Hi StephanieB, and Thank you Nan for setting this up. I'm here - will it be easier for you or shall we keep to the other?

Particularly bad Kona winds today preclude breathing. All awake with a head full of exasperated sinuses due to VOG (volcano smog)and mean dispositions. Much like the Santa Ana winds in So. Cal. Watering becoming necessary as cracks are forming in the yard and the grass crunches when walked upon. We need rain. Of course, HNL is getting all of our rain, and it is flooding because it is flat and no drainage.

I don't know about those winds, but the Earthquakes we had here years ago split open the earth swallowed a herd of cattle and slammed shut again. Fortunatly nothing like that has happened lately. However, one never takes cracks in the ground lightly anymore!

There seems to be a conversation of the worst events in your areas of the world. Hurricanes, anyone?

How about AOL e-mail going down?? And I can't e-mail my friend. Hang in there friend, I'm here, I'm writing, just can't send. But I am a willing recipient from you my dear!

That is a disaster, indeed, but I'll bet your friend is stacking up things to talk about later. AOL will cause a world crisis if it goes down for very many others.

How about forgetting that your 7 y.o daughter lost a tooth and the toothfairy forgot to pay a visit. Happened to me. When I realised that I forgot, I was mortified. But I saved face hopped in the shower told the little one to eat breakfast and quietly slipped in a left $1. Good or what???

Yes, very good. job of sneaking in the back door!

Ah, the ingenuity of Motherhood. Laura, I'm impressed. That's the the saying Necessity is the Motherhood of Invention?! Good morning all!

StephanieB, are you still having trouble with AOL, or is this just an abberation? With AOL world-wide, that beats cracks in the ground and other assorted calamities. The AOL mess means the world cannot talk with one another. Let us know how you are doing!

Aren't you right. Luckily she was too tired this morning to realise what I had done.

(Marcia) StephanieB, are you still having trouble with AOL I am convinced that AOL is responsible for all the evils of the world...well, at least the cyber world ;-)

(Nan): I am convinced that AOL is responsible for all the evils of the world...well, at least the cyber world ;-) When my son dragged me kicking and screaming onto the Internet so I could talk to him more frequently (he'd just moved from Hawaii to California), he signed me up with a private server. He chose the largest in the state, and there have been no glitches. Eudora is still the best Email handler, etc. He had said I could use AOL, but begged me not to; then he rattled off all the reasons why I should spurn their attempts to gather me under their huge cumbersome wings. I have been so glad I listened to him And, I am equally sorry for those still hampered by their idea of what an Internet server should be.

Nan, to answer your question, she has been comandeered by the hospital whose ER is not Email friendly, but she can access the Boards at The Spring from there.

MarciaH: It is so nice to eavesdrop when there are people talking about you. Perhaps we could write a story about this? I am here and can run in and out (to see you) every few minutes. MedPartners made the business section of the paper, or if you want the scoop, can go to www.medpartners.com. The company that was going to buy them backed out because of their debt load, and their stock has dropped by about 40%. S:-)

I didn't know you were a lurker. Interesting comments you make. Perchance another disaster? Is your location now any saner than perviously?

I'm on business line, so until later or the boss goes out, I'll have to check in as I can. Found the url. Very curious. Take care, dear!

Checking? I'm here!

Let's see...Darcy's Cyber-Space Courtship. Lizzie has an antiquated cpu but a n up-to-date modem, so downloading files and jpgs of her beloved takes up more room than she has. He sends her a wonderful map of exactly where he lives, but every time she tries to see the fine details by moving the slider across the bottom and down the sides, it freezes up. Then she has to reboot the whole computer and hope her half-written letter of appreciation back to him is still there. Alas, it is not, so she tries to remember the clever wording of the missing missle and writes another...

No pic's today.I checked @ home!! Disappointment abounds!!:-( Sorry I was gone so long taking care of a Critical pt. Delivered her to ICU just now!!! Now if the rest will behave! Me:-)

I am severly disappointed, also. It was the "best" one of me I had. Next I take them to be copied so I can send them Priority mail and assure you of an image. I'm going to check through my Email files to see when I sent it. Sorry about your Critical, but that's your kuliana, and that's why you're there. Tell them it is siesta time...=)

I'm sitting here looking at your computer wallpaper, and it's driving me crazy...very pleasantly. Does it do that to you, too. Do you have nose print on your screen?

yes. i'm ready to go home,yeah!!!!

Switching over!!!

See you in a bit. Glad to be leaving now, bye! S:-)

I saw STRICTLY BALLROOM recently and now I'm really interested in Paul Mercurio who's the actor/dancer in it. Does anyone know anything about him? I can't find any PM webpages so I can't get any info. All I know is that he's Australia's top dancer and choreographer and he has children and owns a house. Is he making any more movies? Someone HELP!

Maybe you should register http://www.paulmercurio.com? Sounds like a fan page waiting for a creator.

Meow, I'm feeling a little catty today. The GB Packers shall save the day!!! Hopefully so will the Bronco's on their end of town. Hope you had a good night, didn't let the BB bite!! See you when you roll out of the hay! Love ya! Just me!

Found this at work, thought you might like it! The Golden Years The Golden Years, Have Come at Last, I cannot See, I Cannot Pee, I Cannot Chew, I Cannot Screw, My Memory Shrinks, My Hearing Stinks, No Sense of Smell, I look Like Hell, My Vody's Drooping, Got Trouble Pooping, The Golden Years Have Come At Last The Golden Years Can Kiss My A__! Good Morning to you all!

Good morning. That's an amazing little poem to begin a Sunday! Is it still raining (in that case you should have some flooding) or is it sunny and everything is turning green? I hope the second to allow you a better day. But, why the Bronco's over a good Pennsylvania team??? All is quiet here. I shall be in and out depending on how busy away from me the man of the house gets. Hope hope !!! Later!

Good morning Nittany, that is a cute thing someone put on here about the Golden Years. Hey I'll change my loyalties for you anyday, Go STEELERS!!!!! No rain tonight but someone in Hawaii is sending storms our way. The Pineapple Express we call it! There was one here Friday & Sat. am=nother coming tonite and tomorrow, and then another on Wed. You know we have to blame someone for our troubles. First it was el nino, now the pineapples, You can't win!! Do people in Pennsylvania balme California and Washington for their weather. Look forward to talking to you whenever possible, Did you have a good sleep?? Had ikimail this am. Was not very prolific in my answer at 0430!!!! bye, see ya later.MEOW!

Thank you for your loyalty to me amd for rooting for the Steelers, but if God doesn't also, Denver is going to grind them into iron filings! Elway and his linemen are just too good! Loved Stephanie's poem. I'll have to thank her for it - but what does a young thing like she is know about these things...=P The Pineapple Express isn't my fav Wx either. It brings the dry air and I have problems from that. And Honolulu gets the rain and they have no idea what to do with it - that is if HNL is as I remember from living there years ago. I made and cleaned up a big breakfast just now, and broached the 52 days from now event to R. Said ok. No enthusiasm, but no anything else other than ok Guess we can keep counting =) Take care !

Will try for food at 1300.! See you then at the regular spot!

I'll be there - 1100 here! I've been learning how to do your wav files with the family Geek. I'll print out the relevant info and bring it along. We'll get HIM talking for your computer, yet! Trav Ag tom'w for sure. Oooch!

Scratch above message, I went to lunch. Could not connect w/my ISP, so unable to talk!!! Whine, whine, whine, meeeooooowwww! Sorry about the Steelers, I switched alliances, and was rooting for them in the last few minutes while trying to connect! Love ya, Cachet!

For some reason, this is not showing new messages, when you post. I have to keep going out and coming back in (sounds like something else, huh?) this computer is very slow. Glad you suffered no flak, yet. Will keep holding my breath for you. Well the GBpackers are playing and it is very quiet here, We will experience the afternoon rush post game!! Still sorry the Steeler's lost. But I guess it was a great game. Will check this again at 1400, (1200) if it remains calm. Meow!

If you are there, I shall actually check in 15 minutes, This day is dragging, since you are being so wifely!

PAUL MERCURIO Does anyone know anything about him? I can't find any PM webpages so I can't get any info. All I know is that he's Australia's top dancer and choreographer and he has children and owns a house. Is he making any more movies? Someone HELP! First of all he's NOT Australia's top dancer and choreographer. Australia has many excellent dancers, and Paul is simply one of them (and getting a little over the hill...). He does some choreography - he had a group going for a while called Australian Choreographic Ensemble which I saw perform in Melbourne - very interesting modern dance, very different to SB!. He's certainly not our top choreographer - Graham Murphy would make that claim I think. In real life he is taller and much more muscular than he appeared in SB. He is the son of an expat American actor who lives in Australia called Gus Mercurio, and is married to another dancer (Andrea Toy). They live in Sydney. He must have a bad agent - since SB he has been in some stinkingly bad movies, notably "Exit to Eden" and "Joseph". You can find his filmography at http://us.imdb.com/cache/person-exact/a114402 Hope this helps.

Cachet, was wondering where you were. I've been watching Steelers play poorly and GB seems to be doing OK. Am I getting though. Family Geek-son has been writing out how to help you put wav files into your machine. We'll di it!!!

C: Are you going to stay on this for the rest of the afternoon? As soon as the game is over, I'll be here full time. Sometime during your drive time he wants to disconnect my CPU and put the new line in then replace the old line so I can talk to you till the Phone Co puts the new line in service. Help me to remember to tell you the number of this new line for emergencies - and please tell someone in your family to Email me if anything happens to you! Heaven forbid..! I'm sort of a captive audience in LR - he's a bit out of joint today, so I'm helping him assemble something. It is hurting my hands (the old C-T again).

I already thought of your request and have asked B or mom to let you know if something untoward happens. Yes, I would like a number I could reach you at if needed. Yes, I will probably be on this the rest of the afternoon. But once I am home will return to the usual format. Please tell iki, (if that is who is helping w/the WAV files) I was not very oriented this a.m. and will write to him later. 0430 is not my best thinking time, even writing to you was somewhat difficult, my mind is still sleeping . . .I hope what I wrote makes sense to you! Go be with R. tell him it hurts your hands, and don't do it. Wouldn't want your paws to be raw, 52 52 52 52 52 52 52 and counting . . . .

Iki is indeed my Geek, and I have the printed copy in my achy - breaky hands. I will also fwd it to you and perhaps you and/or B might work on it. Or, you can wait and watch me fumble with it. I did mine from scratch, and the MIDI files. This is going to be sooooo neat, I can hardly stand it =) Numbers will be forthcoming - usual format. You were perfectly understandable to me - you always are =) Take care!!!

Good. I was thinking so long about what to write that time slipped away and I had to rush thru it. It is still "Q" here, but that will change after GB game, I am sure. Newest rumor about FH: They are going to deliberately fail the inspection so they will be closed by the bigwigs, and then they won't have to pay comp to staff. Isn't business wonderful!!! They are also not well looked upon in finance market, due to big drop in stock price, 50%!!!

That irritates me in places I cannot reach. The dedicated workers take the fall and the shysters take a tax write-off. It's the spiral-threaded wood fastener time again. I am so sorry; too bad there is not some way to put a lien against everything they have so you are compensated. Grumble here. I finished then he complaind I do everything in a big hurry then complain it hurts my hands. Well, that's just too bad. I told him I was sorry I had done them at all! Grumble grumble. I'll be glad when we're on the old format!!!

Ah, well what goes around . . .I keep saying. Relax, take a deep breathe and have him scratch behind your ears. . . that will make it all better. If you purr nicely, it will make him feel better! Tell him he can do the screws himself! Don't worry 'bout me, I shall survive, My partner and I will write a book, and invite a curly redheaded guy to star in the movie version . . .now won't that be fun?

That's the first real smile inducer I've had all day. Thanks for that! I seem to be making lunch now...GB is gonna win this game. YEAH!!! talk to you in a while...=)

Look on #59, nice pic of our friend!!! That will bering a smile to your face!!!

Thank you, I shall go check. The phone work I told you about is commencing now so I'll check back when I can - don't know how long I'll be off, but I will check Email when I can get back up. Then here if you are not there. Bye for now! N =)

I can't get into 59 without it downloading the entire file. m It must be tired today. So, I'll check when the Pacific Lineman is done with my dedicated line! Take care and talk at you as soon as I can..=)

I am back on line. Are you???

First of all he's NOT Australia's top dancer and choreographer. He's certainly not our top choreographer - Graham Murphy would make that claim I think. Sorry Kate about that. I meant to say "ONE of the top dancers and choreographer" but I was too lazy. He must have a bad agent - since SB he has been in some stinkingly bad movies, notably "Exit to Eden" and "Joseph". I agree with this. I haven't seen any of his other movies because they all seem to quite bad. Thank you kindly Kate for the info!

Met someone from Fairfield, this a.m. Said to go to Zuni's next visit, world famous????

How, "met?" For real or cyber-spacically? Never heard of Zuni's. Is it a place to eat or to see something??? Good Morning!

I was a little slow this morning, and you have given up waiting for me. I was answering Email when it occurred to my numb little mind that they could not be read for many hours. Silly me!!!

A relative of a patient I took care of, he was telling me about this little town he lived in outside Sac. I asked where he said Fairfield. Told him I knew someone there. Zuni's is world famous for Sushi!! That is what he said. Says all theJapanese pilots go there for real Sushi!!! I have not given up!!

Sorry for the double post. I did not do that!!! Do you mean to tell me there are two people living in Fairfield?! Over here people amke their own sushi and "sushi bars" as such are nonexistant ( at least here ). All bars serve it as do lunch wagons and restaurants of all types. How's the flu?

I have a sore throat, that is all so far, and an occasional catch in my throat, which makes me cough!! I feel all right so far. How's the back and shoulder????? Better I hope!

Well, I think! At least so far. I have been pondering how to get out of tonight, but as Sec of the Club, I had better be there. Glad you are not worse, but wish the throatwere better. You do wear a mask and wash your hands often, so that should minimize your exposure...hope...hope!

no to the first, yes to the second. You go and have fun, but if you get home early, you can write!!

going to lunch at 1200, now just have to get B off the net, so I can get on it!!

Is that "no" a personal preference? Would it be locking the barn door after the horse has gotten away to start now? I shall go as required, but you know where my heart will be.

I find that we will not be going till about 10:30pm your time to set up the after-game hospitality. So I can commune till about 10pm or so your time. Will regale you with the abysmal story attached to tonight's "festivities" another time.

Things must be frantic there or all connections are down. You are not here. I am and it is lonely.

hooray!!!! I shall rush home to spend my time with you!! Did you get my meesages?? the laptop spent 10 minutes just loading the first message, then 10 sending a reply!!!!! Then it went down. I only have 30 min, so I was very frustrated!!! Meeeeooooowwwww!!!!!!!

I got three messages the last of which were about how slow your laptop was.

I tried to answer all Q's in one message!!!

Make that 2 messages.

Ok I got the all-Q's message. Thanks. My Email is full of strangers. Bummer!

well the first one was the one that took so long to gooooooo toooooo youuuuu!!! so, the second one was where I tried to ans all! Remember, I want him to tell you he loves you many times, not just once!!!!\ You like him better'n'me, or you'd have MY voice calling when I send you mail!!!!

Not true, and you know it...Snitty person =p I have wav files of him and none of you....sniff....sob...=( I make do...with what I have...

R brought home 2 embroidered sweatshirts for us to wear!!! Looking Good!

us=you and I or you and he??? You know I was teazing you about the wav's??? My throat hurts, I want to go home!!!!

Yes, Dear, I knew!!! "Us" does not include him! They are for you and for me =)

Sorry about your throat...Really really so sorry...How much longer do you have to work. Bet you have a fever, too! Poor Dear!

til 6pm my time. I haven'y taken my temp. but maybe I'll get to go home if I do!! Tell me what they look like (the sweatshirts. Does this mean he likes me????? Or at leasdt tolerates me???

He accepts that you are somebody special to me and when I told him I needed to find matching shirts to wear for you and me, he surprisd me with them. He MUST like you....he'd never done this kind of gesture before =) Our colors are red, white and Navy blue. The white Sweatshirts get dirty easily. The nave and Red ones ran in the wash. So, they went to ash (a sort of oatmeal looking color) which is my least favorite, but.... Across the chest it reads in Navy blue embroidery: University of ..... at ..... (spelled out) (big letters - the team name) in red Softball (in Navy)

Sounds Cool. I think I shall like it, and to match as well. I'm glad he doesn't hate/mistrust me anymore!!

How could he??? With all of the good vibes in here about you!!! Do you think Jeans would be good with it? Twins, you know =)

definitely! but you in jeans, does not fit the image!! But. . .we'll alter the image, huh???

You don't think I wear hiking boots without wearing jeans out onto Lava flows, do you!! It'd rip everything else to shreds. For outdoor sports I wear jeans. Whether I'm watching or playing. I think I may just surprise you after all.

True, never thought about that!! Sorry! I have a fever, they won't let me go home. Only 99.3, but going up, I'll feel better when I'm home . . .and talking

That must be an interesting image you have of me. Love to hear about it. S]Was it from what I wrote, what my pic told you or iki?

I am so sorry your fever has become apparent to you. I will feel better also when you are home safely. I have turned down dinner out to be here with you.

You shouldn't do that. I'll buy you dinner when you're here to make up for it. How about the Bonaventure? It rotates. I don't know where the image comes from, but I should kow better cause iki told me you hike, and so di you. You can't do that in slacks and sandals, huh?

I am here and I rebooted and everything, but still no incoming. Are you there??

I am trying telepathy....please try 72....seventy-two! I am here!!!

I am here!

It has taken me 15 minutes to get here I kept getting an error message, but persistence pays off! Where's Nan, she needs to know that it is not always AOL's fault!!! I shal;l be here tomorrow too! Someone asked me to work for them and I agreed, just because I hate being a slug! And 2 days off in a row makes me feel like a slug!!

As I am...This time I guess Friday night is swamping everyone's lines...but you are right, this time the fault is not with you!!! Shass we go back and keep this in reserve?!

I . . .don't know! Can you not receive e-mail again?? We can talk here or via other lines, tele . ..pathy??? or something else???

I am on both this and Email now!!!

Nittany, I can not send or receive e-mail. please look for me here!!!

Dearest, are you here?

I am cooking in the kitchen and didn't hear your announcement on IM...Then I sent 2 or so Emails and no response - now I will put this here. Did you call and get the answering machine? I was listening for who was on there but they hung up. So here I am...i'll be beck in 1/2 hour as soion as I feed to beast this freaking breakfast which I won't be able to eat. Please Call back - I'll answer!!!

Please try again - I am here

Regarding the problems we've been having, I got this from Kaylene Thaler, the wife of Dave Thaler (who wrote the software that we run on): Terry, I am not sure how you managed to get items dated Feb 7, 2036. Using the messages in /usr/bbs/errorlog I can tell you that something happened on Sept 4 1997, Jan 17 1998, Jan 22 1998, Jan 27 1998, Jan 30 1998, I also verified that this same date problem was recorded in you system logs. For example when running last you can see the following: jyerby ttyp2 flex.com Fri Jan 30 15:50 - 15:50 (00:00) date { Fri Jan 30 15:10 date | Thu Feb 7 08:39 terry ttyp0 ns2 Thu Feb 7 08:30 - 20:30 (12:00) tedchong ttyp0 apso.djmarkets.com.sg Thu Feb 7 05:31 - 05:32 (00:00) geoff ftp tcnet01-62.austin.texas.net Thu Feb 7 05:20 - 05:59 (00: 39) terry ftp cool.spring.com Thu Feb 7 04:40 - 19:45 (15:05) lafn ttyp2 hot Thu Feb 7 03:29 - 03:36 (00:07) geoff ttyp0 tcnet01-22.austin.texas.net Thu Feb 7 02:33 - 05:17 (02: 43) spew ftp knife-ppp.mesas.com Thu Feb 7 02:24 - 02:25 (00:01) geoff ttyp2 tcnet01-22.austin.texas.net Thu Feb 7 02:13 - 02:30 (00: 16) stacey ttyp0 164.92.70.230 Thu Feb 7 01:48 - 02:26 (00:37) terry ttyp3 hot Thu Jan 29 19:31 - 20:34 (1+01:02) terry ttyp2 hot Thu Jan 29 18:37 - 20:58 (02:20) (you can see a stripped version of the last.log file on www.spring.com ~kaylene/last.log to see more examples of Feb 7 showing up where it shouldn't ) It seems that somebody was playing with the system time on your computer. The all/since/-7 routine seems to be "broken" because of these entries made during the time when your computer reported the date to be on the year Feb 7, 2036. Yapp searches through a current item, and finds the first entry that has a time that satisfies the restriction, then displays all the rest of the responses to the most current response. This means that for the drool conference item 67 everything after the entry on Feb 7, 2036 is considered since -7. To "fix" this problem requires fixing the item file itself. (Or freezing all affected items, restarting them, and hoping that nobody sets the date to Feb 7, 2036 again. This approach will take 7 days after freezing the item before it is really seems to be fixed.) The real solution that is probably most appropriate to look for the items with the "bad" dates, and then set the dates to be the same as whatever the next "valid" date really is. I can't think of a nice way to do this, so make sure you create a backup copy of the item before you begin to edit anything. The other option is to simply replace all the Feb 7, 2036 with some fixed date in the past, instead of in the future. The lines that need to be updated in the _* files are the ones that begin with ,D7C5 I ran the command: find . -name '_*' -exec grep -l "^,D7C5" >> ~kaylene/fix.files {} \; And you will find the output on www.spring.com in ~kaylene/fix.files. This contains the files that have "bad" timestamps in them (that I had read access to). I didn't have read access to all the items in all the conferences, so I might be missing a few items that need to be updated. The lines that start with ",D" are the date lines in the item entries. The information that follows is the number of seconds elapsed (since the start of computer time), displayed in hexidecimal. You must leave the ,D on the line when you update it. If you want me to do the work to write a script that can be run to fix the problem (for all/since) , it would not be considered part of your existing Yapp package. The problem is not in "Yapp" but with your system. I don't know who or what is causing your date to change, so I don't know if it will happen again. If I do the work, I estimate that it will cost about $200 to fix the problem with the most appropriate solution (finding the next appropriate date, and replacing the bad date) or about $100 to just replace all the bad dates with some fixed time in the past. I would also need to have cfadm access to the files. Kaylene

From Kaylene: "I have a script that should update the item files and fix the problems you are having with all/since." It's costing me $200, but it should fix the problem we've been having with all/since. It was that date being 2036 that caused all the havoc. And that was due to CMOS problems on the server.

So, have all the problems in drool ceased to be problems? Has anyone noticed the change?

I just recieved a report that Nan is having a hard time entering responses in this conference. I am entering a response using Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 to see if I can duplicate the problem.

Thanks Kaylene!