We're very pleased that you can get away for a 'break',- you have certainly been overdue for one! And I really resonate with your choice of Russia. As you know, our month at universities in Khearson and Odessa including a week of general sight seeing was by far our most memorable travel experience. You'll be a heck of a lot more adventurous that we Elder Hostelers were and no doubt be lucky enough to meet some interesting natives *and* and perhaps a gorgeous Russian gal who is looking for a handsome American! We're wishing for you a truly enjoyable trip. And a return to a most attractively re-vitalized 836 Hilldale,running cold water and other amenities! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ A few questions from your 'old man' and Mr. Redundancy-- When your Mom and I were traveling, we wanted to cover a possibility of our having an accident and always left with a friend here two letters, essentially the same, for you and Tom, including copies of our will and notes on where we were financially and indicating where our 'green box' was with all our papers. -- Can you leave such possibly helpful transitional info with a friend there, perhaps Nick or Shirley or another trusted person? And If you would like, we would be happy to keep a copy of any such here. A reminder: In an event of your becoming ill or kidnapped! or somehow indisposed while on travel, Will you have with your passport, etc. The ready to go phone numbers for your lawyer colleague as Nick, for Shirley and Skyler, your parents, and your 'young lady in charge of your bldg contracts'. If you would send to us a phone number for Skyler, we would be more than pleased to chat with him about his 'goings ons' while you are away. --------------------------------------------------------------- Again, we're wanting for you a really great holiday! Please let us know if there is anything we can do to help insure this. Much love, Mom and Dad Burt and Wilma Henke 1200 Mira Mar #921 Medford, Oregon USA Phone: 1 541 857-6684 Fax: 1 541 857-7590 q q On Sat, 20 Jul 2002, Octavian Rasnita wrote: > I would be interested to be a part of the group of Graphical interface users > of Linux, but there is no such a group until now. > I don't like the command line from dos, windows, or Linux. > I like it for some tasks, but for very few. > Well, so the command line users don't know what is a folder? > Hmm, I think they know, but they don't want to admit that there are better > ways to operate a computer, and of course they don't like the graphical > interface users jargon. > > They say that Linux is better than Windows, but they probably want to tell > that the command line is better than the graphical interface also. > > Teddy Center: http://teddy.fcc.ro/ > Mail: orasnita at home.ro > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ann Parsons" <akp at eznet.net> > To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > Sent: Friday, July 19, 2002 8:40 PM > Subject: Re: General question about Linux > > > Hi all, > > Teddy, I am sure that in Romanian there are groups of people that have > a certain set of words that they use to talk about whatever their > hobby or interest is. Carpenters have a certain set of words they > use. Stamp collectors have a certain set of words that they use. > Have radio operators use still another. These sets of words may mean > totally different things when spoken by the general population. When > you join a group of people that has the same interest as you do, you > learn to use the special words that your new group uses. There are > two reasons for this, Teddy. the first is a communication issue. If > you use the "jargon" of the given group, the group members will > understand what you are talking about immediately. The second reason > is that when you use the "jargon" of the group, you tell the group > that you want to be a member, that you want to be seen as part of the > group. When you don't use the right language, it signals that you > don't want to be part of the group. I'm sure that this is the same in > Romanian too. > > Ann P. > > -- > Ann K. Parsons > email: akp at eznet.net ICQ Number: 33006854 > WEB SITE: http://home.eznet.net/~akp > "All that is gold does not glitter. Not all those who wander are lost." > JRRT > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > >
