SENIORNET OF PUGET SOUND
COMPUTER LEARNING
CENTER NEWS
June 1, 2003, Vol. 4; Issue #6
Mail Address: PMB 44, 12819 SE 38th
St., Bellevue, WA 98006-1326
Voice Mail:
206-232-5892; Email: senior@seniornetps.org
Classroom at Phantom Lake
Elementary School, Bellevue
For detailed Information, Class Schedules: www.seniornetps.org
By Helen Hesketh, Interim
Editor
DID YOU MISS PARTICIPATING IN THE WEEKLY
ASSISTANCE WORKSHOP LABORATORY?
THE NEXT SESSIONS ARE SCHEDULED FOR SEPTEMBER
HOWEVER YOU CAN NOW JOIN US
DURING THE SUMMER FOR WORKSHOPS
Summer 2003 Workshop # 1
Choosing A Digital Camera
Laura Wise
Digital camera sales are poised to overtake film camera
sales this year. Some 21% of US households have a digital camera.
Should you get a digital camera, and if so, how do you
choose?
Come find out what you need to know before shopping for a
digital camera.
Thursday, June 12, 2003
10:00 AM - 12 Noon
Conference Room At Newport
Way Branch of King County Library System
14250 S.E. Newport Way * Bellevue 98006
Summer 2003 Workshop # 2
Going Wireless
Dave Abernathy
Come and see what the Wi Fi
trend is all about.
Now that several of the
Malls, espresso shops and King County Libraries are wired for wireless connections
to the internet you can sip that mocha while surfing. Come see how you can get
connected.
Some areas provide a free
connection while others will require a paid ISP. We will discuss the ISPs that
are available along with a few of the free sites.
If you have a lap top with
"Wireless" hardware and have NOT been connected, contact John Wise (JWWise@att.net) or Dave Abernathy (DaveA@SchmeckAbernathy.com). If you are
going to attend this presentation we could help setup your machine.
Thursday, June 19, 2003
10:00 AM - 12 Noon
Conference Room At Lake
Hills Branch of King County Library System
15228 Lake Hills Blvd. * Bellevue 98007
Our regular scheduled courses ended the first week in June
and we are closing up until September. You are invited to participate in the summer workshops.
And
Come out and view our new classroom at the
August Brown Bag.
And
The catalog and newsletter will be mailed the end of June and
registration is on July 17. Come and sign up for classes.
KOFFEE KLATCH
Tuesday,
June 3, at 11:30 am at Crossroads Mall, you can find us laughing, chatting and
stuffing our faces. Just look for a group with a SeniorNet sign on the table
and you have arrived. Come out and join us for an hour or so escape from all
the busies.
SENIORNET OF PUGET SOUND MEMBERSHIP MEETING
Tuesday,
June 17, at 10:00 am at the Crossroad Community Center (near Bartells) we will
be gathering for our monthly meeting. There will be a presentation by
"RainCoast", a seminar that will be held in October.
"Life is a series of experiences, each one of which
makes us bigger.... For the world was built to develop character, and we must
learn that the setbacks and grief's we endure help us in our marching
onward." - Henry Ford
FROM GENE RAUSCHER'S WIFE
Dear Friends at Seniornet,
Just today I opened Gene's email and discovered the copy of your Seniornet
Newsletter. It was most interesting and I was pleased to see your
"Good Bye" for Gene. He would have appreciated your remembering
him. Thank you.
Thanks also to Phil, Bob, E.A., Lyle, Harry, Joe and Helen for attending the
services. It was good to see you there and to meet you.
It is empty here but I am learning to cope with my life as it is and appreciate
the prayers and heartfelt wishes of friends and family. Thank you.
Most sincerely,
Verna A. Rauscher
CLASS REGISTRATION IS
JULY 17 AT CROSSROADSMALL
MARK YOUR CALENDARS NOW
ONLY A MONTH A HALF AWAY
Short Newsletter! Needs an editor and someone to track down people to
contribute little bits and pieces.
AN STILL MORE FROM OUR
WEDNESDAY WISDOM FRIEND
Here is a free electronic mail service that will let you know when a new
article on some aspect of Microsoft software is posted to the Microsoft
Knowledge Base. Also, you can search the Knowledge Base quickly in the same
place at
http://www.kbalertz.com.
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Copyright 2003 by Richard Schenkar, Attorney, Columnist
2 Maple Lane, Mercer Island WA 98040
Phone/Fax: 206-232-2282 E-mail: <Richard_Schenkar@juno.com>
Connecting you with information you need to be effective.
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"When wealth is lost, nothing is lost; when health is lost,
something is lost; when character is lost, all is lost." - Billy Graham
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TO ERR IS HUMAN, BUT....
Sometimes all you can do is laugh.
A man living in Newton, Massachusetts received a bill
on his as yet unused credit card stating that he owed $0.00. He threw it away.
In April he received another and tossed that one, too. The following
month the credit card company sent him a nasty note stating they were
going to cancel his card if he didn't send them $0.00.
In retrospect, he probably should have let them
do that. Instead he called the company and was informed that (are you ready for
this?) the problem was the result
of a computer error. They told him they'd take
care of it.
The following month he reasoned that, if other
charges appeared on the card, then it
would put an end to his ridiculous predicament. Besides,
they assured him the problem would be resolved.
So he presented his card for a purchase.
It was declined.
Once again he called. He learned that the credit
card had been cancelled for lack of payment. They apologized for
(here it is again) another computer error and promised they would rectify the
situation.
The next day he got a bill for $0.00 stating that
payment was now overdue. Assuming that this bill was yet another mistake,
he ignored it. But the following month he received yet another bill for $0.00
stating that he had ten days to pay his account in full or the company would
take necessary steps to recover the debt. He gave in.
He mailed in a check for $0.00.
The computer duly processed it and returned a
statement to the effect that his account was paid
in full.
A week later, the man's bank called him asking
him why he wrote a check for $0.00. He
explained the problem at length. The bank replied that the
$0.00 check had caused their check processing
software to fail. The bank could
not now process ANY checks from ANY of their customers that day
because the check for $0.00 caused a computer
crash.
The following month the man received a letter from the credit card company
claiming that his check had bounced, that he still owed $0.00
and, unless payment was sent immediately, they
would institute procedures to collect his debt.
This man, who had been considering buying his wife a computer for her
birthday, bought her a typewriter instead.
Who said, "To err is human, but to really
mess things up it takes a computer..."?
Computers may not be the root of all evil, but some days
I'm convinced they come close.
Submitted
by David Abernathy