Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ?

From	D <nospam@example.net>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.misc
Subject	Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ?
Date	2024-12-30 13:08 +0100
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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.

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Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2024-12-21 21:04 +0000
  Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ? D <nospam@example.net> - 2024-12-22 11:55 +0100
    Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2024-12-22 20:23 +0000
      Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ? D <nospam@example.net> - 2024-12-22 23:09 +0100
        Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2024-12-23 01:09 +0000
          Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ? D <nospam@example.net> - 2024-12-23 12:26 +0100
            Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2024-12-23 20:52 +0000
              Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ? Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2024-12-23 21:13 +0000
                Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2024-12-24 02:08 +0000
                Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2024-12-27 14:33 +0000
                Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ? Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2024-12-27 18:41 +0000
        Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ? "186282@ud0s4.net" <186283@ud0s4.net> - 2024-12-23 00:35 -0500
          Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2024-12-23 06:12 +0000
          Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ? D <nospam@example.net> - 2024-12-23 12:46 +0100
            Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2024-12-23 21:17 +0000
              Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ? D <nospam@example.net> - 2024-12-24 12:53 +0100
                Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2024-12-24 19:51 +0000
                Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ? D <nospam@example.net> - 2024-12-24 22:52 +0100
                Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2024-12-25 01:49 +0000
                Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ? D <nospam@example.net> - 2024-12-25 12:34 +0100
                Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2024-12-25 19:38 +0000
                Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ? D <nospam@example.net> - 2024-12-25 22:51 +0100
                Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2024-12-26 01:29 +0000
                Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ? D <nospam@example.net> - 2024-12-26 12:28 +0100
                Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2024-12-26 19:09 +0000
                Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ? D <nospam@example.net> - 2024-12-27 12:17 +0100
                Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2024-12-27 18:59 +0000
                Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ? D <nospam@example.net> - 2024-12-28 00:29 +0100
                Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2024-12-28 01:02 +0000
                Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ? D <nospam@example.net> - 2024-12-28 12:23 +0100
                Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2024-12-28 21:36 +0000
                Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ? D <nospam@example.net> - 2024-12-29 12:26 +0100
                Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2024-12-29 19:03 +0000
                Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ? D <nospam@example.net> - 2024-12-30 13:04 +0100
                Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2024-12-30 20:30 +0000
                Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ? D <nospam@example.net> - 2024-12-31 12:45 +0100
                Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ? Lars Poulsen <lars@cleo.beagle-ears.com> - 2024-12-26 03:06 +0000
                Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2024-12-26 04:50 +0000
                Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ? D <nospam@example.net> - 2024-12-26 12:46 +0100
            Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ? "186282@ud0s4.net" <186283@ud0s4.net> - 2024-12-24 00:58 -0500
              Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ? D <nospam@example.net> - 2024-12-24 15:21 +0100
                Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2024-12-24 19:40 +0000
                Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ? D <nospam@example.net> - 2024-12-24 22:46 +0100
                Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2024-12-25 01:39 +0000
                Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ? D <nospam@example.net> - 2024-12-25 12:30 +0100
                Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2024-12-25 20:09 +0000
                Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ? D <nospam@example.net> - 2024-12-25 23:05 +0100
                Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2024-12-26 03:27 +0000
                Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ? D <nospam@example.net> - 2024-12-26 12:51 +0100
                Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2024-12-26 19:31 +0000
                Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ? D <nospam@example.net> - 2024-12-27 12:21 +0100
                Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2024-12-27 19:14 +0000
                Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ? D <nospam@example.net> - 2024-12-28 00:31 +0100
                Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2024-12-28 00:27 +0000
                Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ? "186282@ud0s4.net" <186283@ud0s4.net> - 2024-12-28 00:06 -0500
                Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2024-12-28 10:46 +0000
                Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2024-12-28 20:03 +0000
                Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ? D <nospam@example.net> - 2024-12-28 12:17 +0100
                Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2024-12-28 11:53 +0000
                Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ? Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2024-12-28 17:08 +0000
                Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ? Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2024-12-28 17:13 +0000
                Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2024-12-28 20:34 +0000
                Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ? Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2024-12-29 00:25 +0000
                Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2024-12-29 01:39 +0000
                Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ? Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2024-12-29 16:54 +0000
                Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ? D <nospam@example.net> - 2024-12-29 12:14 +0100
                Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2024-12-29 19:53 +0000
                Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ? D <nospam@example.net> - 2024-12-30 13:08 +0100
                Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2024-12-30 20:32 +0000
                Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ? D <nospam@example.net> - 2024-12-31 12:46 +0100
                Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ? D <nospam@example.net> - 2024-12-29 12:06 +0100
                Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ? D <nospam@example.net> - 2024-12-29 12:02 +0100
                Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2024-12-29 12:11 +0000
                Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ? Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2024-12-29 16:54 +0000
                Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2024-12-29 19:40 +0000
                Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ? D <nospam@example.net> - 2024-12-30 12:51 +0100
                Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2024-12-30 12:34 +0000
                Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ? D <nospam@example.net> - 2024-12-31 12:36 +0100
                Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2024-12-30 20:44 +0000
                Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2024-12-31 11:11 +0000
                Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ? D <nospam@example.net> - 2024-12-31 12:48 +0100
                Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ? "186282@ud0s4.net" <186283@ud0s4.net> - 2025-01-01 03:23 -0500
                Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ? D <nospam@example.net> - 2025-01-01 12:58 +0100
                Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-01-01 22:14 +0000
                Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ? D <nospam@example.net> - 2025-01-02 12:17 +0100
                Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-01-02 20:36 +0000
                The Joys of Marriage (Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ?) Lars Poulsen <lars@cleo.beagle-ears.com> - 2025-01-03 02:02 +0000
                Re: The Joys of Marriage (Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ?) rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-01-03 03:24 +0000
                Re: The Joys of Marriage (Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ?) D <nospam@example.net> - 2025-01-03 12:34 +0100
                Re: The Joys of Marriage (Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ?) Lars Poulsen <lars@cleo.beagle-ears.com> - 2025-01-03 23:41 +0000
                Re: The Joys of Marriage (Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ?) D <nospam@example.net> - 2025-01-04 01:54 +0100
                Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ? D <nospam@example.net> - 2025-01-03 12:25 +0100
                Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-01-03 23:43 +0000
                Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ? D <nospam@example.net> - 2025-01-04 01:55 +0100
                Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-01-04 06:57 +0000
                Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ? Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2025-01-04 07:29 +0000
                Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ? D <nospam@example.net> - 2025-01-04 12:42 +0100
                Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2024-12-28 20:49 +0000
                Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ? D <nospam@example.net> - 2024-12-29 12:18 +0100
                Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2024-12-29 20:15 +0000
                Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ? D <nospam@example.net> - 2024-12-30 13:15 +0100
                Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2024-12-30 20:13 +0000
                Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ? D <nospam@example.net> - 2024-12-31 12:42 +0100
                Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ? "186282@ud0s4.net" <186283@ud0s4.net> - 2024-12-25 20:34 -0500
                Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2024-12-26 04:39 +0000
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