I like the idea of a book forum.

I think it would be cool to have Bel Kaufman alone on the island with me. I am not really sure why except to ask her what she was thinking when she wrote the book, "Up the downstairscase."

Thanks, Thomas. I was looking for a smaller Linux. I found a complete Windows 3.1 that boots from a single floppy; 1.3 MB. It says China DOS. It is from Vetusware.

http://vetusware.com/download/windows%20mini%203.11%203.11/?id=5544

My sponsor just made 28 years. His wife has 40 years. He came to our new Tuesday night meeting because he said his wife needed a break from him. I am glad we have two in town meetings now. One of members who just recently broke up with his 28 relationship with his wife has agreed to be our GSR. He is trying to get both of our meetings on the new meeting list. We voted on giving the new GSR $100.00 so that he will have travel fare to make it to the regionals so that he can represent us.

I believe he died for us and paid the ultimate price that a friend can pay. He wants us to live for him is my belief. I like what Libby said about good. Even Jesus gave credit where credit was due. He said pray in this manner..."Our Father who art in heaven.." He said call no man master. He showed us the way and he the way to the Father. And he asked the questions, "Who is my mother, my brother?" And he let us know that he is our friend in so many words. He let us know who our adversary was and that adversary can be defeated. He let us know in Romans that we wrestle not against flesh and blood. He even forgave them that crucified him. He let us know that those things had to come to past and that if he was interested in an earthly kingdom that a band of angels could have defended him. He died for us out of love and didn't have any ulterior motives. He is our comforter and such peace he brings for those who believe in him.

Working on another computer now. It is an old SIS board with an IBM processor, 150 MHZ and PC-100 memory slots. I put two 128 sticks of memory in it which are DDRAM and so far the power supply is working and the fan on the processor is whizzing. I know the 150 works because it was socket 7 and worked on the other computer I just fixed. the only thing I am not sure of at this point is the memory sticks. I am going to try these 2 32 megs SDRAM I know that work and see if it will bring up BIOS on the monitor. This one I am working on now has 4 ISA slots and 4 PCI slots. Fun stuff.

Well, I am Roy and my wife, Dorothy liked to be called Dottie because her kids teased her about being the Dorothy of the Wizard of Oz. We had just went out to our favorite Chinese restaurant and later that night while I was watching television she just rolled off the bed. I went and checked up on her because I had thought she had just fell off the bed. But she wasn't breathing and try as hard as I could with CPR I couldn't get any respirations or a pulse. When the ambulance finally arrived they got what they called a drug induced pulse but told me then not to get my hopes up. They even asked me if I wanted them to try to save her. I was shocked. Of course, I wanted them to try to save her. After all she was my wife. Geez. I drove to the hospital and they told me she was DOA. they told me they tried to save her but couldn't. Dottie didn't like hospitals, Wouldn't take medicine and was afraid of of doctors. Her last words were, "I am sure you will find someone better." Two months later I met a girlfriend online and it was going great but she died of a heart attack, too. Then I got a job at the nursing home and really can relate with the widows and widowers. At first it bugged me with the funeral home across from the nursing home but got to know the funeral director and he really is a nice guy.

We were finally given the approval for our Tuesday night meeting. The representative from the church told us that on one Tuesday nights of the month we would have to wait till a quarter to seven to go in because that way the church would stay locked and there wouldn't be any contention between AA and the Girl Scouts. He wants us to wait until the Girl scouts have cleared the building and locked it so we will use our key and they will use their key. It is a beautiful church and they are right across the street from the racetrack. I was glad that some of our members have agreed to attend and think we need the second meeting. In the group conscience meeting it was brought up that the Tuesday night meeting might weaken the Friday night meeting because there would be fewer members but it look like we are going to have enough members to be supportive of both nights. One member brought up that both meetings will have keep in sync with the seventh tradition and be self-supportive. I think that we will be be able to be self-supportive of both because membership has growned.

Lately my higher power has been showing me that forgiveness is about what is mentioned in the Lord's prayer; "And forgive our tresspasses as we forgive those who tresspass against us." To err is human but to forgive is divine. Because as the good book says, "All have sinned and have come short of the glory of God." For me the glory of God is love because the good book tells me that God is a spirit and God is love.

Hugs going your way, Lilypetal. Last month made four years for me as well with my departed spouse. Grief for me was obsessive and I have found a new obsession; Fixing old computers. I have parts scattered all over the house. I got one of the old computers working but have to take it apart, again because the heat sink I put on it was a low one and I need that low hink sink for another computer. It is a hobby; What can I say. Actually, this year I was able to take the picture of her and me off my desktop. I think I have just substituted obsessions but am getting through it. I hope your day is good.

Hi ya, Robin.

I was real lucky with the one computer I thought I had toasted. Even got ME on it and later XP. 128 megs of RAM and a 166 MHZ processor but it is doing it. Wow, you are really putting out some sound. Thats is almost like a linear on a C. B. radio.

I was lucky I had enough to keep them from turning my cell phone off. I was afraid I wasn't quick enough getting the money to the bank but remembered that Arvest had the twenty four freeze when you make a deposit. Sure enough the next time I tried the star pay from the Razr on the AT&T plan it went through with no hitch. One more day and I would have had no phone. Was glad I was called in on my day off after getting the rent paid and buying the new memory for my computer got me pretty short. I really don't know how some folks are making it in this economy me. I have been counting my blessings.

I hear that. I have smoked CPUS and memory sticks that way. I am trying not to learn everything the hard way these days. Bought two Kingston 1gb RAM sticks at Walmart for $59.00 a piece. I had to do some carving with my kitchen knife but got the universal adjustable power supply to work with the parellel port Iomega 250 MB Zip drive. The computer guy just gave me the unit just because he felt sorry for me; Couldn't find the power cord and because I bought the 250 MB floppies for $7.00 a piece. He told me to bring back the ValueSelect memory sticks and he would either give me my money back or switch it for something of equal value. Just brought him a power supply and he said he would order me a new one for this other computer I am working on. I downloaded the device driver for the Zip Drive.

I think I will try that, Thomas. At one point while trying to install two 3.5 floppy drives the floppy drive ribbon started to smoke. So I took the newer floppy drive out but then later while trying install the cdrom the power cable to that one setup sparked. I was thinking I should have unplugged the power at that point. I was half asleep while I was working on it. So I unhooked everything but the cpu fan and it still spinned. At one point I thought I had short-circuited the power supply. On one of the PDS boxes the leds, power and reset is labled but on the other one it is not; PDS being the make of the two computer cases. One motherboard has an AGP slot; Three PCI slots and two ISA slots. On the other motherboard it has four PCI slots and four ISA slots. Both motherboards are 1997 circa. Both power supplies are working with one being 230 watts and one being 200 watts. The four ISA board has an Award bios rom and the AGP board has an American Megatrends bios. Both have the larger plugins with the PS/2 ports for the keyboards.

http://motherboards.mbarron.net/specs.htm

I found this site with some good info.

I have discovered that newer doesn't always mean better. I have an old set of Altec Lansing speakers that have great sound. My brother has normal car speakers hooked up to his computer. I learned in college that with non pc speakers that there is a certain lenghth that regular speakers should be away from monitors or otherwise the magnets will mess up your video but can't can't remember how far away they should be. A I am while I at it has anyone found a good website for getting motherboard specs for doing the wiring for motherboards; i.e. the reset, power on, led and the like.

Had a couple of nights off, Marie and have to go back in tonight. Went to check in on my friend, Stuart. He is 19 and I enjoyed working with him. He gave me a bunch of computer parts and I was able to fix my resident friend's computer. So I got her a 17 inch flat screen and this last week a real nice computer from the parts I was given. She had a boat anchor that didn't have a dvd rom. She wanted to play a dvd and I told her first she needed a dvd rom on her computer since all she had was a cd rom. I thought I would be nice and put some more ram in her old computer. It was an old 1996 computer. I opted to use a newer computer I was given since her motherboard in her computer was barely mounted. One of the nurses asked me if I was doing side business at the nursing home. I said that I was because that resident is my seemstress and fixes my scrub tops free of charge when I tear them on wheelchairs; Residents grabbing the pockets or the door knobs that attack me. Finally after the frustration of trying to fix hers I just told the resident that I would in so many words 'pimp' her computer. the resident gave me her creative speakers since she didn't have enough plugins and I gave her a usb set that would play on the newer computer I gave her. She was real happy because she really loves to install a lot of pictures on her computer. But she had it so bogged down with her 64 megs of ram that with the 192 megs of ram she will be able to load to her heart's content. We all keep her busy with her sewing machine that she doesn't have that much time to get too depressed. Like me she has lost her spouse and I kind of got a soft place for her as do so many other aides that work there. We all call her momma. The cna supervisor keeps giving me thank you cards for coming in when others don't but just Wedsnesday told me the new aides she has want the overtime. Quite a switch and I am happy because I get burnt out after a while. I hope you having a good day.

I think it is a great idea. I have been making a lot of friends that way. Four years and I am still not married. Surprises even me. Didn't think I could make it single but am doing it. Just staying to myself and doing some growing up.

Good to see you posting, again, Allen. My friend has gotten a bad case of staff from working at the nursing home. His girlfriend got it from him and now they are both infected. His doctor told him that it might be a month to a year before he will be cleared to go back to work. I am worried for the both of them. I am glad you are seeing your counselor. I hope it gets better for you.

Roy

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