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From: jim on 29 May 2010 13:14 David Kennedy <davidkennedy(a)nospamherethankyou.invalid> wrote: >>> >>> I thought you had a wife already? >> >> And she just read your reply. >> >> Start running. >> >> Now. >> >> Jim > > Just a joke missus, honest it was... I should warn you, she thinks 'irony' has something to do with crowbars. She has a good collection. She'll show them to you. No matter how hard you scream. Jim -- Sent from my iPad
From: T i m on 29 May 2010 13:22 On Sat, 29 May 2010 18:09:37 +0100, Gavin <gwilbyREMOVE(a)stoof.co.uk> wrote: >This isnt going to turn out well, espescially as i am an my 2nd Fursty >Ferret [1]. > >[1] Not a Ubuntu Distro amusingly, but a rather nice tipple. ;-) T i m
From: Peter Ceresole on 29 May 2010 13:37 jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: > > Just a joke missus, honest it was... > > I should warn you, she thinks 'irony' has something to do with crowbars. > She has a good collection. She'll show them to you. No matter how hard > you scream. Just to spoil this party; having met her, I'd say she was one of the truly nice people. Charming with it... But of course. Look at who she married. And what computer they use... -- Peter
From: Jaimie Vandenbergh on 29 May 2010 14:03 On Sat, 29 May 2010 18:37:09 +0100, peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk (Peter Ceresole) wrote: >Gavin <gwilbyREMOVE(a)stoof.co.uk> wrote: > >> See, Im just sat here right now in the conservatory with the MacBook on >> my lap, reading this and a couple of other groups, checking email, and >> glancing as the odd twitter feed entry pops up, and it strikes me that >> a iPad will do all this for me and more. > >Indeed. Which is why I suspect that for my technophobic sister in law, >it'll be all she needs. > >Just a small caveat about printing, I think. http://www.macrumors.com/2010/05/10/steve-jobs-says-printing-will-come-for-ipad/ There's a clue in the URL... It's the lack of backing up that makes using one standalone worrying to me. Cheers - Jaimie -- I love VoIP. You don't get people phoning up to complain that the network is down. -- Peter Corlett, ASR
From: SteveH on 29 May 2010 14:16
Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie(a)sometimes.sessile.org> wrote: > >Indeed. Which is why I suspect that for my technophobic sister in law, > >it'll be all she needs. > > > >Just a small caveat about printing, I think. > > http://www.macrumors.com/2010/05/10/steve-jobs-says-printing-will-come-for > -ipad/ > > There's a clue in the URL... > > It's the lack of backing up that makes using one standalone worrying > to me. Doesn't it back itself up to MobileMe? Haven't got around to investigating this yet. -- SteveH |