Helen, a) can't remember last tie I even touched an iron and I am in my early 40's - "dryer generation". b) best computer for you would probably be a laptop - lay it on your lap, kicked back with books around you on your bed. you can watch tv and surf the internet etc... and laptops are made better then most desktops. c) you can upload files to an area here on rootsweb through my acess and just let them sit there. and it's great to have backups of your files - I know, learned the hard way. Chrystie MYERS
CRISSY: THANKS FOR THE INFO. I MAY GET ONE OF EACH, I AM SO TIRED OF FOOLING WITH THIS ONE, I COULD PULL MY HAIR OUT AND I HAVE LOTS OF IT TO PULL. CRISSY, I WISH YOU WOULD DO SOMETHING THAT I THINK WILL BE USEFUL TO THE (MY) GENERATION OR EVEN YOUNGER OR OLDER. I HAVE BEEN GOING TO A LOT OF CEMETERIES LATELY AND HAVE NOTICED, IN PARTICULAR, THE FAMILIES THAT I KNOW REAL WELL...MY FAMILY. I CANNOT UNDERSTAND PEOPLE THINKING THAT YOUR CHILDREN WILL GET YOU A TOMBSTONE. NOW FOR SOME, MAYBE THEY REALLY DON'T CARE, BUT BECAUSE OF GENEALOGY, I THINK EVERYONE SHOULD BE ACCOUNTED FOR. WENT TO A CEMETERY LAST WEEK, A FIRST COUSIN HAS AN ARMY MONUMENT THAT THE GOVERNMENT PUT UP, BUT POOR OLD MOM IS DOWN THERE WITHOUT ANYTHING. I JUST THINK FOR 100.00 EACH, THEY COULD HAVE PUT MOTHER WHO GAVE THEM LIFE, A TOMBSTONE, THOUGH SMALL. IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE THE SIZE OF A SLOP JAR OR THE BIGGEST CAR BUT TO ME, RESPECT NEEDS TO BE SHOWN AT OUR CEMETERIES. THEY ARE NOT MOYERS BUT IT DOESN'T HURT TO GET SOMEONE A SMALL FOOTSTONE (THERE ARE THREE BOYS AND ALL HAVE GOOD JOBS AND DOING WELL AND YOUNG. BECAUSE I AM NOT WAITING FOR SOMEONE TO BUY MINE, AS SOON AS I GET THE COMPUTER THINGS OUT OF THE WAY...YOU CAN BET, I AM GOING TO HAVE A FOOTSTONE NOW AND HOPEFULLY, IF I GET A CHANCE AT A LITTLE MAD MONEY, WHO KNOWS, MAYBE INSTEAD OF PUTTING IT ON THE HOUSE, I WILL PUT IT IN A BIG STONE AT THE CEMETERY. THANKS FOR THE INPUT...LOVE, HUGS AND BLESSINGS....HELEN.