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On 8/17/2010 12:59 PM Stu spake thus:

> On Tue, 17 Aug 2010 09:25:38 -0700, David Nebenzahl
> > wrote:
>
>> On 8/17/2010 5:05 AM Stu spake thus:
>>
>>> On Mon, 16 Aug 2010 21:15:12 -0700, David Nebenzahl
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 8/16/2010 5:12 PM Kris Baker spake thus:
>>>>
>>>>> "Sqwertz" > wrote in message
>>>>> ...
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Mon, 16 Aug 2010 17:55:34 -0500, Stu wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Mon, 16 Aug 2010 15:46:17 -0700, David Nebenzahl
>>>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On 8/16/2010 3:40 PM spake thus:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Kris Baker wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
http://snurl.com/10lqv0
>>>>>>>>>> The "winking housewife" is very familiar -- does she come
>>>>>>>>>> from a Pillsbury cookbook, or other 1950s ad?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> It won't open for me, my browser hasn't a clue what the file is.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Same here (Firefox 3.6.8 if anyone cares).
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I'm curious what browsers folks who *can* see the
>>>>>>>> [whateveritis] are using. Firefox has no idea what to do with a
>>>>>>>> ".CLS" file.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> My Internet explorer opened it just fine, and yes I've seen this in an
>>>>>>> ad from the 50's but can't remember where.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> WTF is so hard about looking up the words in the logo?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://doughgirl.com/
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It says it right there next to the logo. DUH!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Yeah, those antique eBayers are pretty smart folks.
>>>>>
>>>>> I didn't realize everyone would have had trouble, or else I'd
>>>>> have sent 'em to the URL.
>>>>
>>>> Warning: that page (http://doughgirl.com or
>>>> http://www.doughgirl.com) gave my computer the Blue Screen of
>>>> Death. More than once (I wasn't sure it was the site, so I tried it
>>>> again). I *never* get BSODs. Weird.
>>>
>>> It loads slowly, but no blue screen.

>>
>> Well, good for you. Any web site, especially one as badly designed
>> as this one, that actually crashes my computer is on my shit list
>> forever.

>
> Did it ever cross you mind that it might be your shitty computer
> causing you problems?


No, because as I said several times, I *never* get blue screens. My OS
(Win2K Pro) is as stable as any version of Windoze I've used, including
XP. So the fault is obviously with some shitty software on the server
side, not my client.


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