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Skriven 2012-08-12 21:32:20 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
  Kommentar till text 28116 av MICHAEL LOO (1:123/140)
Ärende: kick it again 97                                         [1]
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Hi Michael,

 ML> That's for desktops. Laptops have to be handled with kid gloves -
 RH> So what's to say you can't kick a lap top or net book?
 ML> My pocketbook is what.
 RH> I understand that one. But you can reboot a lap top or net book.

 ML> Problem is a laptop is likely to be on the flimsy side.
 ML> You often can't reboot it after you give it a boot.

Depends, our net books don't have a hard drive. They are pretty solid
overall. Rachel dropped one we'd sent her and a corner hit the floor
first, cracking the case but the system survived. Steve put a new case
on it next time we saw her.


 RH> C1100 Pro machine. The old machine was built in 1984, I bought it
 RH> (using lay away) when we first got to Germany in 1986, brought it home
 RH> in 87. It's had minor replacement parts and a new motherboard in 2003
 RH> but had a lot of stitches on its odometer (stitchometer?). Still, a bit
 RH> of a sigh, good bye to an old friend.

 ML> Whereas my computers elicit barely a sigh when they get
 ML> booted out rather than up.

But you don't keep them as long as I kept that machine. It was the one I
used for Rachel's wedding gown, countless diaper bags, 3 nursery sets
(4 crib sheets per, bumper pads, diaper stacker, etc), I don't know how
many quilts......................................................


 RH> Because of the time when we finished, we went over to Chick-Fil-A for
 RH> lunch. To save carbs, I'm ordering chicken strips, not the sandwich
 RH> now. I asked about some pickles to go with it; they gave us about 10 or
 RH> 12 for free. (G)

 ML> I am not so thrilled with CFA for taste reasons; my brother,

We like CFA better than a lot of the other fast food places. We also
like their point of view on a lot of things (but let's not let this get
into a political flame war). I like the carrot/raisin salad better than
the cole slaw there tho, tried the slaw once and that was enough.

 ML> however, is extremely fond of the strips and reports that the

I'd rather have the deluxe (w/lettuce & tomato, I add mayo) sandwich on
a honey wheat bun but the strips save carbs.  I don't get any of their
dipping sauces with the strips because they all have hfcs so go for the
Kraft mayo. The NC branches still have their own mayo with hfcs, haven't
gotten in the new, non hfcs stock yet. Another thing I like about them
is that the sandwich comes plain; you add your own condiments. Other
places you have to special order to get condiments you don't want taken
off--if the kid making the sandwich pays attention to the order ticket
(or screen).

 ML> nuggets, which he didn't like before, he discovers to be
 ML> excellent if allowed to sit around a while. Maybe there's an

I'd rather have the strips than the nuggets.


 ML> additional depth of flavor from the packaging - my first
 ML> memory of pizza includes the observation that it was better
 ML> when served with a tiny bit of cardboard stuck on the bottom.

Leave the carboard with the box for me tho.


 ML> Sort of "box hae."

An imitation version would be "faux box hae" then? (G)


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Ruth
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