How come you're always "away" on AIM? Why not just log off? Every time I log on, you pop up and I go to say hello, but then I see that you're away!

BTW. . .

"<font size = 7><font color = red>PIGS . . . IN . . . SPAAAAAAAAAAACE!!!</font><font>"?!?!?!

You need to get back out on the court!! LOL

Chuck

P.S. -- I love your baby picture, too. :D

Chuck, I wonder how come I never show you logged on? I wonder if I have your name in correctly, I have "ChuckElias"?

Guess it's just part of the college "culture" (if there is such a thing on campuses) - when you have a DSL connection, most people leave AIM running all the time and just put up away messages so that other people can leave a message without having to write an e-mail.

"College" and "culture" are two words that you don't normally find in the same sentence!

I guess things have changed since the dinosaur days. When I was in college the away note was on a dry-erase board stuck rather dubiously to the dorm room door. Students didn't have phone lines in their rooms, much less 24-hr DSL. And we walked 15 miles uphill each way in the blinding snow with 25 pounds of books on our backs to get to the lectures, which were conducted in over-heated halls with cloak-rooms for the soggy woolen outer wear.

Oh, wait, I take it all back. I was just, er..., let's see... oh, yeah!... I was making fun of Jurassic Referee. I'm not really that old. At least, don't tell the local college assignor I am.

[QUOTE]Originally posted by rainmaker

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Originally posted by Mark Dexter And we walked 15 miles uphill each way with 25 pounds of books on our backs to get to the lectures, which were conducted in over-heated halls with cloak-rooms for the soggy woolen outer wear

I had to do the same thing - only I had to walk backwards!!! And - it was 50 miles!!!

I was making fun of Jurassic Referee.[/B][/QUOTE]Grumble...grumble...grumble...grumble!Young whippersnapper!Bah...humbug!Etc...etc...etc!:D

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Mark Padgett

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Originally posted by rainmaker Quote: Originally posted by Mark Dexter And we walked 15 miles uphill each way with 25 pounds of books on our backs to get to the lectures, which were conducted in over-heated halls with cloak-rooms for the soggy woolen outer wear I had to do the same thing - only I had to walk backwards!!! And - it was 50 miles!!!

I walked.
Missed 1/2 a day in the 5th grade.
Life was easy.
Now, I run.

Doesn't that mean you were walking DOWNHILL?

Just a thought :)

Mark's right. It's the college culture. My oldest son leaves TWO screen names on at all times. But it is pretty cool that, if you have a kid at college, you can leave a message at any time. And, it just likes he's at home, since he completely ignores what you're saying! :p

And, just like when he's at home, you can never tell if he heard you or not! ;)

At least when they away at college, you don't catch them drinking directly from the milk jug, like they do at home.

Or drinking your brownpop,either!:D