Letters to the Editor
Amerigo
Published Letters: 955 Editor's Choice: 60
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It all depends, doesn't it?
[Read the article: Once and for all, proof that Macs are cheaper than PCs]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]It all depends what you want to do with your computer. If you are running or using one particular program in Windows and maybe you don't know if it is available for the Apple, or you would have to buy a new copy, then you would not want the Apple.
From a business point of view, if there are several people using the computer or computers, then you would have to think about the cost of training users on a new operating system.
One of my main uses of my computer is downloading radio broadcasts that I convert to mp3 and play later in car or office. I have no idea whether the necessary software is available free for Apple, or what it costs.
So I think most people who own a computer and need to replace it are going to go with something that they know will work with the programs they are already running.
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That's what friends are for
[Read the article: Robertson for Giuliani, Brownback for McCain]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Rudy will do anything to win and Robertson will be praying for the Democratic Party candidate to be struck dead on the day before the election. It is his best chance.
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Rarely...
[Read the article: My boss wants me to apologize to his wife]
[Read more letters about this article: Here].. do I agree with AKA Smith about anything, but I must say that I am mystified by this "emotional affair". I mean if you two had a passionate, but purely mental friendship, then what is wrong with that? People live their lives on many different dimensions. My wife and I may share a passion for gardening, someone else might share my passion for Duke Ellington, online poker, or something else.
Unlike AKA, I cannot see the relevance of sex. Human beings are plumbed in such a way that they can have sex with pretty much anyone. It tends to be fun at first, especially if it follows a period of celibacy, but once the thrill has gone it becomes routine. Having sex with someone has no more significance these days than having a drink with them, assuming that pregancy and diseases are avoided.
But I can kind of understand in a way. My mother, bless her soul, had a passion for playing bridge and had a male partner who was not my father, with whom she traveled the world playing bridge. This was not a physical relationship as far as I know and my mother always remained on friendly terms with his wife, but my father didn't like it and eventually divorced her because of this relationship.
But this doesn't sound like that. But the LW and this boss used to be right up each other's asses, and now they seem to be totally estranged. Beats me.
Bottom line is that the boss was miserable at home, so he was spending a lot of time with the LW, much to the chagrin of the wife. She mentions going for drinks, and I have to wonder exactly now much drink was involved and whether he was staggering home in the wee small hours with his hair and clothes smelling of smoke and booze while she lay in bed silently fuming and pretending not to hear him come in. Yes, I can see him now coming in, undressing, stubbing his toe, cursing, and laying down next to the fuming but profoundly sleeping wife.
Now this relationship with the LW was never sexual, so you have to wonder why not, and whether the boss man was/is impotent. There is nothing like a husband who has lost interest in sex to bring out the latent genes for anger in the Great American Wife, especially if there is Another Woman on the scene, even if he is not boffing her.
As far as the e-mail--the husband is anxious about this little get together and hoping that it doesn't turn into a cat fight. He hopes that a penitent e-mail will take the wind out of wifey's sails enough that he can navigate the evening without a shipwreck.
Should she send the e-mail? Hell, no, Cary's advice is bang on. In fact not only should she not send the e-mail, she should move to another state or overseas ASAP to get away from this ridiculous man and his ridiculous wife.
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The miracle diet
[Read the article: The diet that's too good to be true]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Diabetes type I is a very serious illness, and up to the time that Banting and Best and others developed a way to synthesize and administer insulin in the early 1920's it was a fatal disease.
It is still a fatal disease. A person who lives and eats healthily, exercise, watches their health, takes their insulin etc. can live a fairly normal lifespan and avoid complications which may include loss of vision, impotence in men, arterial disease and a slew of other nasty things. There is a new type of insulin now called Lantus that keeps the blood insulin level very steady through the day.
Insulin does not really cause weight gain, though it may stimulate appetite. It is the overeating that causes the weight gain. You cannot deny the laws of physics. You can only gain weight when dietary intake is greater than energy expended.
There have been many famous and successful people who have been diabetics including Halle Berry, Mary Tyler Moore and Ella Fitzgerald.
However, many young diabetics find it hard to come to terms with being diagnosed with such a serious disease and do not properly comply with what is necessary for them to remain healthy. Reading food labels is all very well, but any person who wants to remain healthy needs to stop buying and eating processed foods--and learn to prepare and cook their own meals.