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Unfortunately, the form field which we had on this page has had to be removed, due to the attentions of spammers, which have proved impossible to overcome due to the limitations imposed on webmasters using the free Anzwers service.

Your webmaster is now trying a certain type of emailing system which might bamboozle said spammers.
It will just appear as an ordinary email form to you and it will not be you that gets the spam if it doesn't fool them, it will be your long-suffering webmaster, so please give it a go.
Send in your contributions and let this interactive page blossom!

Can someone explain to me why I should not be worried about this free app???
UltraVNC
UltraVNC is a powerful, easy to use and free software that can display the screen of another computer (via internet or network) on your own screen. The program allows you to use your mouse and keyboard to control the other PC remotely. It means that you can work on a remote computer, as if you were sitting in front of it, right from your current location. If you provide computer support, you can quickly access your customer's computers from anywhere in the world and resolve helpdesk issues remotely! With addons like SingleClick your customers don't even have to pre-install software or execute complex procedures to get remote helpdesk support. Notification: This is a full 32bits version for installation on a system without VNC server installed.
Gillian

Re UltraVNC (also UltraVNC SC, a mini version).
This appears to be an application intended for IT managers, who sometimes need to take over a customer's PC so that they can correct problems remotely. Of course, any reliable such manager or repair person would never take advantage and do anything they shouldn't while in there. Normally the customer has to be at their PC and give permission for such entry and once the repair is made the connection is broken and should not be capable of re-connecting unless the customer gives further permission. Not too sure about this application, though. It is a "freebee" and I would not think any reliable professional would bother with it. Just keep away from it, I would think.
Anyone else have more on this?
Bob

Thanks to Charles I now have a list of new digital channels on my TV.
My problem is that on some channels, mainly 7two the picture is pixilated, any idea on how to fix this?
Gill...

No replies here, Gill, so here is my suggestion. Possibly an antenna problem, particularly if you have the older style. An indoor booster on the antenna or a more suitable antenna might be indicated.
Bob

Can anyone advise on whether it is possible to record the new digital channels on a DVD recorder. I can record the four analogue channels but the recorder will not allow me to record the new channels. What will happen when analogue is phased out in a couple of years? Could it be anything to do with the fact that my DVD recorder is 6 years old?
John Geary, Member

I can answer this one, John.
Your old recorder will be analogue and incapable of recognising digital channels, just as an anologue TV is incapable of receiving them. In the latter instance, you get around the problem by using a set top box but I do not think the box can help with the recorder. I moved to a digital TV and can receive all the channels but my old analogue VCR cannot see the digital channels.
I got around that by buying a digital recorder, which records direct to its own hard drive and has remarkable capacity. I might donate the VCR to a museum!
Bob

William wrote to me today about a problem with printing a playlist using his new printer. It seems he has a very unique method of achieving this printed list.
Firstly he makes the list while burning a disc using Nero; then copies it and sends it to himself via email for printing. However, when printed the list appears as postage stamp size and is unreadable.
Has anyone any suggestions?
Ruth Ruane
Member

I recently installed Google Chrome alongside my Internet Explorer and started having trouble following links from my Microsoft Outlook email server. I would get a message along the lines “This operation has been cancelled due to restrictions in effect on this computer. Please contat your system administrator” As I am the administrator and have few restrictions in effect on my computer I found this very annoying. In the end, on the advice of another member, I had to uninstall Chrome – make Internet Explorer my default search engine and test it to see if this had done the trick [it had] I then reinstalled Chrome and found they both worked for a while. However, after a while it all happened again. I finally found that if I made Chrome my default all worked OK. But the annoying thing is that some internet pages do not recognize Chrome which is still in the Beta stage!!
Has anyone else had this problem?
Ruth Ruane
Busnet Member

As Limes are now plentiful in WA (May) I would like to suggest the following recipe:-
I have tried it on my family and they think it is great...

20 whole chicken tenderloins
1 tablespoon olive oil ( I used sesame oil)
4 whole kaffir lime leaves
1 teaspoon turmeric
4 tablespoons lime juice (approx 2 limes)
½ litre chicken stock
1 cup finely chopped shallots (both top & tail)
1 cup coconut cream
1 heaped teaspoon cornflour
Salt

Bring stock to boil in a saucepan.
Add chicken tenderloins and poach in boiling liquid for 5 minutes. Set aside.
Heat a pan and add 1 tablespoon of olive / sesame oil.
Add shallots and lime leaves.
Cook until shallots are wilted (2 to 3 minutes).
To this mixture add 1 cup coconut cream, turmeric, salt. Cook on a low heat until heated through.
Add poached chicken (discard the stock).
Mix lime juice with a large teaspoon of cornflour, pour in with chicken.
Boil for a few minutes.
Sprinkle generously with cracked pepper.
Remove lime leaves.
Serve with rice plus other veges.
Gill

For anyone contemplating using the Sensis directory service number, 1234, DON'T!
Sensis, as you may or may not know, is a subsidiary of Telstra. The 1234 number is replacing the Telstra 12456 directory assistance number, but this time with outrageous costs attached: 40c to call the number, then 4c A SECOND!
By law, Telstra have to provide a FREE directory assistance number, because they are still majority owned by the government. They choose however not to pass this number on to the public.
What's the number?........... 1223
Thumbs up to Telstra for finding a way to charge for a service that is supposed to be provided for free.
Cheers, Gill

Article taken from 'The Western Australian'
ONLINE TOOL ARMS BUYERS
Australian online shoppers have a new weapon in the fight against fraud in a world-first software package launched by the Federal Government.
Consumer PING, at
consumerping.gov.au (prefix www.)
which can be downloaded free, provides consumer alerts and tips on buying anything from cars to toys.
Senator Ian Campbell said the downloaded package was updated automatically on safety and legal matters, scams, product recalls and consumer tips for the 30 most popular online product categories.
Consumer PING works intelligently with a consumer's internet browser. Once it has determined the likely product being sought, it checks whether relevant information is available in its database and notifies the user.
It is the online equivalent of someone at a checkout offering you advice, as you are about to buy something. Information is updated automatically.
The software also includes a function to allow people to record their online purchases.

There is a bright shiny new Association been formed in Australia for keen bulb enthusiasts. It is the Australian Bulb Association which is based in Wondonga in Victoria. At present the paid membership stands at about 48 but there is a wide internet audience with email forums for discussion of cultural requirements and growing advice and exchange of bulbs and seeds. There are two Yahoo groups / one for cultural information and an images group. It is not necessary to be a paid member to participate in these groups. The Association provides a thrice yearly journal and extensive seed list to financial members. Annual full domestic membership is $AU40 International is $AU50 or $AU60 if paid by cheque. Further information is available from the Secretary Mr Shayne Willis email: shaynewillis@bigpond.com
To learn more about the AB_images group, please visit
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AB_images
Mary Wise

The Australian Bulb Association now has a Web site with a Gallery of images taken and posted by members.
It is worth a look if you love bulbs.
http://www.ausbulbs.org
http://www.ausbulbs.org/bulbgal/
cheers Mary

"Stewardesses" is the longest word typed with only the left hand and "lollipop" with your right.

Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.

There are only four words in the English language which end in "dous":
tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.

There are two words in the English language that have all five vowels in order:
"abstemious" and "facetious."

TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard.

Babies are born without kneecaps. They don't appear until the child reaches 2 to 6 years of age.

If the population of China walked past you, 8 abreast, the line would never end because of the rate of reproduction.

The cruise liner, QE2, moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel that it burns.

I am very glad to see that the forum has not died. Now it is up to us all to breath life into it. A forum is only as good as those who use it. Come on everyone jump in and let's enjoy this.

I was going to send in this link to the Magazine but would you believe it I could find no email for the editor anywhere in the mag or maybe I'm blind. Nowadays I often overlook things, forget things etc. I refuse to blame it on age I just blame it on my brain having been so busy for so many years!!!!!!!!!!

Anyway back to this link, BEFORE I FORGET, it is www.asktcl.com (Ask the computer lady). I don't go to the website very often but she sends out a newsletter that is full of common sense tips. I find something that helps me nearly every time I receive it. And guys, don't be put off by the fact that she is a lady. Try it, I'm sure you will like it.

I want to say also how much I have enjoyed the classes that I have taken so far at the club and we have only been members for two months. Thanks to those members that give up their time to teach us.
Look forward to forum interaction.
Jennifer Crewe

IDF50 (I Don't Feel 50) is a UK website. To participate you have to register. The address is:- http://www.idf50.co.uk/

Clubroom
The place for chatting about anything and everything that comes to mind.
Computer Room
Everything about computers - software, hardware, faults, tricks, hints and tips - share it here.
Poetry Corner & Games Room
A place to post and discuss your poetry and prose and to enjoy the stimulation of word games.
Web Design and Graphics Room.
Tips, hints and advice on web design, HTML, graphics, and anything else for the web.
Photography studio
Anything to do with photography. Digital and conventional. Lots of hints tips and advice.
Garden of Genealogy
Come in and dig up your roots.
Gill

If you have a large number of Internet sites book marked as favourites in Internet Explorer, the one you want at the time can often be very hard to find - that is, if you don't have them arranged logically.

Arranging your bookmarks into topical folders is the first thing to do, but even those folders can become bloated. One way to locate them easily is to arrange them into alphabetical order.

To do this, click your favourites menu, right click on the drop down menu and choose "Sort by Name". This will arrange your main menu into alphabetical order with the subfolders on top. This will also need to be done inside each subfolder.

If you have a particular order you want things in, such as your favourite links first or subfolders at the end, you can click, hold and drag any folder or link, then drag and drop it where you want it to appear.
Gill

Virus Warning
This virus is actually a worm named Palyh.A. It was discovered on May 18th,2003 and will infect all versions of Windows. Palyh is a variation of the Sobig worm that was very prevalent about 4 months ago.
This new worm will be fairly easy to spot, because all the infected messages appear to come from support@microsoft.com
Gill

This worm is fully documented at Microsoft Support Services web-site.
It affects Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Outlook 98, 2000, 2002,and Microsoft Outlook Express 5, 5.5, and 6 for Windows.
If you ever do receive an email purporting to come from Microsoft, you can be certain that it is NOT from them.
Microsoft never send unsolicited email.
Bob

If you are thinking of booking seats at The Burswood, Perth -check here first.
http://www.burswood.com.au/entertainment/pdfs/theatre.pdf
Gill

For current arrival & departure times of International Flights to/from Perth Airport you can check by clicking on http://www1.wac.com.au/int_arrivals.aspx

The Belarc Advisor is a free, downloadable program that tells you what software and hardware are installed on your system. All you have to do is download and install the program from
www.belarc.com/free_download.html
The utility then scans your machine and gives you a wealth of information about your system, including how much memory is installed and what kind of motherboard you have.
This information is of particular use if you have to take your computer in for repair. Just print out a current copy from Belarc Advisor (icon will be on your desktop) and give it to the repair man.
Operating Systems: Runs on Windows 95/98/Me, NT 4, Windows 2000, XP and Windows Server 2003.
Browsers: Requires IE 3 or Netscape 3, and higher versions. Also runs on Opera. File size: 577 KB.
Gill

For all of us who feel only the deepest love and affection for the way computers have enhanced our lives, read on...

At a recent computer expo (COMDEX), Bill Gates reportedly compared the computer industry with the auto industry and stated, "If GM had kept up with technology like the computer industry has, we would all be driving $25.00 cars that got 1,000 miles to the gallon".

In response to Bill's comments, General Motors issued a press release stating:
If GM had developed technology like Microsoft, we would all be driving cars with the following characteristics (and I just love this part):

1. For no reason whatsoever, your car would crash twice a day.
2. Every time they repainted the lines in the road, you would have to buy a new car.
3. Occasionally your car would die on the freeway for no reason. You would have to pull over to the side of the road, close all of the windows, shut off the car, restart it, and reopen the windows before you could continue. Yet for some reason you would simply accept this.
4. Occasionally, executing a maneuver such as a left turn would cause your car to shut down and refuse to restart, in which case you would have to reinstall the engine.
5. Macintosh would make a car that was powered by the sun, was reliable, five times as fast and twice as easy to drive - but would run on only five percent of the roads.
6. The oil, water temperature, and alternator warning lights would all be replaced by a single warning light that said "This Car Has Performed An Illegal Operation".
7. The airbag system would ask, "Are you sure?" before deploying.
8. Occasionally, for no reason whatsoever, your car would lock you out and refuse to let you in until you simultaneously lifted the door handle, turned the key and grabbed hold of the radio antenna!
9. Every time a new car was introduced car buyers would have to learn how to drive all over again because none of the controls would operate in the same manner as the old car.
10.You'd have to press the "Start" button to turn the engine off.

Please share this with your friends who love - but sometimes hate - their computer!
Verna

Have you been receiving strange rings on your telephone lately, where it rings several times then stops just as you get your hand on it?
Or it rings and you answer it but there is no reply, then it goes click and you get a dial tone?
Or there is just a dial tone when you first put it to your ear?
This could be an automatic service used by a number of telephone companies.
This pest rings three different numbers at random and picks the first one to answer, then you get a person, quite likely in a country such as India (but not necessarily so), who begins to harangue you about changing over to their telephone service.

Of course, the other two people who were too late in answering, get the 'nobody there' treatment. This is called "telemarketing".
If this is not telephone spam, what is it?
Bob

There is good news about the dreaded "telemarketing" callers (above). Australia now has a "Do Not Call Register" and you can register your home and mobile 'phone numbers on it. You can register online very simply, or you can obtain a printed form and submit that. Go to
https://www.donotcall.gov.au/
Telemarketers are bound by law, as from 31st may, 2007, to refrain from ringing numbers listed on the register. They will be compelled to only use frequently updated number lists which have had all such numbers removed. Hooray!
Bob

Comments
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I don't know if you people get stressed out and need this advice but I am passing this on to you because it has definitely worked for me...and we all could use a little calm.
By following the simple advice that I read in an article, I have finally found inner peace.
The article read: "The way to achieve inner peace is to finish all the things you've started".
So I looked around the house to see all the things I started and hadn't finished.... and before leaving the house this morning I finished off a bottle of red wine, a bottle of white wine, the Bailey's, Kahlua and Wild Turkey, the Prozac, some Valium, some cheesecake and a box of chocolates.
You have no idea how bloody good I feel....
You may pass this on to those you feel are in need of Inner Peace.
from Anonymous!

Two new websites that may be of interest to your Seniors
I was diagnosed with cancer in October 2003, these websites came out of 'My Journey' with this illness.

With the huge range of false and misleading health (and SCAM) advertising aimed at our Seniors and other vulnerable groups I have made it my 'mission' to try to direct web surfers to the best sites from Australia and overseas so that they can make informed choices in health and other day-to-day activities. Your members represent the men and women, our Seniors, who helped make this country great and if they can use these free sites to help them, It will have made my breast cancer have some meaning.

The information below wasn't written by me but was sent for approval to be published in one of our national magazines after I emailed them the web sites. I think it summarizes the situation well. www.healthinformation.com.au is an evidenced-based website that offers no medical advice but points people to really great medical websites, both Orthodox and Natural, in Australia and Overseas. I am a retired Computer Professional and after my diagnosis my GP and I put this site together for patients and their GP's. It has been my cancer therapy and it has worked because I feel great.

If you think it can help your members please let them know that it is available. I would like to add that it has an encyclopaedia and two research links on the front page which is great for looking up medications and current research. It went live two weeks ago.

HEALTH INFORMATION
http://www.healthinformation.com.au/
Member Loretta Marron was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2003 and undertook research to assess various treatments. Although there is much information available on the Internet it is difficult to assess what is correct and what is misleading. She became irritated and shocked by the number of quack and unproven medical devices and treatments being promoted to seniors. She therefore decided upon positive action and together with her general practitioner they have established a web site linking to over 300 sites offering reliable medical advice.

Thanks for that, Loretta. It is always good to hear from people outside our own little circle, and if they can point us in helpful directions like you are doing, that's even better!

I went on line to look at a recipe page 'Simplygreatmeals' as advised on some product or other. Everything except what I expected came up on my screen. This intrigues me. How does a visit to Bussleton link up with 'simplygreatmeals'. How woould anyone know that the page is there? And it is lovely.
Also the site for Seniors with lots of info about learning to use computer. It seems to me that Cool Sites should be just that otherwise how do people know they are there? Is it the cost? I expect it is. The links can be very confusing though.
I love finding all these hidden sites, perhaps that is why they are there, for people like me.
My regards to all involved.
Nadia Simpson

I don't quite follow some of your comment, Nadia, but no matter.
One thing I can assure you of, however, cost has nothing to do with anything in our website.
I do it all for nothing!
Bob

MARCUS AURELIUS ANTONINUS
Roman Emperor, A.D. 161-180, born Rome, April 26, 121; died March 17, 180.
(Surname originally Verus; he took the surname Antoninus in honour of his adoptive father, Antoninus Pius.)

An anonymous visitor to our pages has suggested that I add further quotes made by this historical figure, to the quote by him which is on our Newsmag page.

I do not intend to do that, as Marcus Aurelius made many quotes.
He is recognized as having been one of the best men of heathen antiquity.
There is a very good account of the man and his life at
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02109a.htm

The many quotations made by this famous man can be read at
THE MEDITATIONS By Marcus Aurelius, written 167ACE at
http://classics.mit.edu/Antoninus/meditations.html
(There are 12 books of his meditations and there is a 238k text-only version available for download).
Visit and be enlightened and uplifted.
Bob

Thinking that life should treat you better because you're a good person
is like expecting the bull not to attack because you're a vegetarian.
Gill

Most of the research is aimed at curing Alzheimer's disease through drugs and other treatments after a person has already developed the disease. But there's another way of looking at it, a way that is more relevant to today's generations because it involves taking action today. That approach involves the building up of mental reserves against the onslaught of Alzheimer's the way animals fatten themselves up for the winter. In other words, you build up the brain the way you would strengthen your muscles through exercise. This approach seems to lower one's risks of developing Alzheimer's, and even if the disease does strike, you may be able to linger longer in the early stage, when much of your mind and personality are still intact.

There is a theory that says during the early developmental stages of life, the human brain develops an enormous number of neurons, or nerve cells, but that many of these cells die. The neurons that survive do so by making connections with other neurons during the rapid-growth stage of the nervous system-basically, during childhood and adolescence. Reading progressively more challenging books is important and so is learning a musical instrument, creating art, playing chess and generally any activity that requires active engagement. The neural connections children gain from these activities can last a lifetime, and appear to buffer them from cognitive decline later on.

More and more studies are now exploring the roles of both mental and physical activity in adults and their ability to stave off Alzheimer's disease. Research done in the past few years has shown a link between physical exercise and a lowered risk of Alzheimer's.
Gill

(1)Click print screen button then open up a word program or similar then click paste you will then have the screen print of all that was on the screen when you clicked the button.
(2)If you want to print the active screen only then hold down the Alt key and click the print screen button then open up the word program again then click paste you will then have the active screen print only.

I've learned that it takes years to build up trust, and it only takes suspicion, not proof, to destroy it.

I've learned that 99% of the time when something isn't working in your house, one of your kids did it.

I've learned that the people you care most about in life are taken from you too soon and all the less important ones just never go away. And the real pains in the ass are permanent.
Gill

Hello there,
I am Moira Dahlberg and I run the Writing Group at the Busselton Senior Citizens' Centre.

I also have a website of my own, thanks to some very computer-savvy friends, who helped me get on-line in the first place.
You will find the URL below, also my email address.
The website contains pictures, fiction for adults and children, some non fiction and some teaching aids. Recently I have also started a Guest Writers page and some of the work we have done at the Writing group appears on it.

There is facility to make feedback email comments on the website.
Please visit it and if you then would like to mention and promote it, I shall be grateful.
http://members.westnet.com.au/ariom
Regards, Moira Dahlberg

Lady Luck was seldom kind to Sam.
Although Sam had a real zest for life, he was constantly beset by bad luck.
He loved poker but poker did not love him; he played the stock market with great anticipation but always seemed to be the one who bought high and sold low.
His life seemed to be full of more downs than ups.
His greatest delight was his golf game. Not that Sam was a great golfer; in fact, he never managed to break 100, but the odd shot that somehow ended up in the general area he had in mind was enough to keep his hopes alive.
Finally, Sam became ill and passed away, but just before he died, he asked that his remains be cremated and his ashes be scattered just off the fairway on the ninth hole of his home course.
Accordingly, a gathering assembled to carry out Sam's wishes. It was a bright sunny day and all was going well.
Then, as the ashes were strewn....a gust of wind came up....and blew Sam out of bounds.

The above joke reminds me of a true story.
I was once told of a certain submariner who, after a long period of service in the Royal Australian Navy, most of which was spent in submarines, retired but kept up his association with submarines and the men who served in them.
Before he died, he expressed a wish that his ashes might be taken to sea in a submarine and cast onto the ocean from the sub.
This was duly arranged and his ashes were taken to sea in a certain submarine, the name of which will not be divulged here.
All went well until the time came to cast the ashes onto the surface of the ocean.
The men carrying out the operation cast the ashes from the conning tower but had overlooked the fact that on a submarine, there is a considerable downdraft which blows down into it when it is open.
Consequently, the ashes never did get cast upon the ocean; they were drawn down into the conning tower, grabbed by the air circulating system, and spread from one end of the boat to the other. They have become an integral part of it.
He would have loved it.