May 22, 1997
Dear Everyone:
Back from our trip up to
Oregon and, list
notwithstanding, I still managed to forget to bring something.
Never mind, I used “Jeannie’s” for three days.
Apparently, we picked the perfect weekend to visit.
While the
Bay Area was roasting in a mini heat wave,
Canby had
temperatures in the mid-70’s with a nice breeze.
I even spent part of Saturday afternoon sitting in the shade on
the front patio, reading a book.
Pure heaven.
Of course, that was not the reason for the visit.
We were supposed to be showing Mother and Dad how to use that
$2000 paper weight they just bought.
(Or, to be more precise, I was there to show them
how to use the computer.
“Jeannie” came along for the ride.)
And several hours were actually spent in
instructions. Although, when
Mother made me back up and explain just what a “default button in a
dialog box” was, I realized that there really
were people who are less
computer-literate than some of the ones I have at work.
Nevertheless, I showed Dad how to use
Netscape to
get to the
New York Times
on-line (to augment his daily dose of the
Wall Street Journal).
And I showed Mother how to use
WordPerfect for Windows.
With this as a background, and now knowing more about their
overall system, I can send them computer tips by email as a kind of
ongoing lesson. And they can
send questions the same way.
So I’d say the weekend was a success.
We came back in the early afternoon on Monday, and
I took Tuesday as an additional vacation day (I get 26, so I can afford
it) to “recuperate” (i.e., do laundry and catch up on deferred viewing
from the previous week). So
I’m only working three days this week, followed by a holiday weekend.
I kind of like those hours.
No movies to review.
Didn’t have time to see any.
The attached is from the Records Management Listserv.
It was originally titled, “Humor, do not read if not in the
mood”. This is because some
subscribers actually complain when someone posts a funny that is not
specifically related to records management.
These curmudgeons can just skip over anything with a “Humor
warning” header.
Of course, these are the first postings the rest of
us go for.
Love, as always,
Pete
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