Steve!

Giordano's is pretty much the same as Gino's and Edwardo's, they are all pretty good. Let me put it this way - they are all Scottie Pippen next to Michael Jordan. A star in his own right, but overshadowed by the greatone.

I've never had Pizzeria Uno's pizza, but then I've never met anyone that has had anything good to say about them. Ditto California Pizza Kitchen.

Yes, that's not a typo, both relish AND a dill pickle spear go on the true Chicago Style hot dog.

Chicago Style pizza is neither deep dish nor thin crust.

It's thick crust pizza.

My personal preference is thin crust, but most thin crusts today taste like cracker dough.

Rosati's does a pretty good job of thin crust, Barnaby's used to be right up there, and Jake's used to be the very best.

As far as deep dish, you can't beat a Lou Malnati's pizza. Edwardo's and Gino's East try, but they just don't come close.

Try right-clicking on the taskbar, then click "Properties".

If nothing else, you can always set it to "auto hide". What this does is hide the taskbar when it's not in use. It "unhides" when you move your mouse down where the taskbar is supposed to be, or when you hit the "start" button on your keyboard.

[This message was edited by Steve! on May 23, 2003 at 13:11.]

[This message was edited by Steve! on May 24, 2003 at 11:57.]

Correction:

A true "Chicago style" hot dog has:

tomato wedges

cucumber slices

dill pickle spear

celery salt

mustard

relish

onions

sport peppers

on a poppy seed bun

And when they ask what you want on it, if you say "everything", that AUTOMATICALLY includes the peppers. You have to tell them "everything no peppers" if you don't want the hot peppers.

And oh the looks you'll get if you dare to put ketchup on them! I know this by experience. But I still do it anyway.

THE sound of one hand clapping . . .

Wayfer not! you've just had a serious encounter with

The Twibrain Zone!

(cue the music)

There is a condition called waybrain that will continue to rear it's fugly head for some time to come.

As waybrainisms make themselves apparent, you will:

a) feel revulsion

b) feel embarassment

c) laugh loud and long

d) cry a while

e) some of the above

f) all of the above.

Welcome to real life! and freedom.

When I met Tom he was already a cop. And damn proud of it. He mentioned how he had no sense of smell, and one of the ways he received revelation was: one time during a traffic stop, he "smelled" alcohol on a driver's breath.

Ahhhh, Mt. Hood cafe, where was it, wayyy south? only open from 5:30 a.m. until about noon, with their 5-egg omelettes. I've since learned how to make *better* omelettes than those. And if you weren't there by 7 a.m., you had to stand in a line halfway down the block.

You did know Beth Warga, right? and that she died of breast cancer back in 82 or 83? She was so wonderful.

Dott -

Tim Curry was in "Annie", that movie with Carol Burnett, he play(ed?s?) Mr. French in WB's updated "Family Affair", he was the doctor in Hunt for Red October, Charlie's Angels, ah heck, here's the link:

Tim Curry on IMDB

Tim Fennel? or was it Tom? or was Tom Tim's brother?

And in 82 or 83 he married Carol someone-or-other, a wonderful gal, you'd probably know her, too.

My first year in Po'land I lived with Blair and Cary and a few others in a house at 62nd and . . .

Division.

Ah, good old Fred Meyer, a Walmart wannabe.

And that guy from Blues Traveler, John Popper, sounds so much like Bob Stanley, especially when playing the harmonica.

And Au revior, that's what I looked like 19 years ago. I've changed somewhat.

Firedee, if you are gone for 12 hours or more at a time, you *don't* want a dog.

However, a cat does pretty well in those situations.

You remember Blair and Cary's wedding?

I put together the reception for them. I got an exceptional deal on a couple of cases of champagne, only to be told that we couldn't bring it into the hotel - we had to buy from them.

So we snuck it in.

It was such a low-budget affair, since Blair and Cary were funding it.

Ah, yes, good times.

Wayfernotlookinanymore -

Forgive me if I sound a bit arrogant but - I *knew* you'd be back and out!

You sounded way too sensible, and way too aware of everything going on, to stay "in".

I'm glad you're back.

Sorry, Buck, typo. It should have said '84.

I have been out since about 89.

St*c*y and *ll*n R*pk* were okay people when I was there. St*c*y was actually really nice, for the most part. Of course, I wasn't all that close to them. But Karen was - she and Rene (I forget her last name, but you had to have known her) were living at the limb home with them.

This was the stick, er, twig fellowdang I was in at the Advanced Class '84 in emporia.

I'm the one in the middle wearing sunglasses.

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Ah, yeah, Karen.

She was super sweet. She really did a lot for my self esteem.

Then she went and married a man named Boel. Karen Sue Bowes Boel - go figger.

Yes, I do remember Jan Goins. So since I knew Jan, and since I knew you, ex10, and since you say Daggoo was in Po'land, too, then it would follow that I knew Daggoo, oh so many years ago.

Stacy and Allen are out East - their email address is listed on the Cortright site, so I would think that they are out.

I smell dead people.

Krys, if you show up, I will see to it *personally* that you get a root beer float without beer but with chocolate ice cream.

P -

"sleep"

Iggy -

Bill Gates has been talking about "instant on" for YEARS.

Supposedly he's got some people working on it.

P - also uninstall any no-longer-used apps, and clean up excess junk on your hard drive, especially the root directory.

Older Windoze systems used to require a certain amount of space available in the root, I don't know if that's still true with XP.

Also, your virtual memory may be set too low or too high, either condition would cause slower booting.

How long does it take for your computer to boot up from the time you click on restart to the time you are able to be back up at your desktop with no hourglass?

Grizz - ahhh, you're just a sore loser!

Ummm, Oak? Methinks you did that wrong. I think you left out the part about subtracting five from the number after adding the digits.