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Re: Joining!

From Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com>
Newsgroups alt.folklore.computers
Subject Re: Joining!
Date 2020-08-26 14:51 -0400
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J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> writes:

> On Wed, 26 Aug 2020 12:30:08 -0400, Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>>J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> writes:
>>
>>> On Wed, 26 Aug 2020 06:33:39 -0400, Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>Johnatan Duck <pato@thunder.local> writes:
>>>>
>>>>> On 2020-08-25, Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> wrote:
>>>>>>> I know there's no moderation, and that you can walk
>>>>>>> into a bar without asking, but I find nice to say hi
>>>>>>> anyway :)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> To quote from another group long ago and far away,
>>>>>> pull up a rock and light up a beer.
>>>>>
>>>>> I would need a beer with friends so much.  I'm home
>>>>> since so much time I don't even remember how it is like
>>>>> to be sipping a beer at the pub.
>>>>
>>>>Say amen.
>>>>
>>>>I keep losing track of the day of the week.
>>>>
>>>>I've never hung out a a pub or over here a bar,
>>>>but I'm missing the gym, pool halls, and swimming.
>>>>
>>>>Lately I've gone into high gear on projects on the house.
>>>>I'm not even sure how many I have going at once now.
>>>>
>>>>I've been working on the closet in my office.
>>>>I've got it all painted now and I have some lumber
>>>>for the shelves and brackets to hold the shelves.
>>>>I've got a sketch of the cut I want to put on the end
>>>>of the brackets (3 curves).  But I want to get a cleaner
>>>>drawing to get a template for the cut.  I'm in
>>>>the Inkscape tutorials trying to grasp how to use
>>>>the bezier tools to draw this up.
>>>>
>>>>I've got other projects I want to do with Inkscape so
>>>>I've tried it before but I'm still a struggling novice.
>>>>I'm doing the YouTube tutorials again.
>>>>
>>>>Projects on top of projects.
>>>
>>> I'm missing just sitting in a restaurant eating lunch and reading.
>>
>>Your waiters don't mind you reading at the table?
>
> Why would they, they aren't my mother.

Because you're occupying a table delaying their next tip.

>>Still haven't tried at Inkscape again.
>>Decided to mow the lawn and go back to coffee table
>>refinishing instead.
>>
>>I'll probably go eat then resume painting the foundation.
>>
>>I guess havng a lot of projects going helps not getting bored.
>
> Boredom isn't my problem.  It's making myself stop working.

Ah, still employed.

I thought I might work until I dropped but only made it to age
70 before I realized I could find other things to do before
I shuffled off.

I don't regret starting a new life but didn't think I'd be confined to
my house for this long.  Being a widow after all these years doesn't
help.

-- 
Dan Espen

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Joining! Johnatan Duck <pato@thunder.local> - 2020-08-23 21:56 +0000
  Re: Joining! JimP <chucktheouch@gmail.com> - 2020-08-24 08:51 -0500
    Re: Joining! Johnatan Duck <pato@thunder.local> - 2020-08-24 14:37 +0000
      Re: Joining! Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com> - 2020-08-24 11:48 -0400
  Re: Joining! Daniel <me@sci.fidan.com> - 2020-08-24 13:24 -0700
    Re: Joining! Johnatan Duck <pato@thunder.local> - 2020-08-25 06:31 +0000
      Re: Joining! Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2020-08-25 19:57 +0000
        Re: Joining! Johnatan Duck <pato@thunder.local> - 2020-08-26 07:45 +0000
          Re: Joining! Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com> - 2020-08-26 06:33 -0400
            Re: Joining! J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2020-08-26 11:36 -0400
              Re: Joining! Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com> - 2020-08-26 12:30 -0400
                Re: Joining! J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2020-08-26 12:39 -0400
                Re: Joining! Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com> - 2020-08-26 14:51 -0400
                Re: Joining! J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2020-08-26 15:17 -0400
                Re: Joining! Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com> - 2020-08-26 17:02 -0400
                Re: Joining! Niklas Karlsson <anksil@yahoo.se> - 2020-08-26 19:25 +0000
                Re: Joining! Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com> - 2020-08-26 17:07 -0400
                Re: Joining! Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2020-08-26 22:46 +0100
                Re: Joining! Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2020-08-27 06:32 +0000
                Re: Joining! Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2020-08-27 08:06 +0100
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                Re: Joining! Dave Garland <dave.garland@wizinfo.com> - 2020-08-26 22:49 -0500
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                Re: Joining! Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2020-08-27 18:51 +0000
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                Re: Joining! Johnatan Duck <pato@thunder.local> - 2020-08-26 20:31 +0000
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  Re: Joining! David Paul <dpaulnieto@outlook.com> - 2020-08-27 03:09 +0200
    Re: Joining! Johnatan Duck <pato@thunder.local> - 2020-08-29 05:50 +0000
      Re: Joining! Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2020-08-29 07:25 +0100
        Re: Joining! Johnatan Duck <pato@thunder.local> - 2020-08-29 13:26 +0000
          Re: Joining! Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2020-08-29 06:35 -0700
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            Re: Joining! Johnatan Duck <pato@thunder.local> - 2020-08-30 12:51 +0000
              Re: Joining! Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2020-08-30 18:03 +0100
                Re: Joining! Johnatan Duck <pato@thunder.local> - 2020-09-02 11:27 +0000
                Re: Joining! Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2020-09-02 15:05 +0100
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                Re: Joining! Johnatan Duck <pato@thunder.local> - 2020-09-05 09:09 +0000
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