OT: Back In The Saddle Again
Terry Pulliam Burd
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
sf
<ntpu...@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.
Becca
> 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
koko
<ntpu...@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
brooklyn1
>
>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?
Becca
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/her-way-sucks-i-prefer-his-28/
Becca
brooklyn1
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.
Dan Abel
Becca <be...@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/her-way-sucks-i-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
da...@sonic.net
Dave Smith
> 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/her-way-sucks-i-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.
phaeton
I guess this is the time where I feel proud of myself for being
'somewhat computer literate'.
-J
Food Snob®
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
Victor Sack
> 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
brooklyn1
My girlfriends had to wear bras.
Terry Pulliam Burd
>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
---
Steve Pope
> 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
dsi1
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
Steve Pope
>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
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
dsi1
> dsi1 <ds...@spamnet.com> wrote in news:rHDQm.46856$We2....@newsfe09.iad:
>
> http://www.openoffice.org/
>
> Now stop yer whining! :D
Me whine? Never! I'm grateful for all the use I've been able to squeeze
out of this old program. I've got OpenOffice loaded on all my computers.
It's there mainly so I can take a look at it every once in a while. Boy,
it sure takes a while to open! Anyway, I can't use it cause it won't
open my most important Access files. That's the breaks.
>
> Andy
>
>
>
Wayne Boatwright
I use Windows XP Pro both at work and at home. I use Office 2003 at work
and recently upgraded to Office 2007 at home. The Office 2007 interface is
*totally* different than any previous version of Office. It's taking a bit
of getting used to, and I'm almost tempted to reinstall Office 2003.
However, I'm planning on upgrading to Windows 7 at home within the next
couple of weeks, so I may try to stick with Office 2007. Time and
"progress" march on.
--
~~ If there's a nit to pick, some nitwit will pick it. ~~
~~ A mind is a terrible thing to lose. ~~
**********************************************************
Wayne Boatwright
Wayne Boatwright
> Andy wrote:
>> dsi1 <ds...@spamnet.com> wrote in news:rHDQm.46856$We2.11389
Do you have the latest version of OpenOffice? I have no problem opening
any of my Access files in OpenOffice. I've kept up to date with OpenOffice
even though I just sorta play with it.
Steve Pope
>Do you have the latest version of OpenOffice? I have no problem opening
>any of my Access files in OpenOffice. I've kept up to date with OpenOffice
>even though I just sorta play with it.
I guess I'm conservative in that I don't want to find myself
one day before a deadline and then discover some feature
I need in Word or Excel is missing from Openoffice.
I'd rather go with what I know....
Steve
Wayne Boatwright
I can understand that. That's why I have both MS Office and OpenOffice
both installed. I mostlyh tinker around with OPenOffice.
blake murphy
> spo...@speedymail.org (Steve Pope) wrote in news:hevvjp$8n9$1
> @blue.rahul.net:
>
>> I guess I'm conservative in that I don't want to find myself
>> one day before a deadline and then discover some feature
>> I need in Word or Excel is missing from Openoffice.
>>
>> I'd rather go with what I know....
>
> Steve,
>
> I come from the other side of the fence, relying on openOffice. It's so
> darned extensible with thousands of free drop in extensions that add
> features of every description, I'd worry in the opposite direction. ;)
>
> I completely understand "go with what I know." These days I, too, try to
> keep learning curves to a minimum.
>
> Best,
>
> Andy
really? i would have guessed you have tried to keep the learning curve at
a minimum throughout your entire life.
blake
Wayne Boatwright
Haha!
sf
<ntpu...@spambot.com> wrote:
>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 :-(
I need to rummage around and find my copy of 2003 in that case. It
does everything I need it to do (and more). Thanks.
Hopefully you get things tweaked soon and it's smooth sailing for you.
I've read comments that Win7 is friendlier than Vista was, so thank
goodness your computer didn't die earlier.
--
I love cooking with wine.
Sometimes I even put it in the food.
sf
>
>
>Ya know, there's a free open-source program called OpenOffice???
>
>http://www.openoffice.org/
>
>Now stop yer whining! :D
>
but their word processor certainly isn't, so I'm not impressed with
it. You can get readers to open Word and other MS products, if needed
- so for me, using rich text is about the same as using the Open
Office word processor.
sf
>I come from the other side of the fence, relying on openOffice. It's so
>darned extensible with thousands of free drop in extensions that add
>features of every description, I'd worry in the opposite direction. ;)
So, is there an extension that increases the tables capability in Open
Office Docs?
Tracy
<wayneboatwri...@arizona.usa.com> wrote:
> On Sun 29 Nov 2009 09:12:27p, dsi1 told us...
>
>
>
>
>
> > Steve Pope 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
>
> I use Windows XP Pro both at work and at home. I use Office 2003 at work
> and recently upgraded to Office 2007 at home. The Office 2007 interface is
> *totally* different than any previous version of Office. It's taking a bit
> of getting used to, and I'm almost tempted to reinstall Office 2003.
> However, I'm planning on upgrading to Windows 7 at home within the next
> couple of weeks, so I may try to stick with Office 2007. Time and
> "progress" march on.
>
At work we just got new desktops and we were required to upgrade to
Office 2007. I was slightly worried because my husband has been using
it for well over a year and I had attended a seminar given to staff a
while back and my recollection was that it was very confusing.
Yes, the interface is completely different but it is not as bad as I
thought it would be. It didn't take long at all to adjust. I have it
on my laptop now too. However, I know of people who are struggling
with it after months. I think it depends a lot whether you are willing
to figure it out.
Tracy
dsi1
I loaded in the latest version last night. The problem was that my dB
was formated for network use and had a mdw extension. The work-around is
to open a new database and load in the values. The OO dB has a nice,
clean look and seems fine. I'll probably use MS Access because it's what
I know but the OO looks like a great alternative and I'll probably use
in in the future.
Terry Pulliam Burd
(Steve Pope) wrote:
>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.
I just installed Office 2003 yesterday. Works perfectly. HATE Office
2007.
sf
<ntpu...@spambot.com> wrote:
>I just installed Office 2003 yesterday. Works perfectly.
YAY! Good to know when "the day" comes.
dsi1
> Do you have the latest version of OpenOffice? I have no problem opening
> any of my Access files in OpenOffice. I've kept up to date with OpenOffice
> even though I just sorta play with it.
>
>
I loaded in the latest version tonight - it seems a bit snapper. My
problem was that the dB files were in a format for networking and used
the mdw extension. The work-around is to open a new database and load
the values in. The table view has a nice look to it and I like how I can
see more fields but it's a little harder to read. I'll probably just use
the windows version since that's what I'm used to although the
OpenOffice suite looks to be quite a usable program these days.
dsi1
> Do you have the latest version of OpenOffice? I have no problem opening
> any of my Access files in OpenOffice. I've kept up to date with OpenOffice
> even though I just sorta play with it.
>
>
I loaded in the latest version tonight - it seems a bit snapper. My
dsi1
> Do you have the latest version of OpenOffice? I have no problem opening
> any of my Access files in OpenOffice. I've kept up to date with OpenOffice
> even though I just sorta play with it.
>
>
I loaded in the latest version tonight - it seems a bit snapper. My
dsi1
> Do you have the latest version of OpenOffice? I have no problem opening
> any of my Access files in OpenOffice. I've kept up to date with OpenOffice
> even though I just sorta play with it.
>
>
I loaded in the latest version tonight - it seems a bit snapper. My
Wayne Boatwright
> Andy wrote:
>> dsi1 <ds...@spamnet.com> wrote in news:rHDQm.46856$We2.11389
Do you have the latest version of OpenOffice? I have no problem opening
any of my Access files in OpenOffice. I've kept up to date with OpenOffice
even though I just sorta play with it.
dsi1
> Do you have the latest version of OpenOffice? I have no problem opening
> any of my Access files in OpenOffice. I've kept up to date with OpenOffice
> even though I just sorta play with it.
>
>
I loaded in the latest version tonight - it seems a bit snapper. My
dsi1
I loaded in the latest version last night. The problem was that my dB
Terry Pulliam Burd
>On Tue, 01 Dec 2009 19:23:26 -0800, Terry Pulliam Burd
><ntpu...@spambot.com> wrote:
>
>>I just installed Office 2003 yesterday. Works perfectly.
>
>YAY! Good to know when "the day" comes.
Sometimes. newer ain't better - esp. when it comes to Microcrap, erm,
Microsoft. I was reading an article this morning that said some
Windows 7 users were having fits with it - some patch or other gummed
things up. The only reason I didn't go with a Mac this time is b/c my
techie son and techie at the office said I'd go nuts trying to
re-learn computer 101.
Wayne Boatwright
Our installation at work of Access and the associated databases are not
networked, so that was never an issue to me. I thought once you were able
to use the latest version of OO with your own database, you might find some
of it appealing. I use Access both at work and at home, but I do play
around and experiment with all the OO applications.
sf
<ntpu...@spambot.com> wrote:
>Sometimes. newer ain't better - esp. when it comes to Microcrap, erm,
>Microsoft. I was reading an article this morning that said some
>Windows 7 users were having fits with it - some patch or other gummed
>things up. The only reason I didn't go with a Mac this time is b/c my
>techie son and techie at the office said I'd go nuts trying to
>re-learn computer 101.
I have had to learn new programs/applications in Mac labs in the past.
Every time I was assigned to a Mac lab (no choice), The time I was on
the clock was spent fighting the Mac OS and not learning what I was
being paid to learn. I had to go home with a copy that ran on Windows
to learn it. IOW: I taught myself. What a freakin' waste of my time!
I hate Mac. Windows has never done me wrong and I don't understand
why (some) people don't like it.