Ed - You got it!

Agree, the book was cute, the movie was poor.

I wonder if John McDonald got any credit and/or
dollars for the kiddie version movie that came out a
couple of years ago:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0157472/

David H.

--- Ed Graves <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> "The girl, the gold watch, and everything" is a book
> by John MacDonald.  I probably still have a copy of
> it in my garage.  It was also made into a 'b' movie.
> I liked the book, didn't care much for the movie.
> <back to lurk mode>
>
>
> > On Mon, 9 May 2005 07:17:44 -0700, David Hale
> <[log in to unmask]>
> > wrote:
> >
> > < Thanks for the "Recovery for Dummies" tutorial >
> >
> > >(As I put it, I got the
> > >girl, the gold watch, and everything. Nobody
> > >understood that one.)
> >
> > I don't either, but I can relate to it.  my 1991
> (no typo there)
> > laptop  (which the boobie birds in Coco's island
> (1992) crapped all
> > over it when they found their way into the dining
> room of the
> > Okeanos Aggressor, and I thought the crew had
> spilt MILK on it when
> > they were having a birthday party) is STILL in use
> for the powerful
> > SPEAKEASY computer language and progrmas will on
> it.  On THAT antique
> > laptop (TI) I have a working gold Rolex watch
> which uses the full
> > screen as a clock, showing the second hand
> movement of the Rolex,
> > the Submariner version. :-)   Of course the girl
> could be one of
> > many ASCII girls of yester-years.
> >
> > That's my THIRD laptop which I didn't even count.
> Sue also have
> > two desktops (1996 and 2004) on her desk.  So, in
> total, we have
> > ALMOST as many PCs and laptops as we had DIVE
> computers at one
> > time.
> >
> >
> > >You can get these sized for either notebook or
> desktop
> > >drives. They are cheap, easy to set up, and so
> you
> > >have little to lose if you want to try recovering
> > >data. (If you look around the Internet, you can
> find
> > >them even cheaper. Check
> http://www.bensbargains.net
> > >as some are frequently listed there.)
> >
> > Will definitely check these out, and also some
> comparable
> > alternatives in local stores.
> >
> > >
> > >The hardest part is properly seating the hard
> drive
> > >into the enclosure. You have to be careful not to
> bend
> > >the connection pins. Then plug it into the USB
> port,
> > >then it should show up as a removable drive on
> your
> > >computer just like a digital camera does. Then
> just
> > >copy or move files as you desire.
> >
> > Sounds neat.
> >
> > >
> > >It certainly makes an excellent backup device.
> You can
> > >buy them complete with hard drive at most of the
> > >computer stores. USB 2.0 external hard drives are
> > >frequently advertised at CompUSA, Circuit City,
> etc.
> >
> > No CompUSA in Choo CHoo, but we have Circuit City,
> Best
> > Buy, and Office Depot selling comparable stuff.
> > >
> > >Hope that helps!
> >
> > Indeed.  Thanks.
> >
> > La Poisson.
>



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