YO.....It was Shane's birthday a couple of days ago and in my Crimbo-addled
state of mind, I forgot to tell you all.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, OLD SOCK!! #50??

The Figgs Family

"Joan Archer" wrote in message
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ROFL

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Joan Archer
http://www.freewebs.com/crossstitcher

"Noel Paton" wrote in message
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Hey - Happy (insert appropriate name here), Shane!.....
IKWYM about the denizens of this space - I go away for a few days and
come back to find..... well, .... everybody's moved away!.. (OK, it was
more than a few days, but....)

The old fogies like me/you/us(/Figgs?) are still around, even if not as
often, but at least we have contact

....and a Happy New Boxing Day to us al!

{Please be aware that this communication bears no relation to reality
whatever, and has no informational content beyond that of a greeting....
which does not mean that it originated in Redmond! g}

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Noel Paton
CrashFixPC

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
www.crashfixpc.co.uk
"Shane" wrote in message
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Kind of sad how for the last few years this group has been virtually
empty
Crimbo Day. It used to be almost IM (which I don't use, which maybe made
it
seem a bit more special? I suppose the appeal of IM is the feedback
carrot).

I think the microsoft.public.windowsme groups were invigorating because
despite being IMO the best 9x version, it was (and still is) widely
disliked
(there are *some* advantages to Conformity). So they were never
oversubscribed, dominated by the intolerant and egomaniacal types who do
and
always have dominated the XP, Vista and presumably now Windows 7 groups.

It is rather as if this has been a 'backwater' where the discerning
went.
Sure, many WinMe users were complete novices whose first computer came
with
it, but often simply finding these groups is a kind of initiation and
sufficient a learning curve as to mean they came here with the wit and
attitude to contribute to the company; and of course those who kept
returning contributed to the family, as opposed to the brawl of those
other
groups in which the few sparkling stars are blotted out by the probing
coal-black clouds of trolldom.

So WinMe family, hope you didn't just get a lump of coal in your
stocking! I
think I'll go light mine.

The FSM bless us, each and every one!

Merry Crimbo!

Shane