TS-er lives in Delaware?
Post by: RHPConsult on July 23, 2003, 08:36:10 PM

Well, I guess it's 'bout time to make everyone upset/smile . . .choose one . . .

NEW STATE MOTTOS

Alabama:  At Least We're not Mississippi
Alaska:  11,623 Eskimos Can't be Wrong!
Arizona:  But It's a Dry Heat
Arkansas:  Litterasy Ain't Everthing
California:  As Seen on TV
Colorado:  If You Don't Ski, Don't Bother
Connecticut:  Like Massachusetts, Only Dirtier and With Less Character
Delaware:  We Really Do Like the Chemicals in our Water
Florida:  Ask Us About Our Grandkids
Georgia:  We Put the "Fun" in Fundamentalist Extremism
Hawaii: Haka Tiki Mou Sha'ami Leeki Toru Death to Mainland Scum, But Leave Your Money)
Idaho: More Than Just Potatoes... Well Okay, We're Not. But The Potatoes Sure Are Real Good
Illinois:  Please Don't Pronounce the "S"
Indiana:  2 Billion Years Tidal Wave Free
Iowa:  We Do Amazing Things With Corn
Kansas:  First Of The Rectangle States
Kentucky:  Five Million People; Fifteen Last Names
Louisiana:  We're Not All Drunk Cajun Wackos, But That's Our Tourism Campaign
Maine:  We're Really Cold, But We Have Cheap Lobster
Maryland:  A Thinking Man's Delaware
Massachusetts:  Our Taxes Are Lower Than Sweden's (For Most Tax Brackets)
Michigan:  First Line of Defense From the Canadians
Minnesota:  "10,000 Lakes and 100,000,000.001 Mosquitoes"
Mississippi:  Come Feel Better About Your Own State
Missouri:  Your Federal Flood Relief Tax Dollars at Work
Montana:  Land of the Big Sky, Right-Wing Crazies, and Very Little Else
Nebraska:  Ask About Our State Motto Contest
Nevada:  Whores and Poker!
New Hampshire:  Go Away and Leave Us Alone
New Jersey:  Ya Wanna ##$%##! Motto? I Got Yer ##$%##! Motto Right Here!
New Mexico:  Lizards Make Excellent Pets
New York:  You Have the Right to Remain Silent, You Have the Right to an Attorney...
North Carolina:  Tobacco is a Vegetable
North Dakota:  We Really are One of the 50 States!
Ohio:  At Least We're Not Michigan!
Oklahoma:  Like the Play, only No Singing
Oregon:  Spotted Owl . . . It's What's For Dinner
Pennsylvania:  Cook With Coal
Rhode Island:  We're Not REALLY An Island
South Carolina:  Remember the Civil War? We do.
South Dakota:  Closer Than North Dakota
Tennessee:  The Educashun State
Texas:  Si' Hablo Ing'les (Yes, I Speak English)
Utah:  Our Jesus Is Better Than Your Jesus
Vermont:  Yep
Virginia:  Who Says Government Stiffs and Slackjaw Yokels don't Mix?
Washington:  Help! We're Overrun By Nerds and Slackers!
Washington, DC:  Wanna Be Mayor?
West Virginia:  One Big Happy Family — Really!
Wisconsin:  Eat Cheese or Die
Wyoming:  Wynot?

       

Title: Which TS-er lives in Delaware?
Post by: kelly on July 23, 2003, 08:42:43 PM

I'll bet all the non-USA Folks feel left out.

Title: Which TS-er lives in Delaware?
Post by: Bernie on July 23, 2003, 09:05:52 PM

LOL      
Dern you guys are Comedians LOL  Good, I needed that!  

Title: Which TS-er lives in Delaware?
Post by: jepinto on July 24, 2003, 06:44:24 AM

QUOTE(Bill @ Jul 23 2003, 3:05 PM)

Here it's called realtors (no offense Jen).

 None taken.  I'm one of the "good ones".

Title: Which TS-er lives in Delaware?
Post by: Gregg on July 24, 2003, 07:44:52 AM

QUOTE(krissel @ Jul 22 2003, 9:44 PM)

We don't have to worrry about being taken over here in New Jersey.

We were bought out years ago...

... by the mob.

 

 In Milwaukee, the perpetrator is Walgreens.  

Title: Which TS-er lives in Delaware?
Post by: Highmac on July 24, 2003, 09:47:50 AM

Naw... we never feel left out on TS. I'm sure most of us could adapt that list of mottos to fit areas in our own countries

Title: Which TS-er lives in Delaware?
Post by: Highmac on July 24, 2003, 04:39:30 PM

Putting the (friendly ) insults on a wider basis....

This one's going the email rounds over here under the heading
"Why Americans don't understand irony..."

Title: Which TS-er lives in Delaware?
Post by: pendragon on July 24, 2003, 05:19:38 PM

Highmac, Re the Fitness / Irony photo. That is not an escalator in the standard sense. Rather, it is one of those exercise machines where the steps go backwards and thus one must run really-really fast to get to the top.

I know that is true because Bernie told me so.  

Harv

Title: Which TS-er lives in Delaware?
Post by: June Drabek on July 24, 2003, 05:28:34 PM

Whew...I finally made it. Remember me ? June Drabek from Senior net ? I  now have  an eMac 10.2.2 and  I love  it.  Also a new ISP that seems to be working out  very well.  I also have a second  Great-Grandaughter since I last  spoke to you all.Good to  be  back,  but I do have  a lot to learn.  

Title: Which TS-er lives in Delaware?
Post by: kelly on July 24, 2003, 08:04:58 PM

Hello June. Welcome back.

Did you use a different name before?

Title: Which TS-er lives in Delaware?
Post by: Gregg on July 25, 2003, 07:37:31 AM

kelly, if I could be sure that June would understand our lighthearted familiarity at TS, I'd have an answer for you.

Title: Which TS-er lives in Delaware?
Post by: Bill on July 25, 2003, 01:15:28 PM

There's one of those fitness facilities in the next town over that has a bus shuttle service from the parking lot.

Title: Which TS-er lives in Delaware?
Post by: June Drabek on July 25, 2003, 02:33:24 PM

KELLY..I think I was June all the time, but I did have a different email then. I now have pe.net, and before had netquest.net.  I see your format has changed a bit since I was last here about  a year  ago.I have graduated to an eMac now so I do have  a bit more speed  and hopefully will  be able to  keep  up with all of you  here, as well as my Sr. Net program.  I did miss you all.

GREG, at 78 years of age I had darned well better have a good sense of humor, or just go dig a  hole  and  crawl in. Laughter is natures best medicine.

Title: Which TS-er lives in Delaware?
Post by: krissel on July 25, 2003, 09:48:35 PM

Welcome back June.  

 My folks (in their 80's) got an eMac almost a year ago and I'm happy to say it's working very well with minimal hiccups.  

 

Title: Which TS-er lives in Delaware?
Post by: June Drabek on July 26, 2003, 01:38:46 PM

Thanks for the welcome Krissel.  I  really do believe  these computers encourage us  to a long life...good  for your parents !!

Where  is the best place to ask a question about the eMac keyboard?

Title: Which TS-er lives in Delaware?
Post by: Gregg on July 27, 2003, 07:04:55 PM

Ok Junebug, you asked for it!

kelly, she says she came over from Senior Net, and you're asking her if she used another name here before. What were you thinking?  

kind of an anti-climax after all that    

Title: Which TS-er lives in Delaware?
Post by: June Drabek on July 27, 2003, 08:24:11 PM

Gregg...

I am  not  sure  where to ask my question, so I'll just plow in here and see what happens. Is there  a way to start the eMac using  the keyboard ? There is no  single  button here  but I am wondering if there is a combination of  keys that will do it, and also  shut it down.

Title: Which TS-er lives in Delaware?
Post by: Gregg on July 28, 2003, 07:41:42 AM

June, I don't know about the eMac. You'd be better off hitting the New Topic button and asking your question. It will get more attention that way. You do have a New Topic button don't you? It should be next to the New Poll button, unless you've misplaced it.  

Title: Which TS-er lives in Delaware?
Post by: kelly on July 28, 2003, 08:24:52 AM

June. I don't know e-Macs but I doubt it.

CONTROL-CD Eject Key will bring up Shutdown Dialouge Box.

The New Topics Button is in the upper right corner of this site.

Title: Which TS-er lives in Delaware?
Post by: June Drabek on July 28, 2003, 02:55:44 PM

Thank you Greg and Kelly, I wasn't sure if it were proper to start a new message, so I am learning. What is the PM button for at the lower part of the box where the messages are read? And is there a way to unsubscribe so there is only email pertaining to ones own message ?

Title: Which TS-er lives in Delaware?
Post by: jepinto on July 28, 2003, 04:27:44 PM

June:  The PM button is to send a Private Message to any board member;  useful if you don't have an email address, or if the member prefers to keep address private.  Your email address will display in the PM, but you won't see the receipent's email address.

And it it ALWAYS proper to start a new message;  we do tend to "hijack" threads   and sometimes the origial topic gets lost.

For unsubscribing, at the top of each page is a link "My Controls".  Go to it, and on the left hand side, about half way down is "Subscriptions".  Click on "View Topics" and choose which topics you would like to unsubscribe from (yeah, my grammer ain't none too good), and do the same with "View Forums".  I'd suspicion that you've acidentaly click on "Track this topic" or "Subscribe to this forum" at the bottom of one of the thread pages.

   I haven't typed that much in some time.

Title: Which TS-er lives in Delaware?
Post by: June Drabek on July 28, 2003, 05:32:30 PM

Jenny, thank you so much for your help..I will undo  my errors right away...I am  receiving quite  a bit of extra email, so I have been keeping someone busy unintentionally.

Title: Which TS-er lives in Delaware?
Post by: krissel on July 28, 2003, 10:19:30 PM

Hi June,

The eMac is one of the machines (flat panel iMacs also) that uses the power button on the unit to restart, sleep, shut down in emergency.

Here are some uses:

Sleep:
Press the power button for 1 second to put the computer to sleep. To wake the computer from sleep, press the power button for less than one second or press any key on the keyboard.

Shut down:
To shut down the computer, select Shut Down from the Apple menu (Mac OS X) or from the Special menu (Mac OS 9). You will be prompted to save any unsaved documents.

If the computer is unresponsive, you can force the computer to shut down by pressing the power button and holding it for at least 5 seconds. Important: Information in any unsaved documents may be lost.

Keyboard commands can restart but not start up computer.

Here is the Apple discussion board for eMac users. You might want to read some of the threads for insight.


eMac discussions

Title: Which TS-er lives in Delaware?
Post by: jepinto on July 29, 2003, 05:36:38 AM

June:  I told a small untruth.  The sender's email address does NOT show in a PM.

It is a way for communicating "off board" with any member allowing private messages without either having to disclose an email.

We've set the board to not show email addresses of any one for privacy concerns.  However, if you wish to share your address with another member, you can email through the board software and the sender's email IS shown.

Clear as mud?

Title: Which TS-er lives in Delaware?
Post by: June Drabek on July 29, 2003, 02:27:53 PM

Krissel..thank you so much for the clickable..I will investigate it promptly. My reason for asking for keyboard shut downs is because one day my mouse suddenly hid the cursor and I had no recourse but to pull the power plug. Frightening to say the least..not knowing what damage I may do. Fortunately all was well.

Jenny, I don't think you would ever tell an untruth..it was just a minor error.  You are very kind and patient.

Title: Which TS-er lives in Delaware?
Post by: Bill on July 29, 2003, 04:03:18 PM

"you can email through the board software and the sender's email IS shown."

Sent that to you Jennie.