hey Penny!
 

Have a few minutes to drop in, then I have to go out.  Weather here is rainy and freakishly warm here in the city, but I like it!  Is there any mint tea?  I no longer ask for DCwL, I have to wait for the Pinga Connection... LOL 

I am not a tekkie, but I am surrounded by technogeek friends.  I have a JVC  DVD player that also burns DVDs.  I think the term is DVD-R, or something like that.  What I hope to find is a DVD-R/VHS machine, so that I can burn DVDs of the hundreds (literally) of movies that I have on VHS... I think it exists, but I have no interest in researching it... so if anyone here knows about such technology, bring on the info!!!

It is my understanding that JVC is one of the best on the market.  Also, I believe it is not the cheapest, but does honour warranties and even problems/repairs after warranty.  I understand that Panasonic is also good.  That is really all I know.

How was your week? 

Sometime toward the end of next week Penny.  Got so much crazy ass red tape - read lawyers and bankers (and real estate deal makers) to deal with... plus the cottage is just being fitted with heat - still missing the all important thermostat control gadgets... so that I will not have to rely ONLY on woodburning stove - yeah, think of me, Redhead the city girl suddenly Redhead in Little House on the Prairie - probably great for a story, but not so good in real life... LMAO.

So.... the kitties and I shall go at the end of next week.  I am looking forward to it - but not dial-up...

Yeah, you may be able to burn copies of granddolly's VHS tapes - I think... again, tekkies - where are you ?  If so, this will save $$$

ALL I have been doing is cleaning, packing and storing....grrrrrrrrrr..... almost all books are packed away forever, it feels like...

Penny, try and find one that plays multiple formats - that way if you download something from the Internet  or create your own DVDs it will play on your player.

I created a little photo montage with music for the Church last month and discovered that not all DVD players are alike - some will not play MP files.  I picked up one on the cheap out of necessity and it works fine.

DVD players are like stereos, it really depends on what you want.  If you don't notice the quality difference - well, why pay the price...

PS, Red - the first thing you do in your new community is find the Wireless Internet provider - trust me it is one way the city girl will survive.

LB

Green acres is the place for me.
Farm livin' is the life for me.
Land spreadin' out so far and wide
Keep Manhattan, just give me that countryside.

 The wind has been blowing like the dickens here today - almost 80 km/hr all day.  Kept having problems with power outages earlier today while I was on Wondercafe and lost posts three times while I was in the middle of writing them so I said to heck with it and went and had a nap  Power has been back on now for a few hours so hopefully should be ok.

My advice re: DVD players - buy a brand name you recognize.  You won't need any of the fancy features so the base model will do.  I don't buy any of those really cheap brands that I have never heard of b/c my experience has been that they are absolute crap and spending the extra $20 or whatever for a recognizable brand name has been worth it especially when it comes to longevity.

Redhead said, "....think of me, Redhead the city girl suddenly Redhead in Little House on the Prairie - probably great for a story, but not so good in real life...

Ï got two words for ya girlfriend, polar fleece.

 Punkins said, "....so I said to heck with it and went and had a nap  Power has been back on now for a few hours so hopefully should be ok.".

So much pioneering spirit!  Power outage?  I'll just go to sleep until it comes back on.  Love it!

LOL! 

My husband's computer is running Vista and I had the same pending friend error 11 on his.

There are two computers in my house, and the avatar thing is different on each of them.  For a while, I was thinking that Crazyheart, LBMuskoka and Cjms were shifting back and forth all the time between two avatars.

Pretty freaky, if you ask me.

Ninja,  I had the same latin fked up text... I dunno if it is hacker related but I wrote about it - I believe on the Welcome to the New WC thread, and no one from Admin seemed to think  that it was noteworthy to reply to, so I kind of thought it was not a problem... that said, because of the hijacking situation, I ran Norton everyday, just in case...

Hey all, good morning.

Punkins. I recently bought some lush stuff as well and was VERY excited about a shampoo bar that I had bought that I thought smelled wonderful....flowery and earthy.

Specialdad emerged from the shower the next morning and yelled from the bathroom....."What is this yellow round bar in the shower? It smells like the worst kind of animal vomit ever."  Alas, it is now in the garbage.

Good morning all...I gotta go get some coffee!

Bears - Unlikely they will roam in winter but what with climate change and all they can wake up early and be really cranky....

The Latin text should disappear when you put the picture's URL in.

Polar fleece - a gift from the Gods!

Vista - spawn of the devil....

LB

Murphy works for Microsoft. In fact, he is in charge of their QA.       Murphy's Computer Laws

punkins introduced me to lush and I really like it. The last bomb I had  was filled with little pieces of colored tissue paper. I hate it all over the bottom of the tub after. What do you think?

I like the Dream Creme from Lush.  Haven't tried any of the other things, but sound lushus.  On my next trip to the city, maybe I'll stop by the store.

I used to love Green Goddess soap from Burt's Bees, but they stopped making that too.In fact, it seems that everything I like gets discontinued.  My favourite perfume was from Crabtree and Evelyn called "Millefleur" -- no longer made and can't be found anywhere.

I didn't see many bears at any time of year in the few years I lived up there.  Maybe five times in total and never near my place, although I knew they were around.  Don't leave anything out like garbage (they really love bacon wrappers), and bird seed.   Most of the ones I saw were at the dump and too busy to bother much with people.  They also hang out where the berries and fruit are in the fall.  Make lots of noise (jangle keys, sing) so you don't surprise one.  MNR has good info about bears. 

Specialmom -- maybe men have different olafactory experiences.  I once read that the smell of pumpkin pie is an aphrodisiac to them.  Go figure.

Hahaha -- Much appreciated -- thanks.

It baffles even the translator

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I'm sure it has some deep meaning to some programmer who finished the code at 4 am and jazzin' on caffeine.

LB

Illiud Latine dici non potest  (You can't say that in Latin)
 

Specialmom - I'm guessing that you had the Godiva shampoo bar.  Mine got way too overpowering once I started using it too so it ended up in the trash.  Smelled good as long as you didn't use it - LOL!  Lush is awesome, but it's not perfect ...

Penny - there is a Lush in Calgary.  It is at Market Mall on Shaganappi Trail.

BTW - Lush changed its web address - it is now www.lush.ca

Punkins - Enabling Lushies One at a Time ...