martymas

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  1. martymas

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    Short and to the point... A man comes home, finds his wife with his friend in bed. He shoots his friend and kills him. Wife says, "If you keep on behaving like this, you'll lose ALL your friends!" **************************************** A small Boy wrote to Santa Claus, "Send me a brother." Santa wrote back, "SEND ME YOUR MOTHER" **************************************** What is the definition of Mistress? Someone between the Mister and Mattress. **************************************** Husband asks spouse, "Do you know the meaning of W.I.F.E.? It's Without Information, Fighting Everytime." W
  2. sorry ime a bit late but heres my greetings Happy Birthday Shanenin
  3. some time i get nostalgic thinking of the the days when there were no neuclear eapons smart bombs in my country all food came from the land we didnt need sprays and all that shit my dad grew plants in conjunction with vegies which the bugs wouldnt go near natural herbisides funny thing when i was growing up i never went to a doctor now doctors are a big industery and i help that industry big biz changed all the a quick buck bugger the population i presume the usa is no different from new zealand marty
  4. as ive known you over the years ive always respected your judgemant i still do but as a free thinker your my hero ive learned so many things on boards like this in particular techtv i thought then a compt was something you flew to the moon in i was a real not no a thing about the compt now i have already built my own may be not the top of the line but good enough for me i still have notes and cds i coppied from tips from you and chappie and i must say my old bitsa has never been to a repair shop since ive learned to use one my head is boggled from what you have to learn to maintain
  5. any one on the board old enough to remember these times marty I grew up with practical grandparents who had been frightened by the Great Depression in the 1930's. A grandmother, God love her, who washed aluminum foil after she cooked in it, then reused it. She was the original recycle queen, before they had a Name for it.. A grandfather who was happier getting old shoes fixed than buying new ones. Their marriage was good, their dreams focused. Their best friends lived barely a wave away. I can see them now, Grandpa in trousers, tee shirt and a hat and Grandma in a house dress, lawn mower i
  6. Your fences need to be horse-high, pig-tight and bull-strong. * Keep skunks and bankers and lawyers at a distance. * Life is simpler when you plow around the stump. * A bumble bee is considerably faster than a John Deere tractor. * Words that soak into your ears are whispered...not yelled. * Meanness don't jes' happen overnight. * Forgive your enemies. It messes up their heads. * Do not corner something that you know is meaner than you. * It don't take a very big person to carry a grudge. * You cannot unsay a cruel word. * Every path has a few puddles. * When you wallow wi
  7. i love them they are all true great stuff marty
  8. geez pete you must be a democrat you have all the answers marty
  9. As You Slide Down the Banister of Life, Remember 1. Jim Baker and Jimmy Swaggert have written an impressive new book. It's called . "Ministers Do More Than Lay People." 2. Transvestite: A guy who likes to eat, drink and be Mary. 3. The difference between the Pope and your boss, the Pope only expects you to kiss his ring. 4. My mind works like lightning, One brilliant flash and it is gone. 5. The only time the world beats a path to your door is if you're in the bathroom. 6. I hate sex in the movies. Tried it once. The seat folded up, the drink spilled and that ice, well, it really c
  10. thanks team got it appreciated marty
  11. ive just installed ie 7 and i cant find the refresh option it isnt in the add and remove icons tho havent tried the tab options normally it is on the toolbar is this some thing i missed when i installed marty
  12. hi JS normally i filter my spam but the worst offenders are friends who send emails with the proviso if you send this on the 88888888888 amount of people you will be lucky or you will recive a bonus i have a lady freind who sends this sort of mail and ime not sure how tell her no spam she believes in this sort of art she calls it ive tried to block her emails but she thinks ime mean if i do that what do you do in these circumstances buggered if i know
  13. is this obama the black man standing for president are you anti black or anti democrat i thought this board filtered that sort of post if you want a politic tirade ime all for it marty
  14. me to guys he was so humble when he was knighted he had to get some one to make a thank you speech his words when we beat the barstard [everest] he gave the credit to tensing and his words i just happend to be his mate isnt that sign of a caring man marty
  15. ime not sure if this is of interest to many on the board but that mountaineer sir edmond hillary who conqured mount everest has pass away aged 88 to us he was a great man not for climbing a dam hill but for work he did for charity and for what he did for other people i knew him and his family well he was humble kind and a humanitarin and he was accessable to all people not just the elite as a matter of fact he would get out on the road and play cricket with the kids when he was well the tebetian people treated him like a man on the street and he didnt want it any other way i hope
  16. thanks pete i didnt have any trouble when i just used it as a reader but these adons make me a bit wary this is the first time ive used any other toolbar other than IE so thanks for the info marty
  17. this thread might help http://www.besttechie.net/forums/index.php...store+safe+mode
  18. hi jerry what operating sys i have winxp pro and i can change it in the run msconfig start up options but remember when you finish with it change it back top the original settings i have a post some where on this board showing how to reinsatll the the safe mode options i emailed microsoft at that time and they sent me a fix if you use vista some one else will have to help you try opening the search options or google and ask. some on the board has a third party option which has been posted as my memory is getting old i cant find it good luck marty
  19. martymas

    Howdy

    what is molsons? marty
  20. ive used foxit reader for some years now becuase it is fast and and hasen got all that spam advertising ok i got a notice from the foxit [optional] about an up grade and also a foxit toolbar in the past ive been wary of toolbars but because ive used the thing for several years i thought what the hell i hope i can handle the spam now well it turned out the tool bar is a good one mind you ive only ever used ie tool so ime no authority it has all sorts of goodies on it now my Question does any one else use foxit reader if so is this a forerunner to make me change to the pro version and w
  21. shortly ile will have a compt with vista and ime going to need a hell of a lot of help yes JS you are right the xp knockers were at techtv by the dozens i remember when i posted in and said i had installed xp on a 5.8hdd and 128megs of ram and a 4 meg video card the amount of people who rubished me and said i was silly to use inadequate resources now i realised theyu were right BUT XP WORKED on that sys and i used it for 2-3 years why i couldne afford any thing else and importantly i was ignorant of how compt worked but on that sys xp worked i posted to techtv for seveal years on
  22. 52 years ago! Comments made in the year 1955: "I'll tell you one thing, if things keep going the way they are, it's going to be impossible to buy a week's groceries for $20." "Have you seen the new cars coming out next year? It won't be long before $2000 will only buy a used one." "If cigarettes keep going up in price, I'm going to quit. A quarter a pack is ridiculous." "Did you hear the post office is thinking about charging a dime just to mail a letter?" "If they raise the minimum wage to $1, nobody will be able to hire outside help at the store." "When I first started driving,
  23. martymas

    Howdy

    welcome TK love the little people say hi to your wife and give little people a big hug from me we miss you marty
  24. ha ha i sent this article to a friend and he emailed and said just as well i got to the email before my wife saw it marty
  25. thanks TT i live in christchurch so ile check it out where did you get that page from i googled all sorts of searches and all i got was the info about the sticks them selves thankls again marty