Conference hydra::amiga_v1

	Congrats, Ed!  

	That'd be 2-1-3-4.  IMHO!

--mikie--

Well, we know what Ed would *like* the priority's  to be :-), but

I suspect he's got the wife, baby, Amiga, Car.

> I suspect he's got the wife, baby, Amiga, Car.
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I dunno, you can buy a lot of Amiga's with a Porsche, eh Ed?   ;-)

Congratulations!

...richard

    3-2-4-1
    
    And if not now .. give'm a few months!

The baby is first until he spits formula into your keyboard during a 3:00 AM
feeding.  Mine is 12 weeks old so I get to play with my Amiga all night
( not that I'm very productive with it due to the terminal sleep 
deprivation ;^o -zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz )

	Dick

    Congrats Ed
    
    now you'll appreciate the Amiga.  You'll have something to do
    when the baby wakes you up in the middle of the night.  On the
    other hand, I bet you're up lotsa nights already because of Amy.
    
    Oh yes,  congratulations to your wife also!
    
    Frank
    

    
    Thanks to all you well-wishers.  Having a kid is an experience that,
    well, just has to be experienced.
    
    It IS surprising how one's priorities change; I went out to buy
    SimCity to help pass away the wee hours, and came back with a Teddy
    Bear instead.
    
    So don't be surprised if you see me posting notes etc at strange hours.
    
    Ed.

    Congratulations Ed,
    
    I'll be joining you in a couple of months...
    
    Mike

    Hmmmm.   Whatcha doing up late at night?  Our 3 month old little one
    has been sleeping from 9pm to 6:30am for a month now.  :-)  (Don't hit
    me, Ed.)
    
    Congrats Ed.  I know full well what you are feeling now.  (Though how
    you could pass up SimCity in favor if a Teddy Bear, is beyond me. :-)
    
    Gary
    

    
    
    	Congratulations Ed!
    
    	Excuse my ignorance, I know what a teddy is but what's SimCity
    	and why is it better than a teddy?
    
    	Mark.                 

    re: SimCity...    See notes 2621 and 2737 for info.
    
    Congrats to "mommy & daddy".   8^)

    
    Yeah, congrats from the other side of the pond, too.
    
    Now, what the heck are you going to do with the teddy? 
    I don't believe that you'll ever get update notices or bug fixes
    on such a product... ;-)
    
    Regards,
    
    <CB>

    Hmmmm,
    
    a teddy is an excellent and bug-free product which need no update
    policy.
    
    Congrats from me too,
    
    Ralf
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    Congrats from me too... Is this what happens if you play Populus
    too long? :-)   (makes you want to create your own walker)
    
    -Dave

    To ED!
    
    Very warm congratulation from Finland, the land of 1000's lakes.
    
    -Kari                                          

What Ed's not telling us is that Teddy is no ordinary teddy. It has an 
RS232 port and speaks through the amiga!

John

    
    I think we should pass the hat for all these poor fathers and
    fathers-to-be who can no longer indulge their every hardware/software
    whim. :^)
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    Ed.

    re: .7
    
    Ed is obviously too new a father for all the effects of sleep
    deprivation to hit. :-)
    
    One's priorities do change.  The time spent in front of the Amiga
    tends to have more forethought put into it and becomes a more, um,
    purposeful experience after Baby arrives.  Until, of course, the
    urchin's favorite reaction when going into the basement is "Keyboard!"
    :-) ;-)
    
    Wes
    father of pre-purposeful Amiga user

    Congratulations to all you new fathers (present and future)!
    
    We need to start a new tradition around here.  The baby usually gets a
    lot of neat (often inappropriate) stuff for living through the ordeal
    and the mother often does also.  What does the father get?  Answer, the
    hospital bill.
    
    I'd suggest giving the father a plastic keyboard cover.  Heaven knows
    Ami will appreciate it when those sticky little fingers come near.

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BTW - You guy's ever think you might be scaring off us single yet-to-be dads :-)

John

    Hey John,
    
    we can only assume that everybody whose reading this is big and ugly
    enough to understand what one action can lead to....
    
    Nudge, nudge, wink, wink, say no more...
    
    Mike
    
    P.S. anyway, the kids tend to grow on you !

    Congrate ed and family.
    
    We just had number two a few months ago. 
    
    Just do not teach your kid what the delete key is for and if you do
    never walk away from the Amiga with a long unfiled document on the
    screen.  You would be surprised how fast the auto repeat delete
    works!!!
    
    
    Alan
    

    With the Amiga's point-and-click style of user interface, perhaps I should 
    invest in a mouse cover...
    
    
    John B.
    (Poppa-to-be)

    Congratulations, Ed, from the Boston District Sales Office Amiga
    Club... me!.
    
    Your reaction to fatherhood warms the cockles of my heart... any
    minute now (literally) I expect to get a call, hurry home, and go
    through it all myself, for the fourth time!  There's more than one
    way to grow the installed-base of Amiga users in the world!!
    
    <<< t >>>

    Congratulations from Spain too... and from an old father (3 kids)
    and a new and only one AMIGA/DEC/SPAIN owner, so far ! 
    
    Gabriel.
    
    PS. You know what AMIGA means in Spanish ?
    	-> friend (female), commonly refers to the "girl-friend" or
    	   "mistress".  Sure ! I'm having fun reading these notes...
    

Weeellllll

	Congrats from DETROIT too !!!!

		I have twot doughters that are 3 and 2 and love the 		
                "talking coloring book" and between them and my son 
	        with his games, I only get a chance after 10:00 PM

...gss...8-)

    My 4 year old came within 10 points of my best score at Amoeba.
    After putting him to bed, my wife played with Deluxe Paint 'till
    midnight.
    
    Hey.  This is supposed to be MY toy!  (well, there are several 
    unattended teddy bears...).
    
    My 2 year old just enjoys typing on the keyboard (plastic covers
    are not NEARLY enough protection, perhaps 6 inches of foam..)
    
    Yes, you put more thought into your playtime before hand and you 
    get grumped at for not coming to bed earlier.
    
    But its all fun (the family part too).  Though I often feel that
    the "congrats on the new baby" should come with a dash of 
    "condolences" too,  (parenthood isn't so much bad or good, it's 
    just intense).
    
    Yours
    Erg
    

    Congratulations from the 'Wild West' (Colorado)!
    About kids...they're great when you can get them to bed early, but
    when you are ...ummm..over 40 and the daughter is 17...she can stay
    awake longer than you!  (...I just get up EARLIER now!)  
    
    :-)
    
    Congrats!
    John B.