| Well, about two years ago, I, Lucky the Happy Hobo | | | | website. And once again for free!! He just asked that |
| Clown, was sure I wanted one. I mean, everyone | | | | I give him a 'plug' if others may be in need of his |
| else had a website!! Plus, it would be good advertising | | | | services. So, here I go again with the 'friend-for-free' |
| for me. Thus, I started out on my website quest. | | | | approach. |
| Read on. | | | | But this friend now asked me stuff like, "Who is |
| First I went to my so-called 'good, life-long friend', | | | | going to host (run) my website?" And, "Had I |
| who promised that she would do my website for | | | | reserved my website name?" I just told him I was a |
| FREE. AND told me how easy it would be. A piece of | | | | member of America Online (AOL) and that they |
| cake I thought. Well, I should have known better. | | | | would do this for me. He laughed!! Out loud. For a |
| After 9 months of 'free' promises and no action, I | | | | long, long time. In fact, he even 'scoffed' at me. (A |
| decided on a different approach. (By the way this | | | | scoff is worse than a laugh.) He had many reasons, |
| 'good life-long friend' has now been downgraded to | | | | none of which I remember, why this was a dumb |
| an 'acquaintance', which is two cuts below a 'good | | | | approach. (Yes, he used the word 'dumb'.) After his |
| life-long friend'. Oh well.) | | | | laughter subsided, he recommended his friend who, |
| Meanwhile, I decided to make up my website design. | | | | for a reasonable monthly fee, would run my site. He |
| So, I went at it by using Powerpoint on my PC. I | | | | also proceeded to take out a web site name |
| took a great picture of me in full make-up and holding | | | | somehow through the so-called website gods. |
| lots of neat balloon sculptures. I downloaded the | | | | To make a long story short, my friend did a great |
| picture to my PC (pretty high-tech for a clown I | | | | job programming my site; and his friend charges me |
| thought). Then around the picture I put other balloon | | | | very little to run my site each month; and the |
| bubbles with all my key info inside. Boy, was I proud!! | | | | website is living happily ever after. The moral of the |
| This was looking great. | | | | story is if you want fewer friends then ask them to |
| But how to get it into a website?? Lo and behold, | | | | do your website. Also, the guy who did my website |
| another so-called 'good, life-long friend' came forward | | | | has been upgraded from a 'good, life-long friend', to a |
| and said he could program my stuff into a great | | | | 'great, life-long friend'. |