SENIOR NET NEWSLETTER 06/18/2000

GRADUATIONS:
Sue and I are "graduated out" so to speak.  In ten days we attended three graduations and we're not school board members.  We've  been subjected to six Superintendant/Principal/Co-Principal challenge speeches, eleven Valedictorian interpretations of their past and expectations for their future.  These rituals challenged my memory of the year I took that journey across the stage.  Interesting that I do not remember what I wore or what any speaker said.  Back then we dressed and coifed significantly different but I'll bet they said the same things.   I realize now that was the night "those that cared" left go of my bike and watched as I sped off.
I remember attending our the kids' graduations.  I think that there was this feeling of relief that we had made it that far but I knew the journey was not over yet.  So, it was not an ending or a beginning but a plateau.  A parent's perspective of graduation is not the same.
Not much has changed in the ceremony department over these three generations except this time I understood  the message.  I finally got it.  There was this sobering thought about how important education really is, not only the book learning but the first hand experiences that this early life provides.  I suppose survival is more competitive these day and I'm convinced that the same good start makes achieving life's goals easier.
I attended these ceremonies to witness a great achievement for three young people.  I got really "puffed up" maybe even moist about the eyes  when I realized that Sue and I had some influence in the development of these three young lives.  I want to tell and show them so much more but I'll allow them to enjoy their achievement without intrusion.   Someday, if they ask,  maybe I can help again.
Congratulations to granddaughter Casse Lynne Wert, friend Jeffery Miller, and friend David Winkleman.

  THIS WEEK'S SCHEDULE:
Tuesday 6/20/00 @9:00 AM
Tuesday Newbies (second session of six sessions)
This is a very basic course in computer techniques for the internet. Attendees may start this week also.  There is a $12.00 per course charge for this class.  Class size is limited so participants should pre register.  Skills taught in the beginner classes include mouse techniques like drag and drop, plus very beginner basics for email and browsing the Web.
Dave Winkelman provides the leadership for this class.
It is not necessary for attendees to have their own computers but it is very difficult to retain information without practice.  You really would not try to learn to play the piano with out actual keyboard time.

Tuesday 6/20/00 @5:00 PM
Tuesday Evening Newbies (fourth session of six sessions)
This is a very basic course in computer techniques for the internet. REgistration is closed.   Skills taught in the beginner classes include mouse techniques like drag and drop, plus very beginner basics for email and browsing the Web.
Dave Winkleman provides the leadership for this class.
It is not necessary for attendees to have their own computers but it is very difficult to retain information without
practice.  You really would not try to learn to play the piano with out actual keyboard time.
Wednesday 6/21/00 @9:00 AM
Wednesday group of Senior Net Learners:  This is an advanced group and we cover a lot of territory. We are kind of free flowing.  You never know what will transpire.  We get into some interesting discussions and subject matter.   We entertain questions from the group.  I will have some new areas to explore.  New participants are always welcome. It is not necessary for attendees to have their own computers but it sure helps with the learning curve.
Mike Foust, and anyone else who wants to jump into the fray, provide the leadership for this session.
Intermediate computer knowledge and Intermediate computer skills are necessary.
Wednesday 6/21/00 @ 1:00 PM
Wednesday Newbies (sixth session of six sessions)   This is a very basic course in computer techniques for the internet. Skills taught in the beginner classes include mouse techniques like drag and drop, plus very beginner basics for email and browsing the Web.
Mike Foust will provide the leadership for this class.
It is not necessary for attendees to have their own computers but it is very difficult to retain information without
practice.  You really would not try to learn to play the piano with out actual keyboard time.
Wednesday  6/21/00 @ 4:00 PM
Wednesday Intermediates (second session of six sessions)
Some topics to be addressed include: Basics of maneuvering about the Windows Operating System, copy/paste, drag/drop, editing, saving to various drives, right mouse button options, creating folders and files, uninstalling, deleting, advanced email and browser techniques involving bookmarks, address books, forwarding messages, attachments, and HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language).
Dave Winkelman  provides the leadership for this class.
Beginner computer knowledge and beginner computer skills are necessary. A ton of info is packed into the six sessions. Class size is limited so Pre register.
Thursday 6/22/00 @ 9:00 AM
Thursday Intermediates (second session of six sessions)
Some topics to be addressed include: Basics of maneuvering about the Windows Operating System, copy/paste, drag/drop, editing, saving to various drives, right mouse button options, creating folders and files, uninstalling, deleting, advanced email and browser techniques involving bookmarks, address books, forwarding messages, attachments, and HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language).
Mike Foust provides the leadership for this class. Beginner computer knowledge and beginner computer skills are necessary. A ton of info is packed into the six sessions.
You might want to check with the KCnet desk for other classes scheduled for this summer.
 
 

WHERE AM I??? 
This is the third week for this feature. 
I'll post a few photos from the area to challenge your sense of direction and recollection. 
I'll let you stew a week, then disclose the location description in the next communication. 
You will need to keep your own score.

CLICK HERE to go to the where am I pictures!

FATHERS DAY -  How It Happened
The first Father's Day was observed in Spokane, Washington, in 1910. Sonora Louise Smart Dodd, of Washington, first proposed the idea of a "father's day" in 1909. Mrs. Dodd wanted a special day to honor her father, William Smart, who was widowed when his wife died in childbirth with their sixth child. Mr. Smart was left to raise the newborn and his other five children by himself. Mrs. Dodd wanted Father's Day to be celebrated on the first Sunday in June, her father's birthday.  However, the Spokane council couldn't get the resolution through the first reading until the third Sunday in June.  Over the next decade, cities across America began celebrating a day for fathers and in 1924 President Calvin Coolidge supported the idea of a national Father's Day. It wasn't until 1966 that President Lyndon Johnson signed a presidential proclamation declaring the 3rd Sunday of June as Father's Day. In 1972, President Richard Nixon established a permanent national observance of Father's Day to be held on the third Sunday of June. This came almost sixty years after Mother's Day had been proclaimed a National day of observance.

The white or red rose is the official flower for Father's Day.  Mrs. Dodd  suggested that people wear a white rose to honor a father who was deceased and a red rose for a father who was living.

Fathers Are Wonderful People

Fathers are wonderful people
Too little understood,
And we do not sing their praises
As often as we should...

For, somehow, Father seems to be
The man who pays the bills,
While Mother binds up little hurts
And nurses all our ills...

And Father struggles daily
To live up to "his image"
As protector and provider
And "hero of the scrimmage"...

And perhaps that is the reason
We sometimes get the notion,
That Fathers are not subject
To the thing we call emotion,

But if you look inside Dad's heart,
Where no one else can see
You'll find he's sentimental
And as "soft" as he can be...

But he's so busy every day
In the grueling race of life,
He leaves the sentimental stuff
To his partner and his wife...

But Fathers are just wonderful
In a million different ways,
And they merit loving compliments
And accolades of praise,

For the only reason Dad aspires
To fortune and success
Is to make the family proud of him
And to bring them happiness...

And like Our Heavenly Father,
He's a guardian and a guide,
Someone that we can count on
To be always on our side.

~ Helen Steiner Rice ~

DIDJA  KNOW?:
Is it true that the word "cowboy" did NOT originate in the American West?
I don't want you to think that I'm not shootin' straight with you. The first use of the term cow-boy (it was originally hyphenated) was in England. In the 18th century it simply described a young boy who tended to the cows. The rough and
tough adult cow-boy, however, does originate on American soil. But not where you might think.
Even at the time of the American Revolution, what is now the upscale New York City suburb of Westchester County was hardly part of the wide open spaces. It always had more crabgrass than sagebrush. And the only place it was ever west of was New England. But back then it was the home of many loyalists, or Tories, who sided with the British against the revolting
colonists. Among the toughest were the guerilla fighters who signaled their attacks by ringing cowbells, from which they got the name cowboys. Yahoo.
Source: I HEAR AMERICA TALKING by Stuart B. Flexner

"Nature abhors a vacuum."  If that were true then nature must really enjoy abhorring because most of the universe is just that: a vacuum.
"It is darkest just before dawn."  Only if you're wearing a blindfold to help you sleep.  If you want to really know what dark is, try 2 a.m.
"Still waters run deep."  They don't run, walk or jog anywhere.  Still means still.
Turbulence on a flight comes from the plane hitting an "air pocket." Nope, it's a downdraft.  Air pocket is the empty space formerly occupied by the cash you spent out of pocket at that ridiculously expensive French restaurant.
Source: MYTH-INFORMED
WHAT PHYSICAL SYMPTOM IS EXHIBITED BY THOSE WHO SUFFER FROM BLEPHAROSPASMS?
Uncontrollable winking.
WHAT PLANT'S NAME - DERIVED FROM THE FRENCH - MEAN'S "LION'S TOOTH"?
The dandelion. In French it's called dente de lion, for the toothlike points on its leaves.

INTERESTING SITES:
We have a special star in our area. Her name is Angel and she is one, a blue eyed one. She is a special feline who resides with Jane and Jesse Long. Now she's a beauty and is competing in a highly respected pet contest. Her qualifications are impeccable. Her personality is top drawer. You can see her and vote for her by accessing the address on the next line. Just think if you vote and she wins you will have helped the "top cat." www.rascalsangel.pages.petsmart.com/index.html
 

Do you remember those Burma Shave signs along the roads "back when?" Thanks to Bert Rice.
I think they are all listed.  We used to enjoy them as we traveled about the state.  Now I know the "Rest of the story."
www.geocities.com/grandmacares/burmashave.html

LOOKITSA
Look, in the sky... it's a bird, no a plane, it's Superman... or maybe that was just a cloud shaped like Superman. This site is devoted to empowering your imagination with clouds. For children, clouds are magical and inspirational. Where a cloud might cause an adult to start imagining muddy footprints on the new living room carpet, a child might envision a dragon. This site is an invitation to daydream, and you don't even need to be near a window. It features dozens of photos of cloud formations, with new selections added each week. Click on a tiny cloud photo and it blows up to full screen proportions, complete with commentary by the person who submitted it.There's even a Grow Your Own Cloud kit, but we don't recommend it. There's just no substitute for the real thing!
www.lookitsa.com

This week's search engine.
ExactOne.com is sort of a search engine and sort of a "bot." You can use it for free to find services, jobs, photos, movies, music,books, cars, auctions, computers, toys, or people on the Internet.  Instead of searching web pages, ExactOne searches the dynamic databases behind Web sites. And it can compare the results with their prices, shipping schedules and costs, inventory status, and photos.
www.exactone.com

Pseudo politics at conventions:  This site opens very slow.
Pseudo.com said Thursday its channel of political programming has been given the green light to Webcast continuous coverage of this summer's national political conventions. "We've been granted Skybox access, which is significant for the Internet because it indicates a maturing in the development of the Web and the way in which people get their information," Pseudo.com CEO David Bohrman told the  MarketWatch.com Radio Network. He said the parties and the House Radio-TV Gallery, which control convention coverage access, rejected a bid from cable TV's Comedy Channel. "Anyone who wants to get in has to prove to the parties that they are for real and are not just there for a lark or a stunt," he said in the interview.
Bohrman said coverage of the conventions (GOP, July 31 - August 3,  Democrat, Aug. 14 - 17) will be carried by Pseudopolitics.com. "Our challenge is to do something that is truly unique to the technology of which we are a part," Borhman said. "If we do CNN, or CSPAN or the networks' kind of coverage, we will have failed." This means Pseudo coverage is likely to include 24-hour interactive chats, multiple video and audio feeds, the traditional networks' pool feed, video from each parties' in-house production, as well as Pseudo's own cameras. "We can let people dive into the convention and be totally immersed, getting that 'inside fix' that's really at the heart of what some people care about," he said.
www.pseudo.com

An inspirational site from Jim Rockwell.
www.hometown.aol.com/hazelal1/indexpage4html.html

The Fun Sites
From Pat Weaver.
www.debsfunpages.com/friend4p.htm

From a whole lot of you.
www.justsaywow.com/pickup.htm
www.justsaywow.com/honey.htm
www.justsaywow.com/whatdaddid.htm
www.justsaywow.com/possible.htm


QUOTES:
"When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant
I could hardly stand to have the old man around.
But when I got to be 21,
I was astonished at how much
the old man had learned in seven years."
     ~ Mark Twain ~

"None of you can ever be proud enough of being the child of SUCH a Father who has not his equal in this world-so great, so good, so faultless. Try, all of you, to follow in his footsteps and don't be discouraged, for to be really in everything like him none of you, I am sure, will ever be. Try, therefore, to be like him in some points, and you will have acquired a great deal."
     -- Victoria, Queen of England

"It is a wise father that knows his own child."
     -- William Shakespeare

"It doesn't matter who my father was; it matters who I remember he was."
     -- Anne Sexton

"One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters."
     -- English Proverb

I've learned that...
...Children need loving the most when they are the hardest to love.  --Age 79

...Marriage is all about compromising and forgiving.  --Age 35
 

THIS WEEK'S CUTIES:  Everyone gets a turn.
WOMAN'S BUMPER STICKERS...Of course most of these apply to women who are under age 50.

SO MANY MEN, SO FEW WHO CAN AFFORD ME.
GOD MADE US SISTERS; PROZAC MADE US FRIENDS.
IF THEY DON'T HAVE CHOCOLATE IN HEAVEN, I AIN'T GOING.
MY MOTHER IS A TRAVEL AGENT FOR GUILT TRIPS.
PRINCESS, HAVING HAD SUFFICIENT EXPERIENCE WITH PRINCES, SEEKS FROG.
COFFEE, CHOCOLATE, MEN. . . SOME THINGS ARE JUST BETTER RICH.
DON'T TREAT ME ANY DIFFERENTLY THAN YOU WOULD THE QUEEN.
IF YOU WANT BREAKFAST IN BED, SLEEP IN THE KITCHEN.
DINNER IS READY WHEN THE SMOKE ALARM GOES OFF.
I'M OUT OF ESTROGEN-AND I HAVE A GUN.
GUYS HAVE FEELINGS TOO.  BUT LIKE...WHO CARES?
NEXT MOOD SWING: 6 MINUTES.
AND YOUR POINT IS...?
WARNING: I HAVE AN ATTITUDE AND I KNOW HOW TO USE IT.
OF COURSE I DON'T LOOK BUSY...I DID IT RIGHT THE FIRST TIME.
DO NOT START WITH ME.  YOU WILL NOT WIN.
YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN SILENT, SO PLEASE SHUT UP.
ALL STRESSED OUT AND NO ONE TO CHOKE.
I'M ONE OF THOSE BAD THINGS THAT HAPPEN TO GOOD PEOPLE.
HOW CAN I MISS YOU IF YOU WON'T GO AWAY?
SORRY IF I LOOKED INTERESTED.  I'M NOT.
IF WE ARE WHAT WE EAT, I'M FAST,  EASY, AND CHEAP.
DON'T UPSET ME!  I'M RUNNING OUT OF PLACES TO HIDE THE BODIES.

Mens' turn to be burned:  A simple test from Judy.
Note: All real men answer C to all of these questions. Knowing this, women will have come far in understanding men and enriching their own lives.
1. Alien beings from a highly advanced society visit the Earth, and you are the first human they encounter. As a token of intergalactic friendship, they present you with a small but incredibly sophisticated device that is capable of curing all disease, providing an infinite supply of clean energy, wiping out hunger and poverty, and permanently eliminating oppression and violence all over the entire Earth.   You decide to:
 A.  Present it to the President of the United States.
 B. Present it to the Secretary General of the United Nations.
 C. Take it apart.
2. As you grow older, what lost qualities of your youthful life do you miss the most?
 A. Innocence.
 B. Idealism.
 C. Cherry bombs.
3. When is it okay to kiss another male?
 A. When you wish to display simple and pure affection without regard for narrow-minded social conventions.
 B. When he is the pope.  (Not on the lips.)
 C. When he is your brother and you are Al Pacino and this is the only really sportsman-like way to let him know   that, for business reasons, you have to have him killed.
4. What about hugging another male?
 A. If he's your father and at least one of you has a fatal disease.
 B. If you're performing the Heimlich maneuver.
 C. If you're a professional baseball player and a teammate hits a home run to win the World Series, you may hug him provided that:
 (1) He is legally within the base path,
 (2) Both of you are wearing sufficient protection, and
 (3) You also pound him fraternally with your fist hard enough to cause fractures.
5. In your opinion, the ideal pet is:
 A. A cat.
 B. A dog.
 C. A dog that eats cats.
6. You have been seeing a woman for several years. She's attractive and intelligent, and you always enjoy being with her.  One leisurely Sunday afternoon the two of you are taking it easy.  You're watching a football game; she's reading the papers.  Suddenly, out of the clear blue sky, she tells you that she thinks she really loves you, but she can no longer bear the uncertainty of not knowing where your relationship is going.  She says she's not asking whether you want to get married; only  whether you believe  that you have some kind of future together.
What do you say?
 A. That you sincerely believe the two of you do have a future, but you don't want to rush it.
 B. That although you also have strong feelings for her, you cannot honestly say that you'll be ready anytime soon to make a lasting commitment,and you don't want to hurt her by holding out false hope.
 C. That you cannot believe the Jets called a draw play on third and seventeen.
7. Okay, so you have decided that you truly love a woman and  you want to spend the rest of your life with her - sharing the joys and the sorrows the world has to offer, come what may. How do you tell her?
 A. You take her to a nice restaurant and tell her after dinner.
 B. You take her for a walk on a moonlit beach, and you say her name, and when she turns to you, with the sea breeze blowing her hair and the stars in her eyes, you tell her.
 C. Tell her what?
8. One weekday morning your wife wakes up feeling ill and asks you to get your three children ready for school. Your first question to her is:
 A. Do they need to eat or anything?
 B. They're in school already?
 C. There are three of them?
10. When is it okay to throw away a set of veteran underwear?
 A. When it has turned the color of a dead whale and developed new holes so large that you're not sure which ones were originally intended for your legs.
 B. When it is down to eight loosely connected underwear molecules and has to be handled with tweezers.
C. It is never okay to throw away veteran underwear. A real guy checks the garbage regularly in case somebody (and we are not naming names,  but this would be his wife) is quietly trying to discard his underwear, which she is frankly jealous of, because the guy seems to have a more intimate relationship with it than with her.
11 What, in your opinion, is the most reasonable explanation for the factthat Moses led the Israelites all over the place for forty years before they finally got to the Promised Land?
 A. He was being tested.
 B. He wanted them to really appreciate the Promised Land when they finally got there.
 C. He refused to ask for directions.
12. What is the human race's single greatest achievement?
 A. Democracy.
 B. Religion
 C. Remote Control
These Bumper Stickers apply to either sex and age has no bearing.

He who laughs last, thinks slowest.
Everyone has a photographic memory. Some don't have film.
A day without sunshine is like, well, night.
On the other hand, you have different fingers.
Change is inevitable, except from a vending machine.
I just got lost in thought. It was unfamiliar territory.
When the chips are down, the buffalo is empty.
Seen it all, done it all, can't remember most of it.
Those who live by the sword get shot by those who don't.
I feel like I'm diagonally parked in a parallel universe
He's not dead, he's electroencephalographically challenged.
You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say will be misquoted, then used against you.
I wonder how much deeper the ocean would be without sponges.
Honk if you love peace and quiet.
Despite the cost of living, have you noticed how it remains so popular?
Nothing is fool-proof to a sufficiently talented fool.
It is hard to understand how a cemetery raised its burial cost and blamed it on the cost of living.
Just remember...if the world didn't suck, we'd all fall off.
The 50-50-90 rule: Anytime you have a 50-50 chance of getting something right, there's a 90% probability you'll get it wrong.
It is said that if you line up all the cars in the world end to end, someone would be stupid enough to try and pass them
You can't have everything, where would you put it?
Latest survey shows that 3 out of 4 people make up 75% of the world's population.
The things that come to those that wait may be the things left by those who got there first.
A fine is a tax for doing wrong. A tax is a fine for doing well.
It was recently discovered that research causes cancer in rats.
Everybody lies, but it doesn't matter since nobody listens.
I wished the buck stopped here, as I could use a few.
I started out with nothing, and I still have most of it.
Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak

I hope you enjoyed this communication and can attend one or more of the sessions scheduled for this week.

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