Ed wrote:

> While sitting with my son at the hospital (he's been diagnosed with Perthes
> disease)

I'm sorry to hear that. Childhood illness is one of my few fears in Japan, even
worse than losing my job or being poor.

I hope your recent posts are not related to something in the medical system.

> I got tired of the inactivity of watching him play Stuffy 2 on his
> game boy and took a walk. Right next to the hospital is a computer store
> that is going out of business. I walk in and there's almost nothing on the
> shelves. What they do have is an old demo version of a power mac 8500/120
> selling for 1,500 yen. A 17 inch monitor was going for 1,000 yen so I bought
> the computer and monitor and told my daughter that it's her computer.
>
> She was ecstatic about having her own computer until we powered the thing
> up. I'm a windows dude. I don't know jack about apple computers. She want's
> to access the internet, but I can't figure this thing out for the life of
> me.
>
> All I know is that it has version 8 something of a mac OS.
>
> Help, help, help!!!
>
> --
> you know I should of suspected he was gay.  his pecker tasted like shit.