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   Paul Quinn to alexander koryagin   
   Some observations   
   08 Apr 14 08:04:48   
   
   Hi! Alexander,   
      
   On 08/04/14 14:06, you wrote:   
      
    ak> No, but I believe it must be true. There are so many viruses now and   
    ak> their amount is growing up significantly, every year. As for me, I   
    ak> don't use an anti-virus that works constantly. When I've got a virus I   
    ak> load my computer from the USB boot disk and run a program for virus   
    ak> scanning.   
      
   This is an unknown condition here.  All of our machines are moderately fast.    
   We have eight PCs: two physical machines and six virtual computers, for   
   specific tasks.  E.g. you've used one of my virtual computers to post your   
   note on.   
      
   We've only experienced one viral-like attack last August, on my wife's   
   virtualised XP SP3 computer.  It was easily fixed using the last backup of the   
   (virtual) hard disk, and restoring from the previous afternoon's backup.    
   Since then I've installed an anti-virus package that runs all the time.  There   
   are other browser add-on packages that also protect my wife's internet   
   wanderings.  That's the only computer of the eight that has any anti-virus   
   software installed.   
      
    PQ>> railcars, with its own furnace & forge facilities. Is that what you   
    PQ>> mean?)   
      
    ak> There is a blacksmith's work. It is when a  blacksmith takes a metal   
    ak> detail, puts it on the anvil and strikes it heavily with his huge   
    ak> hammer. A forging plant, I believe, is a factory shop, where many   
    ak> blacksmiths do their work. It is especially noisy if they use big   
    ak> pneumatic hammers. Actually, you can't talk when work is going on. So,   
    ak> I told you about the cats who lives in such a shop. Probably, these   
    ak> cats would be happy to go away, but they don't know another place   
    ak> where they can get milk for free. ;-)   
      
   Ah.  Yes, I understand.  I was wondering if you were about to educate me in   
   some aspect of your life's experience, whilst I had in mind that there could   
   be other forms of forge-ing.  I.e. art forgery or banknote forgery, or   
   jewellery forgery, etc.  I had an urge to ask, you see.   
      
    PQ>> That's me! I did that the night before last: found the bottle (Tia   
    PQ>> Maria), and then proceeded to spill a good deal of a portion when I   
    PQ>> was re-filling a 'hip flask'. :)   
      
    ak> If you spill something on the table you can suck it with your mouth.   
      
   Not on that table.  It hasn't been cleaned for nearly two years!  It's in my   
   youngest daughter's room, and she is away nursing at a hospital in the 'wild   
   west', in Mount Isa (a mining town... well, the largest city in the world in   
   fact!).  :)   
      
    ak> Beside enjoying with the spilled substance you'll  hear a funny,   
    ak> gastric juice emitting sound. ;-)   
      
   Please, Alexander!  This is unmentionable in present 'company'.  ;-)   
      
   Cheers,   
   Paul.   
      
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