Hi, Fred! Like most Mudcatters, I do 'talk' to guests in the forum as much as I do to Mudcat members I don't 'know." If you've been snubbed, even inadvertently, I'm sorry, and I'm glad you introduced yourself.I was born in "Luwh'vul," BTW, though I left when I was under 2 years old, but I've still got kin in 'Kintucky,' I'm happy to say. (I thought the trick to the natives' pronunciation of the state capital was to move your mouth as little as possible and hardly open your mouth at all while saying the name.)
If, as you say, "I'm just a guy who plays guitar, rather randomly," does that make you a jazz guitarist? ;-)
Genie
(a singer/guitarist/songwriter of the "hodgepodge" genre--i.e. if I like it and I can play/sing/write it, I do.)PS, as Greg S. said, you can log onto the internet via your local library. In Portland, OR, it's free and you get up to 60 minutes per day (if you can get through the line of teeny boppers sitting there emailing their friends sitting at the next computer). All you need is a library card.
PPS, Fred, I always have some trouble getting AOL to quit--sometimes it takes ages. I pay them for 3 hours a month, so I don't like to waste my minutes while their service disconnects. I just disconnect the phone cord from the computer and plug it back in--instant 'log-off' from AOL.
PPPS, re
cheapinexpensive ISPs, go to clarkhoward.com for info. Clark Howard is a consumer advocate and, among other things, his website (an radio show) helps folks do comparison shopping for various products and services. I found several that are under $10 per mo.; a couple are even as low as $7 per mo.
Bigzoo.com has an introductory offer of $1.95 per month for the first 3 months of ISP service (150 hours a month, I think). After that, I think it's $6 or $7 per month if you sign up for 6 months; a couple bucks more if you're on a month to month basis.
(I don't use my AOL for surfing the web -- I keep it mainly for business email.)
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