Sudoku Puzzles

Billy - good win by the Force. Raining here in Canberra - not so good for the Brumbies.

And the Waratahs - every time we need them to win for us, they let us down.... It's no wonder I dislike them, ptui!!!

Hugh
because we do, none of my kids have taken offence at it..... my children either.

For the benefit of Rosemary's survey

1. I have broadband
2. NA
3. NA

Rosemary, I hope you're earning money from all the information that you're gathering.

They might one day and eat your vegie patch!!!

Hugh
no, the questions I am asking are just for personal information. I am interested to see how we have embraced technology and or whether we have it available to us.
We seem to have a great cross section of community from all parts of the world and it is interesting to know how technology has spread. by all means add to the information wherever you would like to.

Cathy S O glad to hear your Maine Coon is doing better. My daughter had Maine Coon such a great cat.
CG don't like Tom Cruise.
Who's grandchildren?

Long ago when men cursed and beat the ground with sticks, it was called witchcraft.
Today, it's called golf

Hugh, a couple of centuries ago it became a slang word used in place of child. Maybe some behaviors of young goats reminded people of their children (hiding, putting everything in their mouths, climbing, etc.).

Love some of the new avatars, very creative.

Rosemary, broadband with wireless capabilities. We had dialup for a long time because broadband wasn't available in our area. Very frustrating for tech minded hubby. I plodded along, didn't mind it too much, but now I am so spoiled by broadband!

Rosemary, I've got a laptop and a desktop pooter, mobile phone, cable broadband with a wireless router (sitting outside at the moment), foxtel and large bills coming in every month to pay for all the technology I can't seem to live without. Never really thought I'd embraced the range of technology that I have! Must have moved into the 21st century without noticing...

Gosh, from the early responses, it's a good thing I don't look like Tom Cruise! Do you girls at least like the song??

Rosemary: Re: yesterday - no cell phone.
Re: today - broadband, high speed, unlimited access. Dial is also available at a lower cost.

ROSEMARY, broadband DSL high speed here, with our own network, all 3 computers can be online at once. DSL just recently available here in the boonies and we were the first to sign up! Before that, we had a satelite dish with a dial up back up system, because we got 'rain fade' too often. I could More...

We here have wireless broadband with high end download and just been notified of a major increase in speed coming in next 3 months and a reduction .... yep reduction ... in price per month. got to like that.
we had dial up for many years but with the line having to go through a PABX it was More...

Hugh - did you spit? Don't forget to wipe your screen...yes, it was a great win, just holding on for the final cut - maybe.

Rose - broadband, which I have upgraded just recently due to excessive downloading of youtubes...and of course my online lectures...x

And the exorbitant cost More...

Thank you already for the replies, I look forward to hearing more as the day progresses but for now it is work, work, work for me. we have a full motel to clean and then full again tonight.

Billy, I was in Subi last night and was astounded at the large number of people going to the ground. It was almost like a 'real' footy night

Rosemary - I have cable broadband coming in going through a Scientific Atlanta (Cisco subsidiary) cable modem. Then to a LinkSys (Cisco subsidiary) wireless router for the rest of the family. From the LinkSys I have a Cisco 831 router running a hardward based VPN back to Cisco at research More...

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Rosemary, I'm determined to stay in the loop as best I can, therefore I have just (in the last 3 days) upgraded to broadband DSL so that I could better enjoy 'Youtube'. Dial up was becoming far too slow for my advancing interest and involvement with the computer! In other words...I just didn't want to be left behind!

Good maEn,
Oh it cold here today - I turned the heat back on and it's suppose to be in the 70's this weekend - old man winter is throwing one last fit. Nice picture - when the children are happy and laughing. Have a good one.

MARY - IT IS REAL FOOTY - THE GAME THEY PLAY IN HEAVEN.

Thank you Hugh. There was some lovely ball handling last night - poetry in motion...(I'm talking about the game here)
Mary - you cannot even begin to compare the two games, none of the players last night would even know what a quiche was. Crowd numbers were a little down though - just under 25,000. Maybe with the final homegame next week we may get more.

My Ma first got a mobile phone at age 67 - 7 years ago, and well before I did - and she's still got the same one, quite a brick! My Da only got one last year – he's 74 now.

My parents were initially against them, as we all can be about new technology, until they realised how useful they can More...

Hey Glenn,

I'm from PA and am a Heinz 57 mix, but because of my color preferences mom always said I was Amish at heart. I also have several Bill Coleman photos. Some purchased at WP art show years ago.

Maybe we are related.

Glenn and Jeanine, my grandmother was PA Dutch. I was born and raised in Holmes Co. (Amish Central of Ohio). Maybe all 3 of us are related.
You poor things. :)

Rosemary - I am very slow with new technology - all my stuff is my friend's or family's cast offs!!
I have 1 desktop computer that is on broadband but I really only know how to email and sudoku!! my friend set up a myspace for me but I cant work out how to use it! Will have to have her round More...

Rosemary I forgot to add that I have the mobile phone ONLY and no landline and have been this way for about 6 years. my friends and I communicate mostly by sms or email. If I need to call I try to do it at off peak times ( or ring from work !!! )

Hi all. At work again ( I have no life!) and busy. Hope to get back later in the day to read posts and say Hi properly.

Rosemary, No mobile phone, do have onstar in the car so can call when I need to.
For many years had two land lines, one was for the computer only. When broadband became available we switched. Have wireless also, that way husband can be on desk top, me on my laptop and son on his laptop.

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Latex Gloves

A dentist noticed that his next patient, an elderly lady, was looking very nervous so he decided to tell her a little joke as he put on his gloves.

'Do you know how they make these gloves?' he asked.

'No, I don't' she replied.

'There's a building in More...

Good Maen everyone! It is 3:36 am in SA and I am wide awake - have 9 teenagers, girls and boys, staying over! Lots of noise and laughter! I go past them every now and then to make sure all OK! Have had hot 3 cups of hot chocolate and 2 huge mugs of tea! Strange how it makes me feel guilty checking up on them all the time!!

Rosemary: I've had a 'cell' phone since the onset when it was truly a mobile phone---it was a bag phone; have a razr now, but don't know how to use all of it's capabilities yet. My sons have had cell phones since in high school ten yrs ago. We have two desktop computers, my laptop and my hubby's notebook; broadband with wireless router keep us connected.

Glenn, Jeanine, Becky
No, I'm not PA Dutch, but several of my aunts were Mennonite; my grandfather (on the other side) wwas Quaker. All lived in Penna.

Quote from my calendar: 'Grandchildren are God's reward for not killing your kids'

I won a mobile once - it was the size of two bricks back in 1994, I sold it for $700 which was a bargain for the purchaser back then. I have just gone from 'post paid' to pre paid with the service I have had More...

Becky....what does PA Dutch mean..... of Dutch orgins ???
My parents are from Holland. We could be cousins !!!

PA Dutch are actually of German ancestry. PA Deutsch! My mother's family was from Lancaster County, though she was born in Allentown. She was raised in the Moravian church. I was raised Lutheran but became Roman Catholic in 1992. I was working for Lutheran Brotherhood when I decided to More...

rosemary, we have broadband, but more for because it frees up our landline than for speed. I read in the paper that Australian broadband (starting at 512kb/sec) is a joke compared to other countries, and shouldn't even be classified as broadband. My son's uni has the fastest broadband in our state. More...