I still also snicker over this. Am a reasonably intelligent person and knew I had used it in Win3 but no way could I get it to work in Win X. Still have no clue what my hang up was, but immediately my friend showed me, it was a snap. Still looking for origins of my Agnes NICHOL m. 1st Valentine ALBRIGHT and 2nd Thomas DODD. She and Thomas Dodd buried in N.Y. State. Lauraine > > From: "MASmith" <momsmith@fnwusers.com> > Date: 2009/08/03 Mon AM 12:33:14 CDT > To: <can-usa-migration@rootsweb.com> > Subject: Re: [CAN-USA-MIG] Ice Boxes, and Yurts > > Had to smile at your account of how hard it was to copy, cut and > paste........until someone showed you how! For some reason, the things > that are the easiest sometimes are the hardest to figure out originally!!! > > -----Original Message----- > From: can-usa-migration-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:can-usa-migration-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of syrnick@mts.net > Sent: Sunday, August 02, 2009 8:28 PM > To: can-usa-migration@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [CAN-USA-MIG] Ice Boxes, and Yurts > > Hi Ann: > > LOL - thanks a bunch. Can do that on both of my own laptops but use a > different browser from this one. Am having problems even seeing where the > URL is on this lappy and do not want to fool around as it is the loaners > work computer. Would hate to screw up any of their set up. Normally have > no problems copy and paste, but even the mouse pointer here is driving me > batty. Seems to have a tail which becomes 40 mice and difficulty getting to > point at things. Having no problem copying text to print, just URLs - no > idea where to hover and click, etc. Using this machine very short term, so > not too important. > > For any seniors on this list or others who struggle with copy, cut and > paste, please note that it took me ages to master the technique so do not > give up. Find a friend who will demonstrate on a computer and then do it in > their presence a couple of times. Yes, you will feel a bit dopey, but it is > one of the most valuable time savers to learn. Never could understand what > confused me so much once it was learned. > > Lauraine > > > > > > > > From: "AnnE Austin" <AnneRAustin@comcast.net> > > Date: 2009/08/02 Sun PM 07:05:54 CDT > > To: <can-usa-migration@rootsweb.com> > > Subject: Re: [CAN-USA-MIG] Ice Boxes, and Yurts > > > > Lauraine, Highlight the URL...left click and hold down as you scan the > > address. Right Click and do a copy. Go to an email and again right click > > > and paste. That is IF you are using a mouse. good luck AnnE > in > > MN > > > > -------------------------------------------------- > > From: <syrnick@mts.net> > > Sent: Sunday, August 02, 2009 5:53 PM > > To: <can-usa-migration@rootsweb.com> > > Subject: Re: [CAN-USA-MIG] Ice Boxes, and Yurts > > > > Hi Willow: > > > > Had never heard of the Coolgardie Safe! Had to google it and found some > > interesting material. Would give the URLs but am using someone else's > > computer and can't figured how to copy the URLS. Thank you for sharing > the > > coolgardie with us. If read correctly, appears it is based on the theory > of > > cooling by evaporation. > > > > Lauraine > > > > > > From: "Willow Aliento" <evajune@bigpond.com> > > > Date: 2009/08/02 Sun AM 06:25:47 CDT > > > To: <can-usa-migration@rootsweb.com> > > > Subject: Re: [CAN-USA-MIG] Ice Boxes, and Yurts > > > > > > G'Day, > > > Here downunda some folks in the city or big towns had iceboxes, but out > > > bush > > > where ice could not be got, Aussies used a contraption called a > > > "Koolgardie > > > safe" -- named after a remote mining town Koolgardie. > > > How they work is a tin box of various kinds either had a pan built in at > > > > the > > > bottom, or sat in a tin pan, with water in it; hessian was draped over > the > > > box so the ends dangled in the water, the capilliarity of the hessian > > > would > > > draw water up and the heat of the atmosphere dried it out, causing a > > > cooling > > > effect (a bit like an evaporative air conditioner). They actually work > > > very > > > well, I've used improvised Koolgardies at various times, the best thing > > > for > > > improvising is a steel washing machine drum sitting in a pan with a > > > hessian > > > sack for the cover. knew a bloke who kept meat frsh for a week in 40 > > > degree > > > heat in one. > > > > > > and yurts are fairly popular with the alternative community around > > > Australia. > > > > > > Wishing everyone well, > > > Willow in Australia > > > > > > > > > When you want to respond to a query or comment posted on this List, I > > > find it MUCH easier to post a new message -- remembering to include the > > > SUBJECT from the post you are responding to !! Please make sure there > > > > is a SURNAME or place-name in the Subject. > > > > > > To search the archives: > > > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=CAN-USA-MIGRATION > > > The information page is: > > > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Immigration/CAN-USA-MIGRATION.html > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > > CAN-USA-MIGRATION-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without > > > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > > When you want to respond to a query or comment posted on this List, I > find > > it MUCH easier to post a new message -- remembering to include the SUBJECT > > > from the post you are responding to !! Please make sure there is a > > SURNAME or place-name in the Subject. > > > > To search the archives: > > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=CAN-USA-MIGRATION > > The information page is: > > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Immigration/CAN-USA-MIGRATION.html > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > CAN-USA-MIGRATION-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > > > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > When you want to respond to a query or comment posted on this List, I > find it MUCH easier to post a new message -- remembering to include the > SUBJECT from the post you are responding to !! Please make sure there is > a SURNAME or place-name in the Subject. > > > > To search the archives: > > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=CAN-USA-MIGRATION > > The information page is: > > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Immigration/CAN-USA-MIGRATION.html > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > CAN-USA-MIGRATION-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > When you want to respond to a query or comment posted on this List, I find > it MUCH easier to post a new message -- remembering to include the SUBJECT > from the post you are responding to !! Please make sure there is a > SURNAME or place-name in the Subject. > > To search the archives: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=CAN-USA-MIGRATION > The information page is: > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Immigration/CAN-USA-MIGRATION.html > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > CAN-USA-MIGRATION-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > When you want to respond to a query or comment posted on this List, I find it MUCH easier to post a new message -- remembering to include the SUBJECT from the post you are responding to !! Please make sure there is a SURNAME or place-name in the Subject. > > To search the archives: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=CAN-USA-MIGRATION > The information page is: > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Immigration/CAN-USA-MIGRATION.html > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CAN-USA-MIGRATION-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Being a "reasonably intelligent person" doesn't guarantee that you will understand everything about computers!!!! And they keep coming up with new things every day, too, just to confuse us more. Still and all, I love the thing.....and spend a lot of time on it, with genealogy mostly, and personal email. I do keep some financial records and have programs for addresses, etc. Think I would be lost without it now. And you are so right: many things that are impossible to figure out, seem unbelievably and STUPIDLY simple, once you find out how to do them!!! Happy Computering!!! -----Original Message----- From: can-usa-migration-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:can-usa-migration-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of syrnick@mts.net Sent: Monday, August 03, 2009 1:24 PM To: can-usa-migration@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [CAN-USA-MIG] Ice Boxes, and Yurts I still also snicker over this. Am a reasonably intelligent person and knew I had used it in Win3 but no way could I get it to work in Win X. Still have no clue what my hang up was, but immediately my friend showed me, it was a snap. Still looking for origins of my Agnes NICHOL m. 1st Valentine ALBRIGHT and 2nd Thomas DODD. She and Thomas Dodd buried in N.Y. State. Lauraine > > From: "MASmith" <momsmith@fnwusers.com> > Date: 2009/08/03 Mon AM 12:33:14 CDT > To: <can-usa-migration@rootsweb.com> > Subject: Re: [CAN-USA-MIG] Ice Boxes, and Yurts > > Had to smile at your account of how hard it was to copy, cut and > paste........until someone showed you how! For some reason, the things > that are the easiest sometimes are the hardest to figure out originally!!! > > -----Original Message----- > From: can-usa-migration-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:can-usa-migration-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of syrnick@mts.net > Sent: Sunday, August 02, 2009 8:28 PM > To: can-usa-migration@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [CAN-USA-MIG] Ice Boxes, and Yurts > > Hi Ann: > > LOL - thanks a bunch. Can do that on both of my own laptops but use a > different browser from this one. Am having problems even seeing where the > URL is on this lappy and do not want to fool around as it is the loaners > work computer. Would hate to screw up any of their set up. Normally have > no problems copy and paste, but even the mouse pointer here is driving me > batty. Seems to have a tail which becomes 40 mice and difficulty getting to > point at things. Having no problem copying text to print, just URLs - no > idea where to hover and click, etc. Using this machine very short term, so > not too important. > > For any seniors on this list or others who struggle with copy, cut and > paste, please note that it took me ages to master the technique so do not > give up. Find a friend who will demonstrate on a computer and then do it in > their presence a couple of times. Yes, you will feel a bit dopey, but it is > one of the most valuable time savers to learn. Never could understand what > confused me so much once it was learned. > > Lauraine > > > > > > > > From: "AnnE Austin" <AnneRAustin@comcast.net> > > Date: 2009/08/02 Sun PM 07:05:54 CDT > > To: <can-usa-migration@rootsweb.com> > > Subject: Re: [CAN-USA-MIG] Ice Boxes, and Yurts > > > > Lauraine, Highlight the URL...left click and hold down as you scan the > > address. Right Click and do a copy. Go to an email and again right click > > > and paste. That is IF you are using a mouse. good luck AnnE > in > > MN > > > > -------------------------------------------------- > > From: <syrnick@mts.net> > > Sent: Sunday, August 02, 2009 5:53 PM > > To: <can-usa-migration@rootsweb.com> > > Subject: Re: [CAN-USA-MIG] Ice Boxes, and Yurts > > > > Hi Willow: > > > > Had never heard of the Coolgardie Safe! Had to google it and found some > > interesting material. Would give the URLs but am using someone else's > > computer and can't figured how to copy the URLS. Thank you for sharing > the > > coolgardie with us. If read correctly, appears it is based on the theory > of > > cooling by evaporation. > > > > Lauraine > > > > > > From: "Willow Aliento" <evajune@bigpond.com> > > > Date: 2009/08/02 Sun AM 06:25:47 CDT > > > To: <can-usa-migration@rootsweb.com> > > > Subject: Re: [CAN-USA-MIG] Ice Boxes, and Yurts > > > > > > G'Day, > > > Here downunda some folks in the city or big towns had iceboxes, but out > > > bush > > > where ice could not be got, Aussies used a contraption called a > > > "Koolgardie > > > safe" -- named after a remote mining town Koolgardie. > > > How they work is a tin box of various kinds either had a pan built in at > > > > the > > > bottom, or sat in a tin pan, with water in it; hessian was draped over > the > > > box so the ends dangled in the water, the capilliarity of the hessian > > > would > > > draw water up and the heat of the atmosphere dried it out, causing a > > > cooling > > > effect (a bit like an evaporative air conditioner). They actually work > > > very > > > well, I've used improvised Koolgardies at various times, the best thing > > > for > > > improvising is a steel washing machine drum sitting in a pan with a > > > hessian > > > sack for the cover. knew a bloke who kept meat frsh for a week in 40 > > > degree > > > heat in one. > > > > > > and yurts are fairly popular with the alternative community around > > > Australia. > > > > > > Wishing everyone well, > > > Willow in Australia > > > > > > > > > When you want to respond to a query or comment posted on this List, I > > > find it MUCH easier to post a new message -- remembering to include the > > > SUBJECT from the post you are responding to !! Please make sure there > > > > is a SURNAME or place-name in the Subject. > > > > > > To search the archives: > > > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=CAN-USA-MIGRATION > > > The information page is: > > > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Immigration/CAN-USA-MIGRATION.html > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > > CAN-USA-MIGRATION-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without > > > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > > When you want to respond to a query or comment posted on this List, I > find > > it MUCH easier to post a new message -- remembering to include the SUBJECT > > > from the post you are responding to !! Please make sure there is a > > SURNAME or place-name in the Subject. > > > > To search the archives: > > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=CAN-USA-MIGRATION > > The information page is: > > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Immigration/CAN-USA-MIGRATION.html > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > CAN-USA-MIGRATION-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > > > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > When you want to respond to a query or comment posted on this List, I > find it MUCH easier to post a new message -- remembering to include the > SUBJECT from the post you are responding to !! Please make sure there is > a SURNAME or place-name in the Subject. > > > > To search the archives: > > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=CAN-USA-MIGRATION > > The information page is: > > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Immigration/CAN-USA-MIGRATION.html > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > CAN-USA-MIGRATION-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > When you want to respond to a query or comment posted on this List, I find > it MUCH easier to post a new message -- remembering to include the SUBJECT > from the post you are responding to !! Please make sure there is a > SURNAME or place-name in the Subject. > > To search the archives: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=CAN-USA-MIGRATION > The information page is: > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Immigration/CAN-USA-MIGRATION.html > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > CAN-USA-MIGRATION-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > When you want to respond to a query or comment posted on this List, I find it MUCH easier to post a new message -- remembering to include the SUBJECT from the post you are responding to !! Please make sure there is a SURNAME or place-name in the Subject. > > To search the archives: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=CAN-USA-MIGRATION > The information page is: > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Immigration/CAN-USA-MIGRATION.html > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CAN-USA-MIGRATION-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > When you want to respond to a query or comment posted on this List, I find it MUCH easier to post a new message -- remembering to include the SUBJECT from the post you are responding to !! Please make sure there is a SURNAME or place-name in the Subject. 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