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[quote=Happs]Good perspectives about gated communities and neighborliness. It’s my first time in a gated community and some of the behaviors seem odd to me, like people stopping at the mailbox and then driving to their house about 300ft away. Then their is the couple who drive their car at least once a day to their parent’s house about 6 houses down instead of walking and no they are not disabled. Picture a street of 2,000 sq ft tract homes and it would take you less than 5 minutes to walk 6 houses down. I’m not being a busybody but I can’t help but notice this since it all happen right in front of me as I look outside the window as I type. [/quote]

Watch the movie LA Story – my favorite part is when Steve Martin gets in his car to drive next door to his best friend’s house… well that, and the twist of lemon.

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[quote=Happs]Good perspectives about gated communities and neighborliness. It’s my first time in a gated community and some of the behaviors seem odd to me, like people stopping at the mailbox and then driving to their house about 300ft away. Then their is the couple who drive their car at least once a day to their parent’s house about 6 houses down instead of walking and no they are not disabled. Picture a street of 2,000 sq ft tract homes and it would take you less than 5 minutes to walk 6 houses down. I’m not being a busybody but I can’t help but notice this since it all happen right in front of me as I look outside the window as I type. [/quote]

Watch the movie LA Story – my favorite part is when Steve Martin gets in his car to drive next door to his best friend’s house… well that, and the twist of lemon.

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[quote=Happs]Good perspectives about gated communities and neighborliness. It’s my first time in a gated community and some of the behaviors seem odd to me, like people stopping at the mailbox and then driving to their house about 300ft away. Then their is the couple who drive their car at least once a day to their parent’s house about 6 houses down instead of walking and no they are not disabled. Picture a street of 2,000 sq ft tract homes and it would take you less than 5 minutes to walk 6 houses down. I’m not being a busybody but I can’t help but notice this since it all happen right in front of me as I look outside the window as I type. [/quote]

Watch the movie LA Story – my favorite part is when Steve Martin gets in his car to drive next door to his best friend’s house… well that, and the twist of lemon.

[dumbled0ry]

[quote=Happs]Good perspectives about gated communities and neighborliness. It’s my first time in a gated community and some of the behaviors seem odd to me, like people stopping at the mailbox and then driving to their house about 300ft away. Then their is the couple who drive their car at least once a day to their parent’s house about 6 houses down instead of walking and no they are not disabled. Picture a street of 2,000 sq ft tract homes and it would take you less than 5 minutes to walk 6 houses down. I’m not being a busybody but I can’t help but notice this since it all happen right in front of me as I look outside the window as I type. [/quote]

Watch the movie LA Story – my favorite part is when Steve Martin gets in his car to drive next door to his best friend’s house… well that, and the twist of lemon.

[dumbled0ry]

[quote=Happs]Good perspectives about gated communities and neighborliness. It’s my first time in a gated community and some of the behaviors seem odd to me, like people stopping at the mailbox and then driving to their house about 300ft away. Then their is the couple who drive their car at least once a day to their parent’s house about 6 houses down instead of walking and no they are not disabled. Picture a street of 2,000 sq ft tract homes and it would take you less than 5 minutes to walk 6 houses down. I’m not being a busybody but I can’t help but notice this since it all happen right in front of me as I look outside the window as I type. [/quote]

Watch the movie LA Story – my favorite part is when Steve Martin gets in his car to drive next door to his best friend’s house… well that, and the twist of lemon.

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It sounds like you mainly use your laptop for Internet surfing and word processing. I think you’d be able to get a lot of mileage at a reasonable price with the following:

1. A reasonable processor (nothing fancy, just not an obsolete one that is being cleared out for newer technology)
2. Maximize your RAM
3. An appropriately sized hard drive – if you like to save pictures and music, you’ll probably want to get a larger one

Do some research for a reliable brand, and pick a model at the price that you like.

Here’s a very limited, anecdotal list of brands I know about:

-Sony: I’ve had one die on me, and so have my cousin’s friends
-Dell: I broke 3 of them at work (well, I was working 60+ hrs/wk, maybe they couldn’t handle the overtime?)
-Toshiba: My sister bought one, and it had problems randomly freezing and shutting down
-HP: My father has one (he worked at HP 26 years), and likes it
-Apple: I had an iBook, and it was very reliable – even after I spilled a bottle of ginger ale on the keyboard, a week after I bought it. It dried out in a week and worked fine (disclaimer: DON’T try this at home). But the Mac version of MS Office isn’t as user-friendly as the PC version, so I stopped using it for work. And I switched back to the PC entirely when I started playing free Yahoo games – there’s Internet content that won’t run on Mac OS.
-Gateway: I worked there for 6 months – the one I had at work and the CX210X I bought are both good performance and reliable.
-Lenovo: My most recent 2 companies use Lenovo laptops, the ones I’ve had have been reliable

The laptops they sell in-store (like Best Buy) come with a standard configuration. If you’d like to play around with the price/options configuration, each of the major computer companies has a ‘customizer’ on its website that lets you choose what features you want. You can order your custom computer, and they’ll ship it to you. I don’t think there’s a price difference between the online and in-store prices.

And it can be a fun night of research (well, IMO). 🙂

[dumbled0ry]

It sounds like you mainly use your laptop for Internet surfing and word processing. I think you’d be able to get a lot of mileage at a reasonable price with the following:

1. A reasonable processor (nothing fancy, just not an obsolete one that is being cleared out for newer technology)
2. Maximize your RAM
3. An appropriately sized hard drive – if you like to save pictures and music, you’ll probably want to get a larger one

Do some research for a reliable brand, and pick a model at the price that you like.

Here’s a very limited, anecdotal list of brands I know about:

-Sony: I’ve had one die on me, and so have my cousin’s friends
-Dell: I broke 3 of them at work (well, I was working 60+ hrs/wk, maybe they couldn’t handle the overtime?)
-Toshiba: My sister bought one, and it had problems randomly freezing and shutting down
-HP: My father has one (he worked at HP 26 years), and likes it
-Apple: I had an iBook, and it was very reliable – even after I spilled a bottle of ginger ale on the keyboard, a week after I bought it. It dried out in a week and worked fine (disclaimer: DON’T try this at home). But the Mac version of MS Office isn’t as user-friendly as the PC version, so I stopped using it for work. And I switched back to the PC entirely when I started playing free Yahoo games – there’s Internet content that won’t run on Mac OS.
-Gateway: I worked there for 6 months – the one I had at work and the CX210X I bought are both good performance and reliable.
-Lenovo: My most recent 2 companies use Lenovo laptops, the ones I’ve had have been reliable

The laptops they sell in-store (like Best Buy) come with a standard configuration. If you’d like to play around with the price/options configuration, each of the major computer companies has a ‘customizer’ on its website that lets you choose what features you want. You can order your custom computer, and they’ll ship it to you. I don’t think there’s a price difference between the online and in-store prices.

And it can be a fun night of research (well, IMO). 🙂

[dumbled0ry]

It sounds like you mainly use your laptop for Internet surfing and word processing. I think you’d be able to get a lot of mileage at a reasonable price with the following:

1. A reasonable processor (nothing fancy, just not an obsolete one that is being cleared out for newer technology)
2. Maximize your RAM
3. An appropriately sized hard drive – if you like to save pictures and music, you’ll probably want to get a larger one

Do some research for a reliable brand, and pick a model at the price that you like.

Here’s a very limited, anecdotal list of brands I know about:

-Sony: I’ve had one die on me, and so have my cousin’s friends
-Dell: I broke 3 of them at work (well, I was working 60+ hrs/wk, maybe they couldn’t handle the overtime?)
-Toshiba: My sister bought one, and it had problems randomly freezing and shutting down
-HP: My father has one (he worked at HP 26 years), and likes it
-Apple: I had an iBook, and it was very reliable – even after I spilled a bottle of ginger ale on the keyboard, a week after I bought it. It dried out in a week and worked fine (disclaimer: DON’T try this at home). But the Mac version of MS Office isn’t as user-friendly as the PC version, so I stopped using it for work. And I switched back to the PC entirely when I started playing free Yahoo games – there’s Internet content that won’t run on Mac OS.
-Gateway: I worked there for 6 months – the one I had at work and the CX210X I bought are both good performance and reliable.
-Lenovo: My most recent 2 companies use Lenovo laptops, the ones I’ve had have been reliable

The laptops they sell in-store (like Best Buy) come with a standard configuration. If you’d like to play around with the price/options configuration, each of the major computer companies has a ‘customizer’ on its website that lets you choose what features you want. You can order your custom computer, and they’ll ship it to you. I don’t think there’s a price difference between the online and in-store prices.

And it can be a fun night of research (well, IMO). 🙂

[dumbled0ry]

It sounds like you mainly use your laptop for Internet surfing and word processing. I think you’d be able to get a lot of mileage at a reasonable price with the following:

1. A reasonable processor (nothing fancy, just not an obsolete one that is being cleared out for newer technology)
2. Maximize your RAM
3. An appropriately sized hard drive – if you like to save pictures and music, you’ll probably want to get a larger one

Do some research for a reliable brand, and pick a model at the price that you like.

Here’s a very limited, anecdotal list of brands I know about:

-Sony: I’ve had one die on me, and so have my cousin’s friends
-Dell: I broke 3 of them at work (well, I was working 60+ hrs/wk, maybe they couldn’t handle the overtime?)
-Toshiba: My sister bought one, and it had problems randomly freezing and shutting down
-HP: My father has one (he worked at HP 26 years), and likes it
-Apple: I had an iBook, and it was very reliable – even after I spilled a bottle of ginger ale on the keyboard, a week after I bought it. It dried out in a week and worked fine (disclaimer: DON’T try this at home). But the Mac version of MS Office isn’t as user-friendly as the PC version, so I stopped using it for work. And I switched back to the PC entirely when I started playing free Yahoo games – there’s Internet content that won’t run on Mac OS.
-Gateway: I worked there for 6 months – the one I had at work and the CX210X I bought are both good performance and reliable.
-Lenovo: My most recent 2 companies use Lenovo laptops, the ones I’ve had have been reliable

The laptops they sell in-store (like Best Buy) come with a standard configuration. If you’d like to play around with the price/options configuration, each of the major computer companies has a ‘customizer’ on its website that lets you choose what features you want. You can order your custom computer, and they’ll ship it to you. I don’t think there’s a price difference between the online and in-store prices.

And it can be a fun night of research (well, IMO). 🙂

[dumbled0ry]

It sounds like you mainly use your laptop for Internet surfing and word processing. I think you’d be able to get a lot of mileage at a reasonable price with the following:

1. A reasonable processor (nothing fancy, just not an obsolete one that is being cleared out for newer technology)
2. Maximize your RAM
3. An appropriately sized hard drive – if you like to save pictures and music, you’ll probably want to get a larger one

Do some research for a reliable brand, and pick a model at the price that you like.

Here’s a very limited, anecdotal list of brands I know about:

-Sony: I’ve had one die on me, and so have my cousin’s friends
-Dell: I broke 3 of them at work (well, I was working 60+ hrs/wk, maybe they couldn’t handle the overtime?)
-Toshiba: My sister bought one, and it had problems randomly freezing and shutting down
-HP: My father has one (he worked at HP 26 years), and likes it
-Apple: I had an iBook, and it was very reliable – even after I spilled a bottle of ginger ale on the keyboard, a week after I bought it. It dried out in a week and worked fine (disclaimer: DON’T try this at home). But the Mac version of MS Office isn’t as user-friendly as the PC version, so I stopped using it for work. And I switched back to the PC entirely when I started playing free Yahoo games – there’s Internet content that won’t run on Mac OS.
-Gateway: I worked there for 6 months – the one I had at work and the CX210X I bought are both good performance and reliable.
-Lenovo: My most recent 2 companies use Lenovo laptops, the ones I’ve had have been reliable

The laptops they sell in-store (like Best Buy) come with a standard configuration. If you’d like to play around with the price/options configuration, each of the major computer companies has a ‘customizer’ on its website that lets you choose what features you want. You can order your custom computer, and they’ll ship it to you. I don’t think there’s a price difference between the online and in-store prices.

And it can be a fun night of research (well, IMO). 🙂

[dumbled0ry]

Nostradamus, thanks for posting about this restaurant! I went there and had their lunch buffet today, which starts at noon. In terms of quality and variety, I like it much better than Ashoka and Kir.

I noticed the Chinese influence (I’m 2nd-gen Chinese) – there was a dish that almost looked like sweet and sour pork, breaded pork stir-fried with onions, green bell peppers and chiles. It turned out to be breaded cauliflower stir-fried with onions, green bell peppers and chiles, yum!

What looked like the moistest, most tender tandoori chicken I’ve ever seen – turned out to be the moistest, most tender tandoori fish I’ve ever eaten.

Their naan was stacked in a hot tray in the buffet area, not as good as when they walk around and hand out fresh naan – but that’s because they walk around and hand out fresh dosas, in addition to coffee and tea.

I enjoyed it greatly, and now I’m going to enjoy an after-buffet lunch nap.

[dumbled0ry]

Nostradamus, thanks for posting about this restaurant! I went there and had their lunch buffet today, which starts at noon. In terms of quality and variety, I like it much better than Ashoka and Kir.

I noticed the Chinese influence (I’m 2nd-gen Chinese) – there was a dish that almost looked like sweet and sour pork, breaded pork stir-fried with onions, green bell peppers and chiles. It turned out to be breaded cauliflower stir-fried with onions, green bell peppers and chiles, yum!

What looked like the moistest, most tender tandoori chicken I’ve ever seen – turned out to be the moistest, most tender tandoori fish I’ve ever eaten.

Their naan was stacked in a hot tray in the buffet area, not as good as when they walk around and hand out fresh naan – but that’s because they walk around and hand out fresh dosas, in addition to coffee and tea.

I enjoyed it greatly, and now I’m going to enjoy an after-buffet lunch nap.

[dumbled0ry]

Nostradamus, thanks for posting about this restaurant! I went there and had their lunch buffet today, which starts at noon. In terms of quality and variety, I like it much better than Ashoka and Kir.

I noticed the Chinese influence (I’m 2nd-gen Chinese) – there was a dish that almost looked like sweet and sour pork, breaded pork stir-fried with onions, green bell peppers and chiles. It turned out to be breaded cauliflower stir-fried with onions, green bell peppers and chiles, yum!

What looked like the moistest, most tender tandoori chicken I’ve ever seen – turned out to be the moistest, most tender tandoori fish I’ve ever eaten.

Their naan was stacked in a hot tray in the buffet area, not as good as when they walk around and hand out fresh naan – but that’s because they walk around and hand out fresh dosas, in addition to coffee and tea.

I enjoyed it greatly, and now I’m going to enjoy an after-buffet lunch nap.

[dumbled0ry]

Nostradamus, thanks for posting about this restaurant! I went there and had their lunch buffet today, which starts at noon. In terms of quality and variety, I like it much better than Ashoka and Kir.

I noticed the Chinese influence (I’m 2nd-gen Chinese) – there was a dish that almost looked like sweet and sour pork, breaded pork stir-fried with onions, green bell peppers and chiles. It turned out to be breaded cauliflower stir-fried with onions, green bell peppers and chiles, yum!

What looked like the moistest, most tender tandoori chicken I’ve ever seen – turned out to be the moistest, most tender tandoori fish I’ve ever eaten.

Their naan was stacked in a hot tray in the buffet area, not as good as when they walk around and hand out fresh naan – but that’s because they walk around and hand out fresh dosas, in addition to coffee and tea.

I enjoyed it greatly, and now I’m going to enjoy an after-buffet lunch nap.

[dumbled0ry]

Nostradamus, thanks for posting about this restaurant! I went there and had their lunch buffet today, which starts at noon. In terms of quality and variety, I like it much better than Ashoka and Kir.

I noticed the Chinese influence (I’m 2nd-gen Chinese) – there was a dish that almost looked like sweet and sour pork, breaded pork stir-fried with onions, green bell peppers and chiles. It turned out to be breaded cauliflower stir-fried with onions, green bell peppers and chiles, yum!

What looked like the moistest, most tender tandoori chicken I’ve ever seen – turned out to be the moistest, most tender tandoori fish I’ve ever eaten.

Their naan was stacked in a hot tray in the buffet area, not as good as when they walk around and hand out fresh naan – but that’s because they walk around and hand out fresh dosas, in addition to coffee and tea.

I enjoyed it greatly, and now I’m going to enjoy an after-buffet lunch nap.

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