You have an error with exe.4c1 and exet.11.56 the loading time is not consistent with the last module start-up. Expect slower loading times and more errors.
O.K. then...what the Hell is that? I've been working on the new computer all week. Now I'm pretty much afraid to do anything other than type and surf the net. I'm concerned about corrupting this one like I've done all the others. Every computer Wanda and I have purchased since the new millennium (five) started out very fast and ultra reliable. (Once again I digress).
I remember there was some discussion as to the actual start of the new millennium. Some said it was 2000 and others 2001. I don't want to start a heated debate here so just go with me. We purchased our first set-up at now defunct Computers U.S.A. in January of 2000. It had an 8GB hard drive.
"Expect next year to be another banner year for desktop hard drives. Drives that debuted in 2000 are likely to offer even higher capacities at the same sub-$200 prices of recent years, with the price/capacity "sweet spot" of 10-12GB per drive expected to reach 20GB or possibly 30GB by year's end." (1)
I just had to include this quote from CNN.com. This new one has a 500GB hard drive.
Every rig (I'm going to refer to computers as "rigs" from now on), sounds pretty cool and geeky don't you think? Every rig we've had has eventually become slow and problematic. Unless my virus scanner warns me I don't know what downloads I should or shouldn't allow. If I have a problem with, say my start-up I've downloaded "free" clean-up programs only to discover they weren't free, didn't work, or fucked something else up.
I don't need a security program so much as a computer tech person standing over my shoulder when this is on. I wonder if there's an app for that. My plan then is, like the physicians motto, do no harm. I'll only check e-mails, visit Facebook, sign onto Cruise Critic (the message boards I've been on for almost 10 years) and check the cruise lines web pages. Oh, and write and post the blog.
I'll never download anything I'm not 100% sure of. No toolbars, smiley faces, or anything with the word nude, naked or boob in it. No vacation photos, cat videos, or free music. Five years from now I want this rig as clean and fast as it is today. Maybe I should have ordered the 1TB hard drive?
Crap, Damn and Fornicate, I didn't win the MEGA Millions. I had such high hopes for that money too. I got a tad excited when I saw one of the winning tickets was sold here in California. With baited breath I walked to the new fridge lifted a magnet (what's a fridge without magnets?) and retrieved my winner. Not one freaking number, not one. I spent $6 and didn't have one stinking, lousy number.
Oh well, the next time lotto fever hits I'm sure I'll buy more tickets. Last night I asked Wanda about $2 tickets she bought some months ago. She couldn't remember what they were for, "There are lots of drawings. One is now worth $4 million or is it $40 million?"
Here in California we have, Powerball, MEGA Millions, SuperLotto Plus, Fantasy 5, Daily Derby and Hot Spot. When I was a kid it was called "The Numbers" and it was illegal. I'd give my nickel, dime, or quarter and my three number pick to a guy who was known as a numbers runner. The next day I would find out what, if anything I won. The pay-out was based on some pari-mutuel take or attendance numbers at a horse track.
I didn't know how to determine the wining numbers, rather silly when I think about it. The numbers runner could have told me anything and kept my money. I never won, rather like now. But I'm not giving up; there is hope on the horizon. Right now, this very day, there are games to play and money to win.
Powerball: $50 million 12/18 drawing
MEGA Millions: $15 million 12/20
SuperLotto Plus: $50 million 12/18
Fantasy 5: $119,000 12/18 (I had a fantasy five once, it had nothing to do with numbers)
Daily Derby: $117,000 12/18
Hot Spot: $100,000 with the Bulls-eye $300,000
I should also add the Daily 4, it paid $3,971 yesterday and the Daily 3 that paid $682. There are also a number of scratcher games that satisfy the need for instant gratification. Buy a scratcher, grab a coin, go sit in your car and scratch.
There's even a game for losers called Second Chance.
When visiting Michigan my friend Harriet and I put in $25 each and bought 50 scratcher tickets. We planned on winning big. Each and every winner would be used to buy more tickets. After three hours of scratching, going back to the store and scratching some more we had black fingers, lots of cardboard and empty pockets.
I think about winning the lottery but I only buy tickets when the jackpot is obscenely high. My brain doesn't have the capacity to imagine all I would do with that much money, but I want it. Last night Wanda said, "You know, there's nothing wrong with winning $4 million or even $2 million. It would be a lot easier than $200 million." And I agreed. Look out SuperLotto Plus, here I come.
I don't mean to be depressing here but a lottery win just may be the difference between eating well and eating pet food in retirement. Wanda, I did not include you in this, its sad enough one of us will be dining with the cats.
I just read an article in finance that claims our 401K isn't worth a shit but our retirement income each month should be good if we move to Cuenca, Ecuador. It also informs me it's never too early to start to pay long term care insurance. The Inuit's had the right idea. Put the old folks on an ice-berg and float it out to sea........"GOOD-BYE."
Of course I exaggerate; Wanda and I will be fine in our golden years. We may be living in Jenn and Eric's attic, but we'll be fine.
This may be a little too maudlin and I apologize for it. I imagine you read this to be entertained. I shouldn't use it as a forum to bitch, moan and complain. I think I'm having an emotional response to my Sunday birthday.
Last night we watched the DVR'd presentation of the Monday night Voice finals (last night is also recorded and I still don't know who won, so if you do.....NO SPOILERS PLEASE. (Not like Debbie and the Olympics six years ago) When listening to one of the ladies, who is 16-years-old I started to weep. This kid is amazing. She is a poised beautiful and stunningly talented young woman who is living her dream.
I think it may be a little too late for mine?
The reality is I'm old. They say 60 is the new 40 so what does that make me? Social Security and Medicare, the AARP magazine and early bird specials are now all in my wheelhouse (Wanda that's for you).
I've finally realized EVERYONE feels like me. Age is incidental when one looks in the mirror, we all see a much younger person. "How did this happen," I ask myself. "How and when did I get this old?"
Screw it....if 60 is the new 40 then Sunday I'll be 42.9. I can live with that.
Now where are all those lottery tickets?
I should also add the Daily 4, it paid $3,971 yesterday and the Daily 3 that paid $682. There are also a number of scratcher games that satisfy the need for instant gratification. Buy a scratcher, grab a coin, go sit in your car and scratch.
There's even a game for losers called Second Chance.
When visiting Michigan my friend Harriet and I put in $25 each and bought 50 scratcher tickets. We planned on winning big. Each and every winner would be used to buy more tickets. After three hours of scratching, going back to the store and scratching some more we had black fingers, lots of cardboard and empty pockets.
I think about winning the lottery but I only buy tickets when the jackpot is obscenely high. My brain doesn't have the capacity to imagine all I would do with that much money, but I want it. Last night Wanda said, "You know, there's nothing wrong with winning $4 million or even $2 million. It would be a lot easier than $200 million." And I agreed. Look out SuperLotto Plus, here I come.
I don't mean to be depressing here but a lottery win just may be the difference between eating well and eating pet food in retirement. Wanda, I did not include you in this, its sad enough one of us will be dining with the cats.
I just read an article in finance that claims our 401K isn't worth a shit but our retirement income each month should be good if we move to Cuenca, Ecuador. It also informs me it's never too early to start to pay long term care insurance. The Inuit's had the right idea. Put the old folks on an ice-berg and float it out to sea........"GOOD-BYE."
Of course I exaggerate; Wanda and I will be fine in our golden years. We may be living in Jenn and Eric's attic, but we'll be fine.
This may be a little too maudlin and I apologize for it. I imagine you read this to be entertained. I shouldn't use it as a forum to bitch, moan and complain. I think I'm having an emotional response to my Sunday birthday.
Last night we watched the DVR'd presentation of the Monday night Voice finals (last night is also recorded and I still don't know who won, so if you do.....NO SPOILERS PLEASE. (Not like Debbie and the Olympics six years ago) When listening to one of the ladies, who is 16-years-old I started to weep. This kid is amazing. She is a poised beautiful and stunningly talented young woman who is living her dream.
I think it may be a little too late for mine?
The reality is I'm old. They say 60 is the new 40 so what does that make me? Social Security and Medicare, the AARP magazine and early bird specials are now all in my wheelhouse (Wanda that's for you).
I've finally realized EVERYONE feels like me. Age is incidental when one looks in the mirror, we all see a much younger person. "How did this happen," I ask myself. "How and when did I get this old?"
Screw it....if 60 is the new 40 then Sunday I'll be 42.9. I can live with that.
Now where are all those lottery tickets?
(1) CNN.com 12/30/1999, David Essex
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