On Thursday 15 December 2016 08:41:34 MC Cason wrote: > On 12/15/2016 06:07 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Thursday 15 December 2016 00:32:23 MC Cason wrote: > >> On 12/14/2016 11:15 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: > >>> Their site says 2 weeks. I can, once the plugs already ordered > >>> from digi-key last Saturday arrive, have it made the next day. > >>> And being retired, I don't have anything more profitable to do. > >>> Sitting on my butt, trying to keep my diabetic feet warm doesn't > >>> up my energy bill. ;-) You do have more profitable things to do I > >>> suspect, so thank you very much for the offer, but at this point, > >>> I see no need to impose on you and take you away from paying work. > >>> > >>> I suspect I've blown a gpio pin on this pi, so there will be 2 > >>> more of those in a box addressed to me that only has to come from > >>> the next state west. > >>> > >>> Cheers, Gene Heskett > > I plugged all of my info in to OSH Park, and it gave me 5 - 7 days > for shipping. WVA isn't any more back woods than SE Arkansas is, so > if your bodge doesn't work out well, just shoot me a PM. However, if > you wait too long, it'll have to wait until next year. Kiddo's come > first. > > >> I'm disabled, so there's no paying work to take me away from. > >> Everything I do is to keep my mind active, and keep me from going > >> crazy. > > > > I didn't know that, my apologies. I use the excuse that all this > > keeps me out of the bars, where I'd get served beer about 2.1 times > > stronger than the Miller64 I try to keep in the fridge. Being > > diabetic, the alky is instant sugar and should be avoided. One, > > occasionally 2 of those is my limit. 2.8% stuff. > > I'm allergic to hops, so no beer for me. Baileys, and coffee works > pretty well though. > > >> The only pressing thing I have to do, is to drive up to my > >> youngest daughters place outside of Tulsa, on the 24th, and spoil > >> my granddaughters! > > > > Chuckle, thats in a grandparents job description, spoil them, but > > you can leave. Unfortunately, I am in WV and I'd have to hit central > > Nebraska to spoil my great-great-grandchildren, if we could round > > them all up. The Missus would likely not survive that long with me > > gone, nor would she come along with any enjoyment. COPD is s > > downhill slope until the end. But we've lasted 27 years & its been a > > pretty good 27 years so far. I think I'll keep her. :) And I'm > > pretty sure the grandkids and their git are already spoiled. I went > > out there and did the grand tour in 2007 when my oldest daughter was > > dying, cancer, and they were sure spoilt then. > > I'm divorced, so it's only me. The only things I have to worry > about, are my kids, and all three of my granddaughters. I don't know > what I would do without them. They are what keeps me going when I'm > in severe pain, and none of the pills are doing their job. > > I'm lucky that my youngest daughter lives just 8 hours drive from > here. My son lives across the interstate from the Cincinnati airport, > and my oldest daughter lives in VA, an hour from DC. I don't get to > see them near as much as I would like to, but I'm already planning a > road trip, for sometime in June.
I think it would be nice to not have an anchor, but I don't look forward to it. But at 82 & my back going away, I no longer look forward to 3k mile round trips either. Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, SlashDot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
