Don... have you ever considered getting into the service and repair = business on a more steady basis? Outside of Walmart? And making some extra money? Home theatre is a big business, too. I know you said "simple" home stereo/surround sound, but that's the exact stuff people are paying good money for. And, since your mindset is in the right place, you would pick = up the more technical installs quite easily. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ SirTroth ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ ICQ: 1717439 ~ YAHOO: SirTroth ~ SKYPE: SirTroth ~ XFIRE: SirTroth ~ AIM/AOL: SirTrothX ~ http://ut2004.sirtroth.com ~ MSN: SirTroth@xxxxxxxxxxx (For MSN Chat) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ =A0 -----Original Message----- From: pctechtalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:pctechtalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of dsw32952 Sent: Saturday, May 03, 2008 4:56 PM To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: -=3DPCTechTalk=3D- Re: First Experience With The Geek Squad I'll go first... My best skill is providing information and advice to customers to enable them to make a well informed decision on what home technology item(s) = will meet their needs (both technically and financially). I am an experienced amateur working with computer and home entertainment hardware. Building and installing computers for myself and close family. Clean installs of OS and basic software packages. Simple home networking and wireless connections. Connecting simple home stereo/surround sound and/or TV systems with VCRs = and DVD players. Been "playing" with computers since the mid-late 80s and with home entertainment systems since the late 60s. Don ----- Original Message -----=20 From: "George Imrie" <g.imrie@xxxxxxxxxx> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, May 03, 2008 3:43 PM Subject: -=3DPCTechTalk=3D- Re: First Experience With The Geek Squad > Ann > > Just be careful, girl--you might just GET what you wish for!!! (VBG) I > could > do with a holiday outta this place.......... > > For the record, we are located in southwest Scotland (not exactly = handy > for > all you US based residents, I know), about 120 miles north of the > Scotland/England border. For those of you who have GoogleEarth, try > dialling > in 55:21'09:66N 4:38'33.93W and you should be looking right at our = humble > abode. We were gifted this place not long after our marriage from the = old > farmer who I'd been working for when he retired. I've since had a fair = bit > of work done to this place to get it converted for my use (given that = I'm > now in a chair). > > As to the suggestion of putting together a list of active techs on the > list, > I'm up for it. In fact, I reckon it would be a good idea: it's a fair = bet > that we have a wide range of speciality disciplines among the = membership, > and it could be useful to have such a list to hand. Information like = that > is > NEVER wasted--it's only a matter of time before someone somewhere = needs > something esoteric, and having this sort of resource on hand would be = a > great idea. > > Best as Ever --------------------------------------------------------------- Please remember to trim your replies (including this sentence and = everything below it) and adjust the subject line as necessary. To unsubscribe or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ To contact only the PCTT Mod Squad, write to: pctechtalk-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx --------------------------------------------------------------- __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus = signature database 3072 (20080503) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com =20 __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus = signature database 3072 (20080503) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com =20 __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus = signature database 3073 (20080505) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com =20 =20 __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus = signature database 3073 (20080505) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com =20 --------------------------------------------------------------- Please remember to trim your replies (including this sentence and everything below it) and adjust the subject line as necessary. To unsubscribe or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ To contact only the PCTT Mod Squad, write to: pctechtalk-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ---------------------------------------------------------------