[Lots of snipping] On Sat 26 Aug 2017 at 15:25:53 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote:
> On Saturday 26 August 2017 14:51:41 Brian wrote: > > > That's what you think! But while you are slumbering, she is emailing > > friends and talking with Donald on Twitter. Never underestimate a > > woman's ability to manipulate a communication medium. > > > Ahh, no. This one is 77 yo, dying of COPD slowly but surely. She also > fell and broke a hip back in February, which was replaced, and what > little moving around is usually with e walker assist, and just to the > potty chair 10 feet from the recliner she has taken up residence in, and > with an oxy hose hanging on her ears, probably sleeps 12-16 hours a day. > Not at all computer litterate. Ever. > > A retired elementary school music teacher, she was once forced to use an > elderly PB 286 computer with 2 floppy disks, running dos3.2, to do her > report cards. That disaster was not, to my knowledge, repeated. One of > the reasons she took her 34 years of credit for teaching and retired in > the late 90's. > > I am doing all the housekeeping and cooking since February. And I do take > time out for "my stuff" like these mailing lists, and converting elderly > machine tools, mills and lathes, to 10x the original precision with > linuxcnc, new drive screws and me making at least half the hardware to > make the conversions. And I just wrote the gcodes to put a new barrel > in old meat in the pot, chambered for 6.5 Creedmoor. The barrels in it > from the early '60's up till now have all been for the 30-06 Ackley > Improved, but its kick was beginning to beat the old man up. So I do > this stuff to keep me out of the bars. Seems to be working fairly > well... ;-) And I make some furniture from time to time. You and your wife have my sympathy and best wishes, My response was intended to be light-hearted, but, sometimes, hitting the mark is wildly off. Regards, Brian.
