On Friday 23 January 2015 12:42:15 Gene Heskett wrote: > On Friday 23 January 2015 05:47:13 Lisi Reisz did opine > > And Gene did reply: > > On Friday 23 January 2015 03:25:42 Gene Heskett wrote: > > > > You haven't a clue what you are doing when you are partitioning, > > > > have you? > > > > > > Not really, I have only been doing it since 1985 or 6. :) > > > > No doubt long experienced drivers of horse drawn carriages thought that > > they were well qualified to drive an Alfa Romeo 6C at full speeed. > > > > Lisi > > Now be nice Lisi, I was trying to be.
Touché. :-( Yes, that wasn't very nice. But one can hardly compare 1985 with now! Hard drives were in single figure gig sizes. Lisi > In those days, and even yet in > Amish country, the horse drawn carriage is the biggest traffic hazard > extant. Horses occasionally think they know a better way. Raised on an > Iowa farm, I learned 75 years ago that they are not the sharpest tack in > the box. > > Never got the chance to drive a hot Alfa, but was invited to turn a > Mercedes 300 SLR loose once, and found it was quite possible to run out of > road by the time you snick it into 3rd gear. I had just repaired the > radio in it. A Telefunkin of course. Gee, that was almost 60 years ago. > In those days I thought nothing of going places sensible angels don't. > > 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> > US V Castleman, SCOTUS, Mar 2014 is grounds for Impeaching SCOTUS -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/201501231846.04099.lisi.re...@gmail.com