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On Fri, 30 Nov 2007 18:29:29 -0500, "Eisboch" wrote:


"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Fri, 30 Nov 2007 10:26:30 -0800 (PST), wrote:

On Nov 30, 12:55 pm, wrote:
On Fri, 30 Nov 2007 07:47:43 -0500, HK wrote:
I like newman's tomato sauces. Not much of a salsa fan.

I think the best salsa is what you make yourself from fresh peppers,
onions and tomatoes. That bottled stuff always tasted like ketchup and
chili powder to me.

I agree. The stuff in jars is full of salt for flavor, instead of the
flavor of fresh veggies, and it's pulverized into a slurry!

You haven't tried Newman's or Imus then.

Try them sometime - they are pricey, but worth it.

And both, I think, donate the profits to charity.

Yes they do - all profits in fact.

Years ago when I was still active in EMS education, I used to do all
the CPR training for The Hole In The Wall camp in Eastford. I was
invited to one of their "affairs" for volunteers and met both Paul
Newman and Joanne Woodward. Great, down to earth types - very easy to
approach and talk to.

The Imus Ranch stuff has generated a lot of negative press, but there
was a local kid who went and came back a very changed kid - she really
enjoyed the ranch and learned a lot while she was there. Her mother
told Mrs. Wave that the one week experience changed her view on the
world.

Which is good.

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On Fri, 30 Nov 2007 19:45:51 -0500, "Eisboch" wrote:


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We really count on our systems here to earn a living. We take them
apart often, before they shut down. My SO's desktop is actually harder
than mine to clean as she is also a smoker. We also back up and
format, reload software on a regular basis, just as a precaution. Most
of our computers are dedicated to specific types of software/function
so only the play boxes get bogged down really, like this one.
(Satellite A-135)

You guys motivated me to take this laptop apart and clean it.
It's a three year old HP Pavilion zd8000 that has performed flawlessly since
I got it.

Anyway, I shut it down, carefully turned it upside down and removed all the
accessible screws. No way would it come apart. After several attempts, the
"leave well enough alone" buzzer went off in my head. I removed a couple of
covers (the ram bay and the harddrive bay), hooked up a little computer
vacuum gizmo that came with a hand-held Oreck vacuum cleaner and carefully
vacuumed whatever dust I could get to with the little brush.

Put the screws back in and decided to forget about it.

I could tell you a story.... :)

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On Fri, 30 Nov 2007 20:29:05 -0500, "Eisboch" wrote:


"Vic Smith" wrote in message
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On Fri, 30 Nov 2007 19:45:51 -0500, "Eisboch" wrote:

Put the screws back in and decided to forget about it.

Eisboch

http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c00291986.pdf

Let's see if you can resist it.

Thanks a bunch.

I'll give it a shot someday when I have extra patience.

It's hard to believe that 30 something years ago I could take a Mod 28
Teletype machine completely apart, down to each individual part and then put
it back together and it would work.

Of course back then I could actually *see* what I was doing.

I was just going to say that.

Close work is not something I can do much of anymore without an
"assist".

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HK wrote:


Since my copy of XP Pro was sent to me as a gift from MS, I am not
concerned about its legitimacy.

It wasn't a "gift", narcissist. Anyone could order one at the time. I
did. You should remember that since you posted the link. Still got the
bobble head and the chewing gum that came with it?

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"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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The Imus Ranch stuff has generated a lot of negative press, but there
was a local kid who went and came back a very changed kid - she really
enjoyed the ranch and learned a lot while she was there. Her mother
told Mrs. Wave that the one week experience changed her view on the
world.

Which is good.



I don't think the Imus Ranch has ever been seriously questioned, although a
couple of ambitious journalists tried to create a controversy. Their
"questionable activity" theories were quickly proven to be BS.

Imus's problem was his "Ho" comment, which also was completely blown out of
proportion IMO.

He has changed from his old, obnoxious "shock jock" behavior of the 80's and
90's and has become a serious political interviewer/commentator in an
entertaining way. I look forward to listening/watching again.

Eisboch

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HK wrote:
Just finished the install of XP Pro on my aging laptop, which had been
running Win2k.

Everything seems nominal. Between the MS and IBM-Lenovo update sites,
all the hardware was recognized and XP is running properly. Installed
OFfice 2003 and it also is running properly.

Just for grins, I hooked the laptop up to my network via wireless and
just transferred a large file from the desktop hard drive to the laptop
hard drive.


Wow!

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On Sat, 01 Dec 2007 01:39:11 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
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On Fri, 30 Nov 2007 20:29:05 -0500, "Eisboch" wrote:


"Vic Smith" wrote in message
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On Fri, 30 Nov 2007 19:45:51 -0500, "Eisboch" wrote:

Put the screws back in and decided to forget about it.

Eisboch

http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c00291986.pdf

Let's see if you can resist it.

Thanks a bunch.

I'll give it a shot someday when I have extra patience.

It's hard to believe that 30 something years ago I could take a Mod 28
Teletype machine completely apart, down to each individual part and then put
it back together and it would work.

Of course back then I could actually *see* what I was doing.

I was just going to say that.

Close work is not something I can do much of anymore without an
"assist".

I've got one of those big lighted magnifiers on an articulated arm,
and it works well, but it's clumsy.
Though I don't need glasses to drive, I've even considered Lasik for
the close stuff. Tired of using a magnifying glass and flashlight to
"read the fine print."
But I'm not there yet. There's just something about having somebody
cut my eyeballs that doesn't set right with me.

--Vic

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On Fri, 30 Nov 2007 19:45:51 -0500, Eisboch wrote:


Put the screws back in and decided to forget about it.

Without instructions, disassembling a laptop is a lot like a Chinese
puzzle box. However, Google is your friend. This might help.

http://www.drtweeker.com/how-to-fix-...otebooklaptop-
zd8230uszd8000-series

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On Fri, 30 Nov 2007 19:45:51 -0500, Eisboch wrote:


Put the screws back in and decided to forget about it.

Without instructions, disassembling a laptop is a lot like a Chinese
puzzle box. However, Google is your friend. This might help.

http://www.drtweeker.com/how-to-fix-...otebooklaptop-
zd8230uszd8000-series


Thanks. Mine hasn't shut down because of an overheat condition ( I assume
it does) but it has always run "hot". I really like this computer ... it's
fast and has a great wide screen display.

I think I'll take it down to the geek squad at Best Buy and have them clean
the internals.

Eisboch