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 nVidia GeForce 6200 ... just to be precise.

And the updated drivers did not resolve the issue. I'm wondering if maybe there's a bad memory stick or something... 

Very aggravating. Well, I'm not sure I have the opportunity to do anything about it until Friday. But then I can take it back to the store and get them to check the memory sticks. How does one test for bad memory chips anyway?

Are These For Real??!!!

Subject: FW: Lost in translation


> >
> >  In a Bangkok temple:
> >      "IT IS FORBIDDEN TO ENTER A WOMAN, EVEN A FOREIGNER, IF DRESSED AS
A
> >  MAN."
> >
> >      Cocktail lounge, Norway:
> >      "LADIES ARE REQUESTED NOT TO HAVE CHILDREN IN THE BAR."
> >
> >      Doctors office, Rome:
> >      "SPECIALIST IN WOMEN AND OTHER DISEASES.
> >
> >      Dry cleaners, Bangkok:
> >      "DROP YOUR TROUSERS HERE FOR THE BEST RESULTS.
> >
> >      In a Nairobi restaurant:
> >      "CUSTOMERS WHO FIND OUR WAITRESSES RUDE OUGHT TO SEE THE MANAGER."
> >
> >      On an Athi River highway:this is the main road to Mombasa, leaving
> >Nairobi.
> >      "TAKE NOTICE: WHEN THIS SIGN IS UNDER WATER, THIS ROAD IS
> >IMPASSABLE."
> >
> >      On a poster at Kencom:
> >      "ARE YOU AN ADULT THAT CANNOT READ? IF SO, WE CAN HELP."
> >
> >      In a City restaurant:
> >      "OPEN SEVEN DAYS A WEEK AND WEEKENDS."
> >
> >      A sign seen on an automatic restroom hand dryer:
> >      "DO NOT ACTIVATE WITH WET HANDS."
> >
> >      In a cemetery:
> >      "PERSONS ARE PROHIBITED FROM PICKING FLOWERS FROM ANY BUT THEIR
OWN
> >GRAVES."
> >
> >      Tokyo hotel's rules and regulations:
> >      "GUESTS ARE REQUESTED NOT TO SMOKE OR DO OTHER DISGUSTING
BEHAVIOURS
> >  IN BED."
> >
> >      On the menu of a Swiss restaurant:
> >      "OUR WINES LEAVE YOU NOTHING TO HOPE FOR."
> >
> >      In a Tokyo bar:
> >      "SPECIAL COCKTAILS FOR THE LADIES WITH NUTS."
> >
> >      Hotel, Yugoslavia  (pa ti vidi)
> >      "THE FLATTENING OF UNDERWEAR WITH PLEASURE IS THE JOB OF THE
> >CHAMBERMAID."
> >
> >      Hotel, Japan:
> >      "YOU ARE INVITED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE CHAMBERMAID."
> >
> >      In the lobby of a Moscow hotel across from a Russian Orthodox
> >monastery:
> >
> >      "YOU ARE WELCOME TO VISIT THE CEMETERY WHERE FAMOUS RUSSIAN AND
> >SOVIET  COMPOSERS,  ARTISTS, AND WRITERS ARE BURIED DAILY EXCEPT
THURSDAY."
> >
> >      A sign posted in Germany's Black Forest:
> >      "IT IS STRICTLY FORBIDDEN ON OUR BLACK FOREST CAMPING SITE THAT
> >PEOPLE  OF DIFFERENT  SEX, FOR INSTANCE, MEN AND WOMEN, LIVE TOGETHER IN
> >ONE TENT  UNLESS  THEY ARE MARRIED  WITH EACH OTHER FOR THIS PURPOSE."
> >
> >      Hotel, Zurich:
> >      "BECAUSE OF THE IMPROPRIETY OF ENTERTAINING GUESTS OF THE OPPOSITE
> >SEX  IN THE  BEDROOM, IT IS SUGGESTED THAT THE LOBBY BE USED FOR THIS
> >PURPOSE."
> >
> >      Advertisement for donkey rides, Thailand:
> >      "WOULD YOU LIKE TO RIDE ON YOUR OWN ASS?"
> >
> >      The box of a clockwork toy made in Hong Kong:
> >      "GUARANTEED TO WORK THROUGHOUT ITS USEFUL LIFE."
> >
> >      In a Swiss mountain inn:
> >      "SPECIAL TODAY - NO ICE-CREAM."
> >
> >      Airline ticket office, Copenhagen:
> >      "WE TAKE YOUR BAGS AND SEND THEM IN ALL DIRECTIONS."
> >
> >      A laundry in Rome:
> >      "LADIES, LEAVE YOUR CLOTHES HERE AND SPEND THE AFTERNOON HAVING A
> >GOOD  TIME."
 

Feeling Decadently Spoiled....

SPA COTTAGE PRIVATE DINNER MENU

(Catered Dinner Service)

 

 

Soup:

                   · Shrimp Bisque with Triangle Crackers & Cilantro Oil

                        · Assorted Mushroom Broth with Croutons

                        · Roasted Corn Chowder with Herb Yogurt Drizzle

 

 

Salad:

                   · Boston Lettuce with White Balsamic Herbed Vinaigrette

                        · Freese Lettuce, Baby Seedlings with Honey & Chili Vinaigrette

                        · Caesar - Spa Style with Lemon Garlic Vinaigrette

 

 

Main Courses:

· Pan Seared Lamb Sirloins accompanied with a Mint Rosemary Lamb  

   Sauce

                        · Baked Lemon Honey Trout with Shrimp Creole

· Beef Skewers Marinated with Garlic & Thyme with a Horseradish Sauce 

   on the side

· Green Curried Chicken Breast with Coconut Milk

Vegetarian Option:

· Herbed Tofu Tower - Black Forbidden Rice, Lentils, Assorted 

   Mushrooms, Herbed Tofu and Julienne Vegetable with a Sweet Potato

   Sauce

 

* Main courses will be served with Vegetables and Starch in season.*

 

 

Desserts:

· Warm Chocolate Flourless Cake in a Pistachio Spiced Soup with Sesame  

   Seed Five-Spice Biscuit

                        · Lemon Bavarian, Coconut Tuiles & Black Berry Sauce

           

 

Groups have the choice of: One soup, One salad, Two main course items and One dessert. Please indicate any allergies prior to your arrival.

 

Mmmm ... oh, this is going to be much fun!

Been a while...

Miles This Time:

13.75

Miles

22.00

KM

From Eowyn's Challenge:

739.72	Miles out of Hobbiton
281.72	Miles out of Rivendell
180.29	Miles to Lothlorien

Jan. 10/J. 11 – Nt. 18: 17 miles
275 - Road climbs still higher.