FReeper Canteen ~ It's Finally Friday ~ 31 July 09

Serving The Best Troops And Veterans In The World!! | The Canteen Crew

[Kathy in Alaska]

I'm fighting sleep now....but, there is work to do. LOL! Good night and rest well, HJ. Thank you for your service to our country and for helping honor our troops.

[WVKayaker]

I bought a 24" ViewSonic at Costco for $219. I have it hooked up to my 13" MacBook portable. I am using a MacAlly usb keyboard and a Logitech wireless mouse.

You may want to consider the advantages to having a portable. You can use it like the Mini, but can take it with you on an airplane, or a cruise.

I upgraded from a G4 PowerBook and a G4 17" iMac. Enjoy your new Mac of any ilk. I connected my old computer to a portable drive, backed up everything, and then just moved the icon to the new MacBook and it worked it's magic. I use Time Machine now, on all of my computers. I'm all Mac, all the time, since 1984!

[MoochPooch]

Evening, Kathy.

[MEG33]

My elder kitty Silky made a rare dash outside and I got distracted... Momma Raccoon came onto the patio with babies before I could get Silky to let me get her..Momma raccoon made moves toward kitty...not hissing..but of concern to me..By the time I got Silky I forgot about posting..LOL

The babies eventually came back with momma ...I have so messed up sleep time..and am so enjoying 5 baby raccoons.

I know your Dad will enjoy his new big screen...I have to pay for set up at my house! I know little about all that.

[Kathy in Alaska]

I think that set up, at least for tonight, is done. Anti-virus is humming away, Outlook email set up and receiving, homepage set to his choice, several links saved and instructions written down for him to continue.

And some excitement for you...Silky getting out with raccoon on the loose. Glad everything ended well.

[E.G.C.]

((HUGS))Good morning, Kathy. How's it going?

A very pleasant good morning to everyone at the Canteen and to all our military at home and abroad. Thanks for your service to our country.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good morning, WVKayaker, and welcome to the Canteen. Thanks for the info. The new Mac mini is for my 84 year old Mom who doesn't want anything to change from the familiar, her old eMac 17" from 2004....email and a search engine for genealogy are her thing. She has maculardegeneration and is often using a magnifying glass. I want to get a good size monitor and a Viewsonic 24" should do the trick. She can have her 18 point font and get more than 5 words on the screen. I'm not sure I see the right connection on the mini for the monitor.

"Mac mini even lets you connect up to two displays, including your TV, with the mini-DVI port and Mini DisplayPort." (I can't believe the whole thing is 6.5" x 6.5" x 2") I'm hoping most monitors these days can be used by both PC and Mac. And Logitech wireless (laptop size) is my mouse of choice and I'll be getting her one of those.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good morning, Mooch...Gut Shabbes. Hope your yesterday wasn’t too hot and you had something interesting to edit.

[Kathy in Alaska]

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good morning/afternoon/evening/night Troops, wherever you are.

Thank you for doing your part to help keep all of us free and safe.

Coffee is always on........

How about a donut?

Cookies?

Veggies?

Sandwich?

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good morning, E...((HUGS))...did your really bad weather happen? Have a good Friday.

[Kathy in Alaska]

God bless and keep safe our troops worldwide.

Good night.

Statler Brothers ~ How Great Thou Art

[E.G.C.]

Morning coffee bump.

No bad weather last night. Had a rrally great sleep night.:-D

Feeling refreshed this morning. Batteries charged back up so to speak.((LOL))

[Arrowhead1952]

Good morning to everyone at the Canteen.

[beachn4fun]

Good morning, Everyone. Good morning

Thank you, Ma, for preparing the Canteen for today’s activities.

The DC Metroland weather report

~ Today.....Isolated thunderstorms during the morning becoming more widespread this afternoon. A few storms may be severe. High 84F. Winds SSW at 10 to 20 mph. Chance of rain 80%.

~ Tonight....Scattered thunderstorms during the evening. Partly cloudy skies after midnight. Low 69F. Winds W at 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 60%.

Hey, tomorrow is Saturday

Just remembered something I forgot to post yesterday. Be back shortly.

Time for me to make my rounds. But, you stay right where you are. Don't touch that dial. Don't change that channel. Put down that remote. Don't leave the room. Keep your eyes on your monitor. Cause...............I'll be bock!

Now remember, the Canteen is ALWAYS

So, come on in and sit for a while. There's always plenty of coffee, pancakes, conversation, silliness, and plain old BS

REMEMBER THEM

DEFENDERS OF FREEDOM

Heavenly Father, have mercy on Bowe Bergdahl and arrange his release. Amen!

FR CANTEEN MISSION STATEMENT

Showing support and boosting the morale of our military and our allied military and the family members of the above. Honoring those who have served before.

[beachn4fun]

LOL

Aloha Big Kahuna

Love the picture of the seals sunning on the sub (bet you can't say “seals sunning on the sub” five times - fast...hehe)

[Pusterfuss]

Good morning Kathy. (54)

[beachn4fun]

I’ve been meaning to tell you ladies about my little feathered friend. I have this little bird...only about 3 inches long that stops by every afternoon to visit.

Saw this and have to ask....have you taken a picture of the guy? I'd love to see him.

[WVKayaker]

You will need to purchase a mini-dv adapter. It is plug and play. To change the size of the screen display, you can simply use the + or - keys along with the "Apple" (cloverleaf) key next to the space bar.

My dad has alzheimer's at 86. He still emails us morning and evening from the VA hospital in Richmond. He wants us all to know he's still alive, and says so almost daily!!!

As for my recommend, it also gives me an extra screen. The one on the portable (13.4") is sitting right beside the 24". They can mirror or be used as an extension of the desktop. She could keep the same mouse and keyboard if they are familiar and working fine.

I love the ViewSonic. It is the best "reasonably priced" solution I found. I watch as many TV programs on it as I do my 42" Vizio. (BTW, my Vizio also has a DV input, and I have used it as a computer monitor a couple of times. While not good for reading fine stuff, it's great for videos..) The Apple monitor pictured below is a fabulous 24" but is about 4 times the price.

If she is not using the latest OSX, there will be some significant changes. Go to the Apple website for tutorials. (Click for link!)

[Arrowhead1952]

Good morning beachy. (((HUGS))) to you. Here’s to a great TGIF today!

We may miss the triple digit mark again today. It was 82 at 6 PM yesterday from the rain cooled air.

We had right at 1/2” of much needed rain yesterday. There is another chance of more rain today.