"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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I got hordes of relatives coming over the holidays, and they all have
laptops or so it seems.

Why would they travel to see you, your wife and their other relatives but
bring their laptops with them?

Is this something that runs in the family Harry? ;-)

"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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*JimH* wrote:
"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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I got hordes of relatives coming over the holidays, and they all have
laptops or so it seems.

Why would they travel to see you, your wife and their other relatives but
bring their laptops with them?

Is this something that runs in the family Harry? ;-)

They are active individuals with lots of interests, and use their laptops
to get local information, stay in touch with their buddies, read email,
buy tickets, et cetera: the same reasons most people I know take their
laptops with them whether they are traveling for business or pleasure.

While I was in Hawaii, I got an assignment from a client in Baltimore to
write a speech, with a draft due while still out there. Without my laptop,
I wouldn't have been able to handle the job. I also used it to stay in
touch with my petsitter, and my neighbor drove over to the house every day
to check the locks.


Even if I traveled with my laptop for use on the plane or airport, I would
never ask the relative/friend I was visiting to make accommodations for my
internet connection while visiting them.

Personally I would *NEVER* travel with my laptop while on vacation.

But hey, different strokes I guess.

Harry,
Don't forget logging onto rec.boats for a minimum of 8 hrs a day while on
vacation. Can we expect your relatives to make some posts in rec.boats?


"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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*JimH* wrote:
"Harry Krause" wrote in message
...
I got hordes of relatives coming over the holidays, and they all have
laptops or so it seems.

Why would they travel to see you, your wife and their other relatives but
bring their laptops with them?

Is this something that runs in the family Harry? ;-)

They are active individuals with lots of interests, and use their laptops
to get local information, stay in touch with their buddies, read email,
buy tickets, et cetera: the same reasons most people I know take their
laptops with them whether they are traveling for business or pleasure.

While I was in Hawaii, I got an assignment from a client in Baltimore to
write a speech, with a draft due while still out there. Without my laptop,
I wouldn't have been able to handle the job. I also used it to stay in
touch with my petsitter, and my neighbor drove over to the house every day
to check the locks.





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If you voted for Bush, a yellow ribbon won't make up for it.

So Harry can read it twice!


On Tue, 15 Nov 2005 18:28:28 -0500, "Sir Rodney Smithers" Ask me about my
knighthood. wrote:

Harry,
Don't forget logging onto rec.boats for a minimum of 8 hrs a day while on
vacation. Can we expect your relatives to make some posts in rec.boats?


"Harry Krause" wrote in message
...
*JimH* wrote:
"Harry Krause" wrote in message
...
I got hordes of relatives coming over the holidays, and they all have
laptops or so it seems.

Why would they travel to see you, your wife and their other relatives but
bring their laptops with them?

Is this something that runs in the family Harry? ;-)

They are active individuals with lots of interests, and use their laptops
to get local information, stay in touch with their buddies, read email,
buy tickets, et cetera: the same reasons most people I know take their
laptops with them whether they are traveling for business or pleasure.

While I was in Hawaii, I got an assignment from a client in Baltimore to
write a speech, with a draft due while still out there. Without my laptop,
I wouldn't have been able to handle the job. I also used it to stay in
touch with my petsitter, and my neighbor drove over to the house every day
to check the locks.





--
If you voted for Bush, a yellow ribbon won't make up for it.



--
John H.

"Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it."
Rene Descartes

Harry,
If I am obsessed, can you imagine what that makes you? Have you ever looked
at your posts and the sheer volume of repetitive posts where you don't even
have a creative idea of your own, you just illegally cut and paste news
articles in violation of copyright laws.


"Harry Krause" wrote in message
...
John H. wrote:
So Harry can read it twice!


On Tue, 15 Nov 2005 18:28:28 -0500, "Sir Rodney Smithers" Ask me about
my
knighthood. wrote:

Harry,
Don't forget logging onto rec.boats for a minimum of 8 hrs a day while
on vacation. Can we expect your relatives to make some posts in
rec.boats?


"Harry Krause" wrote in message
...
*JimH* wrote:
"Harry Krause" wrote in message
...
I got hordes of relatives coming over the holidays, and they all have
laptops or so it seems.
Why would they travel to see you, your wife and their other relatives
but bring their laptops with them?

Is this something that runs in the family Harry? ;-)
They are active individuals with lots of interests, and use their
laptops to get local information, stay in touch with their buddies,
read email, buy tickets, et cetera: the same reasons most people I know
take their laptops with them whether they are traveling for business or
pleasure.

While I was in Hawaii, I got an assignment from a client in Baltimore
to write a speech, with a draft due while still out there. Without my
laptop, I wouldn't have been able to handle the job. I also used it to
stay in touch with my petsitter, and my neighbor drove over to the
house every day to check the locks.





--
If you voted for Bush, a yellow ribbon won't make up for it.




So, as we all know, Smithers is an obsessed asshole, and you are
facilitating him. That makes you a facilitator of an asshole. Pretty low
position for a former Army officer, eh?

--
If you voted for Bush, a yellow ribbon won't make up for it.

On Tue, 15 Nov 2005 20:11:26 -0500, Harry Krause
wrote:



So, as we all know, Smithers is an obsessed asshole, and you are
facilitating him. That makes you a facilitator of an asshole.

And since you are Smither's target, you would be the target of an
asshole, which would make you a toilet.

Sounds about right.

*JimH* wrote:
"Harry Krause" wrote in message
...
I got hordes of relatives coming over the holidays, and they all have
laptops or so it seems.

Why would they travel to see you, your wife and their other relatives but
bring their laptops with them?

Is this something that runs in the family Harry? ;-)

Why do you find that so unbelievable? I take my laptop most everywhere.
Even for weekend jaunts. I like to have access to all of my files, plus
email, addresses, etc.

On Tue, 15 Nov 2005 20:18:27 -0500, "Sir Rodney Smithers" Ask me about my
knighthood. wrote:

Harry,
If I am obsessed, can you imagine what that makes you? Have you ever looked
at your posts and the sheer volume of repetitive posts where you don't even
have a creative idea of your own, you just illegally cut and paste news
articles in violation of copyright laws.


"Harry Krause" wrote in message
...
John H. wrote:
So Harry can read it twice!


On Tue, 15 Nov 2005 18:28:28 -0500, "Sir Rodney Smithers" Ask me about
my
knighthood. wrote:

Harry,
Don't forget logging onto rec.boats for a minimum of 8 hrs a day while
on vacation. Can we expect your relatives to make some posts in
rec.boats?


"Harry Krause" wrote in message
...
*JimH* wrote:
"Harry Krause" wrote in message
...
I got hordes of relatives coming over the holidays, and they all have
laptops or so it seems.
Why would they travel to see you, your wife and their other relatives
but bring their laptops with them?

Is this something that runs in the family Harry? ;-)
They are active individuals with lots of interests, and use their
laptops to get local information, stay in touch with their buddies,
read email, buy tickets, et cetera: the same reasons most people I know
take their laptops with them whether they are traveling for business or
pleasure.

While I was in Hawaii, I got an assignment from a client in Baltimore
to write a speech, with a draft due while still out there. Without my
laptop, I wouldn't have been able to handle the job. I also used it to
stay in touch with my petsitter, and my neighbor drove over to the
house every day to check the locks.





--
If you voted for Bush, a yellow ribbon won't make up for it.




So, as we all know, Smithers is an obsessed asshole, and you are
facilitating him. That makes you a facilitator of an asshole. Pretty low
position for a former Army officer, eh?

--
If you voted for Bush, a yellow ribbon won't make up for it.



--
John H.

"Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it."
Rene Descartes

"Harry Krause" wrote in message
...
wrote:
*JimH* wrote:
"Harry Krause" wrote in message
...
I got hordes of relatives coming over the holidays, and they all have
laptops or so it seems.
Why would they travel to see you, your wife and their other relatives
but
bring their laptops with them?

Is this something that runs in the family Harry? ;-)

Why do you find that so unbelievable? I take my laptop most everywhere.
Even for weekend jaunts. I like to have access to all of my files, plus
email, addresses, etc.


Jim still has an 8-track in his '54 Studebaker.



--
Pro-war is not pro-life!

Damn, I wish I had a '54 Studebaker. ;-)

wrote:
*JimH* wrote:
"Harry Krause" wrote in message
...
I got hordes of relatives coming over the holidays, and they all have
laptops or so it seems.
Why would they travel to see you, your wife and their other relatives
but
bring their laptops with them?

Is this something that runs in the family Harry? ;-)

Why do you find that so unbelievable? I take my laptop most everywhere.
Even for weekend jaunts. I like to have access to all of my files, plus
email, addresses, etc.



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