On Tue 30 Oct 2018 at 12:45:21 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Tuesday 30 October 2018 11:20:28 Ric Moore wrote: > > > On 10/30/18 10:55 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: > > > On Tuesday 30 October 2018 10:37:03 Ric Moore wrote: > > >> On 10/30/18 9:16 AM, Will Mengarini wrote: > > >>>> I TRIED TO INSTALL DEBIAN MANY TIMES BUT FAILED BADLY. I NEVER > > >>>> USED DEBIAN. I believe whoever reading this mail is far more > > >>>> knowledgeable and experienced than me and having good knowledge > > >>>> of Linux. Please help me! > > >> > > >> First, the entire notion of an email list is to have a searchable > > >> problem which leads to a "SOLVED" resolution. Your subject line > > >> needs to be relevant to your problem for others after you to find > > >> it. Otherwise every plea for "Help me!" demands that you personally > > >> only benefit for the help given. Learn how to ask for help. > > >> https://unix.stackexchange.com/help/how-to-ask > > >> ...otherwise you are wasting the list resources. Ric > > > > > > +1. From one of the lists more prolific offenders, me. > > > > We;; you have been "grandfathered" in! Ric > > Both of us, but at 84, I'm still walking, short distances anyway, usually > with a stick though. But one Miller64 a day sure is hard on a would be > alky. Is good bbq sauce still your downfall? > > Sorry we ran off topic here folks, but I've known Ric for a lot longer > than he's been subbed to _this_ list. And we're almost neighbors, but > the mountains get in the way. Mountains covered in roads laid out by a > copperhead, with a sidewinder someplace in its dna. You can drive at the > roads comfortable speed and get 12 mpg at 35 mph peak, or you can get in > a hurry showing somebody how its done, and hit 50 mph at 3 mpg. BTDT, > steering with the throttle. Gas stations too far apart too, good thing > that 83 ford 4wd pickup had dual tanks in 1986.
You are incorrigible! Please do not take this as encouragement to post further off-topic. Still, I have learnt a lot from your posts - mainly in the "how not to do it" category. :) Cheers, Brian.