and selling stuff and Dell sent this thingamabob to me with Windows xp in it and more robot-voiced instructions than I ever want to hear.
Here's the text of a letter I sent to John:
Dear John,
We have not met, but I feel a kinship. I am Kismet of HI Forums, and this email is the first going out on my newly-arrived Dell something-or-other.
(I sold stuff, etc.)
BUT...please accept my heartfelt thanks to you, and to the others in the forum for the spontaneous generosity and kindness you have shown.
Remarkable man, you are. Remarkable men, they are.
Thank you, perhaps someday you can help me figure out how to get the stuff from the dead hard disc in the other puter into this 40 gig nightmare!
Thank you and know that the ripples of your kindness will come back to you.
(Kismet of HI)
And as for the rest of you....
Thank you so much for your offers, but I've decided to open My own Escort Service for lonely, rich, single wimmens. Before too long, I figure I'll be
arrested.
Thank you, gentlemen. Thank you, very much.