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changed username to james james: good morning rich-c: good morning james james: how are you? rich-c: how are things on your side of teh world? rich-c: I'm doing fine, sort of james: busy and a fair bit warmer than over there rich-c: finally got my truck back yesterday james: nnnnnnnn asd nsa 3 james: case is here rich-c: well teh westherman seems to have noticed teh calendar; we could see 9 on the weekend rich-c: the space bar really gets to him, eh? james: must be bec ause i'm on my way over there james: h hhhhhhhhhh james: h yes james: hyhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh nnn rich-c: you got pull with Iupiter Pluvius? james: i've got a good rapport h james: hnh james: ng vvv. rich-c: like, he wouldn't expose you to too much sudden climatic shock ;-)
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changed username to Scott james: something like that ;) rich-c: hi Scott james: adsdasdsa asdjnnnngf Scott: Hello
changed username to George Scott: Ku Nichi Wa rich-c: hello George james: someone is cranky and fussy. i think he might be sleepy. he was up a little earlier than usual james: i'll be back soon George: Hi Rich,Scott,James rich-c: he does seem to be excessive attentivde to the keyboard Scott: Hello rich-c: George, got to get a URL - brb Scott: Watching Discovery - pretty interesting programming tonight Scott: Egyptian pyramids and Roman Colliseum. George: my DVD-rom drive almost killed me lastnight
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changed username to Bob Scott: Hey Bob rich-c: George and Scott - both of you copy that URL Bob: MATES !!!!! tis a great thing we do !!!!!! Bob: hiya rich-c: allo Roberto! George: Hi Bob Bob: howdy all George: what url? Scott: What is this a URL to? rich-c: in fact Bob can too - it will lead you to a disclosure of Microsoft's plans for the next ten years George: i think i saw it rich-c: trust me, it is scary Scott: Really? Interesting... Bob: ahso, am there and loading rich-c: you'll need to download it, Bob, it's about 50 pages long Bob: OUCH Scott: Where did this site get the info? Bob: should just bail out now then eh??????? George: i told you you didn't believe me rich-c: the guy is one of teh better known tech writers - much of it is from MS public statements rich-c: he mainly just put it together and figured out what it meant Scott: So, Microsoft to rule the world? rich-c: of course he also offers various counter-strategies rich-c: and I have no doubt the US Justice Dept. will have a few things to say on the subject Scott: Bill Gates the next Sadaam Hussein? George: and i'm becoming a partner with Microsoft rich-c: well, let's say it's a statement of what they will do to the extent they can get away with it Bob: but he touts Linux quite strongly and warns that Microsoft is loosing the att4l Bob: battle rich-c: no, Bill will settle for money, and I suspect long-term he realizes there's more money in software than oil Bob: same way the pritner makers dump printers and kill yo for ink carts rich-c: well, as I said, he gives alternatives to allowing MS to have its way Bob: darn ink carts cost 3/4 the price of the printer George: linux=crap rich-c: yes, although judging by my inbox there's a power of folks out there want to sell me discount cartridges Scott: Linux = Crap? What? rich-c: George has some strange ideas, Scott George: YOU HEARD ME CRAP! Scott: I disagree. rich-c: by the way, Lindows is now selling computers in Canada Scott: Not an OS for novices, that's for sure. Bob: am interested in Linux Scott.....BUT is it easy for us dummies to install, make work and configure??? George: thats why SUN and SCO doesn't consider linux a threat Bob: bummer dude Scott: No, Linux isn't for users who've never used Unix. Bob: hiya James rich-c: if you want to spend teh bucks, Bob, with Lindows the answer is yes, I'd say Bob: which is really a user friendly version of Linux????? Scott: There's a ton of power there, but could take you a long time just to use 10% of what's there. rich-c: check out ALindows.com - they have a special offer going Scott: Lindows sounds interesting. Haven't played with it yet. George: i saw a video where linux was crapping out like crazy Scott: I've played with Red Hat 7.2 I believe rich-c: the whole idea of Lindows is to be so idiot-resistant even I could make it work Scott: Whatever my college has installed. George: ther was only 7.1 and 7.3 rich-c: it is actuallu a descendant of Corel Linux Scott: Didn't Microsoft buy Corel? George: try it rich-c: it's a schtick for making money out of something you can get for free Scott: I heard RH 8.0 is out. rich-c: Microsoft bought 20% of Corel and it fact sold it earlier this week Scott: Wow. Interesting. rich-c: anyway, the Lindows disc(CD) does all teh installation for you Scott: Great. I'll have to try it out. rich-c: it also has a good bit of basic freeware - OpenOffice, Netscape, etc, Scott: I need both my Windows and Linux George: it isn't worth even a $ 1.00 license i have 8.0 it's call sir crash a lot rich-c: then for $99/yr they sell access to a seerver with 1700 programs on it all configured to install and run painlessly Scott: Well, I have reservations of installing a .0 version of anything. Scott: Yeah, I read about that. Interesting concept. George: RUN WHERE YOU MEAN CRASH rich-c: anyway, go to lindows.com for teh current word Scott: Well, there are stable versions out there. Scott: Systems are cheap too. rich-c: the stability of any program ultimately depends on who is using it George: the start bar even crashes on 8.0 Scott: George, are you a Unix guy? George: as much rich-c: I think you mean "as if", George George: no asmuch as a free system can be used Scott: Well, if I was depending totally on the XWindows environment, I wouldn't like it either. Scott: XWindows is buggy. Scott: Always has been. George: GA. tech's site was messed up on their linux server Scott: Command line functions work fine, though. Scott: RH 7.0 had a bug with VI, which was a pain. rich-c: just as, when Windows crashes again, you can always salvage things through DOS George: someone showed them linux could be screwed with Scott: Yeah, there's a lot of power there -- but you practically have to be an expert to take advantage of it. rich-c: right - that's where Lindows plan to make their bucks - Linux for putzers rich-c: anyway, gentlemen, I'm pleased to report I got my truck back yesterday
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changed username to Guy B. Bob: 0-60 in 4.5 secs Guy B.: Greetings!!!! Bob: hiGuy rich-c: hello Guy, just mentioning I have my truck back Guy B.: All fixed? rich-c: no, it's for pulling stumps, not quarter times : = ) Scott: Oh, by the way, I was surprised to see that more and more people are visiting the ADAM Resource site. rich-c: had a small issue turned up with an interfence between the fan and shroud - cured this afternoon Bob: that the van you had here for ADAMCON??? rich-c: anyway, now on teh emissions tests I only have to meet 1980- standards Bob: the fan will take care of that little slpt real quick rich-c: yes, the blue Safari Bob: adn you junked the old engine...or kept it for later????? Bob: or soldf it off rich-c: only now it should haul as well as the Meteor and allow air conditioning too
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changed username to meeka meeka: hello rich-c: hi meeka Bob: hi meeka.....and sweetie rich-c: Pamela wont be by tonight; it is her haircut night Guy B.: Hi Meeka, missed you. What's been going on with you? meeka: not much Bob: oh man!!!!!!! Judy: hi, meeka rich-c: Scott, are you just counting hits on the Adam Resource or are you recording length of visit and pages viewed? Bob: snowing here Guy.........how bout Chicago????? Scott: Looking at page views. Scott: Not necessarily hits. Scott: For no advertising, I'm surprised anyone knows where it is. Guy B.: No snow here. Did have a few sprinkles, but that was it. rich-c: kinda hard to have a page view without a hit :-] Judy: lucky you Guy Scott: Hits aren't as significant as page views. rich-c: well, you have links with Dale and Bob and Rich D., don't you? Scott: Don't know. I don't think so. Bob: oh oh......we are to get 1-3" tonight with 2-4" south od us to the state line Bob: should be in your area too rich-c: you may be getting a very localized lake effect, Bob Scott: I think all of the links on other people's sites are incorrect. rich-c: we are having teh odd flake waved at us but nothing serious in teh probs rich-c: you amy want to check, Scott Bob: mine's correct Scott Bob: just followed it rich-c: otherwise I guess you are being found through search engines rich-c: believe it or not, we had a new voice on chat Saturday - found us through Delphi! Scott: I checked Google and it was pointed to my pages at my AOL accoun.t. rich-c: they could still have picked up your new one and not deleted teh old rich-c: your new one would have fewer links so would be ranked lower for display rich-c: but maybe you should have a re-direct at AOL if you can? Scott: Sure. Scott: There's a few things I need to bring over from the AOL site. Scott: One is the hard drive board layout. rich-c: web pages being a complete mystery to me, I'll refrain from comment Bob: Doug hacked into Corrcomm after I left and rerouted the link to the present site and it worked fro at aleast a year or so rich-c: it does help to have your own in-house pro, doesn't it? Bob: yes!!!! Bob: course I can't bug hi TOO much meeka: yes, quite handy LOL rich-c: does Dr. D. have the hard disc data on his site, Scott? rich-c: that was a suggestive laugh, meeka Scott: No. It was given to me by my father. He shouldn't. meeka: all I have to do is look at him and he asks"what did I screw up now?" and then comes to fix it Guy B.: No snow here. But, I'll find out later on. rich-c: your father doesn't want it widely available, then? Scott: Not necessarily. rich-c: I appreciate it's his baby and represents a lot of work Scott: Just that no one ever asked to put them on their site -- not that I'd have a problem with it, though. Bob: why not?????? IF you can't get the program chip you are S.O.L. .........no?????? rich-c: but surely he has no further ambitions for it? meeka: yes Rich, LOL=Laugh Out Loud :) Scott: Actually we've talked several times of taking that design and adapting it for CD-ROM Bob: YA MON Bob: sounds good rich-c: I thought he'd given up teh idea of anything commercial for teh Adam Scott: He hinted that he might help Dale and I adapting the board for CD-ROM. rich-c: that would be great, though who would produce it? Bob: would it take hardware changes OR simp0ly software changes????? Scott: Dale and I talked about sharing some of the costs - try to manufacture 50-100 boards. Bob: seems like botha re ide just raed different maybe????? rich-c: somehow or other I can't see that sort of demand - ever Scott: Dale said he had commands to manipulate the CD-ROM. rich-c: surely do wish I could, but I can't Scott: That was surely a consideration. Bob: maybe 25 to 50 whatever keeps the price down Scott: CD-ROMs are cheap. Bob: but ADAM owners are gettgin far and few between james: apologies. i fell asleep with case\ Scott: But the project would be difficult to pay back the price to manufacture the boards. rich-c: oh, stock MSDOS hordware they are almost giving away now Bob: wondered what hppened James, kinda quiet ya were james: case was cranky so i lied down with him to comfort him and ended up falling asleep myself Scott: If we designed it through the side port, perhaps it could work with ColecoVision as well. Bob: well...what would the costs be apprx?????? Scott: It was a thought, but we didn't do anything with it. Bob: would't it be better to use the hd board??? Bob: it is already set for ide interfacing james: can someone clue me in as to basically what we're talking about? rich-c: some stuff I've seen suggests that teh side bus port is very flexible Scott: Yeah, all of the signals are there. rich-c: a CDRON for teh Adam, james Scott: Dale got it working at one of the ADAMCons, I'm told. james: interesting idea rich-c: Scott's father has given him teh data for the MI hard disc james: so basically an ide interface to the drive? Scott: Yes. Scott: 1X or 2X drives are so cheap, that wouldn't be a factor. james: interesting. but uhh.. why? Scott: Software support is a different matter, though. rich-c: but don't CDROMs use an ATAPI interface? rich-c: around here, anything up to 24x they just about pay you to haul them away
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changed username to james james: oops Bob: right you can even buy new for about 10-15 US after rebates sometimes james: closed the wrong window Bob: hi james...WELCOME rich-c: that's what I mean, Bob james: hi again, everyone rich-c: yes, james, now you're twins but don't let it fuss you - one will go away Bob: cdrom would be awesome.....specially to write to it Bob: too good an idea, eh? rich-c: ha! - they can't even make software that writes well to CDROMs in Windows Scott: Well, it was an idea kicked around, but we didn't do anything with it. Bob: anyway, a cdrom or two with ADAM prigrmming on it would take awaya lot of disk mess Guy B.: I got the P133 up and the notebook. Copying the emulator over to it via DCC. rich-c: yes, the number of Adam programs you could get on one CDROM sort of staggers the imagination Bob: maybe ALL Scott: Yeah, 650 MB of ADAM programs. Scott: That would be everything. Guy B.: Especially since there was alot produced. james: quite a few, i've also thought it would be neat to hook up a memory card reader rich-c: yes, when you're dealing with 700 MB and a very big Adam program is 100 KB, it's lots of room rich-c: still, I've got drawers of PD collections at 145KB each - but I could fill two CDs easy Scott: Great Sphinx: Lord of the Pyramids is on Discovery. Scott: Should we put Linux on the ADAM? Guy B.: Boy I would love to have all the disks I have put on CD-Rom. james: a cdrom image would be very easy to distribute too rich-c: Sure and let's not be chintzy about it - burn it into an EPROM james: you wouldn't even need the physical media rich-c: pull out the OS7 ROM and put in Linux instead rich-c: of course there might be a small problem with memory... Scott: Yeah, a little small. Scott: Well guys, I gotta go. Scott: If you see Daniel B, tell him I was here. james: i actually gotta go too. time to get off my duff and get some work done Scott: See ya. Guy B.: See you James.
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Guy B. confirmed ban rich-c: wonder whre Ron is tonight? Bob: ya know, I don't really need a cdrom but it would sure be a neat toy to have........ rich-c: yes, that would be great, wouldn't it? Bob: probably some volunteer thing OR he is heavily planning the convention rich-c: he'd usually be on to talk about convention planning rich-c: you are flying to the convention, aren't you? Bob: southwest air seems to be our best bet Guy Bob: $100 each way rich-c: that's to Seattle? Bob: then rent a car to th eisland and spend a few extra days
meeka confirmed ban Bob: yu[ Bob: p rich-c: what would they charge to Calgary if they fly there? Bob: don't know Bob: haven't looked Bob: how far is Calgary form Vancouver?????? rich-c: you might want to check -from Calgary you could gt Westjet to Comox. likely cheap Guy B.: I don't know if I might come this year. Kind of worrying about security. rich-c: don't know - when you drive it through the mountains it's a lot farther than by air Bob: not come to AC????? shame guy rich-c: figure that US Immigration will give you a hard time? Bob: why worried about security?????? Bob: long as you have your birth certificate and drivers license, you are IN Bob: no problems rich-c: he shouldnt have any trouble getting into Canada, but US Immigration may be a source of worry Bob: not with birth certificate
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changed username to Ron Judy: hi, ron Bob: hiya ronald!!!!!!! Ron: hi rich-c: don't bet on it - they seem to have some psychos they've hired who dont care much about teh law Ron: Seem to be having difficulty showing up on time anywhere these days rich-c: hi Ron, we wre just discussing Adamcon Bob: its that retirement thing, it is ruining your time schedules Ron: yes..... fill me in Bob: we are coming to visit YOU Ron: could be Ron: with any luck I'll be here, yes rich-c: Guy is afraid to come because of security issues Ron: Well, what can I say about that. It's a very real concern Ron: I experienced the difference first hand last Aug rich-c: yes, but Canada Immigration isn't being too looney these days Judy: we flew in Dec didn't have any more trouble than normal Guy B.: Hi Ron. Bob: first thing yo need to look normal rich-c: you have to pack carefully to get on any airplane, but what beyond that? Ron: I was the victim of a random check Bob: like us ADAMites do....... Ron: and it wasn't that bad really Ron: Once I got rid of the scissors Bob: that IS a problem Guy B.: But, I guess you all heard about what the airlines are saying if this war happens with Iraq. Bob: no scissors, no knives...no guns Judy: I even took that, Ron rich-c: I got teh truck back yesterday, Ron rich-c: now if only my hip will hold up I can contemplate driving Ron: good news. Does it run? Bob: they are just crying about their revenue bottom line Judy: and dropped it on the plane and the flight attendent helped me find it rich-c: yes, runs fine Bob: they are trying to tell us how they are dropping fares. BULL !!!!!! checked to night and they are still right up there rich-c: first feel is it should have performance about teh same as the Meteor Ron: hah - Judy. hows that for service Ron: Well.... so far as I can tell, Herman and George are coming Bob: and the stewardess NEVER said a word Ron: via Seattle Bob: and the slopsema's FOUR meeka: yup Bob: unless Meeka can't get off work Ron: You guys ought get together down there and rope Zonker too....he'll be here I think Guy B.: I have to wait until May to request my vacation dates. But, I'll let you know for sure in a couple of weeks. If you guys think I should come, then I will. rich-c: Pamela is dubious - there are issues Ron: oh Bob: COME Ron: re flying? Bob: oh oh.......she is worried about crossing territorial borders too eh????? rich-c: I gather she is thinking possible career change, plus Russell's fear of heights
(Bob smiles) Guy B.: My only choice will be to fly. But, looks like a connection in Vancouver. Ron: right Judy: yes,Guy you need to be there Ron: yeah, between Ontario and BC rich-c: Ron, would any of these folks benefit by flying a US carrier to Calgary, then Westjet to Comox? Ron: That's ok Guy, you can do it that way Ron: and still get here from there Guy B.: Especially if I decided to write more emulator utility setups like I did last summer. Bob: you are interent savvy Guy.......haunt thsoe airline schedules and rates and figure it out to Ron's door rich-c: I suspect Westjet want to build up teh Comox-Calgary traffic and may have some good fares Ron: that's certainly a possibility Rich, not sure what services go directly into Calgary, but there must be some rich-c: if Southwest Air flies up there they'd have it made in teh shade Ron: Did you talk to Pam about my last message Rich. That fare seemed awful low that she quoted Guy B.: I would have to fly Air Canada from Chicago O'Hare to get there. Any alternative routes? rich-c: no, have barely talked to her at all rich-c: she phoned this evening but I was in the middle of negotiations with teh dentist - broke a filling Ron: we only have one airline up here Guy......national anyway....... and I will stop short of reserving my recommendation Guy B.: Wasn't it Pacific Coastal? Ron: oh oh sounds expensive rich-c: he gave me an appointment for 10 a.m. Friday - gods, do days HAVE a 10 a.m. still? Ron: Pacific Coastal Flies between Vancouver and Comox, as well as other points up and down the coast Ron: they probably have the most number of flights per day. It's a 35 minute flight rich-c: you really need to know which airlines fly the Chicago-Calgary route Ron: yeah, that way youl could avoid Vancouver Guy B.: Travelocity.com quoted me $511 from Chicago to Vancouver then I take another plane to Comox. rich-c: I can't believe that Air Canada would be the only service available Ron: I have always tried to avoid Vancouver whenever I can Guy B.: Rich, is Calgary shorter or longer that Vancouver? Ron: Well Westjet comes from Vancouver as well rich-c: maybe even some sort of Westjet connection in Winnipeg would work, but it could mean a layover in Calgary Ron: but you're talking Calgary / Comox right? rich-c: Calgary is teh toher side of teh Rockies from Vancouver - prairies, not ocean Guy B.: Well, here's one thing. There's only one flight for the return trip home on August 11th and I would have to be at the airport before 6 AM that day. Ron: Thank God we only do this once every 5 years Ron: It really makes no sense at all. But I'm more than happy, needless to say, that you guys are considering it Judy: someone always has the problem of flying somewhere, Ron rich-c: Guy, amybe you should check a few more websites, even a search engine Ron: We can arrange that Guy Ron: Actually, the flight leaves at 6 am. You'd have to be there about 5 am Guy B.: I'll keep checking. Should I consider Calgary? rich-c: my observation has been that travelocity and others never offer optional routings Ron: yes I'd recommend tyat Ron: that Ron: Sec.... be right back. My sister paging me from Edmonton.,,, and she just got back from China rich-c: input Cicago-Calgary then go to westjet,com (?) for Calgary/Comox Guy B.: OK, I'll try that and I'll see what it comes up with. rich-c: you could even see what Westjet offers in teh way of Winnipeg/Comox and see Chicago/Winnipeg for the other link rich-c: there might even be some sort of routing through Victoria but I get teh feeling it's sort of a dead-end spur line Bob: Air Canad flies from Midway in Chicago to Comox....don't know pricing. but Ron: Winnipeg, Calgary, Edmonton, any of those will do Guy B.: My goal is not to come in too late and try to get back home at a decent time. rich-c: Air Canada pricing will almost certainly be the most expensive available Judy: that is asking a lot, Guy Guy B.: I'm going to bring the notebook, although I just found out the floppy drive won't read anything. rich-c: maybe you can get an external floppy for it, Guy Guy B.: Well, I did get home late one time from Europe due to severe weather in Chicago. rich-c: does it have USB ports? Guy B.: I'm looking at one. Might be the best way to go. Guy B.: No USB. I'm looking eithter PCMCIA or parrelel. Bob: parallel works rich-c: for that matter if it's running Win98 or higher you can get a PCMCIA card with a pair of USB ports on it Guy B.: Otherwise, the rest of the system works great. Found where the battery is, it's in the handle. rich-c: I have one we got so Frances could use her digital camera with the laptop Bob: say WHAT Bob: they work slick, eh Richard???????? Bob: love them PCMCIA slots rich-c: laptops? mine's only a P166, so it's deadly slow Bob: now, goes fast enough rich-c: but yes, the slots are neat - just went up from 33.6 to 56K modem Bob: only have one faster than 166 and that is 266.....don't seem that much faster rich-c: on bootup mine is sort of turn it on, go have lunch, come back it's almost done Guy B.: I did finally use my modem for the notebook and had to download a new version of Antivir. Bob: that sounds a mite slow there Ron: Hey, what's with you guys. My P166 (Meeks's) is just fine rich-c: reminds me - new month - time for me to check my Antivir rich-c: I have AVG on my laptop and downloaded an update for that fairly recently Bob: po richard don't have a tOshiba Ron rich-c: yeah, I'm stuck with one of those cheap Yankee jobs, a Dell Ron: exactly Bob: see??????? SHOULDA got a toshiba Ron: If I seem a little distracted here, I'm still talking to sis...... $1500 apiece to go Edmonton/Beging, Hainan and return Ron: go figure rich-c: anyway, I assume any war is going to be over long before it's time for Adamcon Bob: DUDe, you're gettin a DELL.........well maybe not a great puter???? rich-c: it has its nice touches and is generally satisfactory, just slow Bob: WHO CARES????? got to be an ADAMCON war or no !!!!!! Bob: they are all slow............ Bob: not like turnign on the ADAM.......BUT, it is a different age rich-c: yes, but once things are sorted out gas ought to be a LOT cheaper Bob: true Ron: Ok I'm back. Sent Sister Steph to go unpack her suitcase Bob: but IF the gas companies can gouge you, they WILL rich-c: the big thing is, if they knock off Saddam, how is DUbya going to justify continued security hysterics? Bob: heck, it's Osamma we are worried about Ron: what are you guys paying in the east Rich . for a litre of gasogold rich-c: apparently he actually has Americans believeing that al-Queda and Saddam are on speaking terms Bob: ya know......IF he and Yassar Arifat could get together in a picture, they would via for the ugliest pair in the world....... rich-c: in fact, Osama has setn assassins to get Saddam at least twice rich-c: those Arabs pick the damndest assignments to bungle Bob: well, he can't get that right, eh????? Bob: darn camel jockeys, anyway rich-c: anyway this week our gas is about 80 cents a litre Ron: 81.9 cents here Ron: they have to cart it to the Island you know Bob: bout right and in line with our increases also rich-c: on mondays it's about 75 cents then rises to 85 by Friday before going down again Ron: and our gov't just slapped 3 cents per litre onto the stuff Ron: a transportation tax Bob: HAVE to get the weekend traveler Ron: on the war thing...... quite honestly, I'm at the stage now where I just don't know who to believe any more Ron: Still have visions of 9/11 in my head, and they're difficult to dispell Ron: If I was south of the border, I'd want to know that some yoho with a vile of anthrax wasn't out to get me Bob: Iraq DOES have the stuff that the UN told them to get rid of......... Ron: and I think I'd be willing to give up some freedom for that rich-c: even worse, everyone wants to see Saddam popped, but they can't find a method that has the colour of right Ron: yes exactly Ron: On the other hand..... rich-c: anyway, there is a total disconnect between the Iraqi oil grab and teh war against terrorism Ron: surely as a civilization, haven't we got past the point where banging the hell out of one another is tha only way to settle differences Ron: if not, we haven't made much progress in 2000 years Bob: I say SCREW EM both and spend the $$$$$ on hydrogen cell technology rich-c: you know that, Ron, and I know that, but there's too many others out there that don;'t believe a word of it Ron: sure rich-c: I am having great fun these days rich-c: Autoweek has a bulletin board with almost all topic areas being, surprise, cars Ron: NO!!! rich-c: but they have one section that is for postings about anything EXCEPT cars Bob: GUY......Air Canada from Midway Airport to Comox ...$476 US Ron: one way? rich-c: that's one way and excludes all surcharges I'll bet, Bob Bob: both ways.....leazve @ 8am Ron: let see, 476 x 1.58 rich-c: some of teh discussions in that section are very illuminating Ron: 752 Bob: 1020am to chiv=cago Ron: hell, I paid just over $900 last year return Bob: OUCH rich-c: our dollar is up now, Ron, your multiplier is about 1.5 even Ron: aha Ron: I don't get out much. I live on an island Bob: stops in "YVR" whatever taht airport is Ron: VANCOUVER Bob: GUY llstenein rich-c: also there may be surprises like fuel and security and NavCanada surcharges Ron: ah yes, my former employer doing it's thing Bob: what the heck. stay with whateve gets ya there whether it is in VCancouver or not Guy B.: Well folks, I'm going to go. Won't be there this Saturday have a haircut appt. So, I'll see you all next week. rich-c: still be via Calgary will come out better costwise Ron: right Guy...... I do certainly hope you can come..... wouldn't be the same without ya rich-c: of course if you want custom flight times you go with who's got them and pay the premium price Judy: bye Guy rich-c: see you Guy Guy B.: Let me see what the fares are for the alternate cities, Ok. Guy B.: Bye! Ron: I must also away..... keep up the good work, ladies and gents
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meeka left chat session rich-c: well folks, guess we might as well close down, then Bob: well rich we are headed for bed also....... Bob: see ya next week OR Sat if free and can remember rich-c: OK, see you Saturday if that works, if not next week Bob: \say HI to Frances rich-c: take care then - night to both Judy: bye Rich rich-c: will do
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