SENIORNET OF PUGET SOUND
COMPUTER LEARNING CENTER NEWS
November
1, 2003, Vol. 4; Issue #11
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
UPCOMING ACTIVITIES
NOVEMBER 4 - KOFFEE
KLATCH
NOVEMBER 18 - MEMBERSHIP
MEETING
NOVEMBER 25 - OPEN LAB
ASSISTANCE
DECEMBER 4 -
WINTER/SPRING CLASS REGISTRATION
KOFFEE KLATCH
Tuesday,
November 4, at 11:30 am at Crossroads Mall. Bring your favorite joke or story
and come out and visit with other SeniorNet Members.
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keep for future reference.
SENIORNET OF PUGET SOUND MEMBERSHIP MEETING
Tuesday, November 18, at 10:00 am at the Crossroads
Community Center (near Bartells) we will be gathering for our monthly meeting.
Ken Crandall will be presenting Internet Security.
DECEMBER 4, FACTORIA
MALL
THERE
STILL IS TIME!
It
isn't too late to sign up for classes at SeniorNet of Puget Sound. Our Registrar, Louise
Flora, reports that, "Word Processing (Word-2) begins Thursday, November
6, learn how to use Word to write letters, etc. Our very popular Photo Editing
and Scanning Class taught by Hal Mozer has a couple of openings beginning
Wednesday, November 19. Also available is Tips & Tricks for Windows XP
starting Friday, December 5 and Tracking Your Investments using Quicken which
will start Friday, December 5." For more information about these classes
call the voice mail 206-232-5892 or visit our Web Site at www.seniornetps.org.
FREE LAB ASSISTANCE CLASSES
Come in work on your class assignment and get
instant answers if you have a problem or bring your questions or concerns. The
Free LAB classes will be held on Tuesday, November 25 and the last LAB for the
year will be on December 9th. Instructors are available to assist you.
The classes are conducted from 9:30 am until
Noon. Note that Tuesday, November 11th
is a national holiday and the school and Lab will be closed.
MATCHING GIFT PROGRAM
Many companies in our area have a Matching Gift Program. If an organization is eligible, (SeniorNet of Puget Sound is eligible,) companies will match your contribution. This provides an opportunity for a company to join with its employees and often times retirees in supporting your commitment.
SeniorNet of Puget Sound is recognized by the IRS as tax exempt under section 501(c)(3), therefore eligible for this matching gift program. If you are able to make a contribution to SeniorNet, contact your Human Resources Department, they will provide you with a form to complete to forward along with your donation. We will take care of the rest.
There is a nice video
to watch at the following website address reports Hal Mozer, http://www.bsd405.org/newphantom.html
Also visit Phantom's Homepage and discover
more about the school including a link to SeniorNet's website www.bsd405.org/phantomlake
LOUISE FLORA HONORED BY RSVP
The
RSVP Organizational Volunteer of the Year 2003 was awarded to Louise Flora, SeniorNet
Registrar for her spectacular service and
outstanding efforts. She was selected by the membership as the "pick for
this year". Louise as the Registration Coordinator has a tremendous job to
handle and does a yeoman's job with all the coordination that is necessary to
keep everything running smoothly. Coordinating two registration days a year
with about 30 volunteers all working at the same time for three hours is only
one of her duties. Keeping everyone in the correct class, handling all the money,
informing the instructors with the information about each class, and keeping
everyone smiling and happy are among some of ways she keeps the registration
operation running smoothly. In addition she spends hours on the phone being
sure the student is assigned to the correct class. The data in the database
that has designed about four years ago was all entered by Louise and she is the
one that keeps it up-to-date.
At the fairs and events where
SeniorNet is promoted Louise can be found talking and selling computer classes
to people that walk by. She is an excellent recruiter to be sure the classes
are filled. She also has come up with many innovative ideas for ways to
interest students in participating in classes and each week she can be found in
the classroom with her scheduling notebook talking to people about signing up
for another class. Speaking of the classroom you can also find her in there
from time to time serving as an assistant instructor or taking a computer class
to keep current on all the latest technology.
In addition, she grows flowers and
supplies the floral decorations for our annual Brown Bag Social and has done
that each year for about five years. It is here that our members and upcoming
students enjoy an August summer day socializing and eating but more importantly
Louise is there enlisting people to sign up for classes. As Sunshine Chair she
not only sends out cards as needed to the sick, etc., but she also makes sure
our 70 or so members receive birthday cards. The use of the club house in the
community where she resides is donated by Louise for our pot luck socials.
Another of her duties is to serve
on the Board of Directors that meets every month.
Congratulations Louise!
TRIATHLON
2003 FOR PHANTOM LAKE SCHOOL
"Thank
you, Thank you, says Helen Hesketh, President, "for your generosity in
participating in the Triathlon 2003 for Phantom Lake School. It warms my heart
to be a part of all of you and your kindness."
"We collected $594.00
total. That totals out to $33.00 a classroom. If you didn't know Jill had to
die her purple if they raised $5000."
Received a note from Jill after I emailed her the results.
"A huge hoorah to all of you. Your contributions to the whole community
are amazing. Yes, I shall soon be known as Jill of the Purple Hair! XX
Jill"
A message about your President
from her husband:
Helen Hesketh of Bellevue was recently named
Inspirational Woman of the Year by Radio
station Warm 106.9 fm. Selected from 40 nominees Helen was noted for her
inspirational leadership serving as President of SeniorNet of Puget
Sound for the past five years, for involvement with her eight children and
thirty-three grandchildren, for inspiring Engaged and married couples in
counseling and for writing a Love Letter to her husband of 49 years every
single day.
She received
a two-night Spa weekend getaway at the luxurious Chrysalis Inn in
SOME THOUGHTS FROM WEDNESDAY WISDOM
One great way of anchoring your points is to use
historical data from the date of your presentation. The History Channel has a
good reference to daily happenings in past wars, literary history,
entertainment, crime, and other historical data at
http://www.historychannel.com/historychannel/thisday.
Here is an interesting and convenient compilation of
search, language, research, financial, mapping, and Internet tools now
available at
http://www.itools.com@RichardSchenkar.com>
The "spam" complaints are beginning to rise again, so head to
the U.S.
Federal Trade Commission site on spam for helpful information and suggestions:
http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/edcams/spam/index.html
Copyright 2003 by Richard Schenkar, Attorney,
Columnist
2 Maple Lane, Mercer Island WA 98040
Phone/Fax: 206-232-2282 E-mail: <Richard@RichardSchenkar.com>
Connecting you with information you need to be effective.
EMAIL ATTACHMENT PROBLEM
Many users of email
make use of the ability of attaching files (documents, photos, sound clips) to
an email message. Most email programs simply do what the user intended - attach
the file(s), as is, to the email message. However, some Internet Service
Providers (ISP's) block or limit what users can attach, such as executable
programs that could contain a virus.
Microsoft
Outlook added a different wrinkle that has been giving people problems over the
past several years. By default, Outlook encapsulates email attachments in a
proprietary format called Transport Neutral Encapsulation Format (TNEF) and
usually names the result winmail.dat. Only Outlook can decipher this file and
it is binary gibberish to other email programs. Apparently Outlook Express
knows these files are unreadable and just deletes them.
There are
additional factors about this procedure and Microsoft has an article about all
of it in its Knowledge Base, both acknowledging the problem and telling how to
make changes to Outlook to get around it.
Microsoft's website address for this article is:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;241538
I'd highly
recommend that people who send attachments to emails read the article,
especially those who use Outlook
There are many
articles on the Internet about this problem. If you would like more information
about it, simply do an Internet search on winmail.dat. You will get tens of
thousands of hits on the subject, so the problem is no secret.
RECYCLE BIN IS A GREAT INVENTION
But
it does have one aggravation--a confirmation message. When it is enabled, the message asks, "Are you sure you
want to send (name of file) to the Recycle Bin." Because Recycle Bin
stores deleted files in case you need them, you probably don't need this
warning. To stop it, right-click
the Recycle Bin icon and click Properties. On the Global tab, click to remove the check in
"Display delete confirmation dialog."
Over
time, Recycle Bin will collect a mountain of trash. So you should clean it out occasionally. When you are certain you have not
deleted anything you need, open Recycle Bin. Click File>Empty Recycle Bin.
You
can also adjust the size of the Recycle Bin on the Global tab.
You
can bypass Recycle Bin when you delete files. On an individual basis, hold down Shift and press Del. If you always want to delete files in
this manner, right-click Recycle Bin and click Properties. On the Global tab, select "Do not
move files to the Recycle Bin."
Submitted by Joe Pontecorvo
ANSWERING MACHINE ANSWERS
These are actual answering machine answers recorded and
verified by the world famous International Institute of Answering Machine
Answers.
1. My wife and I can't come to the phone right now, but if you'll leave your
name and number, we'll get back to you as soon as we're finished.
2. A is for academics, B is for beer. One of those reasons is why
we're not here, so leave a message.
3. Speak.
4. Hi. Now you say something.
5. Hi. I'm not at home right now, but my answering machine is, so
you can talk to it instead. Wait for the beep.
6. Hello. I'm David's answering machine. What are you?
7. (From Japanese friend) He-lo! This is Santo. If you leave
message, I call you soon. If you leave "sexy message," I call
you sooner!
8. Hi! John's answering machine is broken. This is his
refrigerator. Please speak very slowly, and I'll stick your message to myself
with one of these magnets.
9. Hello, You are talking to a machine. I am capable of receiving
messages. My owners do not need siding, windows, or a hot tub, and their
carpets are clean. They give charity through their office and do not need
their pictures taken. If you're still with me, leave your name and number
and they will get back to you.
10. This is not an answering machine. This is a telepathic
thought-recording device. After the tone, think about your name, your reason
for calling and a number where I can reach you and I'll think about returning
your call.
11. Hi. I am probably home. I'm avoiding someone I don't like.
Leave me a message, and if I don't call back, it's you.
12. Hi, this is George. I'm sorry I can't answer the phone right now.
Leave a message, and then wait by your phone until I call you back.
13. If you are a burglar, then we're at home cleaning our weapons right
now and can't answer the phone. Otherwise, we probably aren't home and it
is safe to leave us a message.
14. Please leave a message. However, you have the right to remain silent.
Everything you say will be recorded and will be used by us.
15. Hello, you've reached Jim and Sonya. We can't pick up the phone
right now, because we're doing something we really enjoy. Sonya likes
doing it up and down, and I like doing it left to right, real slowly. So leave
a message, and when we're done brushing our teeth, we'll get back to you.
Submitted
by Betty Schlechter