... to Jim's Place, with his furry companion Genie
Jim Pooh Bear
Pooh crossed the 'Rainbow Bridge' on Nov. 11, 2008. She will be missed.
I've never had a more devoted friend.
After three days, I realized that living without a four-legged furry friend just wasn't going to work for me. On a vacation to Florida over the Thanksgiving holidays, I found that Maxasta kennels in Macon, GA had a 15 month old Finnish Spitz available. We stopped on the way down and saw her, then picked her up on the way back north. She's going to be a welcome addition to my family!
I proudly present Maxasta's One More Time Again, or as she'll be known here - -
Genie.....
The two of us reside in Mason, Ohio, a smaller community situated about 20 miles north of Cincinnati. However, it may not be a small community for long, as it is now the fastest growing area in southwestern Ohio. Mason has been home to the ATP Tennis Championships; the world class theme park, Paramount's Kings Island; an excellent golfing facility designed by Jack Nicklaus, the Golf Center at King's Island; large waterpark called The Beach; and now a unique place to stay - Great Wolf Lodge.
A few other major attractions in the Cincinnati area:
Cincinnati Museum Center Newport Aquarium Cincinnati Art Museum
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra U.S. Air Force Museum Cincinnati Zoo
Here are some links to interesting and informative sites about Mason:
Mason Public Library The City of Mason
I am an "all-american" of Dutch, German, Irish, and Scottish descent, aged 64. I was employed as a maintenance technician with an area municipality, but am now retired. Genie and Pooh Bear are Finnish Spitzes, a breed introduced to this country in 1959. Pooh was without a doubt one of the finest pets I have ever had. Extremely clean, she never made a mess, except when she shed her coat annually. I expect Genie will be as clean. This breed has an unusual trait in that they do not have the usual "doggie" smell. The breed was accepted for registration in 1988 by the AKC. You can also learn more about the breed at this Finnish Spitz site.
For the last fifteen years, I have become quite engrossed with the world of computers, with this current system being my fifth. It is a homemade system, consisting of:
Intel D975XBX "Bad Axe" motherboard
A Benq 241W 24" WideScreen LCD monitor, 2- 1 TB external USB drives and 2- 500 GB external USB drives for backup, Epson Perfection 636U scanner, Epson Stylus Photo R220 printer, HP LaserJet P1006, Logitech WebCam digital camera, Microsoft USB Natural Ergonomic keyboard 4000 and Optical Mouse, and an APC 750VA UPS round out the system. This system is lightning fast, running Windows XP Professional as the primary OS and Windows 2000 Professional as backup. I am connected to the world with Road Runner Turbo, a cable modem service providing fantastic download speeds in excess of 2 mB/sec. There's also a 3.06 GHz. system available for my guests when they drop in, with their choice of operating systems to boot into, and a Toshiba laptop.
AIM, ICQ, MSN and Yahoo! keeps me in contact with friends and several family members using the multi-messenger program Trillian. It sure does seem to make the world a smaller place. Everyone is just a few keystrokes away. My small group of regulars include friends and family in Canada, Florida, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Idaho, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, New Jersey and Sweden.
About an hour of each evening is spent responding in the Suggest-a-Fix computer forum, attempting to help others with problems they have with their systems. Perhaps I'll get to see you there sometime!
Do you SETI? Join the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence today. Let your computer be used during it's idle time to help find E.T. You can view my results, and others in our group, at the Compguystechweb SETI Group.
Well, I've rattled on long enough. Enjoy your computer to the max. There's no better piece of learning equipment in the world. It can offer more entertainment than anything else I know of.
Thank you for visiting;
Jim Holly (and Genie, too!)
If dads were left to raise the kids ( a bit adult oriented).
Don't forget to visit Pooh's Place
Goodbye from:
GIFTS FOR THE ANIMAL LOVERS IN YOUR LIFE
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