On Oct 22, 1:27 pm, mtfes...@netMAPSONscape.net wrote:
> chuckers <chucker...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Oct 22, 11:34 am, CL <flot...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > > chuckers wrote:
> > > > On Oct 22, 2:15 am, "John W." <worthj1...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > >> On Oct 20, 8:18 pm, chuckers <chucker...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > >>> The Coppola Windery doesn't ship to Japan directly but there is
> > > >>> apparently an importer:
> > > >> They have some really good wind.
>
> > > >> John W.
>
> > > > See, if I was using the Safari browser instead of Firefox, my typos
> > > > would be fewer due to autospell check.
>
> > > You could always use Thunderbird.  It has an auto spell checker, but you
> > > have to accept / reject the proposed changes manually if you set it to
> > > check spelling before sending.  Thunderbird is free, which makes it
> > > cheaper than switching to Apple products.  If you do that, you have to
> > > develop a false sense of superiority, wear plaid shirts, a pen protector
> > > in your pocket, and sit in the corner of your office giggling and
> > > picking your nose.  Developing a face full of zits is optional.  Some of
> > > the extreme hard cases carry a slide rule in a holster on their belt.
>
> > Nah, too much grief for my OCD brain.  Using Firefox at work and
> > Safari at home is about all I can muster.
> > I got screwed over about 2 weeks ago when Microsoft did a "patch" that
> > broke all of the Mincho fonts
> > used by Safari so all of my bookmarks and URL typing ended up looking
> > like Arabic.
> > Reseting Safari, re-downloading it, and even retreating to a system
> > restore didn't help.
> > I was fortunate enough to happen upon some Japanese guy's blog that
> > told me which one was the one
> > anally raping me without benefit of a reach around.  But then I was
> > callously prevented from uninstalling
> > it from the Control panel for some reason.  Ended up, I had to crack
> > open the spuninst.txt file to find out
> > what to do and remove the two font files by hand.
> > And they think I am going to go the Windows 7?!?  Not in the forseable
> > future.  Really should use my Mac
> > a bit more than I do now.
>
> Put VMWare on your Mac, and install Windows there, if you need both.
>
> Mike

My current Macs are PPC based (G3 and G5) so VMWare isn't going to do
me a whole lot of good.

I am expecting to get a new Mac Book Pro next month so
maybe....Unlikely, but maybe.