--------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 184 HOME OFFICE Ref: D5Q00008 Date: 05/21/96 From: KEVIN MURIE Time: 12:08am \/To: EMERY SZOKE (Read 7 times) Subj: Re: WPG files > You can find over 6 MB wpg clipart FREE on com2com - 6580141 Emery, me again... You should realize that these message areas are worldwide in scope. Posting the # without the areacode is simply a waste of long distance charges for anyone receiving the echo area. It was I who originally was looking for wpg clipart. If you would be so kind as to reply via netmail to the address in the origin line and give me the complete number (with AC) I would definently call com2com. If you prefer Internet, dcavern@aol.com will get the message to me. Thanks, kevin --- OPMED 3.00 * Origin: The Dark Cavern - Amarillo, TX (1:3816/106) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 184 HOME OFFICE Ref: D5R00000 Date: 05/20/96 From: PJ PERDUE Time: 07:31am \/To: LAURIE CAMPBELL (Read 7 times) Subj: SALUTATION/BUSINESS Ltr FW> So my question: FW> what is the politically correct salutation to begin a business FW> letter? Laurie replied: LC> Dear Sir or Madam: LC> (as a business woman myself, I normally toss without LC> reading letters that begin "Gentlemen" - I figure the LC> writer didn't want to deal with me anyway) If possible, I'll phone the company and find out if "Chris" is male or female... otherwise, if there are several people to address, I just write, "Dear people". Calling to find out gender has also prevented me from sending a letter to someone who doesn't work there any more! - PJ Vancouver, BC --- Maximus/2 2.01wb * Origin: iFLEX Online Services, Vancouver BC (1:153/828) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 184 HOME OFFICE Ref: D5R00001 Date: 05/21/96 From: KENO SHENONO Time: 03:57pm \/To: KEN VAUGHAN (Read 7 times) Subj: Home Based Business Hi Ken. In regards to your message about a home based business? I have a great idea you may want to try. It is called self publishing. What you do is write reports or booklets on any subject that may be of interest to others and then advertise in magazines, newspapers, or the internet. You can make a two or three page report or a ten page booklet, it's up to you. One man from California wrote a three page report on ways to solve a gardening problem, he made $45,000 in just three months. All of this can be done at home on your computer. You can even use your modem to recieve printing jobs if your printer cannot handle all of the orders. This is a legal business and very profitable. Please let me know if you need any more information. Keno. :) --- Platinum Xpress/Win/Wildcat5! v2.0G7 * Origin: Buzzard's Nest BBS * Vista, Ca (1:202/412) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 184 HOME OFFICE Ref: D5S00000 Date: 05/21/96 From: RODNEY SANDS Time: 09:19am \/To: ALL (Read 7 times) Subj: Help Wanted Good Day, We at RDS Computer Consulting are looking for a Women experienced in the advanced levels of DOS & Windows. She need also be well versed in Business applications ie, databases and spreadsheets...internet and multimedia would be a bonus. We recently lost one of our associates and are in need of a replacement. We at RDS Computer Consulting are a grasssroots outfit whose clientele is mostly community organizations such as Elizabeth Fry Society, Language Instruction for Newcomers to Canada (LINC), Canadain Congress for Learning Opportunities for Women (CCLOW)...etc. If interested please call (416) 778-6951 ask for Rodney --- Maximus 2.02 * Origin: Artsy Fartsy BBS System (1:250/234) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 184 HOME OFFICE Ref: D5S00001 Date: 05/21/96 From: STEPHEN MCRAE Time: 12:3:am \/To: MATTHEW JOHNSON (Read 7 times) Subj: Re: WPG FILES If you can find the software package HYJACKS Pro it will convert most graphics to most formats. I use it all the time. --- Opus-CBCS 1.73a * Origin: COMPUTER-LINK; Medicine Hat, AB.; (403) 527-9322 (1:17/63.0) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 184 HOME OFFICE Ref: D5S00002 Date: 05/21/96 From: FRANCO RIOS Time: 11:56am \/To: LAURIE CAMPBELL (Read 7 times) Subj: SALUTATION/BUSINESS LTR Thank you for your reply. I prefer the "Good Morning" salutation to the the "Dear Sir or Madam" greeting. The second seems forced, which it is. The "Good Morning" seems to sidestep the gender issue nicely. At least for me it does. Of course, this only applies when sending something to someone we don't know the gender of or don't know at all! Have a good day! -Franco Rios --- FLAME v1.1 * Origin: Electric Village, Sacramento, CA 916-362-5644 (1:203/23) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 184 HOME OFFICE Ref: D5S00003 Date: 05/21/96 From: FRANCO RIOS Time: 12:47pm \/To: PJ PERDUE (Read 7 times) Subj: HOME BASED BUSINESS In a reply, PJ PERDUE wrote to FRANCO RIOS: PP> Too true. I started a full-time home-based resume and PP> job-search consulting business 6 months ago, and I found PP> that I filled a niche here in Vancouver: other services PP> either charge $250 and up (corporations that are "career PP> consultants") or they charge $15 (a sideline by someone who PP> works full time elsewhere, and wants to pick up extra money). PP> Checking into the cheapies, I found that you really get what PP> you pay for: in their case, not much. Since most job-hunters PP> are unemployed, they can't afford hundreds of dollars, yet they PP> do know they need a quality product. You can start with your PP> rates a bit low and raise them somewhat next year, if necessary. Thank you for your reply, PJ. Congratulations on your start up. My wife teaches a course in starting a word processing business and we produce a newsletter for word processing services. One of things most people want to discuss is pricing! It is possible to reach the top of the price range if one starts in the middle. It is impossible to reach the top if one starts at the bottom. The service will not make enough profit to fuel its journey the bottom to the top. Other interesting thing about servicing the bottom of the market -- The cheap clients are more likely to be a "no-show" for appointments. Making that market even less profitable! Definitely the middle ground is the place to shoot for. We stopped worrying about the $15 competitors. They take the cheap clients out of our hair and they produce new clients for us! We get the people who hate the way the $15 resume came out. (grin) If a person feels the mission to help the underpriveliged job seeker, one could always apply a "hardship" discount to their regular rate on a case by case basis. My wife disagrees with discounting this way so don't mention you heard it from me! (g) Or as an alternative, volunteer to write resumes for whatever social assistance organization of your choice sending the referrals to you (Church, Salvation Army, etc.). Be sure you set a limit on how many referrals you can handle per month or week. BTW, not all job seekers are un-employed. Many are wanting to get a better postion somewhere else and will pay for a good resume if it improves their chances. Not all un-employed persons are low on funds. Some are living on savings until the right job comes along. Then they will be willing to spend the big bucks for a good resume. (PJ, you know that already, I mention it for the benefit of our readers and lurkers in the conference.) Be seeing ya! -Franco Rios --- FLAME v1.1 * Origin: Electric Village, Sacramento, CA 916-362-5644 (1:203/23) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 184 HOME OFFICE Ref: D5S00004 Date: 05/21/96 From: GARY HARDIN Time: 08:07pm \/To: SUE MATTHEWS (Read 7 times) Subj: Introduction CAPTAIN'S LOG (19 May 96): Sue Matthews Opened a Channel to Gary Hardin SM> Regarding off topic posts Gary said: > Jeez Sue, how do you keep your sanity? These kind of post seem > to crawl out of the woodwork! I applaude you for keeping your cool with > them!! SM> Thanks Gary...it's a skill honed over years of experience. ;D > Isn't there some way to put pressure on the sysops that > subscribe to this echo to keep people like this out? How about a "three > strikes & your out" sort of thing! If the sysop has has abusers that > exceed a certain number of warnings, they they lose the echo. SM> Occasionally I've cut a BBS out of the echo loop, but only because the SM> sysop was not willing to be cooperative when one of his members was SM> being disruptive. Some sysops have boards that attract troublesome SM> people perhaps, or maybe they're located in areas where people are SM> more argumentative and brash, but I'd really hate to resort to SM> wholesale cutting of feeds if I can avoid it. I have always migrated to those systems that show a professional sort of appearance and attitude. The sysops have always maintained control and have therefore been good places to interact. I have been doing this for nearly 10 years now and have run across many ill mannered, self serving individuals, both as users and as sysops, but they never seem to last long. We are moving into a whole new world of unprecedented access to cyberspace and it presents a raft of new problems and challenges to maintain it as a real source of communication and sharing of information, and a new way of doing business. As long as there are people in business, there will be those looking to get something for nothing. Maybe changing the name of the echo to something like "HOME OFFICE RESOURCE" or such would detract from its appeal to the something for nothing user. Just a thought! SM> That's the real issue. If more people who own modems would realize SM> that it is a privelege to be able tocall some guy's BBS and have SM> access to all the echos and other features... rather than assuming SM> it's their right to do what they please, we'd all be better off. Or call some gals BBS! I know a lady in Rochester NY that maintains a VERY high quality BBS that has its focus on the handicapped and impaired. She runs a very tight ship yet is extremely accessable and active. It is a fun play to call and has access to tons of related information and resources. And she is BLIND to boot! SM> Thanks for the good words Gary.. and enjoy the echo.! Again, thanks for your support! Have a nice Summer! If you ever get to Colorado, look me up! ... ... "Hate you, hate Kansas, taking the dog." --Dorothy --- PPoint 2.00 * Origin: SGA Media Services (1:30333/9) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 184 HOME OFFICE Ref: D5S00005 Date: 05/21/96 From: LAURIE CAMPBELL Time: 07:41am \/To: PJ PERDUE (Read 7 times) Subj: SALUTATION/BUSINESS Ltr PP> If possible, I'll phone the company and find out if "Chris" is male or PP> female... otherwise, if there are several people to address, I just PP> write, "Dear people". Calling to find out gender has also prevented PP> me from sending a letter to someone who doesn't work there any more! that works sometimes. Often it would cost me too much in long distance calls to phone evry client and ask that question. As it is I spend upwards of $300 a month in 45c stamps, so imagine what it would cost to phone all of them as well (never mind that I'd have to hire someone just to make "Is B. Estevez a man or a woman? Is she married? What does the B stand for?" phone calls. My applications clearly state "first name" "family name" with boxes to tick for "Mr" "Mrs" "Miss" "Ms" but 90% of them come back without those clues, so the correspondence goes out gender neutral. --- Maximus 2.01wb * Origin: Applied Technology BBS [604] 946-5814 (1:153/951) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 184 HOME OFFICE Ref: D5S00006 Date: 05/15/96 From: BOB DIBERT Time: 01:31pm \/To: KEVIN MURIE (Read 7 times) Subj: WPG files -=> Quoting Kevin Murie <=- KM> Are there any places to find clipart for Word Perfect 6.0? KM> WP comes with a few images, but only a few, and I can't KM> seem to get it to recognize jpg or anything else... Two suggestions. First, I *think* there's an alt.binaries internet newsgroup dedicated to graphics in WordPerfect's .WPG format. Second, try Hijaak or a shareware equivalent graphics format converter. It'll convert between & among all of the common formats. ... Take my advice, I don't use it anyway. --- WM v3.01/92-0136 * Origin: SEC Custom Computers BBS - Louisville, (1:2320/330. (1:2320/330.0)