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    Default Midge

    I was chatting with Midge today at Goolwa. The man appears distressingly normal, despite his penchant for plastic raincoats (he uses a Mac ). Anyway, having observed the disgustingly good quality of his PD racers, and discovered that he's as nice in real life as he is on this forum, then noting that he can't defend himself at the moment because his Macintosh **pause for hysterical laughter** has poo'ed itself, maybe here is an opportunity for those of us who love the old git to really stick the slipper in knowing he can't retaliate until he gets back from holiday

    Richard

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    Now what is it that all the Mac Tossers keep on telling us?
    Get a.....banana, no thats not it.

    Hmm get a.......fillet o fish burger......nah......thats not it either.

    Thats it, got it!!

    Get a PC......

    Al

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    Its good to know that Macs are so reliable


    bout time yer got a REAL COMPUTER BM.
    Regards, Bob Thomas

    www.wombatsawmill.com

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    An Apple a Day Keeps his Mac at the docs poor Midge maybe can finish some of the creations he keeps posting on this forum and then Daddles could take a leaf out of midges I can do it book

    but then Pigs might fly
    Constant Sinking Feeling

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    Pah heathen. I was sanding part of the transom on Sixpence yesterday ... and the ruddy vaccumm cleaner that drives my dust extractor died! So there. And yes, I am peeved about it. I have to try and fix it or buy a new one now. And this one cost me heaps (Mum got a new one so I got her old one ).

    Last time I saw Midge, a computer tech had managed to save some of his lost hard drive but was still trying. Midgester himself is travelling and we won't see him for a couple of weeks yet.

    Fun time at Goolwa. But I'll let Mik brag about the World Record (shhh, I didn't mention it)

    Richard

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    Hey, did you know that there is a Lake Eyre Yacht Club?

    I heard it on the radio this week.
    http://abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200703/s1866774.htm

    The water has made it about 8 or 9 kms into the lake & they are getting ready.

    http://www.lakeeyreyc.com/
    Cliff.
    If you find a post of mine that is missing a pic that you'd like to see, let me know & I'll see if I can find a copy.

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    Default Broken Mac!!!

    Lets look at it this way
    A GMC breaksdown and you go out and buy a new one and no-one bats an eye. It was doomed to fail before you bought it.

    A Makita or DeWalt (for example) breaks down and its national news.

    If Microsoft made power tools none of you would have them in your sheds. So stop picking on them what now what real quality is.

    Stay with the power Midge. Steve Jobs want sus to use computers. Bil Gates wants us to buy his stuff ( see the difference)


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    Oh and after 35 years I am still on my first Estwing. Maybe I will have to start using it on a few more Grey boxes.

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    Midge who ?
    If at first you don't succeed, give something else a go. Life is far too short to waste time trying.

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    Default Bill Gates

    Bill Gates spoke at conference recently and said if the car industry had adopted the technology of the computer industry years ago we would be driving around in cars that cost $25 and did a 1000 kms to the litre

    General Motors reply was if they had your alternator warning light oil pressure light temp light etc would be all connected together and when something went wrong your car would say you have completed an illegal operation and this car will now shut down , to restart after this event you have lift the door handle pull the arieal up and turn the volume knod on the radio simaltanously to restart it and to turn the car off you would have to press START
    Somebody at GM has a sense of humour
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    I thought General Motor's response would have been more like " That model is no longer supported so you will just have to upgrade".

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    OK, OK OK.... so doesn't everybody carry 65gb of data on a 60gb drive?

    22 years of Macs and one failure! Of course it happens at 11.00 pm Friday during the backup process, when we are leaving at 6.00 am the next morning!

    Didn't lose too much data, probably didn't lose any, but I can't be bothered finding the rest! (last serious backup was one month earlier so not many tears!).

    I'm back now though and in a week or so, we'll get the story out!

    Thanks for the update Daddles!

    Cheers,

    P

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