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So, I’m not doing well going to work everyday.  The anxiety is out of control!  Here’s the brainstorm question… what are jobs that can be done from home?  Any input would help! Hope you’re all great, Katie — The charter is available at: http://readystump.algebra.com/~asapm

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{{{{{{{Katie}}}}}}}  Wish I could help.  :-( Di

So, I’m not doing well going to work everyday.  The anxiety is out of control!  Here’s the brainstorm question… what are jobs that can be done from home?  Any input would help! Hope you’re all great, Katie

– The charter is available at: http://readystump.algebra.com/~asapm

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So, I’m not doing well going to work everyday.  The anxiety is out of control!  Here’s the brainstorm question… what are jobs that can be done from home?  Any input would help! Hope you’re all great, Katie

Hi Katie, I’ve spent years thinking long and hard about what jobs I might be able to do from home as an anxiety disorder person. Among my own thoughts have been writing about anxiety disorders, writing about personal experience, writing fiction, somehow inventing some great and novel computer program or game, etc. Personally, I keep running into a few obstacles. * First, it’s really hard to come up with unique and wonderful ideas and, even when we do, it’s hard to sell it to publishers, distributors or the like. * Regarding anxiety disorders, I have problems "selling" material to fellow patients because I feel that would be taking advantage of people like myself. Though I have been published in this sense, I’ve never made any money from my writing. * If I could create a product I felt comfortable selling, would this be simply a "one-hit-wonder" that damages my disability status and does not result in a sustainable, long-term income? * If I could provide a service for an employer from home, would this damage my disability status, include good medical insurance and would this provide secure income to live from? * Would working from home involve a level of stress that would be unhealthy for an anxiety disorder person like myself? I don’t want to sound entirely negative. For each of us, there may be some wonderful, creative and comfortable solution. I’ve been looking for such a solution for a long time, I was thinking about it today and I’ll keep thinking about it. I’m just saying that home employment is difficult for most anxiety disorder people. Especially people with severe and chronic forms of anxiety disorders who often get neglected in more general statistics. Best Wishes, Arthur — The charter is available at: http://readystump.algebra.com/~asapm

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Hi Katie:  I hope you will explore some therapy options before giving up on your job.  While there are jobs that can be done at home, some of them require very specialized skills:  medical transcribing, bookkeeping and accounting, graphic design, copyediting and page layout, to name a few. Staying at home may simply increase your anxiety and lead to agoraphobia. You’ve gone through a huge change in your life… Be gentle with yourself but also keep getting out and going to work if you can.  Boston has many excellent psychiatrists and therapists…  You could start by calling Mass. General Hospital or something Harvard-affiliated.  (Margrove will know specifics.) Hang in there. xxoo Anne — The charter is available at: http://readystump.algebra.com/~asapm

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what are jobs that can be done from home?

I’m sorry your job isn’t working out for you, Katie. There’s always web design and computer programming, which is pick-up-able. Especially web design. Learning HTML is a breeze, and the other technologies that go along with it, like CSS. Then you just have to find clients, which isn’t too hard, as someone always wants a web page done. Then you have to haggle about prices, deal with their endless unrealistic needs, and try to placate these loons. Great job. Actually, I’m not one to talk to about web design, because I’ve given up on clients. I just do my own stuff in my spare time. But with enough motivation and sticking power, it’s certainly something you can do at home. Dawn has mentioned phone sex operator. Not exactly the best job in the world, but you do get to meet lots of interesting extremely lonely men, on their last shred of dignity. That’s a plus. There’s always freelance writing. This is the ideal work-at-home job. Stephen King probably hasn’t left his house in years, except for the occasional honorary dinner, which can be nice, I suppose, especially if it’s Chinese food. Writing is the one job where you can be completely agoraphobic, and still be rich and famous. Anyway, all this silliness aside, I hope you find something that better suits you, and like I said, I’m sorry things aren’t working out. Ian — http://sundry.ws/ — The charter is available at: http://readystump.algebra.com/~asapm

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Hi everyone!  Thanks for the support and ideas.  You guys are the greatest.  As for some of the questions…  Is there anything different about your anx/pan symptoms now than in the past?   Feeling different, better, worse, new triggers ….  OR are you feeling pretty much the same crappy symptoms?

Pretty much the same crappy symptoms but I think they’re a bit worse in terms of nausea and PAs because of the change in environment. If you haven’t had  your thyroid function checked,  go there  ASAP  ( pun intended).  Ditto with your blood sugar.   ( Disregard the advise if you’ve BTDT)

I found a great PCP (it’s easy working at a hospital!) and I’m actually getting a full blood workup tomorrow.  I’ve been having stomach problems (hence the nausea) and associated weight loss… so she’s a little concerned that something else besides anxiety is going on. Nothing like the fear of sickness to up the anxiety ante, right? As for things here, my BF moved up last week and it’s great to have him here.  It’s also frustrating to have to be responsible to another person since I was here alone for a month, but that too shall pass.  I love living here in Boston and although I miss some of the things about NYC, this is a much better place for me to be. Thank you all again! Katie — The charter is available at: http://readystump.algebra.com/~asapm

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So, I’m not doing well going to work everyday.  The anxiety is out of control!  Here’s the brainstorm question… what are jobs that can be done from home?  Any input would help! Hope you’re all great, Katie

Katie, I’ve got an idea that I’m thinking about starting myself, half as a hobby, and maybe I can make some money if I get good at it.  My cousin makes candles and sells them – she makes pretty good money – about $18 per candle, but it depends on how fancy she makes them. They are very nice quality candles, better than those "Yankee" whatever ones.  I’ve read a little about the start up costs – they are minimal compared to a lot of other businesses you can start. If you mess up a candle, you melt the wax down and start over.  The biggest expense are the molds – but they sell those on Ebay for around $20.  She does have one room that she uses for her candle making – space COULD be a problem, but you may not have to have a whole room for it – I don’t know.  I just know Barb makes a decent living that way. If you want to talk to her about it, email me and I would be glad to put you in touch with her. Also.. I know many people make a living as transcriptionists – I think you already know the medical terminology, so that’s about half of it, the other is a transcription machine, A Steadman’s Medical Dictionary (or encyclopedia, whatever..) .. but you have to find clients, and how you do that, I do not know.. but I do know some people do that.  I’ve thought on it, but I never want to do anything in the medical field again. I’m done. Sally PS.. You just find the way that is right for you, as far as the anxiety goes.  I couldn’t work for a very long time, and there is a possibility in the future, I may be that way again. That’s why I’ve been trying to brainstorm, too. Getting ready for "what if" in the future, if it ever happens.. I’ll already have a plan. — The charter is available at: http://readystump.algebra.com/~asapm

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::So, I’m not doing well going to work everyday.  The anxiety is out of ::control!  Here’s the brainstorm question… what are jobs that can be ::done from home?  Any input would help! ::Hope you’re all great, Dear Katie, I`m so sorry you are struggling with anxiety. I know hard it is to go to work everyday with high anxiety. It is hell. I don`t have any advice about home based business. I do have a book I bought a few years ago called, ‘101 Best Home-Based Business For Women’. I will more than gladly give it to you. Just (((((Katiebug))))) Jackie ~*~Would you respect my mind more if it bounced gently when I walked?~*~ — The charter is available at: http://readystump.algebra.com/~asapm

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So, I’m not doing well going to work everyday.  The anxiety is out of control!  Here’s the brainstorm question… what are jobs that can be done from home?  Any input would help! Hope you’re all great, Katie

Hi Katie, I don’t post a lot here, just check in from time to time. I find my anxiety is about GOING to work, not "being" there.  Once I  AM truly there in person and engaged in the day, I am fine.   GETTING there is the most difficult part, the drive, the transition, the engagement with the days events. You’ve made  a major life transition, which  could give ANYONE  pause. That you’ve done this  so quickly is huge success for you.  Is there anything different about your anx/pan symptoms now than in the past?   Feeling different, better, worse, new triggers ….  OR are you feeling pretty much the same crappy symptoms? If the symptoms haven’t changed, its just  the same old, same old, SSDD  or SSDP ( same s**t different place) Wherever you go– there you are.  I can ( and DO)  have those symptoms sitting at my pooter in my PJ’s in my own house! So what the H.  IF I’m gonna have the problem, I may as well be OUT of the house doing something productive,  with pay,  and  with other people. Just my mileage, yours may vary. {{{  Katiebug}}}  Some days  are better than others, and don’t let the tough days cut you off from enjoying  the better ones.  Isn’t your Significant Other almost due to join you in Beantown?  Something  to look forward to? Am I understanding that you are working in a hospital setting??   You are new to the area, will need a PCP, go chat  up age appropriate co-workers for their recommendations and realize that  THAT is normal chit chat for people in transition. If you haven’t had  your thyroid function checked,  go there  ASAP  ( pun intended).  Ditto with your blood sugar.   ( Disregard the advise if you’ve BTDT) But as tempting as it gets,  DO NOT  THROW IN THE TOWEL.  Staying home will box you into a corner that will eventually be a shoebox,  not a place you want to live.  When you don’t want to live and work at home, where do you go? Blessings on ya,  Katiebug.    Its  tough, but you’ve placed your face to the sun.  When the sun comes out in New England,  you will feel better. Sue Western Maine Here at ASAP, you are as normal as  the rest of us. — The charter is available at: http://readystump.algebra.com/~asapm

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I have the evaluation version of Simply Accounting installed that allows for 30 sessions before it stops working. There doesn’t appear to be any place in this package to install a serial number. Anyone know if I have to reinstall Simply Accounting once I have purchased the full version… or is there a way to pop in the serial #? — "Its the bugs that keep it running."                                       -Joe Canuck

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Popping the serial number means that you get a free copy – right? You sound like a good accounting type – Enron could have done with your skills Phone them, and they will take you through the process, when of course you pay!

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I have the evaluation version of Simply Accounting installed that allows for 30 sessions before it stops working. There doesn’t appear to be any place in this package to install a serial number. Anyone know if I have to reinstall Simply Accounting once I have purchased the full version… or is there a way to pop in the serial #? — "Its the bugs that keep it running."                                       -Joe Canuck

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Popping the serial number means that you get a free copy – right? You sound like a good accounting type – Enron could have done with your skills Phone them, and they will take you through the process, when of course you pay!

I’m not an accounting type. I have a 25+ year career history working in IT in the corporate world. I was tempted to deal with this issue in my original post since I just knew someone out there would second guess my intentions and raise it. My question was purely technical from a system administration point of view. Based on the fact that this evaluation version is already populated with data and that there is no visible means for entering a serial number… I have concluded it will be necessary to uninstall this evaluation and install the "real* version. Everyone is either a critic or a cynic… I think you are both!  :-) — "Its the bugs that keep it running."                                       -Joe Canuck

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Guys, I have drafted a new petition, which I will try to implement on http://www.petitiononline.com/  and I solicit any comments or additional requirements that you all might be able to suggest. Todd Boyle CPA  9745-128th Ave NE  Kirkland WA We petition the Congress of the USA to change the laws governing financial reporting by publicly listed companies as follows: A.  DEREGULATION OF THE ACCOUNTING INDUSTRY The public accounting industry has continually grown less competitive, more inefficient, and more costly since the 1930s when mandatory audits began.  The industry has effectively maintained barriers to entry or competition, and effectively dictated the kinds of information included in financial reports in a self-serving manner. All of these phenomena are relics of an earlier age.  Financial information is just like any other information, and government involvement in the information process is destructive and counterproductive.  1.  Licensing requirements for CPAs should be removed.  Anybody  should be able to do this work, without destroying their brain,  memorizing accounting ideologies for five years.  2.  Investors should freely choose, within a free market, on their  financial information provider based on objective quality, reputation,  and the quality and methodology they apply to financial reports.  3.  Definitions of terms used in financial statements (GAAP) should  be determined solely by owners, as a matter of contract between  management and stockholders.  Government enforcement of GAAP  terminology promulgated by private, unelected groups of CPAs,  should end.  4. Software agents and robots should be granted equal rights  to the provision of audit and accounting services as human CPAs.  Discrimination against robots or software agent audits, failure  to provide requested information or other obstruction of their  function should be prohibited. B.  REMOVAL OF BARRIERS to ACCESS to INFORMATION Insiders should not have better information than stockholders. 1. publicly listed companies having total capital and long term debt in excess of $100 Million should maintain interactive, electronic interfaces available to the public which provide all of today’s required interim and annual financial statements in both human readable and XML formats. 2. the scope of information required should be expanded, to provide breakdowns of the numbers reported in audited financial statements, into meaningful details.  Those meaningful breakdowns should be further decomposed into individual transactions.  These details should be made available in human- readable, drilldown interfaces with appropriate navigation and query tools, and through network interfaces in XML formats. 3. the scope of information should, furthermore, be expanded to include *all* transaction data (including unaudited information) available in the accounting and information systems of the company more than 24 hours old. 4. new standards should be established to provide reasonable accountability and responsibility for this interim unaudited accounting information. 5. the level of detail to be provided in these new disclosures should be proportionate to the percentage of ownership plus long term debt held by the requestor of information, and should reach 100 percent of accounting detail for every holder of greater than 3% of the company or $1 million in equity+long term debt, whichever is less. C.  DISCLOSURE OF CONTRACTS BY PUBLICLY LISTED COMPANIES 1.  No sale, purchase or other transaction or contract by a publicly listed company over $100 million in total capital + LT debt should be enforceable in the U.S. or its states, unless that contract is digitally signed by both parties to the contract and maintained for inspection by Owners within the disclosure system in (B) above. This provision should not apply to contracts, trades etc below $100. Explanation and purpose: The SEC, in consultation with accounting firms, has proposed a private sector watchdog group.  This would rotate the same sorts of professional accountants who now run American accounting, into new buildings, with new portfolios of instructions.  The results, after a few years, will be greater concentration of power into the hands of the Big 5 firms, excluding competition, and squashing debate on fundamental issues. Government regulation of an information industry is futile. The accountancy profession is itself, caught in the very same ethical trap as other industries.  Accounting firms that try to behave against the imperative of markets, underperform.  They cannot hire the best employees, and eventually go out of business.  Regulation and civil litigation have powerful and dramatic effects, much like drug busts or the liquor raids during prohibition.  However, the underlying problem is the desire to cheat and lie.  The only way to systematically defeat financial cheating and lying is actual, mechanical disclosure of the terms of trades between corporations and its trading partners.  Because those trades are made in arms-length exchanges between opposing parties, there is little possiblity of systematic lying. The accounting industry cannot remain forever out of synch with the changing character of society 1950-2000.  It is unrealistic to expect the profession of accountancy to behave like angels up in heaven, placing the financial interests of society over its own interests, while every other industry enjoys greater freedom, behaving to a different standard.  As long as accounting semantics involve the discretion of accountants, companies will make self-serving determinations, and auditors will be compelled to obey. The only solution is a thorough opening of disclosure of the actual facts of economic dealings.

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<<SNIPPED THE GIBBERISH There’s always at least one whacko with an off-the-wall "solution" that would do more harm than good. easy2000

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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Guys, I have drafted a new petition, which I will try to implement on http://www.petitiononline.com/  and I solicit any comments or additional requirements that you all might be able to suggest. Todd Boyle CPA  9745-128th Ave NE  Kirkland WA We petition the Congress of the USA to change the laws governing financial reporting by publicly listed companies as follows: A.  DEREGULATION OF THE ACCOUNTING INDUSTRY The public accounting industry has continually grown less competitive, more inefficient, and more costly since the 1930s when mandatory audits began.  The industry has effectively maintained barriers to entry or competition, and effectively dictated the kinds of information included in financial reports in a self-serving manner. All of these phenomena are relics of an earlier age.  Financial information is just like any other information, and government involvement in the information process is destructive and counterproductive.  1.  Licensing requirements for CPAs should be removed.  Anybody  should be able to do this work, without destroying their brain,  memorizing accounting ideologies for five years.  2.  Investors should freely choose, within a free market, on their  financial information provider based on objective quality, reputation,  and the quality and methodology they apply to financial reports.  3.  Definitions of terms used in financial statements (GAAP) should  be determined solely by owners, as a matter of contract between  management and stockholders.  Government enforcement of GAAP  terminology promulgated by private, unelected groups of CPAs,  should end.  4. Software agents and robots should be granted equal rights  to the provision of audit and accounting services as human CPAs.  Discrimination against robots or software agent audits, failure  to provide requested information or other obstruction of their  function should be prohibited. B.  REMOVAL OF BARRIERS to ACCESS to INFORMATION Insiders should not have better information than stockholders. 1. publicly listed companies having total capital and long term debt in excess of $100 Million should maintain interactive, electronic interfaces available to the public which provide all of today’s required interim and annual financial statements in both human readable and XML formats. 2. the scope of information required should be expanded, to provide breakdowns of the numbers reported in audited financial statements, into meaningful details.  Those meaningful breakdowns should be further decomposed into individual transactions.  These details should be made available in human- readable, drilldown interfaces with appropriate navigation and query tools, and through network interfaces in XML formats. 3. the scope of information should, furthermore, be expanded to include *all* transaction data (including unaudited information) available in the accounting and information systems of the company more than 24 hours old. 4. new standards should be established to provide reasonable accountability and responsibility for this interim unaudited accounting information. 5. the level of detail to be provided in these new disclosures should be proportionate to the percentage of ownership plus long term debt held by the requestor of information, and should reach 100 percent of accounting detail for every holder of greater than 3% of the company or $1 million in equity+long term debt, whichever is less. C.  DISCLOSURE OF CONTRACTS BY PUBLICLY LISTED COMPANIES 1.  No sale, purchase or other transaction or contract by a publicly listed company over $100 million in total capital + LT debt should be enforceable in the U.S. or its states, unless that contract is digitally signed by both parties to the contract and maintained for inspection by Owners within the disclosure system in (B) above. This provision should not apply to contracts, trades etc below $100. Explanation and purpose: The SEC, in consultation with accounting firms, has proposed a private sector watchdog group.  This would rotate the same sorts of professional accountants who now run American accounting, into new buildings, with new portfolios of instructions.  The results, after a few years, will be greater concentration of power into the hands of the Big 5 firms, excluding competition, and squashing debate on fundamental issues. Government regulation of an information industry is futile. The accountancy profession is itself, caught in the very same ethical trap as other industries.  Accounting firms that try to behave against the imperative of markets, underperform.  They cannot hire the best employees, and eventually go out of business.  Regulation and civil litigation have powerful and dramatic effects, much like drug busts or the liquor raids during prohibition.  However, the underlying problem is the desire to cheat and lie.  The only way to systematically defeat financial cheating and lying is actual, mechanical disclosure of the terms of trades between corporations and its trading partners.  Because those trades are made in arms-length exchanges between opposing parties, there is little possiblity of systematic lying. The accounting industry cannot remain forever out of synch with the changing character of society 1950-2000.  It is unrealistic to expect the profession of accountancy to behave like angels up in heaven, placing the financial interests of society over its own interests, while every other industry enjoys greater freedom, behaving to a different standard.  As long as accounting semantics involve the discretion of accountants, companies will make self-serving determinations, and auditors will be compelled to obey. The only solution is a thorough opening of disclosure of the actual facts of economic dealings.

Todd, although you correctly describe many symptoms, your cures would probably not find enough consensus for wide support. The deregulation proposals remind me of "throwing away the baby with the bath water". IMHO self regulation and external regulation are not mutually exclusive but complementary. How would you feel about an equivalent deregulation of medical doctors? "Caveat emptor" simply does not suffice in today’s very highly specialised world. Requiring auditors to attain the CPA qualification does not guarantee all CPAs will be great auditors of highest professional ethical standard. But it does help assure a minimum standard, like medical exams for medical doctors and bar exams for lawyers. IMHO the public accountancy system urgently needs major reforms, which to a large extent simply mean effective monitoring, compliance and rigorous enforcement of existing standards. Doing away with public accountancy altogether would not solve any problems. Do you remember the S&L bailouts after the S&L deregulation during RRs tenure? Instead of going back and forth from one extreme to another, we should strive to attain balanced, effective solutions. And quickly before public (even worldwide) confidence in the US financial markets suffers irreversible damage. IOW auditors must be obligated to act like referees, not like players of one of the opposing teams. A. Lucien Meyers, CIA, CMA — If you receive this by error, please delete it and inform the sender. http://www.consult-meyers.com recommends e-mail encryption with GnuPG. To Big Brother Echelon from "spook": BATF Soviet FBI quiche radar Delta Force security counter-intelligence

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Depends on your definition of "the." There’s always at least one whacko with an off-the-wall "solution" that would do more harm than good. Depends on your definition of the "problem"!  :-) Todd

– *             Ronald Lee Todd M.B.A., C.P.A.                  * *  Unemployed for six years, mistake of being an accountant.  * *    From the Socialist People’s Republic of Kalifornia,      * *           the Seventh worst state for business,             * *                   Ayn Rand was right                        *

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I worked on the audit staff of Arthur Andersen and Co. (as it was known then) in Philadelphia about thirty years ago. At that time the firm was known as &#8220;The Marine Corps of Public Accounting&#8221; . The staff was rigorously trained to be thorough and to exercise the highest integrity in its work. The firm boasted that it had never been the defendant in a lawsuit involving audit failure. The motto of the firm&#8217;s founder and namesake was always invoked: &#8220;Think straight , talk straight.&#8221;         How have the mighty fallen. I left the Andersen firm in 1974 and public accounting practice completely in 1976, but I have always been in a position since them to observe the representatives of the Big 8&#8230;7&#8230;6&#8230;5&#8230;4(?) firms at work. Rather than cling to professional ethics and competence as their primary focus, they have become as bottom- line oriented as their clients , perhaps even more so.         The bulk of the field work is done by a steady parade of raw juniors who seem to have an annual turnover rate of close to 100%. Whether these people leave the firm voluntarily or involuntarily, I don&#8217;t know. The  experience they acquire may benefit a future employer, but it is totally lost to the auditing profession, which touts itself as &#8220;vitally important&#8221;. Promotion seems to be based on salesmanship and the ability to schmooze with clients.         The firms do as little audit work as they can get away with, considering auditing to be a &#8220;loss leader&#8221;, an entry to sell the firms&#8217; array of other services such as tax , actuarial, appraisal, computer consulting, etc. This does not mean that there is any synergy between these functions. There is no cross- training; the audit staff does not participate in any of them, and the other functions do not take part in auditing, except peripherally the tax departments. The non-traditional functions (other than auditing and tax) were added only because they have  high profit margins.         My recommendation to the accounting profession, the Securities and Exchange Commission and anyone else concerned, is that the auditing function be totally divorced from the other consulting activities. The specialized audit firms should then be given some form of &#8220;client security&#8221; and their staffs job security, so that any &#8220;complications&#8221; of company accounting can be given the attention they deserve at the earliest possible time and in the most through possible manner. In my opinion, this is the best way to prevent future Enrons and in general, to secure a better quality of financial reporting.

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There’s always at least one whacko with an off-the-wall "solution" that would do more harm than good.

Depends on your definition of the "problem"!  :-) Todd

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There’s always at least one whacko with an off-the-wall "solution" that would do more harm than good. Depends on your definition of the "problem"!  :-) Todd

While I prefer to write my own letters and therefore tend to avoid other peoples packaged solutions, I see nothing wrong with Todd’s effort to promote his idea of a solution.  In fact, I applaud him for it. — Jim Hudspeth, CFE, CPA   http://survivalworks.com

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www.collagevideo.com has a great selection of videos that employ hand weights/free weights.  These are small enough to stash behind the sofa or even under it, depending on how big your weights are….;) I have found that free weights usually cost about 1.00 a pound at Walmart. Sometimes I can get them cheaper at a used sporting goods store.  You don’t need a lot of time or a lot of equipment to effectively weight train….at least not for toning and building muscle. Blessings, Tammy — The remarkable thing about fearing God is that when you fear God you fear   nothing else, whereas if you do not fear God you fear everything else.                           Oswald Chambers

| Emily, | Are you doing any weight lifting? Yes, I lift my 40 pound son and 25 pound daughter all through the day | If not start, this will make it easier to | lose the last bit of fat that you are having problems with. I wish I could.  Unfortunately, fitting in a yoga work-out that I can do at home is proving problematic lately…there is no way I could go to a gym and lift weights, nor do we have the space in our tiny house to keep them here. Literally every inch of my house’s storage space is taken (I’m going nuts trying to find places to store the few Christmas gifts we’ve purchased), and I don’t have child care for both kids on a regular basis so I can exercise elsewhere.  I do wish there was a way for me to achieve more exercise, but nightly yoga is the most I can aspire to right now.  It works well when my kids go to bed at a decent hour! — Emily Roysdon, mama to Noah Joshua (4/8/98) & Rebekah Grace, born at home (6/16/00) 188/148/144 http://emily.roysdon.net/weightloss.html

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It really is fabulous when clothes shopping becomes fun again, eh? Take care, Petal

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Petal, Thanks for the kind words about my numbers.  I am pretty proud of them. I know that I lost all of that weight, but there are times I still don’t believe it.  Like when I’m shopping for clothes.  I’m buying clothing in a size that I haven’t worn in years!  Unbelievable!  I had a bit of a set back in October when I had a 4 pound gain that put me over my goal for the first time since reaching goal.  I was devastated, but I got it back in control with losing 2 pounds in November.  Have a good week!  :) Gwen 250/157.4/158 Lifetime  24 May 01

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| I feel like such a whiner and a basketcase… | | Aw, don’t worry about it. I know exactly how you feel! It’s so | frustrating when you work so hard to watch what you eat and then the scale | actually goes up!  Argh! And even more frustrating when it seems like my every attempt to try and eat well or exercise is thwarted!  I planned a lunch out today, for example, at a place where I can get steamed veggies and a wonderful low point avocado salsa to dip them in.  When I got there and ordered, with both kids in tow, they were *out of* vegetables!  How does that happen?  I ended up with plain mashed potatoes and sneaking some of the kids’ fries | Wow, that’s great!  How do I measure my bodyfat <says the WW cheat sheet | queen | | Thanks!  I get my body fat measured at my gym.  If you’re going to do it | yourself, invest in some calipers (I think someone posted a link to some you | can buy online recently) as they are one of the more accurate ways to | measure this.  Of course, it would have been more significant for you if you | took these measurements on day one to compare it to your measurements now. True.  I’ll have to look into it.  I have lost inches, obviously, but I’m still very flabby. | Still, it’s good to do if you want to keep getting fit from this point. Thanks for the info. | I’m a strapping 5′4" (but can gain about 3" if I have my big shoes/boots on! | rofl), and I think I’m also "big boned" like you said.  I lost a lot of | weight about 10 years ago and got down to around 137, and that seemed like a | comfy weight for me. I generally hovered around 145 the few years I was not feeling overweight, so I think there’s where I need to be, though I’d love to get into the 130s again.  My mom, who is very thin, said she thought I looked "too thin" in the 130s, though. |  I accept the fact that at 10 years older, my weight | may settle a bit higher than this, which is why I put my goal at "140ish". <nodding | I think that your body gets to a certain point where you either have to do | something slightly drastic to kick it back into weight loss mode (like I did | by starting a weight training programme) or you can settle into that weight | and try for maintenance. Interesting.  I’ve always been looking towards weight loss, without thinking about getting my body into good shape.  After having two children, I really need to be exercising regularly. |  I’m also going for a more muscular build (I’d love | to look like Madonna!), so my weight may not get as low as someone who’s | just getting rid of body fat. I can’t think of a single celebrity I’d love to resemble who has a realistic body shape for my numbers, but it’s good to have a goal. | Best of luck to you, Emily. I’m sure you’ll get to goal and do give yourself | a lot of pats on the back for all that you’ve done so far. Thanks a lot.  I try to keep a positive outlook, but it gets me down to not be done with the whole thing at this point. — Emily Roysdon 188/150/144 http://emily.roysdon.net/weightloss.html

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Petal, Thanks for the kind words about my numbers.  I am pretty proud of them. I know that I lost all of that weight, but there are times I still don’t believe it.  Like when I’m shopping for clothes.  I’m buying clothing in a size that I haven’t worn in years!  Unbelievable!  I had a bit of a set back in October when I had a 4 pound gain that put me over my goal for the first time since reaching goal.  I was devastated, but I got it back in control with losing 2 pounds in November.  Have a good week!  :) Gwen 250/157.4/158 Lifetime  24 May 01

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I found the last few pounds the hardest. Oddly it’s been easier to lose weight since I reached goal than it was before I did! My leader has this theory that if you stress about it, your body reacts and sort of holds on to that weight for you.  If you relax about it and let go a little, so does you body, and voila, swooosh, Goal!  After several pathetic weeks, when I finally hit goal, I went past it by 1.5 lbs – after having tried to relax about it a bit, so maybe she has a point?  :)  Easier said than done though. — krys UK 157/121/126 Started March 1st 2001 GOAL August 16th 2001 http://community.webshots.com/user/krystrot

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I’m getting so discouraged.  I’m up another two pounds, back to 150 *again* ((  I just can’t seem to get below the upper 140s, and I’m soooo close to goal.  Did anyone else have this hard of a time getting those final few pounds off?  I know that my water intake was lousy this week, and I didn’t get to do a single yoga work-out either, so yeah, that’s why, but I had a million temptations that I got past (Krispy Kreme donuts at a meeting, several fast food visits where I had beans and onions while everyone else ate nachos and burritos.)  Reading this, I realize that it’s all my fault, and that more water and exercise would have helped, but I’m having such a hard time.  I’m super-tired, my kids are staying up way too late, dh is being a useless dork, etc. and I just wanted something to go right this week.  Seeing 150 on the scale again on top of all that was just too much. </whine — Emily Roysdon 188/150/144 http://emily.roysdon.net/weightloss.html

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| Emily, | Are you doing any weight lifting? Yes, I lift my 40 pound son and 25 pound daughter all through the day | If not start, this will make it easier to | lose the last bit of fat that you are having problems with. I wish I could.  Unfortunately, fitting in a yoga work-out that I can do at home is proving problematic lately…there is no way I could go to a gym and lift weights, nor do we have the space in our tiny house to keep them here. Literally every inch of my house’s storage space is taken (I’m going nuts trying to find places to store the few Christmas gifts we’ve purchased), and I don’t have child care for both kids on a regular basis so I can exercise elsewhere.  I do wish there was a way for me to achieve more exercise, but nightly yoga is the most I can aspire to right now.  It works well when my kids go to bed at a decent hour! — Emily Roysdon, mama to Noah Joshua (4/8/98) & Rebekah Grace, born at home (6/16/00) 188/148/144 http://emily.roysdon.net/weightloss.html

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I don’t really have much more to add that Petal hasn’t already said … and said so well.

Gwen, Thank you – that’s sweet of you to say.  By the way, your numbers rock! How fabulous that you’re still at your goal weight (under it, actually) over 6 months later. Cheers, Petal

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Emily, Are you doing any weight lifting? If not start, this will make it easier to lose the last bit of fat that you are having problems with. Roxan

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I’m getting so discouraged.  I’m up another two pounds, back to 150 *again* ((  I just can’t seem to get below the upper 140s, and I’m soooo close to goal.  Did anyone else have this hard of a time getting those final few pounds off?  I know that my water intake was lousy this week, and I didn’t get to do a single yoga work-out either, so yeah, that’s why, but I had a million temptations that I got past (Krispy Kreme donuts at a meeting, several fast food visits where I had beans and onions while everyone else ate nachos and burritos.)  Reading this, I realize that it’s all my fault, and that more water and exercise would have helped, but I’m having such a hard time.  I’m super-tired, my kids are staying up way too late, dh is being a useless dork, etc. and I just wanted something to go right this week.  Seeing 150 on the scale again on top of all that was just too much. </whine — Emily Roysdon 188/150/144 http://emily.roysdon.net/weightloss.html

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Emily, I don’t really have much more to add that Petal hasn’t already said … and said so well.  For me the last 5 pounds took a long time to come off.  (I think, it was about 2 months.)  I know, it’s hard to be patient.  You know the program works.  So stick to it and your body will finally surrender those last few pounds! Gwen 250/157.4/158 Lifetime  24 May 01

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I feel like such a whiner and a basketcase…

Aw, don’t worry about it. I know exactly how you feel! It’s so frustrating when you work so hard to watch what you eat and then the scale actually goes up!  Argh! Wow, that’s great!  How do I measure my bodyfat <says the WW cheat sheet queen

Thanks!  I get my body fat measured at my gym.  If you’re going to do it yourself, invest in some calipers (I think someone posted a link to some you can buy online recently) as they are one of the more accurate ways to measure this.  Of course, it would have been more significant for you if you took these measurements on day one to compare it to your measurements now. Still, it’s good to do if you want to keep getting fit from this point. I was thinking that too, when I read some of your posts awhile back.  How tall are you?  I’ve been wondering what my ideal weight really is.  I seemed to be big boned, and I’m about 5′6 and 1/2 according to dh’s tape measure, but I’ve never been below 140 except during my first pregnancy when I was too sick to eat much.

I’m a strapping 5′4" (but can gain about 3" if I have my big shoes/boots on! rofl), and I think I’m also "big boned" like you said.  I lost a lot of weight about 10 years ago and got down to around 137, and that seemed like a comfy weight for me.  I accept the fact that at 10 years older, my weight may settle a bit higher than this, which is why I put my goal at "140ish". I think that your body gets to a certain point where you either have to do something slightly drastic to kick it back into weight loss mode (like I did by starting a weight training programme) or you can settle into that weight and try for maintenance.  I’m also going for a more muscular build (I’d love to look like Madonna!), so my weight may not get as low as someone who’s just getting rid of body fat. Best of luck to you, Emily. I’m sure you’ll get to goal and do give yourself a lot of pats on the back for all that you’ve done so far. — Cheers, Petal, in the UK (WW At Home) 187 – January/99 163 – started WW June/01 148 – this week 140ish – goal

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| Emily, | |     I think the last few pounds are the hardest. There must be some logical | scientific reason, but I think it is that they have been there the longest and | just don’t want to leave LOL!! |     I am also having trouble getting the last ones to leave. I made a chart of | my losses and the nice curve started to flatten out depressingly. During | September and October I kept losing and regaining the same fractions of a pound. Same here, only it’s more than a fraction of a pound.  There have been so many ups and downs of about 2 pounds, and it’s frustrating.  I really need to take the time to study the pattern more, but I haven’t been able to do it yet. | *But* after missing a week’s weigh in due to U.S. Thanksgiving, I recorded a 1.8 | loss finally. The chart is "hidden" behind the picture of my 25 Pound Star on my | weight loss page : http://home.covad.net/~arudolph/ww.htm I’m hoping next week will be my week too.  Dh reminded me that we had a very non points weekend away, but I still think it was more the lack of exercise and less water.  Oh, I liked your Weight Loss Magic Spell page…what a hoot! |     My advice: hang in there, baby. It *will* come off. Keep up the water intake | and maybe pamper yourself a little with some yummy warm 0-point soup? That sounds great!  Today was a drive-thru and do errands then stuff my face at home day, but tomorrow I’m going to get back on program completely! Thanks, — Emily Roysdon 188/150/144 http://emily.roysdon.net/weightloss.html

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| Emily, | Try not to get too discouraged – but I know it’s really hard not to. I feel like such a whiner and a basketcase…I’m higher than a kite if I’ve lost, and want to kick the scale around the house if I’ve gained.  The closer I get to goal, the more impatient I become, but I’ve been thinking today that I don’t really have the right mindset for maintenance yet.  Part of me still thinks I can go back to my old eating habits as if this was all just temporary |  I’ve | been close to goal for a while now too, and Anne’s right about the last | pounds being the slowest.  I liked her theory about why they don’t want to | leave, too! lol Me too…it makes it a little easier to bear. <snip | My body fat % has gone down significantly, my measurements have changed | (slightly, but changed nonetheless) and people keep remarking on "all the | weight" I’m losing even though the scale hasn’t been moving much in almost 6 | months. Wow, that’s great!  How do I measure my bodyfat <says the WW cheat sheet queen | The last few pounds are hard to lose – if you’re sticking to your points and | keeping up the exercise, ignore the scale for now. I’m sticking to my points, but not exercising at all last week, which was part of my trouble. |  Maybe try journaling | just to make sure that you are accounting for everything that goes into your | mouth each day (sorry if this is redundant; you didn’t mention if you’re | doing this or not). I am the journaling queen, I think…I’ve logged everything I’ve eaten since June, except for a few days when very ill or offline. |  The weight will come off but what’s more important is | the fact that there is so much more weight that you’ve already lost. | Getting to goal is going to be a fabulous feeling but don’t lose sight of | what you’ve already accomplished. This is true.  Why is it that I can read that, acknowledge it’s truth, yet still not be able to deal with the numbers as they are?  It’s not like I’ve gained the 40 pounds back… | I also find it interesting that our numbers are very similar – the number | 150 must like us! I was thinking that too, when I read some of your posts awhile back.  How tall are you?  I’ve been wondering what my ideal weight really is.  I seemed to be big boned, and I’m about 5′6 and 1/2 according to dh’s tape measure, but I’ve never been below 140 except during my first pregnancy when I was too sick to eat much. — Emily Roysdon 188/150/144 http://emily.roysdon.net/weightloss.html

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Emily, Try not to get too discouraged – but I know it’s really hard not to.  I’ve been close to goal for a while now too, and Anne’s right about the last pounds being the slowest.  I liked her theory about why they don’t want to leave, too! lol I’ve been hovering around the same weight since mid-September.  I keep my signature the same, but I can weigh 148 this week, 150 next week, then back down to 148, ad infinitum.  Prior to that, I lost only (although I really shouldn’t say "only") 3 lbs. in the 3 months before.  BUT, I’m not worried. My body fat % has gone down significantly, my measurements have changed (slightly, but changed nonetheless) and people keep remarking on "all the weight" I’m losing even though the scale hasn’t been moving much in almost 6 months. The last few pounds are hard to lose – if you’re sticking to your points and keeping up the exercise, ignore the scale for now.  Maybe try journaling just to make sure that you are accounting for everything that goes into your mouth each day (sorry if this is redundant; you didn’t mention if you’re doing this or not).  The weight will come off but what’s more important is the fact that there is so much more weight that you’ve already lost. Getting to goal is going to be a fabulous feeling but don’t lose sight of what you’ve already accomplished. I also find it interesting that our numbers are very similar – the number 150 must like us! — Cheers, Petal, in the UK (WW At Home) 187 – January/99 163 – started WW June/01 148 – this week 140ish – goal

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I’m getting so discouraged.  I’m up another two pounds, back to 150 *again* ((  I just can’t seem to get below the upper 140s, and I’m soooo close to goal.  Did anyone else have this hard of a time getting those final few pounds off?  I know that my water intake was lousy this week, and I didn’t get to do a single yoga work-out either, so yeah, that’s why, but I had a million temptations that I got past (Krispy Kreme donuts at a meeting, several fast food visits where I had beans and onions while everyone else ate nachos and burritos.)  Reading this, I realize that it’s all my fault, and that more water and exercise would have helped, but I’m having such a hard time.  I’m super-tired, my kids are staying up way too late, dh is being a useless dork, etc. and I just wanted something to go right this week.  Seeing 150 on the scale again on top of all that was just too much. </whine — Emily Roysdon 188/150/144 http://emily.roysdon.net/weightloss.html

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I’m getting so discouraged.  I’m up another two pounds, back to 150 *again* ((  I just can’t seem to get below the upper 140s, and I’m soooo close to goal.  Did anyone else have this hard of a time getting those final few pounds off?  I know that my water intake was lousy this week, and I didn’t get to do a single yoga work-out either, so yeah, that’s why, but I had a million temptations that I got past (Krispy Kreme donuts at a meeting, several fast food visits where I had beans and onions while everyone else ate nachos and burritos.)  Reading this, I realize that it’s all my fault, and that more water and exercise would have helped, but I’m having such a hard time.  I’m super-tired, my kids are staying up way too late, dh is being a useless dork, etc. and I just wanted something to go right this week.  Seeing 150 on the scale again on top of all that was just too much. </whine — Emily Roysdon 188/150/144 http://emily.roysdon.net/weightloss.html

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Emily,     I think the last few pounds are the hardest. There must be some logical scientific reason, but I think it is that they have been there the longest and just don’t want to leave     I am also having trouble getting the last ones to leave. I made a chart of my losses and the nice curve started to flatten out depressingly. During September and October I kept losing and regaining the same fractions of a pound. *But* after missing a week’s weigh in due to U.S. Thanksgiving, I recorded a 1.8 loss finally. The chart is "hidden" behind the picture of my 25 Pound Star on my weight loss page : http://home.covad.net/~arudolph/ww.htm     My advice: hang in there, baby. It *will* come off. Keep up the water intake and maybe pamper yourself a little with some yummy warm 0-point soup? – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I’m getting so discouraged.  I’m up another two pounds, back to 150 *again* ((  I just can’t seem to get below the upper 140s, and I’m soooo close to goal.  Did anyone else have this hard of a time getting those final few pounds off?  I know that my water intake was lousy this week, and I didn’t get to do a single yoga work-out either, so yeah, that’s why, but I had a million temptations that I got past (Krispy Kreme donuts at a meeting, several fast food visits where I had beans and onions while everyone else ate nachos and burritos.)  Reading this, I realize that it’s all my fault, and that more water and exercise would have helped, but I’m having such a hard time.  I’m super-tired, my kids are staying up way too late, dh is being a useless dork, etc. and I just wanted something to go right this week.  Seeing 150 on the scale again on top of all that was just too much. </whine — Emily Roysdon 188/150/144 http://emily.roysdon.net/weightloss.html

– Anne Rudolph "Successful dragon slayers choose their dragons carefully" 162/135.8/124 http://home.covad.net/~arudolph/annes.htm

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Hello I have Real World Accounting (Classic Version) for windows.  I am in the retail business.  Anyone know a point of sale module I can use with my Real World Accounting package or just Real World have one? Regards

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Check out Synchronics out of Memphis.  Their system has a similar user interface to RW (originally, it was based on the RW packages which were, of course, based on the 70s MCBA product).  I haven’t worked with Synchronics in a couple of years, but they did still interface with RW (as well as Great Plains & others).  The product is robust enough for some pretty serious applications… It’s a fairly good POS product and I know of some multi-billion dollar companies that have adapted it for their use. David

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I use Pattern Maker.  I have it easy to use and reliable to work with! Donna – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Yet another vote for EasyGrapher 2. I have been using this program for a while now, and really like it. I use it mostly for hardanger designs, but just tried a photo-to-chart design recently, and that feature works very nicely in this program. Cindy Brown http://itsastitch.homestead.com/index.html

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Oh Yes Teri…I wanted to replace it …I wanted to throw it out the window or nail it to my driveway BUT then The Angel David came and gave me the support and cleared up the problems and added new features. All of which calmed my soul. All of the replacement options were so chunky looking, this program is like a fine stereo compared to all others. It "clicks" as fast as I can think. I like to see it small then up close then out again and flip it and this has to happen in split seconds or I lose my train of thought. What it does is like the way I think when I design. Thank all of you who helped by sharing your experience with me. I added the best pieces to make this one the ultimate available and I do want to share it with all of you. Marilyn – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text –  Some of you may remember me talking about the program my son wrote especially for me. Recently I had some problems with it and had to have some work done on it. This "Angel" named David appeared and not only updated the program making it solid for my use but he has said it wouldn’t be a problem to make it work on a Mac!!!!!! Glad to hear that things are working well for you, Marilyn.  (:  I didn’t realize that you wanted to update your program.  Last we talked, I thought you’d said you were looking for suggestions on a substitute. Yes, as I remember, when you and Chris talked in email about the program your son had created for you, he (Chris) told you that it would be possible to port the program over to a Mac because that program language was independent of the operating system. (Or something to that effect.  Sorry, I’m not *that* computer literate, myself.)  Glad to hear that someone else agreed with that and might be able to help you with it.  (Wish we had a Mac.  There are a lot of things we’ve been wanting to do where Macs were involved but until we can get one we have to put all those things on the back burner.) Best of luck with getting the program ported over! Teri ~~ http://www.craftsoft.com Spring freebies are up at In the Realm of Dreams! **Announcing two new design lines and the free, downloadable CraftGrid graph paper program**

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We’ve been Mac users since 1987 and have five machines plus a laptop I use all the time. Finally broke down last year and bought myself a good PC laptop just to use two charting programs – have the professional version of Il Soft and Compucrafts for the PC. Unfortunately, I don’t use either program much as I’m not crazy abou using a PC but will do if forced to. In today’s business world it’s best to be knowledgeable on both platforms. BTW – SoftWindows is known as SLOWindows for the Mac – this emulator software was never good for my Macs from experience.  I used it with the IL Soft charting program and had it bomb regularly. — Lula http://www.woolydream.com Needlework Adventures

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As long as the program that Sandy is talking about lets you determine the # of colors why couldn’t it be used to create ANY grid based pattern?? Susan p.s I used to use macs for everything (when I was a prof at a major univeristy)-loved them!; when I started my own business, I shifted to a pc machine (for most everything, I still use the OLD powerbook for some graphics and stats work) — I had to, the most critical piece of software for my business didn’t have ANY alternative to pc – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -Hi Cheri… What a shame there isn’t a decent stitching program for the Mac.  I have a beadshop and we had the opposite happen here…  the bead design programs that are PC based are really shabby… but there’s a great one for the Mac. We bought an iMac, and iBook, scanner/printer combo, and digital camera. It’s an absolutely wonderful setup.  I’ve been doing about 3 custom patterns a week for my customers.  From silly cartoon like stuff to pictures of their pets. You have to just scan the picture… size it to the desired finished size… save it as a pict… then pop it into the bead program.  The bead program will either figure the beads for you or you can click each bead into place. It’s so fun to use. Are you absolutely positive there isn’t a decent program for the Mac?  I haven’t checked for stitch software…  I cross stitch just as a hobby, and I’m not super interested in designed stitch patterns… at least yet…. but this is something I’m interested in learning more about. Can you tell me what programs you’ve tried already for the Mac? (if any) I’d like to know what you’ve thought of them. Sally Organization: http://www.remarq.com: The World’s Usenet/Discussions Start Here Newsgroups: rec.crafts.textiles.needlework Hello.  It’s me again, the designer of National Park Needlework, still trying to decide which charting software to buy.  I have always done my designing and charting by hand, and we had an old IBM for accounting.  Last spring we upgraded to an iMac, not realizing that Mac design software was very limited.  I can’t quite bring myself to buy a Mac program when the PC ones look so much better.  I have tried to run PC programs on SoftWindows for Mac, but it hasn’t worked very well…so now we’re considering getting a PC for the business.  I want to be able to scan photos, then rework it to suite my artistic eye.  I want to have clear, easy to read black and white charts.  I want to be able to do typesetting within the software to produce charts for publication.  I have been reading the reviews of software in Just CrossStitch magazine, and have downloaded what I can on my iMac. But I would like to ask for your opinion… What software do you use?  Are you happy with it?  If you were buying a new program, what ones would you consider? Thank you sooooooo much for you help. Cheri Fulmer FulmerCraft www.vistek.com/html/fulmer.htm Nationa Park Needlewor * Sent from RemarQ http://www.remarq.com The Internet’s Discussion Network * The fastest and easiest way to search and participate in Usenet – Free!

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Hi Trish, There’s more mac lovers out there than you think. Macs are considered the superior machine in my line of work-graphic design. Michelle

Ah (sadly), but Michelle I live in Australia, where competition from cheap south east Asian clones has really dented the Mac market. People want champagne and are only willing to pay for beer! If I mention Macs in my circles, I get sneers: ‘why pay for that when my PC cost chickenfeed?’ It’s an old argument and one that’ll probably never be resolved. I just love ‘em, though, for the easy way any drongo can do Real Computer Stuff with hardly any effort at all! — Trish {|:OI} Newcastle, NSW, Australia

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Hi Everbody, I am starting to use StitchPainter Gold by Cochenille. Up until recently, I’ve just drawn freehand on my canvas and winged it from there, but since I plan to offer charts from my web site I need to be a little more regular in my designing process. I like SPG, it is adaptable and if you are familiar with Photoshop, it is based on the same ideas, it has a stitch counting feature that is very handy. It would work for beading, knitting and even quilting. It comes with a DMC pallette but i have had to build my own pallette as i use Paternayan yarns but overall, I would recommend it. Thanks, Polly M. Law/Thrums End Art Studio in the beautiful Mid Hudson Valley of NY, USDA zone 5 Look for the Flying Teapot, your assurance of Delight! <http://www.thrumsend.com Our motto: "Insolitores Res Contiguerunt!" All P.M.Law/T.E.A.S. email is meant to be read in a spirit of calm joviality, not the LIVID ANTAGONISM usually inferred to electronic discourse

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If I mention Macs in my circles, I get sneers: ‘why pay for that when my PC cost chickenfeed?’ It’s an old argument and one that’ll probably never be resolved. I just love ‘em, though, for the easy way any drongo can do Real Computer Stuff with hardly any effort at all! — Trish {|:OI} Newcastle, NSW, Australia

There will always be non-believers out there. )  We are die-hard Mac people, though. )  For a while, though, I think they did price themselves out of the market.  I know people who really loved their old Mac, but could replace it with a Pee Cee for less than they could upgrade to the modern Mac at the time.  When it came to the decision between food on the table or a Pee Cee over a Mac, the food and the Pee Cee won.  :-))  If only DH had had extra money that day those guys in the van drove around asking for people to invest in their "new" computer company. )))))) Liz from Humbug

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Smiling at the few Mac lovers coming out of the woodwork: Cut us and we bleed rainbow! — Trish {|:OI} Newcastle, NSW, Australia

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Smiling at the few Mac lovers coming out of the woodwork: Cut us and we bleed rainbow! — Trish {|:OI} Newcastle, NSW, Australia

  Some of you may remember me talking about the program my son wrote especially for me. Recently I had some problems with it and had to have some work done on it. This "Angel" named David appeared and not only updated the program making it solid for my use but he has said it wouldn’t be a problem to make it work on a Mac!!!!!!  The newer ones…… but still if you could see this program you would cry to own it. I have downloaded all of the sample programs and mine is like lightyears ahead. High resolution and many magic features. I have considered making it so that a stitcher could make color changes to my designs…that’s in the dreamstage but it is possible that I may have this software ready to sell soon. E-mail me if you would be interested in something like this? If you peek over my shoulder you can see the new design all finished and ready for the stitchers…….Marilyn

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<BG never heard the "bleed a rainbow" before… too cute. I’ve had a Mac since 1987… and I paid about $3,000 to $4,000 for every one of them… until the iMacs and iBooks came out.  I have one of each here at the shop, and I love ‘em!   I have an ethernet connection so that I can easily plug in my iBook to get design work off the iMac.  We also have a DSL connection (256k) that both of the Macs can use at the same time… and even my Compaq PC laptop  (boy how I hate that thing compared to the Macs!) It’s such a joy to use these things.  It’s almost embarrassing to bring the iBook out in public (coffee houses, etc).. it still gets lots of looks and people are always coming over to see if it’s a "real" computer.  <G. More fun than a computer should be!  <G Sally – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Organization: University of Newcastle Newsgroups: rec.crafts.textiles.needlework Smiling at the few Mac lovers coming out of the woodwork: Cut us and we bleed rainbow! — Trish {|:OI} Newcastle, NSW, Australia

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Smiling at the few Mac lovers coming out of the woodwork: Cut us and we bleed rainbow! — Trish {|:OI} Newcastle, NSW, Australia

Hi Trish, There’s more mac lovers out there than you think. Macs are considered the superior machine in my line of work-graphic design. Michelle

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 Some of you may remember me talking about the program my son wrote especially for me. Recently I had some problems with it and had to have some work done on it. This "Angel" named David appeared and not only updated the program making it solid for my use but he has said it wouldn’t be a problem to make it work on a Mac!!!!!!

Glad to hear that things are working well for you, Marilyn.  (:  I didn’t realize that you wanted to update your program.  Last we talked, I thought you’d said you were looking for suggestions on a substitute. Yes, as I remember, when you and Chris talked in email about the program your son had created for you, he (Chris) told you that it would be possible to port the program over to a Mac because that program language was independent of the operating system. (Or something to that effect.  Sorry, I’m not *that* computer literate, myself.)  Glad to hear that someone else agreed with that and might be able to help you with it.  (Wish we had a Mac.  There are a lot of things we’ve been wanting to do where Macs were involved but until we can get one we have to put all those things on the back burner.) Best of luck with getting the program ported over! Teri ~~ http://www.craftsoft.com Spring freebies are up at In the Realm of Dreams! **Announcing two new design lines and the free, downloadable CraftGrid graph paper program**

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I’m not a designer, this said, I have used Patternmaker (not the pro edition) and PC Stitch.  As I’ve posted before, I don’t like the fact that in PC Stitch you can only have one window open.  I like to have a couple of doodle windows going so you can cut and paste between them. Other posters have said you can work around this by opening the program more than once – well, yes, you can, but I don’t think you should have to!  Also I find the backstitch on PC Stitch is very hard to line up with the cross stitches.  I do like the specialty stitch feature of PC Stitch, that’s quite cool.  I liked Patternmaker though the version I had (1.0, free with printer) didn’t have anything much beyond cross stitch, backstitch, and picture importing.  But I think both the versions I had were a little too simple for professional work.   Alison

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Hi Cheri… What a shame there isn’t a decent stitching program for the Mac.  I have a beadshop and we had the opposite happen here…  the bead design programs that are PC based are really shabby… but there’s a great one for the Mac. We bought an iMac, and iBook, scanner/printer combo, and digital camera. It’s an absolutely wonderful setup.  I’ve been doing about 3 custom patterns a week for my customers.  From silly cartoon like stuff to pictures of their pets. You have to just scan the picture… size it to the desired finished size… save it as a pict… then pop it into the bead program.  The bead program will either figure the beads for you or you can click each bead into place. It’s so fun to use. Are you absolutely positive there isn’t a decent program for the Mac?  I haven’t checked for stitch software…  I cross stitch just as a hobby, and I’m not super interested in designed stitch patterns… at least yet…. but this is something I’m interested in learning more about. Can you tell me what programs you’ve tried already for the Mac? (if any) I’d like to know what you’ve thought of them. Sally – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Organization: http://www.remarq.com: The World’s Usenet/Discussions Start Here Newsgroups: rec.crafts.textiles.needlework Hello.  It’s me again, the designer of National Park Needlework, still trying to decide which charting software to buy.  I have always done my designing and charting by hand, and we had an old IBM for accounting.  Last spring we upgraded to an iMac, not realizing that Mac design software was very limited.  I can’t quite bring myself to buy a Mac program when the PC ones look so much better.  I have tried to run PC programs on SoftWindows for Mac, but it hasn’t worked very well…so now we’re considering getting a PC for the business.  I want to be able to scan photos, then rework it to suite my artistic eye.  I want to have clear, easy to read black and white charts.  I want to be able to do typesetting within the software to produce charts for publication.  I have been reading the reviews of software in Just CrossStitch magazine, and have downloaded what I can on my iMac. But I would like to ask for your opinion… What software do you use?  Are you happy with it?  If you were buying a new program, what ones would you consider? Thank you sooooooo much for you help. Cheri Fulmer FulmerCraft www.vistek.com/html/fulmer.htm Nationa Park Needlewor * Sent from RemarQ http://www.remarq.com The Internet’s Discussion Network * The fastest and easiest way to search and participate in Usenet – Free!

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Hello.  It’s me again, the designer of National Park Needlework, still trying to decide which charting software to buy.  I have always done my designing and charting by hand, and we had an old IBM for accounting.  Last spring we upgraded to an iMac, not realizing that Mac design software was very limited.  I can’t quite bring myself to buy a Mac program when the PC ones look so much better.  I have tried to run PC programs on SoftWindows for Mac, but it hasn’t worked very well…so now we’re considering getting a PC for the business.  I want to be able to scan photos, then rework it to suite my artistic eye.  I want to have clear, easy to read black and white charts.  I want to be able to do typesetting within the software to produce charts for publication.  I have been reading the reviews of software in Just CrossStitch magazine, and have downloaded what I can on my iMac. But I would like to ask for your opinion… What software do you use?  Are you happy with it?  If you were buying a new program, what ones would you consider? Thank you sooooooo much for you help. Cheri Fulmer FulmerCraft www.vistek.com/html/fulmer.htm Nationa Park Needlewor * Sent from RemarQ http://www.remarq.com The Internet’s Discussion Network * The fastest and easiest way to search and participate in Usenet – Free!

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Yet another vote for EasyGrapher 2. I have been using this program for a while now, and really like it. I use it mostly for hardanger designs, but just tried a photo-to-chart design recently, and that feature works very nicely in this program. Cindy Brown http://itsastitch.homestead.com/index.html

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I also use XSGold Premium Plus and I think it is the best-  I used EasyGrapher previously and I think XSGold is much better and more versatle. They have a demo at their web site too. Betsy Elizabeth Foster www.elizabethsdesigns.com

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Sally – I am not absolutely sure that there isn’t a decent charting program for Mac.  I just haven’t been satisfied with what I can find, once I compare it to the PC software.  I tried PCStitch on my iMac with SoftWindows.  It would probably work OK. The instructions were good. But the SoftWindows was driving me crazy.  So then I downloaded a Pro-Stitch demo for Mac.  There were no instructions.  I’m the type that likes to follow instructions.  I got frustrated.  I was really interested in ilsoft’s program for Macintosh.  But when I emailed them I was told the Mac program is only available on floppy disc, and wouldn’t work on my iMac. I love my iMac, but I want the most up to date charting software. (And our 10 year old son is campaigning for a PC so he can play a Scooby Doo game that is only for PC…along with other PC only action games.)  We can actually use 2 computers…one for the office and one for the home.  So it almost makes sense to have one of each…mac and PC. Anymore thoughts out there from the rest of you? Thanks for your help. * Sent from RemarQ http://www.remarq.com The Internet’s Discussion Network * The fastest and easiest way to search and participate in Usenet – Free!

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I’m not a ‘designer’ per se, but I do like to chart my own stuff from time to time. I *really* like WinStitch too! It shares the same algorithm I have in my brain and I find it much better than most of the other programs out there. However, I hear a lot of people say they’re not so keen on it. This leads me to suggest that you’ll need to try a few programs to get a feel for what speaks to you. Kathy Dyer has many of the downloadable ones listed on her site. Why not go and twiddle with a few demos and see what you enjoy most? — Trish {|:OI} Newcastle, NSW, Australia

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(for some reason, when I post the message, I usually loose some of the last letters…we’ll see what happens this

Um… you lost them. Is it a remarq error, perhaps? –Kris (who uses Pattern Maker, non-pro version, for my freebies) Free Needlework Charts!   Moonshadow Stitchery: http://www.crosswinds.net/~msstitchery/

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I realize now that I should not have limited my request to "designers" in my topic sentence, but rather to "anyone" who uses charting software!  I hope more people add to this list.  I’m having fun going to the different web sites as I read each post. It was too mind boggling to look at the list of Software Companies and try to make heads or tails of it…but now there is a method to my madness.  Thanks a lot. Cheri Fulmer (for some reason, when I post the message, I usually loose some of the last letters…we’ll see what happens this * Sent from RemarQ http://www.remarq.com The Internet’s Discussion Network * The fastest and easiest way to search and participate in Usenet – Free!

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Another vote for Easy Grapher Professional 2.  Would love their Stitch Wiz but finances prohibit that at this time!!! Sue Ann — X/Can/ H+++/X25Y24Y22X19/ x4y2/HXNK/R~+10/ HarrisonFord/Catherine Cookson and mysteries/M&M’s.

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – What software do you use?  Are you happy with it?  If you were buying a new program, what ones would you consider? I use Patternmaker Pro (for PC) and have been very happy with it.  I just recently got Easy Grapher Stitch Wiz to use for my diagrams.  I import the charts and diagrams into Microsoft Publisher to do my layout where I add all the words, etc. Barb SIC http://www.somethingincom.com

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Thank you for adding "another vote".  In reading past posts about this topic, I have usually seen each title mentioned only once…and what I"m interested in is a real tally on what everyone likes….I think other rctn members will be interested too! Best wishes, Ch * Sent from RemarQ http://www.remarq.com The Internet’s Discussion Network * The fastest and easiest way to search and participate in Usenet – Free!

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Hello, Elisabeth calling in from Sweden. I have used PC-stitch earlier, now on Win-Stitch – which suits me better – and have made a try on Easy Cross Enterprise, which I have decided to buy as soon as I can afford it. I both scan pictures and make them myself "free-hand". For this I like Win-Stitch best. When it comes to borders, PC-stitch is better. wbr Elisabeth WIP: Dream Catch! (own design), Violets Table Topper (Iltex Design). – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -What software do you use?  Are you happy with it?  If you were buying a new program, what ones would you consider?

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What software do you use?  Are you happy with it?  If you were buying a new program, what ones would you consider?

I use Patternmaker Pro (for PC) and have been very happy with it.  I just recently got Easy Grapher Stitch Wiz to use for my diagrams.  I import the charts and diagrams into Microsoft Publisher to do my layout where I add all the words, etc. Barb SIC http://www.somethingincom.com

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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Yes he is referring to Robert Milton.  It’s clearly hypocritical for Air Canada to brag about ‘repatriating" jobs to Canada when their last 3 CEOs and many of their upper management are American.  When Air Canada repatriates the CEO and other executive positions then they can brag all they want. Milton and his predecessors had homes in Montreal and paid taxes in Canada. So while he may have very american accents (Harris and Durrett) and attitudes, the AC CEO jobs has remained in Canada. I have respect for Milton. The guys is a smart fox. Doesn’t mean I would trust him, but I still respect him. I have a feeling that it is the employees directly under him who fear the guy and are isolating him from any bad news because they don’t want Milton to be mad at them.

If that is truly the case, then he is doomed.

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Not sure what you mean by this – are you referring to Robert Milton being an American?  For that sake, isn’t Carty at American Airlines in Dallas a Canadian? Yes he is referring to Robert Milton.  It’s clearly hypocritical for Air Canada to brag about ‘repatriating" jobs to Canada when their last 3 CEOs and many of their upper management are American.  When Air Canada repatriates the CEO and other executive positions then they can brag all they want.

I was.   I think people are getting tired of Air Canada’s patriotic baloney. Mapleflot is bad for Canada.  Period.

The "patriotic baloney" is just a way to take the Canadian market for granted. And BTW, I agree with the poster (JF?) who made the comment that Milton is not stupid. AC’s strategy is getting pretty clear, reading between the lines.  And probably smart too, assuming they don’t get into heavy flak from the US. So, they have their domestic monopoly, plus a fairly substantial control on the transborder market.  These have been turned into a cash cow.  And this should go on for a few years, perhaps as long as five, six years. So, they are sitting on that and using some to finance a very agressive move into the US-overseas market.  Using mostly YYZ, but also YUL and YVR as their hubs. If you look around for consolidator fares from the US to either europe or Asia, you’ll quickly discover that these days, AC is undercutting everybody.  Even Malaysia, Air India and the like. So, at the fares they currently charge (I just paid close to CAD 600 for a 21 days ORD-YUL round trip, which was the cheapest available when I booked, although they had a seat sale just a few days later), they break even on 50% load factors or so.  Then they can use the excess capacity at heavy discounts in an attempt to break big time into the US market.  And, except for the shitty plonk they serve in J, and the occasional KGB-trained flight attendant you get, even in J, usually out of Montreal on international routes, it’s true that their service remains distinctly better than the US competition. (And with the cost of living in Canada at least 20% below the US, their costs, especially labor, are low too.) Anyway, this is why they are opening all these apparently silly US destinations. So, who wins and who loses?  Their stockholders are the big winners, and the Canadian consumer pays the bill.  But who cares, let’s wraps them in the Maple Leaf, play the inferiority complex thing which I am sure Milton understands as well as anyone.  And with their Montreal base, this even works in Quebec, how lucky… Of course, if this gets too transparent or if they get too successful, they’ll get in trouble in the US, and rightly so, since it’s clearly unfair competition to the US carriers.  But then again, let’s see how long they can get away with.  And when they get in trouble with the Nafta stuff, they’ll wrap themselves in the flag more than ever and they’ll rally the Canadian crowd behind them against that eveil power south of the border. I must say, with an American in the driver’s seat, it’s kind of funny though. If it weren’t us paying the bill…. Luc — The University of Calgary,         Department of Mechanical Engineering Phone: (403) 220 5792              Fax: (403) 282 8406 http://www.ucalgary.ca/~bauwens/                

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I always wanted to be a Canuck…I just don’t skate so good. -g – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Yes he is referring to Robert Milton.  It’s clearly hypocritical for Air Canada to brag about ‘repatriating" jobs to Canada when their last 3 CEOs and many of their upper management are American.  When Air Canada repatriates the CEO and other executive positions then they can brag all they want.

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Yes he is referring to Robert Milton.  It’s clearly hypocritical for Air Canada to brag about ‘repatriating" jobs to Canada when their last 3 CEOs and many of their upper management are American.  When Air Canada repatriates the CEO and other executive positions then they can brag all they want.

Milton and his predecessors had homes in Montreal and paid taxes in Canada. So while he may have very american accents (Harris and Durrett) and attitudes, the AC CEO jobs has remained in Canada. I have respect for Milton. The guys is a smart fox. Doesn’t mean I would trust him, but I still respect him. I have a feeling that it is the employees directly under him who fear the guy and are isolating him from any bad news because they don’t want Milton to be mad at them.

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Milton is a Canadian now – he got his citizenship.  Surely you don’t have a problem with immigrants, do you?

ROFL!! It’s a nice PR move but doesn’t change the fact that the last three CEOs hired have been American and many in upper management are American. Please don’t tell me Harris and Lamar are "Canadian" now.  Is Lamar still living in Quebec like AC’s PR department said he would when he retired? Obviously AC knows more about public manipulation…I mean public relations than AMR does.  Obviously AMR should have told all it’s employees in the U.S. working on the CP contract to get their Canadian citizenships. Mike

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Whats so far fetched about it???  Canada lost jobs to the USA when CP signed a deal with the devil (AA) to keep it afloat a few years back – thus the term repatriate – I think this is great.

However, are you sure that those accounting jobs were really in dallas as opposed to working for a dallas based company ? I.E. were the accounting employees living in the USA, paid by SABRE-USA, or were they based in Vancouver/Calgary working for Canadian but paid by Sabre as part of the systems management contract ? Was CP’s web site designed and maintaines in the USA by SABRE, or was it designed and maintained by canadians in Vancouver whose employer happened to be SABRE ? I expect Air Canada to make as much PR mileage as it possibly can, and I expect some exagerations in the benefits. Rememeber, they promised no job losses and no involuntary transfers, so they are not about to start bragging about how they are taking work away from vancouver sabre employees and transefring it to AC employees in winterpeg. They won’t be bragging about hudson general employees losing jobs because baggage handling is shifted to AC employees, or Inter Canadien employees losing their jobs, or Skychefs employees losing jobs etc etc etc etc. Heck, Air Canada’s web sites is just as american as CP’s since it is designed by an american company IBM. (CP’s is designed by SABRE). In both cases, the work is really done locally by canadians who happen to work for a large multinational corporation).

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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Not sure what you mean by this – are you referring to Robert Milton being an American?  For that sake, isn’t Carty at American Airlines in Dallas a Canadian? Yes he is referring to Robert Milton.  It’s clearly hypocritical for Air Canada to brag about ‘repatriating" jobs to Canada when their last 3 CEOs and many of their upper management are American.  When Air Canada repatriates the CEO and other executive positions then they can brag all they want. I think people are getting tired of Air Canada’s patriotic baloney. Mapleflot is bad for Canada.  Period. Mike

Milton is a Canadian now – he got his citizenship.  Surely you don’t have a problem with immigrants, do you?

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Not sure what you mean by this – are you referring to Robert Milton being an American?  For that sake, isn’t Carty at American Airlines in Dallas a Canadian?

Yes he is referring to Robert Milton.  It’s clearly hypocritical for Air Canada to brag about ‘repatriating" jobs to Canada when their last 3 CEOs and many of their upper management are American.  When Air Canada repatriates the CEO and other executive positions then they can brag all they want. I think people are getting tired of Air Canada’s patriotic baloney. Mapleflot is bad for Canada.  Period. Mike

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But for god’s sake, what a wording?  And BTW, you conveniently cut my next sentence: if they care so much, when are they going to "repatriate" the CEO’s job?

Not sure what you mean by this – are you referring to Robert Milton being an American?  For that sake, isn’t Carty at American Airlines in Dallas a Canadian? About the wording: you repatriate the remains of troops who died in foreign wars, things like that.   But sorry, my feeling is that using these words in the current context is just obscene.  The worst kind of spin.  But yes, I am sure it works …

Words can be used in many contexts – there is no right or wrong unless its a gramatical error.  If repatriates offends you in that context in an obscene way – thats your opinion

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AIR CANADA TO CREATE UP TO 170 NEW ACCOUNTING JOBS IN WINNIPEG    MONTREAL, April 11 /CNW/ – Air Canada today announced its plans to create [...] repatriation of accounting work [etc...] For god’s sake…

Whats so far fetched about it???  Canada lost jobs to the USA when CP signed a deal with the devil (AA) to keep it afloat a few years back – thus the term repatriate – I think this is great.

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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – AIR CANADA TO CREATE UP TO 170 NEW ACCOUNTING JOBS IN WINNIPEG    MONTREAL, April 11 /CNW/ – Air Canada today announced its plans to create [...] repatriation of accounting work [etc...] For god’s sake… Whats so far fetched about it???  Canada lost jobs to the USA when CP signed a deal with the devil (AA) to keep it afloat a few years back – thus the term repatriate – I think this is great.

Well, it’s clear that their spin was based upon appealing to the nationalist inferiority complex.   Which you seem to endorse. But for god’s sake, what a wording?  And BTW, you conveniently cut my next sentence: if they care so much, when are they going to "repatriate" the CEO’s job? About the wording: you repatriate the remains of troops who died in foreign wars, things like that.   But sorry, my feeling is that using these words in the current context is just obscene.  The worst kind of spin.  But yes, I am sure it works … And on substance, I am sure that if we cared more about competitiveness, and less about "repatriation of jobs," our unemployment figures would actually look better, not worse.   And I wish the governement would recognize that AC’s monopoly is actually bad for the Canadian economy.  Just look at what has been happening to transborder fares lately.   Just one example: If I were in the tourism industry, I would not be terribly happy. Luc — The University of Calgary,         Department of Mechanical Engineering Phone: (403) 220 5792              Fax: (403) 282 8406 http://www.ucalgary.ca/~bauwens/                

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AIR CANADA TO CREATE UP TO 170 NEW ACCOUNTING JOBS IN WINNIPEG    MONTREAL, April 11 /CNW/ – Air Canada today announced its plans to create [...] repatriation of accounting work [etc...]

For god’s sake… I should have guessed, following the AF switch to English debacle, that ridicule doesn’t kill, but still?   And BTW, when are then going to repatriate AC’s CEO position, if these things matter so much?   (Oh, and BTW, just back to ORD after a snowed-in weekend in YUL. Seems like the $6 Talus Zin has disappeared from AC’s list of plonk served in J. I suspect the rest of the list probably doesn’t cost them more, it’s just harder to find them at the liquor store so we can confirm how cheap they are.) Oh well… Luc — The University of Calgary,         Department of Mechanical Engineering Phone: (403) 220 5792              Fax: (403) 282 8406 http://www.ucalgary.ca/~bauwens/                

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AIR CANADA TO CREATE UP TO 170 NEW ACCOUNTING JOBS IN WINNIPEG     MONTREAL, April 11 /CNW/ – Air Canada today announced its plans to create up to 170 new accounting jobs at its main accounting operations centre in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The jobs will be created mainly as a result of repatriation of accounting work currently being done by AMR Corp. in the United States on behalf of Canadian Airlines.     The new positions in the areas of general and revenue accounting will be located at Air Canada’s Winnipeg offices on Portage Avenue. The jobs are expected to be created over a 12 month period beginning immediately. Air Canada’s provision of accounting services to Canadian Airlines will be covered by a services agreement.     “We are delighted to contribute to the economic growth of Winnipeg through the creation of additional skilled jobs at Air Canada,” said Paul Garratt, Vice President, Financial Planning and Controller.     Winnipeg is home to 2,100 Air Canada employees including finance, airport, reservations, sales and service staff, flight attendants and pilots. This number also includes more than 750 Air Canada technicians who maintain Airbus A319 and A320 aircraft for Air Canada and other clients at the airline’s technical centre in Winnipeg.

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    I would let them stay with Novell as it works and needs little maintenance.  The accounting issues are a bit different.     Since they are using a dos version, check and see if they HAVE to move because of y2k. Is GP working for them now? If they don’t have to move and it works, then why look? Someone in the company knows the reason(s) and you can’t make a valid recommendation unless you know that motivation.     There are a number of good programs available that may be cheaper than upgrading GP. We resell Red Wing that would fit nicely into their process. BizWorks would probably do so also. I understand QB has a network version though I know little about it. Someone will post on it. Luck,  Dana To reply, please remove NOSPAM from the address. http://www.tailored-computing.com

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I agree, stay with Novell.  It is still one of the most stable networking environments available.  Stay away from Windows networking if you are dealing with this type of environment.  Businesses cannot suffer down time because of a not-so-stable NOS.  I also agree that RedWing and BusinessWorks solutions would more than work for this application.  I am somewhat familiar with BizWorks and know of a wholesale beauty supply company that upgraded from GP software. Their system was installed more than a year and a half ago and has never been down.  This installation also included print servers in the warehouse (packing slips & invoices), purchasing stations, accounting stations and sales stations. (about six terminals total.)  By the way, this business tracks over twenty thousand items. JoFo – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text –     I would let them stay with Novell as it works and needs little maintenance.  The accounting issues are a bit different.     Since they are using a dos version, check and see if they HAVE to move because of y2k. Is GP working for them now? If they don’t have to move and it works, then why look? Someone in the company knows the reason(s) and you can’t make a valid recommendation unless you know that motivation.     There are a number of good programs available that may be cheaper than upgrading GP. We resell Red Wing that would fit nicely into their process. BizWorks would probably do so also. I understand QB has a network version though I know little about it. Someone will post on it. Luck,  Dana To reply, please remove NOSPAM from the address. http://www.tailored-computing.com

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I was asked by a non-computer literate company if there was a better way that they should be running there accounting system. They are using Great Plains accounting with Windows 95 on each desktop. There are only four computers, and they are networked together by Novell, and a server. The business has three full time people doing accounting, one in receivables, one in payables and one does everything else. There are about a hundred orders a day, the inventory consists of about five thousand items, and payroll covers twenty people. My first thought was that they should make the network as simple as possible, and just use Windows 95 or 98, with a print server which would also be used for back up. I was also thinking that they should use a much simpler accounting system, they are entering in DOS screens with Great Plains. I worked for a company that used Great Plains Profit, which has been sold to someone? That package appeared perfect, it was fast, easy to use, support was OK. Any suggestions? Comments would also be appreciated. Thanks, Scott

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You are probably on the right track on the network side.  Some small businesses run Novell because that was the only good way to network PC’s 9 or 10 years ago. I am not a great fan of the Great Plains interface elements, but their packages seem solid, robust and grow well.  They should strongly consider upgrading Great Plains to a current Windows Version. If they have other needs that their systems aren’t addressing like e-commerce or sales force automation, GP has a lot of development partner products that can be integrated into the system. Again, I say this as someone who is not a big fan of Great Plains, but it doesn’t sound like their needs exceed the functionality of their products. Good luck. P.S. I don’t remember GP Profit – Perhaps that was an independent vendor add-on product, or I may not have paid enough attention to their product lines. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I was asked by a non-computer literate company if there was a better way that they should be running there accounting system. They are using Great Plains accounting with Windows 95 on each desktop. There are only four computers, and they are networked together by Novell, and a server. The business has three full time people doing accounting, one in receivables, one in payables and one does everything else. There are about a hundred orders a day, the inventory consists of about five thousand items, and payroll covers twenty people. My first thought was that they should make the network as simple as possible, and just use Windows 95 or 98, with a print server which would also be used for back up. I was also thinking that they should use a much simpler accounting system, they are entering in DOS screens with Great Plains. I worked for a company that used Great Plains Profit, which has been sold to someone? That package appeared perfect, it was fast, easy to use, support was OK. Any suggestions? Comments would also be appreciated. Thanks, Scott

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I installed a GPS (swapout for like Loran) and a DME in my airplane, plus moved some things around.  I have radio and installation background (not in aircraft) but my commercial license expired.  My IA just did a 337 and it was no problem.  (We had to jump through a few hoops on  the GPS installation, but that was primarily putting the right incantations regarding the AC on the 337 to make the local FSDO happy).  But the fact that I was not a licensed tech did not seem to make a difference. Jason Goertz            | Voice: 206-946-1184 Federal Way, WA         | Fax:   206-946-1324 1953 D Bonanza, N2190D

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The information that I got from our local feds is that I can install any radio that receives only (ADF, GPS, etc).  If it transmits also, a licensed avionics tech has to install it.  Check with your local feds.  They are the ones that will ground you.

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The information that I got from our local feds is that I can install any radio that receives only (ADF, GPS, etc).  If it transmits also, a licensed avionics tech has to install it.  Check with your local feds.  They are the ones that will ground you.

Ask a thousand feds, you get a thousand answers.  Just like accounting, ask an accountant what 1+1 is, they answer 2.  Ask a lawyer what 1+1 is, they ask you what you would LIKE it to be. Jim Jim Weir VP Engineering  | You bet your sweet patootie I speak RST Engineering          | for the company.  I OWN the cotton- Grass Valley CA 95945    | pickin’ company. voice/fax 916/272-1432   | AR Adv. WB6BHI               Cessna 182A N73CQ

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