First look at Kubuntu 10.04

[Gene Heskett]

On Wednesday, August 04, 2010 09:50:25 am Goh Lip did opine:

> On 08/04/2010 12:28 PM, Gene Heskett wrote:
> > On Wednesday, August 04, 2010 12:23:35 am Doug did opine:
> >> On 8/3/2010 11:30 PM, Goh Lip wrote:
> >>> On 08/04/2010 09:46 AM, Doug wrote:
> > Got ya beat Doug,  I'm 75.  Been using linux exclusively since Red Hat
> > 5.0. But its moving fairly fast and I seem to be falling behind,
> > hence I wander around these mailing lists, hat in hand begging for
> > help more often than I'd like to.
> 
> Don't listen to Gene, Doug. He's really a mischievous old geezer who can
> show some kids like me a thing or two. And he'll build a bench for the
> neighbours under the oak tree in the hot sun while his roof is blown
> off. Some 'hat in hand begging', my foot!
> 
> 
> Regards - Goh Lip
> -

Chuckle, many thanks for the flowers Goh Lip.

The roof & gutters have all been redone, and I am in the process of 
rebuilding the privacy fencing that was destroyed too.  Unfortunately, its 
turned out to be lots of hard work (which, properly applied, never killed 
anybody plus I've lost 5 of the extra 20 lbs I'm carrying) which has my 
back yelling at me every morning till I get moving.  One 8 foot panel of 
this shadowbox style fencing=close to 350 lbs, so I use a tripod 
contraption made out of 3 16 foot 2x8's and a boat trailer winch to do the 
real heavy lifting.  Sucking in some caffeine to get me motivated helps.  As 
for the bench under the oak tree, that may happen too.  With suitable all 
weather lawn furniture, I rather like the idea.  Put in a keg of ultra lite 
beer (I'm diabetic) plus a fire pit to burn yard trash in, and I'd be in the 
SS sets version of heaven of an evening.  I could run a net cable out the 
window and set there with my lappy till "The man comes around" as Johnny 
Cash sang about on his last CD.  Cable cuz the siding is alu & wifi doesn't 
get through.

Today, weather permitting, I'll get the last 10 boards cut and applied to 
the other side of the (angled up hill) fence panel I built and hung 
yesterday and possibly get that post guyed plumb and about 3 ea 40 lb bags 
of sackrete in the hole around it.  Weather & back are the question marks.  
Then set the other gate post, building an arched top to connect them (on 
orders from the better half, and who has no clue about building arches out 
of straight lumber), a double swinging gate setup (wide enough to get the 
rider through this time) and about 7 more feet of fence and this will be 
done except for a coat or 2 of CWF after its had a month or so to weather.  
Poplar is, like Cherry, a photosensitive wood, white right off the sawmill, 
turning very nice shades of warm tan with an occasional purplish cast on 
exposure to sunlight.  It finishes and ages well as long as its not in 
ground contact.

I can't fall over yet, I have too much stuff left to do! ;-)

-- 
Cheers, Gene
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