-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Fw: Reply for Lil
- From: "Lilian" <lilian.oswaldocruz@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2008 23:03:21 -0300
Roger... you are a real gent :o)) and thanks for the info on Tinyurl! I
have it on my desktop and use it quite a lot when I have those looooong
links. But I didn´t know about the Preview thing. Will go learn a thing or
two <g>
I think I would have liked your great uncle´s sense of humour... By
coincidence just a few weeks ago I saw a program on Discovery Channel about
the building of the Union Pacific railroad (at least I think it was the
Union Pacific) by the Chinese out of San Francisco (?) and how hard it was
in Winter on the Donner Pass. Apparently there was a rivalry between the
two teams, one working westward and the other eastward, to see who would
reach the joining point first. The Chinese out of west got there first, but
left half a mile of tracks undone till the other team arrived so that the
others could get to the target at the same time as them. I wonder if this
sort of
thing would happen these days???
Thanks again, Roger!
Lil
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gman" <gman.pctt@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "PCTechTalk Group <FreeLists>" <PCTechTalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: 2008-07-28 20:43
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Fw: Reply for Lil
----- Original Message -----
From: "Roger"
Sent: Monday, July 28, 2008 4:02 PM
Subject: Reply for Lil
>
> Lil,
> It's no problem at all. I'll try to give you enough info to
> allow a decision to open or not?
>
> I'm sorry I didn't think of it myself but I keep forgetting
> that dialup is still alive and well. An explanation of several of the
> things involved might help.
>
> First I must assume that you are not aware of what TinyUrl can
> do for you.
> I suggest you go to http://tinyurl.com and the example page
> they have posted. That will explain what 6cyv5x (sp?) is all about. While
> there you are presented an opportunity to drag the TinyUrl link to your
> links bar in your browser. Once you have the TinyUrl link on the bar you
> can automatically generate a TinyUrl from that long url in the Address
> block of your browser and the tinyurl is automatically entered on your
> Clipboard for easy pasting in your next communication. Neat huh? <g> Of
> course that eliminates the spelling problem ,6cyv5x (sp?) !
> Now comes the good part. You'll find a page explaining their
> Preview feature. By enabling the Preview you can view that last tinyurl
> I sent as it was originally configured, all four lines of it and you are
> presented with a link to take you there. How kewl is that?
> If everyone added the tinyurl link to their Link Bar and
> Enabled the Preview option we'd eliminate all those three metre long urls
> that break several times.
> The original link is helpful and you'll know where you're going
> but I'll still try to explain the subject matter.
>
> Lastly, in my own defense, I submit the minimum amount of
> information possible because of the training I received at the knee of my
> great uncle.
> He was a Maintenance Supervisor for the Union Pacific Railroad
> stationed at Donner Pass in the High Sierras here in California. As you
> can imagine the conditions high in the mountains made things tough for the
> maintenance crews. Rock slides, 20 foot high snow drifts, freezing
> temperatures, thunderstorms, washouts from torrential rains, all meant
> frequent derailments for trains trying to get over The Great Divide!
> When a train left the tracks my uncle called out his crew and
> they labored around the clock until the train was on it's way again.
> Once the train rolled out, as supervisor he was required to
> file a report explaining what had happened to delay the train.
> For years he filed voluminous reports explaining every detail
> of the accident.
>
> After one such report he received a telegram from the Chief of
> Maintence for the entire railroad advising him that they didn't need that
> much information.
> All they wanted was the basic facts of what happened.
>
> His next report:
> "Off again, on again, gone again, Finnegan"
>
> I will try to give you more information to work with but that's
> my story and I'm sticking to it!
>
> Roger
>
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