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The Hobbit Hole XIX - Tomorrow we may come this way...
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Posted on 01/27/2005 9:59:05 AM PST by ecurbh
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Tomorrow we may come this way...
New verse:
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Upon the hearth the fire is red,
Beneath the roof there is a bed;
But not yet weary are our feet,
Still round the corner we may meet
A sudden tree or standing stone
That none have seen but we alone.
Tree and flower and leaf and grass,
Let them pass! Let them pass!
Hill and water under sky,
Pass them by! Pass them by! |
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Still round the corner there may wait
A new road or a secret gate,
And though we pass them by today,
Tomorrow we may come this way
And take the hidden paths that run
Towards the Moon or to the Sun.
Apple, thorn, and nut and sloe,
Let them go! Let them go!
Sand and stone and pool and dell,
Fare you well! Fare you well! |
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Home is behind, the world ahead,
And there are many paths to tread
Through shadows to the edge of night,
Until the stars are all alight.
Then world behind and home ahead,
We’ll wander back to home and bed.
Mist and twilight, cloud and shade,
Away shall fade! Away shall fade!
Fire and lamp, and meat and bread,
And then to bed! And then to bed! |
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To: Ramius
I really, really like Outlook 2003. We've been running it on IT's machines for quite awhile, and have it on about half the clients now.
Of course...the users either want new software last year or they don't EVER want it. So I have no clear picture on whether or not they really care much for it.
5,181
posted on
02/23/2005 6:57:35 PM PST
by
RosieCotton
(A dead thing can go with the stream, but only a living thing can go against it. - GK Chesterton)
To: JenB; Bear_in_RoseBear
No, no...the goat is for Novell!
Young'uns...
5,182
posted on
02/23/2005 6:58:54 PM PST
by
RosieCotton
(A dead thing can go with the stream, but only a living thing can go against it. - GK Chesterton)
To: Bear_in_RoseBear
5,183
posted on
02/23/2005 6:59:16 PM PST
by
RosieCotton
(A dead thing can go with the stream, but only a living thing can go against it. - GK Chesterton)
To: Bear_in_RoseBear
Gotta wonder about an OS with so many daemons runnin' around...
5,184
posted on
02/23/2005 7:00:30 PM PST
by
RosieCotton
(A dead thing can go with the stream, but only a living thing can go against it. - GK Chesterton)
To: RosieCotton
Heh heh... I jumped from Windows 3.1 to Unix, and didn't return to Windows until Win98. I still talk about "mounting" drives instead of "mapping" them....
5,185
posted on
02/23/2005 7:07:19 PM PST
by
Bear_in_RoseBear
(I've got the will, Lord, if you've got the toe)
To: Bear_in_RoseBear; RosieCotton
That guy has been like that for years now.
I do have to admit that we did *finally* convince him, only in the last few months, to go with XP on his new laptop. So... now any time he has trouble, he blames it on that instead.
Fortunately for him, I have enough personal perspective to see the basic raging humor in everything he says or does. Otherwise I would have been on the roof with a rifle many many moons ago.
I do have to wonder why the company puts up with him. Sure, he owns most of the stock, which is why he's chairman of the board... but still... there's gotta be a way to get out from under somebody this deranged.
Another funny one:
Late last year one of his new laptops cost $15,000. He buys a new one about once a month. In the fixed assets system, we have 65 laptops currently associated with his name. This does not include laptops that have been disposed.
Now... I'm a techie sort of person, even if my techness has been diluted by some years managing people instead of computers... but I do not even know *how* to spend $15K on a laptop. I could sit all day configuring systems and not be able to come up with that.
Staggering. Really.
5,186
posted on
02/23/2005 7:09:03 PM PST
by
Ramius
(Gregoirovich Nyet!)
To: All
Evening all...short visit tonight, methinks.
I've been seeing a strange billboard around the state lately; this one is in Lansing (on MLK just south of GM Assembly, for those who know the area).
It appears to be advertising the billboard company's services. This company ran Bush/Cheney '04 ads on its own, not paid for by the campaign.
5,187
posted on
02/23/2005 7:11:05 PM PST
by
ExGeeEye
("Why is there a watermelon there?" "I'll tell you later.")
To: JenB
When I have to do Unix related stuff, I sacrifice a whole goat No... no... the goats are for Netware!
5,188
posted on
02/23/2005 7:11:18 PM PST
by
Ramius
(Gregoirovich Nyet!)
To: Ramius
I do not even know *how* to spend $15K on a laptop.I was about to say the same thing. I'm just plain boggled...
5,189
posted on
02/23/2005 7:12:26 PM PST
by
Bear_in_RoseBear
(I've got the will, Lord, if you've got the toe)
To: RosieCotton
No, no...the goat is for Novell! Hehe. What you said. :-)
5,190
posted on
02/23/2005 7:12:42 PM PST
by
Ramius
(Gregoirovich Nyet!)
To: ExGeeEye
That's one freaky billboard!
5,191
posted on
02/23/2005 7:16:39 PM PST
by
Bear_in_RoseBear
(I've got the will, Lord, if you've got the toe)
To: Bear_in_RoseBear
5,192
posted on
02/23/2005 7:19:17 PM PST
by
ExGeeEye
("Why is there a watermelon there?" "I'll tell you later.")
To: Bear_in_RoseBear; Ramius
Yeah...I'm playin' around a bit just for curiosity's sake, and even adding ungodly amounts of RAM and special features, I'm hard pressed to hit $6000, never mind well over twice that amount.
I dunno whether to be impressed or dismayed.
In either case, though, it's time for bed...
5,193
posted on
02/23/2005 7:20:16 PM PST
by
RosieCotton
(A dead thing can go with the stream, but only a living thing can go against it. - GK Chesterton)
To: Bear_in_RoseBear
Alienware. Ever seen them? Brutally awesome machines.
I've tried to configure one and still can't get over $6k.
5,194
posted on
02/23/2005 7:22:25 PM PST
by
Ramius
(Gregoirovich Nyet!)
To: Ramius
Are the laptops gold-plated? Voice controlled? Sheesh!
Never had to work with Netware, so my goats can be used to appease the daemons on *nix.
5,195
posted on
02/23/2005 7:23:06 PM PST
by
JenB
To: ExGeeEye
5,196
posted on
02/23/2005 7:23:41 PM PST
by
Ramius
(Gregoirovich Nyet!)
To: Ramius; Rose in RoseBear
Oh, yeah, Alienware is very high-end... I put Rose on it to see what she could come up with...
5,197
posted on
02/23/2005 7:26:10 PM PST
by
Bear_in_RoseBear
(I've got the will, Lord, if you've got the toe)
To: RosieCotton
Have a good night!
5,198
posted on
02/23/2005 7:26:31 PM PST
by
Bear_in_RoseBear
(I've got the will, Lord, if you've got the toe)
To: Bear_in_RoseBear
5,199
posted on
02/23/2005 7:27:33 PM PST
by
Corin Stormhands
(One Iraqi purple finger took more courage than John Kerry's three purple hearts.)
To: Bear_in_RoseBear
5,200
posted on
02/23/2005 7:27:34 PM PST
by
Corin Stormhands
(One Iraqi purple finger took more courage than John Kerry's three purple hearts.)
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