Hey Stacy---For whatever reason, MY e-mail program recognized your mailing in the current year. Notice--> Date: 5/17/2005 10:31:09 AM. I had dropped a note to Clif regarding this, then wondered why, going THRU the IADECATU site, it wouldn't automatically be updated. Looks like it just depends on the computer. Regarding what our grand-parents would think....I'll just bet mine would prefer washing 8 loads of clothes on a washboard to trying to "communicate" through a machine that KNOWS it's smarter than you are. :-) -Sherry > [Original Message] > From: Stacy Smith <slsmith@grm.net> > To: <IADECATU-L@rootsweb.com> > Date: 5/17/2005 10:31:09 AM > Subject: Re: [IADECATU] Grandmother West's scrapbook > > Hi Clif > My clock time is correct, but the date is a year off. There is a reason for > this... I buy Norton Anti-virus for my computer, to keep my computer > protected. BUT it expires 365 days after you install it, so I was going out > every year and buying a new one to install. And I have found that when I > buy the new one and install it as the other expires, for some reason it > doesn't "take" (If for example, Norton was to expire tomorrow, and I go out > and buy a new one and install it, it says that Norton will expire in one > day. So, I just blew $30+ and my computer is no longer protected) but I > have found that if, for example, Norton expires tomorrow, then I can set my > computer clock back a year, and still be "safe" from viruses. Then NEXT > year when it expires Norton WILL work on my computer. Don't have a clue as > to why that is. Aren't computers wonderful? So, every other year I buy > Norton, and the other year I have to "live in the past". > I am sorry for the inconveniences, but I don't know of another way to do it > so that my computer is virus protected. (Someone once mentioned that I > could buy it on line...but using a credit card on line is not 100% safe~I > have a story about that too~I went on line to a "very secure site" and spent > about $20. (This was the ONLY time this credit card was ever used) Then > about 2-3 months later I got a bill in the mail saying that I was in Paris > and used the credit card 3 times to buy books, a surf board and another > couple items. ) Wow, Paris! Which was kind of interesting, since I have > never even been close to an ocean, let alone fly over one. The "good thing" > was that when these items were purchased, the surf board was purchased on > our anniversary. :-) > I dont know if they ever caught the surfing-bookreader, but I do know that > the credit card company fixed the problem. So, I no longer trust any > website~even if they are "very secure") > Gotta love computers! > Any ideas how I can keep Norton and my date correct? > Stacy > (I wonder what our ggggreat grandparents would have thought about the kinds > of "problems" we have today?) > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Clif Hinds" <hindsclif@yahoo.com> > To: "Stacy Smith" <slsmith@grm.net>; <IADECATU-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2005 10:47 AM > Subject: Re: [IADECATU] Grandmother West's scrapbook > > > > Stacy, > > Is the clock set right on your computer. When you send an email to > > the list, it posts as a last year's message. Basically embedded way down > > in my messages. I see that it's "snuck" in deep and I suspect spyware or > > some such. > > > > Have a good day. > > > > Clif Hinds > > > > --- Stacy Smith <slsmith@grm.net> wrote: > > > > > You said "this was implemented after 9/11." I think that actually, this > > > was > > > implemented for 911 (911~a faster way to get ahold of the police or > > > ambulance~to know exactly where you were, and they needed all the roads > > > clearly marked. During this time alot of house numbers AND street > > > numbers > > > changed around the area. Our 911 number was given to us in ?1999? And > > > my > > > mom's in Leon was changed around the same time. We finally got new > > > country > > > road signs put up just a couple years ago. I know that they changed > > > all > > > the RR numbers to longer addresses (From "R1 Box XX" to "00000 West US > > > Highway 69". Bethany's switched before the 9/11 attacks, and Lamoni's > > > just > > > switched ?2? years ago. So, I think that instead of being implemented > > > "after 9/11" I think that it is just coinsicdence that they changed for > > > the > > > 911 system around the time that 9/11 attacks happened. > > > Stacy > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Sherry Balow" <balowmsg@earthlink.net> > > > To: <IADECATU-L@rootsweb.com> > > > Sent: Sunday, May 15, 2005 11:45 PM > > > Subject: RE: [IADECATU] Grandmother West's scrapbook > > > > > > > > > > Hey Barry (& others)-- > > > > > > > > I'm probably enjoying this as much as your mom! > > > > > > > > I thought I'd take advantage of the quiet and relate a recent Van Wert > > > > > story---I have to laugh out loud every time I think of it, if I don't > > > cry. > > > > > > > > I visited the area last year -- the first time since the 1960's. > > > Since > > > Van > > > > Wert is EXTREMELY rural, I would have been hopelessly lost without > > > help > > > > from a local cousin. My 2nd great-grandfather, Ebenezer Price, was an > > > > early settler, very near the farm that I was born at, a couple of > > > miles > > > > south of Van Wert. My cousin showed us the area, an old barn on the > > > > property, and he pointed in the direction other families connected to > > > ours > > > > had their farms---Roberts to the north, the Bullards toward the west > > > if I > > > > remember correctly. He showed us where my first home had been---the > > > area > > > > and the road to it completely overgrown. I remember Mom talking about > > > > it---an old converted shed, fixed and painted, the windows covered > > > with > > > > blue curtains that she and my great-grandmother, Mae Price, had sewn. > > > Mom > > > > called it "My Blue Heaven" and "remembered", on certain occasions, > > > events > > > > that took place there. When she made our "farm dinners" in later > > > years, > > > > and in California, she reflected on what it had been like on the > > > > farm---field hands breaking for lunch---"lunch" being piles of fried > > > > chicken, killed, cleaned and cooked that morning. (I do have a memory > > > of > > > > those headless chickens "chasing" me around the yard!) Mountains of > > > mashed > > > > potatoes & gravy, biscuits, and of course, corn-on-the-cob. I don't > > > > remember THAT farm fare, but certainly remember it as California > > > feasts, > > > > once Mom got used to the "blue chickens" they sold in San Diego! I > > > think > > > > those meals were Sunday traditions back then, but are only enjoyed a > > > > couple of times a year these days. (We BBQ in CA!) > > > > > > > > Anyway, back to visiting my first home. It's gone. Well, the > > > converted > > > > shed is gone. All that's there now are the trees & shrubs where the > > > road > > > > used to be, cornfields--lots of them-- and a street sign. Just when I > > > was > > > > getting my mind around "being born out in the middle of nowhere", I > > > saw > > > the > > > > sign. And, it may very well be OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE, > > > (actually, > > > > it's still a couple of miles south of Van Wert), but it is a VERY well > > > > marked area. Anyone asking where I was born will, from now on, get, > > > "Near > > > > the corner of 140th Street and 230th Ave" in Van Wert, IA. Fifty five > > > > years ago my mom would have laughed her head off if she'd passed this > > > > street sign while on her way to Popcorn School to pick up her > > > > kindergardner---just as I do every time I look at the picture that I > > > took > > > > of it. From a "Californians perspective", it looks like a relic from > > > what > > > > would have been a once thriving CITY neighborhood, the sign surviving > > > after > > > > any homes had disappeared. > > > > > > > > For those that didn't know, (and I was one of them), this was > > > implemented > > > > after 9/11. I'm not sure, but I do believe that NOW it would be > > > virtually > > > > impossible to get lost in a cornfield! The times, they are still a > > > > changin', but the area, (except for the street signs & highway), has > > > to > > > > look VERY MUCH like it did 100 years ago--or at least, 50 years ago. > > > > > > > > Sherry > > > > > > > > > > > > > [Original Message] > > > > > From: <BRWest@aol.com> > > > > > To: <IADECATU-L@rootsweb.com> > > > > > Date: 5/15/2005 3:30:10 PM > > > > > Subject: [IADECATU] Grandmother West's scrapbook > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > note from mom on responses to the list > > > > > Barry > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Barry, I am enjoying the response you are getting back from > > > grandmas > > > > > scrapbook so much. and she would be happy, also. It is truly a > > > small > > > > world when you > > > > > can hear from Calif , Mo, Iowa and all other places .about these > > > > articles. > > > > > Ray did go to school with Buddy Price and Rays folks knew all the > > > Prices > > > > at > > > > > Van wet, I use to wait on them when they came into Grahams Dept > > > store > > > to > > > > shop > > > > > and I also, worked with Gladys Binning in Grahams for a while,. I > > > kept > > > > Books > > > > > for Grahams for three years while Ray was in service. We went to > > > school > > > > with > > > > > young Vernons wife Glendola, We knew the Turpens from Davis City > > > and > > > > went to > > > > > school with Darrel and Duane, don't remember any Turpin girl. 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