MIA

[geekgirlau]

This is a belated apology for my sporadic attendance of late .

Recently my partner returned to the workforce after staying at home with our boys for a number of years. His work is primarily consulting to SMEs using websites as a marketing tool, so basically he's on the computer all day.

Each evening, when attempting to check my emails etc. I now have my dearly beloved lurking around and asking "are you finished yet?" approximately every 10 seconds - not conducive to rational thought or enjoyment!

We have now bought a laptop, and am having my carpenter guy extend the desk so that we can both work on a computer at the same time, so I expect to return in full force in the next week.

[lucas]

Welcome back Anne.....:hi:

[Ken Puls]

LOL!

Sounds familiar... I have the laptop, and my wife has the desktop though. :)

[Bob Phillips]

I have a laptop, I had to buy my two daughters laptops so that they wouldn't hog mine, and finally Lynne has succumbed and she now has one. Luckily we have a wireless router, and a printer attached to a desktop, so we can all work independently (and we have great conversations at night - using Messenger of course).

[Brandtrock]

We had four PC's with a wired network in our house, but only my PC is set up right now due to lack of space in the apartment. At least I got the wife and my three sons their own User accounts so they quit shutting down whatever I have going at the time they get on to use it. Of course, they did figure out that they can leave their apps running as well. Inevitably, the PC slows to a crawl and I get to go shut down all of their stuff.


I...and we have great conversations at night - using Messenger of course

Reminds me of the commercial for a cellular phone company that is running right now to promote unlimited text messaging for its custmoers:

Family of four seated at a round dinner table with dad and son facing one another; mom and daughter facing one another. Dad text messages the son to pass the ketchup. Son tells dad that he doesn't need to text him because they are right there. Dad text messages daughter for something else. Mom confiscates Dad's phone.

I swear the cell company got the idea from my 10 and 11 year old sons who text me from their bedroom (about 12 feet from the living room, dining room, and kitchen) to find out when dinner is ready, or if they can watch a given show, or tell me that the 5 year old is "bothering" them. I guess that is better than their old method of simply yelling the message at the top of their lungs to make certain I hear them. :bug:

Regards,

[Bob Phillips]

I swear the cell company got the idea from my 10 and 11 year old sons who text me from their bedroom (about 12 feet from the living room, dining room, and kitchen) to find out when dinner is ready, or if they can watch a given show, or tell me that the 5 year old is "bothering" them.

We have about 10 cordless phones dotted around the house, and use the intercom. Only problem is that we cannot remember the room codes, so call all, which can be annoying :think:

[Ken Puls]

LOL! I still use the old fashioned yelling method in the house. :)

The only time I message my wife when I'm at home is when I need to send her a URL, or if we're feeling silly. ;)