• this definetly isn't Raspberry Tart

    From Maurice Kinal@1:153/7001.47825 to Strawberry Shortcake on Sun Aug 6 02:44:54 2017
    Hey Strawberry!

    The very first fidonet message from the new raspi3 rootfs. I was going to wait
    until gcc-7.2 was official but I got bored and managed to load the new rootfs from a microSD partition. At the moment I am not sure the tagline is correct -
    should be Spanish for "Don't cry for me I've got vi." - and would appreciate if
    someone out there in the know could either confirm or suggest a proper translation. However as Fernando Lamas said, "It is better to look good than to feel good.", and from this angle it looks marvelous. :::evil grin:::

    Life is good,
    Maurice

    ... No llores por mí tengo vi.
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  • From Nancy Backus@1:229/452 to Maurice Kinal on Fri Aug 11 17:37:48 2017
    Quoting Maurice Kinal to Strawberry Shortcake on 06-Aug-2017 02:44 <=-

    Hey Strawberry!
    The very first fidonet message from the new raspi3 rootfs. I was
    going to wait until gcc-7.2 was official but I got bored and managed
    to load the new rootfs from a microSD partition.

    Why am I not surprised....? <G>

    At the moment I am
    not sure the tagline is correct - should be Spanish for "Don't cry for
    me I've got vi." - and would appreciate if someone out there in the
    know could either confirm or suggest a proper translation. However as Fernando Lamas said, "It is better to look good than to feel good.",
    and from this angle it looks marvelous. :::evil grin:::
    ... No llores por mí tengo vi.

    I don't know enough Spanish to be able to confirm or deny.... looks
    possible, though...;)

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    The message seems to look good, though... ;) Just a little behind on
    my messaging at the moment, it's been a busy week plus....

    ttyl neb

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  • From Maurice Kinal@1:153/7001.47825 to Nancy Backus on Sat Aug 12 03:16:20 2017
    Hey Nancy!

    Why am I not surprised....? <G>

    I am guessing it is because I've become too predictable in my old age.

    The message seems to look good, though... ;)

    Excellent! As a previous post stated, better to look good than feel good.

    Just a little behind on my messaging at the moment, it's been a
    busy week plus....

    Always nice to hear from you when you can.

    Life is good,
    Maurice

    ... No llores por mí tengo vi.
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  • From Nancy Backus@1:229/452 to Maurice Kinal on Wed Aug 16 19:28:04 2017
    Quoting Maurice Kinal to Nancy Backus on 12-Aug-2017 03:16 <=-

    Why am I not surprised....? <G>

    I am guessing it is because I've become too predictable in my old age.

    Good possibility... ;) Or at least, you were acting true to
    expectations... ;)

    The message seems to look good, though... ;)

    Excellent! As a previous post stated, better to look good than feel
    good.

    Best to actually be good... ;)

    Just a little behind on my messaging at the moment, it's been a
    busy week plus....

    Always nice to hear from you when you can.

    I do try to not get too bogged down with other stuff... ;)

    ttyl neb

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  • From Maurice Kinal@1:153/7001.250 to Nancy Backus on Thu Aug 17 03:33:59 2017
    Hey Nancy!

    Or at least, you were acting true to expectations...

    And that is a good thing? <patent pending>

    Best to actually be good...

    True but he (Fernando Lamas) only gave us two choices; looking or feeling good.
    Not only that, he stated that it is better to look good than feel good.

    Life is good,
    Maurice

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  • From Nancy Backus@1:229/452 to Maurice Kinal on Fri Aug 18 23:48:00 2017
    Quoting Maurice Kinal to Nancy Backus on 17-Aug-2017 03:33 <=-

    Or at least, you were acting true to expectations...

    And that is a good thing? <patent pending>

    Potentially, I suppose... ;)

    Best to actually be good...

    True but he (Fernando Lamas) only gave us two choices; looking or
    feeling good. Not only that, he stated that it is better to look good than feel good.

    And do we have to take his word for gospel....? <G>

    ttyl neb

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  • From Maurice Kinal@1:153/7001.250 to Nancy Backus on Sat Aug 19 03:36:07 2017
    Hey Nancy!

    And do we have to take his word for gospel....?

    Yes. For one Billy Crystal made a successful career from it, and given Fernando is no longer with us, it has become impossible to get him to alter it.
    It is etched in stone sort of speak.

    Life is good,
    Maurice

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  • From Nancy Backus@1:229/452 to Maurice Kinal on Wed Aug 23 15:34:28 2017
    Quoting Maurice Kinal to Nancy Backus on 19-Aug-2017 03:36 <=-

    And do we have to take his word for gospel....?

    Yes. For one Billy Crystal made a successful career from it, and
    given Fernando is no longer with us, it has become impossible to get
    him to alter it. It is etched in stone sort of speak.

    Etched on his stone maybe.... and I suppose that does mean that he
    couldn't alter it... But still doesn't mean we have to agree with
    it.... ;)

    ttyl neb

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  • From Maurice Kinal@1:153/7001.250 to Nancy Backus on Thu Aug 24 00:40:06 2017
    Hey Nancy!

    But still doesn't mean we have to agree with it.... ;)

    True. Today finds me not being agreeable with either looking or feeling good.
    I am calling it casual Wednesday.

    Life is good,
    Maurice

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  • From Nancy Backus@1:229/452 to Maurice Kinal on Mon Aug 28 00:28:18 2017
    Quoting Maurice Kinal to Nancy Backus on 24-Aug-2017 00:40 <=-

    But still doesn't mean we have to agree with it.... ;)

    True. Today finds me not being agreeable with either looking or
    feeling good. I am calling it casual Wednesday.

    I trust that today is better than Wednesday was... :)

    ttyl neb

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  • From Maurice Kinal@1:153/7001 to Nancy Backus on Mon Aug 28 03:24:20 2017
    Hey Nancy!

    I trust that today is better than Wednesday was

    About the same as far as looking/feeling good, although I probably feel pretty good about the eldest grandson liberating the raspberry pi from me. He told me
    that he tried getting into raspberry pi summer camp but it was full. He didn't
    know that I had one so he was quite surprised when I offered it to him as consolation. I think he'll benefit from it more than I would have. Besides he
    is likely to stick to the straight and narrow whereas I was far too aggressive with it in my quest for 64 bitness.

    Also the neighbours haven't been around much so I decided that this is a good time to bring the wireless hotspot up to speed. Working on it as we speak.

    Life is good,
    Maurice

    ... Don't cry for me I have vi.
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  • From Nancy Backus@1:229/452 to Maurice Kinal on Wed Aug 30 18:13:52 2017
    Quoting Maurice Kinal to Nancy Backus on 28-Aug-2017 03:24 <=-

    I trust that today is better than Wednesday was

    About the same as far as looking/feeling good, although I probably
    feel pretty good about the eldest grandson liberating the raspberry pi from me. He told me that he tried getting into raspberry pi summer
    camp but it was full. He didn't know that I had one so he was quite surprised when I offered it to him as consolation. I think he'll
    benefit from it more than I would have. Besides he is likely to stick
    to the straight and narrow whereas I was far too aggressive with it in
    my quest for 64 bitness.

    Ah that explains some of the pulling back on the experiments... ;) I
    take it that it was a spur of the moment decision to give the raspi to
    him....? Hopefully he'll enjoy figuring it out.. :)

    Also the neighbours haven't been around much so I decided that this is
    a good time to bring the wireless hotspot up to speed. Working on it
    as we speak.

    Taking advantage of a lull in business so to speak, eh...?

    ttyl neb

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  • From Maurice Kinal@1:153/7001.250 to Nancy Backus on Wed Aug 30 20:53:54 2017
    Hey Nancy!

    that explains some of the pulling back on the experiments

    Yes it does. However I still believe it was a good idea and will find out sometime in the future if it paid off.

    Hopefully he'll enjoy figuring it out

    I got the sense that he will. Also I gave him a bit of an edge especially concerning getting real time clocks to work on that platform. We'll see if he can come up with a case for that given it's addition will require something new
    as the supplied one is not thick enough to accomadate it.

    Always something isn't it?

    Life is good,
    Maurice

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  • From Nancy Backus@1:229/452 to Maurice Kinal on Sat Sep 2 17:25:40 2017
    Quoting Maurice Kinal to Nancy Backus on 30-Aug-2017 20:53 <=-

    that explains some of the pulling back on the experiments

    Yes it does. However I still believe it was a good idea and will
    find out sometime in the future if it paid off.

    Encouraging the next generation... ;)

    Hopefully he'll enjoy figuring it out

    I got the sense that he will. Also I gave him a bit of an edge
    especially concerning getting real time clocks to work on that
    platform. We'll see if he can come up with a case for that given
    it's addition will require something new as the supplied one is
    not thick enough to accomadate it.

    And it sounds like you are encouraging him to follow in your
    experimenting footsteps... :) How old is he...?

    Always something isn't it?

    That's what keeps life interesting, I'd guess.... ;)

    ttyl neb

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  • From Maurice Kinal@1:153/7001.250 to Nancy Backus on Sun Sep 3 04:15:22 2017
    Hey Nancy!

    Encouraging the next generation...

    That is/was the plan. I get the sense he propbably doesn't need much encouragement.

    How old is he...?

    Now that you mention it I've lost track but I know that he can't be more than 14 years old given his older sister is definetly 15 years old. I believe she was the one that inspired a bragging rights msg in DADS way back when. Also of
    note, she was in your neck of the woods earlier this year (New York City) as part of a youth leadership pow wow of some sort. She never gave me all the details as our time together was too short this year but did mention that twice
    she lost her purse with money in it (USD) and both times had it returned with nothing missing. Now that doesn't jive with the tales we usually hear about New York City.

    Life is good,
    Maurice

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  • From Nancy Backus@1:229/452 to Maurice Kinal on Sun Sep 10 22:17:08 2017
    Quoting Maurice Kinal to Nancy Backus on 03-Sep-2017 04:15 <=-

    Encouraging the next generation...

    That is/was the plan. I get the sense he propbably doesn't need much encouragement.

    A chip off the old block... :)

    How old is he...?

    Now that you mention it I've lost track but I know that he can't be
    more than 14 years old given his older sister is definetly 15 years
    old.

    A good age for encouraging... :)

    I believe she was the one that inspired a bragging rights msg in
    DADS way back when. Also of note, she was in your neck of the woods earlier this year (New York City) as part of a youth leadership pow
    wow of some sort. She never gave me all the details as our time
    together was too short this year but did mention that twice she lost
    her purse with money in it (USD) and both times had it returned with nothing missing. Now that doesn't jive with the tales we usually hear about New York City.

    There's good people everywhere... :) She was fortunate to have them
    around when she needed... :)

    ttyl neb

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  • From Maurice Kinal@1:153/7001.250 to Nancy Backus on Mon Sep 11 04:59:06 2017
    Hey Nancy!

    A chip off the old block

    Perhaps his block but in this case his mother is a chip of this particular block and by this time she is her own block with four of her own chips to contend with.

    Both of my chips are well past being chips by now I would think.

    I did some homework and it turns out he is 12. I wasn't too far off but at that age 2 years is a much greater error than it is at my age.

    A good age for encouraging

    Probably. I am hopeful that it helps the cause whatever the cause turns out to
    be in the future.

    There's good people everywhere

    Yes indeed. It is good to be reminded of this every now and then.

    Life is good,
    Maurice

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  • From Nancy Backus@1:229/452 to Maurice Kinal on Mon Sep 18 00:54:56 2017
    Quoting Maurice Kinal to Nancy Backus on 11-Sep-2017 04:59 <=-

    A chip off the old block

    Perhaps his block but in this case his mother is a chip of this
    particular block and by this time she is her own block with four of
    her own chips to contend with.
    Both of my chips are well past being chips by now I would think.

    Ok, then, he takes after his grampa... ;)

    I did some homework and it turns out he is 12. I wasn't too far off
    but at that age 2 years is a much greater error than it is at my age.

    If he's already interested in computers, it's still a good age to be encouraging his interest.... he's old enough to be able to master enough
    of it.... :)

    A good age for encouraging

    Probably. I am hopeful that it helps the cause whatever the cause
    turns out to be in the future.

    Can't hurt, anyway... :)

    ttyl neb

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  • From Maurice Kinal@1:153/7001.250 to Nancy Backus on Mon Sep 18 15:46:25 2017
    Hey Nancy!

    Ok, then, he takes after his grampa

    For his sake let us hope not. My hope is that he does better.

    he's old enough to be able to master enough of it....

    That I don't know but hope to find out in the near future. If he can figure out the real time clock I will be impressed. Beyond that maybe a case that works for adding what the raspi people call 'hats' (the real time clock is mounted on a hat) then I'll be additionally impressed.

    Can't hurt, anyway

    That is what I am thinking. I am sure it will be worth the small investment and perhaps much greater.

    Life is good,
    Maurice

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  • From Nancy Backus@1:229/452 to Maurice Kinal on Wed Sep 27 15:15:14 2017
    Quoting Maurice Kinal to Nancy Backus on 18-Sep-2017 15:46 <=-

    Ok, then, he takes after his grampa

    For his sake let us hope not. My hope is that he does better.

    Better is good, too... :)

    he's old enough to be able to master enough of it....

    That I don't know but hope to find out in the near future. If he can figure out the real time clock I will be impressed. Beyond that maybe
    a case that works for adding what the raspi people call 'hats' (the
    real time clock is mounted on a hat) then I'll be additionally
    impressed.

    Have you heard anything about how he might be progressing with the
    project...?

    Can't hurt, anyway

    That is what I am thinking. I am sure it will be worth the small investment and perhaps much greater.

    Very good idea to encourage the kid to think and explore...

    ttyl neb

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  • From Maurice Kinal@1:153/7001.250 to Nancy Backus on Wed Sep 27 19:49:37 2017
    Hey Nancy!

    Have you heard anything about how he might be progressing with the project...?

    Not yet. With school starting and all that I think he might be distracted at the moment so we'll have to wait and see. However he is nowhere near as chatty
    as I am so it might be awhile, perhaps even next summer of and when they come to the Island again.

    Very good idea to encourage the kid to think and explore...

    Agreed. Also it didn't cost that much money so I am guesstimating that the expenditure is minor given the possibilities.

    Life is good,
    Maurice

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  • From Nancy Backus@1:229/452 to Maurice Kinal on Fri Sep 29 18:34:58 2017
    Quoting Maurice Kinal to Nancy Backus on 27-Sep-2017 19:49 <=-

    Have you heard anything about how he might be progressing with the
    project...?

    Not yet. With school starting and all that I think he might be
    distracted at the moment so we'll have to wait and see.

    True.... other things might have to take priority over private
    projects... unless he can work it into some school project or other.. ;)

    However he is nowhere near as chatty as I am so it might be awhile, perhaps even next summer of and when they come to the Island again.

    Unless you get some feedback from his mom....?

    Very good idea to encourage the kid to think and explore...

    Agreed. Also it didn't cost that much money so I am guesstimating
    that the expenditure is minor given the possibilities.

    Sounds reasonable to me... :)

    ttyl neb

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  • From Maurice Kinal@1:153/7001.250 to Nancy Backus on Sat Sep 30 04:39:07 2017
    Hey Nancy!

    unless he can work it into some school project or other

    I think from his perspective that would be the ideal. Always nice when one can
    get away mixing business with pleasure.

    Unless you get some feedback from his mom....?

    I am not holding my breath on that although last year she did phone me on Christmas day. We'll see but I strongly suggest not betting the farm on it.

    It's a clear case of, "You never call, you never write, yadda, yadda, yadda."

    Life is good,
    Maurice

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  • From Nancy Backus@1:229/452 to Maurice Kinal on Mon Oct 2 16:56:48 2017
    Quoting Maurice Kinal to Nancy Backus on 30-Sep-2017 04:39 <=-

    unless he can work it into some school project or other

    I think from his perspective that would be the ideal. Always nice
    when one can get away mixing business with pleasure.

    Absolutely.... :) And he might as well learn it sooner than later... ;)

    Unless you get some feedback from his mom....?

    I am not holding my breath on that although last year she did phone me
    on Christmas day. We'll see but I strongly suggest not betting the
    farm on it.
    It's a clear case of, "You never call, you never write, yadda, yadda, yadda."

    Maybe you'd have to call her....? or call the grandson....? ;)

    ttyl neb

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  • From Maurice Kinal@1:153/7001.250 to Nancy Backus on Tue Oct 3 03:01:12 2017
    Hey Nancy!

    Maybe you'd have to call her....? or call the grandson....?

    Or both, as well as the granddaughters and the other grandson.

    Speaking of playing favourites, my neighbour told me that my daughter told him that she was my favourite. I had to chuckle when I heard that.

    Life is good,
    Maurice

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  • From Nancy Backus@1:229/452 to Maurice Kinal on Thu Oct 5 21:12:04 2017
    Quoting Maurice Kinal to Nancy Backus on 03-Oct-2017 03:01 <=-

    Maybe you'd have to call her....? or call the grandson....?

    Or both, as well as the granddaughters and the other grandson.

    Being careful not to appear to be playing favorites, eh...?

    Speaking of playing favourites, my neighbour told me that my daughter
    told him that she was my favourite. I had to chuckle when I heard
    that.

    Each is your favorite, in his or her own way... ;) My youngest sister
    has made a major production of being everyones's favorite aunt (or
    great-aunt), all in fun, of course.... :) But I had one niece tell me,
    in all seriousness, that I was her favorite aunt, for specific
    reasons... :) I just say "you are my favorite niece/nephew [insert
    name here, as specific as need be]... Only one kid, so no favoritism at
    play there... :)

    ttyl neb

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  • From Maurice Kinal@1:153/7001.250 to Nancy Backus on Fri Oct 6 04:03:59 2017
    Hey Nancy!

    Being careful not to appear to be playing favorites, eh...?

    Something like that. I am not sure they even notice.

    all in fun, of course

    It all starts out as fun and games ...

    Only one kid, so no favoritism at play there...

    I have two and my wife used to think the eldest was my favourite since I treated them so much different and the youngest was often in trouble, moreso than the elder one. However I love them both dearly and I seriously doubt there is any favouritism at play, or ever was, despite what my former wife thought at the time. As for the grandchildren I don't see them often enough to
    even get the chance to see of any of them could potentially be a favourite.

    Life is good,
    Maurice

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  • From Nancy Backus@1:229/452 to Maurice Kinal on Tue Oct 10 15:30:04 2017
    Quoting Maurice Kinal to Nancy Backus on 06-Oct-2017 04:03 <=-

    Being careful not to appear to be playing favorites, eh...?

    Something like that. I am not sure they even notice.

    Or if they do, it's probably not recognized properly... :)

    Only one kid, so no favoritism at play there...

    I have two and my wife used to think the eldest was my favourite since
    I treated them so much different and the youngest was often in
    trouble, moreso than the elder one. However I love them both dearly
    and I seriously doubt there is any favouritism at play, or ever was, despite what my former wife thought at the time.

    Sometimes different treatment is merely a recognition of different needs needing to be met... what would benefit one might not the other, and
    indeed might even prove detrimental... and vice versa.... :)

    As for the grandchildren I don't see them often enough to even get
    the chance to see of any of them could potentially be a favourite.

    And each of them probably has particular traits that are endearing and
    others that are less so... ;) At least you have grandchildren... :)

    ttyl neb

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  • From Maurice Kinal@1:153/7001.250 to Nancy Backus on Thu Oct 12 02:22:12 2017
    Hey Nancy!

    what would benefit one might not the other, and indeed might even
    prove detrimental

    Looking back, it seems to me it was more of "the punishment fitting the crime" dealie. For example if I sent them to their rooms for time out for the younger
    one that was punishment but for the eldest it wasn't since she often willing went to her room to read books. She was a real bookworm that one and it was virtually impossible to find a suitable punishment although she seldom required
    any punishment.

    Speaking of punishments, often I would 'threaten' to send them off to a Catholic girls school which rightly neither took as a serious threat ... which it never was. However decades later the younger one was totally caught off guard when she found out the place actually existed. All those years ago she thought I had made it up. Same deal with math camp which her eldest son willingly enrolls in every summer. She thought I made that one up too.

    At least you have grandchildren

    Yes. I definetly live a charmed life and probably don't deserve any of it. :::evil grin:::

    Life is good,
    Maurice

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  • From Nancy Backus@1:229/452 to Maurice Kinal on Sun Oct 22 00:59:22 2017
    Quoting Maurice Kinal to Nancy Backus on 12-Oct-2017 02:22 <=-

    Just getting back into my replyings after being away from home for
    almost a week.....

    what would benefit one might not the other, and indeed might even
    prove detrimental

    Looking back, it seems to me it was more of "the punishment fitting
    the crime" dealie. For example if I sent them to their rooms for time
    out for the younger one that was punishment but for the eldest it
    wasn't since she often willing went to her room to read books. She
    was a real bookworm that one and it was virtually impossible to find a suitable punishment although she seldom required any punishment.

    There is that, too.... :) ("don't throw me in the briar patch" says
    Br'er Rabbit, in the hopes that the fox will...)

    Speaking of punishments, often I would 'threaten' to send them off to
    a Catholic girls school which rightly neither took as a serious threat
    ... which it never was. However decades later the younger one was
    totally caught off guard when she found out the place actually
    existed. All those years ago she thought I had made it up.

    Surprise... ;)

    Same deal with math camp which her eldest son willingly enrolls in
    every summer. She thought I made that one up too.

    At least she knew that it was an idle threat in her case.... and had she
    been interested in going to math camp, she might have been able to done
    it too... :)

    At least you have grandchildren

    Yes. I definetly live a charmed life and probably don't deserve any
    of it. :::evil grin:::

    Probably not... :) Enjoy it, though.... :)

    ttyl neb

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