Greg Mayman (3:800/449) wrote to Charles Angelich at 08:19 on 18 Apr 2003:

 GM> People tell me how they can buy used Pentiums for $50 in their home
 GM> town... well, I ain't there, and for that matter after the
 GM> essential bills are paid I ain't got $50 to spare either.

I don't think that you'd get much more than a Pentium or a PII for $50 and
that may not be worth the cost.  I never could tell the difference between
my 486/66 and my P90.

But some things get odd.  I have a HP scanner which I could not give away. 
It worked just fine and all I wanted for it was $50 but no nibbles.

 GM> Although in the case of an employee, the boss does have some power
 GM> to tell him what he should be doing. That's one of the privileges
 GM> of being the boss.

I would not even think of telling my employees to get new cars.  I have
suggested to a colleague whose car would not start in cold weather after
being plugged in that she should get its battery and alternator looked at
but that was a different story.:-)

 GM> But for someone who is no more than a casual echopal to say you
 GM> should do this or that... well, really!

No one should ever say to anyone "you should do this".  However
some one might say, "If you want to achieve this, you may need to try
that".

Take care,

Steven Horn (steven_a_horn{at}yahoo.ca)
Moderator, ALASKA_CHAT 
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