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Ohhhhh...right! What would I do without the 'lectric toothbrush which is SO great for cleaning the grout between tiles? <grin> Drug store reading glasses? They don't hold a candle on my prescription lenses, which could double as bricks for size and weight! And BEER? YUUUUUUUUCK!! <ducking REAL fast> (wee smirk) Barb Mallut [log in to unmask] -----Original Message----- From: Bruce Anderson <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> Date: Friday, March 12, 1999 6:08 PM Subject: Fw: Non PD/AAAARGH!! >don't forget the electric toothbrush and drugstore reading glasses - and >beer. >-----Original Message----- >From: Barb_MSN <[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> >Date: Friday, March 12, 1999 2:48 PM >Subject: Non PD/AAAARGH!! > > >>Dear List-family.... >> >>I'm hoping this message makes it to the List 'cause while having my 'puter >>serviced - what was to be a system clean-up and adding a new mouse and >>scanner to the system - ended up being a total loss of data on both hard >>drives! (the techie nearly croaked when THAT happened!) >> >>There were huge files on the hard drives going back three and a half years >>to the two years I worked online for Microsoft that no Microsoft techie >>TODAY had even a CLUE what those files did or what program they were a part >>of. >> >>Soooo.... other than the aggravation of losing all the files I value (none >>of which is THAT important to me, in all honesty) and the time spent trying >>to reconstruct those program I still want on my system (like "ICQ" and a >>coupla other neat Web pages), it was prolly just as well that the impetus >>was there to reformat the hard drives and start the system at square one >>again. >> >>IF I owe any of ya a reply to any email ya may have sent me over the past >>week, please drop me a note and lemme know 'cause I have no record of any >>past messages. <GRRRRR> >> >>It was quite a week! My PC was in the shop, for all intents and purposes, >>deader than the proverbial dormouse, and just to let me know that machines >>DO run the world, my car died on me! OK... ok... so it just needs a new >>battery, but STILLLLLL... did I NEED that? >> >>So far, the three most valuable inventions in the 20th century that I have >>in my possession - the microwave, the blowdryer, and the electric >>mattress-pad (don't know how I lived without it!) that envelops me in >toasty >>warmth each night as I drift off to sleep haven't gone the way of my puter >>and car - THANK GOODNESS! >> >>Anyway, m'friends, it's good to be back on the List... I missed ya! >> >>Barb Mallut >>[log in to unmask] >