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: Mon, 30 Dec 2024 13:08:17 +0100 Organization: i2pn2 (i2pn.org) Message-ID: References: <4b2cnTX5lsAz0Pf6nZ2dnZfqn_qdnZ2d@earthlink.com> <9768b36e-becf-45b5-9730-77fc3396ba60@example.net> <35fa6d66-0cd3-db6e-a34c-6625712373f2@example.net> <2e1d4083-8bb5-d852-87e2-466b8971f071@example.net> <573768ec-4a10-ddde-774e-9d378baac394@example.net> <237cf371-700e-be30-7ec8-df825e179db2@example.net> <8ea4721d-c8e7-600d-4eab-8a5f473a8a79@example.net> <131fa0ed-dc3c-5873-81a5-61213a109b57@example.net> <5b065b27-7b96-fa22-2f35-a1fda1bf0edb@example.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Injection-Info: i2pn2.org; logging-data="1166618"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@i2pn2.org"; posting-account="w/4CleFT0XZ6XfSuRJzIySLIA6ECskkHxKUAYDZM66M"; X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 In-Reply-To: Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:63343 On Sun, 29 Dec 2024, rbowman wrote: > On Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:14:52 +0100, D wrote: > > >> >> On Sat, 28 Dec 2024, rbowman wrote: >> >>> On Sat, 28 Dec 2024 17:08:28 GMT, Charlie Gibbs wrote: >>> >>> >>>> Pancreatic cancer is really nasty. We've lost a couple of friends >>>> that way. It presents no symptoms until you're already toast. The few >>>> cases I've heard of where people survived were due to a surgeon being >>>> in the area for something else and spotting it. >>> >>> I talked to my neighbor and he said he was ready to retire and do some >>> serious fishing. It was about two months after retirement and he was >>> dead. >>> I talked to his son and they had managed to get in a last fishing trip. >>> He'd started chemo but it did little good if not killing him faster. >> >> Was he very career oriented? I have a theory that many who are overly >> career oriented and place their full identity and value in their job and >> career, cannot handle forced retirement. When deprived of their jobs and >> careers, they just whither and die. > > Not that I am aware of. I was never sure exactly what he did but it was > blue collar. Most blue collar workers see retirement as the carrot at the > end of the tunnel even if it doesn't turn out as sweet as anticipated. My > father was going to retire when I graduated college and also looked > forward to a lot of fishing and hunting. He died in January of my senior > year. Very sad, I'm sorry to hear it. =( Yes, many blue collar people I imagine see work as work, and would be happy living retired. I think that blue collar lifestyle choices might sometimes cut their lifes a bit shorter than normal.