From: Jason.Wong@p0.f118.n244.z1.fidonet.org (Jason Wong)
Newsgroups: k12.chat.senior
Subject: Re: Grounded
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 92 12:12:00 PST
Organization: FidoNet node 1:244/118.0 - Renzo's Roost, Hamilton ON

Hi Kiev, 
-=> Quoting Kiev Lo to Jason Wong on 08-21-92  10:09 <=-

 KL> Did I tell you that I was going to go down to DisneyWorld cuz my
 KL> friend in Vancouver brought some cheap tickets from Seattle to
 KL> Florida?  And that we were planning to go windsurfing at West Palm
 KL> Beach?  But now, I'm totally grounded for the rest of the summer
Well, I don't know exactly what happened, but all I can say is that, don't 
blame them for being too strict. I think it's just that they care very much
about you. Also, if you continue to show them that you can be trusted and
responsible, and show them that you're willing to do what they want even
if you wanted to do something else, may be they'll ease up. Well, at least
that's what I found to work.

 KL> It's a different kind of fun when you're in a pub.  It's the
 KL> atmosphere (you're right, the 200W speakers and all that) that
 KL> attracts me.  It makes me feel like I'm a grown up. 
Hmmm.. it's interesting that you say it makes you feel grown up. The pub that  
I went to was at McMaster and I don't recall seeing any adults that weren't
from MAC. I feel grown up when I have to take responsibilities and being
successful at those responsibilities. I feel grown up especially when I'm 
around people older than me and be able to carry on a intelligent 
conversation. 
Well, if you plan to go to pubs at U of C, be careful, those people can get
pretty wild. I don't think your parents will appreciate you coming home 
drunk! :] Besides, all that alcohol is not good for your liver! :]

 KL> Allergic to wine?  It makes me wonder how come all (almost all)
 KL> Canadians are allergic to something, whether it's food, drinks, air,
 KL> insects...etc. I think inheritence probably have somthing to do with
Yep, I'm allergic to wine and right now, I think I'm allergic to Ragweed 
pollen...aaaaCHEWWWWW......eyes are ichy too!! Argggghhh! Well lucky for
you that you don't have any allergies yet. I didn't develop my allergy to 
pollen until after I was here for about 12 yrs....so look out!

 KL> Pretty scary... I'll make sure to stay away from my phones next time
 KL> there is a thunder storm.
No kidding!!! 

 JW> Actually, I had to take my computer back for a fix; the VGA board was
 JW> dead. It died  about 1 week after a huge T-storm. The guy at the
 JW> computer shop blamed he lightning. He said that a surge probably went
 JW> through the phone line. But then my modem's fine....I think he was
 JW> lying! Oh well, it was still under warranty but still I'm kinda mad at
 JW> him!!
 KL> They're trying to rip you off, eh?  That's a bullface lie!
I still haven't got it back yet! It's been over a week! I'm getting really
ticked off! I called them this morning and they said that they're getting
it back today so I could pick it up tomorrow. If they don't have it by 
tomorrow, I'll ask for a refund and get another VGA card somewhere else!
And I'll talk to him about his explanation too!!!                       

 KL> I remember seeing a message written by you saying that you have an
 KL> 8088 CPU?  Did you just buy your PC with the VGA card?
Actually, I USED to have a 8088, without even a hard drive! I have a 386 
now, what a difference! I got the 386 back in Nov. of last year. I upgraded
to an ATI Wonder just this past April, and I've had to return the card 
twice already!! The first time was because of bad memory on the card (so he
said) and he gave me another card. Then this second card fries!!! I've been
waiting for them to fix this one!!
 
 KL> You're buying a modem with only v.32?  I thought most of the 14400
 KL> modems come with dual standards.  Are the single standard ones
 KL> cheaper? 
No No No, I'll be getting the v.32bis. :] Only US Robotics Dual Standard 
modems come with HST and V.32bis protocols. Needless to say, they're  one
of the most expensive ones! The one that I'm looking for is only V.32bis
which is about half the price of the USR Dual Std. Well, I just got a 
quote from my friend and he's asking for about $400 for the Practical
Peripheral model. Not too bad. He's getting an exact quote for me today.

 JW> Well what I did before the first day of classes was to find all my
 JW> lecture halls first. That way, I won't be looking at a map during the
 JW> first day. I didn't want to look like a frosh!
 KL> 
 KL> That's an idea  I'll probably do that first thing Monday morning.
Well, how did it go? Did you find all the lecture halls? Remember, the secret 
is to NOT look like a frosh! :]
 
 KL> Actually, I think my biggest class is over 400 people  I guess it'll
 KL> take me a while to get to know all of them
Get to know them ALL?!? Good luck! :] But I'm sure you'll get a chance to  
meet a lot of them. That was part of the fun of University! I really enjoyed
meeting new people. And once you specialize in an area. Then you'll get to
know those around you even more 'cause you'll have many classes together, and
struggle through the same assignments and deadlines together. I still keep 
in touch with my "group" even though they're not living in my city. It's
great!

 KL> I got to say you're a really understanding person  But no, I think
 KL> I'll be able to manage some time write messages.  It's been fun
 KL> knowing you  (It might sound a bit too corny but I don't care)  And
 KL> same to you, you don't have to write long replies to me if time is
 KL> tight on you. 
Hey, it's nice meeting you too!  
Talking about messages, I started a discussion about why the BBS that I'm
on shuts down the games area at around 11:00pm. The guy who I was discussing
this with got all upset because I said that I agreed with the SysOp in 
shutting the games down at that hour. Well....he started swearing and every-
thing. I had to ask the SysOp for some background on this person just to see
why he was responding the way he was! I actually thought that he may have
some kind of mental/emotional difficulties. Well it turned out that he
was in his mid-teens...that explained everything! :] His last message really
ticked me off..especially when I had been trying to be curteous....well
I blew my top! I lowered myself to his level and resorted to Name-Calling.
I won't tell you what he called me since I'm sure the moderator would not
allow it. Anyways. I've ended that discussion. I was kinda surprised because
I've never really had that happened to me before....well except that one time
in this echo where Mindee Hunter may not have understanded my joke. But we
resolved that and there's no hard feelings. Oh well, I'll just be more careful
from now on! And to avoid boys that are in their Mid-Teens! :]

 KL> Talk about summer... the temperature just dropped down to 6C this
 KL> morning in Calgary!  It feels a lot like winter right now.
Yeah, I heard that Edmonton got snow!! Several times even!! So did you go
skiing?! :] I guess I shouldn't complain about our temperture being just 2 or
3 degrees below normal! Well, it's been more like summer the past few days.
The temp's been up near 27 and very humid. Yuck!! I don't like the humidity.
Yep...I'm a complainer!:]

 KL> BTW, two of my ex-classmates just came over to Calgary 2 days ago and
 KL> they will be taking G.12 in the fall.  They originally came from H.K.
 KL> a year ago and just moved from Toronto to here becuase they don't like
 KL> the city. Oh well... why'm I telling you all this?  I'm just bored!
I don't really like Toronto either. Especially the China town area. It's 
really dirty and the people have very bad attitudes. I especially dislike
some of the oriental teenagers there...you know the rich kind...they've got
this bad attitude like the whole world belongs to them and they can do 
whatever they what. Well....I have a problem dealing with those types of 
people. I think I should feel sorry for them since they're probably living 
in a fantasy world and if anything "realistic" should happen to them, I doubt
they would know what to do and how to handle it.

 JW> I'm gonna go interview some family doctors this week to find a good
 JW> one. GREAT!! I get to "grill" the doctors! Ha HA HA!!!
 KL> Don't be too optimistic, they might get you!  They can turn you into
 KL> Zombies or Frankinsteins... maybe I should stop watching too much
 KL> TV... 
Well, it turned out okay. The first doctor that I saw just graduated from
Mac about 2 yrs ago. She seemed really friendly and easy to talk to. She 
kinda laughed in a friendly way when I started interviewing her. She answered
the question carefully and didn't make me feel uncomfortable. She's starting
the practice with her husband who's also a doctor. She mentioned that I 
should also meet her husband 'cause "he's a really nice guy"....I quote.
I also interviewed another doctor. She graduated from a University in
Czechoslovakia back in '77. Well, the interview didn't go so well. She got
kinda upset when I started asking her questions...so I didn't bother 
continuing. When I left her office, I met a friend who worked at a pharmacy
next door to the office. She said that a lot of people complain about this
doctor. Well....I guess you know which doctor I'll be going to! :]

TTYL

Jason



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