On 12/15/2016 07:48 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: > 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
I WAS hoping to make it a flying trip. My cousin had offered to fly me up in his Mooney, but it doesn't look like we will have it done in time. We still have to replace a couple of wing skins, add a speed mod to the cowl, and re-paint the plane. Yesterday, he found out that he's getting laid off on the 1st... -- MC Cason Eagle3D - Created by Matthias Weißer github.com/mcason/Eagle3D ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
