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| Brenda: Thanks. The first lady who helped me was more than happy to help. The other lady I spoke to about my pictures was a little confused but I could see what she was saying. I have to download each picture by itself. Kinda like when I emailed them to myself. One by one I had to attach them to the email. I am sure that someone there can explain organizing files and such and making a folder. Fingers crossed I will check to make sure my book is there. |
Brenda: I think you are right in some ways and I am trying to break myself out of that. But as Blair and a few others. I am also set in my ways. So having a constant reminder that this was something just as important was good for me. Well, when someone offers me free help without me having to beg for help I try to mind my ps and qs.  |
| Brenda: I do have more teeth than you do I think. That's my thing I've always sort of been ambitious and maybe it's good and maybe it's bad. Don't know. I've said this before Archaeology has always been my thing which is why any new dig I hear about I am fascinated by it. But now my writing is what is important to me. Just one book published would make me happy. Just to say I did it. |
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6ixStringJack: So no... I'm not worried at all if somebody else was the one who ultimately got you over the hump to understanding it. I'm proud of you for going a bit outside of your own comfort zone and asking somebody in person for assistance. I'm sure they were happy to help you out and would be thrilled if you came back with a few follow up questions on how to maybe create a folder here or there and show you in-person the organizational potential you have at your fingertips with that thing. Assuming we do have a working copy of your book in a safe spot and we continue to learn a bit more about it, I'm just happy I could be a part of the journey is all.  |
| 6ixStringJack: I think in your case, Brenda, you might just be a little too timid sometimes for your own good, and I think that's a shame. But I understand it. And I think that what you needed right now was somebody there to not only encourage you and keep it positive, but also just be there to annoy you with it constantly and make you think about it and face another day or week of letting it go or just finally doing it so I'll leave you the hell alone about it (but you're too nice to ever tell me that :laugh). |
| 6ixStringJack: Not so much older, and you have a lot more of your teeth still, I presume. But I know... I get that from you. Unless I'm on point, and focused in a gainfully productive direction, I've never been Mr. Ambitious myself. Not a great combo with being able to set myself up where I don't really need to do much some times. Been in a bit of a real-life rut, even if my obsessive work on a project that won't ever benefit me materially has seen a renaissance. |
| 6ixStringJack: Not so much older, and you have a lot more of your teeth still, I presume. But I know... I get that from you. Unless I'm on point, and focused in a gainfully productive direction, I've never been Mr. Ambitious myself. Not a great combo with being able to set myself up where I don't really need to do much some times. Been in a bit of a real-life rut, even if my obsessive work on a project that won't ever benefit me materially has seen a renaissance. |
| Brenda: You deserve credit for teaching an old dog like me new tricks. And I will admit that sometimes I need a push to either get me going or to get me out of my own fear about doing something that I think looks complicated. |
| 6ixStringJack: You're such a little bitch, dude. |
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| 6ixStringJack: Knock it off with your retard cartoons, faggot. The adults are talking about stuff that wouldn't interest a lemming like you. |
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| 6ixStringJack: Don't worry about it, Brenda. Not looking for credit or anything. If, in the end, the only thing I ended up doing was being a constant little push you needed from the sidelines keeping it fresh in your mind up to the point where you can have somebody else teach you in person how to feel comfortable with the basics of file maintenance, I still feel good just because you got there one way or another. |
| THG: Thank you, Trump |
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| Brenda: I will make a note about the folders thing. Don't worry about the complexity thing. Just my old brain trying to keep up. . You've done a great job teaching me about memory sticks. Don't under cut yourself on that. I will get more comfortable with all of this the more I do and the I learn. |
| Brenda: Good. Like I said SIX, you have been a big help. It's just that my brain has obviously rewired itself some over the years. It wasn't bad when I was younger but now. Yeah, all bets can be off. |
| 6ixStringJack: While you're asking them for help, you should try to see if they could walk you through creating your own folders and a bit more with copying and pasting documents. It really is pretty easy stuff and not nearly as complex as I probably make things sound when I'm typing out more than I probably should here just because I'm afraid I might miss a crucial step because I do this stuff all the time and take it for granted. I really want you to come out of this feeling not only safe that you have several backups, but so that you aren't afraid and you can do all of this stuff on your own down the road. |