On Sat, 14 Feb 2009 20:51:41 +0000, Stephen wrote:

> On 14 Feb 2009 14:57:52 -0500, Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
> 
>>> Have you tried a graphics tablet?  The natural feeling of using a pen
>>> takes away a lot of the strain og using a touch pad or a mouse.
>>
>>I haven't, but maybe I should. :-)  I'm no artist, but I have wanted to
>>try out a pressure-sensitive pad for various things as well.  Wacom is
>>supposed to make pretty good ones, wonder if there's someone locally who
>>has one I can try out....
>>
> I bought a Wacom on ebay cheaply to try it out. (There was a lot of
> discussion here at the time) I found that I liked using it so much I
> bought two cheep ones from Maplins (£17) to use at work and to carry
> around with my laptop.) I really only use them as a mouse substitute. I
> find that they reduce my RSI a lot especially if I swap between the
> tablet, mouse and touch pad.

Cool, I don't usually think of eBay for stuff like this, will have to 
have a look.

>>> Not a deep fried pizza, where the pizza is folded over and put in the
>>> deep fat fryer?
>>
>>Ugh, no - I do have my limits. ;-)
>>
> So do I :)

This is good to know.

>>> BTW it is folded to stop the bits floating off.
>>
>>That makes sense.  Actually sounds kinda like a calzone, but deep-fried.
>>
> Think deep fried soft bread Yeuch!

Well, I *was* hungry until I read that.  I think I'm going to go throw up 
now. ;-)

>>>>(Our local chip shop shut some months ago, no good alternatives around
>>>>now. :-( )
>>> 
>>> Home fries?
>>
>>Yeah, they used to, but had a problem with their supplier.  The fish was
>>pretty good, but after their original place was torn down, they went
>>into too much debt in the new location.  A real shame, because the food
>>was very good.
>>
>>
> Shame :(

Yeah.  There's a local pub that does a good battered fish and chips, but 
it's one of many things they do.  I find that for *really* good ones, you 
gotta go somewhere that that's all they do.

We've decided to go to the pub tomorrow, though, and I think that's what 
I may have.  Thing is, they have other things that I like far better.

>>Not as good as we had in Hastings (but it's hard to get really fresh
>>fish here in the desert - not impossible, but it's very pricey), but
>>still very good.
> 
> Hastings :)
> A couple of years ago we used to go to Hastings and load up the car with
> fish to put in the freezer. The Fish n Chips there are to die for. :)

Yeah, I agree.  The shop we went to was right there on the sea (kinda 
hard not to be, at that).  It was really funny, three Americans walk in 
and the lad who took the order had to ask us to repeat ourselves because 
we were *too* softspoken.  Then he got curious about where we were from 
because he couldn't place the accent - this was near the end of 2 weeks 
in the UK, and my wife and I adapt our speaking to where we are - not a 
conscious thing, just the way we're both wired - so we were somewhere 
between Utah (where we live) Minnesota (where I grew up), Southern PA 
(where my wife grew up) and Bucks, with a little but of the local blended 
in because we'd been there a few days with friends.

He was *very* confused as a result.  It probably didn't help that we were 
dressed like locals as well, rather than as stereotypical American 
tourists in loud Hawaiian shirts and whatnot. ;-)

Jim

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