I disappeared due to lack of interest and mostly to do with change of ISP, got a cheaper one. I also got busy too.
However there by hangs a tale of waning interest and a great deal of frustration, due mainly to memory problems. I had been lurking and endevouring to still involve myself in answering, but I found that the memory was just not up to it; I did remember but it took time and by that time it was too late. I can sit here and want to do something nice and easy, but the answer eludes me, yes I know that I know the answer BUT! I have ben working more and more this year, but I also found that I get stressed easier, that of course with getting tired quickly means I cannot think straight. Dog chasing tail, but my customers do realise this and compensate, its me that does not. I am actually making more money than I ever did, due to I am told being honest and relaible. I am getting more by mouth recommendations, but I have to be honest with myself and refuse work rather than tire myself out. I started out this year with 2 professional photographers, I now have 12 that I have built and now maintain: just have to learn to say NO. Next March my eldest daughter, Michelle, in NZ, is getting married. I do not even own a suit or a tie, so will have to fly to NZ and hire a suit, something I have not worn in nearly 30 years. The weather here has been mild for summer and the mid winter temps are also mild, not been below 11C and generally midday 22-26C. we are also getting 'RAIN' something it does not do in winter, always dry clear blue skies and 'Cold'. We have all the shrubs and plants blooming as if its spring, in fact they have not stopped this year so far. Linux, I am still using it as well as windows XP Pro. 90% linux usage and 10% win for my dvd authoring. I have Mandrake 9.1 installed but still have the old problem of installing what I want with urpmi and its dependencies. I am into a kernel recompile as I want to try 2.6 rc1 this weekend. Luckily i still have a good relationship with a local supplier, whom I redirect clients business too so I buy at cost. H/W wise I have an ASUS A7N8X delux with xp2800 and 1 gig Corsair extreme ram 2 sata harddrives and one 80 gig standard as boot plus one of those blue monster Thermaltake XaserIII cases. It does not overheat nowadays Shawn and blow the PSU <grin>. I guess that I will have to get back into asking questions otherwise David, Lonni and Kurt will not have the pleasure of roasting me I also promise in future to let you all know when I have a wake so as you can all enjoy my demise, Scotch Kurt ? -- Keith Antoine (GANDALF) aka 'SKIPPY' 18 Arkana St, The Gap, Queensland 4061, Australia:: PH:61733002161 Practising Geriatric, Retired Electronics Engineer, Knowall, Brain in storage _______________________________________________ General mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/general
