On Fri Oct-21-2016 09:41, Holger Granholm (2:20/228) wrote to Roger Nelson:

 HG> In a message on Friday 10-20-16 Roger Nelson said to Holger
 HG> Granholm: 

Hej,

 HG> goes for any time of day, <BG>.

RN> Well, if I can't finish in 1st place, 2nd place will have to do.

 HG> That's a good attitude.

I wish I could say it's original, but I borrowed it from a pro golfer named
Gary Player.

 HG> I have also had to settle for the silver medal in both nordic and
 HG> finnish racing masterships, but in ham radio contests I have
 HG> reached gold. 

When I was in grade school back in New Orleans, we were unbeatable.

RN> All you have to do for that is change your upgrade settings; i.e.,
RN> download, but do not install without your okay.  I do that here.

 HG> Maybe that is why the Windows Upgrade Assistant icon is up there on
 HG> my desktop.

It's on mine, too, but I ignore it.  (-:

[...]

RN> I must be one of the rare ones who recognized its potential.

 HG> I did too, after reading the 'AmigaDOS Inside&Out' manual.

I may or may not have seen the manual.  It was 20 years ago and I'm sure some
other memory has displaced it.

RN> You should have seen it in action.  Very impressive.

 HG> I did of course have the chance, but I missed it, because my GS
 HG> lived with us at the time.

Too bad.

RN> I wanted to go to university for that, but two of my computer
RN> programmer friends talked me out of it.  They told me to stick with
RN> BASIC and all of the other things that subsequently came along;

 HG> I guess they never got into the computer world.

Maybe not, but they were and still are very good programmers.  One of them is
in charge of the city's computerized operation of traffic signals and the other
 one moved out of state.

 HG> Have a good day,

You too.


Regards,

Roger 
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