Good for Ralph!

Congratulations to Ralph for being courageous enough to begin his new computer adventure! Glen only plays Solitaire on the computer, although recently he expressed a mild interest in e-mailing. Maybe Ralph posting a renewed "From the Bottom of the Barrel" will motivate Glen to explore the computer further. Doreen prints out the e-mails for Dad to read. She had for years been using a dinosaur that Norm Natvig had the nerve to sell her when he upgraded. And she refused to pay for high speed service ("what do I need that for? I have nothing to do but wait...") Jane once reported that it took 12 minutes for her to open a single photo attachment that I sent to Mom. Finally just before Thanksgiving she bent to our pressure (we grew tired of getting a busy signal on the phone line while she was using the computer). She called the phone company to order high speed but they reported that Norm's old p.c. was not compatible. So despite her protests we forced the new computer on her at Christmas. The high-speed installation was a bit of a fiasco but all systems are smooth now.