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Old May 30th 10, 07:56 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
webster72n
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Default Red flag from the WWOTN!

Hello Mike and Friends (I think we all recognize each other):

It surely is good to 'read' Heirlooms face again, even though it probably is
for the last time.
You summed it up perfectly, Mike, and while reading all these 'goodbyes', I
felt a lump in my throat.
Shame on you, Microsoft, to break up such a rewarding relationship.
Hope to meet everyone one of you again at some time in the near or not so
near future.
Meanwhile I make due with my ME and Vista, until 'progress' throws us
another curve ball.
Fare well everybody....

Harry.



"Mike M" wrote in message
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Hi Mart, Heirloom and all,

You really do seem to have summed up most of what I wanted to say in what
could turn out to be my last posting here.

Herr Loom's tags - Loved them all. Will and already do miss them.

Health issues - we all get older but for some of us here time hasn't
treated us as well as we might have hoped. Here's hoping that everyone
continues to prosper and that we can avoid the quacks as much as possible.

Moving on - Still running XP on the box that I use most but I'm not that
unhappy with Win 7 other than that, like in Vista, I feel that Explorer
freezes and crashes too frequently especially when copying files across my
LAN. As for search, what search? Simply pathetic, give me that in XP (or
Win Me) any day.

Heather & Maxine - Love them both and Heather please keep them coming even
if I am more than tardy in replying.

Shane and others to whom I owe a post. I really must apologise for not
writing sooner. It's not that I don't care or want to reply it's just
that nowadays I frequently find it difficult to string more than two
thoughts together.

Trolls - some have caused me to laugh, others have been simply pathetic.
As for "getting a life", as Mart & I agreed yesterday, from now on I'm
sticking to using my computers and I'll let Bungle (Bing+Google but rarely
Bing) be my friend when I have a problem. I don't like forums and even
less some of the toadies that nowadays seem to populate those from
Microsoft. Give me independent thought and helpful answers any day.

Through this and other Microsoft newsgroups I've made many friends and had
the good fortune to actually meet a number of you. There are too many to
list and I'll probably give unintended offense to those I omit to mention
but cannot sign off with a hi and a wave to Joan & Heather, Shane, Noel &
Mart, Will (who returned to his shell some time ago), Robear, Heirloom.
AAH and Harry. Thanks to you all.

Let me endorse Mart's "all the best in whatever your futures hold". If
anybody feels they wish to contact me should find
me.

Now returning at long last to his shell.
--
Mike M


Mart wrote:

As ever, HL, another couple of classic tags, bottled for posterity.

The past ten years has sure taken its toll on all of our health's,
one way or another and the windowsme.general has always been good
group (the best!) to subscribe to. But as Mike and I were discussing
just yesterday, time to move on. WinMe was a good system, despite the
dissenters - and not being too impressed with Win7, I think I'll now
stick with XP (wherever I can) until they finally kill that too.

Thanks to ALL the regulars (too many to mention individually) for the
all the good times and pleasant company. The Troll's? - Well, maybe
they can now get a life! Then again, with the closure of the MS NNTP
Newsgroups, perhaps we all can now!

All the best in whatever your futures hold - and to Heather, please
keep sending the "Maxine's". Always a pleasure to read.