Glad to know. I'm not sure I understand my feelings. Both machines had to have hard drives replaced. The networking went in working and came out not working and I feel as if the machines let me down, not whoever worked on them. Ah well, I'm trying to be philosophical about it, and not succeeding very well. ----- Original Message ----- From: Shelley L. Rhodes To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Friday, January 02, 2009 10:15 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: OT Computer Hell My sympathies Gary, I had to get a new computer in August, after my old faithful of almost five years did not make the trip back from Boston, well successfully. Took a while to get the new compt built. So totally understand your feelings. Shelley L. Rhodes, M.A., VRT And Guinevere: Golden Lady Guide Dog guidinggolden@xxxxxxxxx Guide Dogs for the Blind Alumni Association www.guidedogs.com The people who burned witches at the stake never for one moment thought of their act as violence; rather they thought of it as an act of divinely mandated righteousness. The same can be said of most of the violence we humans have ever committed. -Gil Bailie, author and lecturer (b. 1944) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Monica Willyard" <rhyami@xxxxxxxxx> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, January 02, 2009 8:15 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: OT Computer Hell > Gary, I'm sorry you're having so much trouble with your computers. For > some people it's an inconvenience. For a blind person, it's like > losing our eyes for awhile. If I were transported back in time where > computers with speech didn't exist, I would have a hard time adjusting > to the lack of independence and inability to read freely. I hope they > can fix your computer issues with a minimum of downtime for you. > > -- > Monica Willyard > Visit my blog at http://www.scannersguild.com > To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to > bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list > of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line. > To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.