Where are you from???

That last post was not soaringangel-I'm using her puter. heehee- knoxtar-- She is not quite that OL yet.

Now I am all confused!!!!!!!

Lisa

I'm just starting out here in the forums, but I feel like I've connected with a very like-minded group. I was born and raised in New Jersey, but have lived the last 30-some years in and around Seattle. I retired a year ago from my most recent job, which was teaching computers and technology to grades 1 to 6. The best part of that job was when we had free time and I would show them safe on-line gaming sites. They loved it!

Welcome everyone. Love to hear about our growing family. I live in the Cincinnati area and have 2 sisters and 3 grown sons. Most of you know I have 1 grandson who just celebrated his 1st birthday . I am very fortunate that all my family is within 20 minutes of me, so I see them often. I'm 52 and and will soon celebrate my 35th wedding anniversary .
I am a HO addict, but love some sims, too. I am hyperventilating over Amazon . Madame Fate is still my all time favorite game, with Azada a close 2nd.
I all you guys.

Hey Nantyglyn, where have you and all of your technical computer knowledge BEEN all these months! We sure could have used your expertise MANY times! The cat's out of the bag now, so I now hereby nominate Nanty as our official "techie poster"! Anyone second the nomination?

Hi - I have lived in the Seattle area for 30 years now, before that I lived in Germany.
I'm married, retired (we both are) and love being lazy.
We have three dogs, a Beagle mix, a Doberman puppy and a Whippet - they're our kids. Oh, and we have a cat, who is mostly my husband's cat - she thinks she's a dog.

I like to read, knit, spend time on my deck (when it is not raining) and walk with the dogs. I love to cook and eat (it shows) and love having friends over for dinner.

In the evenings, I play games - I call myself a game junky because I have been know to sit and play a game until I hear my neighbor next door go to work in the morning. My first game that I became addicted to was Zuma - I couldn't stop playing it. Since then I've acquired about 100 games (I just counted them and can't believe I have that many games - that's crazy!) and I can't wait for the next good one to come along.

I enjoy this forum and all the help form fellow forum users - it's great!

Manitoba, Canada here. Born in Edmonton, raised in beautiful Vancouver, BC.

Many ask why on God's green earth would one move here? Love. Yeh, I know .. but it's the truth. lolols

Married, one tween going on 30, great life, can't complain.

Need more HOG games though, specifically MCFs.

Love my pc and getting my geek on.

I am from Dallas, Texas. lived here most of my life. Divorced with 3 grown daughters and 6 grandchildren. I have taken care of my nephew from the age of 7yrs old after my sister died from MS. He is 21 now. I am 62 and retired.

SIM/HO are the games I like, but I must admit sims are my favorite.

Hi Everyone. I posted here earlier. Just wanted to say Hi to Edna. Hey Edna, Gina suggested you start a thread on SIMs so you can share your thoughts on different SIM games. I've seen several folks mention in forum entries that they like SIM games.. . Have a great day everyone.

im from thurrock near london just finished my hairdressing course and am taking a little time off to look after my 2 boys for a while befor i start working. and lisaB does the B stand for your last name cause im also a lisa B = barnes how funny is that

My B is for Berry. DH is from ENgland as well, up near Liverpool.

Lisa

GinaBean, notice that I said I taught computers and technology to grades 1 to 6. I've been in the computer field a long time, mostly programming and teaching programming, took some time off when my girls were growing up, then I landed that teaching job. We had a tech coordinator I could go to when we had computer problems. I do like dabbling in computers, though, and now that I'm retired I spend my nongaming time teaching myself new computer things. I'd love to help out when I can, but I'm not really a tech whiz. But I do feel that I've found a group of like-minded souls here, so, since you've so openly welcomed me (and other newcomers), I'll be happy to contribute whenever and whatever I can!

nantyglyn wrote:GinaBean, notice that I said I taught computers and technology to grades 1 to 6. I've been in the computer field a long time, mostly programming and teaching programming, took some time off when my girls were growing up, then I landed that teaching job. We had a tech coordinator I could go to when we had computer problems. I do like dabbling in computers, though, and now that I'm retired I spend my nongaming time teaching myself new computer things. I'd love to help out when I can, but I'm not really a tech whiz. But I do feel that I've found a group of like-minded souls here, so, since you've so openly welcomed me (and other newcomers), I'll be happy to contribute whenever and whatever I can!

Nantyglyn, can you tell me how to get Vista to work right? I sure do miss my XP. I've had nothing but stress since I bought my new computer just 2 months after everyone starting installing Vista on the new computers. If I would have known then what I know now, I would have ripped Vista off my new computer and installed XP on it before I did anything else. Now I have too much stuff on it.

Nantyglyn, as you'll soon find out ... we need lots of help in this group ... especially when a new HO game is slow in comin' and we're all jonesin' for our next fix LOL.

Scotcat, I wonder if the problem isn't so much with VIsta, but something with your computer. I have Vista (new Vaio), and have not had ONE problem with it running the same games that you are having problems with. Might be worth checking out.

Lisa

Just to show how obsessed I am with the games, I had bought a Macbook not too long ago (which I really liked), but one of the main reasons I got rid of it was because there were so few games available for it!!!

Hey, good morning Lisa. I have Vista as well and haven't had any issues with games. I do have 2 small problems. I can't log in to Big Fish with Internet Explorer so added Firefox. But, Firefox doesn't recognize Adobe Flash while Internet Explorer does. It's really confusing. The one thing I miss about work is the tech guys that I could call on for help.

Hey Cesse!!!!!!!! Good Morning to you too!

I have no problem getting on to BF with Vista. Strange, huh??

Lisa

Cesse, you should be able to download the Adobe Flash plugin for FIrefox and get it working.
Click "Download Now" (at top right) on this page: http://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/

As for Internet Explorer sign in to BF in should work too... Do you see that IE "warning" page with the red shield? It looks like an error page, when in fact it's a warnign htat you can skip. When you see htat warnng page, you can select the text option to proceed "without viewing certificate" and see the BF login page.

cesse47 wrote:Hey, good morning Lisa. I have Vista as well and haven't had any issues with games. I do have 2 small problems. I can't log in to Big Fish with Internet Explorer so added Firefox. But, Firefox doesn't recognize Adobe Flash while Internet Explorer does. It's really confusing. The one thing I miss about work is the tech guys that I could call on for help.

Thanks, ION Arisa for followup. I have Adobe Flash latest version loaded and it is recognized by IE. I've tried the download for Firefox, it fails. So I do manually. Still will not recognize.
...When I try to login to BFG via IE, it takes me to userid/password screen. I fill in and then get cycled back to main page but am not signed in. I don't get a warning of any kind. ... Oh well, at least I can login via Firefox.
Thanks again.

Just came on to-day to this forum and love the comeradity already,If I tell you where I am from "I would have to kill you" lol.