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NYNY - Fred - Dec 10th
On Tue, 16 Dec 2003 18:34:12 -0800, Fred wrote:
On Tue, 16 Dec 2003 03:32:25 -0600, Joyce wrote: On Sun, 14 Dec 2003 15:54:10 -0800, Fred wrote: On Sun, 14 Dec 2003 14:34:30 -0600, Joyce wrote: On Sun, 14 Dec 2003 09:58:12 -0800, Fred wrote: This weekend has been a BUST. Well, I continued to reorg the basement. And mucked with the computer since Roxio's Easy Creator messed up my partitions. They are still messed up but I have managed to mask the damage but cannot repair it. hehehe - sounds like Roxio Easy Creator isn't so easy. g I was looking at the possibility of buying a different dvd creater, reviews of roxio weren't so good (other than price). I opted to stick with the one that came standard on my computer. So far, it hasn't caused any problems. It ain't easy. I am pretty irritated (clean up for public consumption!) If I have a free hour or two to spend on hold I might give them a call and complain big time. So, did you complain and did they give you any solutions? Only on their Support forum where others users are also complaining but with no official response from them. If I have time tomorrow before WW, I may try sitting on hold for a while. But from what I gather, they will not do much. They will probably say it was something odd that Dell did to set up the partition altho, others with Linux partitions and other operating systems are having similar problems. Funny how they are always able to blame it on someone/something else, seems to be standard practice for all problems now. Will be interesting to see what they say causes the problem, can't be the program itself because the name says it's EASY. g Right now it is chilly, about 40F but the sun is shining so far. More showers expected. I will try bike riding if it warms a bit or even if it does not. Chilly? I'm thinkin' heat wave ... we've been sitting right at 17 degrees for the past few days. It did get up to 34 at one point yesterday, just long enough to dump a little snow on the ground and make driving very nasty. Cold, cold, cold again today. I'm sticking closer to home today for a change, only need to run out to a food service store to pick up fruit/veggies/trays and get something made for the staff at the nursing home. Well, at 17F, I don't really consider bike riding except if the cabin fever gets real bad. It was chilly especially into the wind. But your conditions sound really awful. The 3 years I lived in Chicago it only got bad once or twice. That's the one nice thing about the low temps ... they don't last long, and when temps rise it does feel like a heat wave. Back into the 30s today, but overcast. The winds picked up this afternoon, making it feel a bit on the biting side again. I tend to look on the positive side, was talking to my son about this today. In a few weeks we will be into January ... which means only a few more months of winter. And so far we haven't had any really nasty weather. Time really does fly. Yes, today was about 50F and it felt okay as I walked to lunch. Upon leaving the restaurant it was blowing and raining for my 10 block walk back - yuck I ran out to sons car in pj's this morning, needed the mileage to get verification for some needed warranty work. I swear it felt balmy at 8AM - gray and damp, but warm. By 9:30 it was blowing like the devil again, and went right through you - icy chill but temps said 35. Afternoon was 30, but very frigid - I was happy to get back home where it was reasonably warm. Limes are purchased and shrimp is the dinner of choice (G) mmmmmmmmmm, and what time will dinner be served? I am awfully tired of pizza, chinese and quick grab sandwiches. 5-6 my time. Come on over if you can get to the airport..... Roads weren't too bad, just slick from the dusting of snow. I do think that inches is much easier to drive in than the slick wet blowing little amounts that come down. And we all know that everyone forgets how to drive in this stuff, which makes the matter worse. I could have got to the airport, was just too tired to do so. So I opted for lean pork, brussel sprouts and baked sweet potato instead. It was yummy, but not quite as exotic as your tequila shrimp. Hye, tonight's was excellent - I used scallops instead and bit more lime and tequila (G) I guess I'm going to have to break down and buy a bottle of tequilla, huh? Then find a way to keep my kids out of it. G Wonder if you can buy those small airline size bottles, would be perfect for this recipe. I love scallops, will probably try the recipe using them. Yesterday's leftover half sweet potato is for tomorrow. Now how do you save half a sweet potato? I manage to eat the entire thing, too good to put any away. G Maybe I'm buying smaller ones? I will admit though, that lately I have been purchasing huge baking potatoes - hub and I split them and are more than enough for both of us. Joyce Joyce |
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NYNY - Fred - Dec 10th
I'll bet you surprise yourself tomorrow .. probably not snacking tonite and system
will be running on empty tomorrow morning. G I think I'm in the same boat though, finally did have time to hit the scale this morning - weight up just a teeny bit ... but still up. Well under my danger zone, but .... you know. Oh well, like I said earlier ... I'm going to try to lighten up a bit over the holidays and just enjoy the season. I'm still well below goal, and below my danger zone. The brief stint in the 120's was fun though. G Joyce On Tue, 16 Dec 2003 18:36:39 -0800, Fred wrote: Yes - that is exactly what she was suggesting - where will I find the final cushion if I want to keep the "above cushion." I think 155-160 will be it. And tomorrow should be closer to the 160, I fear. On Tue, 16 Dec 2003 02:44:16 -0600, Joyce wrote: Congrats on yet another more than successful week! Looks like you and Lesanne are really getting into this friendly competition thing. G I do have to agree with your sister, based on my own observances with my weight goals. I thought 150 would make me happy ... then needed the cushion with my personal goal of 140 ... which resulted in another cushion to be able to keep the 140 cushion, so 135 it was. Now I'm working on a cushion for 135 and have begun to see there could be no end to this logic. I have no idea why, but last week the number 125 jumped into my head. I've quickly slapped it away ... but ............. Time for me to stop over analyzing things. G Joyce On Wed, 10 Dec 2003 12:12:05 -0800, Fred wrote: Okay here we go: I am down since last week: 1.8 pounds (that is using my base clothing measurements which means removing 1.6 pounds from the current wardrobe) But I'm down in any event 0.2 pounds even with the heavier clothing. So I guess the chocolate cake on Sat night was not deadly - YES! Current weight: 156.6 (heavier clothing 158.2) But I will mention my sister's take on this minimum weight issue (she, by the way has never had a weight problem other than being UNDER most of her life!!!). I mentioned getting to 155 to have a sufficient clothing cushion. She suggested as some of us have discussed then you will not want to move much from there and will try being just a bit lower to keep 155 and so on and so forth and ...... Which is what I've been thinking. So what does it mean. I have no idea (g) (aside: don't eat your heart out Lesanne, you cannot afford the points (gd&r) Fred 219.2/156.6/164.0 (Lifetime) Started WW: Oct 29, 2002 |
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NYNY - Fred - Dec 10th
"Joyce" wrote in message ... On Tue, 16 Dec 2003 18:34:12 -0800, Fred wrote: On Tue, 16 Dec 2003 03:32:25 -0600, Joyce wrote: On Sun, 14 Dec 2003 15:54:10 -0800, Fred wrote: On Sun, 14 Dec 2003 14:34:30 -0600, Joyce wrote: On Sun, 14 Dec 2003 09:58:12 -0800, Fred wrote: This weekend has been a BUST. Well, I continued to reorg the basement. And mucked with the computer since Roxio's Easy Creator messed up my partitions. They are still messed up but I have managed to mask the damage but cannot repair it. hehehe - sounds like Roxio Easy Creator isn't so easy. g I was looking at the possibility of buying a different dvd creater, reviews of roxio weren't so good (other than price). I opted to stick with the one that came standard on my computer. So far, it hasn't caused any problems. It ain't easy. I am pretty irritated (clean up for public consumption!) If I have a free hour or two to spend on hold I might give them a call and complain big time. So, did you complain and did they give you any solutions? Only on their Support forum where others users are also complaining but with no official response from them. If I have time tomorrow before WW, I may try sitting on hold for a while. But from what I gather, they will not do much. They will probably say it was something odd that Dell did to set up the partition altho, others with Linux partitions and other operating systems are having similar problems. Funny how they are always able to blame it on someone/something else, seems to be standard practice for all problems now. Will be interesting to see what they say causes the problem, can't be the program itself because the name says it's EASY. g Yeah, but by EASY they meant EASY to screw up your computer, they just don't tell you that!!! (G) Right now it is chilly, about 40F but the sun is shining so far. More showers expected. I will try bike riding if it warms a bit or even if it does not. Chilly? I'm thinkin' heat wave ... we've been sitting right at 17 degrees for the past few days. It did get up to 34 at one point yesterday, just long enough to dump a little snow on the ground and make driving very nasty. Cold, cold, cold again today. I'm sticking closer to home today for a change, only need to run out to a food service store to pick up fruit/veggies/trays and get something made for the staff at the nursing home. Well, at 17F, I don't really consider bike riding except if the cabin fever gets real bad. It was chilly especially into the wind. But your conditions sound really awful. The 3 years I lived in Chicago it only got bad once or twice. That's the one nice thing about the low temps ... they don't last long, and when temps rise it does feel like a heat wave. Back into the 30s today, but overcast. The winds picked up this afternoon, making it feel a bit on the biting side again. I tend to look on the positive side, was talking to my son about this today. In a few weeks we will be into January ... which means only a few more months of winter. And so far we haven't had any really nasty weather. Time really does fly. Yes, today was about 50F and it felt okay as I walked to lunch. Upon leaving the restaurant it was blowing and raining for my 10 block walk back - yuck I ran out to sons car in pj's this morning, needed the mileage to get verification for some needed warranty work. I swear it felt balmy at 8AM - gray and damp, but warm. By 9:30 it was blowing like the devil again, and went right through you - icy chill but temps said 35. Afternoon was 30, but very frigid - I was happy to get back home where it was reasonably warm. Limes are purchased and shrimp is the dinner of choice (G) mmmmmmmmmm, and what time will dinner be served? I am awfully tired of pizza, chinese and quick grab sandwiches. 5-6 my time. Come on over if you can get to the airport..... Roads weren't too bad, just slick from the dusting of snow. I do think that inches is much easier to drive in than the slick wet blowing little amounts that come down. And we all know that everyone forgets how to drive in this stuff, which makes the matter worse. I could have got to the airport, was just too tired to do so. So I opted for lean pork, brussel sprouts and baked sweet potato instead. It was yummy, but not quite as exotic as your tequila shrimp. Hye, tonight's was excellent - I used scallops instead and bit more lime and tequila (G) I guess I'm going to have to break down and buy a bottle of tequilla, huh? Then find a way to keep my kids out of it. G Wonder if you can buy those small airline size bottles, would be perfect for this recipe. I love scallops, will probably try the recipe using them. Yesterday's leftover half sweet potato is for tomorrow. Now how do you save half a sweet potato? I manage to eat the entire thing, too good to put any away. G Maybe I'm buying smaller ones? I will admit though, that lately I have been purchasing huge baking potatoes - hub and I split them and are more than enough for both of us. Joyce Joyce |
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NYNY - Fred - Dec 10th
On Wed, 17 Dec 2003 02:41:30 -0600, Joyce wrote: On Tue, 16 Dec 2003 18:34:12 -0800, Fred wrote: On Tue, 16 Dec 2003 03:32:25 -0600, Joyce wrote: On Sun, 14 Dec 2003 15:54:10 -0800, Fred wrote: On Sun, 14 Dec 2003 14:34:30 -0600, Joyce wrote: On Sun, 14 Dec 2003 09:58:12 -0800, Fred wrote: This weekend has been a BUST. Well, I continued to reorg the basement. And mucked with the computer since Roxio's Easy Creator messed up my partitions. They are still messed up but I have managed to mask the damage but cannot repair it. hehehe - sounds like Roxio Easy Creator isn't so easy. g I was looking at the possibility of buying a different dvd creater, reviews of roxio weren't so good (other than price). I opted to stick with the one that came standard on my computer. So far, it hasn't caused any problems. It ain't easy. I am pretty irritated (clean up for public consumption!) If I have a free hour or two to spend on hold I might give them a call and complain big time. So, did you complain and did they give you any solutions? Only on their Support forum where others users are also complaining but with no official response from them. If I have time tomorrow before WW, I may try sitting on hold for a while. But from what I gather, they will not do much. They will probably say it was something odd that Dell did to set up the partition altho, others with Linux partitions and other operating systems are having similar problems. Funny how they are always able to blame it on someone/something else, seems to be standard practice for all problems now. Will be interesting to see what they say causes the problem, can't be the program itself because the name says it's EASY. g It would be interesting to hear what they say and today I called Toronto, Canada (Brenda can you translate (G)). Funny, I called an hour after they OPEN. The answering system said to call back when they are open. Yeah, like two minutes three times a day but once a week on alternate Sundays!!! When logging to their web site, it will not accept the ID that is on the disk - INVALID. How very convenient. They are not open and you can't post to their site with the id which is invalid. Right now it is chilly, about 40F but the sun is shining so far. More showers expected. I will try bike riding if it warms a bit or even if it does not. Chilly? I'm thinkin' heat wave ... we've been sitting right at 17 degrees for the past few days. It did get up to 34 at one point yesterday, just long enough to dump a little snow on the ground and make driving very nasty. Cold, cold, cold again today. I'm sticking closer to home today for a change, only need to run out to a food service store to pick up fruit/veggies/trays and get something made for the staff at the nursing home. Well, at 17F, I don't really consider bike riding except if the cabin fever gets real bad. It was chilly especially into the wind. But your conditions sound really awful. The 3 years I lived in Chicago it only got bad once or twice. That's the one nice thing about the low temps ... they don't last long, and when temps rise it does feel like a heat wave. Back into the 30s today, but overcast. The winds picked up this afternoon, making it feel a bit on the biting side again. I tend to look on the positive side, was talking to my son about this today. In a few weeks we will be into January ... which means only a few more months of winter. And so far we haven't had any really nasty weather. Time really does fly. Yes, today was about 50F and it felt okay as I walked to lunch. Upon leaving the restaurant it was blowing and raining for my 10 block walk back - yuck I ran out to sons car in pj's this morning, needed the mileage to get verification for some needed warranty work. I swear it felt balmy at 8AM - gray and damp, but warm. By 9:30 it was blowing like the devil again, and went right through you - icy chill but temps said 35. Afternoon was 30, but very frigid - I was happy to get back home where it was reasonably warm. Maybe some sun here today and tomorrow but then a freeziing level UP for the weekend with rain instead of snow UP there. Limes are purchased and shrimp is the dinner of choice (G) mmmmmmmmmm, and what time will dinner be served? I am awfully tired of pizza, chinese and quick grab sandwiches. 5-6 my time. Come on over if you can get to the airport..... Roads weren't too bad, just slick from the dusting of snow. I do think that inches is much easier to drive in than the slick wet blowing little amounts that come down. And we all know that everyone forgets how to drive in this stuff, which makes the matter worse. I could have got to the airport, was just too tired to do so. So I opted for lean pork, brussel sprouts and baked sweet potato instead. It was yummy, but not quite as exotic as your tequila shrimp. Hye, tonight's was excellent - I used scallops instead and bit more lime and tequila (G) I guess I'm going to have to break down and buy a bottle of tequilla, huh? Then find a way to keep my kids out of it. G Wonder if you can buy those small airline size bottles, would be perfect for this recipe. I love scallops, will probably try the recipe using them. Our state liquor stores do sell smaller bottles of some things. Yesterday's leftover half sweet potato is for tomorrow. Now how do you save half a sweet potato? I manage to eat the entire thing, too good to put any away. G Maybe I'm buying smaller ones? I will admit though, that lately I have been purchasing huge baking potatoes - hub and I split them and are more than enough for both of us. Well, it was the evening after the work luncheon bash and I decided to cut back a bit. No snacks that night either. I did have a skinny cow last night before today's WI! (G) Joyce Joyce |
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NYNY - Fred - Dec 10th
Yes, looking better than that one day luncheon was leading me to
believe. We shall see in about an hour. On Wed, 17 Dec 2003 02:43:44 -0600, Joyce wrote: I'll bet you surprise yourself tomorrow .. probably not snacking tonite and system will be running on empty tomorrow morning. G I think I'm in the same boat though, finally did have time to hit the scale this morning - weight up just a teeny bit ... but still up. Well under my danger zone, but .... you know. Oh well, like I said earlier ... I'm going to try to lighten up a bit over the holidays and just enjoy the season. I'm still well below goal, and below my danger zone. The brief stint in the 120's was fun though. G Joyce On Tue, 16 Dec 2003 18:36:39 -0800, Fred wrote: Yes - that is exactly what she was suggesting - where will I find the final cushion if I want to keep the "above cushion." I think 155-160 will be it. And tomorrow should be closer to the 160, I fear. On Tue, 16 Dec 2003 02:44:16 -0600, Joyce wrote: Congrats on yet another more than successful week! Looks like you and Lesanne are really getting into this friendly competition thing. G I do have to agree with your sister, based on my own observances with my weight goals. I thought 150 would make me happy ... then needed the cushion with my personal goal of 140 ... which resulted in another cushion to be able to keep the 140 cushion, so 135 it was. Now I'm working on a cushion for 135 and have begun to see there could be no end to this logic. I have no idea why, but last week the number 125 jumped into my head. I've quickly slapped it away ... but ............. Time for me to stop over analyzing things. G Joyce On Wed, 10 Dec 2003 12:12:05 -0800, Fred wrote: Okay here we go: I am down since last week: 1.8 pounds (that is using my base clothing measurements which means removing 1.6 pounds from the current wardrobe) But I'm down in any event 0.2 pounds even with the heavier clothing. So I guess the chocolate cake on Sat night was not deadly - YES! Current weight: 156.6 (heavier clothing 158.2) But I will mention my sister's take on this minimum weight issue (she, by the way has never had a weight problem other than being UNDER most of her life!!!). I mentioned getting to 155 to have a sufficient clothing cushion. She suggested as some of us have discussed then you will not want to move much from there and will try being just a bit lower to keep 155 and so on and so forth and ...... Which is what I've been thinking. So what does it mean. I have no idea (g) (aside: don't eat your heart out Lesanne, you cannot afford the points (gd&r) Fred 219.2/156.6/164.0 (Lifetime) Started WW: Oct 29, 2002 |
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NYNY - Fred - Dec 10th
"Fred" wrote in message ... On Wed, 17 Dec 2003 02:41:30 -0600, Joyce wrote: On Tue, 16 Dec 2003 18:34:12 -0800, Fred wrote: On Tue, 16 Dec 2003 03:32:25 -0600, Joyce wrote: On Sun, 14 Dec 2003 15:54:10 -0800, Fred wrote: On Sun, 14 Dec 2003 14:34:30 -0600, Joyce wrote: On Sun, 14 Dec 2003 09:58:12 -0800, Fred wrote: This weekend has been a BUST. Well, I continued to reorg the basement. And mucked with the computer since Roxio's Easy Creator messed up my partitions. They are still messed up but I have managed to mask the damage but cannot repair it. hehehe - sounds like Roxio Easy Creator isn't so easy. g I was looking at the possibility of buying a different dvd creater, reviews of roxio weren't so good (other than price). I opted to stick with the one that came standard on my computer. So far, it hasn't caused any problems. It ain't easy. I am pretty irritated (clean up for public consumption!) If I have a free hour or two to spend on hold I might give them a call and complain big time. So, did you complain and did they give you any solutions? Only on their Support forum where others users are also complaining but with no official response from them. If I have time tomorrow before WW, I may try sitting on hold for a while. But from what I gather, they will not do much. They will probably say it was something odd that Dell did to set up the partition altho, others with Linux partitions and other operating systems are having similar problems. Funny how they are always able to blame it on someone/something else, seems to be standard practice for all problems now. Will be interesting to see what they say causes the problem, can't be the program itself because the name says it's EASY. g It would be interesting to hear what they say and today I called Toronto, Canada (Brenda can you translate (G)). Funny, I called an hour after they OPEN. The answering system said to call back when they are open. Yeah, like two minutes three times a day but once a week on alternate Sundays!!! When logging to their web site, it will not accept the ID that is on the disk - INVALID. How very convenient. They are not open and you can't post to their site with the id which is invalid. Sorry Fred, can't translate this for you! (G) I'm beginning to think EZ CD Creator uses it's own language, probably the same on the people who work there use! Us westerners make more sense! Right now it is chilly, about 40F but the sun is shining so far. More showers expected. I will try bike riding if it warms a bit or even if it does not. Chilly? I'm thinkin' heat wave ... we've been sitting right at 17 degrees for the past few days. It did get up to 34 at one point yesterday, just long enough to dump a little snow on the ground and make driving very nasty. Cold, cold, cold again today. I'm sticking closer to home today for a change, only need to run out to a food service store to pick up fruit/veggies/trays and get something made for the staff at the nursing home. Well, at 17F, I don't really consider bike riding except if the cabin fever gets real bad. It was chilly especially into the wind. But your conditions sound really awful. The 3 years I lived in Chicago it only got bad once or twice. That's the one nice thing about the low temps ... they don't last long, and when temps rise it does feel like a heat wave. Back into the 30s today, but overcast. The winds picked up this afternoon, making it feel a bit on the biting side again. I tend to look on the positive side, was talking to my son about this today. In a few weeks we will be into January ... which means only a few more months of winter. And so far we haven't had any really nasty weather. Time really does fly. Yes, today was about 50F and it felt okay as I walked to lunch. Upon leaving the restaurant it was blowing and raining for my 10 block walk back - yuck I ran out to sons car in pj's this morning, needed the mileage to get verification for some needed warranty work. I swear it felt balmy at 8AM - gray and damp, but warm. By 9:30 it was blowing like the devil again, and went right through you - icy chill but temps said 35. Afternoon was 30, but very frigid - I was happy to get back home where it was reasonably warm. Maybe some sun here today and tomorrow but then a freeziing level UP for the weekend with rain instead of snow UP there. Limes are purchased and shrimp is the dinner of choice (G) mmmmmmmmmm, and what time will dinner be served? I am awfully tired of pizza, chinese and quick grab sandwiches. 5-6 my time. Come on over if you can get to the airport..... Roads weren't too bad, just slick from the dusting of snow. I do think that inches is much easier to drive in than the slick wet blowing little amounts that come down. And we all know that everyone forgets how to drive in this stuff, which makes the matter worse. I could have got to the airport, was just too tired to do so. So I opted for lean pork, brussel sprouts and baked sweet potato instead. It was yummy, but not quite as exotic as your tequila shrimp. Hye, tonight's was excellent - I used scallops instead and bit more lime and tequila (G) I guess I'm going to have to break down and buy a bottle of tequilla, huh? Then find a way to keep my kids out of it. G Wonder if you can buy those small airline size bottles, would be perfect for this recipe. I love scallops, will probably try the recipe using them. Our state liquor stores do sell smaller bottles of some things. Yesterday's leftover half sweet potato is for tomorrow. Now how do you save half a sweet potato? I manage to eat the entire thing, too good to put any away. G Maybe I'm buying smaller ones? I will admit though, that lately I have been purchasing huge baking potatoes - hub and I split them and are more than enough for both of us. Well, it was the evening after the work luncheon bash and I decided to cut back a bit. No snacks that night either. I did have a skinny cow last night before today's WI! (G) Joyce Joyce |
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NYNY - Fred - Dec 10th
On Wed, 17 Dec 2003 06:47:01 -0800, "Brenda Hammond"
wrote: "Joyce" wrote in message .. . On Tue, 16 Dec 2003 18:34:12 -0800, Fred wrote: On Tue, 16 Dec 2003 03:32:25 -0600, Joyce wrote: On Sun, 14 Dec 2003 15:54:10 -0800, Fred wrote: On Sun, 14 Dec 2003 14:34:30 -0600, Joyce wrote: On Sun, 14 Dec 2003 09:58:12 -0800, Fred wrote: This weekend has been a BUST. Well, I continued to reorg the basement. And mucked with the computer since Roxio's Easy Creator messed up my partitions. They are still messed up but I have managed to mask the damage but cannot repair it. hehehe - sounds like Roxio Easy Creator isn't so easy. g I was looking at the possibility of buying a different dvd creater, reviews of roxio weren't so good (other than price). I opted to stick with the one that came standard on my computer. So far, it hasn't caused any problems. It ain't easy. I am pretty irritated (clean up for public consumption!) If I have a free hour or two to spend on hold I might give them a call and complain big time. So, did you complain and did they give you any solutions? Only on their Support forum where others users are also complaining but with no official response from them. If I have time tomorrow before WW, I may try sitting on hold for a while. But from what I gather, they will not do much. They will probably say it was something odd that Dell did to set up the partition altho, others with Linux partitions and other operating systems are having similar problems. Funny how they are always able to blame it on someone/something else, seems to be standard practice for all problems now. Will be interesting to see what they say causes the problem, can't be the program itself because the name says it's EASY. g Yeah, but by EASY they meant EASY to screw up your computer, they just don't tell you that!!! (G) LOL! At least you seem to be keeping your sense of humor in operation. It probably won't get you anywhere, but might help in keeping your sanity. Joyce |
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NYNY - Fred - Dec 10th
So, did you complain and did they give you any solutions? Only on their Support forum where others users are also complaining but with no official response from them. If I have time tomorrow before WW, I may try sitting on hold for a while. But from what I gather, they will not do much. They will probably say it was something odd that Dell did to set up the partition altho, others with Linux partitions and other operating systems are having similar problems. Funny how they are always able to blame it on someone/something else, seems to be standard practice for all problems now. Will be interesting to see what they say causes the problem, can't be the program itself because the name says it's EASY. g It would be interesting to hear what they say and today I called Toronto, Canada (Brenda can you translate (G)). Funny, I called an hour after they OPEN. The answering system said to call back when they are open. Yeah, like two minutes three times a day but once a week on alternate Sundays!!! When logging to their web site, it will not accept the ID that is on the disk - INVALID. How very convenient. They are not open and you can't post to their site with the id which is invalid. LOL! I had a similar call Tuesday morning, when phoning for warranty authorization on my sons car. The company opened at 8AM, I called at 8:01 and received the voice system saying to call back during business hours. Hung up and redialed right away, this time being told that all lines were busy and the first available rep would be with me as soon as possible. Geeeeesh, do they only have one line .. how did they fill up in less than a minute? And I love calling computer tech support and being told I can find my answers to my problems on their website. Well dang, if I had computer access would I even be calling? G Yes, today was about 50F and it felt okay as I walked to lunch. Upon leaving the restaurant it was blowing and raining for my 10 block walk back - yuck I ran out to sons car in pj's this morning, needed the mileage to get verification for some needed warranty work. I swear it felt balmy at 8AM - gray and damp, but warm. By 9:30 it was blowing like the devil again, and went right through you - icy chill but temps said 35. Afternoon was 30, but very frigid - I was happy to get back home where it was reasonably warm. Maybe some sun here today and tomorrow but then a freeziing level UP for the weekend with rain instead of snow UP there. Was sunny here today and did feel a bit warmer ... ah, that lack of wind is a fooler. Temp was actually colder than it has been, was in the mid 20's today. Guess a bit of sunlight and lack of wind changes our perception of temperature. Hye, tonight's was excellent - I used scallops instead and bit more lime and tequila (G) I guess I'm going to have to break down and buy a bottle of tequilla, huh? Then find a way to keep my kids out of it. G Wonder if you can buy those small airline size bottles, would be perfect for this recipe. I love scallops, will probably try the recipe using them. Our state liquor stores do sell smaller bottles of some things. I did buy a small bottle today, probably won't be enough left over to worry about the kids getting into. G And the man at the liquor store says that is the main reason he stocks the mini-bottles ... many people in buying them for baking and cooking, that don't want an entire large bottle of something they don't use often. Wonder why I never thought of it before! Yesterday's leftover half sweet potato is for tomorrow. Now how do you save half a sweet potato? I manage to eat the entire thing, too good to put any away. G Maybe I'm buying smaller ones? I will admit though, that lately I have been purchasing huge baking potatoes - hub and I split them and are more than enough for both of us. Well, it was the evening after the work luncheon bash and I decided to cut back a bit. No snacks that night either. I did have a skinny cow last night before today's WI! (G) I am beginning to swear that the later snacking does show on the scale - probably not a *real* gain or loss ... but temporarily, it is there. I haven't snacked on anything in the evenings the past few nights, other than a little bit of fruit. Stepped on the scale this morning (while gritting what is left of my teeth) and was amazed that it showed me at where I was right around thanksgiving time. Joyce |
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NYNY - Fred - Dec 10th
"Joyce" wrote in message ... On Wed, 17 Dec 2003 06:47:01 -0800, "Brenda Hammond" wrote: "Joyce" wrote in message .. . On Tue, 16 Dec 2003 18:34:12 -0800, Fred wrote: On Tue, 16 Dec 2003 03:32:25 -0600, Joyce wrote: On Sun, 14 Dec 2003 15:54:10 -0800, Fred wrote: On Sun, 14 Dec 2003 14:34:30 -0600, Joyce wrote: On Sun, 14 Dec 2003 09:58:12 -0800, Fred wrote: This weekend has been a BUST. Well, I continued to reorg the basement. And mucked with the computer since Roxio's Easy Creator messed up my partitions. They are still messed up but I have managed to mask the damage but cannot repair it. hehehe - sounds like Roxio Easy Creator isn't so easy. g I was looking at the possibility of buying a different dvd creater, reviews of roxio weren't so good (other than price). I opted to stick with the one that came standard on my computer. So far, it hasn't caused any problems. It ain't easy. I am pretty irritated (clean up for public consumption!) If I have a free hour or two to spend on hold I might give them a call and complain big time. So, did you complain and did they give you any solutions? Only on their Support forum where others users are also complaining but with no official response from them. If I have time tomorrow before WW, I may try sitting on hold for a while. But from what I gather, they will not do much. They will probably say it was something odd that Dell did to set up the partition altho, others with Linux partitions and other operating systems are having similar problems. Funny how they are always able to blame it on someone/something else, seems to be standard practice for all problems now. Will be interesting to see what they say causes the problem, can't be the program itself because the name says it's EASY. g Yeah, but by EASY they meant EASY to screw up your computer, they just don't tell you that!!! (G) LOL! At least you seem to be keeping your sense of humor in operation. It probably won't get you anywhere, but might help in keeping your sanity. I seem to have picked up my sense of humor from my best friend back in highschool, but hers is a little more warped than mine is. At least it used to be.. Now she's a mom of two, and the last few times we saw each other, she wasn't quite the same..... A sense of humor does help me keep my sanity although there are days when I wonder if I am actually sane! Joyce |
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NYNY - Fred - Dec 10th
On Fri, 19 Dec 2003 02:37:25 -0600, Joyce wrote: So, did you complain and did they give you any solutions? Only on their Support forum where others users are also complaining but with no official response from them. If I have time tomorrow before WW, I may try sitting on hold for a while. But from what I gather, they will not do much. They will probably say it was something odd that Dell did to set up the partition altho, others with Linux partitions and other operating systems are having similar problems. Funny how they are always able to blame it on someone/something else, seems to be standard practice for all problems now. Will be interesting to see what they say causes the problem, can't be the program itself because the name says it's EASY. g It would be interesting to hear what they say and today I called Toronto, Canada (Brenda can you translate (G)). Funny, I called an hour after they OPEN. The answering system said to call back when they are open. Yeah, like two minutes three times a day but once a week on alternate Sundays!!! When logging to their web site, it will not accept the ID that is on the disk - INVALID. How very convenient. They are not open and you can't post to their site with the id which is invalid. LOL! I had a similar call Tuesday morning, when phoning for warranty authorization on my sons car. The company opened at 8AM, I called at 8:01 and received the voice system saying to call back during business hours. Hung up and redialed right away, this time being told that all lines were busy and the first available rep would be with me as soon as possible. Geeeeesh, do they only have one line .. how did they fill up in less than a minute? And I love calling computer tech support and being told I can find my answers to my problems on their website. Well dang, if I had computer access would I even be calling? G Very good point about not having computer access to fix the computer problem on the web. I will give Roxio a call again in a bit. They should now be open for almost two hours. When I finally do get through I suspect that I will be on hold for a long time. I've also had that call early and they have not taken it off "night" message. Call back and miss the queue!!! Yes, today was about 50F and it felt okay as I walked to lunch. Upon leaving the restaurant it was blowing and raining for my 10 block walk back - yuck I ran out to sons car in pj's this morning, needed the mileage to get verification for some needed warranty work. I swear it felt balmy at 8AM - gray and damp, but warm. By 9:30 it was blowing like the devil again, and went right through you - icy chill but temps said 35. Afternoon was 30, but very frigid - I was happy to get back home where it was reasonably warm. Maybe some sun here today and tomorrow but then a freeziing level UP for the weekend with rain instead of snow UP there. It was 54 and perfect yesterday (thurs) Today the clouds are moving in and rain for the first half of the weekend. Was sunny here today and did feel a bit warmer ... ah, that lack of wind is a fooler. Temp was actually colder than it has been, was in the mid 20's today. Guess a bit of sunlight and lack of wind changes our perception of temperature. Hye, tonight's was excellent - I used scallops instead and bit more lime and tequila (G) I guess I'm going to have to break down and buy a bottle of tequilla, huh? Then find a way to keep my kids out of it. G Wonder if you can buy those small airline size bottles, would be perfect for this recipe. I love scallops, will probably try the recipe using them. Our state liquor stores do sell smaller bottles of some things. I did buy a small bottle today, probably won't be enough left over to worry about the kids getting into. G And the man at the liquor store says that is the main reason he stocks the mini-bottles ... many people in buying them for baking and cooking, that don't want an entire large bottle of something they don't use often. Wonder why I never thought of it before! Nor much to just sample either (G) I still have two more limes and lots of tequila. Yesterday's leftover half sweet potato is for tomorrow. Now how do you save half a sweet potato? I manage to eat the entire thing, too good to put any away. G Maybe I'm buying smaller ones? I will admit though, that lately I have been purchasing huge baking potatoes - hub and I split them and are more than enough for both of us. Well, it was the evening after the work luncheon bash and I decided to cut back a bit. No snacks that night either. I did have a skinny cow last night before today's WI! (G) I am beginning to swear that the later snacking does show on the scale - probably not a *real* gain or loss ... but temporarily, it is there. I haven't snacked on anything in the evenings the past few nights, other than a little bit of fruit. Stepped on the scale this morning (while gritting what is left of my teeth) and was amazed that it showed me at where I was right around thanksgiving time. Well, yesterday the scale at home saw its lowest value yet - 155.5 but I don't understand it at all. As it was down 2.5 from the day before. Oh, well. No WI for two weeks - well, no OFFICIAL WI. Joyce |
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