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Welcome back and I hope everyone had a fantastic Easter!  We are at the time in the season where it is too mucky outside to do your favorite outdoor activities and it is too nice outside to stay indoors. Be patient, soon the white stuff will be all gone, the ground will be dry, the golf courses will be open, and we will have the beautiful Spring weather we have been waiting for (lets hope)!  This months issue brings you some gardening tips, financial planning advice, help on school subjects that you just don't understand, games for kids to play on those rainy days, plus many more enjoyable sites. Oh, just wait, I almost forgot the most important site, everyone's favorite thing to do around Spring, can you guess what site?  I have added a great Spring cleaning site!  Sit back and relax!  I hope you have found these sites useful! 

Have a site you think should be highlighted: Drop me an email and I will take a look at it!  netnews@meltel.net
Editor-Shanna

With the release of Windows XP there is an issue with the set up of email in Outlook Express. Most of the new computers that are currently available on the market are sold with Windows XP preinstalled, here is just a pointer on something to watch out for when setting up your new machine. What happens is when you try to send email you have to always reconnect to the Internet in order to send the message. The version of Outlook Express that comes with Windows XP has “hang up after sending and receiving mail” enabled as a default. What you will need to do is disable this option.

1. Open Outlook Express.
2. Go into your Tools menu and go to Options.
3. Click on the Connection tab near the top of the options window.
4. You will see the “Hang up after sending and receiving box checked.
5. Uncheck this box, click Apply, and then click Okay. 

If you are having troubles with disconnects when you check your mail, this would be one thing you could check. If you continue to have problems feel free to contact our Help Desk.

Help desk hours are:
Monday - Friday 8am - 9pm
Saturday 10am - 2pm
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or e-mail: support@meltel.net 

Internet Explorer 5 finally has some better way of dealing with Cookies. The settings for cookies in Internet Explorer 4 is located on the Internet Options > Advanced tab, and so there was only a "Global" setting.

In Internet Explorer 5 the cookies settings are found on the Internet Options > Security tab. This means that you can now selectively accept cookies from certain sites; just add the site from which you want to accept cookies to the Trusted sites zone, and use the Custom level button to change your settings, including the cookies setting.

Internet Explorer 5 also distinguishes between "per session" cookies and "normal" ones. "Per session" cookies are set for just the one session, but they are deleted when you finish the session.

http://www.windows-help.net/windows98/ie50-04.shtml

Need some gardening tips.  This site gives you a list of frequent asked gardening questions. It provides a checklist of Spring gardening jobs and lots more useful gardening advice.  Every Green Thumb should take a look at this site!
http://www.mun.ca/botgarden/gardening/

Pregnant and need some tips. This site is great for the new mom and dad, you can make your own pregnancy calendar and check out the "Stages of Pregnancy Week by Week" guide to inform you of what's going on with your body and with your baby inside.
http://www.babyzone.com/

Springtime is also known for Auctions, and Garage Sales, but for those of you who do not have time for them, check out this site for all your antiques and collectables. Let the market come to you! 
http://www.collectornetwork.com

Children were lined up in the cafeteria of a local Catholic school for lunch. At the head of the table was a large pile of apples. The nun made a note, "take only one, God is watching."

As they moved through the line, at the other end of the table was a large pile of chocolate chip cookies. A boy wrote a note, "take all you want, God is watching the apples."

A young child asked a woman how old she was. She answered, "39 and holding."

The child thought for a moment, then said, "And how old would you be if you let go?"

http://www.mnsi.net/~brucpatt/index.htm

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Flower: Sweet Pea
Birthstone: Diamond   

This Day in History
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Aries.............3-21 to 4-19
Taurus...........4-20 to 5-20

Points to Ponder

How do you know honesty is the best policy until you have tried some of the others?

If FedX and UPS merged would they call it FedUP?

If a tin whistle is made out of tin (and it is), then what, exactly, is fog horn made out of?

If quitters never win, and winners never quit, who came up with, "Quit while you're ahead"?

Would a fly without wings be called a walk?

If a turtle doesn't have a shell, is he homeless or naked?

Why is it that when you transport something by car, its called a shipment, but when you transport something by ship, it's called cargo?

www.jokesandhumor.com/jokes/170.html
www.cs.unc.edu/~bblount/humor/general/
www.geocities.com/wierddude16/

Email me with your points you have often pondered!! netnews@meltel.net