Gee, Susan, where are the pictures? Would have made a great photoessay. . .
Gary <grinning>
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From: <DaEyeGuy@xxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2000 10:30 AM
Subject: [OM] A Day Of Thanks
> Bear with me on this..it'll take a minute to "go around the barn", so to
> speak..
>
> I have a lot to be thankful for this year, particularly regarding my
family.
>
> Besides finding repair parts for my beloved Tannoys, my son stopped
> "blonding" the top of his hair, and finding a wholesaler online for repair
> parts for my hot tub (hey...all blessings count!), I have been delivered
of
> My Mother. Yep, and I owe it all to the Incredible Internet...!
>
> Mom was a lousy retiree...became reclusive, staying in her nightee, eating
> cookies and reading cheap romance novels, often not coming out of the
house
> for weeks on end. When I found huge brown-paper bags of said romance
novels
> under her bed and discovered she had "subscribed" to the darn things
(getting
> 10 per month!) I knew I had to take action. She was also exhibiting signs
of
> Altzheimer's (forgetting pin numbers at ATMs, losing insurance for
> non-payment, etc) and had become the Grinch of the Year.
>
> Anyway,I bought her a computer..one of those Packard Bell packages in the
> chains, a Pen 266 MMX..plenty fast for the interent...and showed her how
to
> go to Zone.com and play bridge (for those of you not aware of this
> site..check it out..many card games and you play with people all over the
> world). Mom has always been an ace bridge player and I knew this would
> intrigue her.
>
> And intrigue her it did..within a week she was talking about all these
people
> as if she had known them for years, and kept telling me about all these
men
> and how "cute" they were....Then, one day, three customers walked into my
> decorating shop to say how "happy they were that my Mother was getting
> married and moving to CA". ?? 'Twas news to me! She resigned from her
> position as Pres of the board of the local arts council guild and
announced
> that "she would not be able to complete her duties because she was getting
> married". I knew she had "met" a man in a game 10 days hence that she
> liked,,,,but sheesh (sorry..best word I can think of...) As Mothers can be
> tender when daughters inquire, I decided the best course of action was to
> await the announcement...and two days later she came to the house and
> announced she was getting married. She had not seen him in the flesh,
knew
> not whether he had BO, and claimed to have known him for six months (she
> forgot that I had just purchased the computer 10 weeks before...) I was
> careful and simply asked what the rush was, which angered her and she
> flounced out. The CyberLover was to come to see her in two weeks and they
> were to marry on the tarmac before anyone could convince them
> otherwise.....paranoia?
>
> Well, CyberLover came early..the next day, by surprise,at 8 a.m., wanted
to
> catch her off-guard (and see her, mess and all). Really ticked her off as
her
> house was AWFUL, her hair not dyed, you name it. Tee-hee. She acted
terribly
> to him and he promptly went back to San Diego, saying she was too "strong"
a
> woman for him...she meanwhile poo-pooed him and went back to her
man-hating
> rhetoric of yore..
>
> But apparently they had an online chemistry of some sort, as within a week
> they were cooing online again. He then wrote and said that, if she would
come
> THERE (on his turf!) and stay two weeks he would take her to Hawaii for a
> week...SOOOO, she was back to "that dear man", "that sweetheart", you can
> imagine.
>
> To make a long story short, she went, they clicked, he's great (he's
wealthy,
> handsome, they are very happy). I really like him, she moved out yonder
with
> him, fairy-tale ending, CyberLove does work, AND she's now 1500 miles away
> and taken care of!!!! Only bummer is he's 84 to her 71..sure wish I could
> wave a magic wand and make him younger...
>
> Moral: If your widowed Mom is driving you crazy, buy her a computer! Best
> part is, you may get it back and have it as an extra to hook your Acer
> Scanwit to down the road AND you can scan on all your old OM (Oly
> content!!!!) slides!!!!!!!!!!
>
> I told you I'd get there....
>
> Happy Thanksgiving!
> Susan
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