Please pardon the absence

[VeeFan]

Hi everyone, it's good to finally have a computer again! Our computer died about three and a half weeks ago, and I've been disconnected from the internet since then. It's like losing a limb practically. But everything's all set now, and a brand new computer came out of all of this!

I hope you didn't think I'd abandoned the site, I'd never do that! I have so much development news to catch up on now.

[Allan]

Ugh, I hate when that happens! I've got to start fresh on my computer at home...it doesn't really work at all. I can do that in the spare time that I don't have, LOL. If I end up moving to midtown Detroit in the fall it definately isn't going to happen. Fortunately, one of the few benefits of paying this university $22,000 per year is that I get a laptop with all the programs I need for my classes. They also repair it for free, and provide a replacement if it breaks. It could use a bigger hard drive though...I have downloaded way too many MP3s. LOL.

BTW, I don't think you've missed much in the way of development news...the news has tapered off from what it was a couple of weeks ago.

[bobliocatt]

You should probably burn the MP3's to a CD and erase them off your hard drive.

[Allan]

You should probably burn the MP3's to a CD and erase them off your hard drive.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Probably. I've got 3 GB of space left though, so I don't have to worry about it quite yet.

[dnast]

Welcome back!

You didn't miss much:

- The entertainment complex got the loan it needed to start construction in June.

- UM Flint dorms could start in June, too.

- The city hasn't forgot about the Smith Village project.

Glad you got your computer working. I thought I had it bad when I had to use dial-up for a couple of weeks this month.

Oh and Allan, you should check out a computer show in the Detroit area. You can get a very decent desktop PC for cheap - maybe $300 or less w/o monitor if the shows in Flint are any indication.

[Allan]

Oh and Allan, you should check out a computer show in the Detroit area. You can get a very decent desktop PC for cheap - maybe $300 or less w/o monitor if the shows in Flint are any indication.

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I have a computer, it's just that I need to wipe the whole thing clean, reinstall windows, and reinstall the programs I use. I just need to find a free day....

[VeeFan]

Welcome back!

You didn't miss much:

- The entertainment complex got the loan it needed to start construction in June.

- UM Flint dorms could start in June, too.

- The city hasn't forgot about the Smith Village project.

Glad you got your computer working. I thought I had it bad when I had to use dial-up for a couple of weeks this month.

I'm so glad to hear the entertainment complex is going to go ahead!

The dorms could start, does that mean there's still some uncertainty about the dorms?

[dnast]

I meant that June is a possible date that construction will start.

Oh, and you might want to look through the Mlive.com 14-day archive. I saw a number of articles about downtown Flushing, but I can't remember the details.

[VeeFan]

I'll have to peruse MLive then, because the only news out of Flushing really is that the city council is approving bids soon for a new contractor for the city hall (what a mess that's been!), some industrial areas have finally been rezoned to commercial, and reconstruction has begun on the old Bueches for Flushing Hardware.

[Pachuco]

I'm sorry I havn't been posting I am really tied p,I'll be back on the boards in a couple of days.

[dnast]

Looks like we're all tied up. At least I didn't miss any news.