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12027. judithathome - 11/10/2004 6:14:09 PM I could do that, too...but you have to bring me some nice stuff from Paris! 12028. Magoseph - 11/10/2004 6:23:59 PM No problem, I inherited a property I want to sell, so I'll buy what you want...almost. 12029. PelleNilsson - 11/10/2004 6:32:28 PM Around Christmas time in 1982 two things happened at the office. A small project in Saudi Arabia was completed and the geek we had sent there had dumped the Osborne in the office. Here it is in all its glory. 64K memory, two 90K floppies, 5" screen.
 
I and a Norwegian fellow had been picked to evaluate a tender for a new international exhange in Jordan. We had four offers, each with two or three financing options. We thought with dread on all the calculations and then we noticed the Osborne. None of us had ever seen a PC before. We opened it up and inside was a floppy marked "SuperCalc". No manual. We started the thing up and found ourselves looking at a grid. No comprehension on our part but we intuited that it could be useful in some yet to be understood way. We called the geek and he explained the basics. A new world opened. I never looked back. 12030. judithathome - 11/10/2004 10:43:29 PM Magos, my needs are small...some violet sachets and chocolate covered strawberries...espresso pastilles, things like that. 12031. Magoseph - 11/11/2004 1:06:08 PM Judsie, you mean to tell me that you're a 'low maintenance woman'? I don't think so.
Hello, Mac, how's the weather in your area? How's everything this morning?
12032. Macnas - 11/11/2004 1:10:31 PM Hello Mago, weather is ok, overcast and cold, but no rain.
As for the rest, I'm busy updating some standards and procedures. Thrilling. 12033. Magoseph - 11/11/2004 2:06:46 PM Thank you, Mac. I appreciate greatly your contribution to this thread and your unfailing courtesy in answering my queries.
I must confess here--after all, I peppered this thread with every little detail in my life. So now, this is what happened in my younger son's life, which is to say mine also. Within two months, he lost his wife, his dog, and his car, but kept his house. I posted up-thread the picture of his mashed car. Later today, I'll post the pictures of his new dog and new car. As for a new wife, he appears gun-shy, but time will tell.
Expressions of regret for these events weren't felt deeply in our family, since we knew that it is best for him and his future that he be free soon. (continued) 12034. Magoseph - 11/11/2004 4:36:11 PM At the airport coming from Alabama--Maggie the Shar-Pei.
The car--some favorite model...
12035. judithathome - 11/11/2004 6:22:17 PM I adore the dog!! Real cutie-pie. Or cutie-pei. 12036. Ms. No - 11/11/2004 7:23:58 PM heh! 12037. wabbit - 11/11/2004 8:12:39 PM Shar-Pei puppies are so cute! 12038. wabbit - 11/11/2004 8:13:16 PM To all the veterans and their families, thank you. 12039. Magoseph - 11/11/2004 8:23:38 PM I made light of the events, but my son was heart-broken for months before the situation was resolved. Her family and mine knew the marriage was deteriorating rapidly, but there was not any way we could stop her from going out with disreputable friends. The situation became untenable and dangerous for both kids. We are relieved now and trying to put a best face on things. 12040. Magoseph - 11/11/2004 8:24:57 PM Flexy is a veteran, wabbit, I will give him your good wishes. 12041. Ms. No - 11/11/2004 9:54:30 PM Last time I was over at the dog park in Encino I was adopted by a shar-pei/chow mix puppy. He came over to me and stood right between my feet and growled menacingly at every person and dog that approached me --- including my own. It was hysterical. He just took one look at me, abandoned his people and came to stake his claim.
Good thing he was still just little, but man, was he fierce!
I had to stop wearing my Eau de Chein perfume after that. Lord only knows what provoked such instant devotion. 12042. Magoseph - 11/11/2004 10:20:28 PM My son complains that Maggie is a handful, but in the next sentence, he tells me how cute she is when she runs into things because while she is prancing around she has her eyes on him. The dog his wife took with her was his dog before they married. It is good for him that he has Maggie with him. 12043. PelleNilsson - 11/11/2004 10:27:51 PM We are going away for a couple of days. Nothing fancy, just to break the monotony of autumn. See you Sunday. 12044. Magoseph - 11/11/2004 10:30:08 PM Eau de Chein?, Ms. No, doesn't that sound Chinese? 12045. Magoseph - 11/11/2004 10:48:51 PM Have a wonderful time, Pelle! 12046. Ms. No - 11/11/2004 11:22:16 PM Well, Shar-peis are Chinese Dogs, right?
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