[AT] OT Merry Christmas! And ramble

[H. L. Staples]

Merry Christmas to you Mattias and your family. We have some 16 hours here
in Central Oklahoma before the start of Christmas day.  Our three sons and
their families will be here for our Christmas gathering at noon today as
David our Fire Department Captain is working tomorrow. 
 
We are so lucky to have them close enough that we are able to talk and see
them often. 
 
A good friend that has been in bad health for the last year had a lightning
strike that took out his DSL modem and killed the either net card that is
part of the mother board on the new Dell computer.  Son Leo and I opened up
the Tower and saw that there was a spare slot and then went to Best Buy and
picked up a new card and installed it, now they are back in business. 
 
Norma my friends wife tried several times to get support at Dell, but kept
getting someone in India that she could not understand.
 
The lightning strike happened during the ice storm we had a couple weeks ago
 The lightning and thunder was I think the noisiest ever. 
 
H. L. Staples
McLoud, Oklahoma
USA