Hi Shawn,

In real life, I am a mathematician. I took up this "hobby" because the local middle school had buckets of money invested in computers but none invested in people. Nothing worked, not even the new equipment. I and 3 other parents decided to build a system for the school. We finished our work about 2 years ago.

For the last 2 years, I have been out of it, but the school is looking into putting in Win2000 & we were asked to help in the upgrade. So, I was just snooping around & I couldn't help it, I had to open my mouth. I am not sure if my return to the board is permanent or not. It depends on a lot of factors at the school. For now, I am just trying to get current.

I am impressed with this board. All the old folks are still here plus thousands of new ones. (With the exception of Davidson - where is he? I would miss him since he was one of the few school related people that I encountered regularly on this site.)

Howard,

Sorry - I think these ramblings might be off topic but your intro does say discussions. I took liberties.
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Jack