For Heidi

[Guest guest]

Hi Heidi,

Thanks for your suggestions. I was hoping that there was a way to change the

settings in the menu bar but unfortunately my version of IE doesn't have the

options

that you mentioned on the view bar. So I cannot change the settings the way I

was

hoping to.

My computer at work is about 10 years old and I cannot get a replacement because

of the cost of a new one (they still think that computers are frills and are

just for

playing games). So I am using very old versions of everything...from filemaker

pro to

MS word to the browsers! But I am lucky that I even have internet access as

this

computer is definitely on its way out (CD-ROM hasn't worked for over a

year....it

crashes frequently, the mouse has become jerky and freezes often...all signs of

an

imminent hard drive meltdown!). It will be interesting to see what happens when

it

dies.....I will be back to doing all my patient work by hand....testing,

labeling,

reporting, archiving and billing. So much for working in the 21st century (do

you

detect bitterness and sardonic musings here?)

I am starting to recover from this viral thing....this has surely been the worst

bug that

I have ever had. The more annoying thing now is my swollen neck...it is getting

more

painful and spreading. Not sure what that is about as my sinuses are not too bad

and

the sore throat went away a few days ago. I just started taking some old

antibiotics

that I found laying around so if it is a super-infection I should be getting it

down in a

day or two. Definitely a weird bug....but it is almost summer-like here now and

I am

planning on using lots of natural UV light to burn these bugs out of me this

weekend

so that by Monday I should be bright eyed and bushy tailed!

Laurie

[Guest guest]

Laurie,

If you need a computer for your home use, you might check with &/or join a user

group

for leads to a good used one on the cheap. My mac user group is worth way more

than

the $40. / year membership for the ability to get free repairs, classes, &

advice. I've used

pcs but became a mac addict, partly because my son earns his living doing

graphic art on

macs, but I prefer macs anyway for lack of crashes or virus worries. I see this

month's

Consumer Reports also lists them as the most reliable. They are more expensive

than

comparable pc models, which is why I suggest the used route, but I've only

bought used

from fellow members I trust. With used, you want to be sure to get enough

memory to use

current OSX operating system as much more reliable than earlier systems.

Enough with the mac promo. They won't help with your organic viruses. Hope

your meds

and UV are helping fight those. Maybe you could sleep under those plant

lights. In those

tropical Wisconsin summers with almost 100% humidity, we used to sleep in the

basement

anyway, until about 2 am, when the outside temp would get down in the 80s.

Kurt (CA)

>

> My computer at work is about 10 years old and I cannot get a replacement

because

> of the cost of a new one (they still think that computers are frills and are

just for

> playing games). >

> I am starting to recover from this viral thing...almost summer-like here now

and I am

> planning on using lots of natural UV light to burn these bugs out of me this

weekend

> Laurie