[TheForge] our typical Maui Christmas Card!

[Jerry Frost]

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From: "Peter Fels & Phoebe Palmer" <artgawk at thegrid.net>
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Sent: Friday, December 28, 2012 4:45 PM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] our typical Maui Christmas Card!


>
> On Dec 28, 2012, at 2:57 PM, Jerry Frost wrote:
>
> I feel I'm going to wait till my computer geek friend gets here and see if 
> he can figure out why I can't download a youtube, your slide show 
> (inspiration for the " let it slide" line) open a .PDF file and similar, 
> and see if he can get this stupid thinky machine performing somewhere near 
> expectations.
>
> They surely eat up as much time as they save, it seems. We used to joke 
> "Are you saving any time yet?"..not  quite so funny with all the 
> repetition.
> We finally splurged and sprung for a Mac, which is much more reliable and 
> support is significantly better..But i can'r fix it when it fucks up and 
> the "Genius Bar" at the Apple store is very slow and remarkably snotty.
>
> Other than minor frustrations like this computer and not being able to 
> find the new radiator cap I just bought for the tRUSTY old plow truck, I'm 
> doing pretty darned well.
>
> That's a fine report Jerry...very pleased. Whaddya need a radiator cap for 
> when it's snowing anyway?
>
> TMI? You asked. <grin>
>
> I did indeed...Good.
>
> Jer

No thanks, I owned an Apple once and was sorely disappointed on a couple 
counts. First it was way too expensive and was a serious downgrade from my 
Commodore 64. Then there was finding software for it, anything Apple was 
several times as expensive and all too often not as powerful, flexible or 
useful as the PC compatible stuff. Seriously, I can buy a new dual core 
laptop with several gig of ram and a couple terabites on the C: drive for 
less than a new Iphone. I'm not one to trade quality for ease unless it's an 
extreme example. Then again, I have a friend who's a master at computers so 
I can get the little crap straightened out for reasonable.

Whadda I need a radiator cap for? It's until times like these I forget you 
live where you do, you usually seem like perfectly . . . regular people. 
how's about THAT, I didn't use the dreaded "normal" word! Anywho, here in 
country that enjoys a real winter we often like to use a device common to 
most vehicles that not only keeps our tootsies comfy but clears the fog, ice 
and such off the windows.

Jer