Thx for the laugh . . . made me flash back on a conversation or two with other good parents that those without children would absolutely not understand!

Love 'em enough to Keep 'em focused on what's right . . .
By any means necessary

no, actually when I saw the quote I thought "gee, what a kool, LIGHT-hearted, non-political, non -religious, non-debate-inviting, happy, non-derogatory topic for a Saturday morning" . . . thx

You're as old or young as you feel!

If you're still looking at the other offerings 'that way' you're still at the buffet. That's ok, those dishes are also looking their best for other eyes too

BTW:You're right - didn't mean to go off topic.

When first 'meetin' someone new who knows where things will lead?
Take it a step at a time, as you get closer to one you'll naturally get closer, leaving the field behind. Somewhere in ther, if you're lucky you'll need to leave the field entirely to give things their best chance at success.

In other words, once you've found a good dish get away from the buffet - go sit down with it and Enjoy it!

sorry for the length of my reply - this is a passion point for me. I love the job!

Go out and give a child a big smile today!

courtesy of a 7yrs absent spouse, during my single parent days, I had the very sobering and chilling 'opportunity' to answer a judge on my parenting.

He had the authority to take them from me and into a shelter/foster system with a single word based on his judgement call.

Among other ridiculous charges (you'd just have to know me), the opposing side painted a picture of a physically abusive father. "Will you ever again physically discipline your children?" he asked.
I fearfully thought and prayed harder than ever before or since.

In the end I placed everything in greater hands and spoke honestly -don't think for a minute I didn't entertain just saying no.

I explained my deep appreciation of the blessing and responsibility that I was given as a father. It was my job to provide love for their spirits, food, clothing and shelter for their bodies, and guidance for their future. Doing so demands that I concientiously water and prune them as needed. Weeds are the fault of the gardener not of the grass.

Discipline is properly defined as training. For me that meant communicating. I explained that I was a teacher, helping them to understand the difference between right and wrong, correting through discussion as the primary lesson.

However, at some point correction requires learning that there are consequences to willful wrongs (is larger society any different? - no).

I dared tell this judge that I would be remiss in my duty and a failure as a parent if I didn not use every resource to raise them correctly. I dared tell him that while I would seek additional training methods I could not in good conscious say that I would never again physically correct them.

Long story short, I was allowed to continue raising them. In the midst of Disney, walmart races, fireplace roasts, glee club, footballetc laughter and pride, there were also the rare corrections. All in a days work as a parent.

I won't entertain any condemnation of my parenting, my own guilt and feelings of inadequacies to the task spurred me to creative and positive means of getting the job done. They are both now as productive and happy as any of us, carving their way through the world.

For those that believe in a spank-free method - all power to you, I just happen to believe the users manual when it says
"Foolishness is tied up in the heart of a <child>, the rod of discipline (training) will remove it far from him/her".
Please, don't run with that one, it's describing and encouraging love, not abuse.

In the end I have nothing but praise for all parents who dutifully and thoughtfully approach and stick to the job.
The toughest and most rewarding thing you will ever do.
'Nuffsaid

the one I'm living . . . it's just been picked up for another season

C'Grats and BigUps!
Through the fire swamps and rodents of unusual size, you've made it!
Welcome . . . to the rest of your life!

Mornin'
haven't had a cuppajo yet, might be inkoharant til then

I thought this was interesting

http://www.419eater.com/index.htm

Satchel Paige said it, I'm curious so I'm passing it on . . .

"How old would you be if you didn't know how old you were?"

Good idea. She'll want to run that scan while the pc is disconnected from the Internet and/or in safe mode. Hopefully the lockup delay says the troublemaker is waiting for an open active port. If its inactive, it should (?) be easier to detect and remove.

Just got in . . .
Something may be using up her bandwidth in the background.

Have her put the machine into Selective Startup. Something new in the PC is running interference. SS is a god way to begin to find out what.

Go to Start\Run . . . Type in "msconfig",
Press Enter
Click on the Startup tab and make a note as to what's already unselected there (this'll make sense in a sec). Also if she uses WiFi, she'll want to reselect it after the next step.

Go back to the General tab and select Selective Startup, removing the check from Load Startup Items

Next,
Go to the Services Tab, check Hide all MS svcs
click Disable all. Again, any network, protection, or other items she feels are needed should be reselected.

Click OK, and allow the machine to reboot.
It will startup with enough to run Windows. The aim is to eliminate whatever recent add-in is responsible for halting her 'Net service.

The catch is, if it works she gets to look back over the list to determine what it is through the process of elimination.

Whether or not this is successful, she'll want to return the machine to its orig state (minus the troublemaker) by going back into the Configuration Utility and selecting Normal Startup.

Hope this helps . . .

She's alive and well on
http://www.tvrage.com/Mary_Hartman-Mary_Hartman

First thing that comes to mind;

R-click My Computer . . .Properties . . .
Hardware Tab\Device Manager . . .

Look for and Double-click Network Adapters
Double-click the adapter found (or each, one at a a time)
Click to open the Power Management tab . . .

Uncheck "Allow the computer to turn off this device to save power.

So many minutes later . . . if it still locks up (Internet only??)
Time to check the browser settings. Think ab out consistencies;
Does it alway freeze after x minutes, after going to a specific site, with specific apps open

Quickest check is to install another browser - Firefox, if the current is IE, or vice versa. Does the same thing happen?

That'd be The Clone Wars followed by the series on CN and TNT later in the year, followed, next year by the promised live-action TV series in '09.
We may not get Episode 7,8,and 9, but it's not over yet!

Thanks for just being you, and allowing me to just be me

Don't forget the rest;
If they don't come back it wasn't meant to be.

Here's another perspective, or three...

Shakespeare:
if you love someone,
Set her free ....
If she ever comes back, she's yours,
If she doesn't, here's the poison, suicide
yourself for her.

Optimist:
If you love someone,
Set her free ....
Don't worry, she will come back.

Suspicious:
If you love someone,
Set her free ....
If she ever comes back, ask her why.

Impatient:
If you love someone,
Set her free ....
If she doesn't comes back within some time forget
her.

Patient:
IF you love someone,
Set her free ....
If she doesn't come back, continue to wait until
she comes back.

Playful:
If you love someone,
Set her free ....
*If she comes back, and if you love her still,
set her free again, repeat*

C++ Programmer:
if(you-love(m_she))
m_she.free()
if(m_she == NULL)
m_she= new CShe;

Lawyers:
If you love someone,
Set her free,
Clause 1a of Paragraph 13a-1 in the second amendment of the
Matrimonial Freedom Act clearly states that....

Bill Gates:
If you love someone,Set her free,
If she comes back, I think we can charge her for
re-installation fees but tell her that she's also going to get an upgrade.

Biologist:
If you love someone,
Set her free, She'll evolve.

Statisticians:
If you love someone, Set her free,
If she loves you, the probability of her coming
back is high If she doesn't, the Weibull
distribution and your relation was improbable anyway.

Salesman:
If you love someone,
Set her free ....
If she ever comes back, deal!
If she doesn't, so what! "NEXT".

Schwarzenegger's fans:
If you love someone,
Set her free,
SHE'LL BE BACK!

Insurance agent:
If you love someone,
Show her the plan ....
If she ever comes back, sign her up,
If she doesn't, keep follow up with her and never give up!

Physician:
If you love someone,
Set her free ....
If she ever comes back, it's the law of gravity,
If she doesn't, either there's friction higher than the force or the angle
of collision between two objects did not synchronize at the right angle.

Mathematician:
If you love someone,
Set her free ....
If she ever comes back, 1 + 1 = 2 (peanut!),
If she doesn't, Y = 2X - log(0.46Y^2 + (cos(52/34X)) x 5Y^(-0.5)c) where c
is the infinite constant of no turning point.

Nowadays' style:
If You Love Someone,
Set it free,
If It Comes Back, It is Yours
If It Doesn't, Hunt it Down and Kill It...!!! OR
PERHAPS REPORT TO IMMIGRATION THAT SHE/HE IS AN ILLEGAL

If you love someone
WHY IN THE FIRST PLACE SET HER FREE???
CARELESS IDIOT!!!

for no strings ringtones

http://www.funformobile.com

Yes, be afraid, be very afraid . . . it keeps you conscious of the job ahead.

The single most challenging, and at the same time, most rewarding thing you'll ever do is to take that giggling little mass through to successful independance!

The fact that it concerns you is a good sign. Says you'll learn to do what's needed for those eyes that look up at you.
Unfortunately there's no definitive training manual, and in the end it's basically a crap-shoot. But always do the best you know how to in their interest and you won't go wrong.