MM got his computer at Fred Flintstone's garage sale, so I wouldn't count on it.
Actually that's not quite so correct. Fred had picked it up at some back alley pawn shop, and traded it with me for a set of T-Rex ribs that I had spent some 35 darts on (them thangs don't fall down a house of cards with a single blow, you know)...
So, yes, it is a bit wanky. I do, however, have Skype on it, and can get that up, but the time delay may be about like the time involved in the throwing of them 35 some darts !!
I am very sorry to hear that sad news,
Pachipro san; very sad. Also, while I could have sent a couple of my '
boys' up to
lean on
ASHIKAGA san's boss (had there been that need), Tennessee is a bit too far for my budget. Yes, in spirit you will very much be here,
Pachipro san, and we will try to '
huminoid' with that pre-dawn contraption (before we get to '
highly spirited away') and see if we can make some real-time contact. I also very, very much hope to do so, by voice via cellphone (and I will make the call, in order to carry the weight of that cost !!!!) with
undrentide chan as well !!
Half-n-Half san is still not able to determine if he can make it or not, but I really, really hope that he will (I mean, even if just coming down to see that prehistoric contraption which we have just recently learned to call a
computer, is worth the trip... hee, hee, hee....). I am afraid that all available-to-me contact lines for
Taiko666 san, have failed (addresses not valid, and phone number (which he had used last year to call me, even) are no longer in use. I cannot make contact with him, and have no idea.
If anyone can check to see if there is any contact information which may be valid, and let me know, or gently check up on him through that, I would very much appreciate it !!
Revenant san is perhaps still in the process of convincing his wife of the far greater value of being here, during that week, and I really do hope he comes out with flying colors on that !! I look forward to hearing his '
yes, we ARE coming !!'
The weather has been slow about warming up, but that was the same last year too--and we have very agreeable weather then (so agreeable that it just made me want to drink and drink, until I couldn't draw a straight line on the third try, even !). My cleaning and prep work is on the verge of being up-to-date, so I have full hopes for that. The location for the ping-pong table is still in deciscion making process, but will have to be outside. I will probably use that downstairs floor space for the full Lego city and blue line train setup.
Today is opening ceremony at our uni, and my middle son is gonna be there. He'll be a freshman in the Human Health Sciences faculty, enrolled in the Sports Health school. (Let's just hope that I don't hear any complaints from those teachers and professors on that '
lazy Mars Man boy who doesn't get his reports in on time, and doesn't give snappy 'HAI' type responses when he is called on.... hee, hee, hee....). I'll be here regularly now, as we have about a month to go before BLAST OFF !!