SENIOR NET NEWSLETTER 08/13/2000
U.S. HOUSE FAVORS SPAM REGULATION by Valerie Ryan I've yet to meet anyone who likes receiving spam, so this should come as good news to most. The U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved a bill to regulate unsolicited commercial email. The Unsolicited Electronic E-Mail Act, which passed 427 to 1, requires anyone sending spam to include legitimate return address information so a recipient can opt to be removed from the distribution list. Not only that, but the measure makes it illegal to send spam to someone who has asked to be removed. "We are one big step closer to providing consumers with the ability to free themselves from the annoying and sometimes offensive flood of junk email clogging their computers," said the bill's sponsor, Rep. Heather Wilson. Off to the Senate....
MY TURN ON THE BOX by Mike Foust I get nervous every time I see "The Government," any government deciding to regulate anything about which they have very little knowledge. It is so easy to take a stand, you know the "there oughta be a law" position. So we allow them to make it illegal, illegal to...to anything. OK, so they made the law. Now comes the part that stings, regulation. What we do not know yet is: How do these illegal acts get identified? Are there levels of violations? How do violators get prosecuted? Who determines the definition of the illegal act and then defines the law that applies? Who knocks on the violators door and performs the arrest? Who levees the punishment? How are the crimes identified? Is spying involved? Do the "authorities" react to an individual's complaint? Are there investigations, trials, etc.? Just the surface here. What an amazing department this could be, picture it, Secretary of the Internet. This Internet is a global technology and right now we all have the opportunity to share and enjoy it. Legislated attempts to legally make life easier and more pleasurable usually become bureaucratic blackholes that cost phenomenal tax dollars to finance and rarely accomplish the original goal. I suspect that when it is done we will say, "I would rather had the Spam than the cost and the government interference." This could become the precedent for total regulation and government domination of our internet. The government could absorb our internet into their suffocating blanket of bureaucracy. Lately it appears that the solution to all of life's dilemmas is government regulation. Once it is a mess they deregulate and chaos and gouging follow. Why doesn't "the government" remain content to protect us from life threatening ordeals and confine their regulatory appetites to only those concerns. Until email becomes a life threatening issue, just leave it alone. A simple personal decision to delete a message is all the protection I need for now!
THIS WEEK'S SCHEDULE: Monday 8/14/00 @ 6 :00 PM Monday evening Intermediates (third 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. This course is designed for those who "think they know" and especially for those who "want to know" more.
Tuesday 8/15/00 @9:00 Tuesday morning Newbies (third session of six sessions) This is a very basic course in computer techniques for the internet. The next Tuesday morning Newbies will begin September 19, 2000. 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.
Wednesday 8/16/00 @9:00 AM Wednesday morning 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 will continue addressing Q&A from the group. New participants are always welcome. It is not necessary for attendees to have their own computers but it sure helps with the learning curve. Thanks Dave Winkleman, KCnet's Education Specialist, for the special presentation on the fundamentals of using ZIP and UNZIP last week. You'll be a tough act to follow. Usually, 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.
Thursday 8/17/00 @ 9:00 AM Thursday morning Intermediates (third session of six sessions) There is still room for new participants and this will be the last week to join this class, so call and register. 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. This course is designed for those who "think they know" and especially for those who "want to know" more.
The Intermediate Group Course Content:
OTHER SESSIONS MEETING AT KCNET: MAC Users: This is an ongoing (no start or finish date) group of Apple Mac owners/users. The group meets every 1st Thursday each month from 4:30-6:30. Each session is $5.00. The next session is August 10, 2000. Clair Falls is the group leader.
Genealogy: This is a four session program costing $20.00 for all the sessions. Sessions are second Thursdays from 6:00-8:00. The session this month is August 11, 2000 and is the final session in this series. A new 4 session series will start September 14, 2000. Dave Wallace is the instructor. Class size is limited so please pre register.
Please call Dave Winkleman at KCnet, 893-8111, to suggest other course interests.
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TECHNICALLY SPEAKING: Some excerpts from Tipworld and some from Dummies Daily: SURVEY: WOMEN SURPASS MEN ONLINE Wednesday August 9, 2000 5:57:00 PM EST NEW YORK, Aug 09, 2000 (AP Online via COMTEX) -- Women are now in the majority online. In May, 50.4 percent of U.S. Internet users were women, Media Metrix said Wednesday. That's still below the percentage of women in the overall U.S. population, which according to Census figures is 51.1 percent. The study was based on Media Metrix measurements of more than 55,000 home and business users. Among other findings: *Teen-age girls represent the fastest-growing age group. There were more than 4.4 million girls ages 12-17 online in May, a 126 percent increase from about 2 million a year earlier. *The number of women ages 18-24 online decreased 4.5 percent, possibly indicating more interest in college and early career development, researchers said. *The number of female Internet users ages 55 and over grew by 110 percent, though they represent only 4.4 percent of the overall online population. *Across all age groups, America Online, Microsoft and Yahoo! sites were most popular among women. Those were also the sites most frequented by men.
Free ISPs called no bargain by Frank Barnako, CBS MarketWatch Researchers who evaluated half a dozen free Internet access services said Monday their users may save money but stand to spend lots of time. "Free ISP services fared pretty dismally," said IDC's Steve Harris, who heads up the Framingham, Mass.-based researcher's business network services division. Harris said users wait to download software, are asked to provide "scores of demographic information," and often face delays logging in and then slow connection rates. "What ISPs must keep in mind that that the point of getting online is to be able to see the content," Harris said. He added most free ISP's deliver advertising to users, and those messages frequently cover information on Web pages forcing users to scroll the screen. "Interfering with the users lessens the quality of the experience," Harris said. ISPs tested included BlueLight.com, Freeinternet.com and NetZero (NZRO). Washingtonpost.com will offer free dial-up Internet access through Thinking Tools Inc.'s (TSIM) StartFree.com. The Post's home page will be the first page StartFree.com users see when they log on. "This is the first nationally recognized news Web site for our media marketing strategy," said StartFree's president, Michael Lee.
MAKE MONEY FA$$$T By Robin Garr "BROKE? NEED INSTANT CASH? THOUSANDS?? TRY THIS, IT REALLY WORKS PLEASE TAKE THE TIME TO PRINT OUT & READ, IT WILL CHANGE YOUR LIFE!!" We've all seen this kind of spammy scam pop up in our email boxes or newsgroups. These missives are generally framed in capital letters, contain more than their share of exclamation points, and are invariably attached to patently impossible and possibly illegal multilevel marketing schemes and chain letters. But is anyone actually fooled by such naive come-ons? Apparently so. The Federal Trade Commission recently reported that it logged 18,600 consumer complaints about Internet fraud in 1999, a growing flood of abuse that had grown from fewer than 1,000 such complaints in 1997. Moreover, the FTC said, reports of Internet-related fraud now make up one-fourth of ALL its fraud complaints. Last month, in an action brought by the FTC, a federal judge in suburban New York ruled that one particular Internet get-rich-quick operation had duped its 8,200 members out of almost $3 million. Five Star Auto Club, a New York firm, had invited participants to become "consultant members" by paying a $400 initiation fee and $100 monthly payments. In return, participants were told they would make money by recruiting additional members and taking a commission from THEIR payments. Very few people made money, of course, and it didn't take long for complaints to reach the FTC. It didn't take much longer for Federal Judge Colleen McMahon to order Five Star to pay back the money; and for good measure, she banned the company's principal from the multilevel marketing business for life. One poorer-but-wiser participant told reporters that she trusted Five Star because the company had a Web site. "We thought that a Web site, up for all to see, was a badge of legitimacy," she said. Nobody ever said Barnum was wrong.
OPENING THE START MENU FROM THE KEYBOARD As a rule, operating your computer from the keyboard is faster than working with a mouse, so any time you can execute a task using the keyboard only, you're saving yourself a little time. Remember that your Start menu is available to you at any time, no matter what program you're using. You simply press the Windows key to access Start menu functions. Then use the up and down arrows and the Enter key to launch programs, open the Control Panel folder, or anything else you want to do from the Start menu.
CHANGING SHORTCUT ICONS Not happy with the icons Windows has chosen for your favorite shortcuts (any icon with a little arrow in the lower-left corner)? Then change them. Right-click the shortcut you want to change and select Properties. Click the Shortcut tab, then click the Change Icon button. In the Change Icon dialog box, select a new icon and click OK. (If you don't see one you like, click the Browse button, select another icon file--for example, Windows\System\Shell32.dll or Windows\System\Pifmgr.dll -- and click Open to display its contents in the Change Icon dialog box.) Click OK one more time to apply the selection to the shortcut.
RENAME SHORTCUT In previous tips, we've discussed ways to rename a file, folder, or shortcut: Right-click the item and select Rename, or with the item selected, press F2; then type the new name. There's yet another way to rename a file, folder, or shortcut. Click the item once to select it, then click again on the item's name. The name will now appear highlighted, ready for replacement.
VIEWING THE CLIPBOARD If you ever get so wrapped up in your work that you forget what you last left on your Clipboard, you can get a quick look at it without doing any pasting. Simply go to Start, Programs, Accessories, System Tools, Clipboard Viewer. Doing this saves you from lousing up your work by pasting an unwanted chunk of data into an existing file.
INTERESTING SITES: I must be hungry because I'm starting this list with a recipe site and it is a gooder. Tom Livingston says, "Best site I have found for a long time." Thanks Tom for the suggestion. Secret Recipes Message Board Welcome to the Secret Recipes Message Board! This board is for recipe clones of your favorite brand-name foods. (Maybe the famous "GROWLER RECIPE" from the Texas, downtown Lock Haven is featured) I'll bet the Original Colonel Sanders Finger Lickin' Chicken Recipe is there. I know Ben and Jerry's ice cream is represented.. By the way the background for this page was "borrowed" from this very site. www2.topsecretrecipes.com/recbbs/recipebbs.plx
If you do not access any other site on this page you will want to look at this one. It will blow your socks off, boggle your mind, flip your lid, pop your cork, flick your bik, fix your fiddle, whatever. You will like it and I'll bet you will not get all of them. Thanks to Pat Weaver www.opticalillusion.cjb.net
THE EMPTY BOWL Any Web site that starts off with a claim like "Fortified with Enough Preservatives to Keep You Alive Through the Next Ice Age" is surely worth investigating. The Empty Bowl is a cleverly written online magazine devoted entirely to--you guessed it--cold breakfast cereal. Fourteen breakfast-obsessed editors take turns reviewing cereal on a scale of Repulsive to Classic. They check out everything from Reptar Crunch to Natural Mates Groovy Grahams. Learn the art of "cereal mixing" and try some time-proven recipes. Scientific-sounding Crunch Tests measure how long various cereals stay crunchy in milk (complete with audio files of actual crunch volume). A monthly Top Ten List of cereal and other breakfast-related stuff keeps you entertained. This site may contain humor, but make no mistake, it's serious about cereal! www.emptybowl.com
SPORTSSLEUTH.COM If you're a sports fan, then you've probably discovered that the Web is an indispensable information resource. The problem is that there are so many sports Web sites, you have to do a lot of surfing to track it all down. At last, here's a free service for sports-loving mouse potatoes. Register for free, then tell SportsSLEUTH what teams (up to 5) you'd like it to stake out. It will then search the Web and send you a daily, customized email containing all the information it found. You'll get news stories from top sources, recent scores, injury reports, game recaps, odds, game day weather, rosters, even postings from popular message boards. Currently, SportsSLEUTH.com tracks the NFL, NBA, NHL, Major League Baseball, NASCAR, NCAA Basketball, and College Football. Thanks to SportsSLEUTH, you can spend even more time on the couch! www.sportssleuth.com
THIS WEEK'S SEARCH SITE Search Now! helps you dig through public records. It brings you to motor vehicle records, license verifications, county and metro criminal records, warrant and prison records, and other civil paperwork. Most of these searches will cost you. For example, you can order driving record violation reports for $29. Results show up in one to four days. Or you could sign up to get a California Civil Record Index: For $15 and only a day's wait you can learn if a person or company is involved in any California litigation. www.recordsbureau.com
ACCESS AN ONLINE DICTIONARY Most of us could use a dictionary at one time or another. If you don't want to leave your desk and drag out a 20-pound book, go to YourDictionary.com's A Web of On-line Dictionaries, a site that includes dictionaries in 130 languages. Several will translate English words into another language. Need to know what a Spanish word means in English? Click on Multilingual Dictionaries and take your pick. This site returns results surprisingly quickly. YourDictionary.com's A Web of Online Dictionaries www.yourdictionary.com
TODAY'S HEALTH SITE-INTELIHEALTH This site may not yet be intelligent, but it does have a photographic memory. It's one of the most complete, in-depth health resources on the Web. Find information about hundreds of diseases, conditions, and procedures, each in a convenient one-page format. Read health-related news stories, and keep track of new treatments and risks. InteliHealth contains several Featured Health Areas that provide information on everything you ever wanted to know about a variety of popular topics, from Allergies to Weight Management. Getting Paxil and Prozac mixed up? Consult the Drug Resource Center, which features a searchable database of news and information on just about every drug imaginable. Decode your doctor with the handy Medical Dictionary, or visit the Ask the Doc section and your question might be answered by a specialist from Johns Hopkins University. Fortunately, this Web site makes house calls, and you won't have to fill out any insurance forms. www.intelihealth.com
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DIDJA KNOW?: THE ANSWER'S IN THE CARDS Next time you are playing a game of poker, you'll be able to take along this little piece of trivia to help you win. When the betting begins and you are not sure what to do, toss this out, "Did you know that each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history? Sure! The king of spades is King David, the king of clubs is Alexander the Great, the king of hearts is Charlemagne, and the king of diamonds is Julius Caesar." Quickly, as you are saying this, survey your fellow players' eyes. Look for them to study their hand as you name the kings. It never fails.
THE GREAT IRONY How many carrots do you think Bugs Bunny ate? Thousands? The great irony here is that the person doing the voice of Bugs, Mel Blanc, was allergic to carrots.
THE LAND OF OZ Today, Oz (from the Wizard of Oz) seems like such a common term that we don't really consider where it came from. The name for Oz was thought up when the creator of the story, Frank Baum, looked over at his filing cabinet and saw: A-N and O-Z.
What's the difference between "partly sunny" and "partly cloudy?" I always guessed that this was a matter of the glass being half full or half empty: what you called it depended on your outlook. I was half right. They do have similar meanings. But one of them is a standard scientific term while the other is a function of, well, your outlook. Can you guess which is mood, which meteorology? Smile: a partly sunny day is all in your head. Partly cloudy, a technical term, is when the cloud cover is between 31 and 70 percent. In aviation, the similar term, describing a cloud cover of 10 to 50 percent, is "scattered clouds." So if the weather person says it's going to be "partly sunny," that simply means that he or she is relieved that the weekend barbecue is going to happen after all. (Source: IMPONDERABLES by David Feldman)
FAST FACTS: The average square inch of skin holds 650 sweat glands, 20 blood vessels, 60,000 melanocytes, and during the summer months, six or seven mosquito bites.
Early Egyptians wore sandals made from woven papyrus leaves. They didn't get athletes foot, they got root rot. (Source: USELESS DIGEST)
AS A TODDLER, WHAT FAMOUS MOVIE-STAR-TO-BE HAD HIS PICTURE ON A PACKAGES OF BABY FOOD? Humphrey Bogart. His mother, a commercial artist, used him as the model for a picture that was used on packages of Mellins baby food.
IN LAND SURVEYING, HOW LONG - IN FEET - IS A CHAIN? 66 feet.
HOW MANY BATHROOMS ARE THERE IN THE WHITEHOUSE? 34 bathrooms.
IN WHAT SPORT IS A STIMPMETER USED, AND WHAT DOES IT MEASURE? It is used in golf to measure the speed of greens on a golf course. It's named for Ed Stimpson, the man who developed it in 1935.
QUOTES: "Sweat plus sacrifice equals success." --Charles O. Finley
"The superior man is modest in his speech, but excels in his actions." --Confucius
"He who would learn to fly one day must first learn to stand and walk and run and climb and dance; one cannot fly into flying." --Friedrich Nietzsche
"Instinct is the nose of the mind." --Madame de Girardin
"Every time you don't follow your inner guidance, you feel a loss of energy, loss of power, a sense of spiritual deadness." --Shakti Gawain
"It is only by following your deepest instinct that you can lead a rich life." --Katharine Butler Hathaway
"It is only possible to live happily ever after on a day to day basis." --Margaret Bonnano
"Statistics are no substitute for judgement." --Henry Clay
"Don't be humble. You're not that great." --Golda Meir
"A meeting is an occasion when people gather together, some to say what they do not think, and others not to say what they really do." --Vladimir Voinovich
"To get something done a committee should consist of no more than three men, two of whom are absent." --Robert Copeland
"You'll find in no park or city/A monument to a committee." --Victoria Pasternack
THIS WEEK'S CUTIES: This week's chuckles are a bit on the wordy side but well worth your time. The New Bell Ringer-Thanks to Jack Schmidt. After Quasimodo's death, the bishop of the Cathedral of NotreDame sent word through the streets of Paris that a new bell ringer was needed. The bishop decided that he would conduct the interviews personally and went up into the belfry to begin the screening process. After observing several applicants demonstrate their skills, he had decided to call it a day. Just then, an armless man approached him and announced that he was there to apply for the bell ringer's job. The bishop was incredulous. "You have no arms!" "No matter," said the man. "Observe!" And he began striking the bells with his face, producing a beautiful melody on the carillon. The bishop listened in astonishment; convinced he had finally found a replacement for Quasimodo. But suddenly, rushing forward to strike a bell, the armless man tripped and plunged headlong out of the belfry window to his death in the street below. The stunned bishop rushed to his side. When he reached the street, a crowd had gathered around the fallen figure, drawn by the beautiful music they had heard only moments before. As they silently parted to let the bishop through, one of them asked, "Bishop, who was this man?" "I don't know his name," the bishop sadly replied, "but his face rings a bell."
I suppose groans are in order but, WAIT! WAIT! There's more . . .
The following day, despite the sadness that weighed heavily on his heart due to the unfortunate death of the armless campanologist, the bishop continued his interviews for the bell ringer of Notre Dame. The first man to approach him said, "Your Excellency, I am the brother of the poor armless wretch that fell to his death from this very belfry yesterday. I pray that you honor his life by allowing me to replace him in this duty." The bishop agreed to give the man an audition, and, as the armless man's brother stooped to pick up a mallet to strike the first bell, he groaned, clutched at his chest, twirled around, and died on the spot. Two monks, hearing the bishop's cries of grief at this second tragedy, rushed up the stairs to his side. "What has happened? Who is this man?" the first monk asked breathlessly. "I don't know his name," sighed the distraught bishop, but..." "He's a dead ringer for his brother."
Now you can groan.
The next two came from Bob Watson. Subject: Pilot error - Even though Bob has retired he still has that flying bug in his blood. During taxi, the crew of a US Air departure flight to Ft. Lauderdale, made a wrong turn and came nose to nose with a United 727. The irate ground controller (a female) lashed out at the US Air crew screaming "US Air 2771, where are you going?. I told you to turn right on "Charlie" taxi way; you turned right on "Delta". Stop right there. I know it's difficult to tell the difference between Cs and Ds but get it right". Continuing her lashing to the embarrassed crew, she was now shouting hysterically, "God, you've screwed everything up; it'll take forever to sort this out. You stay right there and don't move until I tell you to. You can expect progressive taxi instructions in about a half hour and I want you to go exactly where I tell you, when I tell you, and how I tell you. You got that, US Air 2771??" The humbled crew responded: "Yes Ma'am". Naturally, the "ground control" frequency went terribly silent after the verbal bashing of US Air Flight 2771. No one wanted to engage the irate ground controller in her current state. Tension in every cockpit at LGA was running high. Shortly after the controller finished her admonishment of the U.S. Air crew, an unknown male pilot broke the silence and asked, "Wasn't I married to you once??
BENEFITS OF GROWING OLDER In a hostage situation you are likely to be released first. It's harder and harder for sexual harassment charges to stick. Kidnappers are not very interested in you. No one expects you to run into a burning building. People call at 9 p.m. and ask, "Did I wake you?" People no longer view you as a hypochondriac. There's nothing left to learn the hard way. Things you buy now won't wear out. You buy a compass for the dash of your car. You can eat dinner at 4:00 You can live without sex but not without glasses. You can't remember the last time you laid on the floor to watch television. You consider coffee one of the most important things in life. You constantly talk about the price of gasoline. You enjoy hearing about other people's operations. You get into a heated argument about pension plans. You got cable for the weather channel. You have a party and the neighbors don't even realize it. You no longer think of speed limits as a challenge. You quit trying to hold your stomach in, no matter who walks into theroom. You send money to PBS. You sing along with the elevator music. You talk about "good grass" and you're referring to someone's lawn. Your arms are almost too short to read the newspaper. Your back goes out more than you do. Your ears are hairier than your head. Your eyes won't get much worse. Your investment in health insurance is finally beginning to pay off. Your joints are more accurate than the National Weather Service. Your secrets are safe with your friends because they can't remember them either. Your supply of brain cells is finally down to a manageable size. People send you this list.
AND SO IT WAS OR IS! Thanks to Tom Livingston for this one. If the book of Genesis were written more recently, it might look something like this: God populated the earth with broccoli and cauliflower and spinach, green and yellow vegetables of all kinds, so Man and Woman would live long and healthy lives. And the Devil created McDonald's. And McDonald's brought forth the 79-cent double cheeseburger. And the Devil said to Man: "You want fries with that?" And Man said: "Supersize them." And Man gained 5 pounds. And God created the healthful yogurt, that woman might keep her figure that man found so fair. And the Devil brought forth chocolate. And Woman gained 5 pounds. And Ben and Jerry's. And Woman gained 10 pounds. And God sent heart-healthy vegetables and olive oil with which to cook them. And the Devil brought forth chicken-fried steak so big it needed its own platter. And Man gained 10 pounds and his bad cholesterol went through the roof. And God brought forth running shoes and Man resolved to lose those extra pounds. And the Devil brought forth cable TV with remote control so Man would not have to toil to change channels between ESPN and ESPN2. And Man gained another 20 pounds. And God brought forth the potato, a vegetable naturally low in fat and brimming with nutrition. And the Devil peeled off the healthful skin and sliced the starchy center into chips and deep-fat fried them. And the Devil created sour cream dip. And Man clutched his remote control and ate the potato chips swaddled in cholesterol. And Man went into cardiac arrest. And God sighed and created quadruple bypass surgery. And the Devil canceled Man's health insurance. God showed Woman how to peel the skin off chicken and cook the nourishing whole grain brown rice. And the Devil created light beer so Man could poison his body with alcohol while feeling righteous because he had to drink twice as much of the now-insipid brew to get the same buzz. And Man gained another ten pounds. And God created the life-giving tofu. And Woman ventured forth into the land of Godiva Chocolate and upon returning asked Man: "Do I look fat?" And the man told the truth. And Woman went out from the presence of man and dwelt in the land of the divorce lawyer, east of the marriage counselor. And Woman put aside the seeds of the earth and took unto herself comfort ood. And God brought forth Weight-Watchers. It didn't help. And God created exercise machines with easy payments. And man brought forth his Visa at 21 percent. And the exercise machine went to dwell in the closet of Nod, east of the polyester leisure suit. And in the fullness of time, Woman received the exercise machine from Man in the property settlement. It didn't help her, either.
OK! That's Wrap. See ya next week! I hope you enjoyed this communication and can attend one or more of the sessions scheduled for this week.