January 2002 County Line
Greetings from Washington C.! At our January meeting, we discussed membership and ways we could get new members. Rita and Larry are working on new flyers to be put around to area businesses to get the word out. Fundraisers for 2002 were also discussed with some very good ideas. Our first fundraiser for the new year will be a spaghetti dinner, Saturday, February 16, at the First Congregational Church, 318 Front Street, in Marietta, Ohi. Cost will be an all you can eat $5.00 donation. There will also be a Country Store and Bake Sale. We are also having t-shirts made up with two horse heads and an American flag on it. Design was made by Rita Schultheis, a member of our club and a Pet Portrait artist. It is a really beautiful shirt and will hopefully be for sale at the spaghetti dinner.
Larry Matthews talked about a work day at Hocking, scheduled the last of March. They want to reroute the trail at the rappelling area. Our February members can bring in pictures of any trail rides they have been on that they want to share.
A Joke:
Dear
Tech Support:
Recently, I purchased and installed Horse 1.0. I soon noticed that this program
appears to have numerous glitches. For instance, every time my computer
boots up, I have to run Feed 5.3 and Water 7.1. Many times I've been in
the middle of writing an important document, and a window will flash telling me
to run Clean Stall 2.0. This program also contained applications I did not
wish to install, such as Manure 8.5. However, they auto-installed with
Horse 1.0. Applications such as Vacation 2.7 and Free Time 10.1 can no
longer run, crashing whenever selected. Possibly the worst is that Horse
1.0 has attached itself to programs like Finance Manager and MS Money, with
folders added such as "Monthly Shoeing" and "Winter
Blanket". Periodically I'll get a reminder telling me to send a check
to the manufacturer of Horse 1.0 for the aforementioned items. I have
tried to uninstall Horse 1.0 numerous times, but when I try to run the
uninstall program, I get warning messages telling me that a deadly virus known
as "withdrawal" will infect my system. Please Help!
Dear
User:
Your complaint is not unusual. A common misconception among users is that
Horse 1.0 is a mere "utilitIEs and entertainment program." It is
not- it is an OPERATING SYSTEM AND IS DESIGNED BY ITS CREATOR TO RUN
EVERYTHING! a WARNING WILL SOON BE IMPRINTED ON THE BOX. sINCE YOU
HAVE ALREADY INSTALLED hORSE 1.0 HERE ARE A FEW TIPS ON HOW TO MAKE IT RUN
BETTER. iF YOU ARE ANNOYED BY THE APPLICATIONS fEED 5.3 AND wATER 7.1, YOU
MAY RUN c:\hIRE hELP, HOWEVER THIS WILL
CAUSE ANOTHER FOLDER TO BE ADDED TO FINANCIAL APPLICATIONS, LABELED
"sTAFF". fAILURE TO SEND PAYMENT TO "sTAFF" WILL
RESULT IN fEED 5.3 AND wATER 7.1 BEING RUN AGAIN ON STARTUP. a NOTE OF
CAUTION: not BOOTING UP YOUR COMPUTER FOR SEVERAL DAYS ISN'T THE SOLUTION TO
AVOIDING fEED 5.3 AND wATER 7.1. YOU WILL FIND THAT, WHEN YOU BOOT UP YOUR
COMPUTER AGAIN, A NASTY VIRUS CALLED "cOLIC 4.2" WILL HAVE ATTACHED
ITSELF TO IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS AND THE ONLY WAY TO RID YOUR COMPUTER OF cOLIC 4.2
IS BY PURCHASING AND INSTALLING "vET 10.1, WHICH WE ADMIT IS EXTREMELY
EXPENSIVE, BUT CRUCIAL. otherwise, cOLIC 4.2 WILL CAUSE IRREVERSIBLE
DAMAGE TO THE OPERATING SYSTEM. fINALLY, IT IS IMPORTANT THAT YOU RUN c:\cARROTS
AND c:\sCRATCH ears ON A FAIRLY REGULAR BASIS
TO KEEP THE APPLICATION RUNNING SMOOTHLY. iF YOU HAVE ANYMORE QUESTIONS,
PLEASE CALL OUR TOLL FREE NUMBER.
sINCERELY,
tECH sUPPORT
Caroline Patterson