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BiggestChrisMarquetteFan · 07 Apr 08 :: 23:59

That's a really good but sad story.

BiggestChrisMarquetteFan · 08 Apr 08 :: 00:35

Sisterdebmac wrote:

Somebody's got some money in her pocket and hopes to be going home with a new laptop tonight, maybe even a widescreen, flat panel monitor. Fingers crossed.

Really? That's awesome, Deb!! : D

TheCentralScrutinizer · 08 Apr 08 :: 03:42

Yeah, except my POS computer can't handle the new monitor and I can't get online with the new laptop, and in the process I somehow killed my old monitor, so right now I've got mostly gobbledigook on my screen instead of pretty pics of Chris. This sucks!

justme · 08 Apr 08 :: 04:13

Congratulations on the new toy! It'll probably take awhile to work out all the kinks, but you're gonna love it.

TheCentralScrutinizer · 08 Apr 08 :: 04:20

Yeah, looks like I'll have to get a new video card installed in my old POS. If I can get the laptop online, I won't mind putting POS in the shop. I can hook the laptop to the big monitor. That'll be awesome. I should be able to watch TV shows I've missed online now, which will be fantastic. DVDs too. I was just thinking, I can move my TV into the living room now if I want. And sit in there with the laptop. I don't know. There are lots of cool possibilities. And I really didn't expect it all to work seamlessly the first night. I'd be fine right now if I hadn't killed my old monitor. That really pisses me off.

I gave up on everything for the night so I could watch Medium. I also haven't eaten yet.

TheCentralScrutinizer · 08 Apr 08 :: 04:22

PS: The laptop has a built-in webcam & mic.

domesticelefant · 08 Apr 08 :: 17:35

I want a laptop like that too! (Well, maybe I should just buy a webcam. LOL)

shoothoops22 · 08 Apr 08 :: 17:50

I have to write a eight page essay

BiggestChrisMarquetteFan · 09 Apr 08 :: 00:52

Sisterdebmac wrote:

PS: The laptop has a built-in webcam & mic.

That laptop sounds a lot better than mine. I think you'd love having a laptop, Deb. It's really great being able to use it almost anywhere.

BiggestChrisMarquetteFan · 09 Apr 08 :: 00:56

shoothoops22 wrote:

I have to write a eight page essay

How long do you have to write it, hoops and can it be on anything or just a certain topic??

Susanna · 09 Apr 08 :: 05:30

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7329799.stm

And it all makes sense...

Illinoisguy1 · 09 Apr 08 :: 16:41

It's fairly nice this week around here. In the 50's & lower 60's. Heavy rain tomorrow & Friday with falling temps on Friday from the 60's in the morning. Cold this weekend with highs only in the 40's.

I would welcome a cooler than normal summer though. I hate the heat & humidity.

TheCentralScrutinizer · 09 Apr 08 :: 16:52

Weather's fine here, but we're coated with yellow. :fedup:

Illinoisguy1 · 09 Apr 08 :: 16:53

Yellow??

TheCentralScrutinizer · 09 Apr 08 :: 16:57

Pollen. And this year, it's actually bothering the heck out of me.

Illinoisguy1 · 09 Apr 08 :: 17:06

Oh ok.

I'm lucky, I'm not allergic to anything.

TheCentralScrutinizer · 09 Apr 08 :: 17:22

...so far you're not. Might change. I never used to be either.

domesticelefant · 09 Apr 08 :: 17:30

I hope I'll never be allergic to anything.

shoothoops22 · 10 Apr 08 :: 01:41

I had to choose from two different questions. I chose the question what is freedom and what does it cost. I finally i got it done it took me 3 hours to write.

shoothoops22 · 10 Apr 08 :: 01:44

i'm allergic to a lot of things. Plus I have asthma and diabetes.

Susanna · 10 Apr 08 :: 05:45

shoothoops22 wrote:

I had to choose from two different questions. I chose the question what is freedom and what does it cost. I finally i got it done it took me 3 hours to write.

Sounds like a hell of a question to write about. & 8 pages! Geez, I've never written an eight page essay in my life.

domesticelefant · 10 Apr 08 :: 18:30

Why can't I have a hibernation?

shoothoops22 · 10 Apr 08 :: 20:26

I know. I thought it was a stupid question. It was very hard to write and I dont know why it had to be eight pages long. When I started writing it I could'nt even come up with a paragraph. I had to write the essay the front and the back of the paper. It sucked.

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Illinoisguy1 · 18 Apr 08 :: 23:36

We had an earthquake in Illinois this morning.

It was way down state. I didn't feel anything, but according to local news some did even all the way up here.

http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/9023 … 08.article

WEST SALEM, Ill. -- Bricks shook loose and fell from buildings. Walls cracked. Books tumbled off shelves.
A 5.2-magnitude earthquake centered near this southern Illinois town struck before dawn Friday, shaking things up from Nebraska to Atlanta but doing little damage and seriously hurting no one. It was the kind of temblor that might be ignored in earthquake-savvy California.
But the quake rattled nerves across the Midwest as it rocked skyscrapers in Chicago, 230 miles north of here, and sent people scrambling for their TV sets in Milwaukee, Cincinnati and Louisville, Ky., where bricks toppled to the pavement.
''We thought it (the house) was falling on us, we really did,'' said 85-year-old Anna Mae Williams, who was shaken awake at 4:37 a.m. in tiny West Salem, six miles from the epicenter.
Dozens of aftershocks followed, including one with a magnitude of 4.6.
The quake is believed to have involved an extension of the New Madrid fault, a network of deep cracks in the earth's surface, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The fault is at the center of the nation's most active seismic zone east of the Rockies, something that's known to Midwest residents -- even if they forget it now and then.
The last severe earthquake in the region was a 5.0 magnitude quake that shook a nearby area in 2002.
Williams said she knew exactly what was happening because it reminded her of an earlier earthquake, back in 1968. Others had no idea what was going on.
Janet Clem of nearby Mt. Carmel thought a nearby power plant had exploded.
It was the realization that what she'd heard -- ''a heckuva rumble then a loud kaboom'' -- was in fact one of the most powerful earthquakes in Illinois history that had her so afraid.
''I'm terrified, I'm not going to lie to you,'' she said after the earthquake that collapsed her porch. ''I've never experienced anything like that and I don't want to experience it again.''
The earthquake was the talk of towns throughout much of the Midwest.
''I just saw my house just shake. Golly,'' said Mike Morrow of Mount Carmel, his eyes widening during an aftershock that hit as he was interviewed by a reporter.
Morrow's two-story apartment building was evacuated because of loose and falling bricks. The initial quake woke the 30-year-old and startled his pit bull.
''He was about as scared as I was,'' Morrow said. ''We both just froze.''
Though nowhere close to the power of the nation's most famous quakes -- including the devastating temblor that hit San Francisco exactly 102 years ago Friday -- it was enough to remind people of the risk that exists in the Midwest.
In 1811 and 1812, the New Madrid fault produced a series of earthquakes estimated at magnitude 7.0 or greater said to be felt as far away as Boston. They were centered in the Missouri town of New Madrid (pronounced MAD'-rid), 140 miles southeast of St. Louis.
Experts said that with the much higher population in the Midwest, another major quake along the New Madrid fault zone could destroy buildings, bridges, roads and other infrastructure, disrupt communications and isolate areas.
Road crews in Kentucky and Indiana were out early Friday, inspecting bridges and overpasses, and work crews took a close look at skyscraper construction sites in Chicago.
Early homeowner damage claims received by State Farm, the largest provider of earthquake coverage in the area, were mostly for cracks in drywall and foundations, spokeswoman Missy Lundberg said.
Many residents said they felt helpless.
''I tell you, it was scary,'' said Williams. ''There was no warning at all.''
David Behm of Philo, 10 miles south of Champaign, said he was awakened by the quake.
''Windows were rattling, and you could hear it,'' he said. ''The house was shaking inches. For people in central Illinois, this is a big deal. It's not like California.''

domesticelefant · 18 Apr 08 :: 23:45

Are you there Tina? I could use your help. I think I just saw a ghost.

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