From: someone@anywheret.net   
      
   "JimD"  wrote in message news:2017012200554367181-email@nowherecom...   
      
   > Just to be clear, I own a recumbent, my brothers bikes are normal high end   
   > race style.  His are the most expensive of everything, carbon frame, the   
   > most $$$ wheels, hydraulic brakes ( disc ), electronic shifting ... the   
   > works. And that's all good. He earns his money, he can spend it however he   
   > likes.  And he does.  I should mention he had a horrible cancer, lymphoma,   
   > 20% - 5 year survival rate.  Did some horrid treatments, and survived it.   
   > He's just past 5 years now.  We all went thru that with him, and honestly,   
   > he can enjoy whatever he wants. With my blessing :-)   
      
   Battling a deadly disease really has nothing to do with being able to afford   
   something. He's very fortunate to be continuing to hang in there and remain   
   among the living and may he continue to do so indefinitely, and he's also   
   very fortunate to have the financial wherewithal to collect carbon composite   
   bikes despite their insane costs, but the two have nothing to do with each   
   other. For example, whatever illness that were to befall me, no matter what   
   kind or how severe, will not even one iota, change the fact that I'm   
   struggling to survive in other areas. It would only be yet one more crisis   
   added to the list to endure.   
      
   Please don't misunderstand my attitude as being in any way insensitive, but   
   I do tend to look at things like that because I'm a 'refugee', or more   
   likely, a 'fugitive', from a 'shoebox', my name for a newborn infant-sized   
   casket, which by all that's known of medical science, then and now, I was   
   supposed to have long since been buried in close to 61 years ago...yet by   
   the Grace of God, I'm somehow still here among the  living, and fighting   
   with everything I've got to stay that way...but after having pneumonia in   
   late 2015, I've begun to wonder just how many brain cells I absolutely must   
   have in order to remain among the living as I fear I've lost some more when   
   lung congestion reduced oxygen levels yet again - and it was the total loss   
   of oxygen in my 'incubator' minutes after being born, that got me in this   
   mess in the first place.   
      
   And hydraulic disc brakes are one thing - for example, they're critical for   
   ice riding so that traction strips can be wrapped between the spokes, around   
   the wheel rims and tires, which would totally interfere with any kind of   
   brake system that applies friction pads to the wheel rims thus rendering   
   them useless.   
      
   But electronic shifting...for something you still have to PEDAL YOURSELF?   
   What's the sense of that?   
      
   > I whine over an aching tooth ..... don't think I'd make it with a real   
   > illness.   
      
   If you're given no choice to begin with, does it really matter?   
      
   > Then again, failed root canals are nothing to laugh about ... that I can   
   > tell ya.   
      
   Unless you opt for general anesthesia instead of staying awake - WHY would   
   anyone want That???   
      
   > Lots going on.  I'm wrapping up some recordings for someone. Hope that   
   > works out. We're sending parts back and forth via Dropbox.   
      
   > I spent a lot of today trying to wifi link my mac and an iPad.  They   
   > hook up and work, with my home router, but can't take that to gigs.  In   
   > theory these things can create a one on one network and link, but it   
   > doesn't work.  So I dug out an old Apple Airport Express ( modem / wifi   
   > ) and tried to get that to work as an intermediary.  Weirdy, it would   
   > bridge the two computers, but only if it were connected to the net (   
   > ethernet link to my house system ).  Pull that connection, and the   
   > Airport would disconnect from the computers.  Weird.  After hours of   
   > searching online, I finally found the reason, totally by accident. I   
   > had the Airport set to receive Apples audio thing, AirPlay.  Turned   
   > that off, and then it worked fine.  Linked the macbook pro ( running   
   > Logic Pro X ) and an iPad ( running Logic Remote ).  Sweet.  Now I can   
   > try and learn to use this as a replacement for the korg controller   
   > that's velcroed to my keyboard.   
      
   So it seems you'll be using it after all...but exactly what will you be   
   using them to do?   
      
   > In the process of doing this, I also decided to buy a cable modem /   
   > wifi, and return the one I pay $9 a month to rent from Time Warner   
   > Cable.  Buying your own unit is tricky, but doable. Too bad Neil isn't   
   > around, I could use his advice on this.  Sigh.   
      
      
   Jim   
      
   I would think You Tube would have all kinds of information about getting the   
   right cable modem - it costs enough just for the access ie. Renting the   
   service, to be further Soaked for renting the modem too, how tacky!   
      
   Ouisie   
      
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