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So as not to lengthen the Dubai thread... I was going to post there, but the post wouldn't post for some reason, tried 5 times, the indicator wouldn't quit going round. Anyway, I worked in Jubail, Saudi Arabia between December 1983 and October 1990 for a petrochemical joint venture between...

And here I am trying to get my sister to buy me a faster processor for $Can 69.00. Before I can call the price "crazy", I've got to call it "beyond belief"

ay-ay-ay ignorance is bliss. I enjoyed the movie. Maybe because I'm good at suspending reality (ignoring mistakes). But I liked the one with Samuel Jackson a lot better.

That's a relief to know, Merc. I firmly believe that NEC has made the best economy DVD burners in their 3500 series (I've got a 3540). But I can't find any NEC burners here these last year. My research tells me the Sony's have NEC chipsets in them. But sad to say Sony makes tin-can burners, so...

It is a relief to know we have you. And we can give thanks that your friend has survived her stroke. I continue to wish for all the best for you and all you hold dear. 10,000 is great! keep trucking!

Right on, Will Rickards. thank you so much.

Sitting together on a train, travelling through the Swiss Alps, were a Kiwi guy, an Australian bloke, a little old Greek lady, and a young blonde Swiss girl with large breasts. The Train goes into a dark tunnel and a few seconds later there is the sound of a loud slap. When the train emerges...

There are times when at the heat of the moment, one doesn't think of using the preview button. Also, there are times when mistakes are hidden from you, even when you re-read your post before hitting the submit button. That's usually why magazines, etc. have editors since many authors are often...

I watched "Sassy Girl" because it was said to be very popular among the students of the University of the Philippines.

Thanks for the welcome greetings. I had really hoped to have a dual core PC on the outset. But I came across what I thought to be a real bargain, the A64-3000+ for USD40. It was half of the price of a new Brisbane X2-3600+. Seems in this last week that bargain would prove to be run o' the...

I have a PC again. Athlon 64 3000+ socket 939 MSI NForce 4 with integrated 6150 video 512mb DDR400 250Gb Seagate SATA II with these components holdovers from my old PC which I didn't sell 80Gb Maxtor NEC DVD 16X burner HEC 350watt power supply I don't know why I didn't wait a little while...

The kids assembled the PCs. That is great - for them. I just wonder how many Ibuprofens it cost Merc. That must have been THE experience. I can't find any NEC burners here. And the cheap LGs die 2 months after the 1 year warranty expires.

ham in pizza. have you ever had chinese sweet ham? with lots of mayonaisse. we usually have it christmas dinner or new year's eve. my daughter brought home a leg of chinese ham 'cause one of her friends gave it to her as a gift in year 2000. we had it for christmas dinner. then the wife used...

ham in pizza. have you ever had chinese sweet ham? with lots of mayonaisse. we usually have it christmas dinner or new year's eve. my daughter brought home a leg of chinese ham 'cause one of her friends gave it to her as a gift in year 2000. we had it for christmas dinner. then the wife used...

Nice one, Coug. A manilla box would be something Merc's brats assumed they would find. It's filled with someone else's garbage. BTW, some of you might find this a bit educational. Mind you, it's not the norm for my place. Just something a bit unique. The photos are too "nice" for my taste, too...

I thought I was going to die (or do something about it) when I was 16. Then I changed that to 19. The year kept being pushed back. Until I (didn't decide when) realized I wasn't going to die and wasn't going to do anything about it either. I'm 53 now. And looking back, it's been a good life...

Merc, send the PC's to me and my urban-poor kids over here. I'll make sure they don't complain, make sure they're properly thankful, and make sure they're used and used well.

Sydney and near cities was devastated by storms (a storm?) according to the news. We haven't been hearing from Tony for a good while. Would Ballarat be any where near the affected area? I am very concerned with the changes in weather world-wide. And the movie about global warming also warned...

I mentioned somewhere that I had just replaced my roof (in exchange for my PC). My house was built in 1983. I suppose yours is really due for a replacement sometime soon. My roof used ordinary Galvanized Corrugated Steel Sheets probably gauge 22. ah! but we don't have hailstorms.

You mean I can become an Australian by posting 5000x? And hirsute to boot?

Mostly true. But one can vary venues, pace. Running is attractive to certain personalities. Not many will find fun in what they think of as drudgery.

That is a good time. Back when I was running, I entered a 5km road race and timed something like 17+minutes. I had some 6 months of training (nothing scientific or back breaking, mind you) behind me but I was ready to die at race's end. Now back to recreational bike riding. Hmmm, another try...

Yeah, Coug, you don't have to tell us you don't have enough body fat, we can see it from the picture you provided. (j/k of course) I was in the hospital Saturday attending to my bro-in-law who was suffering from symptoms of kidney stones. When the nurse took his blood pressure, I asked if I...

I just had a thought. I remembered when I was 18 years younger, that I used to run 48kms/week. My friends invited me to a game of tennis. Since I was taught by my father to swat a few balls from the time I was 9 years old, I thought, this would be easy. I was dismayed to find myself out of...

Methinks you just had a bad day. It sometimes happens. You say you dance on a regular basis, that should mean you are in better shape than I am. It could also mean that your GF is in better shape than you. Which sometimes also happens.

I am going to ask my son to take a pic of me now. Then after three months or some other period of time, I'll have another pic taken and I'll see if an improvement has been made.

What I usually do with spinrite is to let it run in a faster (lower category mode) then watch it run to within a few sectors (meaning to give me time to switch in real time to the No. 5 diagnostic mode which will "repair" the bad sectors) of the cluster of bad sectors. After the No. 5 diagnostic...

My son found it for me on an internet Bike forum. He's the bike nut who's converted half the church's youth to this new "religion". My daughter coughed up the cash. (something like USD60) Now I'm the owner of a simple bicycle (all aluminum, or alloy, parts) which I plan to use to up my...

If I had trained hard for a specific day, I, too, would forego the extra work/pay. One's athletic form peaks depending on the training done. And one can't just go out competing all out and duplicate or surpass any given performance. One day's "all out" and another day's "all out" may differ so...

If it is prepared properly, dog can be like pork. And even though this is the joke thread, that's no joke. Yeah, Dave, if ever you find yourself here, give me shout, I'll introduce you properly.

come to think of it, the Philippines has had a better (worse) reputation for Azucena. (dog, vernacular term "aso", meat sauteed to a near dry sauce, complete w/ garlic, onions, whole pepper corns in beer or wine)

It has always been rumored (here) that cats make for good chinese dumplings.

thank you, Buck.

ahh, music. I used to sit back and listen. Taught my children to appreciate classical and jazz. Still, the youngest (he's almost 25) didn't take to my tastes. He likes metal and hard rock, of which I can only listen for short periods. My Nakamichi tape deck died, and so did my relaxing times...

I uprooted some quotes from the Random thread. May I say that there are many unsung good deeds, as well as unpublicized atrocities done in the Bible's name. It's the people producing them, not the teaching. I believe the teaching is good. The capacity of men to twist it and/or use it for...

yes, eye drops were prescribed once and they worked. they cleared up the tear ducts and my vision became brighter and the eyes didn't smart anymore. The doctor said "Good". So I thought that was that. When I heard a friend complaining of the same symptoms, I readily offered the eye drops to...

It's school graduation time here so I've been quite busy attending to things other people want me to do. like: creating a backdrop for my wife's pre-school's moving-up day. (we don't own the pre-school, my wife teaches in the church's school ministry) preparing for graduation day for the...

hmmmm... Is Tannin on another expedition? This is what I am thinking, not that it has any value. I have always been a maxtor fan. Maybe because the first HDD I bought was a 210mb Maxtor. (or was it a 105mb Maxtor) Whatever. I bought it to replace a 40mb Seagate which came with my very first...

I've just come to the realization that those first three hours of BSG was 3 years old. Oh my, I have a lot of catching up to do. It's 3a.m. here.

my wife does the fridge clean-up for me. we used to have househelp but the last one we had (who lived with us for 8 years) decided last December to get married. It's so nice, you know, when the kids have their own lives, to wake up in the morning and turn the PC on (ok, we're now staying in my...

If I had cable TV (and I'm not really sure if Battlestar Galactica is showing on any one of Filipino cable channels) I prolly would have been watching this from way back. I will now google this thing to give myself a backgrounder. BTW, I don't remember not liking science fiction, whether in...

hah, no problem at all with that.

Non-American tossing his 2centavos in: I watched the video... I think the guy was ill-mannered. I can't start to imagine what kind of thinking could have gotten him to act like that, maybe he wasn't thinking. He's supposed to be a Christian? Well, his Christian discipler must be (should be)...

Yeah, I overlooked that. Will never happen again. The news is, they found something on sale for $Can299. I don't have details but she says it will fit their meager needs. Maraming (many) Salamat (thanks) to Merc and Coug for their helpful offers and hints. The job was something she could...

hahahaha! if it were worthwhile doing that, I would certainly have. yeah, why only one canadian? yet?

Thank you, too, Coug. I will definitely check those sites out. I have emailed her on Merc's offer and will be waiting for her reply. It seems she has Tuesdays and Wednesdays off. Gets to use a PC for free for 1 hour at the Edmonton Public Library. Apart from that, she is still averse to going...

Thank you, Merc. That is a very nice offer. I shall tell her about it so they can take into consideration - check out the cost of shipping, etc. Still, they might opt for new... Just a thought, would new systems be loaded with Vista already? Gah, that might mean a fast computer operating more...

Hello, My sister accepted a job offer in a hotel in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. She's been there since the 6th of March. Quite a few of our countrymen have been recruited by this same establishment and they all stay in a "staffhouse". They are thinking to pool their money to buy a PC which they...

I'll bring my son along to watch 300 over the weekend. As the cost of moviehouse films escalate, the cost of home movies goes down. The last movies I've seen in the theater were supposedly epics. (some of them at least until they were actually shown) The last 3 Star Wars The 3 Lord of the...

you notice how the guy's right elbow is digging into his right abdomen? like if he took a breath, he might soil his pants. that thing must be real heavy!