>If I were totally honest, I'd have to admit that the only thing on the old box that I found was too slow, it would be internet access. The UT, for example, is so painfully slow on that box that it's just about unusable. For me, the biggest PITA with a new machine is moving all the data from one to the other and setting up the new ISP. So I'm not using my new box for everything yet. I still got to yank the 13 gig HD out of the old, install it on the new, copy everything to the new drive, then put it back and clean it up. Then it goes to my oldest son.
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Gothca and generally I agree. Unfortunately my son and I like to play games and the newer they are the more problems they seem to ahve on "older" machines.

>>>We've stayed at a B&B and regular motels. This last time, we stayed at the Fairfield Inn on River St. Balcony overlooking the river. Mickey really liked it.
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>>Us too. Stayed in the Inn at Cal. Gar. Really enjoyed it and very convenient.
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>The part of our trip my wife enjoyed most was shopping at the Tanger Outlet Mall in Sevierville. They have just about every store you could think of. The only one I went looking for stuff in was the Black & Decker Outlet.
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Yeah, B&D store are cool. I'm always telling my wife I could walk into Home Depot with $2K and walk out with no money. :-)

>Misc. Stuff - Pigeon Forge looks like a local U.S. Flag factory exploded. Don't get me wrong. I'm as patriotic as the next guy, but there are limits. Literally, about every 20 feet there's a flag. I've never seen so much red, white and blue anywhere else except a political convention.
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>Funniest Moment - Driving in to Gatlinburg saw a sign: "Memories Wedding Chapel". Beneath it, "Walk-Ins Welcome". Nothing like planning, eh?:-)
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LOL. Yeah, even a little planning usually goes a long way ... :-)

>>>>Oh-oh, he's gonna get some higher level book-larnin' huh? Just general for now or does he know what he wants to do?
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>>>Doesn't have a clue as what he wants to do. All he knows is that he wants to be rich. He'll do OK.
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>>Oh well. He'll figure it out after a while. At least he's normal ( i.e. wants to be rich ). :-)
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>One of the things he's got going for is that one of his high school friends is his roommate. Next door, another friend from HS. Floor below, another one. I call them the "4 Horsemen".< vbg >

Instant friends at school would be nice. Also might help keep in out of ( or maybe in??? :-) ) trouble. :-)