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On 19 Aug 2008 20:30:24 GMT, "Default User" >
wrote:

>Did you know that you can open all the bookmarks from a folder each in
>its own tab? I keep the links for all the online comics I read in a
>separate folder, then I can open everything in tabs with one click.
>Then just close the window with all the tabs when I'm done.

Yes and I know you can save a series of tabs together. I don't do
that though because I rarely return to a bookmark. Those I use all
the time are on my toolbar.



--
I never worry about diets. The only carrots that interest me are the number of carats in a diamond.

Mae West

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On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 19:21:25 -0500, Janet Wilder
> wrote:

>
>I still get email via AOL and I have to say that it's really clean (and
>now really free)so I'm going to keep it.

How do you get to AOL email via a browser? I have certain friends who
would love to rid themselves of all their AOL software but still keep
AOL as their ISP.


--
I never worry about diets. The only carrots that interest me are the number of carats in a diamond.

Mae West

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On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 19:16:59 -0500, Janet Wilder
> wrote:

>Firefox has pretty skins.

I don't know anything about skins (nor do I want to). I wouldn't know
a skin if it walked up and introduced itself to me.


--
I never worry about diets. The only carrots that interest me are the number of carats in a diamond.

Mae West

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sf wrote:
> On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 19:21:25 -0500, Janet Wilder
> > wrote:
>
>> I still get email via AOL and I have to say that it's really clean (and
>> now really free)so I'm going to keep it.
>
> How do you get to AOL email via a browser? I have certain friends who
> would love to rid themselves of all their AOL software but still keep
> AOL as their ISP.
>
>
netscape.com

Been using Netscape for maybe 15 years... long before they were bought
out by AOL, and my Netscape address translates to AOL....Have an AOL
friend setup a free Netscape addy and send him a test email ... I bet it
goes to both the accounts....

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On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 22:42:31 -0500, Shanghai McCoy
> wrote:

>sf wrote:
>> On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 19:21:25 -0500, Janet Wilder
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> I still get email via AOL and I have to say that it's really clean (and
>>> now really free)so I'm going to keep it.
>>
>> How do you get to AOL email via a browser? I have certain friends who
>> would love to rid themselves of all their AOL software but still keep
>> AOL as their ISP.
>>
>>
>netscape.com
>
>Been using Netscape for maybe 15 years... long before they were bought
>out by AOL, and my Netscape address translates to AOL....Have an AOL
>friend setup a free Netscape addy and send him a test email ... I bet it
>goes to both the accounts....

I meant what is the URL to use for email? I don't feel the need to
dig around AOL for someone else. If the URL is served to me on a
silver platter, I'll pass on the information.

TIA


--
I never worry about diets. The only carrots that interest me are the number of carats in a diamond.

Mae West

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"ChattyCathy" > wrote in message
...
> Jean B. wrote:
>
>> George Shirley wrote:
>>> Dave Smith wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I have been using Firefox for about a week. I was using trusty old
>>>> Netscape Communicator but it started crapping out on me and I was
>>>> getting messages that AOL doesn't support my reader, and I don't use
>>>> AOL. I still prefer Netscape except that I would have to open it and
>>>> log in 3-4 times before it stopped self destructing on me.
>
>>> I used Netscape for years and had the same problem once AOL quit
>>> supporting it. Switched over to Firefox and haven't had a problem.
>>> Basically both are/were Mozilla software but Netscape went south once
>>> they were bought out.
>>
>> True. Actually Netscape 9 (IIRC) seems to be just like Firefox,
>> so why bother? I am mainly using Seamonkey now, with Firefox next
>> in line.
>>
> Heck, IMHO *anything* is better than Internet Exploder so I am not about
> to argue with (any of) you ;-)
> --
> Cheers
> Chatty Cathy
>


I use Explorer 7 myself, and at my son's suggestion I do try out Mozilla
Firefox, but I have not been that fond of it as yet, even though my son uses
Mozilla all the time!...

I have seen much boo booing of IE over the years, but I have never had many
problems with it...On the other hand, I really do not like Mozilla that
much, even though it seems to be very popular....SO, Cathy, why do you so
dislike IE7 so much, what do you or others here find wrong with it?...I
would love to know..

Bigbazza (Barry)

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Default User wrote:
> Jean B. wrote:
>
>> cybercat wrote:
>
>>> I use I.E. 6 just to avoid tabs. I used 7 for a while and ditched
>>> it. We is all creechures of habbit. :)
>> Oh good. I'm not the only one....
>
> You know, you don't HAVE to use the tabs.
>
> Brian
>
I do know, and I set my browsers that way.

--
Jean B.

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Janet Wilder wrote:
> Jean B. wrote:
>
>> I almost NEVER resort to using that--only if I can't access something
>> any other way--and then only if I really want to see whatever it is.
>> I have always HATED IE.
>>
>
> Me, too.
>
> When I was living in the RV, the easiest way for me to get online was
> via AOL (dialup with a toll free number on a borrowed phone jack).
> The minute I'd connect, I'd launch Netscape then later Mozilla to
> browse. When my cell phone became usable as a modem (around 2001), I
> just used Mozilla.
>
> I still get email via AOL and I have to say that it's really clean (and
> now really free)so I'm going to keep it. As for browsers, AOL's sucked
> and IE sucks even more. I have the toggle installed on my FF browser for
> those few sites that require IE, but as time progresses they are fewer
> and fewer.
>
Ah, so the ability to see those IE-only sites involves one of the
FF add-ons? I must say, I didn't see it in the normal set-up.

--
Jean B.

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sf wrote:
> On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 19:00:37 -0400, "Jean B." > wrote:
>
>> cybercat wrote:
>>> <sf> wrote
>>>> I don't understand the difference between what you're doing and
>>>> tabbing. Tabs are neater too. They don't hop all over the place and
>>>> cover up each other like windows do. Tabs are neatly labeled so you
>>>> don't have to guess what's there either. Just look at the tab and you
>>>> know what you have! I also like hyperlinks to open in new tabs.
>>>>
>>> I use I.E. 6 just to avoid tabs. I used 7 for a while and ditched it. We is
>>> all creechures of habbit. :)
>>>
>>>
>> Oh good. I'm not the only one....
>
> Obviously both of you are throwbacks to Neanderthal.
>
> ;)
>
>
Yup. Working on extinction.

--
Jean B.

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On 19 Aug 2008 16:56:25 GMT, Default User wrote:

> blake murphy wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 18 Aug 2008 13:38:28 -0500, Janet Wilder wrote:
>>
>>> blake murphy wrote:
>>>
>>>> (oddly, though, they haven't asked me if i want 3.0.1.)
>>>
>>> Me either! I'm glad you mentioned it. I was feeling a little
>>> left-out <g>
>>
>> maybe it's quasi-beta status or something. i haven't gone to the site
>> proper to check.
>
> No, it's just that it's totally different animal than the 2.0.0.X
> series. I know, because Firefox 3 won't run on my system at home. They
> update the series you have.
>
>
>
> Brian

maybe they didn't send it because i run windows millennium. maybe i'll go
to the site and see what they say.

frankly, i don't see many changes with the updates they do send. it seems
they're mostly under-the-hood security stuff.

your pal,
blake

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On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 19:21:25 -0500, Janet Wilder wrote:
>
> I still get email via AOL and I have to say that it's really clean (and
> now really free)so I'm going to keep it. As for browsers, AOL's sucked
> and IE sucks even more. I have the toggle installed on my FF browser for
> those few sites that require IE, but as time progresses they are fewer
> and fewer.

i couldn't get that add-on to work for me. a kinda assumed it was a
problem with windows millennium.

from what i understand, the pages that don't display properly aren't
written to whatever the web standards are, but are tailored to i.e.

your pal,
blake

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sf wrote:
> On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 19:21:25 -0500, Janet Wilder
> > wrote:
>
>> I still get email via AOL and I have to say that it's really clean (and
>> now really free)so I'm going to keep it.
>
> How do you get to AOL email via a browser? I have certain friends who
> would love to rid themselves of all their AOL software but still keep
> AOL as their ISP.
>
>
www.aol.com

I put that address into the top of my browser (in my case Firefox on my
own machines) and hit enter. Then click mail. Put in your "screen name"
and password in the appropriate boxes. No need to EVER click the AOL
icon on the desktop. No need to even have the program installed. It's a
completely web based service, just like Yahoo Mail or Gmail.

I had AOL Lite for $5.95 per month for about 11 years then about 2 years
ago they raised it to $7.95. I called them up and asked to be relieved
of the billing as all I was using them for was email. They were very
nice about it and even thanked me for being with them for 13 years. I
had absolutely NO problems with billing.

--
Janet Wilder
Bad spelling. Bad punctuation
Good Friends. Good Life

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sf wrote:
> On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 22:42:31 -0500, Shanghai McCoy
> > wrote:
>
>> sf wrote:
>>> On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 19:21:25 -0500, Janet Wilder
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>> I still get email via AOL and I have to say that it's really clean (and
>>>> now really free)so I'm going to keep it.
>>> How do you get to AOL email via a browser? I have certain friends who
>>> would love to rid themselves of all their AOL software but still keep
>>> AOL as their ISP.
>>>
>>>
>> netscape.com
>>
>> Been using Netscape for maybe 15 years... long before they were bought
>> out by AOL, and my Netscape address translates to AOL....Have an AOL
>> friend setup a free Netscape addy and send him a test email ... I bet it
>> goes to both the accounts....
>
> I meant what is the URL to use for email? I don't feel the need to
> dig around AOL for someone else. If the URL is served to me on a
> silver platter, I'll pass on the information.
>
> TIA
>
>
http://www.aol.com

Navigate to the little envelope icon and click it.

That should be easy enough.

--
Janet Wilder
Bad spelling. Bad punctuation
Good Friends. Good Life

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sf wrote:
> On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 19:16:59 -0500, Janet Wilder
> > wrote:
>
>> Firefox has pretty skins.
>
> I don't know anything about skins (nor do I want to). I wouldn't know
> a skin if it walked up and introduced itself to me.
>
>

It makes the browser look pretty. I have a walnut one on now.

--
Janet Wilder
Bad spelling. Bad punctuation
Good Friends. Good Life

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Bigbazza wrote:

> I have seen much boo booing of IE over the years, but I have never had
> many problems with it...On the other hand, I really do not like Mozilla
> that much, even though it seems to be very popular....SO, Cathy, why do
> you so dislike IE7 so much, what do you or others here find wrong with
> it?...I would love to know..

For one thing, it is slower than Firefox (or any Mozilla product)There
also seem to be more security problems with IE as can be seen from the
myriad of patches required to be downloaded.

The add-ons and plug-ins available for the Mozilla-based browsers make
surfing so much more enjoyable like not having to see annoying flash ads
all over the web pages.

I am a huge fan of the ability to manage bookmarks that IE just doesn't
have. I can also save my bookmarks on a disk or backup hard drive so
that I will have them in case of a crash. They are in a place that is
easy to find without drilling through piles and piles of program files.

If I am borrowing a machine while traveling, I get stuck with IE and
then the reality of how much better FF is sets in.

--
Janet Wilder
Bad spelling. Bad punctuation
Good Friends. Good Life

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Jean B. wrote:

> Ah, so the ability to see those IE-only sites involves one of the FF
> add-ons? I must say, I didn't see it in the normal set-up.
>

Jean,

I don't think there are that many IE only sites. Just some sites don't
show up as well on FF. Look for the one called "IE Tab" Some of the
others I have are Flash Block, Ad Block, Tiny URL creator and RecipeFox
which works with several recipe web sites to capture and download
recipes directly into my Master Cook cookbooks.

If you do a lot of Internet shopping Pronto is great. It will give you
price comparisons.

--
Janet Wilder
Bad spelling. Bad punctuation
Good Friends. Good Life

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blake murphy wrote:
> On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 19:21:25 -0500, Janet Wilder wrote:
>> I still get email via AOL and I have to say that it's really clean (and
>> now really free)so I'm going to keep it. As for browsers, AOL's sucked
>> and IE sucks even more. I have the toggle installed on my FF browser for
>> those few sites that require IE, but as time progresses they are fewer
>> and fewer.
>
> i couldn't get that add-on to work for me. a kinda assumed it was a
> problem with windows millennium.
>
> from what i understand, the pages that don't display properly aren't
> written to whatever the web standards are, but are tailored to i.e.

That's how I understand it, Blake.

It really ticks me off when people who should know better assume the
entire world has nothing but Microsoft products. Today, I was forwarded
a file in *.wps format. Even Microsoft doesn't use it any longer. Their
newer stuff uses *.doc. Open Office can't even open those files.

Since I refuse to download software to my computer that will only serve
a single purpose, I wrote back asking the sender to resend it in *.doc,
*rtf, notepad or wordpad. In the event she can't figure out how to do
this (which I believe is the case) I told her to print it out and scan
it and save it as a *.jpg then send it to me.

The file is about a Mah Jongg cruise that I'm taking in February and I
probably need to read it or I wouldn't bother.
--
Janet Wilder
Bad spelling. Bad punctuation
Good Friends. Good Life

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Janet Wilder wrote:
> Jean B. wrote:
>
>> Ah, so the ability to see those IE-only sites involves one of the FF
>> add-ons? I must say, I didn't see it in the normal set-up.
>>
>
> Jean,
>
> I don't think there are that many IE only sites. Just some sites don't
> show up as well on FF. Look for the one called "IE Tab" Some of the
> others I have are Flash Block, Ad Block, Tiny URL creator and RecipeFox
> which works with several recipe web sites to capture and download
> recipes directly into my Master Cook cookbooks.
>
> If you do a lot of Internet shopping Pronto is great. It will give you
> price comparisons.
>
Thanks. I need to update Firefox, and then I'll tinker with it a
bit. I agree that the sites that require IE are blessedly few
now. I will try an array of browsers before I resort to that!

--
Jean B.

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blake murphy wrote:

> On 19 Aug 2008 16:56:25 GMT, Default User wrote:

> > No, it's just that it's totally different animal than the 2.0.0.X
> > series. I know, because Firefox 3 won't run on my system at home.
> > They update the series you have.

> maybe they didn't send it because i run windows millennium. maybe
> i'll go to the site and see what they say.

You should be able to go to FF3 with ME. Win98, not so much.

> frankly, i don't see many changes with the updates they do send. it
> seems they're mostly under-the-hood security stuff.

I wouldn't expect feature additions to the outmoded version. I'm not
even sure that I've noticed all the much extra in the way of features
in FF3 here at work. I know they use a new rendering engine.



Brian

--
If televison's a babysitter, the Internet is a drunk librarian who
won't shut up.
-- Dorothy Gambrell (http://catandgirl.com)

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Bigbazza wrote:
>
> I use Explorer 7 myself, and at my son's suggestion I do try out
> Mozilla Firefox, but I have not been that fond of it as yet, even
> though my son uses Mozilla all the time!...
>
> I have seen much boo booing of IE over the years, but I have never had
> many problems with it...On the other hand, I really do not like
> Mozilla that much, even though it seems to be very popular....SO,
> Cathy, why do you so dislike IE7 so much, what do you or others here
> find wrong with it?...I would love to know..
>

IE was 'infamous' for flouting browser standards, making things much
more difficult for web developers and IME, nothing much has changed. IE
in its default configuration is also much more vulnerable to Malware.

I've been using Firefox for about 6 years - one of the main reasons
being that it has had tabbed browsing (like a few other non-MS
browsers) for a lot of those years (IIRC, IE only introduced tabbed
browsing with version 7)...

Also, a myriad of useful Add-ons (especially NoScript and AdBlock) make
my life easier.

--
Cheers
Chatty Cathy

Egg tastes better when it's not on your face...

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Bigbazza wrote:

> I use Explorer 7 myself, and at my son's suggestion I do try out Mozilla
> Firefox, but I have not been that fond of it as yet, even though my son
> uses Mozilla all the time!...
>
> I have seen much boo booing of IE over the years, but I have never had
> many problems with it...On the other hand, I really do not like Mozilla
> that much, even though it seems to be very popular....SO, Cathy, why do
> you so dislike IE7 so much, what do you or others here find wrong with
> it?...I would love to know..
>
> Bigbazza (Barry)

The reality is that either browser works just fine. Most folks won't
notice any difference. Most of the FF advocates will say it's faster and
has tabs but personally I don't notice any difference in speed and IE7
has tabs too.

I use FF cause I want to have control of the Javascripts being run on a
page - NoScript. It's convenient to be able to transfer files through a
browser tab - FireFTP. FF has a useful download manager and I use a
theme that maximizes my browser window. There's a nifty set of web
development tools that can be called up through the tools menu. I can
download and save videos by clicking a button.

You should know that Microsoft is trying to build IE more in the image
of FF - that's why you have the tabs and the add-on manager, the pop-up
blocker, the phishing filter, a button to delete browsing history and
probably a lot of other improvements.

It won't make much difference to most people which browser they use
since they're not into using the tools available or interested in
controlling Javascripts on their browser. Those folks are most
interested in functionality and compatibility and should stay with what
they're familiar with. You should however, be aware that most of the
improvements to IE is being driven by FF.

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Janet Wilder wrote:
>
> It really ticks me off when people who should know better assume the
> entire world has nothing but Microsoft products. Today, I was forwarded
> a file in *.wps format. Even Microsoft doesn't use it any longer. Their
> newer stuff uses *.doc. Open Office can't even open those files.
>
> Since I refuse to download software to my computer that will only serve
> a single purpose, I wrote back asking the sender to resend it in *.doc,
> *rtf, notepad or wordpad. In the event she can't figure out how to do
> this (which I believe is the case) I told her to print it out and scan
> it and save it as a *.jpg then send it to me.
>
> The file is about a Mah Jongg cruise that I'm taking in February and I
> probably need to read it or I wouldn't bother.

I create docs using MSWord and MSPublisher. It's really iffy to send a
doc in a .doc or .pub format so the best bet is to convert the doc into
a pdf - the de facto standard for docs. You can find free pdf
converter/printer drivers which make it almost certain that your
recipient will be able to read your doc.

Last month I sent in a newspaper ad in a .pub format and it got printed
missing the heading. I notified the newspaper about this and the second
time they ran the ad, it was missing the heading and the name of the
company. As I said, it's really iffy to send a doc in anything other
than a pdf. :-)

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dsi1 wrote:
> Janet Wilder wrote:
>>
>> It really ticks me off when people who should know better assume the
>> entire world has nothing but Microsoft products. Today, I was
>> forwarded a file in *.wps format. Even Microsoft doesn't use it any
>> longer. Their newer stuff uses *.doc. Open Office can't even open
>> those files.
>>
>> Since I refuse to download software to my computer that will only
>> serve a single purpose, I wrote back asking the sender to resend it in
>> *.doc, *rtf, notepad or wordpad. In the event she can't figure out how
>> to do this (which I believe is the case) I told her to print it out
>> and scan it and save it as a *.jpg then send it to me.
>>
>> The file is about a Mah Jongg cruise that I'm taking in February and I
>> probably need to read it or I wouldn't bother.
>
> I create docs using MSWord and MSPublisher. It's really iffy to send a
> doc in a .doc or .pub format so the best bet is to convert the doc into
> a pdf - the de facto standard for docs. You can find free pdf
> converter/printer drivers which make it almost certain that your
> recipient will be able to read your doc.
>
> Last month I sent in a newspaper ad in a .pub format and it got printed
> missing the heading. I notified the newspaper about this and the second
> time they ran the ad, it was missing the heading and the name of the
> company. As I said, it's really iffy to send a doc in anything other
> than a pdf. :-)

I agree about using *.pdf as a format, but I sincerely doubte that the
person who sent me the file has a clue as to how to convert the document
to *.pdf. She was forwarding it to a group of people.

--
Janet Wilder
Bad spelling. Bad punctuation
Good Friends. Good Life

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On Wed, 20 Aug 2008 10:24:18 -0400, "Jean B." > wrote:

>sf wrote:
>> Obviously both of you are throwbacks to Neanderthal.
>>
>> ;)
>>
>>
>Yup. Working on extinction.

LOL! <pinching nose and jumping into the gene pool to save you>
You're too precious to lose!


--
I never worry about diets. The only carrots that interest me are the number of carats in a diamond.

Mae West

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On Wed, 20 Aug 2008 10:10:07 -0500, Janet Wilder
> wrote:

>http://www.aol.com
>
>Navigate to the little envelope icon and click it.
>
>That should be easy enough.

Thank you! The time I tried to find a direct link to AOL email a few
years ago, it wasn't that obvious.

I see that here's a *big* mailbox icon under "sign in". Everything is
very easy to read now. Hopefully when you sign in, it's not broken
into the gazillion frames I saw when I was over at friends homes
trying to help them with their AOL email (I'm the adopted child who
helps them figure out "things"). AOL has so disgusted me in the past
that I just tell them "It's AOL, drop their software".


--
I never worry about diets. The only carrots that interest me are the number of carats in a diamond.

Mae West

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On Wed, 20 Aug 2008 10:09:02 -0500, Janet Wilder
> wrote:

>I had AOL Lite for $5.95 per month for about 11 years then about 2 years
>ago they raised it to $7.95. I called them up and asked to be relieved
>of the billing as all I was using them for was email. They were very
>nice about it and even thanked me for being with them for 13 years. I
>had absolutely NO problems with billing.

KEWL! I will pass on the message. I see that they offer free email
now, just like yahoo and gmail.


--
I never worry about diets. The only carrots that interest me are the number of carats in a diamond.

Mae West

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sf wrote:
> On Wed, 20 Aug 2008 10:24:18 -0400, "Jean B." > wrote:
>
>> sf wrote:
>>> Obviously both of you are throwbacks to Neanderthal.
>>>
>>> ;)
>>>
>>>
>> Yup. Working on extinction.
>
> LOL! <pinching nose and jumping into the gene pool to save you>
> You're too precious to lose!
>
>
That's kind...

--
Jean B.

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On 20 Aug 2008 17:44:02 GMT, Default User wrote:

> blake murphy wrote:
>
>> On 19 Aug 2008 16:56:25 GMT, Default User wrote:
>
>>> No, it's just that it's totally different animal than the 2.0.0.X
>>> series. I know, because Firefox 3 won't run on my system at home.
>>> They update the series you have.
>
>> maybe they didn't send it because i run windows millennium. maybe
>> i'll go to the site and see what they say.
>
> You should be able to go to FF3 with ME. Win98, not so much.
>

o.k. i'll probably still wait until the notify me, though.

>> frankly, i don't see many changes with the updates they do send. it
>> seems they're mostly under-the-hood security stuff.
>
> I wouldn't expect feature additions to the outmoded version. I'm not
> even sure that I've noticed all the much extra in the way of features
> in FF3 here at work. I know they use a new rendering engine.
>

i wonder if that would help with pages that don't display properly.

your pal,
blake

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Janet Wilder wrote:
>
> I agree about using *.pdf as a format, but I sincerely doubte that the
> person who sent me the file has a clue as to how to convert the document
> to *.pdf. She was forwarding it to a group of people.
>

Wadda gonna do right? :-)

Anyway mah jongg seems like a difficult game but I've always liked the
look and feel of the pieces. I've seen a lot of Hong Kong movies about
hired killers (a popular genre in Asia for some reason) and it seems the
killer would always walk into a back room mah jongg game and start
shooting. It would make me nervous to play mah jongg but I suppose that
never happened to you. :-)

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On Thu, 21 Aug 2008 12:02:54 -1000, dsi1 wrote:

> Janet Wilder wrote:
>>
>> I agree about using *.pdf as a format, but I sincerely doubte that the
>> person who sent me the file has a clue as to how to convert the document
>> to *.pdf. She was forwarding it to a group of people.
>>
>
> Wadda gonna do right? :-)
>
> Anyway mah jongg seems like a difficult game but I've always liked the
> look and feel of the pieces. I've seen a lot of Hong Kong movies about
> hired killers (a popular genre in Asia for some reason) and it seems the
> killer would always walk into a back room mah jongg game and start
> shooting. It would make me nervous to play mah jongg but I suppose that
> never happened to you. :-)

hmm....i always associate mah-jongg with portnoy's mother and old jewish
ladies.

your pal,
the monkey

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blake murphy wrote:
> On Thu, 21 Aug 2008 12:02:54 -1000, dsi1 wrote:
>
>> Janet Wilder wrote:
>>> I agree about using *.pdf as a format, but I sincerely doubte that the
>>> person who sent me the file has a clue as to how to convert the document
>>> to *.pdf. She was forwarding it to a group of people.
>>>
>> Wadda gonna do right? :-)
>>
>> Anyway mah jongg seems like a difficult game but I've always liked the
>> look and feel of the pieces. I've seen a lot of Hong Kong movies about
>> hired killers (a popular genre in Asia for some reason) and it seems the
>> killer would always walk into a back room mah jongg game and start
>> shooting. It would make me nervous to play mah jongg but I suppose that
>> never happened to you. :-)
>
> hmm....i always associate mah-jongg with portnoy's mother and old jewish
> ladies.
>

We're pretty much in agreement with this except the old jewish ladies
would be Chinese gangsters and protnoy's mom would be Chinese gangsta
broads. Otherwise, me too!

> your pal,
> the monkey

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On Fri, 22 Aug 2008 10:11:32 -1000, dsi1 > wrote:

>blake murphy wrote:
>> On Thu, 21 Aug 2008 12:02:54 -1000, dsi1 wrote:
>>
>>> Janet Wilder wrote:
>>>> I agree about using *.pdf as a format, but I sincerely doubte that the
>>>> person who sent me the file has a clue as to how to convert the document
>>>> to *.pdf. She was forwarding it to a group of people.
>>>>
>>> Wadda gonna do right? :-)
>>>
>>> Anyway mah jongg seems like a difficult game but I've always liked the
>>> look and feel of the pieces. I've seen a lot of Hong Kong movies about
>>> hired killers (a popular genre in Asia for some reason) and it seems the
>>> killer would always walk into a back room mah jongg game and start
>>> shooting. It would make me nervous to play mah jongg but I suppose that
>>> never happened to you. :-)
>>
>> hmm....i always associate mah-jongg with portnoy's mother and old jewish
>> ladies.
>>
>
>We're pretty much in agreement with this except the old jewish ladies
>would be Chinese gangsters and protnoy's mom would be Chinese gangsta
>broads. Otherwise, me too!
>
You two have a very narrow view of who plays mah jong. What do you
think of when you think about poker? How about dominos?
Shuffleboard? OK, the last one was a loaded question. ;)


--
I never worry about diets. The only carrots that interest me are the number of carats in a diamond.

Mae West

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sf wrote:

> You two have a very narrow view of who plays mah jong. What do you
> think of when you think about poker? How about dominos?
> Shuffleboard? OK, the last one was a loaded question. ;)
>
Since shuffleboard only exists on boats, my guess it that it played by
sailors - old gristly sea salts with peg legs and/or an eye patch. Some
of them probably even have a bird on their shoulder. It's no wonder that
"sport" never caught on. For one thing, they should try installing
shuffleboards on land - maybe in the middle of exclusive county club
tennis courts that refuse old sailors into their membership. This would
help tremendously.

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dsi1 wrote:
> sf wrote:
>
>> You two have a very narrow view of who plays mah jong. What do you
>> think of when you think about poker? How about dominos?
>> Shuffleboard? OK, the last one was a loaded question. ;)
>>
> Since shuffleboard only exists on boats, my guess it that it played by
> sailors - old gristly sea salts with peg legs and/or an eye patch.
> Some of them probably even have a bird on their shoulder. It's no
> wonder that "sport" never caught on. For one thing, they should try
> installing shuffleboards on land - maybe in the middle of exclusive
> county club tennis courts that refuse old sailors into their
> membership. This would help tremendously.

Ooooooo arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr but don't forget the hook instead of a hand!!!

--
Real friendship is shown in times of trouble;
prosperity is full of friends.
* Euripedes

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On 2008-08-23, dsi1 > wrote:

> Since shuffleboard only exists on boats......

> "sport" never caught on. For one thing, they should try installing
> shuffleboards on land - maybe in the middle of exclusive county club

....or a snow-bird park.

We have a shuffleboard court and at 7100 ft! I'll admit I was surprised to
see it, but we have one, nonetheless.

nb

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On Fri, 22 Aug 2008 10:11:32 -1000, dsi1 wrote:

> blake murphy wrote:
>> On Thu, 21 Aug 2008 12:02:54 -1000, dsi1 wrote:
>>
>>> Janet Wilder wrote:
>>>> I agree about using *.pdf as a format, but I sincerely doubte that the
>>>> person who sent me the file has a clue as to how to convert the document
>>>> to *.pdf. She was forwarding it to a group of people.
>>>>
>>> Wadda gonna do right? :-)
>>>
>>> Anyway mah jongg seems like a difficult game but I've always liked the
>>> look and feel of the pieces. I've seen a lot of Hong Kong movies about
>>> hired killers (a popular genre in Asia for some reason) and it seems the
>>> killer would always walk into a back room mah jongg game and start
>>> shooting. It would make me nervous to play mah jongg but I suppose that
>>> never happened to you. :-)
>>
>> hmm....i always associate mah-jongg with portnoy's mother and old jewish
>> ladies.
>>
>
> We're pretty much in agreement with this except the old jewish ladies
> would be Chinese gangsters and protnoy's mom would be Chinese gangsta
> broads. Otherwise, me too!
>

hmm...might makes a good book. 'portnoy's moll.'

your pal,
blake

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notbob wrote:
> On 2008-08-23, dsi1 > wrote:
>
>> Since shuffleboard only exists on boats......
>
>> "sport" never caught on. For one thing, they should try installing
>> shuffleboards on land - maybe in the middle of exclusive county club
>
> ...or a snow-bird park.
>
> We have a shuffleboard court and at 7100 ft! I'll admit I was surprised to
> see it, but we have one, nonetheless.
>
> nb

That is surprising. Most every shuffleboard in existence is located at
the same altitude - 0 ft. Is your shuffleboard onboard Noah's Ark or
something??? :-)

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Ophelia wrote:
> dsi1 wrote:
>> sf wrote:
>>
>>> You two have a very narrow view of who plays mah jong. What do you
>>> think of when you think about poker? How about dominos?
>>> Shuffleboard? OK, the last one was a loaded question. ;)
>>>
>> Since shuffleboard only exists on boats, my guess it that it played by
>> sailors - old gristly sea salts with peg legs and/or an eye patch.
>> Some of them probably even have a bird on their shoulder. It's no
>> wonder that "sport" never caught on. For one thing, they should try
>> installing shuffleboards on land - maybe in the middle of exclusive
>> county club tennis courts that refuse old sailors into their
>> membership. This would help tremendously.
>
> Ooooooo arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr but don't forget the hook instead of a hand!!!
>

I have one of those myself. Oddly enough, it's motorized. My favorite
attachment is a French whisk, however, I can put on bread hooks if the
need arises... :-)

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On 2008-08-23, dsi1 > wrote:

> That is surprising. Most every shuffleboard in existence is located at
> the same altitude - 0 ft. Is your shuffleboard onboard Noah's Ark or
> something??? :-)

Similar sounding locale. Mount Wear-a-hat. ;)

nb

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On Sat, 23 Aug 2008 22:51:20 GMT, notbob wrote:

> On 2008-08-23, dsi1 > wrote:
>
>> That is surprising. Most every shuffleboard in existence is located at
>> the same altitude - 0 ft. Is your shuffleboard onboard Noah's Ark or
>> something??? :-)
>
> Similar sounding locale. Mount Wear-a-hat. ;)
>
> nb

<snort>

that's awful, you sick *******.

your pal,
blake