> ORIGINAL POSTING (regarding cigarette residue in the computer) --- If, after all the warnings and news information, people are still smoking (or allowing smoking near the computer or even in the house), then the real problem is not the computer. That computer, with all the residue, might easily outlive the computer operator ... Harold
> VERN WROTE --- Now, now Harold. My mother is 79 and has smoked since she was a teen ager. My father died at 78 and he also smoked for over 60 years. His youngest brother who never smoked died of a heart attack at 59. When the Good Lord calls you are going regardless of your smoking proclivities. --- Vern RESPONSE --- I would reply to that off the list except that out of concern that there are young people reading what you wrote, I'll say this much here: I'm surprised you wrote that, or even think that way with the progress we have made socially, medically, and in all the other disciplines. Your statistics might look good coming from some third world county where either ignorance prevails or for lack of money, the information cannot get out to the people. Ages like 59, 78, and 79 might look good to them, but here in the USA we hope for more. I'd rather think that maybe your uncle might have reached your mother's age, and your father might have had productive years until 98; this we cannot tell but the latest knowledge sure points to that. You say when you are called; you are called "regardless of your smoking proclivities" - Why limit that remark to smoking, why not "any proclivities" ? You might also argue that when crossing the street, there is no need to look at the traffic, when your number's up, it's up --- wrong thinking. What we do to minimize the risks involved in living is *very* important. Let the young people know that smoking is one of those risks that should be avoided; even the cigarette industry is admitting that truth. The only reason the industry is still permitted is that it brings tons of money into the government treasury. And who's putting that money in? Your cigarette smokers; they are paying their respective governments for the right to die younger than the time allotted to them. I know there are other issues involved (e.g. genetics, religion, peer pressure, the media), and would be glad to discuss this off the list. For further information, I post this "tiny url" (learned that from Ann, Elaine, or Lynne) . <http://tinyurl.com/5bj4s> and hope it works. QUESTION --- I better have a suitable question or Marlene will give us the big hook vaudeville-style for being off the theme of this group. How does that tiny URL work? There are five variables at the end (5bj4s). There are ten possible variations for the numbers and 26 possible variations for the letters. If that has anything to do with it, where do we go from there? --- Harold ============= PCWorks Mailing List ================= Don't see your post? Check our posting guidelines & make sure you've followed proper posting procedures, http://pcworkers.com/rules.htm Contact list owner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribing and other changes: http://pcworkers.com =====================================================
