Afternoon, everyone.
Jeffrey, how did you manage to break your foot in three places and feel nothing? And why is this #13 in three years? What does your doctor give as reason for all this happening. It's certainly not normal.
Carey, you make the same points I made to Bergie in an e-mail and he apparently doesn't agree with either of us. As you say, some people just can't seem to give up control, even if it would make things run smoother. As for the lottery, I never bought a ticket when I lived in California and sure wouldn't drive over to Georgia to buy one here. I have nothing against gambling (I love video poker in Vegas or Reno) but I don't like the idea of state sponsored gambling when the player has virtually no chance of winning. It appeals to those in our society who can least afford to be spending any money on things other than food for their families.
Alco, have fun on your holiday. Remember that those "beasts" still get stuck in the snow too.
I will join in wishing all our soldiers a Merry Christmas and a safe and speedy return home.
Rex, only made it down to 28 in Prattville but it sure felt a lot colder. At least the moisture got out of the area before the cold air so we didn't have to put up with the snow our northern brothers have been fighting. The banana tree is RIP until spring though. It lasted a long time for Alabama in December.
Chip, are you able to just add the Novell server to your home network so XP sees it as another drive? Is your home network router wired or wireless? How about the Novell server? Novell networks tend not to like working with anything other than another Novell network though.
Phillip, I'm sure things will go fine for your wife tomorrow but I'll keep her in my prayers.
Larry, I think Claudia might raise my blood pressure a little too much along with the coffee.
Tom, it got windy here too and now my yard is buried in leaves. We still have tons of leaves on the trees too. We usually have the last leaves fall just as the new ones start to come out in the spring. Next time you're at Wallyworld, try the Krylon Clear Matte spray paint. Works as good as dullcote at about 1/10th the price.
Paul, glad to hear it's not unbearable with the storm up there. I get the feeling you guys actually like snow blowers.
I've been touching up the backdrop on the layout with a few more clouds and redoing the ones I added first. It's amazing how thing that looked fine a month ago look like crud today. I've also been adding all the figures I had stored up to the layout. I swear, no matter how carefully I open those Woodland Scenics figure packs, one always manages to fly off somewhere and I never find it again. I know they are there somewhere but I suspect it's a conspiracy between all the little people to hide from me.
I haven't gambled since college, where playing a game called "Automatic Gut" in the dorm one night, taught me a lesson I never forgot. This is a type of poker where you're dealt three cards. First two face down, the last face up. If that card is a face card, you have to play, you can not fold. Everyone bets their hand. If you're one of the losers, you have to match the pot. At one time there was over $75.00 in the pot and I've got less than $10.00 left. Fortunately I won that hand. I stopped gambling after that game. Since then I haven't had enough to spend on gambling. 
