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Happy Birthday girl!!

We don't see your font around here as much as we usta'. Have a great day and enjoy yourself!

Waterbuffalo,

Dancing time!!

That is simply GREAT news. My daddy went through a period of unemployment when I was growing up so I KNOW how devestating it can be. Hot damn its good enough news to make you want to swear!!!!

Bluzeman,

What are you saying? That I have a program currently running that is advertising open ports? When I have the firewall up.. I have no problems but when it is down, I'm getting pinged right and left and if I didn't have the Opaserve patch, would get infected in minutes.

Also, my firewall lets me know when programs are trying to access the internet. Most of the time it's been programs like pop-up stopper or Adobe Acrobat reader looking for updates but I caught the Opaserve worm (Puta!.com) trying to do it, too, so I knew I had gotten infected.

So... what's YOUR take on whether or not a person with only dial up should be using a firewall?

Goey,

Re:" I was infected with w32:blaster (Msblast.exe) within 15 minutes!"

I have the same thing happen to me at the office only it's some variant of FUNLOVE or Opaserve. I'm really curious if anyone in the IT biz has seen this. I'm running Windows 98 SE on and old Pentium I 166Mzh with a dial up connection. I've been doing this since October 1996, though I upgraded from Windows 95 to 98 about two years ago.

The experts used to say an internet firewall was unnecessary if only a dial up connection were used, right? I have found that if connected to the internet for even a brief time with no firewall, I get a worm on the office machine.

At first I thought maybe the infected computers pinging IP addresses were singling out AOL IP's since one dial up I use is the free dial up provided by Road Runner who uses AOL's dial up numbers. But no.. even when connected through the other ISP, I've gotten an infection almost immediately when I've forgotten to have the firewall turned on.

Ever heard of this? Are firewalls now always required? Even for dial up connections?

P-Mosh,

Your physicians group link is none other than the group who released Atkins death certificate.. Physicians For Responsible Medicine. They have an agenda. They are rabid vegetarians. They unscrupulously obtained, distorted and then released Dr. Atkins death info. He did not die of heart disease as has been pointed out.

People have belief systems when it comes to foods. Peta and vegans think meat is murder. Low carbers think pasta is of the debbil. If you look around honestly at what scientific studies say, you'll see that the evidence is already in that the Atkins diet is both safe and effective in the short term. The only thing distractors can bring up now is long term effects. Those studies are currently being run, I understand.

We'll just have to wait and see how they turn out but in the meantime, my lipid profile just keeps getting better and better. I feel better and gawd knows I look better. My gut feel is that the American Heart Association and others are going to have some crow to eat.

Kit,

Sounds like you're behind this guy but IMO he's dead wrong on every issue. I've lost nearly 60lbs in the last year and have never been healthier and had more energy. My cholesterol and triglycerides levels have plummeted. Oh except the HDL cholesterol (the good kind) that nearly doubled. In fact, my family physician took me off my cholesterol medication (Zocor) that I had been on for years. I didn't need it anymore.

Not only that, but my blood pressure which had been creeping up close to the point of needing medication (right at 150/90) plummeted as well. It now runs about 116/65. And I guess my 51 year old arteries have been unclogging because I also never need those little blue pills in the bedroom anymore. I'm just like I was in my 20's now.

No, Kit it's claptrap like what you've just posted that's keeping a lot of people from getting healthy, IMO. Why, I get far more fiber in my diet than I did before. I eat tons of salad, spinach, squash, Brussels sprouts, collard greens etc. Just how much fiber do you think is in sugar and bleached flour anyways? Those two items are 80% of what a person doing Atkins gives up. Most of the rest is stuff like french fries, baked potatoes and beans. This fool thinks all we low carbers are eating is meat and cheese evidently.

Go to http://atkins.com and read all about what is really making us fat and unhealthy. It's the excess carbs for the most part. Trans fat is right up there, too. I don't know why it is but there must be defense mechanisms built into us about our weight. The most vehement folks against low carbing that I've run into personally are always people who are way overweight themselves.

Hey Alfakat,

Of those browsers you mentioned.. which one do you recommend? And aren't some of them that are free just 'demo' versions?

Zix,

What about it?? Ready to report back in??

Zix,

You know it's going to be impossible to please everybody. If you want to go check it out, it wouldn't hurt. Especially if you were going to take the trip anyways.

We all want to let our hair down, I can tell you that, so seems we are going to HAVE to be able to drink. We had at least two doggies last time. maybe that one's negotiable, I don't know, because I didn't bring a dog.

Zix,

Click on the link HERE! and note a few things. 1)There are no pets allowed in or around cabins and 2)No hootch allowed.

What you think??

Vickles,

Re:"It doesn't seem right or fair, somehow."

It's the law. That's why Doug was busted. You can't go waltzing around on private property without being invited. Yeah, TWI has every right to do what they do.

What's telling is asking why they would do it. Folks check things out on the internet now-a-days so rest assured TWI's new potential converts are doing the same. They'll wonder big time why it is ANY religious organization prohibits people visiting a dang cemetary for Heavens sake!! Sheesh!!

Dartanian,

Re:"Am I being cynical or is that an indirect attack on what the Word of God makes very very clear with little need for exposition or interpretations."

Ohhh.. You're good to have picked THAT up from my post. Yep. Gots to get up preeee-ty early in the morning to get one past you, I see.

Daryl,

I bet its REALLY getting tiresome having to read how you "chose" to be gay -->. But this is what fundamental Christianity teaches and there's no deviating from that orthodoxy for their adherents.

Heck, just dress it up a little and say you love the sinner but hate the sin. Makes it a bit more palatable to cram down the throats of the newly converted fundies.

You're alright in my book, Daryl, and like everyone else, I'm sure sorry about your sister. Funny how not getting answers to prayer doesn't bother most peoples' faith. They just continue on as if nothing had happened. A wise man learns from his mistakes.

Dot,

Re:"I don't recall that one... Was it on the Rock 'n roll stations?"

Yeah, I think so but click HERE! to listen to it. A good tear jerker, huh?

I also had Pirate's song, Last Kiss, but it's the Pearl Jam version.. not the original, because Pearl Jam came out with it last year and my middle teenage daughter had it in her music files. Listened to it night and day for weeks . click HERE! to listen to it as well.

Al,

Ex's dad was a college football player (who looked every bit the part) for Heaven's sake. Though he was a most gentle soul, I wouldn't want to be the one he found out was messing around his little girl. OOh! Makes me hurt just thinking about it.

THE LAST GAME OF THE SEASON (A BLIND MAN IN THE BLEACHERS)

David Geddes

He's just the blind man in the bleachers

To the local home town fans

And he sits beneath the speakers

Way back in the stands

And he listens to the play by play

He's just waiting for one name

He wants to hear his son get in the game

But the boy's not just a hero

He's strictly second team

Tho he runs each night for touchdowns

In his father's sweetest dreams

He's gonna be a star some day

Tho you might never tell

But the blind man in the bleachers knows he will

And the last game of the season is a Friday night at home

And no one knows the reason but the blind man didn't come

And his boy looks kinda nervous

Sometimes turns around and stares

Just as tho' he sees the old man sittin' there

The local boys are tryin' but they slowly lose their will

Another player's down and now

He's carried from the field

At halftime in the locker room

The kid goes off alone

And no one sees him talkin' on the phone

The game's already started

When he gets back to the team

And half the crowd can hear his coach yell

"Where the hell you been?"

"Just gettin' ready for the second half,"

Is all he'll say

"Cause now you're gonna let me in to play."

Without another word, he turns and runs into the game

And through the silence on the field

Loudspeakers call his name

It'll make the local papers

How the team came from behind

When they saw him playin' his heart to win

And when the game was over

The coach asked him to tell

What was it he was thinkin' of

That made him play so well

"You knew my dad was blind," he said

"Tonight he passed away"

"It's the first time that my father's seen me play

P.S. I have the song on my hard drive, too, if anyone wants it.

Vickles,

The closest it could come would be Kentucky. That's where Littlehawk has offered to host it and it IS a tad closer to you. And like Shellon said.. Herbal's done just fine so far so no need to change leaders, IMO.

Just lookie!!

We diehard posters will find a way to get in. If the back door's not open.. try a window.

Raf,

We have a bunch of 'em on the 'nostalgia' thread but since YOU brought it up.. click HERE!

Hee-hee!

'Twas the Night Before Christmas

'Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house

Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse;

The stockings were hung by the chimney with care,

In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there;

The children were nestled all snug in their beds,

While visions of sugar-plums danced in their heads;

And mamma in her 'kerchief, and I in my cap,

Had just settled down for a long winter's nap,

When out on the lawn there arose such a clatter,

I sprang from the bed to see what was the matter.

Away to the window I flew like a flash,

Tore open the shutters and threw up the sash.

The moon on the breast of the new-fallen snow

Gave the lustre of mid-day to objects below,

When, what to my wondering eyes should appear,

But a miniature sleigh, and eight tiny reindeer,

With a little old driver, so lively and quick,

I knew in a moment it must be St. Nick.

More rapid than eagles his coursers they came,

And he whistled, and shouted, and called them by name;

"Now, DASHER! now, DANCER! now, PRANCER and VIXEN!

On, COMET! on CUPID! on, DONDER and BLITZEN!

To the top of the porch! to the top of the wall!

Now dash away! dash away! dash away all!"

As dry leaves that before the wild hurricane fly,

When they meet with an obstacle, mount to the sky,

So up to the house-top the coursers they flew,

With the sleigh full of toys, and St. Nicholas too.

And then, in a twinkling, I heard on the roof

The prancing and pawing of each little hoof.

As I drew in my hand, and was turning around,

Down the chimney St. Nicholas came with a bound.

He was dressed all in fur, from his head to his foot,

And his clothes were all tarnished with ashes and soot;

A bundle of toys he had flung on his back,

And he looked like a peddler just opening his pack.

His eyes -- how they twinkled! his dimples how merry!

His cheeks were like roses, his nose like a cherry!

His droll little mouth was drawn up like a bow,

And the beard of his chin was as white as the snow;

The stump of a pipe he held tight in his teeth,

And the smoke it encircled his head like a wreath;

He had a broad face and a little round belly,

That shook, when he laughed like a bowlful of jelly.

He was chubby and plump, a right jolly old elf,

And I laughed when I saw him, in spite of myself;

A wink of his eye and a twist of his head,

Soon gave me to know I had nothing to dread;

He spoke not a word, but went straight to his work,

And filled all the stockings; then turned with a jerk,

And laying his finger aside of his nose,

And giving a nod, up the chimney he rose;

He sprang to his sleigh, to his team gave a whistle,

And away they all flew like the down of a thistle.

But I heard him exclaim, ere he drove out of sight,

"HAPPY CHRISTMAS TO ALL, AND TO ALL A GOOD-NIGHT!"

We had two Black Labs from the same liter.. Amos and Andy. After that, we had two mixed breed mostly collie pups. One with white paws.. one without..Boots and Randolph.

Paw,

Oh I don't know.. I can understand where Rocky might see a resemblance. Like he said.. your jaw isn't prominent like Jay's is but.. You've got Jay's coloring, I think.

No Way,

Re:"sounds like the offshoot i attend. i am slowly making my way out."

These folks are just as happy as clams and if they want to believe what they believe then fine with me. In fact they might be better off not wanting to delve any deeper into things. That's what I did and look at what it did to me.. made me a dang heretic! (G)

And then there are those who don't WANT to know the truth..

They are probably all over the United States but for sure I know they are in Memphis. They are no longer in TWI but they still run PFAL classes (on Beta no less) and twigs like it's 1979. I know because my wife goes to fellowship with these folks.

They are good people. Don't get me wrong about that. But they will not listen to any criticism of their "father in the Word" VPW nor accept that any of the doctrine is in error.

It would bother me but I have to realize.. you can get people to believe most anything so better for my wife to be going to twig than to have her hanging out with the Hare Krishnas. I'm counting my blessings so to speak.

Any of you guys ever heard The Christmas Shoes?? It's a real tear jerker.

I second Mstar, George..

I appreciate all your very informative insight into the culture of the far East. You're not boring ME.