Conference waylay::singles_chat

    1. Car got towed
    
    2. Got my car back, got to work, forgot access card
    
    3. Rushed out from home after getting car, forgot coat
    
    4. Only had 2 coffees
    
    5. Got to work finally, had a brand new assignment waiting (this
    actually is a good thing with bad timing).
    
    6. Got a call from my dentist. Forgot my appointment tomorrow, had to
    re-schedule....
    
    
    you know..................  some days I should just stay in bed
    
    My mind has really been wandering lately....
    
    James

RE: .63
>>    My mind has really been wandering lately....

	What's her name?? :)

							mike

    Suzanne :-)

    	The fact that when I get home - I'll have to make myself dinner ;-(
    
    joyce

    This delightful weather, combined with my perm from h*ll,
    has succeeded in making me look like Roseanne Danna today :-}
    
    						cj *->

           I happen to like Roseanne Danna's hairdo :-).. In my hairier
    days my hair used to be a mass of ringlets on a day like today. Now
    I have to spray with scotchguard waterproofing to keep my brains from
    getting wet. I'm afraid they'd shrink :-)
    
    bob

    	I'm ready to walk - I've had my fill with this job.
    
    joyce

    	People that can't spell and don't utilize a dictionary...
    
    joyce

<stares at screen in horror>

    ...what if they are like me! On the phone mon. Horhay the phone monkey,
    with a pc that doesn't have mapped the spell checker on the key boards
    like the ol vt's and window term's.:) Got a second to type in a quick
    thought or a snappy reply, but the phone is about to ring anny second!
    :)

    re .71 :-P

Grrrrr....I hate it when my system hangs and I have to get up and go into the
lab to reset it.

;-(

    	
    	Being too tired to go out as planned tonight :-(   Hope I get a
    second wind before 5:00 <sigh>
    
    joyce

    	Stats - for January - we've averaged 158 calls a day - there are 
    two of us on this 800 line - that's inbound and outbound...
    
    joyce  

    Sounds like you are well on your way to becoming the postal girl for
    Tylenol 3. Big hugs and comforts!!!!!
    
    But take heart, I am pretty sure that job would kill a mere mortal :-)
    
    James

    Umm.. correction.. I meant POSTER and not to go POSTAL. geez.
    
    Coffee time.
    
    I used to be dyslexic but not anymore Thank Dog.
    
    Jimbo

    re .77
    
    actually someone did call me an "angel" yesterday... :-)
    
    joyce

    Sitting here with PILES of work to do, and keep falling asleep .....
    Shouldn't have had that slice of cake with lunch!
    
    ....and my coffee's COLD and old )-:
    
    

    Yhaa-Hooo! Cowboy coffee! Thats coffee thats been on the range toooo
    long!:)
    

    
    	I'm having 3rd Rock from the Sun withdrawl - hope its on again
    Sundy, they've been preempting it :-(
    
    joyce

No Law and Order last night. The only program that I make a point 
of watching and last night they had some other garbage on.

    
    Car battery was dead when I went out at lunch time.  I left
    my lights on.  grrrr........

    I did the dead battery thing this morning. I concur: grrrr....
    
    Thank God for friends with cables..

	My last two cars (Subaru GL & Saab 9000) turn the lights off with
the engine -- but I still carry cables in the car.

					--D

    
    	Bummer - no trip to The Border tonight...  
    
    joyce

Route 3!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  I honestly don't know how anyone can do
that commute every day!!!  (ex-hubby used to actually but he got up at 5:00
to avoid the traffic)  Going to Burlington this morning wasn't too bad.
We got out at 3:30 so I figured it'd be smooth sailing home.  NOT.  Got
up as far as 62 and the break lights started.  ;-(

That combined with a bunch of bombed errands and other mishaps made me VERY 
glad to get home and be home for the night!!!

B

	Break lights - those are those little lighted signs that say "Time
for coffee", "Butt break", and "The caf is now open for afternoon ice cream",
right?

>	Break lights - those are those little lighted signs that say "Time
>for coffee", "Butt break", and "The caf is now open for afternoon ice cream",
>right?

Ohhhh, so you were saving the jab for this note huh???  

Ok, so sometimes I have brane lapses...We can't ALL be perfect!  ;-)

B

    	
    	This place is *freezing* - I have a sweater on today and I've got
    my scarf wrapped around me trying to keep warm!  brrrrrrrrrrrrrr
    
    j

    I can relate!  I have a mexican blanket in my filing cabinet because I 
    can't stand the cold in here.
    
    Karyn  

    
    It must be a conspiracy, my co-worker was so cold here in the NOC
    he had to get a hat.  Fortunately, the system under my desk throws
    heat!
    
    /jr

    
    re .93 - can I borrow it? :-)
    
    j

    
    	Which?  The system or the hat?  (...probably both if its anything
    	like this place).  

    
    	Well if its a knit one it will fit over my headset - so both :-)
    
    joyce

    
    	RE: .92
    
    	Well, it's good to know that you're keeping your files warm, but
    	it's not helping you any.
    
    	8^)
    

    
    	Well the guy in the cube across from me said he's comfortable -
    guess maybe I am running a fever :-(
    
    joyce

    I'll trade offices with anyone who has a cold one.  I have a fan
    running all year round.
    
    Tony

    Well, Tony, I guess we're just hot, because I have my fan going
    too!
    					cj *->

    re .100
    
    cj:
    
    This brings up a whole 'nother topic --
    
    A major compatibility test over the hot/cold issue:  although I'm
    always hot at work, I like to keep the temperature down enough to stay
    "covered up" at night.  Then there are those who like to "throw a leg
    out" over the sheets. 
    
    This topic could obviously go in many directions...like PJs vs. no-PJs,
    flannel vs. silk... but I digress :)
    
    Tony

>     <<< Note 13.99 by DANGER::ARRIGHI "and miles to go before I sleep" >>>

>    I'll trade offices with anyone who has a cold one.  I have a fan
>    running all year round.
    
Yeah Tony, don't miss that office area!  Used to sit an aisle over from you,
across from Bob.

B

    
    	My standard poodle and cocker spaniel sleep with me - there's no
    arguments over temperature, covers, etc.  Makes life much simpler...
    
    joyce

;-(  Now I can't even do the treadmill...my doc just recommended *totally* 
resting my knee.  (I overstressed it a couple of weeks ago doing too much on the
stairmaster.)  I thought (and had not been told otherwise till now - glad I 
called her!) that doing the treadmill would be ok cause I wasn't moving the knee
joint.  I'm walking fast, not jogging so didn't the impact was enough to bother
it.  Sigh.  And of course it's my left knee and I have a 5-speed - thought of
trading cars with my sister but I'm not ready to go that far yet.  ;-)  Thank-
fully it's not at the pain stage, just the mild ache stage.

Skiing this weekend should be interesting - there will be Barb with her brand
new knee brace on, popping Advils all day, and icing it at night (hmmm, sounds 
like the water stops on the PMC cept that was for my back).  ;-)  I've never had
knee problems before - I'm really bumming.  ;-(

B

    
    	Barb, that sucks, but unless you stop everything and take care of
    it - it'll only get worse.  
    
    	I have to ask - did the Doc OK skiing?  You might want to rethink
    that one...
    
    joyce

    
>    	I have to ask - did the Doc OK skiing?  You might want to rethink
>    that one...
    
I know, I know...She didn't tell me not to go.  Will probably only ski Sat., not
Sun. and will stay away from the moguls.  ;-(  And if it is really bothering me
I will stop.

Thanks for the concern. ;-)

B

    	
    	Barb, you know how much I hate it when you have to stop doing (or
    limit the activity) something you love, for medical reasons... 
    
    	Take care of that knee - I want you in dancing form for the next
    adventure :-)
    
    joyce 

    
    	1.5 hrs to get to work cause of that #$%!! accident on Rte. 2 -
    getting off onto 111 is what *everyone* did - I might have made it in
    at the same time if I'd stayed on Rte 2!!!!
    
    	grumble, grumble, grumble...
    
    joyce

    Re: .55
    
    	Joyce, borrowed your idea and took my car in for an oil change. 
    Figured I'd better since it had been quite a few miles since the last
    one.  
    
    	FYI.. found a place that *I* think is better than sliced bread! 
    It's on 101A in Nashua/Merrimack (never sure *where* the line is!)
    across from UNH, called Greased Light'ning....
    
    	Wow.. was I impressed!  For $25.95, they wash the outside of all
    your windows, check all fluids, tire pressure, wipers, change the oil,
    *and* VACUUM the car!!  Heck, I'd have paid the $25.95 just for that!
    
    	In between oil changes, they will check everything for free, and
    refill the windshield washer fluid for you as well as any empty 'jugs'
    in the car.
    
    	Everything's computerized, so they keep a record of when you're
    there and what is done so you can keep track of it as well.
    
    	I *hate* not knowing all there is to know about my car... they
    suggested some kind of teflon coating (an additional $9.95) to protect
    the top of the engine on startups (when there's no oil in there...).  I
    said no only because I want to check it out first.  I had never heard
    of it before.
    
    	just venting.... 
    
    Stephanie

    
    	Well Stephanie - you did better than me - I was a week late on my
    already late oil change and I went to Jiffy - oil change and 1 new
    wiper blade $42.XX!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!   They did vacuum the car
    however :-)
    
    joyce

    RE .109
    
    The Teflon coating (one brand is Slick-50) claims to help the engine. I
    have used it in a number of vehicles and transmissions (they have a
    version for that too) and 'seem' to have seen a difference.
    
    The biggest difference I have observed came from using ONLY 
    Castrol GTX motor oil. 
    
    
    My .02
    Steve

Stephanie,
	Most fast lube places will do that - Jiffy Lube and so on.  Some are 
more reputable than others though.  Have seen that place before but don't know
anything about it.  Certainly is convenient.

Barb

    .108 Joyce! Yha gotta learn the back roads. I saw the back up at both
    points as I passed by or overhead.:)
    
    

    
    George - reread it - I did get off at 111 - like everyone else did... 
    
    Rte 2 is much faster for me than back roads, unless of course there's a
    lovely accident and I'm listening to Jonatha Brook instead of the
    radio...
    
    joyce

    Excuuuuuzzzze meeeee! ;P

    Having my car die on me on 495 this morning.. managed to get to the
    rest area and called AAA... its at the VW dealer now... 
    
    finding out that it will cost $140 to fix my snapped off antennae... it
    can wait.. (-;  Its amazing the music one will tolerate when you only 
    get one radio station.. (-;
    
    
    

<insert VW joke here>

Seriously, sorry to hear about the car problems.

><insert VW joke here>

Hey!  Watch it!  There are 2 of us Jetta owners out here!!!!!  ;-)

Kathleen what happened??????  (this question coming from someone who bought her
Jetta a month after Kathleen bought hers and it hasn't been long enough for them
to start breaking down on the highway!!)  Course at 15k miles they replaced my
front brake pads (how are your brakes???)  ;-)

What dealer is it at?

hugs!!
B

    thanks.. 
    
    you wouldn't mind, but I just had it in for a service... one
    of those "free" services you get in the first year you own a VW... It
    appears that the work that "should" have been done, wasn't done.. I'm
    waiting to find out... 
    
    grrrrrr, grrrrrr, grrrrrr!
    

    
    Hey George - we already know there's no excuse for you... :-)
    
    joyce

    Bummer Kathleen - I had two VW Rabbits - but I always liked Jetta's
    too!   
    
    joyce

    <<< Note 13.119 by DANGER::ASKETH "Beware of Greeks bearing gifts..." >>>

>Hey!  Watch it!  There are 2 of us Jetta owners out here!!!!!  ;-)

Cool. Then you can commiserate and drive each other to the dealer. :-)

daryll

    	I'd be majorly pissed if that's the reason it broke down!  Good
    luck Kathleen!
    
    joyce

    re . 123
    
    Chivalry at its finest :-)
    
    joyce

      
    grumble, grumble..
    
    Not being able to think of a good comeback  (-;
    
    

      
>    grumble, grumble..
    
>    Not being able to think of a good comeback  (-;

Nah, his comment doesn't deserve one!!!  Kinda like Shawn, just ignore him!
;-)

B
    

    	
    	That's true.  Daryll has a tendency to get puffy when you pay
    attention to him :-P
    
    joyce

Puffy? I don't think so dearie.

Re: comebacks 

Those that can do, those that can't well....

:-P

daryll

    
    	You don't think so - I *know* so - and its not the first time 
    I've said that to you! :-P
    
    joyce

    Dearest Joyce...:) I don't have a radio, I wasn't stuck in traffic, and
    I do the back roads alll the time.:) Glad your not out there with me, I
    would certainly get stuck behind you.;P
    

    
    	I bought an '87 GTI 16V new, and at 25K I had to replace all 4
    	tires and brake pads all the way around.
    
    	But the best way to solve the antenna problem is to bring your
    	own music with you, be it tape or CD.  Both my cars have CD
    	players, and I hardly ever listen to the radio.
    

I'll second that. Even though my Sebring has no antenna problems 
:-P, with 10 cds loaded in the cd changer, I've never ever even 
listened to the radio. Something tells me I'll be replacing the 
speakers by the end of the summer though....

daryll

    	Daryll, I think you need a sub or 2 and a crossover to divert
    	some of those lows away from your mids.

    I would steer clear (pun intended) of the Teflon additives for engine
    oil.  I've heard (third hand information) of a mechanic finding teflon
    build-up around the oil pump and warning that this could have become a
    problem.  I can't rate the reliability of this information -- it was 
    someone relating his experience on the Camaro internet mailing list.
    (Somewhere in my future is a Z28, hopefully while I'm still flexible
    enough to get in and out of the thing).
    
    Tony

    Thanks Tony,
    
    Being a single woman I've learned to 'do my homework' before letting
    these mechanics do things to my car that I don't understand.  I know
    that they have a tendency to believe that a woman doesn't know enough
    to say NO to their sales pitches.  Oh, the guy did a real good job of
    explaining it to me, and there was no pressure to get it {and.. the
    fact that he wasn't pressuring me into it made me just as leary as if
    he was pushing the sale}.
    
    Thanks for the input.  
    
    Stephanie

    	I'm sick - I *hate* being sick - I can't get in to see my Primary
    Care Physician until 2:45 :-(
    
    	I've been here since 7;45 - trying to get caught up enough so that
    I can actually do what sick people are supposed to do - stay home!  Its
    like shoveling sh*t against the tide!!!!!
    
    joyce

    ><insert VW joke here>
    
    heh
    
    I'd rather push my <insert almost any North American built car here>
    than drive a VW.
    
    Kathleen, I hope things are going to be ok with yer car! :-)
    
    James
    

    RE .137
    
    Me too...
    
    Worst head cold in years started Fri night and still going...
    
    Steve

    	Well according to my co-wokers - it'll last 4 days :-(   I'm not
    waiting, I intend to be ready for Friday's adventure!
    
    	FWIW - I don't get simple colds, I get upper respiratory
    infections, damn asthma :-(
    
    joyce

    
    Getting scratched across the eye at my son's b.day party yesterday, and
    trying to decide whether it'd be worse to suffer through it, or go to
    the doc and suffer through the eye patch.  Damn I never realized how
    many times I BLINK!
    
    Ouch
    

    
    	I hate being sick - I hate being home alone sick...
    
    joyce

    
    	Well, my temp is finally breaking, but I'm still feeling really
    wiped out :-(   Can't remember the last time I was out of work for 2
    whole days!!!!
    
    joyce

    	Joyce, it sounds like you and I had the same thing. I'm back at
    work today feeling totally wiped out, but I finally had a temperature
    near normal this morning for the first time in a while. I missed the
    last two days of work too...and I can't remember the last time that
    happened either! What a nasty flu! On Monday I felt like I had done 15
    rounds with Mike Tyson, and then on my way home had been run over by a
    bus. Every muscle and joint ached. Even my skin hurts! Very bizarre.

    AAAARRGGGHHH!  I am > <this close to flipping a chip today!
    And forget the hugs what I need is a good stiff.....um..
    DRINK..ya,,,that's it!
    
    						cj *->

    re.1
    
    That was just a venting, by the way.  I don't need pointers to
    EAP or AA or anything folks.  Just a joke.
    
    (I've found you need to specify that with some people that take
    you too literally and think you go running home and get trashed ;->  )
    
    						cj *->

    
    	Well if you are - I'll join you!!!  No wait - I'm on an anti-biotic
    :-(
    
    	I hear you cj - its been one hell of a day...
    
    joyce

         {{{{{{{{{{CJ}}}}}}}}}}
    
         Hang in there cj.. A lotta us digits have been run through the
    proverbial wringer lately...
    
    bob

    
    re - Joyce
    
    >        FWIW - I don't get simple colds, I get upper respiratory
    >    infections, damn asthma :-(
    
    Me too!  I have athsma and it seems wheever I get a simple cold, it
    goes *right* to the lungs.
    
    Friend of my recently had the "ache" flu and was knocked out for nearly
    a week...said it was the worst ever.   Got me a flu shot back in
    December and it seems to be working.
    

    	yeah - seems like this thing just isn't going away...
    
    joyce

    
    	I scraped both index fingers, trying to get the tape that's stuck
    in my car tapedeck out and its my favorite tape!!!!  Jonatha Brook and
    Indigo Girls...
    
    joyce

    
>    	I scraped both index fingers, trying to get the tape that's stuck
>    in my car tapedeck out and its my favorite tape!!!!  Jonatha Brook and
>    Indigo Girls...
    
Try tweezers!

Bummer that the tape stuck.  ;-(

CD's are sooooo much easier.

:-P

daryll

    
    	We can't all be as blessed as you Daryll :-P
    
    joyce

Are we still talking about the CD thing? :-P

    
    	But of course - there's nothing else we could possibly be 
    talking about :-P
    
    joyce

    Software partners that think Digital should qualify their software on
    our platforms with each new OS rev!  arrrgggghhhhhh

           -<Pulsing Forehead Vein>-
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
           bet that looks interesting :-)
    
    joyce

    
    	I just love the way this company works.  Tried to log in from home
    - no go - called the help desk.  I'd been "dis-usered" - I flipped I've
    got work to get done.  Called the IS Manager - found out it was a
    mix-up - they're supposed to dis-user teamlinks 30 days after the
    exchange switchover.  Hell I don't even have an exchange account yet!
    
    	So kids  -  if I disappear the space aliens haven't taken me :-)
    
    joyce-breathing-easier

    re: .159 by PCBUOA::DEWITT
    
    >> Hell I don't even have an exchange account yet!
    
    Joyce, I just checked.  You *do* have a Digital1 NT domain account and
    an Exchange account.  You're DewittJ@mail.dec.com.  Contact me off-line
    if you need help getting on-line, or just call the CCS helpdesk at
    223-2420 and provide the above account info.
    
    /Bill

    	Thanks for that info Bill - it would have been nice if one of our
    IS folks had informed us of this - but that's the way things work :-)
    
    joyce

Bill Lin??!!!  How the heck are you???  Boy, these ex-MSB folks are popping up
all over the place.  ;-)  Good to see you in here.

Barb

    I hear you. I've been here 5 bloody months and my badge is still
    unknown in the systems. It takes 3 days to get a response back from
    anyone and a voice? Please.. let's get real.
    
    Sometimes I really miss my old job. I would fire a few of these people
    and replace them with people who do something and have some concept of
    communication. 
    
    I tried to fill out *yet another* online form a few days ago. Asked me
    for my badge #. It said it didn't recognize it, send an email. I sent
    the email. 3 days later, they said "system glitch, try again".. I
    filled out the whole wretched bloody monstrosity of a form AGAIN and
    AGAIN to no avail.
    
    grrrrrrrrrrrr.... fume grumble gnash gnash.... stomp stomp stomp...
    
    did you know in Texas, a legal defense is "well.. he needed killin'..."
    
    James
    (sigh.. I feel better now)

;-(

I have to leave my kitty at the vet's overnight next week between her exam and
dental cleaning.

;-(

    Hey Barb, which night?   For once, I can come visit ;->
    Angeline can tear up your house instead.  ;-)
    
    (cj...drastically allergic to cats...but don't worry
    Kathleen...I'm coming over anyways.)
    

    
    	I have a wicked muscle spasm over the left side of my collar bone -
    yikes! 
    
    j

    re: .161 by PCBUOA::DEWITT
    
    >> exchange mail
    
    I'm checking with AKO1's IS folk to see what the migration plan is/was
    for AKO2.  If it is yet to happen, I'll let it ride.  If it has already
    happened, I'll see what kind of info I can send your way.  There must
    be others in AKO2 in the same boat as you...
    
    /Bill

    
    	Well Bill, it appears my co-worker wasn't dis-usered.  Our IS folks
    are out today.  I rec'd a notice about Exchange training for the next
    couple weeks, but that's all I've gotten...  
    
    joyce

    
    feeling majorly *stressed* right now - send help!
    
    j

       {{{{{{{{Joyce}}}}}}}}
    
         let me at em sis
    
    bob
    

    
    	Thanks - bad day - trying to breath through the stress - but its
    not working - will *dance* my feet of tonight and hope that helps!
    
    j

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Incredible!!!!!  Like I have nothing better to do with my time than sift through
this bullsh*t!

    
    	I'm sorry Barb, I can't stop laughing cybersluts?  Give me a break!
    
    How'd they get your address?
    
    joyce

    You both have me roaring..... cybersluts - I like that.
    
    Hey, they have to make a living, right?  
    						cj *->

    
    	RE: .172
    
    	Junk mail?
    
    	I guess 1 person's trash IS another person's treasure.
    
    	8^)
    

    
    	Shawn you would think that :-)
    
    joyce

    
    	The mystery has been solved...   I was "dis-usered" not because of
    exchange paperwork.  The reason - I was a contractor in the PCBU for
    1.5 years before Digital rehired me.  When I was rehired, the paperwork
    was sent in to change my status.  For some reason - the folks over
    there just completely killed my account, instead of changing my status.
    
    joyce

    It must have been more work to change your status.. than to kill your
    account   (-;  or... you have an enemy.. but, I find that hard to
    believe.. (-;
    
    
    
    

    
    	I'd say its the former.  I haven't p*ssed off anyone at the help
    desk lately :-)   
    
    	As for enemy's - you're being too kind Kathleen - I'd say its a
    fair comment to say some people dislike me - but "enemy" nahhh
    
    joyce

    Not really a grumble or complaint...actually, kind of funny.
    Went to pull my interoffice mail from the hanging plastic mail trays
    and they separated and came CRASHING to the floor. Took two of us engineers 
    to figure out how to put them back together, one of which was beat red.
    
    Ron

	Maybe we need a "Was my face red when..." topic...

    Joyce:
    
    you were 'dis'ed'
    
    
    Steve

    re .182
    
    wouldn't be the first time Steve :-)
    
    Yeah - boy was my face red topic!
    
    joyce

    
    WARNING::
    
    For usin's in NH and northern MA, I have NEVER seen purple on this
    Radar
    
    http://www.intellicast.com/weather/bos/nexrad/
    
    
    They mentioned thunderstorms this evening, but this is something else
    and that far from the Radar station too...
    
    The confetti area is whewre the Radar is located. That is gound
    clutter.
    
    
    Steve

What's purple mean???

    
    don't ask - I don't wanna know!
    
    joyce

    	Strong winds according to the weather channel - but nothing
    negative!
    
    joyce

Re: 13.172 (Junk mail)

The unsolicited junk mail you received reminded me of this story.
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See http://www.fraud.org/


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FTC HITS PORNO PLAYERS

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to route consumers' Internet service through Moldova. The FTC has charged
Audiotex Connection, Inc., of Rockville Centre, New York, Promo Line, Inc., of
Dix Hills, New York, Anna M. Grella, president of Audiotex, WilliamGannon,
president of Promo Line, and David Zeng, the manager of both firms, with
fraudulently enticing consumers to download a program, ostensibly to view
pictures on a website, that actually placed international phone calls to
Moldova. According to the FTC, consumers remained connected to Moldova until
they turned their computers off, racking up huge phone bills at over $2 per
minute.

All of the defendants did business as Electronic Forms Management and used the
websites www.beavisbutthead.com, www.sexygirls.com, and www.1adult.com.
According to the FTC complaint, the defendants earn money through the scam by
being paid a portion of the revenue generate by each phone call through the
foreign telephone carrier. In addition to the restraining order, a federal judge
has frozen the defendants' assets pending a hearing on the case. 

>    <<< Note 13.43 by DANGER::ASKETH "Beware of Greeks bearing gifts..." >>>

>Yeah!!  Appears that my thermostat would turn off the furnace but NOT turn it
>back on (boy is that ever a kickback thermostat!!!  Ought (sp?) to save me lots
>of money that way!).  Though I played with it some and it did start to kick
>they furnace back on too.  Me thinks it's time for a new one!!  My poor little

Well, I *finally* got around to installing the new thermostat.  The old one
had actually been working pretty well.  Now the new one is doing the same
thing!  ARG!  The only other thing I can think of is an intermittent connection
somewhere in the path of the thermostat wires - yuck!  

What a pain!!!!!!

B

    The radar showed the (almost) worstest (I love English.... 8-0)
    precipitation by that purple. If you look at that web site they have a
    scale on the right hand side.
    
    As it turns out,I went to an open house on Sat PM. I had some errands
    to run and did not get home till 7 PM. No electricity! Many people
    coming to my house the next day - no water or water closets (even if I
    did have one new seat). I finally wound up going to Manchester with
    the deuce and buying a good sized generator. As it turned out, NH
    Aluminum Screen Door and Power Company ["screen doors are our most
    important products"] (AKA PSNH) decided to let me have power back at 2
    AM Sunday. Needless to say, that was a VERY expensive party =(8-)
    
    The party did go well though.
    
    Steve

>    NH
>    Aluminum Screen Door and Power Company ["screen doors are our most
>    important products"] (AKA PSNH) 
    
hahahaha!

Glad the party ended up going well and that you did get your power back!!!

B

    
    	You resourceful person you - good for you Steve and I'm glad the
    party went well!
    
    joyce

    Well, today we have visitors around from Canada, and they've
    been coming around to meet me.
    
    Couldn't this have been the once-in-a-great-while day that I
    decided to put a little make-up on???  Or my perm from hell
    could at least have been a little more tame???  
    
    no such luck....  They'll all go back now and tell everyone
    else they're lucky they don't have video phones!  :-)
                             
    						cj *->

    
    	Oh stop it - you're fetching!
    
    joyce

    Fetching??? ya, a bone!  ;->
    
    no, joyce, really - you can't see me today.  My lack 
    of sleep is fairly evident and the "do" is banshee-like.
    
    But..I didn't intend to pose for Cosmo today anyways  ;->
    
    Just would have liked to make a bit of a better impression.
    
    						 cj *->

    I hear ya!
    
    They wanted to put vid cameras on our PCs for conferencing and I
    said... NO BLOODY WAY... on many days when I am not entertaining a
    client, I look like absolute hell....
    
    Of course when clients are here I'm my charming, dashing, witty, and most
    of all humble self... 
    
    <Jim takes the time to break out into a bad bad bad rendition of 'O
    Lord, it's hard to be humble....'>

    Oh, it gets better.  Three just stopped by while I'm sitting 
    here eating my lunch.  Mouthful of food, the works.  I had to
    grab my napkin to wipe my hands to shake theirs.  Oh, I could
    just hide!
    
    Stood and chatted for 10 or 15 minutes wondering if I had
    bread stuck all over my teeth..felt like it.
    
    *sigh* such is life. What would it be without embarassing moments
    to remind us we're only human?
    
    						cj *-> 

    It could have been worse -- you could have been drinking and done one of
    those comic "spit-takes".
    

    Oh please Tony, don't jinx me...they are still in the building!
    
    (really nice guys though)
    						cj *->

    
    	I'm sure you charmed them (was gonna say their pants off) :-)
    
    joyce

	... college hire process. feh!  So far, a lot of work goes into
screening for very little return - probably because we got started so late
this year.

					--D

    re.200
    
    Actually, what I think *really* impressed them was a picture I have
    of my Dad.  He's standing there holding up a 32 pound King Salmon
    he caught in Alaska.  Seems every man (and a lot of women) are
    pretty impressed with that shot!  :-)   
    
    My office is a picture gallery anyways, so I can always divert 
    attention if the need be.
    
    						cj *->
    
    

    
    	New phone person doesn't start until the 10th - not this Monday :-(
    
    j

    re .203
    
    but Joyce... that just means we have a better chance of actually
    getting to talk to you!
    
    {{{{Joyce}}}}
    
    Jimbo

    
    	I'm starting to think this is an *omen* - my account expired -
    couldn't log in tonight and had to call the help desk - again.
    
    	Seems I got caught in the contract/rehire - and not one bothered to
    update the fact I was a rehire/employee, so the account expired...
    
    sigh
    
    joyce

    I hear you Joyce... it *IS* a bit frustrating. The system STILL doesn't
    know who I am either. I've been trying to fill out online forms but my
    badge # is not recognized (badges... BADGES?!?!?! we don't need no
    steeenking badges!.. sorry). There is no voice # to call and I sent an
    email to the address they gave but I am obviously not important enough
    to warrant even the decency of a reply. It seems new hires are just
    spare tires to the systems folk. I was a support guy for a long long
    time and I never treated my user community so disrespectfully, even if
    I couldn't help them right away I returned a call, sent a mail, made
    smoke signals WHATEVER to let them know I and my team was on the job.
    
    Sometimes, a company can be too big.
    
    Jim

    	Hey James - could some of the digits in your badge be transposed? 
    Happened with one of my new hires, I of course got my old badge back!
    
    joyce

    I have confirmed it and re-sent it to the email account listed just in
    case... we'll see I suppose. Grin... all I can do is be patient I
    suppose. 
    
    You may be right... I hope so :-)
    
    Jim

    Joyce:
    
    "There is computer Co. in upstate NY that I am sure could provide us
    with computers that could fix this problem for us..."
    
    I use this whenever I come acroos across one of those little problems
    
    Some people understand and smile...  8-)
    Steve

    re: .209 by APACHE::KEITH
    
    >> "There is computer Co. in upstate NY that I am sure could provide us
    >>  with computers that could fix this problem for us..."
    
    I can only think of one of those computer companies in *DOWNSTATE*
    New York.  I wonder which one you mean?  I went to a school in east
    central New York.  Another few hours north and you get to "upstate."
    
    BTW, I never have computer problems, only people ones.  ;-)
    
    C'mon people, these gripes should be going in the DIGITAL notesfile.
    
    /Bill

    IBM.  My humor is people directed. Most 'computer' problems we have are
    people attitude problems
     
    
    Steve

    oh, come on Bill...  we've got the grumble/gripe note here 'cause
    it's safe here, we're not looking for folks to fix anything, we just
    want to grumble/gripe a little-- and then get hugs from kind people.
    Lighten-up, relax a little, and be kind--- give her a note-hug,
    {{{{Joyce}}}}, and enjoy the feeling of making someone's day a litte
    better......
    
    go ahead, make my day... better
    Jan
    

    
    	Hey Bill - I moderate Digital too...
    
    	Jan's right - we're just venting - everyone needs a place to vent
    and be hugged if they chose...
    
    	Thanks for the hugs Jan - nice to see you feeling well again!
    
    hugs
    
    joyce

    re: .212 by BRAT::DELBALSO
    
    >> Lighten-up, relax a little, and be kind-
    
    Point taken, and appreciated Jan.  But if I did the above, then
    I wouldn't have any excuses for my people problems!
    
    By the way, I forgot to put a smiley on the reference to the DIGITAL
    notesfile.  I don't read it myself.  I did once, but all I saw was
    whining so I said "no more!"  Gripes in here are just fine with me.
    
    Cheers,
    
    /Bill
    
    Half hugs for all!
    
    {{Jan
    {{Joyce
    {{...

    
    	Hey Bill - 1/2 hugs - that's progress - thanks!
    
    joyce

    Just found out my course has been changed to Toronto. If I want to meet
    all of you... and I will dammit (!) looks like I'm going to have to
    bubk up and do it myself. So I am working on just coming down on my own
    (or with Kev if he is up to it) for a weekend.
    
    Sigh
    
    James

    
    	Got that upper respiratory thing going again - triggered by an
    allergic reaction :-(   No penicillan - but a nasal spray and
    decongestant - life just doesn't get any more fun than this...
    
    joyce

Lots more healing hugs Joyce!!!

B

          I'll never in a million years commit to doing 2 design reviews on
    2 totally different modules I'm designing. I had so many things go wrong 
    prior to yesterdays review that I swore I saw this lil black cloud with 
    tiny lightning bolts zapping me.. Ala Joe Blifsnick <SP?> of Li'l Abner
    fame. The second review is tomorrow :-(
    
         The man needs some prozac ;-)
    
    bob

Ah yes, gotta love those wonderful design reviews!!  I managed to sneak by
without one on this last project.  heh heh heh  (but of course my design *has* 
been bug free!)

Good luck tomorrow Bob!!!

B

    Allergies!  Sounds like lots of us are affected.  I just started
    getting them when I started working at WRO -- they just won't believe
    I'm allergic to work!  Even moving into a new building hasn't help and
    has often made it worse.  Just discovered that I may be really allergic
    to the aftershave one of my manager's wears..... oh, how do you tell
    someone you're allergic to them?!?!?!?  
    

    re: .221 by JULIET::MULOCK_PA
    
    >> they just won't believe I'm allergic to work!  Even moving into a
    >> new building hasn't help and has often made it worse.
    
    Moving wouldn't matter if the workload stays the same.
    
    >> oh, how do you tell someone you're allergic to them?!?!?!?
    
    Just pinch and/or crinkle your nose whenever they're around...
    
    /Bill  :-)

Speaking of moving...

Well, they moved my phone today and didn't tell anybody.  GRRRR.  Usually they
give a date so that the office move can be coordinated with the phone move and
the setup of the office drops.  But NOOOOOoooooo.  I went to pick up my phone
this morning and it was dead.  I knew the work order had been put in so I went
over to my new office and sure enough, there was my phone line, complete with
voice mail from people tryingto find me.  So, everyone did some scrambling and
my office move is now happening Mon morning.  So I'm having fun here packing my
office.  Oh joy.  ;-(  Been running around using other people's phones all day
to call people or check my voice mail.  ARG!!!!!!!!!!!

I really don't like packing!  ;-(  Or unpacking.  ;-(  Heck, I just don't like
moving!

B

    aargggh!!!!  You know, I don't get out much, dating that is.  I
    go in and out of interest in the whole thing.  Once in a while,
    however, somebody or someone's note grabs my eye and I venture 
    out of my shell once more.  (sometimes to get run over by a truck :-)
    
    Well, what should have been a "covert operation" to get information
    ;->,  went entirely out of my hands.  You know what I mean?  You
    know when you get that "Sh** I could just die right now" feeling???
    Well, I'm living it!  
    
    There has got to be an easier way of living life!!! :-)
    
    "Get thee to a nunnery"  ;->
    
    Ah well, let the chips fall where they may...
    							cj *->
                                                 

        re:224  Been in the same position several times as well. Pulled off
    my shirt looked for the ^@($(@($ bulls eye.. found none. Get as you put
    it "Run over by a truck" tilt a mirror behind my head look for the
    bulls eye find none... wonder what in the heck is wrong.. 
                Too bad I'd never admit to being involved in a covert
    operation but it sounds like a nowin ooops of a situation.. Hang in
    there cj you're a neat person!!
                Pls don't die just now... Put a post it on your fridge
    with "LOVE THYSELF" on it!! Doubly so in your case cause Angeline loves
    her mom too!! I had the same advice given to me once... Still have the 
    post it cause sometimes I have to read it myself..
                Hang tough cj,
    
    bob 

         On a more sour note than my usual self :-* I moved my Lemon tree
    to my girls bedroom trying to get it as much sunlight as possible. Due
    to this I kinda neglected it. Well like stressed it out bigtime. I now
    have 19 ripe for the picking lemons.. Anyone have a need for some or
    for that matter any good recipes?? I figure a lemon a day would make me
    a real sour puss soooo. Suggestions anyone ... 
    
    
             Bob

	When life deals you lemons, make lemonade.

							mike

    	Actually Bob I have a pretty good lemon/poppy seed bread recipe...
    
    joyce

    Mike, you slay me.  Thanks for that BIG laugh out loud!
    
    						cj *->

	As always cj, it's my pleasure. :)

							mike

    Well, here we go....fighting with the oil company.  All those
    lovely visits to 'fix' my oil burner = $381.49!!! Right, methinks
    we have to have a talk!
    
    On hold now, ready to fight!  (go get em  ;->  )
    
    						cj *->

    re: .229 by CBROWN::JACQUES_CA
    
    cj,
    
    Maybe you should threaten to switch to gas.  They (local oil supplier)
    hate that!
    
    /Bill
    
    p.s. liked your airline
    peanuts joke

    Ok, so they were very good an reasonable.  To tell you the
    truth, I thought they might be...but sometimes they surprise
    you.  Got about $140.00 knocked off.  
    
    Worse part is, the past two days all I smell is oil.  *sigh*..
    I expect I'll be home tomorrow awaiting yet another service
    man.  I'm trying to get my brother in law or someone over 
    tonight to check all the fittings first to see if something
    may just need tightening that I can't find.
    
    						cj *->

    
    	Wow - big bill - glad to hear they knocked it down.  I just dropped
    $39 for my first service call and still have another $68 to pay for the
    2nd :-(
    
    joyce

Well, CJ you're not alone!!  After waiting around all day last Sat for the gas
man to come look at my furnace and a $130 bill, my heat didn't come on this
morning.  ARGGGGGGGGGG!!!!!!!!  This furnace is only 3.5 years old!!!!!!  He
found 3 problems last weekend.  What @#%#@$@ else could it be?????  Well, at
least the flip the emergency switch trick worked this morning.  It was all work-
ing fine till this morning - same as before - very flaky problem.  ;-(  Gotta
remember to bring a meter home with me tonight...Sigh - the joys of homeowner-
ship.  ;-)

B

> Gotta remember to bring a meter home with me tonight...

	What!?  You don't own one?  ;-)

>	What!?  You don't own one?  ;-)

I figured someone was bound to raz me about that.  Nope, don't own one.  ;-)
I'm not the part time electrician like some folks in here.  ;-)

B

    You realize, of course, Barb, that your burner is just preparing
    for my arrival.  I've already earned the reputation of one so cold
    that all the burners break down where I've been ;->
    
    What's my list up to now?  Yours, Joyce's, my sitter's, mine, and
    am I missing someone?  Jan, has yours been working?
    
                                             cj *->

    don't don't don't!!!!
    
    
    
    	kock on wood! cross your fingers....
    
    I cant' hear you, lalala- I can't hear you...
    
    Is it too late? Dang! I'll have to wait 'till I get home......
    
    
    
    
    thanks cj!

    Hey Jan, friends through thick and thin, good times and bad,
    share and share alike..right?  
    
    The funny part is, when I call I'm on a first name basis with
    the guys in service now.  They all know my place, and talk about
    Angeline.  She's such a flirt when they come in, she cracks them
    up.   Competition already!  
    
    I do have to teach her to watch for that "ring" though.  She's
    been a bit indiscriminate. ;->
    
    She knows how to pick 'em already too!  She really didn't like 
    the refrigerator guy, and shied away from him.  And didn't the
    guy stand me up three nights in a row and never came back!!!!!
    
    I'm going to start running my dates by her, like a meter! ;->
    
    						cj *->

    wow, a date meter
    
    
    	What an excellent idea! Can I borrow her next week? You could
    accept a small donation to her college fund each time-- everyone
    in Singles could use her service....we could have those "handy"
    folks here build her a little box with a red light and a green
    light-- and a couple of buttons..  bzzzzz for the red/bad one
    and dingdingding for the green/oh-so-perfect one! Maybe even
    a drive through at the front of your place--- and you could
    skim a little of the top for furnace repair!
    
    what a plan!
    Jan

    Jan, honey, I thought we had you off that glue-sniffing thang! :-)
    
    						cj *->

    cj!
    
    You know you're cold when you open your mouth and a light comes on :-).
    
    Sorry... memories of my pre-Suzi days.. <snicker>
    
    James

    OH James...I am being *so* good right now.  All those 
    responses right here at the tip of my fingers.  But
    I'll refrain.  (I'm trying to clean up the rep' a bit ;-> )
    
    						cj *->

    
         Oh cj,
    
         It's just simply too late! Once you start down that path, hard
            is it to turn from, yes... :^)
    
         You do not know the power of the dark side...
    
         But, we like you anyway! :^)
    
                                                      Sorry for the mess,
                                                       Mike.

    
    	RE: .241/.242
    
    	Well, CJ, I thought it was very thoughtful of him to say "mouth".
    
    	That reply could have been MUCH worse.  8^)
    

    You guys are making it so very hard to be good....
    Get your minds out of the gutter so mine can roll by. :-)
    
    Really, we need a new grumble in here...quick!  
    
    						cj *->

    re .244
    
    Needless to say: I AIN'T TOUCHIN THAT ONE!
    
    heh
    
    cj darlin... don't hold back just cuz I'm such a sweet (*koff*) guy...
    
    :-)

    .243
    
    Mike,
    
    really, you'll see, I'm going to be a GOOD girl now!  ;->
    
    						cj *->

    re: .247
    
         Oh yeah, suUure, that's what they all say! ;^)
    
         But, the simple fact is we, and I'm goin' out on a limb here,
            like you just the way you are... awwww... ;^)
    
                                                           Really,
                                                            Mike.

Heard on the radio news this morning...

"Despite the fact that they have arrested the suspect, the Cosby family still 
remains sad."

No, sh*t!  Like finding the killer is going to end their grieving????  I think
not!!!

I'm sure the announcer didn't realize what she was saying and most people 
wouldn't even pick up on it but I sure did!  ;-(

         It's so typical of todays media. Sigh sometimes I don't appreciate
    the information age we live in.
    
    bob<

    alt.death.car.crush.crush.crush
    
    Worst day of the bloody year..... and my heater starts blowing cold air
    half way to workie. DISSAPOINTED! 
    
    Time to buy a new car dammit... this one's breakdowns time after time
    is proving that old saying right: "I'd rather push my Ford than drive a
    Chrysler"

    Back's aching from shoveling that @#%%#^ snow on Saturday.  
    I was too late this morning to enjoy some time under my
    massage shower head.
    
    Hmmmm....could use Barb's little bug thing...but can't reach
    where it hurts. I suspect the batteries wore out anyways. ;->
    
    						cj *->
    
    						

    Actually, I think the little bug was soooooo excited it was running
    WITHOUT batteries.

    
    	RE: last few
    
    	Taken out of context, this looks like a very interesting topic.
    
    	8^)
    

    
    	I'm not crazy about being back in this *cold* weather - sure did
    miss you guys though...
    
    	Had chat withdrawl :-)
    
    joyce

    
    so did you ccccchatter and shiver???

WElcome back Joyce!!!  Missed you too!!!!

hugs,
B

    	I'm freezing - got used to that warm weather - my teeth are no
    longer chattering!
    
    	Thanks D and B :-)
    
    hugs
    
    joyce

    	Being in AZ and trying to find an ATM which would allow me to make
    a deposit.  I made *3* calls to the DCU Headquarters and *3* trips to
    different banks that were supposed to accept deposits.  I was never
    able to make the deposit. :-(
    
    joyce

    
    AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!
    
    **#$@*??!!**&&^^@@$$ and 
    
    #*%&! along with *$%(@#$!
    
    and
    
    *$%#$@!!!!!!
    
    
    
    
    whew, I feel better...
    
    

    	Was looking at my watch thinking it was 5:00 and its only 4:00!!!
    
    	Waahhhhhh!
    
    j

    
    	You're two weeks early in setting it ahead, I think.
    

    Typical page from the story of my life ;->
    
    I ordered the daffodils from the American Cancer Society Daffodil
    drive.  This year I ordered the vase too because I have none around
    my office.  Once in a VERY GREAT WHILE I have need for one ;->
    
    Well I was out yesterday when they came in.  The woman this morning
    (holding the flowers) came in and saw they needed water.  She had
    8 or 9 bunches of flowers left.  She put an amount of water in the
    wastebasket and put the flowers in that.  Went to a meeting or 
    something, and - you guessed it.   They came around and took out
    her "trash".   
    
    Geesh, I can't even get flowers when I buy them myself!!!!! :-) :-)
    (Oh!  let me not forget a very nice surprise from a fellow noter,
     though)
    
    Nice empty vase on my desk! :-)
    	
    						cj *->
    					

I am very touched by this CJ. every women should receive
flowers. I feel for you, but I can't reach you!!!!

I am outta here hava a great weekend evryone.

PS, Barb mentioned something to me about a slumber party....

    Harry,
    
    It's not like I NEVER have, you know!
    
    					cj *->

>PS, Barb mentioned something to me about a slumber party....

Umm, Harry, I believe it was YOU that mentioned it first!!  ;-P

B

    So here I am, retracting all previous statements....
    
    I got beautiful, unsolicited (he did not see these notes) flowers
    on Friday night.
    
    So now I know at least two of you romantics out there!
    
    						cj *->

          I was zoning out last night on my recliner when I heard the
    furnace making a funny noise. I semi laughed saying to the cats oh-oh 
    cj was here!! It turned out the electronic thermostat had reached the
    setpoint but had decided to bounce down a degree very 20 or 30 seconds.
    Well I'm not one for thinking cj carries some kind of bad luck or
    anything like that. Furnace is fine phew!!
    
    bob

    re: .268 by WRKSYS::BROWER
    
    >> Furnace had the hiccups last night
    >> Well I'm not one for thinking cj carries some kind of bad luck or
    >>  anything like that.
    
    I'm not superstitious either, but golly, there has to be something that
    science cannot explain here!  Coincidence only carries so far!  Is cj
    batting a 1000?
    
    /Bill   ;-)

    I'm laughing..... :-)  I expect the next time I get invited
    to someone's house, it will have to be for a bbq.
    
    (Ooh!  I mean an outdoor party - not a housefire! ;-> )
    
    						cj *->

          cj I just about fell on the floor laughing. Unless I misread 
    you... I pictured you on a spit with an apple in your mouth ;-)
    I'll have a little bit of ***** meat please :-P
    
          Besides I'd be willing to bet I'd give you a run for your money
    on the luck in general.. 
    
          Dang now where the heck is my rabbits foot..
    
    bob

    	No surprise Bob - why'd you even doubt it for a minute?
    
    joyce

          Oh I still doubt it. Anyone that could bring such an incredibly
    cute little girl into this world can't be totally unlucky. I'm hoping
    the pix from the Easter party come out ok. Angeline was a little ham
    for one shot... Actually struck a pose whilst eating a small chocolate
    bunny.
    
    bb

    Wow Bob!  Not a very flattering picture at all!  ;->
    
    						moi *->

    In Angeline's generation, she's the 13th child - following 
    up after the first miscarriage, and she was the first Cesarean
    birth (once I saw her head, I later decided that was "lucky"
    after all, but initially I was very dissappointed).
    
    But you know what, since her birth, I totally feel the number
    13 is a very VERY lucky number for me!
                             
    						cj *->

    
    	While you two are bragging about your incredible bad luck - have
    either of you ever been told by more than one person "you seem to have
    a little black cloud following you around"?   Well I have :-P
    
    joyce

    I actually do not feel I have incredibly bad luck, just that
    it can come in streaks and can, at times, be almost amusing.
    (Remember, my family name is Murphy and I live by that law).
    
    It seems, lately, it's everyone around me that seems to be
    having "my luck".   I share well.
    						cj *->

          Yes I have ;-P The year of my "D" it seemed every time I turned
    around something either needed fixing or to be completely replaced..
    What kills is it was at a time when I was lower than low so it really
    bugged me... I had car problems, medical problems, incredible job
    problems, and was fighting my former in court to boot. The only high
    point was when I went to my kids divorce couseling sessions to better
    prep them for the impending breakup.. My kids were all over me very
    jovial and happy. The counselor was very perplexed cause he figured I
    was a monster.. Truth is my former was lying but my kids love for me
    blew his supersitions about me outa the water.. Two sessions later he
    said the kids needed no counseling that we were obviously both good
    parents...
           Ceratinly something I needed to hear since all else in my life
    was upside down...
    
    bb

          Did my run at lunch today in my shorts. Oh what a terrific day.
    Hmm I could smell something in the air too.. Definitely a hint of
    spring!!
          Got back in spite of running in skivvies I was quite warm. Got to
    the locker room in time to hear some of the men screaming as we ran
    outa hot water.. Geezzz I'm swettin like a midsummers day and I gotta 
    take an ice cold shower. BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!
    
          bob

Why do you think I work out in the morning??????  ;-)  Actually there was one
morning where there was no hot water.  ;-(  And sometimes if you're the first
one showering in the a.m. you have to let the water run forever before it warms
up. 

B

    I'm home, back at work, swamped with things to do.... I wanna be back
    in MA!  The trip home Monday was awful -- left for the airport at 8:45
    a.m. EST, arrived in CA at 6:00 p.m. PST -- that's a 13+ hour day, most
    of it on full, full planes!  HOpe I don't have to do that again too
    soon.  The bright spot was meeting many of you -- thanks again for
    arranging the dinner while I was there, and to those of you who made
    it, I really enjoyed being able to put names and faces together.....  
    
    

    	Glad you're home safe, sorry the trip sucked, and sorry I couldn't
    stay longer...
    
    joyce

    
    	Hostess cup cakes instead of a chocolate chip cookie :-(   On the
    bright side - they will try to get me a cookie from up the hill later
    on.  The shipment of dough isn't here yet...
    
    joyce

Well, my hairdresser's idea of drastic and mine are quite different...I'd hate 
to see what she considers drastic.  ;-(  I'm still in shock!  Went in for a 
highlight and well, now you can call me blondie.  Well, ok, it's not THAT bad.
;-)  Just a *LOT* more of a highlight than I expected.  ;-(  I wanted a change
but this is a bit much!!  

Well, at least I can go back and have her tone it down next week...

Guess till then I'll just have more fun!

B

    
    	Until then, though, we'll do what we can to type a bit slower so
    	you can keep up.
    

    <<< Note 13.285 by DANGER::ASKETH "Beware of Greeks bearing gifts..." >>>
                                 -< blondie  >-

>now you can call me blondie.  

<frantically searches directory for long list of blonde jokes>

	Grrrrr.... Last May I got a ticket for "driving in the breakdown
	lane" in Mass. (Coming off the lowell connector to Rt 3 north, but
	getting off at Rt 110)

	I sent in the ticket saying I wanted to contest it. Well, I never
	heard from them again, till the other night when I got
	notification that my license is revoked in Mass and will be 
	revoked in NH in April. ARGH!! They were sending all the info
	to my OLD address in Merrimack that I haven't lived at for over
	3 years!! The Registry actually had the balls to tell me that
	"You never filed a change of address form with us" DUUUUH! I 
	answered with "DUH! I'm not a Mass. resident! Must I notify
	all 50 states, D.C, and Guam if I change my address?! That's
	not my problem. That's what computers are for. It's not my
	fault you had the wrong address. The correct address was in
	the NH computer, on the back of my license, on the registration
	for the vehicle and on the return envelope!!!" Needless to say,
	he didn't help me much after that. :)

	After playing catch-22 between the registry and the Lowell court,
	(calling each 3-4 times with each pointing back to each other)
	I finally gave in and called a friend in the State Police. Now
	I have to sit tight till Monday when he makes some inquiries. Till
	then, I can't drive in Mass which means I won't be able to go
	to the airport to see my Mom when she arrives from Ireland Monday.
	Hopefully I'll get the hearing I desire. I want to fight this
	ticket. It was wrong.


	DAMMIT...!!


								mike

    RE .285
    
    I hate when that happens... =(8-)
    
    At least you have hair to frost...
    
    
    Steve (8-)

    Mike definitely fight it.  About four years ago, I got a speeding ticket
    in Mass, in which I live, and decided to contest it.  I mailed it in
    the next day to say, I was going to contest it.  I thought if noththing
    else I would delay the pain of paying and a surge charge.  Thought nothing 
    about it till three months later when I got mail from the registry
    stating that my right to drive in Mass was revoked since I had not
    appeared for a summons.  Called the registry and they sent me to the
    Leominster court house.  At the court house I lucky had a really 
    nice clerk.  They gave me a copy of the envelope of my summons,
    which had been returned by the Leominster Post Office as addressee
    unknow, no forwarding address.  Strange since I had lived there for
    seven years and still live there.  It took me two trips to the registry
    in Fitchburg to straighten things.  Plus the Fitchburg registry wanted 
    me to go into the registry in Boston, to ensure that it was cleaned up.
    Some line about they could not guarantee the paperwork from Fitchburg 
    to Boston.  When I went back to court two weeks later, I told my long 
    tale to the State Trooper.  Even though I had been speeding, he felt I 
    had been aggravated enough, that he dismissed the case.  It only cost
    me a $10.00 for paper work.  
    
    Got to love the Registry and Post Office.  
     that he    

    
         So, now you see why most people just pay the bleeding ticket?
    
         Is it really worth it to jump through hoops?
    
         I personally believe they got ya, whether your guilty or innocent,
            and they know it...
    
                                                         Don't get me
                                                          started,
                                                           Mike.

I saved myself $100 by fighting a ticket!!!  I'd say it's worth it!

    
    	The only ticket I ever got in my life, was on Halloween at 11:00
    pm - I was in a 45 mph zone and the cop was in a 35 mph zone.  He
    clocked me at 47.  I argued I was in the 45 mph zone, he lectured me
    there were kids out - it was Halloween (excuse me at 11:00 pm?!?!).
    
    	I fought the ticket - argued that I was in the 45 mph zone when he
    clocked me - the clerk of courts said that when speed drops we don't
    always slow down immediately and in the light of Christmas spirit and
    the fact I had no other tickets, she suggested dropping it - he did.
    
    	I'd fight it...
    
    joyce

    
         Ah, yes, but usually the cost of a day off from work, the travel
            and the frustration is far from the cost of a ticket. As to
            the surcharge, that depends on your driving points, you may
            get one or you may not.
    
         And then there's the horror stories like Mike brought up,
            where _they_ make the mistake and blame you for it...
            Ah, guilty until proven innocent.
    
                                                           Bye,
                                                            Mike.

>         Ah, yes, but usually the cost of a day off from work, the travel
>            and the frustration is far from the cost of a ticket. As to

Well, it was worth it to me! 

>         And then there's the horror stories like Mike brought up,
>            where _they_ make the mistake and blame you for it...
>            Ah, guilty until proven innocent.
    
Yeah but it's not ALWAYS a horror story.  Mine went very smoothly.  It didn't
eat up a whole day, saved me some bucks....

	Thanks for all the support. I definately plan to fight it. I
	just lost my patience with the runaround with the registry
	and the court. I don't like having to call my friends in the
	State Police for stuff like this, but it just got to the point
	where the Registry and the Court were pointing fingers and I
	was stuck in the middle (getting ready to GIVE the finger to
	both!)

	My trooper buddy will check on things first thing Monday
	morning for me. What's pissing me off more is that it's now
	a major hassle to get to Logan Monday afternoon and even worse,
	get home from my Mom's place in Braintree Monday night. One thing
	going for me, my friend trained the trooper that pulled
	me over AND he works in the Lowell Court. I don't want him to
	FIX the ticket, I just want to get the hearing due me. (Of which
	I believe I will win once I show photo's of the area and the lack
	of a breakdown lane to drive in)

	What a friggin hassle. I feel guilty until I prove myself
	innocent.

							mike

          I just pulled a muscle in my butt OUCH!!! I was walking around a
    corner at a brisk pace and swerved to avoid running into someone..
    Heard a pop on my right lower posterior... Oh I hope I don't have a
    sciatic problem. Hmm maybe I should try to do a split to see if I can
    pop it back. I could picture them carrying me to the ambulance stuck in
    a split position ;-)....
    
    bob

    I have fought many tickets and won every one from red light to speeding
    and getting caught with radar.  Only one took up a lot
    of time and I actually did a trial with discovery and  where I questioned 
    the police officer about the radar unit operation, etc.  I still won. 
    It was actually fun. Although, now I'm almost a lawyer.  I guess that
    may have been why it was fun.  I would fight the ticket and just keep 
    records and receipts of everything sent.
    
    Anne
    

	I've never had to fight a moving violation.

					--Doug

    	Its *already* turning to snow :-(
    
    joyce

    Want to look at 'it'...?
    
    
    http://www.intellicast.com/weather/bos/sat/
    
    http://www.intellicast.com/weather/bos/radar/

                <<< Note 13.301 by APACHE::KEITH "Dr. Deuce" >>>

   > Want to look at 'it'...?
    
     No. Not on the web and more importantly, not in friggin' 
     person either.

     thanks for listening :-)

     daryll

    Mike!!
    
    Good luck dude.... if it's wrong.. it's wrong. And it's no different in
    Canada. Sometimes it's just plain wrong. My car got ticketed and towed
    and it was wrong but I had to pay to get my bloody car back then fight
    the ticket and I'm finding out how to get the towing money back.
    
    Go get em....

    Well... look at the bright side!!! Now all those love stricken men can
    stare in your eyes... and see the back of your head....
    
    or or or... you could hang out with the other blondes in the freezer
    and be frosted flakes
    
    or or or... now you can make your eyes *really* sparkle... just shine a
    pen light in your ears....
    
    or or or... you can utter those immortal words: "you guys all on the
    same team?"
    
    or or or... I think I'll just duck and run....
    
    I better go... I locked my keys in the car and I have to get my fiancee
    out...
    
    Jim
    (aka: target)

OK, I'm not THAT blond.  ;-)  It was quite a shock for me cause it wasn't what
I had in mind at all but everyone's telling me I made it sound worse than it 
is.  ;-)

B

    	
    	Frosting your hair - doesn't impact your intelligence - only
    other's perception of you :-)
    
    joyce

    	whatchit blondie :-P 

Yeah Daryll - you've got a heck of a lot more blond hair than I do!!!  Hmmm,
well percentage wise at least - you plain just don't have a lot of hair on your
head!  

    	HAH - someone agrees with me - he does have dark blonde hair - he's
    trying to deny it!
    
    thanks barb
    
    joyce

My hair is not blonde. You two color blind or something?

    	Face it Daryll dearie - your hair is dark blonde - no matter how
    much you try to deny it! :-P
    
    joyce

Please explain the difference between dark blonde and light 
brown. I thank you.

sheesh.

    
    25 IQ points?
    
    
    
    Ow!
    

See Joyce!?  He's SO blond, he doesn't even know the color of his own hair!!!!

;-P

Yeah, well if it were so, which it isn't. Nature made mine this 
way. 

What's your excuse Barb?

daryll

            <<< Note 13.314 by POWDML::HANGGELI "Because I Can." >>>

    
   > 25 IQ points?
    
   Do I make a great straight man or what?

    
    What?
    

What what?

I fed that softball sized line to you and you belted it out of 
the park. 

Touche.

>What's your excuse Barb?

Chemicals.  ;-)

> Do I make a great straight man or what?
				    ^^^^^

I believe this is what Deb was referring to.  ;-P

    
    	Daryll is a bit slow today.
    
    	[Did I say "today"?]
    

    	re. .321 - I did complain to him once that he was too quick :-)
    
    joyce

    
    ...
    
    naah.  Too easy.
    

I do so love watching the amateurs have at it. Keep it up kids, 
someday you may earn a promotion to the major leagues. In the 
meantime, don't forget that that practice time in front of the mirror 
is essential.

daryll

    
    	[snort!]
    
    	Any time, any place.
    
    	8^)
    

    	No matter what else he lacks, Daryll does have one hell of an
    ego...
    
    joyce

Joyce,

What was that quote I gave you?

daryll

    And I'm guessing this is pick on Daryll day?
    
    					cj *->

    
    And that's a change...how?
    

<innocently pouts looking for sympathy>

    	Daryll, as I told you, I make my own decisions based on personal 
    experience...  :-P
    
    joyce

    	Looks like cj fell for it...
    
    joyce

              <<< Note 13.330 by SALEM::DODA "Pacing the cage" >>>

<innocently pouts looking for sympathy>

    re.332
    
    might seem that way, unless you *really* know me.
    
    						cj *->

	I was born blond.. A toehead (where do they get those expressions)
	till I was about 2-3, then straight brown hair till about 14 when
	I went thru the Mandatory 70's Bad Hair Decade. Friz city until
	I threw away the hair dryer in 1980. (ok, I didn't need it because
	Basic Training cut it all off) Now it's just wavy/curly. And it's
	NOT waving goodbye!

	Oh, did I mention I was blond when I was a baby?

							mike

    
    towhead, from tow, a whitish coloured flax plant.
    
    
    Yr Obd Svt,
    
    The_Shell_Answer_Woman
    

	I have been enlightened.. (No, NOT highlightened... :))

	thanks!

						mike

>	I was born blond.. A toehead (where do they get those expressions)
    
    It's towhead (but maybe your head did have some other distinguishing
    characteristics, Mikey ;-), as tow is some kind of fiber approximately
    the color of Daryll's locks...
    
    Against long odds my son turned out to be blond, and "Towhead" was
    once one of his nicknames for a while.  He didn't like it one bit.
    
    glenn
    

    
    Getting stoped at lunch time going to DCU in Merrimak.....no reason
    really, guess the local fuzz don't like the sound of my Stang ! :^)
    
    Chris

    Were you dragging up dw highway AGAIN?  (-;
    
    

    
    No, actually I was just pulling out of the credit union, and there he
    was... followed me for maybe a quarter mile, and pulled me over. Didn't
    do a thing. He checked things out, came back and said have a nice day,
    then left.
    
    He was just stereo typing me as a trouble maker because of my car...
    
    Oh well ! No harm.......
    
    (really, I was inocent ! (this time ;^) ))
    
    Chris

After reading the P+P I do not think I can write another note.
Bye

    Guess I'd have to go along with you, wouldn't I, Harry?
    
    						cj *->

    Harry and cj......can I come along too?
    
    	

    oh yes, Jan, you can PLAY!  No doubt about it!  ;->
    				
    						cj *->

CJ, your right, we would both be in trouble if let loose
to spice this conferance up. Spice wait a minute, I am 
getting that confused with TV. NOPE...same thing

					Harry

Jan,
	If I remember one thing its the hug you gave
me leaving Barbs party. There will always be room for
you......

    Harry,
    
    If this conference got any more "spice" we'd be shut down.
    

	It *isn't* the "teasing" in this conference that triggered the
posting of the P&P.  So long as the targets don't feel they're being
harassed, I see no reason not to continue on racking up points on the
scoreboard.  If anyone feels that a "zing" goes a little overboard, please
contact the author and let them know you feel that way.  I'm expecting
everyone to act like adults.

					--D

    Oh Doug, we are just doing what we do best....being jokers.
    
    I did not read that posting to mean anything other than what
    you intended.
    
    						cj *->

    	The people that participate here, do "tease" each other and that
    isn't a problem.  
    
    	With a file like this - there's bound to be a curiosity factor and 
    people do get mail.  Sometimes the mail isn't the kind that you want to
    get...
    
    joyce 

	And I wanted it to be clear that I wasn't trying to squash the
teasing just in case anyone was really afraid that I was.  That's all.

					--D

    
    	You did the right thing, in case it matters.  No harm in making it
    	clear what the guidelines are, so that participants are aware of
    	same.
    

    
    Suckup.
    
    
    
    8^)
    

	Oh yeah.  One more Guideline:


	It's always "make fun of Slab" day. ;-)

					--D

whew.

    	Hey - you forgot "pick on Daryll"!
    
    joyce

    
    	RE: .355
    
    	Yeah, like you even have to ANNOUNCE that.
    
    
    	RE: Deb
    
    	Suck-up??  I have no desire to suck-up to a moderator.  I don't
    	care if they like me or not.  8^)
    

        My 39 yr old brother had a heart attack last week... Found out
    during the weekend.. The doctors say there's only a little damage to
    his heart... He did implore him to give up the butts though..
        Life can be so fragile at times..
    
    bb

           Unable to get the electronic sheep running on my Alpha PC with
    NT version 4.0 or my home PC with Win95. Bummer when I stopped by 
    Barb's office she was roaring when I left. I may have to load FX32 at
    work... On the home pc it gave a message that it wasn't WIN95
    compatible :-(
    
    bb

    	Weird - I'm running WIN 95 and its been fine since day one...
    
    joyce

          Well I'm not overly pee cee literate. Could even be my
    configuration tooo....
    
    
    bb

    
    	Ummm, electronic sheep?
    
    	Did I NEXT UNSEEN past some sort of explanation?
    

S'ok Shawn. I doubt you'll find them as much fun as the real 
thing.

	Electronic Sheep? Anything like a Love Ewe??

	:)

    .exe file - big horned sheep hangs around your windows and does
    stuff.  Deb sent it to Barb, who sent it to me and then Bob...
    
    j

    
    A Love Ewe.  Oy.
    
    8^)
    

    
    	A love ewe two.
    
    	Let's pretend we're married.
    
    
    
    	8^)
    

    
    	[I'd love to input the entire Prince song, but it's silly to risk
    	 getting fired over something like that.  8^)]
    

    
    <blink>
    

    re .369
    
    Really eh?
    
    Excuse me but I need your chemistry.. don't you want to be my
    fantasy...
    
    not the most subtle of songs is it?

    
    	No, not at all.
    
    	The guy knows how to get to the point, for sure.
    
    	I saw the last thirty seconds of the "Cream" video last night ...
    	those two brunettes he "featured" front and center were a couple
    	beauties.  And the video is VERY suggestive.
    

    re .366
    
    :-)
    
    would someone send the sheep thingy (notice the excellent usage of
    technical terms) to me????
    
    pweese?
    
    James
    drover@mail.dec.com

    
    Could someone please send me the bighorn sheep?
    
    I feel like I'm missing out on some new craze or something.
    
    I'm on Exchange as Deane Smith.
    

    
    	I'll take it, too, if someone cares to send it.
    
    	Thanks.
    
    	labounty@mail.dec.com
    

    	Consider it sent...
    
    j

    Well I thought my car would be all set for abit. On Good Friday, it
    went in for radiator repair. Got it back last Monday in the blizzard. 
    On the way in this morning, the temperature gauge just about hit the
    roof and plus there wasn't any heat. Called the dealer, car rental, and
    tow company. THank heavens for cell phones. Got the HMO, and the person
    I was going to see had called in sick. They had called me just after I
    left the house.
    
    Some days you can't win.
    
    Cindy

       Sounds as if they forgot to refill your radiator??
    
    bb

    
    	Could be a bad thermostat and/or fan switch/fuse.
    
    	My Duster had both replaced a week or two ago.
    

	I'm having a "down" day -- probably a contrast thing since I had a
very "up" day yesterday, but it's still tough.  It could be exhaustion or
burnout too.

					--Doug

        Hang in there Doug!! It could be a touch of Spring Fever too..
    
    bb

    	I hear you - have a hug...  
    
    	I broke the bottom to my turbo/convection oven - into 4 pieces!!!
    
    joyce

    
    	Crazy glue!!
    

    	Too much damage for crazy glue :-(   However, this a.m. I lucked
    out and found the booklet that came with it - and they do have
    replacement parts in it - will have to scope it out later!
    
    j

          There're some good stores that sell replacement parts for such
    beasts... 
          Also I can check at Sears to see if I can order you a new one..
    All I need is the make and model #..
    
    bb

    	Its an "ASTAR" oven, called the 800 and got dumped into a loop, I'm
    sorry mail box XXX is full, I'll connect you to an assistant.  Back to
    the same place - no way to zero escape - guess I'll try later...
    
    	There is no "part number" to be found in this booklet.
    
    joyce

Hugs Doug.  I hear you!

B

    
    	RE: .386
    
    	Now you know how people feel when they call Digital customer sup-
    	port hotlines.  8^)
    

    	Gee Shawn - I don't answer the customer support hotline anymore...
    
    joyce

    
    I gotta say, for a file that calls itself 'a place for gabby single
    folk', there isn't much gabbing going on right now 8^).
    
    Hey, it's 7:40!  Wake up!  I'm stuck in Marlboro with <sigh> nothing to do!
    

    
    	Keep it down ... I'm still trying to wake up.
    
    	I've only had one coffee.
    
    	[And I'm still in my pajamas.]
    

    
    =8^o
    

          One of the problems of late with coming in early is my project
    mgr is here at 6:30.. He was in my office as soon as he heard me come
    in.. So I have to stealth note;-).. It seemse every time he comes in 
    here I'm in singles chat..
          Gee Mz Deb  is anyone else in MRO this early?? If not go to 
    Bergson's on rte 9 for an elegant breakfast ;-)
    
    
    bb

    
    	Couldn't quite wake up this a.m. - sorry to be so late :-)
    
    joyce

    
    My elegant breakfast this morning was a glass of tomato juice.
    
    Sans the vodka and tabasco, unfortunately!
    

        What no V-8 ;-)
    
    
    bb

There is *nothing* like a good bloody mary in the morning.

Well, almost nothing.

    
    <wondering if she should pursue this "almost nothing" thing>
    

    
    I could tell you, but then I'd have to kill you.
    

<wonders if it might be worth it>

    depends on the cause of death!

    <liking this Deb...she has good humor!>

    	agreed...
    
    joyce

        Agreed is Deb on the board yet?? She certainly deserves some points
    for her witty comebacks..
    
    bob

    I think you should show at a party to get on the board ;->
    
    Speaking of "showing at a party"....HELLO???  STephanie????
    Where for art thou?
    						cj *->

    
    Did someone say 'party'?
    
    

          I've seen Steph in the halged halls of PKO3.. I think she's
    pretty busy adjusting to the new environ..
       
          bob

           I'd consider throwing a party.. I need to find 4 twister games
    though.. Then I could tape them together and we could play mega
    twister. Imagine 20 people in a convoluted position collapsing ;-)
           Mz Deb have you gotten any ticket info for your show yet??
    I'd like to make the showing on the 26th...
    
    
    bob

    
    Oh, naughty me.  My mind has been occupied elsewhere.  I'll find out
    right away.
    
    Hold that thought.
    

    One of the mods write-locked the "snow day" note in ::DIGITAL where
    people were entering horse related puns.  Now I can't enter my
    suggestion that the string could be made relevent by including
    comparisons of the "Digital way of working" to various horse body
    parts.
    
    Tony    

    	Don't look at me - musta been Steve or Paul... Although I concur  
    with the decision - that's ::digital and replies had gone a little too
    far.
    
    joyce

    Started work at 6 am this morning since I have to leave at 1.... by
    7:30 felt like I'd run, and won, the Boston marathon!!!!!  This new job
    is killing me -- fell asleep Friday night almost before I'd managed to
    completely sit down on the couch.... slept almost all day Saturday! 
    Think I'm getting too old for this stuff!  Now have NSIS Practice VP
    plus 2 other local managers plus 2 other team members from the east
    coast to support.... there aren't enough hours in the day any more!
    
    Quick, I need a Calgon moment!  (for those of you old enough to
    remember the ad)
    
    Pat

    
    	RE: .407
    
    	Is that the best you can do?
    

    Did someone say...
    



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    	Well folks, MKO is closing, and my job is going to Littleton.
    That's 1hr and 15min each way, to work in a group that is being
    forced to do more with less, and we're at the breaking point now. 
    Management will not discuss the home program, my accounts are
    frantic that they'll lose me, and I have to say goodbye to a
    site full of friends. Its been a tough few weeks, and I can 
    only say that without this conference... I'd be residing in
    a soft, white-walled chamber wearing clean paper slippers
    and a jacket with extremely looong sleeves.
     
    	I know I'll make something happen, and things will improve
    but until then-- I have to retract my Life Is Good motto, 
    and  replace it with-- Life Can Be Good, (just keep the receipts)
    
    
    sigh,
    Jan  

    	Look on the bright side
    
    
    you're near us AKO/LKG/PKO/MSO folks...
    
    hug
    
    joyce  

         Calgon moment and a hug Hit next unseen Shawn
    
    
    
       {{{{{{{{PAT}}}}}}}}
    
    bob

    re .412
    
    Joyce
    
    About that note having gone too far... Jan's problem proves my point. 
    We needed to compare Digital to horse's body parts.  I was just getting
    rolling.
    
    As far as ::digital vs. ::DIGITAL, when in Vax Notes, do a DIR and tell
    me what you see.  ;)
    
    Tony

         Oh Jan,
    
         Hang tough!! There're a great many of us rowing as fast and as
    hard as we can due to so few people to do more work than ever.
    
    hugs kiddo... life can be good just be ready to jump over obstacles.
    
    bob

    re:420   Tony a horses patut isn't big enough :-). Maybe an Elephants??
    
    bb

    Well one for certain. Since I joined Digital six months ago, the only
    constant here has been FUD, chaos, and very unhappy people. It wouldn't
    surprise me if some of those people started bring large duffle bags to
    work with "US Postal Service" on them. And you know the Postal Service
    motto: 'Don't get mad, go postal'
    
    ;-/

    re .417
    
    Jan.. request a transfer to TRO :-). I'm lonely up here and yer fun!
   
   \|||/
    o o
     @
    \_/
        

          Realizing that today is only Thursday.. My brain feels like it's
    immersed in an soda water aka fizzies :-( 
          Geez if I get any more behinder I might just catch up with my
    tail end!!
    
    bb

    Bob dude...
    
    I hear you. I just finished configuring the 8400 and the 4100 for my
    next test on the hardware/storageworks side. Now I have to install
    Unix, various patches, a whack of 3rd party stuff, Oracle, my
    customer's data and hopefully be done when another vendor pops in to
    load their stuff on. Home is a long ways away at this point.
    
    Jim

    Over here, we've discovered how to deal with getting behinder in our
    work.  Whenever that happens, we have a meeting for half the afternoon
    to figure out what to do about it.  ;)
    
    Tony

    
    	Reminds me of a Dilbert cartoon.
    

    
     Hi Bruce,
    
     Is the Daytona a turbo ??
    
     I've had an 87 shadow turbo.....would never get another. Head gaskets,
    motors, turbo's....been there. Went back to the trusty 5.0 !!
    
     Chris

    
    I gotta say, for a file that calls itself 'a place for gabby single
    folk', there isn't much gabbing going on at 1:10am.
    

    	Well Deb - we're not all night owls :-)
    
    joyce

         Yow Deb do you ever sleep?
    
    bob

    
    	At 1:10 this morning I was waiting for "Primal Fear" to start.
    
    	8^)
    
    	[And at 3:40 it finished and I finally fell asleep.  That nap
    	 I took Saturday afternoon seems to have screwed up my whole
    	 week.]
    

          Shawn you need a cat, dog, or ferrett to keep you from napping on
    Saturdays ;-)
    
    bob

    
    	A pet Shawn?
    
    	But if my mother yells out "Shawn!", which of us should come
    	running?
    

    re: Chris:    it is in fact a Turbo, but not a Daytona...
    I won't do it again, either...  When I originally began this
    odyssy, I got a lowball price, and my plan was to do it,
    drive it for maybe a year, and get rid of it, and maybe
    break even...   It hasn't quite turned out that way...
    
    /bruce

    
    Oops,
    
    Laser ! (Same thing really). :^)
    
    Chris
    

    
    .436
    
    You laugh.  My parents called our dog the same nickname they called me. 
    I am dead serious.
    

While the 2.2L Chryco had some problems, it was a very reliable 
motor. The 2.2L turbo was the highest production turbo motor 
in the world. I had 2, a '85 and a '87. I lost a headgasket on 
the '87 with about 70K on it. I sold it with 145K on it. The '85 
was sold at 85k. The key to turbos is meticulous maintenance, 
especially with oil changes.

If you want to talk real junk, the 2.3l Merc/Ford turbos wouldn't 
make a good boat anchor.

daryll

    
    I went to pick up my car this morning, and it appears to have a
    undiagnosable electrical problem.    
    
    Meanwhile, I get to drive around in a bright purple Hyandai Accent.. 
    
    oh, joy... **choke gag choke gag**  (-;
    
    

    
    	RE: .439
    
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RE: .443

	Now THAT's a terrible car.. (at least those imported into the
	states a few years ago..) The trucks are good tho.

							mike

                      <<< Note 13.442 by WHYNOW::KENYON >>>

    
   > I went to pick up my car this morning, and it appears to have a
   > undiagnosable electrical problem.    
    
    Is VW still losing their shirt here in the US?

          I love it when she does that too.. I didn't duck in time she got 
    the whole side of my face :-P
    
    
    bb

    
    Daryll,
    
       Ya, I've met one guy that drag races 2.5 turbo's with intercoolers
    on them. Theres a line that the computer senses boost pressure from,
    and when you bleed off pressure from this line you can fool the
    computer into thinking its getting less boost then it actually is. This
    causes it to allow more exhaust gasses through the turbo, giving more
    boost. Up to 26 lbs. Low 13's from a minivan...QUITE impressive.
    
       Claims hes never blown a head gasket, and hes made over 500 1/4
    runs....(note, do not try this with a stock fuel system...it will
    lean out and blow head gaskets, pistons etc..)
    
       Chris

    	Impressive indeed :-)   Had a lovely morning at the National Sales
    Meeting in Boston...
    
    joyce

    Buying your 12 yr old nieces year old bike that she has out grown
    but fits your perfectly....even though you have 30 years on her.

    
    Ow.  I concur wholeheartedly.  I find it rather embarassing to be
    shorter than a 6th grader.
           
    

    
    Something to complain about....
    
    A sore, stiff neck all day so far...Musta slept wrong.. (O.K. get those
    comments flowing! ;^))
    
    Chris

         Well when you see a very nice looking woman walk by it's best to
    be a bit more casual with your glance. Turning ones head too fast can
    often give you slef induced whiplash :-)..
         Then again I suppose if you sleep like a pretzel you could have a
    stiff neck from that too..

    
    Yes, she was worth the look. But like the women in here she was 
    quick and noticed :^)
    
    Chris

         Ouch in other words you got bagged.. Hope it wasn't a lewd look!!
    When I get bagged I turn beet red. Oh it's bad to be so easily
    embarrassed.... 
    
    bb

    
    I'd highly recommend a Nissan 240SX to those in search of a reliable
    sports car.  I sold my 85 Plymouth Torismo in 1990 after putting 
    thousands of dollars into it.
    
    My Nissan's odometer just hit 180K and I'm on the orig clutch, 
    battery, radiator, engine, transmission....etc.  The only thing 
    I've done to the car is change the oil and put on new tires and 
    brakes.
    
    I keep thinking it's gonna die soon....just keeps going and going and..

    
    5.0 H.O. Mustang....only way to go :^)
    
    Have had and seen them with 150,000 + miles, still running strong...
    
    I'm hooked...its not just a car, its a spirit that grows inside you...
    
    Chris
    

    
    	RE: .457
    
    	I've always loved the 240SX.
    

But I've got this thing for ragtops.....

Hi all,
	I was out sick yesterday and this morning.  Had 89 (!) notes in here to
catch up on!!  Still not feeling totally well.  Have this upset stomach and
dizziness thing along with the remnants of the cold.  ;-(  Haven't been able to 
eat much of anything since last Wed or so.  The doc said the dizziness could be 
from an inner ear thing or from the junk still in my head or because I'm dehy-
drated from not eating/drinking.  Sigh.  I'm sick of being sick!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And there's nothing I can really do but wait it out (well, and eat bananas,
applesauce, rice and toast ;-) ).
	Just wanted to say Hi, I'm still alive though...

Barb

    re: .461 by DANGER::ASKETH
    
    Get well soon, Barb.  You have a very busy social schedule ahead of
    you, you know.  ;-)
    
    Bill

	Make sure you know who's been handling that
applesauce...

    Well I'm happy you're still alive Barb!!!! You make me happy :-)
    
    Get better soon!
    
    {{{BARB}}}
    
    James

    
    	Nissan did make a limited-edition 240SX convertible, Daryll.
    

Yeah. I'm 6'2". cancel that idea.

       Hang in there Barb!!
    
    bb

	Mazda Miata.. No comparison... And my 6'4" friend even finds
	it "wearable".

	I should have mine on the road by the end of the week.

							mike

          Finding that our vendor made a major design change on their
    reference design we're using.. WITHOUT TELLLING US!! We were a day
    away from finishing layout and were allready into checking on the
    module ;-( 
          Double groan I need a drink and a sympathetic ear as this day
    from hell ends.. Cept it's too late.. Guess I'll go home and talk to
    my cats....
    
    bob

I believe I'll take my Sebring over the Miata. Too small for my 
tastes.

    
    	I'd take a HumVee over a Miata.
    
    
    
    	Several times.
    
    	8^)
    

Then there's this thing about an actual backseat and trunk space.

I like to sit a couple people back there comfortably and have my 
seat all the way back.

daryll

    
    	With the seat all the way back in my Supra [which is the way I
    	like to drive also] I couldn't even fit MY legs between the seat
    	back and the back seat.  Heck, sliding my hand through there is
    	a tough fit.
    
    	But there's good trunk/hatch space.
    

    	Got knocked off the network and couldn't access vms for the last
    couple hrs - having vms/notes withdrawal!
    
    joyce

           Drivers on rte 2 of late!! Was behind a pool water truck last
    evening coming up on the Mechanic St exit.. Pulled into the exit lane,
    yes I signalled, in the pouring rain. Had pulled almost even with the 
    back of the water truck when a pea brain cut across from the left lane
    within feet of the truck and attempted to occupy the space I was in!!
    I swerved to let her in... What is it with people having to pass just
    one more car before they hit their exit? Had I not reacted her Maxima
    would've been crunched between the truck and my van. She gave me the
    Darth Vader look as if I'd done something wrong too..
    
    bob

    re: .471 by WRKSYS::BROWER
    
    >> She gave me the Darth Vader look as if I'd done something wrong
    >> too..
    
    Of course you did something wrong.  She wasn't in the center of your
    universe where she clearly belongs.   :-}
    
    /Bill

    
    It appears Massachusetts drivers over rushed and do don't exhibit brain
    power over automobile power.... 
    
    On my way to school at U-Lowell last night, this woman was riding
    way-to-close to my ass for several blocks.  When it was all said and 
    done, she nearly rear ended me three times.... 
    
    1st time at a traffic light (skidded and stopped 1' behind me)
    
    2nd time at another traffic light (skidded and then jumped into another
    lane to avoid hitting me)
    
    3rd time when I was stopping at a crosswalk to allow a pedestrian 
    to cross the street (highly enforced state law). I saw her coming
    in the rear view so I nudged forward (trying not to hit the pedestrian)
    to give this moron a landing pad.  The foolish woman ended up ditching
    her car onto the lawn at U-MASS to avoid colliding with me.  
                                                          
    At this point, I felt the need to step out of the cockpit and address her
    with a couple swears and a tasteful flipping of the bird.    
    
    This woman should be prescribed marijauna to ease her over zealous
    leadfoot! 

    might be she was finishing off her last prescription!  ;->
    					cj *->

          No response on going to Partners Pub Sunday :-( Gad dare I
    venture out to the singles dance instead? Spose some people are
    going away for the weekend.
          That and I'll miss Barb's party :-( Couldn't possibly take my
    kids as it might be too educational of an experience :-) have fun
    everyone..
          cj getting sick :-( I've been battling something all week it
    seems fairly subdued at present but ya never know when a bug is going
    to get agressive and knock you senseless.. Hang tough cj!! 
          
    
    bob

I have rehearsal Bob.  Sorry.  Though Bruce, I will be in Nashua and after
rehearsal is a possibility - maybe I'll try and drag some cast members out.
;-)

    	    ****UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHH****
    
    Having an allergy problem, called Primary Care's office and asked
    for a referral to my allergist.  
    
    NOOOOOOOOOOO - I have to go into his office *first* and they have
    nothing till Weds - unless I want to drive to Athol tomorrow - of
    course I have to call the Athol office and check if there's any
    available time - can't make the apt. through his main office!
    
    Let's just make life a little more miserable than it is already!
    
    joyce

    Nah, just go back to the farm and take a deeeeeeep breath Joyce.
    That'll clear your head just fine. And if it doesn't, well...
    an icecream treat may be in order. 
    
    :-)
    
    Ron

          Too bad Joyce.. When my hayfever really kicks in I wish they had
    some fashionable facemasks to provide some relief when I'm outside.. I
    love gardening and just plain being outside this time of year.. But the
    ole pollen revenge is deadly...
    
    
    bob

    
    	I have poison ivy.
    
    	[itch itch]
    

    be careful where you put those hands once you've been
    scratching!  ;->
    
    						cj *->

    	This is a grumble :-)   Yes your allergies are acting up says the
    Primary Care Physician - here take this and this (free samples no
    prescriptions) until you get into the allergist.  Call the allergist -
    well we haven't seen you in 3-4 years, so we have to start you as a new
    patient - which means - Uggghh those scratch tests again!!!!  Oh and
    all the good stuff he gave me to get me through this lovely snuffling
    bout will have to be stopped 3 and 7 days prior to testing  Oh and the
    first apt. I could get is 5/15!!!
    
    j

    I will NEVER again try to take advantage of a nice day by bringing my
    tuna salad sandwich (lettuce and tomato and pickles on the side) out to
    my car and eating from a foam plate on my lap.
    
    Tony

           Oh oh Tony what happened did you sneeze?? Or did mother nature 
    hit you with one of those funneled gusts of wind PKO3 is known for :-)
    
           Last night at the 2nd job.. I really wish when people run over
    an immovable object with their lawnmower... Then realize they can't
    start it would say so when they bring it in.. Had a 4.5 hp mower with a
    broken flywheel key come close to breaking my arm last night. Felt like
    I'd been kicked by a mule OUCH!!! 
    
    bob
           

OK, who's got some good jokes to send me and cheer me up?  Having a rough day.
;-(

B

    Why couldn't the pony talk???
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    Cause he's a little hoarse
    
    
    (hey, you asked)
    

    	No jokes - but plenty of *hugs*!
    
    joyce

    ....and more hugs!!  {{{{{{{{{{Barb}}}}}}}}}}}

Jokes, Did you say jokes? Barb.

I think Joyce has a problem with this subject since she had trouble with
lipstick at Tg party. :-)
                         

Subject: Problems With Lipstick (fwd)


>>Problems with Lipstick
>>----------------------
>>
>>A principal of a small middle school had a problem with a few of the older 
>>girls starting to use lipstick.  When applying it in the bathroom they 
>>would then press their lips to the mirror and leave lip prints.
>>
>>Before it got out of hand he thought of a way to stop it.  He gathered all 
>>the girls together that wore lipstick and told them he wanted to meet with 
>>them in the ladies room at 2pm. They gathered at 2pm and found the principal 
>>and the school custodian waiting for them.
>>
>>The principal explained that it was becoming a problem for the custodian to 
>>clean the mirror every night. He said he felt the ladies did not fully 
>>understand just how much of a problem it was and he wanted them to witness 
>>just how hard it was to clean. The custodian then demonstrated.  He took a 
>>long brush on a handle out of a box.  He then dipped the brush in the 
>>nearest toilet, moved to the mirror and proceeded to remove the lipstick. 
>>
>>That was the last day the girls pressed their lips on the mirror. 
>>
>>Beaverton School District
>>Beaverton, Oregon
>>
>>
>
                                                                  
So Barb, what do you use to clean your sweater? :-)

dH

    	re. 489 - hey!  keep my lips outta this fella :-)
    
    joyce

                                                                  
>So Barb, what do you use to clean your sweater? :-)

:-p

So Joyce, what was our final choice?  I believe it was Cheer.  Pretty good
commercial for Cheer - fushia lipstick out of a white sweater!

Course the question could also be asked...hey Terry, what do you use to clean
your pingpong table??

;-)

B

    	Yes, I do believe it was Cheer.  Make that Fuchsia Fire lipstick!
    
    joyce

    re: .491 by DANGER::ASKETH
    
    >> Course the question could also be asked...hey Terry, what do you use
    >> to clean your pingpong table??
    
    And the correct answer is of course, SIX FRIENDS!
    
    Bill

>Course the question could also be asked...hey Terry, what do you use to clean
>your pingpong table??

Do you <<REALLY>> want to know ?? Given the possibilities maybe that one is
best left to the imagination... :-) :-)

    Bill,
    
    The next time you take a picture of me from behind, YOU DIE!  ;->
    
    						cj *->    :-)

    
>    The next time you take a picture of me from behind, YOU DIE!  ;->
    
Joyce the same could be said to you!  ;-)

    	Err - I was shooting the table action - not my fault your tush
    ended up in those pictures - I wasn't aiming at it :-)
    
    	I'm sure the guys won't mind the pictures :-)
    
    joyce

    re: .495 by CSLALL::JACQUES_CA
    
    >> The next time you take a picture of me from behind, YOU DIE!  ;->
    
    Sorry guys, but faced with the considerable powers over appliances and
    of retribution that cj has, I am forced to NOT put up the pictures with
    her back view.  Those of you with very deep pockets and can provide me
    with a new identity, contact me off-line.  ;-)
    
    Bill

    Don't bank on any offers Bill!  Definitely NOT my best side! ;->
    
    But you really made me laugh with that note!
    
    							cj *->

>    	Err - I was shooting the table action - not my fault your tush
>    ended up in those pictures - I wasn't aiming at it :-)

Well, I hope not!  ;-)  Course Dave's is in a couple too so maybe you were
aiming for *his*.

;-p

    	Well - the women won't mind that :-)
    
    joyce

           Our boards were on the assembly line yesterday and someone
    discovered that all of our 3-Drams had back bent leads.. Side 1 should 
    be forward bent side 2 should be back bent.. Went through living hell
    all yesterday afternoon helping get an emergency shipment of the right 
    parts... Also had one part that was the wrong footprint.. Oh the
    Bobster had just better stop trying to be a librarian. Oh the pain of
    going through the first proto build...
           Too many meetings keeping me from my real work!!
           Seeing the party pix and wishing I'd been there :-((((((
    
    
    bob 

         Being too busy to do much noting in here of late :-( I need my
    singles chat fix at least 3 or 4 times a day...
    
    bob

            I'm coming down with a cold :-( either that or one heckuva
            reaction to pollen.
    
            The PLL in the RAMDAC on my module has the jitters :-(((
            any PLL experts out there?
    
    bob

    Very, very unhappy with myself.  I broke another Hard Rock
    shot glass last night.
    
    For those who haven't seen it (which is most of you), I have
    a small but precious collection of Hard Rock Hurricane glasses
    and/or shot glasses.   When people travel, I ask they bring one
    home for me.  (Joyce was good enough to get me one in Phoenix).
    
    Well about a month ago, I broke my shot glass from London, England.
    Last night, I broke the one from Paris, France.  My two furthest ones
    and the ones I'll be least likely to be able to replace!  The rest 
    are all stateside locations.  
    
    More than a little ticked off at my clumsy self!  :-( :-(
    
    						cj *->  
    
    
    
    
    

    CJ,
    
    My sister have some friends in England, do you want me to see if
    they can get you one.  Plus I have a friend going to England the
    week of June 1st.  I could ask her.  We could try to get some
    Decies in London and/or Paris to come to your rescue.
    
    Joan
    

    Hi Joan,
    
    Whatever works best is fine with me!   I'd be interested in
    either, the Hurricane glass or shot glass.  Probably a preference
    in the Hurricane glass, but I know that may be a bit more difficult
    to travel with than a shot glass.  So a new shot glass will be fine.
    
    							cj *->

    
    In the future, cj, use the Boston glass for your run-of-the-mill,
    Wednesday-night slamming... ;-)
    
    glenn
    

    Glenn,
    
    Funny, neither of them were broken with use.  They just were
    in the wrong place while I was moving "something or other"
    around.  
    
    But thanks for the advice :-)
    					cj *->

    	Well, I'd go back to AZ if I had to :-)   Sorry to hear that cj...
    
    joyce

>    week of June 1st.  I could ask her.  We could try to get some
>    Decies in London and/or Paris to come to your rescue.
    
ACtually, seems to me I remember an intro in here from someone "across the
pond"....any body over yonder out there in chat land??  ;-)

Sorry to hear about this CJ.  ;-(

B    

    For a very happy person, I'm a bit grumbly today...
    
    Just got paged on my pager.  Called the number and it
    was a recorded sales pitch, for *who knows what* because
    I wouldn't listen through.
    
    I say, huh?????  They called, got the beeper/voicemail
    option off my number, punched in their number and hung
    up?????  And I wind up calling a recorded sales pitch???? 
    
    The ultimate in marketing harrassment!  
    
    						cj *->

Had the commute from h*ll home last night.  The "infamous" bridge on 27 was
backed up for *1* mile - just about all the way back to Christmas Motors!!!!
And it was stop and go the whole way - must have taken 20-25 minutes just to
go that 1 mile.  ;-(  So, of course I didn't make it to the photo shop by 6
to pick up my pictures.  Stopped at the vet to get kitty food and had to sit
and wait there too.  ARG!!  Last night was definitely an exercise in patience!!

B

    	I hear you Barb, although my commute wasn't the pitts, when I got
    home I realized, I'd forgotten to stop for dog food, packed the dogs
    into the car, drove to the vets (they're on prescription k/d) and by
    the time I got back home it was 6:45.   :-( 
    
    	On the bright side, I found pansies and marigolds left on my front
    doorstep.  My parents made a surprise visit, but they got surprised - I
    wasn't home!
    
    joyce

          Yep and those Acton police are real good at traffic control..
    With so many cars coming in from Maple St only 2-3 cars from the 
    Christmas motors backup could get through when the police waved
    27 traffic through. Groan it woulda worked better had the police stayed
    away. 70 minute commute last night... 65 minute commuet this morning
    coming in via 117 :-((( Need to look into buying a gyro copter...
    
    bob

	Last nights commute to my sisters SUCKED. I picked up Laura and
	we headed off to Scituate to my nephews birthday party. We
	had to go 93 thru Boston. Man, oh man, how do people do this
	day in and day out? It was horrendous! Traffic was backed up
	all the way back to Somerville (where we got on)!! Needless
	to say, we were 50 minutes late.

							mike

    Try travling through Groton in the morning.  Six or seven roads leading
    into Rte. 119.  No one who lives in Groton feels they should wait two
    minutes to get into the onflowing traffic.  They just drive right in. 
    Traffic from the north takes 15 to 20 minutes some mornings to go 1/4
    mile!  My commute is always 60 to 75 minutes each way.
    
    No wonder my office sign says,"Good Morning, Let the Stress Begin."
    
    Wendy
    

    I may have to back out of this week's lunch.  I just got put into 4
    meetings with vendors tomorrow and Thursday.  I'll have to wait and
    see.
    
    :-(

Another commute from H*ll last night.  Didn't get out of here till after 5:30
so decided to take 27 figuring the traffic would have died down by that time.
NOT!  It was backed up from the bridge to the Saab dealer.  So this time I
turned around, headed back into Maynard and went out 117 to hit the back roads
up through West Acton.  Well, 117 was all backed up going into Stow.  ARG!!!!
Finally got through *that* traffic and then it was clear sailing.

Course then I stopped at the grocery store on my way home to finally get rid of
some cans I've been hauling around in my car and there was a woman ahead of me
with oodles of her own cans and the 2nd can machine was full.  So I asked the
manager if they could empty it and they said sure give me a sec.  by the time
they got to emptying it  the woman was done with the other one.  Then of course
I had to go wait in line to get my refund and because I wasn't buying anything
had to wait for the manager to come clear the apparent void on the register.
 
Was definitely a lesson in patience last night!!

Tonight I'm *definitely* not gonna even attempt 27!  (Can't be late when there
are margaritas involved!  ;-)  )

    	Never be late for a Marguerita :-)
    
    
    	Or a man for that matter :-)
    
    joyce

    
>    	Or a man for that matter :-)
    
    Chuh, right... ;-)
    
    
    GW
    

    Now Glenn...    
    
    
    
    I happen to be punctual!
    
    
    
    GW
    ^^^
    was that a reminder so I wouldn't call you "Ed"? :-)
    
    joyce
    	

    re: .519
    
    Arggggg is right Barb! I hear ya.  I spend so much time commuting
    I've lost all patience for traffic. My morning commute is 93 South to
    495 South. 93 is backed up every morning near the Merrimack River
    and 495. At night, 93 North is always backed up at the NH border.
    What's really nuts is it's usually the 70 to 0 in 5 seconds kind
    of thing, then right back to 70, then back on the brakes.  I feel 
    like a slinky 
    Sooooooooo, I decided to preserve my sanity and shift my hours.  I find 
    that leaving the house as little as 30min later and doing the same 
    when going home makes ***all*** the difference in the world. I now zip 
    right through at 70+ with seldom any slow downs.  I no longer feel like
    tearing someone's head off when I get to work.  : -)
    
    Only problem now....gotta watch out for the Stateies!!  It's either
    that or telecommute, or find a job in NH, or become independently
    wealthy!!  Hmmmmm, I'll take the latter.   : -)
    
    Ron
    
    
                  

          Barb,
    
        I decided to do the 117 West Acton rte from the get go. By the time
    I left it was backed up to just past the shopping plaza. I almost
    turned down the road that dumps out onto 62.. Sounds as if I made the
    right choice. Any idea whether or not there's a traffic control course
    offered for the local yokal police?? They have no idea how badly they
    disrupt traffic at times!!
    
    bob

    
    	They do that around MRO also.
    
    	The traffic flows MUCH better when they stay the heck away.
    

          Getting called into work on the first non-holiday vac day since
    Christmas! Driving all of the way in only to find that there was no 
    problem ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!
    
          Finding out the hard way this afternoon that it's far better to
    remove the clutch fan before attempting to replace a water pump in an
    Aerostar. Oh well no leaks after I put it back in :-)
    
    bob