Now, *there's* a gap in the market for an enterprising designer! Custom made fitted computer covers! Mahogany and satinwood, with cross banding and inlay, for me, please. Linda Dianne Millward wrote: > Oh for a rosewood and brass computer which would sit elegantly on my desk instead of a black plastic and steel jobby. Do you think all our old computers will be heirlooms in time to come? > Di > > > > ___________________________________________________________ > The all-new Yahoo! Mail goes wherever you go - free your email address from your Internet provider. http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html > *************************************** > > When replying to this message, please spare a thought for your fellow list members, and anyone searching the archives in the future. SNIP everything which is not essential for comprehension or continuity (including the footers which will be put back anyway!) > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to HAMPSHIRE-LIFE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >
We were in London a few months back and I took Caroline into Harrods as she had never been there before. And there on a counter was a computer in a wooden cabinet with brass fittings, the price was £14,750!!! When I asked a member of staff about it she told me it had been made for some arab sheikh in Kuwait and that the wood was something or other but the brass was in fact 24 carat gold encrusted with 200 diamonds and the on off switch was a ruby that alone cost £800 So I have hinted to my nearest an dearest that it is only 9 months to Christmas! The monitor was also encased in a similar cabinet!! But this was one of the "little extras" at £950 for a 15 inch and around 2,000 for a 17" But Harrods can get them made for you starting at 10,000 pounds up to a million or more!! Mind you it looked absolutely horrible, would rather have the clean lines of the plastic!! Chris ----- Original Message ----- From: "tele.pathic" <tele.pathic@virgin.net> To: <hampshire-life@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, March 04, 2007 5:05 PM Subject: Re: [HAMPSHIRE-LIFE] ADMIN New computer Now, *there's* a gap in the market for an enterprising designer! Custom made fitted computer covers! Mahogany and satinwood, with cross banding and inlay, for me, please. Linda Dianne Millward wrote: > Oh for a rosewood and brass computer which would sit elegantly on my desk > instead of a black plastic and steel jobby. Do you think all our old > computers will be heirlooms in time to come? > Di > > > > ___________________________________________________________ > The all-new Yahoo! Mail goes wherever you go - free your email address > from your Internet provider. http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html > *************************************** > > When replying to this message, please spare a thought for your fellow list > members, and anyone searching the archives in the future. SNIP everything > which is not essential for comprehension or continuity (including the > footers which will be put back anyway!) > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > HAMPSHIRE-LIFE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > *************************************** When replying to this message, please spare a thought for your fellow list members, and anyone searching the archives in the future. SNIP everything which is not essential for comprehension or continuity (including the footers which will be put back anyway!) ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to HAMPSHIRE-LIFE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message --- avast! Antivirus: Inbound message clean. Virus Database (VPS): 000721-1, 03/03/2007 Tested on: 3/4/2007 5:49:02 PM avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2007 ALWIL Software. http://www.avast.com
I always steer Lynn clear of Harods when we are in England so far I have been succesful. Colin ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris & Caroline" <crhayles@btinternet.com> To: <hampshire-life@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, March 04, 2007 1:55 PM Subject: Re: [HAMPSHIRE-LIFE] ADMIN New computer We were in London a few months back and I took Caroline into Harrods as she had never been there before. And there on a counter was a computer in a wooden cabinet with brass fittings, the price was £14,750!!! When I asked a member of staff about it she told me it had been made for some arab sheikh in Kuwait and that the wood was something or other but the brass was in fact 24 carat gold encrusted with 200 diamonds and the on off switch was a ruby that alone cost £800 So I have hinted to my nearest an dearest that it is only 9 months to Christmas! The monitor was also encased in a similar cabinet!! But this was one of the "little extras" at £950 for a 15 inch and around 2,000 for a 17" But Harrods can get them made for you starting at 10,000 pounds up to a million or more!! Mind you it looked absolutely horrible, would rather have the clean lines of the plastic!! Chris ----- Original Message ----- From: "tele.pathic" <tele.pathic@virgin.net> To: <hampshire-life@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, March 04, 2007 5:05 PM Subject: Re: [HAMPSHIRE-LIFE] ADMIN New computer Now, *there's* a gap in the market for an enterprising designer! Custom made fitted computer covers! Mahogany and satinwood, with cross banding and inlay, for me, please. Linda Dianne Millward wrote: > Oh for a rosewood and brass computer which would sit elegantly on my desk > instead of a black plastic and steel jobby. Do you think all our old > computers will be heirlooms in time to come? > Di > > > > ___________________________________________________________ > The all-new Yahoo! Mail goes wherever you go - free your email address > from your Internet provider. http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html > *************************************** > > When replying to this message, please spare a thought for your fellow list > members, and anyone searching the archives in the future. SNIP everything > which is not essential for comprehension or continuity (including the > footers which will be put back anyway!) > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > HAMPSHIRE-LIFE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > *************************************** When replying to this message, please spare a thought for your fellow list members, and anyone searching the archives in the future. SNIP everything which is not essential for comprehension or continuity (including the footers which will be put back anyway!) ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to HAMPSHIRE-LIFE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message --- avast! Antivirus: Inbound message clean. Virus Database (VPS): 000721-1, 03/03/2007 Tested on: 3/4/2007 5:49:02 PM avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2007 ALWIL Software. http://www.avast.com *************************************** When replying to this message, please spare a thought for your fellow list members, and anyone searching the archives in the future. SNIP everything which is not essential for comprehension or continuity (including the footers which will be put back anyway!) ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to HAMPSHIRE-LIFE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 268.18.6/709 - Release Date: 3/3/2007 8:12 AM