Ok the floppies found a home. Yeah!!!!! I really did not want to toss them in the garbage. Must be a left over item from my grandmother and mom who always tried to "reuse, repurpose and recycle". LOL Susan Boise, Idaho, USA -----Original Message----- From: gen-newbie-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:gen-newbie-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Susan Slade Grossl Sent: Saturday, December 31, 2011 10:46 AM To: gen-newbie@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [GN] floppy drive I did not get any takers for the floppies. If anyone out there wants me to send them to them, let me know today please. Susan Boise, Idaho, USA -----Original Message----- From: gen-newbie-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:gen-newbie-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Susan Slade Grossl Sent: Tuesday, December 27, 2011 11:14 AM To: gen-newbie@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [GN] floppy drive I have a little plastic case full of floppies that have never been used (34 of them). Oh wait, maybe one or two were for backups or something. I'm willing to send them off to one of you if you want them, I will clean them off first if they have anything on them, and check them for viability. We have one computer in the house that still has a floppy drive and hubby is talking about taking it out 'cause we don't use it. First one who emails me back gets them. LOL Susan Boise, Idaho, USA -----Original Message----- From: gen-newbie-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:gen-newbie-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Neysa Sent: Tuesday, December 27, 2011 10:28 AM To: gen-newbie@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [GN] floppy drive I have been thinking about it and I remember Keith telling us about the one on Amazon. That is the one I got, too. Also have a cell phone I can only talk on...when I can find it. Hubby has the same one. For emergencies only. <G> Neysa ----- Original Message ----- From: Maxine To: gen-newbie@rootsweb.com Sent: Tuesday, December 27, 2011 11:02 AM Subject: Re: [GN] floppy drive A while back our Keith told us of a really good by on the portable floppy drive for about $12 from Amazon ( I think it was). I got one and it is GREAT. I still use them as well and when I had my computer built he did not have enough room left in the Asus tower to put one in. By the way...I have a cell phone that I can only talk on as well and have only done that to test it when I first got it. (BIG grin). I hate talking on a phone and it is for emergencies only. Maxine On 12/26/2011 6:33 PM, Bev Carlson wrote: > Wanda, when I purchased Windows 7, I had a floppy drive put in also. > Some of the geek shops can add one for you. I wanted the floppy drive > because I have a camera that takes floppies. The old ways are > sometimes the best way. (I still have a cell phone that you can only > talk on.)

Yikes, I am old. I bought them new. Send me a snail-mail address and I will send on the few unused ones I have here. Neysa ----- Original Message ----- From: Susan Slade Grossl To: gen-newbie@rootsweb.com Sent: Saturday, December 31, 2011 6:11 PM Subject: Re: [GN] floppy drive Ok the floppies found a home. Yeah!!!!! I really did not want to toss them in the garbage. Must be a left over item from my grandmother and mom who always tried to "reuse, repurpose and recycle". LOL Susan Boise, Idaho, USA -----Original Message----- From: gen-newbie-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:gen-newbie-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Susan Slade Grossl Sent: Saturday, December 31, 2011 10:46 AM To: gen-newbie@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [GN] floppy drive I did not get any takers for the floppies. If anyone out there wants me to send them to them, let me know today please. Susan Boise, Idaho, USA -----Original Message----- From: gen-newbie-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:gen-newbie-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Susan Slade Grossl Sent: Tuesday, December 27, 2011 11:14 AM To: gen-newbie@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [GN] floppy drive I have a little plastic case full of floppies that have never been used (34 of them). Oh wait, maybe one or two were for backups or something. I'm willing to send them off to one of you if you want them, I will clean them off first if they have anything on them, and check them for viability. We have one computer in the house that still has a floppy drive and hubby is talking about taking it out 'cause we don't use it. First one who emails me back gets them. LOL Susan Boise, Idaho, USA -----Original Message----- From: gen-newbie-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:gen-newbie-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Neysa Sent: Tuesday, December 27, 2011 10:28 AM To: gen-newbie@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [GN] floppy drive I have been thinking about it and I remember Keith telling us about the one on Amazon. That is the one I got, too. Also have a cell phone I can only talk on...when I can find it. Hubby has the same one. For emergencies only. <G> Neysa ----- Original Message ----- From: Maxine To: gen-newbie@rootsweb.com Sent: Tuesday, December 27, 2011 11:02 AM Subject: Re: [GN] floppy drive A while back our Keith told us of a really good by on the portable floppy drive for about $12 from Amazon ( I think it was). I got one and it is GREAT. I still use them as well and when I had my computer built he did not have enough room left in the Asus tower to put one in. By the way...I have a cell phone that I can only talk on as well and have only done that to test it when I first got it. (BIG grin). I hate talking on a phone and it is for emergencies only. Maxine On 12/26/2011 6:33 PM, Bev Carlson wrote: > Wanda, when I purchased Windows 7, I had a floppy drive put in also. > Some of the geek shops can add one for you. I wanted the floppy drive > because I have a camera that takes floppies. The old ways are > sometimes the best way. (I still have a cell phone that you can only > talk on.) ******************** Gen-Newbie's website: http://www.rootsweb.com/~newbie/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GEN-NEWBIE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message