Path: csiph.com!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!i2pn.org!i2pn2.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: D Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ? Date: Sat, 21 Dec 2024 12:07:53 +0100 Organization: i2pn2 (i2pn.org) Message-ID: <072d1a3f-8bf5-035f-b7c0-e6adc84a8673@example.net> References: <45923010-96be-72d0-9ccc-9a43f25f35c4@example.net> <3Nqcncx9-a5sKsL6nZ2dnZfqn_adnZ2d@earthlink.com> <305d5af9-8a24-b375-323e-c250bdc27e94@example.net> <308f34aa-6ce1-f0d0-a31d-7ff5d389237a@example.net> <8687e191-71e3-4458-1628-a30ade9bb12a@example.net> <080b1cff-52cf-c9cb-6aa0-dc2c4c73fff3@example.net> <8a58cd46-6477-7b17-06a0-692f3ea842fe@example.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="8323328-579371475-1734779275=:21920" Injection-Info: i2pn2.org; logging-data="3932064"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@i2pn2.org"; posting-account="w/4CleFT0XZ6XfSuRJzIySLIA6ECskkHxKUAYDZM66M"; In-Reply-To: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:62838 This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. --8323328-579371475-1734779275=:21920 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT On Sat, 21 Dec 2024, rbowman wrote: > On Fri, 20 Dec 2024 22:34:51 +0100, D wrote: > >> Sounds like Mobergs utvandrarna where the woman wants to go home, and >> the man wants to stay. Kind of weird that my wife now wants to move, and >> I want to stay. > > It's a good read. Part of Beret's problem was the Dakotas are mostly > steppes. Per had his farming but all she had was looking out at endless > grass or during the winter endless white snow. He realizes she is > depressed and has the brainstorm to whitewash the inside of the cabin to > brighten it up. That put her over the edge. Haha, brilliant! > Rolvaag himself grew up on Dønna island in a family that fished in > Lofoten. Looking at photos of that area I wonder if that made his > descriptions of the horror of endless prairies a personal thing. The land > was available and cheap but it must have taken a while to adapt. I don't > do well in the flatlands and don't think I could handle it. As long as there's forest or water I'm happy. Very neutral on mountains. The wife however, loves moutains, and that severely limits the places where we can move, but I think she'll be ok with a pine forest. She hates leafy trees though. Hmm, very picky woman, now that I think of it! ;) --8323328-579371475-1734779275=:21920--