-=> Quoting Ruth Hanschka to Nancy Backus on 09-05-19  17:11 <=-

Replying from the Pond 10 Sept, at about 9:45pm....   

 > Oh, I don't consider you annoying... It just takes time to work 
 > through a week or so worth of messages in multiple echoes,
 > especially the replying part.... (G)
 > 
 RH> I can't even get to the reading part!  And just when you think you're 
 RH> done, more pile in.

That is the way that the echo works, after all... ;)  One just muddles
along the best one can.... and keeps the connections going.... :)
 
 >  > Not too bad, then... :)
 >  RH> But they originally said Friday....
 > Oh... guess they missed that deadline... Monday's still not that 
 > bad, though... :) 

 RH> Five days when you're trying to run a business is five days too long.
 
Very true.... does the company realize you have a business, though...?

 >  > to borrow the pastor's printer... which we have done on the odd 
 >  > occasion...
 >  RH> You can't access a printer from the open network.  
 > I guess we've not tried to use the church printer from the open 
 > network, just from a thumbdrive or the like...

 RH> Sometimes you can luck out, but I don't put money on it.

I have an ace in my back pocket,,, Richard knows how to do all this
stuff from the church... and how to hook me into networks using a wired
connection... 
 
 >  > Fu's service... Fu offers the Wifi to his customers, and let
 >  > Richard wire me in to the modem...
 >  RH> Fu must like you two.
 > He does.  We've known him for a long time, our son actually worked 
 > with him at a different restaurant for a while, and we are regulars
 > at his current place.... I'd say we've developed a pretty good 
 > relationship over the years.... ;)
 > 
 RH> That's a valuable asset to have.

We do value all our relationships.... :)  We also try not to presume
upon it.... 

ttyl         neb

... If you stomp gripes, do you get whine?

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