[Dixonary] Where's Wayne?

[Dodi Schultz]

>> Has anyone heard from Wayne recently? He missed the last 3 rounds. I
>> hope he is OK.

I was just about to ask that, Mike. He did indeed miss the last three
rounds, and the two rounds before that, he voted but didn't submit a def.

I sent him an "Are you okay?" note a little over a week ago, but there's
been no reply.

--Dodi

[Guerri Stevens]

Oh, dear. I too missed him but didn't realize how long it's been. Could
he be off visiting children somewhere? Does anyone have Email addresses
for any of said children?

The last message I saw from him was Jan. 9, which is almost 2 weeks ago.


Guerri

Dodi Schultz wrote:
> I was just about to ask that, Mike. He did indeed miss the last three
> rounds, and the two rounds before that, he voted but didn't submit a def.
>
> I sent him an "Are you okay?" note a little over a week ago, but there's
> been no reply.

[Toni Savage]

At one point his son was playing... does anyone have that email?

-- Toni Savage


--- On Tue, 1/22/08, Guerri Stevens <guerri (AT) tapcis (DOT) com> wrote:

> From: Guerri Stevens <guerri (AT) tapcis (DOT) com>
> Subject: [Dixonary] Re: Where's Wayne?
> To: Dixonary (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com
> Date: Tuesday, January 22, 2008, 9:22 PM
> Oh, dear. I too missed him but didn't realize how long
> it's been. Could
> he be off visiting children somewhere? Does anyone have
> Email addresses
> for any of said children?
>
> The last message I saw from him was Jan. 9, which is almost
> 2 weeks ago.
>
>
> Guerri
>
> Dodi Schultz wrote:
> > I was just about to ask that, Mike. He did indeed miss
> the last three
> > rounds, and the two rounds before that, he voted but
> didn't submit a def.
> >
> > I sent him an "Are you okay?" note a little
> over a week ago, but there's
> > been no reply.

[Guerri Stevens]

Do you know how long ago the son was playing? I may still have some old
messages from the CompuServe TAPCIS forum.

I think Wayne also has a daughter.

Guerri

Toni Savage wrote:
> At one point his son was playing... does anyone have that email?

[Dodi Schultz]

I've just phoned Wayne's house (12:15 my time, 9:15 a.m. his time). I got
his answering machine and left a message.

I don't have e-mail or phone for any of his offspring (I believe there are
four altogether--and yes, Guerri, at least one is a daughter, named Lee I
think; she played Dixonary a few times, a long while back, but always via
Wayne, so that's not a source of e-mail address for her).

I haven't any clue as to how to reach his daughter or any of his sons. Does
anyone?

Judy Russell, maybe????

--Dodi

[Dodi Schultz]

UPDATE: Good news!

Just got a call-back from Wayne.

HE IS OKAY.

His computer is NOT okay. His old laptop died. He got a new laptop. It came
bearing Vista, which immediately proceeded to foul everything up (as I hear
it is wont to do).

After some phoning around, he has located someone who promises to come and
take Vista away and install XP.

He will then be back online. That will--hopefully--happen within a day or
two.

Meanwhile and otherwise, he's fine.

--Dodi

[Daniel B. Widdis]

Dodi,

Thanks for the excellent news!

Vista is the main reason that *I* haven't upgraded my laptop in a year, nor
do I plan to until something better comes along.

On Jan 23, 2008 9:56 AM, Dodi Schultz wrote:

>
> Just got a call-back from Wayne.
>
> HE IS OKAY.
>
> His computer is NOT okay. His old laptop died. He got a new laptop. It
> came
> bearing Vista, which immediately proceeded to foul everything up (as I
> hear
> it is wont to do).
>

--
Dan Widdis

[Guerri Stevens]

Whew!

Too bad about Vista. I tend to avoid "new" operating systems until they
are close to being obsolete!

Guerri

Dodi Schultz wrote:
>
> UPDATE: Good news!
>
> Just got a call-back from Wayne.
>
> HE IS OKAY.
>
> His computer is NOT okay. His old laptop died. He got a new laptop. It came
> bearing Vista, which immediately proceeded to foul everything up (as I hear
> it is wont to do).

[France International]

You and me both. I am still running windows 98 on 2 of my pcs because of
legacy software that won't run under newer versions.

--Mike

----- Original Message -----
From: "Guerri Stevens" <guerri (AT) tapcis (DOT) com>
To: <Dixonary (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com>
Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2008 1:58 PM
Subject: [Dixonary] Re: Where's Wayne?


>
> Whew!
>
> Too bad about Vista. I tend to avoid "new" operating systems until they
> are close to being obsolete!
>
> Guerri
>
> Dodi Schultz wrote:
> >
> > UPDATE: Good news!
> >
> > Just got a call-back from Wayne.
> >
> > HE IS OKAY.
> >
> > His computer is NOT okay. His old laptop died. He got a new laptop. It
came
> > bearing Vista, which immediately proceeded to foul everything up (as I
hear
> > it is wont to do).
>
>

[Judy G. Russell]

I haven't any clue as to how to reach his daughter or any of his sons. Does anyone? Judy Russell, maybe????

Nope. Do me a favor and email me Wayne's phone number and I'll touch base with him to make sure we do have a way to reach out when he scares us like this!!!

[Guerri Stevens]

Well, some of my legacy software (I'm talking DOS, here) doesn't run, or
run properly, under Windows XP. I still have not figured out why nor
have I convinced myself to switch to something else.

Guerri

France International wrote:
> You and me both. I am still running windows 98 on 2 of my pcs because of
> legacy software that won't run under newer versions.

[Toni Savage]

YAAAAAYYYYY!!!!!!!

As bad as it is to be a victim of Vista (and they are legion!) there are a lot worse things!

Relieved in Reno

-- Toni Savage


--- On Wed, 1/23/08, Dodi Schultz <SCHULTZ (AT) compuserve (DOT) com> wrote:

> From: Dodi Schultz <SCHULTZ (AT) compuserve (DOT) com>
> Subject: [Dixonary] Where's Wayne?
> To: Dixonary (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com
> Date: Wednesday, January 23, 2008, 12:56 PM
> UPDATE: Good news!
>
> Just got a call-back from Wayne.
>
> HE IS OKAY.
>
> His computer is NOT okay. His old laptop died. He got a new
> laptop. It came
> bearing Vista, which immediately proceeded to foul
> everything up (as I hear
> it is wont to do).
>
> After some phoning around, he has located someone who
> promises to come and
> take Vista away and install XP.
>
> He will then be back online. That will--hopefully--happen
> within a day or
> two.
>
> Meanwhile and otherwise, he's fine.
>
> --Dodi

[Bill Hirst]

I'm sticking with XP. It runs everything I need, goes into standby
when idle, and it lets me go weeks to months without a "blue-screen-of-
death." The oldest legacy program I have is an editor that was written
in 1984. It runs fine under windows. I use it daily.

I guess we're a bunch of neo-luddies around here. <insert smiley face>

-Bill

On Jan 23, 4:42*pm, Guerri Stevens <gue... (AT) tapcis (DOT) com> wrote:
> Well, some of my legacy software (I'm talking DOS, here) doesn't run, or
> run properly, under Windows XP. I still have not figured out why nor
> have I convinced myself to switch to something else.
>
> Guerri

[Tim B]

> Well, some of my legacy software (I'm talking DOS, here) doesn't run, or
> run properly, under Windows XP. I still have not figured out why nor
> have I convinced myself to switch to something else.

I've found the DOSBox software fixes that for me, both on XP and Vista.

Best wishes,
Tim B.

[Lindsey]

I guess we're a bunch of neo-luddies around here. <insert smiley face>
Or just people deeply devoted to the admonition, "If it ain't broke, DON'T FIX IT!"

--Lindsey

[Paul Keating]

Let us not forget the meta-Luddites: "Even if it is broke, don't fix it: we
like it broke, because that's what we're used to."

----- Original Message -----
From: "Lindsey" <slbourne (AT) earthlink (DOT) net>
To: <Dixonary (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com>
Sent: Friday, January 25, 2008 5:26 AM
Subject: [Dixonary] Re: Where's Wayne?


>
>
> Bill Hirst;41426 Wrote:
> > I guess we're a bunch of neo-luddies around here. <insert smiley face>
> Or just people deeply devoted to the admonition, "If it ain't broke,
> DON'T FIX IT!"
>
> --Lindsey
>
>
> --
> Lindsey
>

[Lindsey]

Let us not forget the meta-Luddites: "Even if it is broke, don't fix it: we like it broke, because that's what we're used to."
LOL!! I can't speak for anyone else, but for my own part, I have to confess to an element of that...

--Lindsey

[Lindsey]

Let us not forget the meta-Luddites: "Even if it is broke, don't fix it: we like it broke, because that's what we're used to."
Of course, it occurs to me that the more positive way to state that is, "Better the devil you know..."

--Lindsey