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[Topper]

That PDF is over 50MB, so it will take a long while to download before you can open it.

I suggest right-click, save as, let it finish, then open it from where you saved it.

Oh, and uninstall adobe reader and install this http://downloads.foxitsoftware.com/f...er23_setup.exe which is an incredibly fast PDF viewer (which does not try to update itself every time you want to use it).

I just opened the PDF, so can confirm it works.

I was able to load up the large PDF file on my next attempt.
Strange how that works for me.

A dear friend of mine wanted me to load up the YAHOO messenger
which I accomplished to read and be notified when he's online only to
read his software hasn't been updated to match mine.
something about the host being on the black list. That's got to be the damest thing
I've read in the last 13 years of surfing. I know for a fact my friend has the latest version
(executive pro) software.

[Topper]

This evening when attending a neighborhood get together I was asked if I'd sent (using fwd) a text message with a link to a metaphysical website to my neighbor. Before asking me that she asked if I had her email address ... both of which I answered no. (trouble was the fwd said it was from me thru my daughter whose on vacation making that completely impossible)

Seems someone sure enjoys using my name to fwd messages around the web.

This was after the group of us watched a train pass hauling nothing but tan colored tanks, earth movers, generators
and half pint size containers. One of the neighbors works for the railroad and he thought the train might be headed down
to Randoph AFB for transport.

Anyone have any suggestions?

[VOguy]

It's hard to say what and where they are going. However, if you can scratch down a few dozen "car numbers" and the three/four letters, you can identify owner and route.

The letters, known as reporting marks, indicate the owner of the car, while the number places it in the owner's fleet.

Marks that end in X are assigned to rail car owners that are not common carrier railroads. These may include private car owners, leasing companies, government, and railroad museums.

Marks that end in U are assigned to container owners for use on intermodal containers.

Marks that end in Z are assigned to trailer owners for use on container trailers/chassis.

Marks that end in any other letter are assigned to common carrier railroads for use on railroad equipment in interchange service.

For example, MNS would be the old Soo Line Railroad, which is now a part of CPR and operated up around where Div lives in Minneapolis. See NRHS for the codes.

[Topper]

One of my friends figured it out because of a lack of numbers ... the complete
train load seems to be new equipment based upon the hard coat paint color.
It must be funds left over from last years budget based upon this being an election year. It would be wise to invest all excess military funds into new equipment.

That entire train was about 1 mile long hauling new Bagdad Beige hard coat painted tanks, generators, earth movers, and half pint containers.

[Topper]

I just spoke to my neighbor who said she tried to print out that email from me that I'd never sent to find how quickly it had vanished into cyberspace from her inbox.

Oh darn, it would have been nice to read.

[Topper]

It just gets better ...

The last 12 hours my pc doesn't want to load anything unless I try it 3 times
most often giving me the timed out explanation, with the message if it continues contact your service provider.

I made contact with my service provider to say he'd do what he could before
making a service call next week. I thanked me him hanging up the phone
to try and load another webpage when it suddenly loads only to hear my TV
in the next room making that unmistakable sound of losing the signal.
My PC is on a WI-FI system with its own antennia and my TV is on the dish network ... this continued to happen each time I loaded a different webpage
on my computer, the Sony TV loses the signal to CBS.

Needless to say I turned of the TV so I could share this online with others.
You don't think that this has something to do with the fact that both systems require a land line connection?

I can accept the fact a mother of a hurricane is approaching which might explain why I was losing the signal.

[Topper]

Remember above me posting how all my neighbors and I watched a mile long train head to Randoph AFB full of eqiupment? Seems to me this was to prepare for IKE

http://www.military.com/news/article...=1186032310810

How come the military doesn't share their model of weather prediction with the public?

By the way another Convoy of helicopters flew over my house heading towards Houston at 1:30 pm today.

[Topper]

for the last 24 hours I've been unable to get my microsoft IE explorer to connect online. Yet I can manage to get the firefox browser to function
on a rather unreliable speed.

I've used all the register/spyware cleaners but nothing is helping to resolve this.

[Topper]

Today's saga ... after a telephone conversation with a dear friend of mine
I read threats on my computer regarding that same phone call.

These dudes need to get a life, there's no way you can scare two old retirees
from sharing their work experiences.

[Topper]

Here's today's horoscope

Capricorn
Your horoscope for today : Wednesday, September 24, 2008

If a relationship is stuck or on hold, it's time to face problems that have been neglected. Review past mistakes, plan to do better, and move on.

Sign Rulerships
Ruling Planet - Saturn
Body - Knees, skin, bones & teeth
Color - Shades of grey, dark browns, black
Gem - Diamond, onyx
Metal - Steel
Flower - Pansy, ivy
Countries - India, Afghanistan, Bulgaria
Animal - Goats, all cloven hoofed animals

No matter what I do I always take the blame for being so outspoken.
It must be time for me to leave this board ... or its time to blow the lid
off my biography.

[Topper]

Mercury really is in retrograde.

I decided to download a free register cleaner to see if that might help me repair
the non-functioning IE Explorer when using my Firefox browser.
The new register cleaner identified over 1100 problems that I know can't be accurate but then again my paid register cleaner is outdated so its possible.

When I tried to purchase the new software it tried to load the non-functioning
IE Explorer to read that white page ms message ... your not connected
online.

Some days its just hell for me. By the way my old register cleaner only identified 11 problems ... so how come my IE Explorer won't work?

[Topper]

Ok I got my IE to magically function this morning ... when I tried to see if I could get the latest issue of patches for Sept for my IE7 ... my computer says this

[Error number: 0x80072F78]
The website has encountered a problem and cannot display the page you are trying to view. The options provided below might help you solve the problem.
For self-help options:

Frequently Asked Questions

Find Solutions

Windows Update Newsgroup
For assisted support options:

Microsoft Online Assisted Support (no-cost for Windows Update issues)

Revealing to me that I'm running Version 6 and not Version 7

Oh Well at least I got the web browser up this morning.
If I didn't know better I'd say someone just returned from vacation.

[Topper]

I got my cell to work ... I had to drive 6 miles from home before it would respond
... nothing wrong with the battery, nothing wrong with the chargers.
Must have been due to Mercury being in retrograde.