Thanks Gnappy, I just finished reading all the reveiws. I don't think I'm off track by saying it's quite a mixed bag. The guys who write these reveiws are supposedly pros and even they had a hard time making it work. The one guy who said it works great if you're willing to make alot of corrections misses the point completely. Making corrections is time consuming and counter-productive. The whole idea from my point of veiw is to handle a receipt once, then never deal with it as a piece of paper again. Thanks for going to the trouble of providing those links. I owe you one.

Don't buy a "Neat Receipt" Scanalizer. I just got mine and it's pretty a worthless piece of shit. After following all the installation instruction, I scanned my first receipt to try to figure out how it was going to work. It was a toll receipt for $1.50. On the first scan thru it came out as $50.00. I couldn't figure out where that came from because nowhere on the receipt was a 50. So I called customer service. The "helper" tells me, "Well, it's never going to be 100% accurate." So I scan the same receipt three more times. $1.51, twice and $1.50 once. Scanned itself under "Fuel" "Retail" and "Groceries". WTF? This thing is supposed to be acceptable with the I.R.S. I wanted to teach myself how to use it, assigning files, etc, so I'd be using my computer for more than just looking at tits. Well, it's going to be figured out by my assistent, and if she doesn't have an easier time correcting all the mistakes it makes, then it's going back. This thing looked great on paper and in theory it's just what I need. In reality, it easier to do the work with a pencil and paper.

My cat's breathe smells like cat food.

because, contrary to popular belief, you can't just pee in your pants and be the coolest, you have to pee your pants AND run your own email server.

it's a long story so I'll spare you ALL the details cuz that tech help BS really put me back (issue is all resolved now and I've got it all working again, but I do have lots of work to do before I can leave for the day)

Anyway... when I first got high-speed Internet when I lived at my parents', I thought it'd be fun to have my own domain name and use an email client rather than put up with the irritation known as AOL (is that COL for you?? ) .  So I registered one.  Well, turns out you have to host it and then register it and all this other crap.  Turns out I had a friend who had his own Internet company and some pretty crazy servers and kickass connection and stuff like that.  So he hosted it for me.  Well, he ended up leaving the company he started and shortly thereafter the company continued with the plans he started and upgraded all the servers and they got the equivalent of a T3 line in there.  That meant all the IP addresses changed and I lost my email.  coincidentally, I was looking at getting faster Internet at work and came across a deal for really fast speeds and static IPs.  so I convinced my dad that that's what we needed and voila, I had my own static IP address to run an email server... we also had an old computer that I was able to orphan for use as an email server.  so I now host my own domain name for about 5 dollars a year.  Not too bad.  In so doing, I have zero limits on file size or inbox capacity.  I can also sign up any of my friends I want.  and if I'm feeling psycho enough, I can read other people's email and see if they have any hot pictures attached.  It works out well, cuz it's easier than doing hotmail or gmail and I can make all the accounts I need.

so that's teh short version, believe it or not.  aren't ya glad you asked. 

Let me know if you want your own email address... just be sure to have some pictures of hot naked girls in your inbox so I can hack into your account and check them out.

oh, yeah, that email server can also be used to host a website. but since I have only a DSL connection, my upload speeds are slow... meaning anyone downloading information from a website hosted here would be irritated by the slowness.  that effect isn't even noticed with the email, though.

So you gotta up your bandwidth just in case you, I don't know, wanted to host a ficticious message board that has never existed. 

You know, most people around here would post a joke in the jokes thread.  But not this bobaloo.  No, sir or ma'am. I'll post wherever I please.  And if you can't handle it, well then just sod off.

here's my joke:

A stranger was seated next to a little girl on the
airplane when the stranger
turned to her and said, "Let's talk. I've heard that
flights go quicker
if you strike up a conversation with your fellow
passenger."

The little girl, who had just opened her book, closed
it slowly and said
to the stranger, "What would you like to talk about?"

Oh, I don't know", said the stranger. "How about
nuclear power?"

"OK," she said. "That could be an interesting topic.
But let me ask you a
question first. A horse, a cow, and a deer all eat
grass, the same stuff.
Yet a deer excretes little pellets, while a cow turns
out a flat patty, and a horse
produces clumps of dried grass. Why do you suppose
that is?"

The stranger thinks about it and says, "Hmmm, I have
no idea,"

To which the little girl replies, "Do you really feel
qualified to discuss
nuclear power when you don't know sh*t?"

damn is there a new  contest for most words , instead of posts  ?

Lynette won that one, hands down, no contest.... 

You know, most people around here would post a joke in the jokes thread.  But not this bobaloo.  No, sir or ma'am. I'll post wherever I please.  And if you can't handle it, well then just sod off.

here's my joke:

A stranger was seated next to a little girl on the
airplane when the stranger
turned to her and said, "Let's talk. I've heard that
flights go quicker
if you strike up a conversation with your fellow
passenger."

The little girl, who had just opened her book, closed
it slowly and said
to the stranger, "What would you like to talk about?"

Oh, I don't know", said the stranger. "How about
nuclear power?"

"OK," she said. "That could be an interesting topic.
But let me ask you a
question first. A horse, a cow, and a deer all eat
grass, the same stuff.
Yet a deer excretes little pellets, while a cow turns
out a flat patty, and a horse
produces clumps of dried grass. Why do you suppose
that is?"

The stranger thinks about it and says, "Hmmm, I have
no idea,"

To which the little girl replies, "Do you really feel
qualified to discuss
nuclear power when you don't know sh*t?"

I enjoy how you censored sh*t. 

Well all thats on Tv  is basketabll  and its getting old  ..

My rant:

I hate when people disturb me and i'm watching a movie. I just can't get into the movie afterwards. I was just sitting here watching a flick and the phone rang for me.

"sigh"

Sounds like it wasn't a movie you could pause.  Can you turn your ringer off?

My rant:

I hate when people disturb me and i'm watching a movie. I just can't get into the movie afterwards. I was just sitting here watching a flick and the phone rang for me.

"sigh"

My rant:

I hate when people disturb me and i'm watching a movie. I just can't get into the movie afterwards. I was just sitting here watching a flick and the phone rang for me.

"sigh"

me too! cuz then I have to clean up the lube, put the tissues away, and I always miss if the pizza delivery boy really made his "delivery".

Mr Rant:

Ok so when i was holidaying in Europe there was an American lady on our tour. One day we were chatting on the bus when the topic of terrorism came up. Where were we when we heard the news of 9/11? The impact of it in Australia Vs that in America etc etc. It was then I asked her about the Bali Bombings. She looked at me puzzled. She had no idea what i was talking about? I couldn't believe the news networks didn't pick it up, I still refuse to bleieve it?

Exactly one year, one month and one day AFTER 9/11 a popular tourist strip in Bali was bombed my Muslim Extremists. In total over 200 people were killed, including 88 Australians. In Australia we considered this an attack on us directly and it ran only behind 9/11 on death scale. This lady however, had never heard of it!

I was wondering, how many of you in the USA, Canada or even the UK heard of the Bali Bombings in 2002?

Mr Rant:

Ok so when i was holidaying in Europe there was an American lady on our tour. One day we were chatting on the bus when the topic of terrorism came up. Where were we when we heard the news of 9/11? The impact of it in Australia Vs that in America etc etc. It was then I asked her about the Bali Bombings. She looked at me puzzled. She had no idea what i was talking about? I couldn't believe the news networks didn't pick it up, I still refuse to bleieve it?

Exactly one year, one month and one day AFTER 9/11 a popular tourist strip in Bali was bombed my Muslim Extremists. In total over 200 people were killed, including 88 Australians. In Australia we considered this an attack on us directly and it ran only behind 9/11 on death scale. This lady however, had never heard of it!

I was wondering, how many of you in the USA, Canada or even the UK heard of the Bali Bombings in 2002?

Mr Rant:

Ok so when i was holidaying in Europe there was an American lady on our tour. One day we were chatting on the bus when the topic of terrorism came up. Where were we when we heard the news of 9/11? The impact of it in Australia Vs that in America etc etc. It was then I asked her about the Bali Bombings. She looked at me puzzled. She had no idea what i was talking about? I couldn't believe the news networks didn't pick it up, I still refuse to bleieve it?

Exactly one year, one month and one day AFTER 9/11 a popular tourist strip in Bali was bombed my Muslim Extremists. In total over 200 people were killed, including 88 Australians. In Australia we considered this an attack on us directly and it ran only behind 9/11 on death scale. This lady however, had never heard of it!

I was wondering, how many of you in the USA, Canada or even the UK heard of the Bali Bombings in 2002?

My rant:

I hate when people disturb me and i'm watching a movie. I just can't get into the movie afterwards. I was just sitting here watching a flick and the phone rang for me.

"sigh"

well I know it was covered here extensively and I bet it was too in the states but some people don't pay attention to current events much in the first place, especially if it doesn't happen near them. but 9/11 was so heavily saturated in the US culture(rightfully so) that literally everybody had a thorough understanding of it.

If you would have asked her about the London train bombings, she would have likely been equally befuddled.

I'm with you 100% on that. I'll unplug the phone when I'm watching a movie. Fuck'em.

yes I heard of it and saw things on it , but I read the USa today news paper as well as the wall stret journal , I cant recall the facts on it nearly as well as I could the  9/11 attacks but I can more then understand your frustration that the news net works  didnt pick it up ,   for the average american that  only reads there local paper  and  maybe watches there nightly news they probably didnt pick up on it  ..

well I know it was covered here extensively and I bet it was too in the states but some people don't pay attention to current events much in the first place, especially if it doesn't happen near them. but 9/11 was so heavily saturated in the US culture(rightfully so) that literally everybody had a thorough understanding of it.

If you would have asked her about the London train bombings, she would have likely been equally befuddled.

As time passes, it'll be like knowing where you were during Pearl Harbor or man landing on the Moon, etc. People get caught up in day to day living and it takes a lot to shake-up that inertia. Obviously, 9/11 was enough. Most people read about 100 people dying in a flood somewhere halfway around the world and forget about it as soon as they turn the page.

Well that's what I wondered, If it was merely a case of her being an exception to the rule or The rule. I had just forgotten to ask until yesterday.

She had heard of the London Bombings!
Or like we focus on 9/11, Bali, London... and rightfully so. Do we ever stop and remember the almost quarter of a million people who dies in the Tsunami a few years back?

they still talk about it around here  , I think it depends  alot on the person , some people just  choose to ignore the bad things that happen in life  ..

While playing BBall this afternoon I ruptured my achilles tendon. Now I'm on crutches with a cast and I hate it. Got to see a specialist after the long weekend to evaluate exactly what'll need to be done. I make the worst kind of patient because I HATE sitting around and I hate not being able to go full speed when I'm trying to get something done. I'm gonna be one crabby son of a bitch after a couple of weeks of this. But, the rest of the day was nice. (Otherwise, Mrs Lincoln, how'd you enjoy the play?)

While playing BBall this afternoon I ruptured my achilles tendon. Now I'm on crutches with a cast and I hate it. Got to see a specialist after the long weekend to evaluate exactly what'll need to be done. I make the worst kind of patient because I HATE sitting around and I hate not being able to go full speed when I'm trying to get something done. I'm gonna be one crabby son of a bitch after a couple of weeks of this. But, the rest of the day was nice. (Otherwise, Mrs Lincoln, how'd you enjoy the play?)

While playing BBall this afternoon I ruptured my achilles tendon. Now I'm on crutches with a cast and I hate it. Got to see a specialist after the long weekend to evaluate exactly what'll need to be done. I make the worst kind of patient because I HATE sitting around and I hate not being able to go full speed when I'm trying to get something done. I'm gonna be one crabby son of a bitch after a couple of weeks of this. But, the rest of the day was nice. (Otherwise, Mrs Lincoln, how'd you enjoy the play?)

While playing BBall this afternoon I ruptured my achilles tendon. Now I'm on crutches with a cast and I hate it. Got to see a specialist after the long weekend to evaluate exactly what'll need to be done. I make the worst kind of patient because I HATE sitting around and I hate not being able to go full speed when I'm trying to get something done. I'm gonna be one crabby son of a bitch after a couple of weeks of this. But, the rest of the day was nice. (Otherwise, Mrs Lincoln, how'd you enjoy the play?)

Sorry to hear about such an awful injury.
Look on the bright side though, you got all those clones that you can take parts from. 

Hate to tell you mate but ur achilles will now NEVER BE THE SAME!

I figured that would be the case. I'll do the reabilitation, but I think playing hoops is a thing of the past. 

I'm sure there's an old-timers league you can join. 

PM evade for details.

Or 3d !

While playing BBall this afternoon I ruptured my achilles tendon. Now I'm on crutches with a cast and I hate it. Got to see a specialist after the long weekend to evaluate exactly what'll need to be done. I make the worst kind of patient because I HATE sitting around and I hate not being able to go full speed when I'm trying to get something done. I'm gonna be one crabby son of a bitch after a couple of weeks of this. But, the rest of the day was nice. (Otherwise, Mrs Lincoln, how'd you enjoy the play?)

  was that belicked???  I can't believe he made a joke that actually made me laugh.  Well done

Talking about beer in my thread reminded me of a rant of mine.
I HATE beer rating sites.
Many a time I will drink, what I deem, as a pretty good beer.
Sometimes I will look online to see what others thought of it. Can never find what the layman thinks of it. Only what "beer tasters" think of it. And it's almost always a negative review. Always talking about scents of grass and a hint of mushroom aroma, which no one outside of their cliquey community understands anyway.

So I think, well what DO they deem as good beer. It's always a list of obscure brands I can't find anywhere. And it can NEVER be a standard lager or ale. It must always be a barley wine or a bock, or something most people never drink. So I click on the "top list of common beers". Fuck, still no dice. I realize most macro brewed beer isn't the greatest, but there are a lot of smaller breweries that still have large enough distribution to be available in a lot of centres. How bout a list of that.

I tried Rickards White a few weeks ago and thought it was the best tasting beer from a large brewer(Molson) I had tried in a long long time. So I look up some ratings and pretty much none of them are anything above average. I realize it's probably not among the most elite beers brewed in the world, but rate it for what it is. A readily available great tasting beer. It's like saying Honda sucks cuz it's not a Rolls Royce, missing the intended use/purpose and cost of each vehicle.

How bout a list people could actually use? There used to be a guy at beer.com who used to rate beer and he used all the beer tasting lingo and knew his stuff. Some of his higher rated beers were somewhat obscure, but he wouldn't blacklist a mainstream beer, just cuz it was mainstream. Some lagers were meant for a hot summer day and he would rate them as such.

OK, I'm done.
I need a beer.

Talking about beer in my thread reminded me of a rant of mine.
I HATE beer rating sites.
Many a time I will drink, what I deem, as a pretty good beer.
Sometimes I will look online to see what others thought of it. Can never find what the layman thinks of it. Only what "beer tasters" think of it. And it's almost always a negative review. Always talking about scents of grass and a hint of mushroom aroma, which no one outside of their cliquey community understands anyway.

So I think, well what DO they deem as good beer. It's always a list of obscure brands I can't find anywhere. And it can NEVER be a standard lager or ale. It must always be a barley wine or a bock, or something most people never drink. So I click on the "top list of common beers". Fuck, still no dice. I realize most macro brewed beer isn't the greatest, but there are a lot of smaller breweries that still have large enough distribution to be available in a lot of centres. How bout a list of that.

I tried Rickards White a few weeks ago and thought it was the best tasting beer from a large brewer(Molson) I had tried in a long long time. So I look up some ratings and pretty much none of them are anything above average. I realize it's probably not among the most elite beers brewed in the world, but rate it for what it is. A readily available great tasting beer. It's like saying Honda sucks cuz it's not a Rolls Royce, missing the intended use/purpose and cost of each vehicle.

How bout a list people could actually use? There used to be a guy at beer.com who used to rate beer and he used all the beer tasting lingo and knew his stuff. Some of his higher rated beers were somewhat obscure, but he wouldn't blacklist a mainstream beer, just cuz it was mainstream. Some lagers were meant for a hot summer day and he would rate them as such.

OK, I'm done.
I need a beer.

What's happened is that beer has reached the point that it's being judged like a wine, ie. by a bunch of snobs who can't seem to judge a beer on more than one scale.  Best tasting, for who? drinkability, wtf, best value, who wants cheap bear if it tastes like piss?  I live in a city the has quite a few micro brews,as well as Sam Adams.  My advice is; try a beer, if you don't like it, don't finish it. It's not like you're buying a $45,000 bottle of wine. I very rarely follow "expert" advice on what beer is good or bad. I travel all over the US and I'll try any local brew at least once.

well I know it was covered here extensively and I bet it was too in the states but some people don't pay attention to current events much in the first place, especially if it doesn't happen near them. but 9/11 was so heavily saturated in the US culture(rightfully so) that literally everybody had a thorough understanding of it.

If you would have asked her about the London train bombings, she would have likely been equally befuddled.

Hmm.. I consider myself informed, but if you asked me about the Bali bombings I wouldn't be able to say much besides it sounded familiar. I guess that's the unfortunate thing about living here... the news is so one sided and American focused that unless you really go out of your way to see what's going on in the world... you really won't have a clue.

I guess it's hard to focus on tragedies elsewhere with stuff so close to home? Not that this takes anything away from everything that's going on in the world but I know things like 9/11 and Katrina have been plastered into everyone's minds here, where as everything else that isn't happening here at home seems worlds away... that and people seem to think that reporting about Paris Hilton's dog and homosexual senate scandals are more important.

I figured that would be the case. I'll do the reabilitation, but I think playing hoops is a thing of the past. 

Talking about beer in my thread reminded me of a rant of mine.
I HATE beer rating sites.
Many a time I will drink, what I deem, as a pretty good beer.
Sometimes I will look online to see what others thought of it. Can never find what the layman thinks of it. Only what "beer tasters" think of it. And it's almost always a negative review. Always talking about scents of grass and a hint of mushroom aroma, which no one outside of their cliquey community understands anyway.

So I think, well what DO they deem as good beer. It's always a list of obscure brands I can't find anywhere. And it can NEVER be a standard lager or ale. It must always be a barley wine or a bock, or something most people never drink. So I click on the "top list of common beers". Fuck, still no dice. I realize most macro brewed beer isn't the greatest, but there are a lot of smaller breweries that still have large enough distribution to be available in a lot of centres. How bout a list of that.

I tried Rickards White a few weeks ago and thought it was the best tasting beer from a large brewer(Molson) I had tried in a long long time. So I look up some ratings and pretty much none of them are anything above average. I realize it's probably not among the most elite beers brewed in the world, but rate it for what it is. A readily available great tasting beer. It's like saying Honda sucks cuz it's not a Rolls Royce, missing the intended use/purpose and cost of each vehicle.

How bout a list people could actually use? There used to be a guy at beer.com who used to rate beer and he used all the beer tasting lingo and knew his stuff. Some of his higher rated beers were somewhat obscure, but he wouldn't blacklist a mainstream beer, just cuz it was mainstream. Some lagers were meant for a hot summer day and he would rate them as such.

OK, I'm done.
I need a beer.

Hmm.. I consider myself informed, but if you asked me about the Bali bombings I wouldn't be able to say much besides it sounded familiar. I guess that's the unfortunate thing about living here... the news is so one sided and American focused that unless you really go out of your way to see what's going on in the world... you really won't have a clue.

I guess it's hard to focus on tragedies elsewhere with stuff so close to home? Not that this takes anything away from everything that's going on in the world but I know things like 9/11 and Katrina have been plastered into everyone's minds here, where as everything else that isn't happening here at home seems worlds away... that and people seem to think that reporting about Paris Hilton's dog and homosexual senate scandals are more important.

Contradiction in terms, you can,t have a GOOD beer in Canada!

What's happened is that beer has reached the point that it's being judged like a wine, ie. by a bunch of snobs who can't seem to judge a beer on more than one scale.  Best tasting, for who? drinkability, wtf, best value, who wants cheap bear if it tastes like piss?  I live in a city the has quite a few micro brews,as well as Sam Adams.  My advice is; try a beer, if you don't like it, don't finish it. It's not like you're buying a $45,000 bottle of wine. I very rarely follow "expert" advice on what beer is good or bad. I travel all over the US and I'll try any local brew at least once.

Tragedies will always have a local following, it's just the way of the world. A splinter in your finger is gonna bother you a lot more than a flood that killed a hundred people in some country in Africa. Unless that's where you happen to be from. It's doesn't mean you're callous or can't have empathy for other peoples suffering, it's just human nature. The more immediate something is the more it demands of your attention.

Working in the liquor game I hear that tripe day in and day out. Apricot tones with a hint of citrus peel. I mean for fuck's sake the average beer drinker wouldn't know what an apricot is let alone what is tastes like.

Maybe we should start our own site Gnappy?

You'll still be able to play but you'll fuck it up alot easier now!
Well said mate.

Working in the liquor game I hear that tripe day in and day out. Apricot tones with a hint of citrus peel. I mean for fuck's sake the average beer drinker wouldn't know what an apricot is let alone what is tastes like.

Maybe we should start our own site Gnappy?
And that's the problem with news inside the states.... it's ALL locally skewed. Don't get me wrong 80% of my news is of a local flavour but we hear what goes on around the world and are genuinely interested.

Whether it be Katrina, The cyclone that hit the Carribean a few weeks back. The Thailand tsunami etc etc

and they certainly don't want it in their beer haha.
bluecollarbeer.com?
nevermind, that name is taken, with the worst site I have ever seen. well, I'm fresh out of ideas.

I think it can be seen as a good thing... we've got so many problems here internaly it doesn't really make sense to focus externaly. Not to mention that most educated people know that if you want to know what's going on in the world, you jump online or you watch a news channel who's focus is globaly. People can watch and be informed about whatever they want... it's whether they choose to that's the problem.