Good to have you back Dave!
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Balmain > Sent: Tuesday, 19 December 2006 10:03 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Ferret-talk] I'm back > > Hey all, > > I'm back. Some of you are probably thinking that is the > longest weeks vacation on record. Well, I'd like to take this > opportunity to apologise for my absence and offer a brief > explanation. When I got back to Australia I naturally went > home to visit my parents, only to find that they have been > hit really hard by the drought. They didn't really tell me > just how bad it was while I was in Japan. Add to that the > fact that my dad is 67, he just had a heart valve replaced > two years ago and he is running a 7000 acre property by > himself. So I decided to stay home for a while and offer a > hand during the busy sheering season. > > Now, I was hoping to get some work on Ferret done at night > but getting the internet connected turned out to be next to > impossible thanks to Telstra. I should point out that my > parents property is not that remote. We are less that 4 hours > drive from Sydney and about 1 hour from Canberra (ur closest > metropolitan area) but for some reason we get no mobile > (cellphone) or wireless internet coverage and the phone lines > are so bad that even dial up drops out before gmail will load. > Dealing with Telstra was a nightmare and they ended up giving > us the run around, not delivering anything they promised and > my parents are still without a usable internet connection. > > Anyway, sheering is over now and I've moved in to Canberra > and I'm finally online. I'm going to try and make amends by > getting all the patches people have submitted into Ferret and > finding and removing all other stability problems. I'll then > try and catch up with the goings on on the mailing list. > Please be patient though as I'm under a lot of pressure right > now to make a living and attend to all of my other > commitments as well as trying to keep in shape to keep my > Judo goals alive. > > I hope that explains things a little and I look forward to > catching up with you all in the near future. > > Cheers, > Dave > > -- > Dave Balmain > http://www.davebalmain.com/ > _______________________________________________ > Ferret-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/ferret-talk > _______________________________________________ Ferret-talk mailing list [email protected] http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/ferret-talk
