Heh heh, I didn't remember why or what specific thing my first was about until just now when I located it. I knew that I had joined soon after acquiring my (first) model M, but I didn't realize it was THAT soon, only days really.
It was April 1st and
my first inquiry on this forum was due to my cat having had some April Fools fun with me. From what I'd already become familiar with about the sense of humor here, I wasn't entirely sure the first reply wasn't a joke either. Come to think of it, I still need to look into that because that software really
would be useful...
Edit/Addendum>> Nice ending to that story, btw - and it just goes to show how sometimes the smallest consideration of someone else can be catalyst to a larger joy. Turns out I ended getting two more cheapie things from that seller (as well as the keyboard which I ended up just paying for and used the cord for something else) one of which was the suggested WWJD pens that were pointed to from that thread along with a cheesy "love pearl" oyster which I got for my Mom (who was a biology teacher - she likes stuff like that). And it really WAS Providence after all as both gifts were a truly smashing success, far greater than I would have anticipated for sure. Since they were (both notably and obviously) inexpensive, they were more intended as a token amusement than anything else but they were received as quite touching and meaningful gifts:
I had expected my mom to admonish me for wasting money on such a dumb thing, but turns out she'd seen one somewhere else before and almost bought it for herself but didn't . I then thought she would at least be curious about the oyster and open that right away, but I think the sappy sentiment of the box gets her a bit cause she hasn't even opened the box.. just sets it on the shelf where she can look at it. I gave the pens to a guy who has been struggling with trying to care for his mother who has Alzheimer's and having some frustrations with his siblings; He actually got a little misty over a $2 pen. I think the most important thing about both gifts was that they were each a way to just acknowledge that someone noticed and was thinking about them when it maybe seemed like no one did. I had no idea they would have that effect, but I am very glad I did buy them now and all thanks to the cat buying something on ebay. =D
Come to think of it, that cat has always been a bit
odd... I named him Phantom because of his Halloween adoption date and his eerie ghostly coloring but he has a spiritual presence about him that seems to draw unusual attention. Each time we have moved he has become a topic of conversation in the neighborhood as he seems to have met all the neighbors before us people have. And he has a habit of making a beeline for folks who need comforting. Once he left my lap with seemingly great urgency to go outside and I discovered later through my Mom that he'd come out to the walk to meet her friend (who he hadn't met previously and who had just lost her daughter to a car accident.) Her friend called later to tell her how much her spirits had been lifted tremendously by his presence that day.
"Accidental" snipe? Hmmm. I wonder...
