>   Nice.  I really need to take some time when I've got the RAM available to
> start a new Windows VM that I can learn some of the administrative details fo
> Windows networks with.  I don't mind being confined to UNIX for looking for
> work, but I have the feeling at times that it might be a little bit easier
> finding work if I wasn't just stuck in that area.  Either way, I'd like to
> keep
> my talents as portable as possible.
> 
  Sometimes I wonder if I'm spreading myself too thin. :P I've had to rebuild
the files database (FILES.BBS) files...and considering there are over 10,000
files to process, I'm still working on it. The format between Virtual Advanced
and GT Power are not compatible with each other. I have a  utility to help,
but in some cases, I have to refer to an older list of all files to get the
descriptions. I also discovered I had forgotten to implement a utility to make
the messages Y2K compliant...my message base utility was zapping everything
(blush!).
 
>   Gotcha.  I'm gonna have to do some googling, it appears.  Or Alphabetting,
> now, I guess.
> 
  I use Google more than Bing, since my default browser is Google Chrome. I
had used Opera for a long time...even back when it was still shareware. But,
I've been very pleased with Chrome...especially considering I can load it on
any of my computers, and it remembers all the passwords.
 
>   *laugh*  I don't mind being wished happy birthday but I usually don't go ou
> of my way to advertise it.  Seems that they stopped meaning as much to me whe
> I got into my late 20s.  Next one is going to be 38 this month.  Wheeeee
>   Yellow rocks...  It might be too telling of my character that the first
> thing
> that I think about when I see that is drug related.  Too much terrible TV.  :
 
  I joke that "I'm too old to cut the mustard, but can still stir the
mayonnaise, and lick the jar. So, pass the BLT, onion ring, and Doctor Pepper,
and no one gets hurt". 
 
  It is RARE I eat cake anymore...although I bought some "cotton candy ice 
cream sandwiches" at Wal-Mart the other day. They're surprisingly good, and no
chocolate with them (the outer things of the sandwich are vanilla instead).
 
  As for the yellowrocks, it's basically "a friendly hug". There are also
variations...
 
1) Red Rock - Hug the caller (square dance) or cuer (round dance). Preferably
a member of the opposite sex.
 
2) Yellow Rock - Your regular hug.
 
3) Orange Rock - Found in tropical climates...navel to navel. 
 
4) Purple Rock - A Yellowrock with passion, but NOT lust. 
 
5) Pony Rock - A Yellowrock with a little horsing around. 
 
6) Rainbow Rock - A combination of all of the above. 
 
  The first night of lessons (I thought it'd be similar to what I had done  in
elementary school years earlier...WRONG!!), all these women I didn't know (and
some were rather good looking ), were giving me these hugs. I  thought to
myself "What have I gotten myself into??". But, after graduation, it was like
"NEXT!!". 
 
  Also, if you give a yellowrock incorrectly, you have to go back to back, 
and "rub together" to erase it...then you can give a yellowrock properly.
. But, all that's part of the fun, and one of the callers termed it "a 
mental enema". Indeed...you can have a hard day at work, where everything you
touch turns to manure...but you go to a square dance, where the dancers are
"high level", and the caller feeds off that. In just minutes, you forget all
about the crap you went through during the day...and you can go home and sleep
like a rock. It sure is much cheaper than seeing a psychiartrist. :)
 
Daryl


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