From: MM on 22 Jan 2010 14:33 On Fri, 22 Jan 2010 18:09:59 -0000, "Mike Williams" <Mike(a)WhiskyAndCoke.com> wrote: >"MM" <kylix_is(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message >news:fdijl51jh5j7nbsf3p85ecf8s32degmlnc(a)4ax.com... > >> I never play computer games. They bore me to tears. > >I'm like that with real games . . . football, basketball, etc, etc. They >bore me to tears. But computer games are different. Many are rubbish of >course, but some of them are great fun :-) Do you remember fun? I don't do *organised* fun. I get pleasure from watching a blackbird eat the bread I put out, or from vapour trails in a cloudless blue sky, or from eating tasty food, or from reading a gripping novel. I certainly don't need games to derive pleasure out of life. MM
From: Tony Toews [MVP] on 22 Jan 2010 14:38 "Mike Williams" <Mike(a)WhiskyAndCoke.com> wrote: >> I never play computer games. They bore me to tears. > >I'm like that with real games . . . football, basketball, etc, etc. They >bore me to tears. But computer games are different. Many are rubbish of >course, but some of them are great fun :-) <aol> Me to </aol> http://www.freearcade.com/RandomDefence.flash/RandomDefence.html Tony -- Tony Toews, Microsoft Access MVP Tony's Main MS Access pages - http://www.granite.ab.ca/accsmstr.htm Tony's Microsoft Access Blog - http://msmvps.com/blogs/access/ For a convenient utility to keep your users FEs and other files updated see http://www.autofeupdater.com/ Granite Fleet Manager http://www.granitefleet.com/
From: Mike Williams on 22 Jan 2010 15:45 "MM" <kylix_is(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message news:f9vjl5th9suonrq5144lnd0huh23lm9pne(a)4ax.com... > I don't do *organised* fun. I get pleasure from watching a > blackbird eat the bread I put out, or from vapour trails in a > cloudless blue sky, or from eating tasty food, or from reading > a gripping novel. I certainly don't need games to derive > pleasure out of life. .. . . but you need a gripping novel? Mike
From: Ralph on 22 Jan 2010 16:46 Mike Williams wrote: > "MM" <kylix_is(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message > news:f9vjl5th9suonrq5144lnd0huh23lm9pne(a)4ax.com... > > >> I don't do *organised* fun. I get pleasure from watching a >> blackbird eat the bread I put out, or from vapour trails in a >> cloudless blue sky, or from eating tasty food, or from reading >> a gripping novel. I certainly don't need games to derive >> pleasure out of life. > > . . . but you need a gripping novel? > Yeah. I was expecting "... quiet walks on the beach." I think MM has mixed-up his Forums . -ralph
From: Karl E. Peterson on 22 Jan 2010 18:09
Ralph formulated the question : > Mike Williams wrote: >> "MM" <kylix_is(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message >> news:f9vjl5th9suonrq5144lnd0huh23lm9pne(a)4ax.com... >> >> >>> I don't do *organised* fun. I get pleasure from watching a >>> blackbird eat the bread I put out, or from vapour trails in a >>> cloudless blue sky, or from eating tasty food, or from reading >>> a gripping novel. I certainly don't need games to derive >>> pleasure out of life. >> >> . . . but you need a gripping novel? >> > > Yeah. I was expecting "... quiet walks on the beach." LOL!!! -- ..NET: It's About Trust! http://vfred.mvps.org |