February 2003 Vol. 33 No. 2

Dedicated to the preservation of Early Ford V-8’s- - - the way Henry built ‘em, and to having fun!

By Tom Dailey

Fourteen PSRG members met for breakfast Saturday, January 11 followed by a work session at Mike Dermond’s garage.

We changed rear wheel bearings and seals in Ken Stobbe’s ’50 and inspected the front-end of Nancy O’Connell’s ’51 to assure there were no worn steering linkage parts.

We did a great job of socializing and visiting and we got the mechanical work done too. In view of the vast amount of socializing and general lack of concentration at a few key junctures, we may have to improve our quality control program. However, overall, the customers were satisfied with the group’s work. Incidentally, the customer’s costs were rock bottom. FREE labor!

All those attending thought the work party idea was a good one and should continue.

Our next work party will be Saturday, February 8^th. Breakfast at 8:00 a.m. at Huckleberry Square Restaurant, 14423 Ambaum Blvd SW (206)246 -7006.

getting ready to take on fuel

  Nancy O’Connell’s ’51 getting inspected

Mike D’s beautiful ’32 Roadster not quite ready

Thanks to Ken Stobbe our Resident Photographer, for these pics. If you go to our web site (http://www.efv8psrg.org/ ) you can see them in full color

by Mike Dermond

"Application software" is a term that refers to programs that were written to do some specific tasks generally targeted at consumer needs. Programs have evolved from relatively small, narrowly focused simple "apps" into giant, general-purpose complex applications that are difficult to understand and learn how to use. We in the business commonly call it "bloat ware" because the marketing departments have asked developers to include every conceivable bell and whistle in an effort to beat the competition in the range of features. This drives the size of the program up dramatically. Think about what the program Microsoft Word is capable of doing and you can see why it occupies so much disk space. There are thousands of features built into it. A few years ago most software companies quit giving you any kind of manual with the product, it is now contained internally in the "Help" section, which of course makes the program even larger. Additionally these large programs are sold in "suites" of programs designed to work together. Microsoft Office is a suite of programs that, depending on which level you purchase, can include Word (word processor), Excel (spreadsheet), Powerpoint (presentation software), Access (database), Outlook (e-mail client), and Frontpage (website authoring software). These would not be possible without the large hard disks that are common today.

Probably the application software I get the most questions about is the "e-mail client". Microsoft Outlook and Outlook Express are common clients. Maybe I should go through the major parts of how e-mail works so those without computers will have a better idea of what we are talking about. There are many analogies between "regular" US mail and e-mail. In regular mail you address an envelope and send it to someone who, when it arrives in their mailbox, goes and picks it up opens it and reads it. To do this electronically, you create a message, (which is just a file) send it to an address where it sits on a "mailhost" or "server" until the addressee uses his e-mail client software to check his "mailbox" to see if anyone has left a message for him. If there is a message waiting, the e-mail client downloads it from the server to the addressee’s computer and opens it to be read. E-mail just sits on an ISP’s server somewhere (it could be anywhere on earth) until you ask to read it.

What about the mysterious e-mail "attachments"? Well, like the body of the message itself which is just a file, you may send along other files, such as pictures, which are "attached" or "piggy-backed" on the message. Attachments appear as icons at the bottom of your message They do not open up when you read the body of the message but require a mouse click to open.

By the way, the attachment mechanism is the primary way that viruses and "Trojan horse programs" ( delayed action programs which attack a computer’s data) get onto your computer.

I tell people the best anti-virus device you have is your brain. If you get a message you are not expecting with an attachment, be extremely suspicious of it and have anti-virus software that checks incoming email.

WANTED: For ’39 Mercury Town Sedan (Fordor). Radiator splash pan (same as ’39 Deluxe & ’40 Ford), also robe rail (rope) that goes on back of front seat. Tom Dailey, 425-485-9050

Greg Farris ( 425-643-7877) needs help finding paint formula for ’36 grey vineyard green.

Red Smith (425-747-4404) Jerry Herber (425-641-8569) Allen Michler ( 425-821-1283 )

Phil Howard ( 425-747-0536) Cliff Winfrey ( 425-483-2511) Bill Templeton( 206-285-8286)

1932 Ford Bill Steil 206 282-3818 1946 Ford Open_

1933 Ford Bill Steil 206 282-3818 1947/48 Ford Bob Porter 206 824-8484

1934 Ford Bill Steil 206 282-3818 1949 Ford Ron Buske 425 868-4654

1935 Ford Dick Foster 360 683-6519 1950 Ford Bruce Goodrich 206 284-0771

1936 Ford Leon Sherlock 206 243-8997 1951 Ford Glen Geithman 425 255-1799

1937 Ford Ron Buske 425 868-4654 1952/53 Ford Pete Lowman & 425 481-2088

1938 Ford Ron Buske 425 868-4654 Tom Dailey 425 455-9050

1939 Ford Open 1941 Merc Bill Steil 206 282-3818

1940 Ford Gary Duff 206 284-1613 1949/51 Merc Bruce Goodrich 206 284-0771

1941 Ford Dewey Landis 206 367-3239 1953 Merc Jim Hendry. 425 228-1539

1942 Ford Dewey Landis 206 367-3239

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