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[Andrew]

Thanks, I'll have a look.

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

What's this? No email program? Is there none at all on W8?
There was no Windows Outlook (forget what it is called) in 7, they changed it to Windows Live Mail. And I hated that. And now to have NO Windows program in 8 at all?

I wonder if Mozilla Thunderbird is available on 8.

[Jane]

Good grief!!!

Until the computer guy can fix my computer, only some of goodreads works, so I can still use only part of it. Oh well... sigh

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Argh. That sounds like a nightmare. I'd be a mess if only half of Goodreads worked for me. I need my daily GR fix- :-)

[Jane]

Same here. I'm trying to figure out what works and what doesn't so I can work around it.
At least some works... :)

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

So not a complete emergency situation just yet. :D

[Jane]

About 60-70% Emergency. I'm glad I get notifications of anyone's posts on my e-mail.

I was trying to get a list of my To-read's that I can't reserve at the library, in order to purchase them. I know I want to buy The Imperial Banner and Cassandra: A Novel and Four Essays Wolf is not an hf author but what I've read so far of hers is good--but avant garde-y. I loved The Siege

Besides any 'action', books have to be character-driven.

[Andrew]

Terri wrote: "What's this? No email program? Is there none at all on W8?
There was no Windows Outlook (forget what it is called) in 7, they changed it to Windows Live Mail. And I hated that. And now to have ..."

Terri wrote: "What's this? No email program? Is there none at all on W8?
There was no Windows Outlook (forget what it is called) in 7, they changed it to Windows Live Mail. And I hated that. And now to have ..."

Terri wrote: "So not a complete emergency situation just yet. :D"

It's pretty bad. The only mail program is outlook - not outlook express, which let me get email from all my accounts in one go. Outlook is pretty, but useless.

Took me days to get working again after buying this laptop. Windows was so EASY to use before; awful pity they messed it up.

[Dawn]

Jane wrote: "I was trying to get a list of my To-read's that I can't reserve at the library, in order to purchase them. I ..."

Very important to have that to-buy list. Can't live without it.

I keep a second one on Amazon. Even if I don't buy it there at least I know what I'm looking for. And I can always send off the wish list to friends who don't know what to get me. :)

[Jane]

Well, live and learn... gee, I also should have been writing them down the old-fashioned way, paper & pencil...
I guess I shouldn't depend on the computer for everything; paper & pencils were invented before computers. :)

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

I have to admit. Despite still being a paper and pen person, I am more and more often doing first drafts of things (such as blog posts) on the computer whereas before I used to scribble them down on paper and pencil.

[Jane]

Whatever works!!! Typing [and correcting] on the computer is a lot easier than writing [and erasing] w/ paper & pencil! Plus there's spellcheck, for them who needs it.

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

It sure is. And it was annoying having to type out all I had written on paper. Nice to have a journal where all my blog posts are hand written, but geez, it's a pain in the behind to then trasnfer it to computer and then to the blog.

[Mark]

http://www.messynessychic.com/2013/06...

some amazing pictures

[Darcy]

Impressive Mark, thanks for sharing!

[[deleted user]]

Very cool pics. Thanks for those Mark.

[Anne]

Amazing Mark. I can't believe that the beautiful blue and white porcelain bowls were not broken. and what a beautiful stele. It was magnificent.

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Wow! What jaw dropping finds!
Thanks for sharing that Mark.

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

I have some cheering news in regards to that baby calf of mine who wouldn't suck on his mum. The one we had to teach to suckle...
It all turned out okay. Eventually he worked out what he was supposed to be doing, and he has now followed his Mum off into the sunset (off into the paddock).
Yay. Happy cow and calf.

[Mark]

Terri wrote: "I have some cheering news in regards to that baby calf of mine who wouldn't suck on his mum. The one we had to teach to suckle...
It all turned out okay. Eventually he worked out what he was suppos..."

Great news Terri.


Thanks everyone about the photos, since I liked Paul blinkhorn on FB, I am getting great links he posts on his FB page.

[Beorn]

Bit of a random thought/question for the knowledgeable (sp?) people on here.

You know on the pages towards the front of books with the copyright info and all that jazz? In a couple of books I've seen sequences of numbers on those pages which don't seem to relate to anything on there but I have a feeling have something to do with the edition of the book.

For example, on the copyright page of Robert Fabbri's Vespasian II, it has the sequence of numbers '10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1' but I've no idea why. It's the first pressing so do they count down with each pressing? (ie the paperback will have '9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1') Or is it something else?

[Andrew]

Terri wrote: "I have some cheering news in regards to that baby calf of mine who wouldn't suck on his mum. The one we had to teach to suckle...
It all turned out okay. Eventually he worked out what he was suppos..."

Didn't see this conversation - you have cows?

(Self -evident I suppose from the fact that you have a calf - what I really meant is 'how many cows?')

[Leland]

Terri wrote: "I have some cheering news in regards to that baby calf of mine who wouldn't suck on his mum. The one we had to teach to suckle...
It all turned out okay. Eventually he worked out what he was suppos..."

Yay!

[Mark]

Paul wrote: "Bit of a random thought/question for the knowledgeable (sp?) people on here.

You know on the pages towards the front of books with the copyright info and all that jazz? In a couple of books I've s..."

Paul this may explain it for you, or make it even more confusing. lol

http://www.booklibris.com/BLFirstEdit...

[Darcy]

I always wondered about that too. Thanks for asking Paul, and thanks for the link Mark.

Also, hurrah for Terri's calf!

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Mark wrote: ".. Paul this may explain it for you, or make it even more confusing. lol ."

Thanks for finding that link for Paul, Mark, because I didn't know either and was curious at the reasons for that number sequence.

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Andrew wrote: ". Didn't see this conversation - you have cows?

(Self -evident I suppose from the fact that you have a calf - what I really meant is 'how many cows?') .."

But you knew I had a farm right? That I lived on a farm?

Not many cows. A couple hundred.

[Mark]

Terri wrote: "Mark wrote: ".. Paul this may explain it for you, or make it even more confusing. lol ."

Thanks for finding that link for Paul, Mark, because I didn't know either and was curious at the reasons fo..."

they are different variations as well Terri with different publishers doing something different.

[Dawn]

I think we need a small Bio for you Terri. Right under the general folder, you can mention you are Aussie and you have a farm and what Wyrd bið ful aræd means. Then you have a quick and easy link to post for future. :D

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

And that I am female. :-)

[Dawn]

Ahh, right. I forgot that one. :)

[Leland]

Terri wrote: "And that I am female. :-)"

You're female??!!!

haha just kidding. :P

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Leslie wrote: "Terri wrote: "And that I am female. :-)"

You're female??!!!

haha just kidding. :P"

Yeah, I'm fairly sure. :-)

[Leland]

Well I'm glad that's settled then. :)

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Leslie wrote: "Well I'm glad that's settled then. :)"

Me too. :D

[Andrew]

Terri wrote: "Andrew wrote: ". Didn't see this conversation - you have cows?

(Self -evident I suppose from the fact that you have a calf - what I really meant is 'how many cows?') .."

But you knew I had a farm..."

A couple of hundred is rather a big herd by English standards!

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

lol. I suppose it may be. I never have known what the average herd size (not including dairy cattle) is in the UK. :) I have often wondered.

[Andrew]

I'm not an expert, but I think by far the majority of cattle in the UK ARE dairy cattle - even the ones destined for eating. Which is why beef doesn't taste like it used to...There are some herds of proper beef like Angus, but they are less common. And I think that a couple of hundred would be a pretty good size.

I expect someone from the NFU will come online and correct me...

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

We breed beef breeds. The breeds are mixed. A couple breeds only found in Australia (as in, created by Australians and now they are a real breed ie Droughtmaster), and we use Brahman, but cross them to Simmental.
I know in Europe the Simmental is a dual purpose breed. they breed them for milk and beef. But over here they are bred as a beef breed.

Once you get further south and south west, it is predominantly Angus, Hereford and Shorthorn.
Thousands and thousands of them.
Up here in my state we have cattle ticks and Buffalo fly as pests and those shaggy breeds (the English breeds and the Euro breeds ie Limousin, Charolais, Simmental) are mostly used in crosses with smooth skin (ie Brahman) breeds as this makes them more resistant to pests.

Dairy Cattle aren't common in Queensland anymore. The National government deregulated the dairy industry (I undertsand that you won't know what this means, but it was bad for my State), and now there are not a lot of dairy farms went out of business. I think there's only like 15% left from what we used to have.

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

I found this article about UK herd size.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-10...

I see the UK beef and dairy herd size is estimated late last year as 9.902 million head.

Australia is estimated at 26.6 million head.
12.8 million of that 26.6 are in my State Queensland. The other States and territories split up the other approx 14 million.

To put dairy into perspective in my State, I think our total dairy herd size in Queensland is 175,000. Compared to 12.8 million beef...that's not many. :)

[Andrew]

Cows are fascinating; when I arrived in my Oasis the local cows were an African longhorned variety with bony shoulders that looked like buffalo and tasted like shoe leather.

One day I passed a house where someone called Ahmed normally kept an African cow and stared, astonished, at the black and white Frisian cow that was standing there. "Is that yours?" I asked.

Ahmed beamed. He proudly explained how he had saved £800 English pounds to buy a European milk cow! It had been sent 650km across the desert from Alexandria.

Never did find out how much milk it produced, but it was pregnant and produced a calf, so Ahmed was very happy. £800 is like a year's wages, by the way.

[Andrew]

Terri wrote: "I found this article about UK herd size.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-10...

I see the UK beef and dairy herd size is estim..."

Given the relative populations of UK and Queensland, either you lucky people eat a lot of beef, or you export a lot of beef?

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Andrew wrote: "Cows are fascinating; when I arrived in my Oasis the local cows were an African longhorned variety with bony shoulders that looked like buffalo and tasted like shoe leather.

One day I passed a h..."

Was the calf another heifer? Or a bull? Either way is a win I suppose because he could breed milk into his African Zebu (or whatever breed they were that he had.

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Andrew wrote: "Terri wrote: "I found this article about UK herd size.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-10...

I see the UK beef and dairy herd..."

Both! :D
We love our beef, but we are one of the world's biggest exporters of beef in the world. Both packaged/boxed beef, and live export cattle.

[Andrew]

Terri wrote: "Andrew wrote: "Cows are fascinating; when I arrived in my Oasis the local cows were an African longhorned variety with bony shoulders that looked like buffalo and tasted like shoe leather.

One da..."
Don't know what the calf was; I moved soon after that to a house a few kilometres away so I didn't see it grow up.

My new house was owned by a government archaeologist, and head of the largest local tribe. He lived miles away, but had a farm nearby where he kept sheep and two cows.

Never saw the cows - spent their whole lives (which turned out not to be very long) in a stone barn. Same with the sheep. This was adjacent to open desert, and huge wild dog packs made it impossible to leave livestock exposed. Not that they would kill a full grown cow, but they would kill sheep or calves.

Sadly, the dogs weren't the cause of the cows dying. The owner poisoned them by not reading the label on the tick dip properly. They died in agony, I heard them in distress for hours. The female was pregnant too, so it cost this guy an absolute fortune.

[Beorn]

Mark wrote: "Paul wrote: "Bit of a random thought/question for the knowledgeable (sp?) people on here.

You know on the pages towards the front of books with the copyright info and all that jazz? In a couple of..."

That's perfect! I played it safe and didn't dip more than a toe in for fear of being utterly baffled, and it seemed to work!

My random thought: Internet Explorer 10 may just be the most infuriating computer program I've ever used. Whoever came up with the idea that hiding the address bar and tabs from the user is an utter moron, if that wasn't an insult to morons.

Windows 8 is almost as bad. You launch IE from the desktop and it'll every so often jib that window off in favour of it's swish IE launched from the start menu - which it treats as a completely different browser window - and when you launch it from the swish start menu, it jibs you off every so often and opens one from the desktop.

I swear it's like trying to teach a monkey physics.

[Andrew]

Terri wrote: "Andrew wrote: "Terri wrote: "I found this article about UK herd size.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-10...

I see the UK beef..."

Do your steaks taste good?

[Mark]

Paul wrote: "Mark wrote: "Paul wrote: "Bit of a random thought/question for the knowledgeable (sp?) people on here.

You know on the pages towards the front of books with the copyright info and all that jazz? I..."

I was thinking about upgrading mycomputer as its vista and I have had it for 6 and a half now.

Is it worth doing?

[Andrew]

Don't do it! Not unless you get Windows 7. Or you like spending hours, days, weeks staring at a computer screen that has a mind of its own, doesn't do what you need it to do, and was designed for a touchscreen rather than a mouse.

[Dawn]

I concur, Vista is better than Windows 8. Don't switch if that's your only option.