the one we order for dad came from here

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we ordered one of the more expensive - hook up to the internet-ones

Mothra's reply: I researched several simple weather stations and either Oregon Scientific or La Crosse are fairly reasonable (it was a La Crosse that we saw in that store that they were out of) and they have good reps. The more bells you add, the more the cost goes up. I pretty much was looking at indoor/outdoor temps and humidity. Adding rainfall and wind gauges add $$$$.

I bought a low-end version at Target a couple years ago, and it lasted like 3 months before permanently crapping out on me....

Also, it has occurred to me only now that if I am using Frodo's network card for Eowyn to get online, then I can't transfer files from Frodo to Eowyn. I have to transfer them from Frodo to Rosie and then from Rosie to Eowyn.

Clearly, Frodo is straight, Eowyn is gay, and Rosie swings both ways. At least, this was my initial reaction to your post.

I'm fairly sure I've read that fic somewhere... Totally implausible, what with the Frodo is straight thing.

Clearly, Frodo is straight, Eowyn is gay, and Rosie swings both ways.

Hee! Well, Rosie is a desktop; she stays at home and waits for everyone. Estel was the first laptop, he's been traveling the longest, but is still doing well. Frodo is the next laptop, he was young, and traveled the most, but is dying prematurely. Eowyn is the new laptop. She hasn't seen Estel much, but he's got a lot of information that she wants, so she's trying to find a way for them to be in the same place at the same time.

Anyway, thanks for the weather station information. It was very, very helpful. I think I'm either going to go for this LaCrosse, which is simple and has the basics and is way on sale, or this one, which isn't a top brand, but has wind speed and direction, which I think would be helpful. The only thing there is, I think it would be helpful in siting the house, but until I build the house, there isn't any "indoors" to put the indoor monitor, you know, in. So I might be better served by buying a cheaper one now, and getting the fancy schmancy one a couple of years down the road when we're in the house, and I'm wanting to work landscaping for microclimate, and that sort of thing.

Dad's recs - WeatherInstruments.com, WeatherShack.com and Davis Instruments.com...Davis has the best overall, but they can get pricey ...

Now *I* am tempted to look at one as well. Drat.

Trivial but baffling web-image-printing thing that I've been banging my head over for almost 40 minutes now:

I'm trying to either save or print a copy of the image on this page. (It's a dress I'm selling on eBay, but the pictures I have of it look like ass because it's one of those dresses that drapes gorgeously on the human form but looks like ass hanging from a hanger. And I have no pictures of my pre-pregnancy self wearing it, so my only "buy this fabulous thing!" enticement right now is the ass-on-a-hanger pictures.)

The image is protected -- I can't give the computer a simple print command, as it just prints everything on the page but the image; if I right-click save the image the resulting document is a 1 x 1 pixel .gif; if I save the entire page it still prints everything else but blunks the image out. Both Hec and I have used up our small bags of tricks and ended up with big fat nothings. Is there a workaround/shortcut/sneaky back-door thefty method for capturing or printing the image we haven't thought of?

JZ, here's a direct link to the image: [link]

(For future reference, you can usually find the path to an image by looking in the "view source" window.)

What about taking a screen shot while you've got the page open?