Fred - April 13th

On Fri, 29 Apr 2005 23:25:39 -0500, Joyce wrote:

On Sun, 24 Apr 2005 23:46:36 GMT, Fred wrote:

Pull that tongue back in and plant it firmly in cheek!

NEVER!!!

Since that posting I think I have gone through 3 more tubs of those
meringues. Damn computer is driving me to Fry's electronics which is
the only place that has those triple chocolate ones.

I can't even imagine eating that many meringues. I have an opened bucket sitting
on my computer desk, about 3/4 full still ... and has been opened for over a week.
I seem to be able to eat only a few, and they keep me away from the chocolate
(which I have difficulty controlling).

Funny, I was with a friend at Fry's who had no weight problems but she
mentioned she had those triple chocolate meringues and completely
binged on them. She admitted to being fascinated that they could do
that to her. She rarely eats desserts. So....


On laptop now. Desktop fires up and then the system is resource
demanding. Reboot and its fine but reboot again and it is sluggish as
the system is again hogging resources. I don't thnk it is a virus at
this point but something. Maybe too much heat. I would hate to have
to reinstall everything but am getting to that point. There are not
enough triple chocolate meringues left at this point. (g)

Well, the desktop booted up fine yesterday after I spent 15 hours
cloning the boot drive but... I did not even put the clone in. And at
the moment it is running but tight on space but attempting to dvd burn
for the FIVE-HUNDRETH time my Haute Route trip. Burned it over night
after about 3 mid-flight failures. And.... somehow mixed up part 2
and 3 so that the trip is mixed up!!!!! (g)

I had problems with an old desktop, similar to what you are going through. I
don't remember it hogging resources, but then again it was long enough ago that I
may just not have realized that was a problem. It ran extremely slow WHEN it
finally booted up. On occassion I would have to start it up several times before
it would even finish booting. I figured it was a fan/heat problem since it always
booted fine in the mornings, after it had been off all night ... but if rebooting
in the afternoons I would have to let it sit for a few hours to get it to work.
The way I resolved the issue was to buy a new computer. grin At least I was
able to catch things while I could still back up all the critical data (business
info). My daughter is now going through a similar issue with her laptop - can't
even get the virus protection to run all the way through. The computer seems to
overheat while running it and just shuts down. I think I'm going to go buy one of
those new ice-pack things for laptops and see if that will at least allow us to
check for viruses. She will need it for college anyway.

I will not reboot it until it stalls on something and then, probably
move the clone in and put back my second hard drive. Some say spybots
might be in the mix. ......

Fred

Joyce

On Fri, 22 Apr 2005 03:01:14 -0500, Joyce wrote:

Can you see me sticking my tongue out at you? LOL!

Some things never change ... you and those meringues being one ... the weight
being second. I'm glad to see the second isn't changing. Way to go Fred!

Joyce

On Wed, 13 Apr 2005 19:48:00 GMT, Fred wrote:

Well, you know I'm posting because I have some cockamamie excuse for
not weighing in or the WI was free.

FREE

FREE AGAIN.

I am not sure how since I ate almost an entire tub of Triple Chocolate
Meringues yesterday. Oh, well, maybe it was the wine I had
commiserating with a friend whose kitchen sink blew out spewing hot
water and then just cold water all over her kitchen and then down in
the basement.

The news:

An EVEN 165. Still above goal of 164.

Down 0.4 since the last official WI which was in March.

Hey, TEX, any word from the southland?

On Sat, 30 Apr 2005 15:07:46 GMT, Fred wrote:



On Fri, 29 Apr 2005 23:25:39 -0500, Joyce wrote:

On Sun, 24 Apr 2005 23:46:36 GMT, Fred wrote:

Pull that tongue back in and plant it firmly in cheek!

NEVER!!!

Since that posting I think I have gone through 3 more tubs of those
meringues. Damn computer is driving me to Fry's electronics which is
the only place that has those triple chocolate ones.

I can't even imagine eating that many meringues. I have an opened bucket sitting
on my computer desk, about 3/4 full still ... and has been opened for over a week.
I seem to be able to eat only a few, and they keep me away from the chocolate
(which I have difficulty controlling).

Funny, I was with a friend at Fry's who had no weight problems but she
mentioned she had those triple chocolate meringues and completely
binged on them. She admitted to being fascinated that they could do
that to her. She rarely eats desserts. So....

I tend to go in spurts, haven't been dipping into the chocolate stashes this week
at all ... it just hasn't interested me. Maybe it has something to do with those
womanly hormonal cycles we deal with?


On laptop now. Desktop fires up and then the system is resource
demanding. Reboot and its fine but reboot again and it is sluggish as
the system is again hogging resources. I don't thnk it is a virus at
this point but something. Maybe too much heat. I would hate to have
to reinstall everything but am getting to that point. There are not
enough triple chocolate meringues left at this point. (g)

Well, the desktop booted up fine yesterday after I spent 15 hours
cloning the boot drive but... I did not even put the clone in. And at
the moment it is running but tight on space but attempting to dvd burn
for the FIVE-HUNDRETH time my Haute Route trip. Burned it over night
after about 3 mid-flight failures. And.... somehow mixed up part 2
and 3 so that the trip is mixed up!!!!! (g)

UGH! 15 hours, I would be screaming. There must be some pretty important info on
that computer of yours, I would have given up long ago. But thanks for the nudge,
think I will work on getting mine backed up tomorrow. grin


I had problems with an old desktop, similar to what you are going through. I
don't remember it hogging resources, but then again it was long enough ago that I
may just not have realized that was a problem. It ran extremely slow WHEN it
finally booted up. On occassion I would have to start it up several times before
it would even finish booting. I figured it was a fan/heat problem since it always
booted fine in the mornings, after it had been off all night ... but if rebooting
in the afternoons I would have to let it sit for a few hours to get it to work.
The way I resolved the issue was to buy a new computer. grin At least I was
able to catch things while I could still back up all the critical data (business
info). My daughter is now going through a similar issue with her laptop - can't
even get the virus protection to run all the way through. The computer seems to
overheat while running it and just shuts down. I think I'm going to go buy one of
those new ice-pack things for laptops and see if that will at least allow us to
check for viruses. She will need it for college anyway.

I will not reboot it until it stalls on something and then, probably
move the clone in and put back my second hard drive. Some say spybots
might be in the mix. ......

I think what happened with me was that after it overheated the thing just started
rebooting itself ... or maybe just shut off. It was several years ago so I don't
honestly remember what the exact problems were. I do remember I didn't have much
say in the process. lol

Joyce

Fred

Joyce

On Fri, 22 Apr 2005 03:01:14 -0500, Joyce wrote:

Can you see me sticking my tongue out at you? LOL!

Some things never change ... you and those meringues being one ... the weight
being second. I'm glad to see the second isn't changing. Way to go Fred!

Joyce

On Wed, 13 Apr 2005 19:48:00 GMT, Fred wrote:

Well, you know I'm posting because I have some cockamamie excuse for
not weighing in or the WI was free.

FREE

FREE AGAIN.

I am not sure how since I ate almost an entire tub of Triple Chocolate
Meringues yesterday. Oh, well, maybe it was the wine I had
commiserating with a friend whose kitchen sink blew out spewing hot
water and then just cold water all over her kitchen and then down in
the basement.

The news:

An EVEN 165. Still above goal of 164.

Down 0.4 since the last official WI which was in March.

Hey, TEX, any word from the southland?

On Wed, 04 May 2005 23:50:28 -0500, Joyce wrote:

On Sat, 30 Apr 2005 15:07:46 GMT, Fred wrote:



On Fri, 29 Apr 2005 23:25:39 -0500, Joyce wrote:

On Sun, 24 Apr 2005 23:46:36 GMT, Fred wrote:

Pull that tongue back in and plant it firmly in cheek!

NEVER!!!

Since that posting I think I have gone through 3 more tubs of those
meringues. Damn computer is driving me to Fry's electronics which is
the only place that has those triple chocolate ones.

I can't even imagine eating that many meringues. I have an opened bucket sitting
on my computer desk, about 3/4 full still ... and has been opened for over a week.
I seem to be able to eat only a few, and they keep me away from the chocolate
(which I have difficulty controlling).

Funny, I was with a friend at Fry's who had no weight problems but she
mentioned she had those triple chocolate meringues and completely
binged on them. She admitted to being fascinated that they could do
that to her. She rarely eats desserts. So....

I tend to go in spurts, haven't been dipping into the chocolate stashes this week
at all ... it just hasn't interested me. Maybe it has something to do with those
womanly hormonal cycles we deal with?

Now been to Fry's three more times (funny how computers can make you
go to computer stores) but avoided those meringues. Too much sugar
was buzzing me too much. I have been better this week - maybe trying
to get the computer working has kept me UN-bored although nearly nuts
(G)


On laptop now. Desktop fires up and then the system is resource
demanding. Reboot and its fine but reboot again and it is sluggish as
the system is again hogging resources. I don't thnk it is a virus at
this point but something. Maybe too much heat. I would hate to have
to reinstall everything but am getting to that point. There are not
enough triple chocolate meringues left at this point. (g)

Well, the desktop booted up fine yesterday after I spent 15 hours
cloning the boot drive but... I did not even put the clone in. And at
the moment it is running but tight on space but attempting to dvd burn
for the FIVE-HUNDRETH time my Haute Route trip. Burned it over night
after about 3 mid-flight failures. And.... somehow mixed up part 2
and 3 so that the trip is mixed up!!!!! (g)

UGH! 15 hours, I would be screaming. There must be some pretty important info on
that computer of yours, I would have given up long ago. But thanks for the nudge,
think I will work on getting mine backed up tomorrow. grin

It is just trying to avoid reinstalling software, some of which no
longer exists in current versions. You know, older software that
still functions and that I do not want to upgrade and which I paid
for. But if I reinstalled, the patches and fixes for the older stuff
is not available.

I recently realized that "upgrade in place" means you do not get
copies of patches and fixes. So a year or two later you may be stuck
having to re-buy software since your old stuff is no longer able to be
"fixed"


I had problems with an old desktop, similar to what you are going through. I
don't remember it hogging resources, but then again it was long enough ago that I
may just not have realized that was a problem. It ran extremely slow WHEN it
finally booted up. On occassion I would have to start it up several times before
it would even finish booting. I figured it was a fan/heat problem since it always
booted fine in the mornings, after it had been off all night ... but if rebooting
in the afternoons I would have to let it sit for a few hours to get it to work.
The way I resolved the issue was to buy a new computer. grin At least I was
able to catch things while I could still back up all the critical data (business
info). My daughter is now going through a similar issue with her laptop - can't
even get the virus protection to run all the way through. The computer seems to
overheat while running it and just shuts down. I think I'm going to go buy one of
those new ice-pack things for laptops and see if that will at least allow us to
check for viruses. She will need it for college anyway.

I will not reboot it until it stalls on something and then, probably
move the clone in and put back my second hard drive. Some say spybots
might be in the mix. ......

I think what happened with me was that after it overheated the thing just started
rebooting itself ... or maybe just shut off. It was several years ago so I don't
honestly remember what the exact problems were. I do remember I didn't have much
say in the process. lol

Joyce

Fred

Joyce

On Fri, 22 Apr 2005 03:01:14 -0500, Joyce wrote:

Can you see me sticking my tongue out at you? LOL!

Some things never change ... you and those meringues being one ... the weight
being second. I'm glad to see the second isn't changing. Way to go Fred!

Joyce

On Wed, 13 Apr 2005 19:48:00 GMT, Fred wrote:

Well, you know I'm posting because I have some cockamamie excuse for
not weighing in or the WI was free.

FREE

FREE AGAIN.

I am not sure how since I ate almost an entire tub of Triple Chocolate
Meringues yesterday. Oh, well, maybe it was the wine I had
commiserating with a friend whose kitchen sink blew out spewing hot
water and then just cold water all over her kitchen and then down in
the basement.

The news:

An EVEN 165. Still above goal of 164.

Down 0.4 since the last official WI which was in March.

Hey, TEX, any word from the southland?

So what you're saying is that going nuts keeps you away from the nuts,
but being bored drives you to meringues.

On Thu, 05 May 2005 15:48:09 GMT, Fred
wrote:

Now been to Fry's three more times (funny how computers can make you
go to computer stores) but avoided those meringues. Too much sugar
was buzzing me too much. I have been better this week - maybe trying
to get the computer working has kept me UN-bored although nearly nuts
(G)

Funny, I was with a friend at Fry's who had no weight problems but she
mentioned she had those triple chocolate meringues and completely
binged on them. She admitted to being fascinated that they could do
that to her. She rarely eats desserts. So....

I tend to go in spurts, haven't been dipping into the chocolate stashes this week
at all ... it just hasn't interested me. Maybe it has something to do with those
womanly hormonal cycles we deal with?

Now been to Fry's three more times (funny how computers can make you
go to computer stores) but avoided those meringues. Too much sugar
was buzzing me too much. I have been better this week - maybe trying
to get the computer working has kept me UN-bored although nearly nuts
(G)

LOL! I think I'm staying out of Fry's - although it is nice to know there is
another place I can get those meringues when my grocer runs out. I bought two
buckets yesterday, figure those ought to last me until July. g I am impressed
that you were able to successfully not add those cookies to your shopping
excursion though. That is a major step for you.

Well, the desktop booted up fine yesterday after I spent 15 hours
cloning the boot drive but... I did not even put the clone in. And at
the moment it is running but tight on space but attempting to dvd burn
for the FIVE-HUNDRETH time my Haute Route trip. Burned it over night
after about 3 mid-flight failures. And.... somehow mixed up part 2
and 3 so that the trip is mixed up!!!!! (g)

UGH! 15 hours, I would be screaming. There must be some pretty important info on
that computer of yours, I would have given up long ago. But thanks for the nudge,
think I will work on getting mine backed up tomorrow. grin

It is just trying to avoid reinstalling software, some of which no
longer exists in current versions. You know, older software that
still functions and that I do not want to upgrade and which I paid
for. But if I reinstalled, the patches and fixes for the older stuff
is not available.

Ok, that I understand (the not wanting to reinstall software). All my programs
are currently available, but I still find it a pain in the behind to reinstall
everything when changing computers. And somehow I always manage to forget
something ... until I need it.


I recently realized that "upgrade in place" means you do not get
copies of patches and fixes. So a year or two later you may be stuck
having to re-buy software since your old stuff is no longer able to be
"fixed"

I don't think I've ever heard of "upgrade in place", will have to keep my eyes
open for that in the future. I don't add much software anymore, kids don't touch
my computer so I don't need all their silly little stuff. I could see it becoming
a problem though. As I continue to age, I become more set in my ways. I like the
programs I have now, don't want anything new and fancy. It only means I have to
relearn things - and then I get into trouble. g

Joyce

That's a succinct way of expressing it, yes. (G)

I have tried putting moods to it but don't really notice them. Just
WANT food.....

On Thu, 05 May 2005 21:41:26 GMT, Prairie Roots
wrote:

So what you're saying is that going nuts keeps you away from the nuts,
but being bored drives you to meringues.

On Thu, 05 May 2005 15:48:09 GMT, Fred
wrote:

Now been to Fry's three more times (funny how computers can make you
go to computer stores) but avoided those meringues. Too much sugar
was buzzing me too much. I have been better this week - maybe trying
to get the computer working has kept me UN-bored although nearly nuts
(G)

On Thu, 05 May 2005 23:39:04 -0500, Joyce wrote:



Funny, I was with a friend at Fry's who had no weight problems but she
mentioned she had those triple chocolate meringues and completely
binged on them. She admitted to being fascinated that they could do
that to her. She rarely eats desserts. So....

I tend to go in spurts, haven't been dipping into the chocolate stashes this week
at all ... it just hasn't interested me. Maybe it has something to do with those
womanly hormonal cycles we deal with?

Now been to Fry's three more times (funny how computers can make you
go to computer stores) but avoided those meringues. Too much sugar
was buzzing me too much. I have been better this week - maybe trying
to get the computer working has kept me UN-bored although nearly nuts
(G)

LOL! I think I'm staying out of Fry's - although it is nice to know there is
another place I can get those meringues when my grocer runs out. I bought two
buckets yesterday, figure those ought to last me until July. g I am impressed
that you were able to successfully not add those cookies to your shopping
excursion though. That is a major step for you.

Till JULY. A week maybe.... They just need to be avoided. Common
sense needs to prevail at the store because it will not, once they are
home.

Well, the desktop booted up fine yesterday after I spent 15 hours
cloning the boot drive but... I did not even put the clone in. And at
the moment it is running but tight on space but attempting to dvd burn
for the FIVE-HUNDRETH time my Haute Route trip. Burned it over night
after about 3 mid-flight failures. And.... somehow mixed up part 2
and 3 so that the trip is mixed up!!!!! (g)

UGH! 15 hours, I would be screaming. There must be some pretty important info on
that computer of yours, I would have given up long ago. But thanks for the nudge,
think I will work on getting mine backed up tomorrow. grin

It is just trying to avoid reinstalling software, some of which no
longer exists in current versions. You know, older software that
still functions and that I do not want to upgrade and which I paid
for. But if I reinstalled, the patches and fixes for the older stuff
is not available.

Ok, that I understand (the not wanting to reinstall software). All my programs
are currently available, but I still find it a pain in the behind to reinstall
everything when changing computers. And somehow I always manage to forget
something ... until I need it.


I recently realized that "upgrade in place" means you do not get
copies of patches and fixes. So a year or two later you may be stuck
having to re-buy software since your old stuff is no longer able to be
"fixed"

I don't think I've ever heard of "upgrade in place", will have to keep my eyes
open for that in the future. I don't add much software anymore, kids don't touch
my computer so I don't need all their silly little stuff. I could see it becoming
a problem though. As I continue to age, I become more set in my ways. I like the
programs I have now, don't want anything new and fancy. It only means I have to
relearn things - and then I get into trouble. g

It's software that goes to its webpage and downloads whatever to keep
it current - like Windows XP's upgrades and fixes for holes in
security.

Joyce

On Fri, 06 May 2005 13:58:15 GMT, Fred wrote:

Now been to Fry's three more times (funny how computers can make you
go to computer stores) but avoided those meringues. Too much sugar
was buzzing me too much. I have been better this week - maybe trying
to get the computer working has kept me UN-bored although nearly nuts
(G)

LOL! I think I'm staying out of Fry's - although it is nice to know there is
another place I can get those meringues when my grocer runs out. I bought two
buckets yesterday, figure those ought to last me until July. g I am impressed
that you were able to successfully not add those cookies to your shopping
excursion though. That is a major step for you.

Till JULY. A week maybe.... They just need to be avoided. Common
sense needs to prevail at the store because it will not, once they are
home.

Hmmmmmmm, might be a safe bet ... considering I haven't even popped the first one
open yet.

Joyce

Now been to Fry's three more times (funny how computers can make you
go to computer stores) but avoided those meringues. Too much sugar
was buzzing me too much. I have been better this week - maybe trying
to get the computer working has kept me UN-bored although nearly nuts
(G)

LOL! I think I'm staying out of Fry's - although it is nice to know there is
another place I can get those meringues when my grocer runs out. I bought two
buckets yesterday, figure those ought to last me until July. g I am impressed
that you were able to successfully not add those cookies to your shopping
excursion though. That is a major step for you.

Till JULY. A week maybe.... They just need to be avoided. Common
sense needs to prevail at the store because it will not, once they are
home.

Hmmmmmmm, might be a safe bet ... considering I haven't even popped the first one
open yet.

No new meringues but that does not mean other things have not
interceded into this battle.

LOL! Hope they were at least as good as the chocolate mouse creme puff I was
*forced* to indulge in this weekend. g


Hope things are doing well in your neck of the woods. Last, you were
recovering from a cold??

Very well, thank you. I have totally recovered and feeling wonderful. Had a lot
of outings for meals and celebrations this weekend, but I seem to have recovered
ok. Life is still peaceful ... amazing!

Joyce

On Thu, 19 May 2005 02:41:08 GMT, Fred wrote:


No new meringues but that does not mean other things have not
interceded into this battle.

LOL! Hope they were at least as good as the chocolate mouse creme puff I was
*forced* to indulge in this weekend. g

Oh, sounds like I missed something good.

Yes you did. I only had 1/4 of one though, didn't dare tempt myself with any
more. And that taste was just enough.


Hope things are doing well in your neck of the woods. Last, you were
recovering from a cold??

Very well, thank you. I have totally recovered and feeling wonderful. Had a lot
of outings for meals and celebrations this weekend, but I seem to have recovered
ok. Life is still peaceful ... amazing!

Keep it that way both peaceful and amazing (G)

I am planning to.



Joyce