Above ground and vertical (a fair number of people I used to know aren't). Able to sit up and take nourishment. Can't get much better.
My wife of ~ 30 years and I were able to entertain various children and grandchildren and various in-laws and *outlaws* and it was a good Christmas. We had food, shelter, warmth, and family. What else do you need? On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 4:31 PM, Kurt Buff <kurt.b...@gmail.com> wrote: > Is that prospective posterity, or actual posterity? > > Speaking of worst Christmas - ours was probably not the worst, but it > was down there. > > 4 month old child has an ear infection, and a cold (or colds) that has > lasted about 3 weeks and is restless and fussy. Wife came down with a > cold Christmas Eve day, and is still feeling pretty down, though > better than over the weekend. So, I go them all one better. I started > feeling poorly the morning of Christmas Eve, spiked a 100.4 fever > about dinner time, and headed to bed by 20:00. I also slept most of > Christmas day, though I started feeling much better, almost normal, on > Boxing Day, and today I'm just fine. > > We called friends early Christmas Eve and canceled long-standing plans > to go over for Christmas dinner. > > Bummer. > > Good presents from family though. That was very nice. Child is feeling > much better, after about half way through course of antibiotics. > > Hope everyone else's was much better. > > Kurt > > On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 11:39, <richardmccl...@aspca.org> wrote: > > > > After The Worst Christmas Ever... is there a way to edit one's > posterity? > > > > "Richard Stovall" <richard.stov...@researchdata.com> wrote on 12/28/2009 > > 12:30:46 PM: > > > >> Is there a way to edit MY prosperity? I’ve been looking for one for a > >> while… > >> > >> From: Todd Lemmiksoo [mailto:tlemmik...@all-mode.com] > >> Sent: Monday, December 28, 2009 1:24 PM > >> To: NT System Admin Issues > >> Subject: RE: XP Pro workstation on VMware > >> > >> Edit the VM prosperities, on the "option" tab there is a boot > >> options on the left side of the box. Highlight it and on the right > >> side now appears the box to check for booting into the bios. > >> > >> Todd > >> > >> > >> From: richardmccl...@aspca.org [mailto:richardmccl...@aspca.org] > >> Sent: Monday, December 28, 2009 1:16 PM > >> To: NT System Admin Issues > >> Subject: RE: XP Pro workstation on VMware > >> > >> Between my dozen or so re-builds, I've looked for this "Boot into > >> BIOS" option and have been unable to find it... > >> -- > >> RMc > >> > >> "Crawford, Scott" <crawfo...@evangel.edu> wrote on 12/28/2009 10:16:47 > AM: > >> > >> > > Subsequent "Ctrl-Alt-Del" signals result in a black console with a > >> > blinking "_" in the upper left corner. SO, I have to delete that > >> > "VM" and start from scratch... > >> > >> > When I run into this, I check the option to go force the VM into > >> > BIOS on next reboot. Then after exiting BIOS, you’ll get the option > >> > to press ESC to choose a boot option again. It’s fairly frustrating > >> > and I’d love to know why CTRL-ALT-DEL doesn’t seem to stick, but it > >> > is much better than deleting the VM J > >> > > >> > From: richardmccl...@aspca.org [mailto:richardmccl...@aspca.org] > >> > Sent: Monday, December 28, 2009 9:50 AM > >> > To: NT System Admin Issues > >> > Subject: XP Pro workstation on VMware > >> > > >> > > >> > Greetings! > >> > > >> > I am needing to set up an XP Pro workstation in VMware. My problem > >> > comes when seeking a disk in the initial Windows setup... > >> > > >> > If I do not hit "F6" to specify a mass storate device, the install > >> > fails. Then, for some reason, I am no longer able to boot off the > >> > ISO image. Subsequent "Ctrl-Alt-Del" signals result in a black > >> > console with a blinking "_" in the upper left corner. SO, I have to > >> > delete that "VM" and start from scratch... > >> > > >> > Hitting "F6", I am given the choices of either not specifying a mass > >> > storage device (ie, hard drive) and "continuing". We know that gets > >> > me nowwhere... > >> > > >> > The alternative choice is to hit "S". With that, I am told to > >> > insert (that is, mount an image as a floppy drive) with the drivers > >> > for a virutal SCSI disk. > >> > > >> > When I try to build the VM, I do not seem to be able to trick the > >> > system into making the virtual disk I create to act as either an IDE > >> > or a SATA drive. It seems to insist on being SCSI. > >> > > >> > SO, is there any way to set up a blank VM that believes its hard > >> > drive to be IDE or SATA? Otherwise, is there a "VMWare SCSI driver" > >> > I can mount as a virutal floppy? > >> > > >> > OH YEAH - VMWare ESX 3.5; VM Infrastructure 2.5... > >> > > >> > Thanks! > >> > -- > >> > Richard D. 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