When somebody posts something critical of me, the first thing I do is click on their name and see Topics they have started to get a feel for what is important to them. Then, if I have the time and inclination, I'll read their handling of topics and comments.
I've satisfied myself of certain things in regard to GodZoo.
GodZoo is not a hater. I feel like what he says comes from genuine feelings and evaluations. He has an unfettered manner of expression. So be it.
Is he tactful, courteous, friendly, kind, and self-aware? I cannot judge.
I don't mind reading his animadversions in the spirit of egalitarian comity.
Posts by Terry
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34My old computer is dead: long live my new CHROMEBOOK
by Terry ini had my previous toshiba laptop plugged into the wall five days ago when a sudden electric storm drove a jagged bolt of electricity earthward and fried my hard drive.
i posted my sad status on facebook.
guess who saw it?
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My old computer is dead: long live my new CHROMEBOOK
by Terry ini had my previous toshiba laptop plugged into the wall five days ago when a sudden electric storm drove a jagged bolt of electricity earthward and fried my hard drive.
i posted my sad status on facebook.
guess who saw it?
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I had an Uncle named John Baker who drove an old Chevy pickup truck for work as a bricklayer. That old truck had seen better days; sort of like the man who drove it. His wife, my Aunt Florence, hated the way she looked sitting in that old, battered vehicle. So, she gave her husband an earful each and every time she found herself in the seat next him.
He'd always agree with her and reply simply, "Okay, sugar baby. Whatever you say, sugar baby. . . "
My cousin Debbie and I rode in the back of that truck on top of Uncle John's toolbox. It was probably extremely dangerous for two kids to do that--but--those were different times back in the 50's. Our sense of danger was simply different. We never had a mishap and my Uncle John probably never went over 15 mph anyway.
So one day I was 15 years old and it was my first real job working as a bricklayer's assistant, starting my day at the crack of sunrise, not knowing what manual labor was all about.
Well, my education in the hot Texas sun for 16 hours a day soon clued me in! I got sunburned and my sunburn got sunburned. I also sustained a bilateral, inguinal hernia, but I made it through 6 day-in-a-row job and got paid $10 in cash for my efforts.
My Uncle's hand was like the bark of a dead tree as it held the wrinkled ten dollar bill out for me to accept.
"Is that enough? You didn't really have much to do." His pale blue eyes were sincere and he was genuinely concerned that I not feel slighted.
I remembered what my grandmother told me about him. He had worked through the Great Depression for a dollar a day to keep food on the table and never complained once about it. So, I nodded and thanked him. We had not discussed my rate of pay before hand. He was the most honest person I'd ever known--straight arrow, god-fearing, and loyal to the core.
Lesson learned. We all have different values about things. I recalibrated my sense of personal worth. The sunburn, hernia, long hours and exhaustion did not entitle me to a bag of money from a man who had known nothing in life but strenuous labor.
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So, this is the part I wanted to get around to telling . . .I heard my Uncle John arguing one day. This is a man who never raised his voice (except to call his dogs). He was mild-tempered and humble, so it was a bit of a shock. His neighbor was standing nose to nose with Uncle John and the two of them were two kettles at a boil.
Well, my Aunt Florence came flying out of her house and about knocked the screen door off its hinges as she made her way over to the two surly characters squaring off in her front yard. She broke it up with a few well-chosen words of scolding and the world grew quiet.
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"What was that all about?" I asked my Aunt a day or two later.She gave a grunt which was half-amused and half-indignant.
"Mister Draper (the neighbor) had said something insulting about Chevy trucks. He's a Ford kind of guy. John Baker would not abide such language. That's all. They'd have likely killed each other trying to convince one another of something that doesn't amount to bucket of spit."
That was another moment of education for me.
John Baker loved his wife and daughter and his Chevy truck. Florence could get away with saying bad things about it for that reason. But nobody else had such privileges of complaint!_____
People can have very intense feelings about inanimate objects. There is no arguing with them unless you're ready for war.
I'm still a Conscientious Objector at heart, I guess. I came by it honestly.
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My old computer is dead: long live my new CHROMEBOOK
by Terry ini had my previous toshiba laptop plugged into the wall five days ago when a sudden electric storm drove a jagged bolt of electricity earthward and fried my hard drive.
i posted my sad status on facebook.
guess who saw it?
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Wonderful, Terry, but what about your drawing deeply from the writer's inkwell, as pen goes to parchment?
I was born in an analog world, for sure. So many things I've written are now gone forever because the digital world had not come.
I haven't picked up a pen or pencil in years except to notate a Tip for a meal.Do I miss the hand-written page?
I confess to not knowing how I feel. I tend to want to leave what is behind behind.
I found an old story I wrote the other day. I liked it. There it was on paper. I stared at it like something of a paleontologist's specimen.
You see, I changed over from cursive to printing my words about the time I went into prison. It was a transitional psychological transformation, I suppose. I became less myself and more literal.
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My old computer is dead: long live my new CHROMEBOOK
by Terry ini had my previous toshiba laptop plugged into the wall five days ago when a sudden electric storm drove a jagged bolt of electricity earthward and fried my hard drive.
i posted my sad status on facebook.
guess who saw it?
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Acer? lol, they make the worse products in the entire IT industry. Throwaway junk.
Acer has made its share of junk, to be sure. But, Consumer Reports gave it top marks and they are a testing lab I trust. Plus, I watched about a dozen reviews from various sources on YouTube.
I super happy with the performance so far, having spent a good solid eight hours doing everything I can think of. -
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My old computer is dead: long live my new CHROMEBOOK
by Terry ini had my previous toshiba laptop plugged into the wall five days ago when a sudden electric storm drove a jagged bolt of electricity earthward and fried my hard drive.
i posted my sad status on facebook.
guess who saw it?
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Punishment for installing Windows 10. . .
Ha-ha, I love the punishment!
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My old computer is dead: long live my new CHROMEBOOK
by Terry ini had my previous toshiba laptop plugged into the wall five days ago when a sudden electric storm drove a jagged bolt of electricity earthward and fried my hard drive.
i posted my sad status on facebook.
guess who saw it?
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http://www.amazon.com/Acer-Chromebook-CB5-571-C09S-15-6-Inch-Full/dp/B00T03KQ34
Google docs automatically (upon download) converts to the Microsoft format. The Google version is a clone. I'm sure Microsoft is livid about this.
So, if I do a spreadsheet in Google format, it becomes Excell upon download._________
Immediately noticed these improvements over my Toshiba laptop running Windows 7:
1. Nonglare display. I can sit in Starbucks with a bright window behind me and not suffer glare. Big improvement!
2. This laptop does not have any heat problems. The Toshiba gave me burns on my leg.
3. Shortcut keys (replacing the F-function keys on top) are super handy.
4. Any question I have about what/how to do something is solved by pressing the Search shortcut and asking the question.
5. Chrome update takes 7 seconds! I hate-hate-hated the Windows updates which popped up when I was ready to close up and go--having to wait and not unplug until they were done. (Also, the configuring delay upon startup in the mornings were a nuisance.)
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My old computer is dead: long live my new CHROMEBOOK
by Terry ini had my previous toshiba laptop plugged into the wall five days ago when a sudden electric storm drove a jagged bolt of electricity earthward and fried my hard drive.
i posted my sad status on facebook.
guess who saw it?
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Thank you!
I'm glad I didn't beat my kids when they were little :) -
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My old computer is dead: long live my new CHROMEBOOK
by Terry ini had my previous toshiba laptop plugged into the wall five days ago when a sudden electric storm drove a jagged bolt of electricity earthward and fried my hard drive.
i posted my sad status on facebook.
guess who saw it?
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I keep everything on the "cloud" and lost absolutely nothing.
All my files, setting, documents, photos, preferences, favorites--everything--was instantly ready on my new Chromebook.
It is a whole new world.
If I create a file or a photo on any device, it is automatically available on my others.
I just arrived at Starbucks. It usually takes a minimum of 5 minutes for my old Toshiba to connect with the public network. This time, it took 5 seconds.
Only a 2 weeks ago I switched from Windows 7 to 10 and back again. I have to say, the Google eco-system has it beat by miles. No worries about slowdowns, virus, defrag, etc.
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My old computer is dead: long live my new CHROMEBOOK
by Terry ini had my previous toshiba laptop plugged into the wall five days ago when a sudden electric storm drove a jagged bolt of electricity earthward and fried my hard drive.
i posted my sad status on facebook.
guess who saw it?
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I had my previous Toshiba laptop plugged into the wall five days ago when a sudden electric storm drove a jagged bolt of electricity earthward and fried my hard drive.
I posted my sad status on Facebook. Guess who saw it? My son, Jason.
Today he invited me to breakfast and showed up at me door with a brand new boxed Chromebook 15.6 inch laptop!
I'm over the moon.
I'm all about Google drive, Gmail, Google universe and I'm all set up anyway.
From the moment I opened the box until making this post has elapsed two minutes!
All my settings were ready to go. The battery is fully charged. From "off" to fully ready is 7 seconds.
Life is good. I love my son!
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TALKING NONSENSE by using words attached to nothing
by Terry inespecially in listening to people who "believe" things (spirituality, faith, etc.
) do i hear words being used which are nonsense.. i'm a person who cherishes words in a weird, almost fetishistic way :)i discovered this quite young.
i was drawn to complicated word patterns and liked to repeat them.
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Especially in listening to people who "believe" things (spirituality, faith, etc.) do I hear words being used which are nonsense.
I'm a person who cherishes words in a weird, almost fetishistic way :)
I discovered this quite young. I was drawn to complicated word patterns and liked to repeat them. There was a commercial for Ajax (the foaming cleanser). I memorized it and recited out loud for my folks who thought it was so cute. Of course, I was five years old at the time.
Here is what I remember:"CREST has been shown to be an effective decay-preventive dentifrice that can be of significant value when used in a conscientiously applied program of oral hygiene and regular professional care."
I adored tongue-twisters too. "The silent sea ceaseth and thus sufficeth us."
I was constantly making word lists and looking up and memorizing definitions.Why? I just can't explain it. I really couldn't help it.
All of which goes a way toward explaining my intense dislike of "empty words" used by charlatans to (fake) explain mystical principles.
Here is an example from an advertised best seller:
"The author claims that as we think and feel, a corresponding frequency is sent out into the universe which attracts back to us events and circumstances on that same frequency."
What the hell is meant by using the word "frequency" describes "how often" a wave rises and falls, for instance. (Frequency is the number of occurrences of a repeating event per unit time.)The author is asserting facts not in evidence, to wit: "thinking" and "feeling" transmits energy pulses so strong and powerful they influence reality. And not just that! These "frequencies" find, select, captivate and take hostage the very objects of thought the thinker and feeler created in their imagination!
Okaaaay. With billions of people thinking and feeling every second of each day--what kind of universal traffic jam would result?
Here is a statement which doubled me over with laughter.
"Physicist Dick Bierman said of the Global Consciousness Project that the effects were very real and the only thing in dispute is what the results actually mean."
Ahh, that was rich indeed!Here is a more sophisticated statement:
"What happens after death is so unspeakably glorious that our imagination and our feelings do not suffice to form even an approximate conception of it. The dissolution of our time-bound form in eternity brings no loss of meaning." – Carl JungM-mmmm, isn't he saying "We don't know anything"? But, then throws in the puzzling ". . . brings no loss of meaning." Does that represent the thought that ignorance carries meaning? Oh, my head hurts!
My taste for intellects which encompass reality is reflected in one of my heroes here:
"A paradox is not a conflict with reality. It is a conflict between reality and your feeling of what reality should be like." – Dr. Richard Feynman
Isn't Feynman describing our tendency to decide before we have proof? We call something 'impossible' until it happens. Our expectations and ignorance combined to evaluate without proof.
“All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.” – Arthur SchopenhauerI've visited several "fringe" websites to read the jelly-like reasoning which amounts to "Science doesn't have all the answers." I shout back at them, "So does that PROVE something about your unproven belief system?"
Yeah, you're right in thinking I need to go lie down awhile.