Old Weird Ward
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Tuesday, January 27, 2004
- - - - - Net Access and The Big Move - - - - -
For the last month and a bit, We've been working with an older (266Mhz) Toshiba laptop, given to us by a relative (Big "Thanks" to Connie and Ray) and a dial-up account.
We got spoiled for the last two years we were in San Jose. We had a DSL line, and Mrs. OWW and I got used to web sites that displayed almost as fast as we could click a mouse.
I now remember how my eyes popped the first time that we accessed the 'net using that DSL account.
So, I love my dial-up account, because it allows me some kind of access.
And, I hate my dial-up account, because it is so blasted slooooooowwww. The "World Wide Wait" indeed.
- - - - - Freedom of Religion - - - - -
Some Iraqi pilgrims making their journey to Mecca have some nice things to say about the United States. See the whole story HERE.
This story, which I saw buried fairly deep in the Georgia Times-Union, should be of interest to most Americans. Freedom of Religion is one of the Big Deals.
I wonder how come it got buried so deep? Did it even show up in other dead-tree editions of other newspapers? Feedback to Ward_G1@Yahoo.com, please!
A quote plus attribution:
JEDDAH (Reuters) - Joyful Iraqi pilgrims arriving in Saudi Arabia on Sunday said they would thank God for ending the rule of Saddam Hussein (news - web sites) in prayers during haj pilgrimage but other Arabs were thinking of the U.S. occupation.
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