Re: [us-marketing] Re: LibreOffice North American Community meeting - April 2011

On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 3:07 PM, drew <drew@baseanswers.com> wrote:

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> > > Where's Bellingham?  Hopefully the "fest" works well and there is a lot if
> > > interest in LibreOffice.
> >
> > Washington. 90 miles of Micro$oft; 50 miles south of Vancouver, BC.
>
> > 65% of all raspberries in the world are grown in this county.
>
> WOW - alright, I think I'd need to see citation, chapter AND verse thank
> you, for such a bold statement... :-)
>
> So, a little off topic (or not) - if you are that close to the BC line -
> did you see the emails from (??sorry, can't remember OTH) about the
> Languages spoken there. I felt a bit, un-education, after reading up
> having been prompted by the emails and finding so much about the large
> immigration numbers..sounds like Minnesota in the beginning of the last
> century. My grand father's generation apparently could do quite well
> speaking majority Norwegian/Swedish nearly full time - isn't so today of
> course.
>
> //drew

I didn't see those emails. Not surprised that there are many
languages, especially from Scandinavia. I've spent a good bit of time
in Finland, some in Sweden. It shocked me one day in Seattle when a
cab driver hopped out of his car and started swearing loudly in
Finnish.

This area is a lot like southern Sweden and Finland without the cold and snow.

Carl


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> > > > "Just set up a chat account in Opera 11.10. Hard to imagine anything
> > > > would be much easier. Step-by-step account setup. The only thing that
> > > > might be an obstacle is that Opera insists on downloading all 29000+
> > > > rooms, which takes a while. There's a button to join a conversation
> > > > (once it's published here). Searching for "tdf" located that channel."
> > > >
> > > > Now...in more detail...
> > > >
> > > > 1. If you don't already have Opera, download it from www.opera.com and
> > > > install
> > > > 2. In the menu, select "mail and chat accounts"
> > > > 3.  Create an account
> > > > 4. What type? - Chat (IRC)
> > > > 5. Fill in your name and email address
> > > > 6. Make up a Nick - preferably something that is slightly oddball that
> > > > is not already in use...krackedwebster
> > > > 7. Choose network from dropdown-Freenode for your location
> > > > 8. Finish
> > > > 9. Opera will churn, looking for 29000+ possible channels
> > > > 10. Search for documentfoundation (the IRC channel)
> > > > 11. As of right now, it is not on the list, so click "Add"
> > > > 12. enter documentationfoundation as room
> > > > 13. Close the dialog. You'll be in the room
> > > >
> > > > What further information do you need?
> > > >
> > > > Carl
> > > >
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