It's June and I have reached a milestone in my life...the big 50 years old!

The way I got it planned I will live to be a hundred and right now I am half way
though my life span. When it comes to the point where I can't see or hear my
favorite movies anymore, I might call it quits. I'll be too old to do anything
else anyway.

Old Habits Are Hard To Break

I have a set way of doing things and even at work I occasionally buy a new tool
like a ratcheting spanner, which makes taking off that bolt or nut easier but when
it comes time to use it, I'm using my trusty ol' closed-end spanner I have been
using for years.

Online I use Internet Explorer as my Web Browser and have come across a few
cautions that a site will function faster and more efficient if you are using "Firefox".
I don't need that, just another download. I have been using IE for years and if
it worked in the past it will work alright now.

The better part of this week I am working on an Aviation site concerning Aircraft
maintenance. I am using a site builder by GoDaddy.com and last week it was
working fine although very slow at times. I included a widget that I liked and
it was like a door slammed shut on the application. I couldn't edit my pages and
was totally stuck. I tried different tactics like shutting down my Firewall, deleting
my cache', and deleting cookies.

Nothing worked and contacted support and this went on for a couple days trying
their suggestions and fussing with the site off and on between other tasks I had
assigned for myself. I'm proud of myself for not swearing although I could feel my
blood pressure rising a few times.

Try Something New

I was on the verge of canceling the whole website because I was wasting a
tremendous amount of time when I thought about "Firefox". A quick search on
Google and I had it in front of me and it offered a Free download of Firefox 2
by Mozilla. Well, I thought I would give it a shot since I paid for my website
already and hit "download". Within a couple of minutes it was up and running
and "opened" the new browser. In anticipation of failure I brought up my GoDaddy
website and went straight to my page editing application. Before I could blink
my eyes the page was up and WORKING! For 3 days I have been trying to get
the website builder to work and within 5 minutes Firefox had it purring like a kitten.

Default Browser

I now have Firefox on my desktop and only use it to access my Aviation Website and
when I open the Browser it asks me if I want to make it my Default Browser.
I hesitate before clicking the NO button. What about my old buddy, Internet Explorer,
I can't seem to let it go but times are changing and common sense urges me to
go with this new upstart that makes navigation a lot easier and faster. Geez...
now they are coming out with Firefox 3 and I have hardly tried out the "old" one.


Like my trusty ol' wrench, that I'll have to put in the back of my toolbox one of these
days and opt for that shiny new ratcheting gizmo, I will soon click the YES  button
to make Firefox my new Internet Browser.