[Rhodes22-list] I'm baaaaaaaack.
Herb Parsons
hparsons at parsonsys.com
Mon Feb 23 04:00:53 EST 2009
Here ya go. I joked with my daughter, that she had 10 fingers and toes,
but 6 fingers on one hand.... She didn't let me finish.
Actually, they expected that sort of stuff from me. The baby is fine.
Grandkids are SO much more fun that their parents were. All the fun
stuff, very little of the responsibility...
elle wrote:
> Herb,
> congrats on the new grandbaby....the requisite # of fingers & toes??
> How about a picture??
>
> elle
>
> We can't change the angle of the wind....but we can adjust our sails.
>
> 1992 Rhodes 22 Recyc '06 "WaterMusic" (Lady in Red)
>
>
> --- On Mon, 2/16/09, Herb Parsons <hparsons at parsonsys.com> wrote:
>
>
>> From: Herb Parsons <hparsons at parsonsys.com>
>> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] I'm baaaaaaaack.
>> To: "The Rhodes 22 Email List" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>> Date: Monday, February 16, 2009, 10:13 AM
>> Actually, had a number of issues that kept me pretty busy,
>> so I "got
>> behind" on the fun stuff for a few weeks.
>>
>> We did a migration at work from an older NetWare server to
>> several new
>> Suse Linux servers. The server migrations went well, but
>> migrating our
>> email system didn't. I had to drop back and punt and
>> rebuild the server
>> for that system, then resolve the issues involved. I
>> THOUGHT that had me
>> finished, but then the owner decided to immediately
>> implement a document
>> management system (believe it or not, part of the email
>> system). That
>> meant installing yet another server, and designing the
>> document
>> management system as well.
>>
>> That was all OK, I've had
>> hurry-up-rush-learn-something-new situations
>> before, but the real killer was that I came down with
>> shingles right in
>> the middle of it all.
>>
>> I'd always thought that was one of those almost funny
>> type diseases
>> that's more of a nuisance than anything else. Boy, was
>> I ever wrong. I
>> started off feeling like I had a mild case of the flu. Then
>> my whole
>> right side started aching, as if I'd be sparring in
>> karate and took some
>> round house kicks to my right side. It got so bad that I
>> told my wife
>> if it was on the left side, I'd have thought I was
>> having heart
>> problems. I had that combination of sore and flu-like for
>> about four
>> days, and then the rashes came in, in a rough band shape.
>> That was the
>> point where my wife said she thought I had shingles.
>>
>> We went to the dr's office on the next Monday (my
>> sister's a nurse
>> there), and they confirmed it was shingles. He prescribed
>> some meds that
>> seemed to help, a lot. Still not completely over it, but
>> getting there.
>>
>> Probably the most aggravating part about it is that my
>> oldest daughter
>> had a baby shortly before the onset. Now I can't hold
>> baby Emma until
>> everything's cleared up (it's a form of chickenpox,
>> and can't expose the
>> baby).
>>
>> Sorry to bore the list with medical issues - but hey, you
>> asked :)
>>
>>
>>
>> ben wrote:
>>
>>> Herb,
>>>
>>> I had assumed you had left the list as well. What
>>>
>> have you been up to the
>>
>>> last several weeks?
>>>
>>> Ben
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org
>>> [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf
>>>
>> Of Herb Parsons
>>
>>> Sent: Sunday, February 15, 2009 16:46
>>> To: The Rhodes 22 Email List
>>> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] I'm baaaaaaaack.
>>>
>>> I actually do like reading (most of) Rummy's
>>>
>> posts. I don't understand
>>
>>> the need for name-calling though. My response really
>>>
>> wasn't a blast
>>
>>> against his post, it was a comment on the
>>>
>> "let's only talk sailing"
>>
>>> stuff that floated around.
>>>
>>>
>>> Todd Tavares wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> Well, I guess all good things must end. :^D
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: R22RumRunner at aol.com
>>>> To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
>>>> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] I'm
>>>>
>> baaaaaaaack.
>>
>>>> Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2009 12:34:08 EST
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Gee Herb, always nice to hear from you. First,
>>>>
>> I'm not doing the
>>
>>>> sanding my
>>>> self. Another example of your inability to read
>>>>
>> and understand
>>
>>>> anything that
>>>> anyone has to offer. I have just set my mail
>>>>
>> settings and all of your
>>
>>>> postings
>>>> will go where they belong.....the junk mail
>>>>
>> files. Don't bother
>>
>>>> responding
>>>> to me directly either. I'm disappointed to
>>>>
>> see you are still hanging
>>
>>>> around
>>>> being as useless and abrasive as you have always
>>>>
>> been.
>>
>>>> Rummy
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> In a message dated 2/15/2009 11:30:25 A.M.
>>>>
>> Eastern Standard Time,
>>
>>>> hparsons at parsonsys.com writes:
>>>>
>>>> Boring???
>>>>
>>>> Why in the world would anyone have thought it
>>>>
>> was boring? I've seen
>>
>>>> more
>>>> sailing-only posts on here in the last few weeks
>>>>
>> than at any other
>>
>>>> time.
>>>> Wasn't that the point?
>>>>
>>>> I hated seeing you leave, but coming back and
>>>>
>> telling us how you
>>
>>>> sanded
>>>> your boat prepping it for a new coat of paint, I
>>>>
>> don't think, is
>>
>>>> going
>>>> to make 'da list any less boring.
>>>>
>>>> Maybe, eventually, some folks will understand,
>>>>
>> and we'll see some
>>
>>>> other
>>>> "interesting" members return.
>>>>
>>>> R22RumRunner at aol.com wrote:
>>>> > Due to popular and overwhelming demand (the
>>>>
>> commodore said the
>>
>>>> > list was getting to be way to boring), I
>>>>
>> have signed back on to
>>
>>>> > the list. I had a wonderful sabbatical away
>>>>
>> during which I have
>>
>>>> > accomplished much. RumRunner is currently
>>>>
>> being sanded down and
>>
>>>> > close to being ready for a
>>>> new
>>>> > coat of blue paint and numerous other
>>>>
>> upgrades and fixes.
>>
>>>> > Our lake is still down fourteen feet, but
>>>>
>> it has been that way for
>>
>>>> about a
>>>>
>>>> > month now without much change in either
>>>>
>> direction. Even if
>>
>>>> RumRunner is
>>>> ready
>>>> > for the water, the lake level will have to
>>>>
>> come up some before I
>>
>>>> > would be willing to put her in. The lake is
>>>>
>> a very dangerous
>>
>>>> > place to be right now.
>>>> I may
>>>> > venture out in my small aluminum boat and
>>>>
>> take some pictures to
>>
>>>> give you
>>>> all
>>>> > an idea of what it looks like. Glad to be
>>>>
>> back. Rummy
>>
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