Tom Strange

OM said: I agree that they "don't want to get into any debates with the posters"... but I opine it's because it's gotta be pretty painful for them to hear about (and realize) the things their father did to people who trusted him (including their mother)... and yeah, as hard as it must be for them... I think after hearing the stories they would have the same opinions... maybe not as harsh though because he was their father...

here's another dumb question... (I know there are no dumb questions, just dumb people :D-->)... is there an antenna on my Centrino laptop? I know there must be, but what form is it? is it in the 'lid'? is it in the 'board'? I've been looking around on the sony site as well as the intel site and I can't figure it out... or is it in the chip itself?

happening day young lady! and many more!

gracias... :)--> that's kind of the way I look at it (GSC) as well...

happening day dude!

DotDotDot! Peri (Roz) is from Dallas! bite your tongue! Put away those claws!

Oh... and another thing...*Mixing B and G* when I was getting my wireless router the "learned" folks at the computer store couldn't agree on the performance I'd get... (the laptops are Centrino B's) I bought a G router because I wanted the flexibility down the road... when I went to get the card for the desktop, one guy said since I had B's on the network, they'd bring down a G to that speed, so I should just get a B card. I asked "then why does it give me the option of B, G or mixed?" The other guy said that they'd run independently and be all right... I looked at them both (about my age) and said "I wish you guys could agree, but since you can't, I'm gonna go ask that kid over there"... I went to the kid, who looked like he was still in high school, who answered me with more authority than both of those guys together: go ahead and mix, when both a B and a G are running there might be some degradation, but you won't notice it. Get the G. So, the Centrino's run at 11.0 mbps. The G card runs at 54 mbps when it's on alone, goes down to 48 mbps when a B is on with it.

Interesting article hegotHope... kinda makes you go "hmmmm"! but it also brought up another question to me... I read in the article about "different antennas"... is there a way to boost the signal from/to my router? Our bedroom is almost entirely blind... and weak when it's not... anybody got any ideas? LATER: I found this... a wireless "range expander" ...coming soon...

ooops! forgot the :D--> He does seem like a pretty nice guy, down to earth... for being such a famous pretty boy... and he did a great job in "A River Runs Through It" and has become a pretty good actor (IMO)... (loved the job he did in 12 Monkeys)

and just so you all know... I used to be afraid of clowns... but since I've gotten to "know" vickles... I'm not afraid of them anymore!

WG said: Nope, you weren't... that's what I remember about all of you guys who came to FW... you were great examples of living love... I still tip my hat to you...

cool... look forward to it... no bogarting allowed though!

happening day to you

I know what you're saying vickles... you're from what I can tell a giving, caring person... and you want to help folks... but like mstar and suz say, you gotta learn to listen and learn from the negative things that have happened to you as a result of opening yourself up... I'm sure you 'see' the signs when they're there... you just don't listen to them and act on them... that's how I was, too... I still 'open' myself to folks, but I keep my eyes open and listen to myself and take whatever action is appropriate... like mstar says, it's a hard lesson to act on... because you want to help and be their friend, but you do have to learn to act, so as suz says, you don't repeat the hurt... it's learning that being a friend doesn't mean 'at your expense'... after all, there's no joy in being taken advantage of... is there?

House said: I don't know that there is a cliff notes version... I see you're kinda new here... The easiest way to find out about what a person thinks is to click on their name and take a look at their posts. If you'll click on OM's name, then on "veiw recent posts" it'll take you to a bunch of pages with a lot of posts sorted by topic. You can do that with any poster. That way you can form your own opinions based upon what that person posted, not on what someone else says. Look for the topics "Using the Word to Control", "Why some people don't get the abuse stories", "Child Abuse in TWI", "TWI taught us to be abusers" and I think there just might be one in there on "Adultry" as well... You'll have to read it yourself, it'll also give you background on some of the "feelings" going back and forth here...

oh wayfer! that's too easy! "Because he wasn't living that lifestyle as long as no one knew about it"

wow jell... that **** is f'd up... Glad you're around at the cafe...!

maybe so... just a misunderstanding... that's all...

Look at him! He's pidgeon toed...

hey man... I really did think you were married to donner... I don't know where I got that idea, but I guess I'm wrong... I apologize if I offended you, that wasn't my intention.

No Raf... here's how OM needs to show they approve... THEY need to READ every post on this thread... and that other thread... Then they can post what they feel... of course, they can post what they feel anyway... all they have to do is register...

OM said: Show us ONE. Just ONE. You'd think if they were there they'd step up to the plate. I cannot imagine a woman would ever "generally agree" with you on this...

well vickles... who is he married to?

Sure, go ahead, is that what I'm doing now?... (a lot of us computer illiterate folks read here to learn and/or become confused)... I thought I was using Temporal Key Integrity Protocol incorporating Message Integrity Code!

One of our local newspaper critics last paragraph in his review: He gave it a B+ (which is pretty high for this paper).I'm interested.