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     Kommentar till en text av RUTH HAFFLY
Ärende: around the house
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Hiya Ruth!
-> 
-> ->  hn> well the wifi is always there, but it's
-> ->  hn> totally "iffy" whether the signal is
-> ->  hn> going to be strong enough to use.
-> ->  hn> somedays yes....somedays not..so
-> ->  hn> it's a debate whether to lug the
-> ->  hn> laptop up the stairs or not to bring
-> 
-> -> Get a little note book or net book.  The EeePC is very lightweight. 
I
-> -> can work with it in a lot of areas where a lap top would be too big.
-> 
->  HN> Problem is I use my laptop more for
->  HN> image processing and such than i-netting.
->  HN> and an Eeepc does not have what it takes
-> 
-> OK, maybe something small but not neccessarily an EeePC.  I droppped
-> mine (not far, not hard) the other day and it didn't hurt a thing.
->
I like having the biggest screen I can get for
image work, anything less is a pain.
 
->  HN> for those applications. Saw Dale's little
->  HN> "carry around" one when he and Gail were
->  HN> here, really neat for what it does!
-> 
-> It does a lot! I'm using it as my main work station for all but final
-> revsions of papers for school (easier on my eyes to use the desk top),
-> Fido, etc.  I've got a bean bag bottomed lap desk and have commandeered
-> a corner of the living room, on the love seat, by an end table as my
-> main work space.
->
Yep Dale's was quite versatile...but still
would not have met my particular needs...On
this system I ofen will have 50 or 60 megabytes
of digital images waiting to be burned to CD's.
 
-> ->  hn> I've been on a bookmark painting
-> ->  hn> jag for the past couple of weeks.
-> ->  hn> I've just been giving them away to
-> ->  hn> friends and such. Gave one to
-> ->  hn> a local shop that sells things
-> ->  hn> Still it was a flattering offer!
-> 
-> -> Yes, but like with my sewing, the biggest cost is in the time spent
on
-> -> it. To fully recoup the cost of most things, I'd have to charge a lot
-> -> more than I do.  Materials alone can be reasonable tho, unless it's a
-> -> really upscale project.  I don't use the 5/$1.00 spools of thread
-> 
->  HN> yep, the biggest cost is time. At
->  HN> this point I'm not too concerned
->  HN> with marketing them, I'm simply having
->  HN> too much fun painting them! You have my
->  HN> email addy (earthlink), so email me
->  HN> your new snaily maily for NC and I'll
->  HN> make a couple of bookmarks for you and
->  HN> Steve!
-> 
-> 
-> I'll do that.  Something on that sort is harder to put a price on, than
-> say if you were a cake baker/decorator.  The cost of ingredients is
-> pretty easy to figure out, admittedly, the time decorating would be
-> harder to put a cost figure on.  I think that goes up the more well
-> known your name is.  I could spend as much as Duff & crew on ingredients
-> and decorating time but since my name isn't Duff, I can't bring in big
-> bucks.  Same as I can't charge what designers like Vera Wang or Tommy
-> Hilfiger do for their clothes; I'm a no name.
->
Will get one in the mail asap!
While I'm not very good, I'm 
awfully prolific!!(grin)
 
-> ->  hn> And the added heat to the house doesn't hurt in
-> ->  hn> winter either!
-> 
-> -> Not at all!  It's warmed up to the mid 40s but that's as high as it's
-> -> expected this week.  I'm going to roast some brussels sprouts to go
with
-> -> tonight's supper--and add some heat to the house.
-> 
->  HN> Our temps have been in the 50's
->  HN> and yesterday was up to 62 at our
->  HN> house! Supposed to get cooler this
->  HN> week however and rain starting on
->  HN> Wednesday.
-> 
-> We're not supposed to even reach 40 today, with major (up to 50 or so
-> mph gusts) wind.  The rain came yesterday, while we were down in Raleigh
-> getting a chest x-ray (all clear) for me & was blown off by bed time.
->
Was 48 when we left the house this morning.
will be in the low to mid 50's most of 
the week. 170 miles north of me, the 
olympic games are suffering rain at
low altitudes as well....warm weather!!
 
-> ->  hn> Frankie Valli, and such. The beatles
-> ->  hn> came in around the mid 60's or so.
-> ->  hn> We got them before the USA got
-> 
-> -> USA got them in 1964, before the Supremes, Dave Clark 5 but after
some
-> -> of the others.
-> 
->  HN> Ahh those were the days!
->  HN> dances at the teen club,
->  HN> vanilla cokes or cherry cokes
->  HN> at the snack bar, and the
->  HN> movies only cost $0.25!
-> 
-> I wasn't a teen until a bit later.  No teen club in town and movies were
-> $1.00 at age 12 and over so we didn't go very often.  Mom & Dad didn't
-> own stock in Coke until I was almost done with college--out of my teens
-> so it was a rare treat as a kid. (G)
->
In France getting cokes (vanilla
or cherry) at the snackbar was 
a tradition...our version of a
malt shop....and to buy a coke
out on the "economy" was absurd
they were a buck a piece even in 
the early 60's!!
chat with you soon!
ha
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