Back on line after a year

Michael A. Terrell · Jan 31, 2005

Well, I'm back on line after a year of no internet access. It has
been boring, to say the least. I tried to set up a Google groups account
at the public library, but Google refused to accept the data. I tried
E-mailing a couple people on the group, but they either bounced, or
there were no replies.

A lot of things have happened in the past year.

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Beware of those who suffer from delusions of adequacy!

Michael A. Terrell
Central Florida

martin griffith · Jan 31, 2005

On Mon, 31 Jan 2005 05:03:27 GMT, in sci.electronics.design "Michael
A. Terrell" <mike.terrell@earthlink.net> wrote:

Well, I'm back on line after a year of no internet access. It has
been boring, to say the least. I tried to set up a Google groups account
at the public library, but Google refused to accept the data. I tried
E-mailing a couple people on the group, but they either bounced, or
there were no replies.

A lot of things have happened in the past year.
Welcome back Mike.

You have been fortunate in missing a bad year here. There has been a
whole pile of OT crap about the US elections, WMD's and some person
called god. Some of the most sane people here have been seriously
wound up by this OT stuff

Hopefully this year will be a bit better

martin

Serious error.
All shortcuts have disappeared.
Screen. Mind. Both are blank.

JeffM · Jan 31, 2005

I'm back on line after a year of no internet access.
Michael A. Terrell

How are you feeling these days?

Active8 · Jan 31, 2005

On Mon, 31 Jan 2005 05:03:27 GMT, Michael A. Terrell wrote:

Well, I'm back on line after a year of no internet access. It has
been boring, to say the least. I tried to set up a Google groups account
at the public library, but Google refused to accept the data. I tried
E-mailing a couple people on the group, but they either bounced, or
there were no replies.

A lot of things have happened in the past year.

Aren't you the guy that was/is in CATV? I recognize your name.

Welcome back. Hope that year wasn't too bad. Any good points?
--
Best Regards,
Mike

Jan 31, 2005

Hi Michael - welcome back!

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Bill Sloman, Nijmegen

Terry Pinnell · Jan 31, 2005

"Michael A. Terrell" <mike.terrell@earthlink.net> wrote:

Well, I'm back on line after a year of no internet access. It has
been boring, to say the least. I tried to set up a Google groups account
at the public library, but Google refused to accept the data. I tried
E-mailing a couple people on the group, but they either bounced, or
there were no replies.

A lot of things have happened in the past year.

Hello again from here too. Yep, more than a year according to my
archives. The last post of yours I have was 14th December, 2003, on
'Field Strength'.

Must say, the internet has now become such an integral part of my life
that I get withdrawal symptoms after a fortnight's holiday. So a full
year off is at first hard to contemplate.

But on further thought, I suppose I'd pretty soon revert to some other
obsession, like reading, walking - or even building electronics stuff
<g>.

--
Terry Pinnell
Hobbyist, West Sussex, UK

Winfield Hill · Jan 31, 2005

Terry Pinnell wrote...

Must say, the internet has now become such an integral part of my
life that I get withdrawal symptoms after a fortnight's holiday.
So a full year off is at first hard to contemplate.

I've gone over a year now without email at home. Hmm, I suppose
usenet groups can be sort of a crude replacement for email.

--
Thanks,
- Win

Winfield Hill · Jan 31, 2005

martin griffith wrote...

On Mon, 31 Jan 2005 Michael A. Terrell wrote:

Well, I'm back on line after a year of no internet access. ...

A lot of things have happened in the past year.

Hope things are better for you now, do fill us in on the details.

Welcome back Mike.
You have been fortunate in missing a bad year here. There has been a
whole pile of OT crap about the US elections, WMD's and some person
called god. Some of the most sane people here have been seriously
wound up by this OT stuff. Hopefully this year will be a bit better.

Maybe. I've abandoned most political commentary, even tho Jim
and a few others continually goad us with new right-wing threads.

--
Thanks,
- Win

Michael A. Terrell · Jan 31, 2005

Spehro Pefhany wrote:

Welcome back.

Anything of general interest? Or even remotely related to electronics,
religion, politics, ontology, psychology, flaming, global climate
change, local weather or cuisine?

Best regards,
Spehro Pefhany

Hurricanes, a boring, bland diet for my diabetes and high blood
pressure, I joined a local church and I am supposed to help them set up
some computer classes for the locals to teach them how to use a
computer, and a small class on computer repair. I have several
intelligent kids interested in repairing the hardware, and maybe
electronics in general.

--
Beware of those who suffer from delusions of adequacy!

Michael A. Terrell
Central Florida

Michael A. Terrell · Jan 31, 2005

bill.sloman@ieee.org wrote:

Hi Michael - welcome back!

-----------
Bill Sloman, Nijmegen

Thank you.

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Beware of those who suffer from delusions of adequacy!

Michael A. Terrell
Central Florida

Jim Thompson · Jan 31, 2005

On Mon, 31 Jan 2005 05:03:27 GMT, "Michael A. Terrell"
<mike.terrell@earthlink.net> wrote:

Well, I'm back on line after a year of no internet access. It has
been boring, to say the least. I tried to set up a Google groups account
at the public library, but Google refused to accept the data. I tried
E-mailing a couple people on the group, but they either bounced, or
there were no replies.

A lot of things have happened in the past year.

480)460-2350 | |
| E-mail Address at Website Fax

Michael A. Terrell · Jan 31, 2005

Jim Thompson wrote:

Welcome back, Michael! How's your health?

...Jim Thompson

I ignored my doctor's advice that I wouldn't get it and filed for
disability through the VA. They approved it in less than six weeks,
100% non service connected. I have more trouble walking now. Six moths
ago I could walk to my church and back for a full mile round trip in
about a half hour. The last time I tried it took an hour and 45
minutes, and I hurt like hell when I got home. At least they didn't
find any sign of cancer when I had a colonoscopy a couple months ago.

How about yourself?
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Beware of those who suffer from delusions of adequacy!

Michael A. Terrell
Central Florida

Fred Bloggs · Jan 31, 2005

Jim Thompson wrote:

They never find anything with a colonoscopy... it's just a torture
from hell.

I had a "barium enema with air" last summer after a sudden onset of
constipation and back pain. Found nothing untoward except some
diverticula. But the damned doctor inflated my gut to such a pressure
level I was in severe pain for weeks :-( I was concerned for a while
that she had perforated my intestine.

Conclusion: Don't panic until constipation goes for more than a week.
Saves you pain and money.

Cheaper to stay on your Metamucil- get over it, you're old, you have
to pay attention to stuff like that, and it is obvious from the tenor of
your posts that you are constipated all the time:
http://www.metamucil.com/index.shtml

John Woodgate · Jan 31, 2005

I read in sci.electronics.design that Spehro Pefhany <speffSNIP@interlog
DOTyou.knowwhat> wrote (in <m1jsv0hvmn58nno9ktqstf2r9mulbif2vq@4ax.com&gt

about 'Back on line after a year', on Mon, 31 Jan 2005:

See if you can get one of those devices that has a monitor overtop of a
platform with a camera. People with vision problems use them. They are
rather pricey for what they are, but maybe you can get insurance
coverage or a subsidy.

Almost all such aids are very over-priced, which is immoral. Cameras and
monitors are very cheap these days. The only item that is not so cheap,
AFAIK, is the lens.
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The good news is that nothing is compulsory.
The bad news is that everything is prohibited.
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Bob Stephens · Jan 31, 2005

On Mon, 31 Jan 2005 16:02:04 +0000, John Woodgate wrote:

I read in sci.electronics.design that Spehro Pefhany <speffSNIP@interlog
DOTyou.knowwhat> wrote (in <m1jsv0hvmn58nno9ktqstf2r9mulbif2vq@4ax.com&gt
about 'Back on line after a year', on Mon, 31 Jan 2005:

See if you can get one of those devices that has a monitor overtop of a
platform with a camera. People with vision problems use them. They are
rather pricey for what they are, but maybe you can get insurance
coverage or a subsidy.

Almost all such aids are very over-priced, which is immoral. Cameras and
monitors are very cheap these days. The only item that is not so cheap,
AFAIK, is the lens.

We had a guy working here for a while who was effectively blind. He built
himself a 'reader' from an old video camera mounted vertically which he
used for printed materials and on his laptop layed out open - faced. Seemed
to work fine.

Bob

Spehro Pefhany · Jan 31, 2005

On Mon, 31 Jan 2005 16:02:04 +0000, the renowned John Woodgate
<jmw@jmwa.demon.contraspam.yuk> wrote:

I read in sci.electronics.design that Spehro Pefhany <speffSNIP@interlog
DOTyou.knowwhat> wrote (in <m1jsv0hvmn58nno9ktqstf2r9mulbif2vq@4ax.com&gt
about 'Back on line after a year', on Mon, 31 Jan 2005:

See if you can get one of those devices that has a monitor overtop of a
platform with a camera. People with vision problems use them. They are
rather pricey for what they are, but maybe you can get insurance
coverage or a subsidy.

Almost all such aids are very over-priced, which is immoral.

I think it's rather difficult to make a profit on such things- low
quantity, for one thing. Here the government picks up 75% of the cost
and does not tax the product, yet there is no queue of companies
waiting to supply the market.

Best regards,
Spehro Pefhany
--
"it's the network..." "The Journey is the reward"
speff@interlog.com Info for manufacturers: http://www.trexon.com
Embedded software/hardware/analog Info for designers: http://www.speff.com

Tom Del Rosso · Jan 31, 2005

"Spehro Pefhany" <speffSNIP@interlogDOTyou.knowwhat> wrote in message
news:05nsv0pgbekbv0e8ll9s0thmpsl6osub8m@4ax.com...

On Mon, 31 Jan 2005 16:02:04 +0000, the renowned John Woodgate
jmw@jmwa.demon.contraspam.yuk> wrote:

Almost all such aids are very over-priced, which is immoral.

I think it's rather difficult to make a profit on such things- low
quantity, for one thing. Here the government picks up 75% of the cost
and does not tax the product, yet there is no queue of companies
waiting to supply the market.

But the components are made in high volume now. Only the mechanical
structure needs to be specially made, which should be a couple-hundred
dollars.

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Rich Grise · Jan 31, 2005

On Mon, 31 Jan 2005 16:06:01 +0000, Michael A. Terrell wrote:

I have several old video cameras and a 21 in monochrome monitor, but
I haven't been able to find a good "C" mount close-up lens. I want to
put the camera on a heavy gooseneck so I can see to do some electronics
work as well. I picked up a damaged 8 mm camcorder at a thrift store for
65 cents with a decent macro lens, but I need to separate the camera
from the tape mechanism to make it small enough to use.

I am trying to find an affordable stereo microscope with zoom, but my
pension is quite small. I am going to ask the VA social worker if I can
get a grant to purchase one. I miss being able to work on anything I
can still pick up.

Welcome back! I hope getting the house fixed and stuff isn't overwhelming.
Maybe you could call Jimmy Carter. ;-)

About your vision, would it be stupid to suggest reading glasses from the
pharmacy? They can be had for $15-$20, and you can get them pretty
powerful -2.5 diopters springs to mind. Or a technician visor - they're
$30-$40.
http://www.google.com/search?q=%22magnifier+visor%22

Good Luck!
Rich

Chaos Master · Feb 1, 2005

This is Michael A. Terrell for forever:

Well, I'm back on line after a year of no internet access. It has
been boring, to say the least. I tried to set up a Google groups account
at the public library, but Google refused to accept the data. I tried
E-mailing a couple people on the group, but they either bounced, or
there were no replies.

Welcome back!

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2h / 15m

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posting....or should that be Energizer bBunny"
- "ceed" on alt.comp.freeware, 24/1/2005

(to some groups: Yes, I use Windows and MS Office. So what?)

Michael A. Terrell · Feb 1, 2005

Chaos Master wrote:

Welcome back!

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Thank you.

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Michael A. Terrell
Central Florida

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