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changed username to Knoppix George rich-c: good afternoon, George Knoppix George: hi Rich rich-c: what's the Knoppix about? Knoppix George: another version of linux rich-c: still playing wiht alternative OSs, are you? Knoppix George: this is knoppix version 3.4 rich-c: not that I don't think it's a good idea rich-c: I have trouble enough keeping Windows in line rich-c: but not quite trouble enough to drive me to Linux - quite - yet Knoppix George: i'm using konqueror webbrowser rich-c: that's a Linux-only browser, right? Knoppix George: yes rich-c: like, not like Mozilla or others that have a Windows version rich-c: I think I've heard of it, and that the person who talked of it liked it Knoppix George: it looks the same though rich-c: you mean it has an IE sort of interface? Knoppix George: it has extra plugins rich-c: what are the extras good for? Knoppix George: multimedia rich-c: OK - I'm not even sure what my default players are on ost media formats at the moment Knoppix George: a sleek look of mozilla rich-c: well folks like mozilla because it's fast and efficient rich-c: I hear praise of Opera as being very light and fast rich-c: ther's another a saw recently will fit on one 1.44 floppy! rich-c: the one thing I've heard is that Netscape still hasn't got it (or got it back frrom when they were best) Knoppix George: true rich-c: I started off with Netscape but got ticked off when I found out about all their built in spyware rich-c: and if you wanted good stuff like plugins they demanded too much information Knoppix George: will anyone join us today? rich-c: there is no way to say - Pam and Erin could turn up, they're in Windsor but likely have other things to do rich-c: one never knows what Dr. D. will decide rich-c: Guy comes by sometimes, whather today, who knows? rich-c: and can't tell about Daniel or Ron either - it's all a guessing game Knoppix George: it's very nice outside here rich-c: besides, I had to bail out early Wednesday, felt too ill, so didn't get any word Knoppix George: i was out and about early rich-c: yes, we have a beautiful sunny day, about 68º, cool wind Knoppix George: about 75 here rich-c: good for you - I was up at 7.30, got up, ate, sat in my chair and fell asleep again rich-c: you are further south so you are likely to be a bit warmer even in the same air mass rich-c: I actually managed to read through the Star today - our big paper is on Saturdays Knoppix George: boy, i just checked the local forcast and i was right on the nose rich-c: yes, these days you can get really good forecasting rich-c: Frances is forever using the Canadian WeatherService website that shows the weather radar patterns Knoppix George: i got my flags for flag day rich-c: we can get continental, regional, right down to the Doppler tower near Toronto rich-c: right, that's Monday, isn't it? We don't have any equivalent rich-c: just like we don't have Memorial Day; we have Remembrance Day Nov. 11th Knoppix George: we get local doppler from weather.com Knoppix George: and many other maps rich-c: you can also get it from NOAA - they are very good rich-c: it's nws.noaa.gov rich-c: just checked, it is a www. address Knoppix George: i'm going to make stuffed shells for dinner rich-c: what do you plan to stuff them with? ricotta and spinach can work well Knoppix George: yes rich-c: will you be using the large or small shells? Knoppix George: jumbo shells rich-c: won't need many then, just for you rich-c: do you make your own sauce or buy a bottled one? Knoppix George: no, only 3 ithink Knoppix George: i need to make my own rich-c: do you make yours as vegetarian or with meat? Knoppix George: i can freeze the rest Knoppix George: veggi rich-c: yes, pasta dishes seem to freeze very well rich-c: all you need then is a little glass of Chianti, or maybe Montepulciano d'Abbruzzo, to go with it Knoppix George: i'll have to settle for 7up with my meds rich-c: pity - most meds are tolerant of small amounts of alcohol rich-c: I've found most of the cautions and warnings can be qualified rich-c: for instance on the warfarin they advise against leafy veggies and stuff Knoppix George: not to chance with 15 different meds rich-c: but if you push you find they really mean, don't change your current pattern rich-c: with 15 different meds I'm surprised you aren't having bad intereactions between the meds themselves rich-c: I suspect it was a new medication that knocked me down Wednesday and has kept me woozy since Knoppix George: doctors are very cautioned and watchfull rich-c: yes, and we also have some pretty observant phamacists Knoppix George: yes they catch problems too rich-c: our drugstore keeps a complete record of my meds online - they do that for all customers rich-c: they also issue a couple of pages of information every time you get a new prescription, too Knoppix George: i'm lucky they deliver my meds rich-c: and, their official receipts have a listing of all your most recent prescriptions attached rich-c: oh, I can get mine delivered too, but find it more convenient to go fethc them myself Knoppix George: same here rich-c: of course if I end up unable to drive, amtters could change rich-c: but then I would have to change to a closer pharmacy Knoppix George: i go to the closest chain i'm at at the time Knoppix George: all in the same chain rich-c: you deal with more than one drugstore, then? rich-c: oh, and are their patient records all cross-linked, available to any store in the chain? Knoppix George: i have to because i'm so limited in the amount i can travel at one time rich-c: that's why I'm surprised you don't just stick with the one nearest to you Knoppix George: things are a bit spread out in this part of the city rich-c: oh yes, suburbs tend to be like that, but I'd expect you to have most essentials within walking distance Knoppix George: not in my walking distance rich-c: why, what is your limit nowadays? Knoppix George: 1-2 blocks at most rich-c: really? is your limit heart, lungs, or something else? Knoppix George: all of the above rich-c: yeah, sounds like you feel all the time like I do today Knoppix George: yes rich-c: I've been walking over for my INR samples - just over a kilometre each way to the lab Knoppix George: and in and out of hospitals with it rich-c: well, other than when the doctor found the A-fib, I haven't required any hospital time, and that was just a couple of hours Knoppix George: hospitals live for me rich-c: well, with the gall bladder and then the hip, the hospitals have had a bit of trade from me too rich-c: let's say they can look after some other folks now; I hope not to need them for a while Knoppix George: i need another pain pill Knoppix George: BRB rich-c: what is hurting at the moment? Knoppix George: head Knoppix George: now i'll be good for 8 hours rich-c: headache problems I have never had, in fact I rarely use painkillers rich-c: still have all my percodan and tylenol 2 and 3 unused since my hospital discharge Knoppix George: it came from my back hurting so long rich-c: I haven't had my back go into spasm lately, but when it does it usually takes a 282 to untangle it rich-c: in fact when it goes I'll often be on 282 MEPs for days
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changed username to Daniel B Daniel B: oui, c'est moi rich-c: what happen, fall off the line? rich-c: oh, nos ami Daniel est ici! Bienvenue! Knoppix George: hI Danny rich-c: hi Daniel, we were wondering if you'd be by rich-c: how's things down by the St. Lawrence tidewater? Knoppix George: i think i need to shutdown and get some rest rich-c: I can sympathize, George; hope we can each make it Wednesday rich-c: take care and nurse that sore head Daniel B: it's nice here. sun, clouds, it's nice! Knoppix George: i'll try to make it Wed. rich-c: OK George, see you then Knoppix George: bye
Knoppix George left chat session Daniel B: bye George rich-c: so Daniel, how are the strawberries coming along on l'ile d'Orleans? time to hit the bridge yet? Daniel B: I was unable to be online wednesday... my internet connection didn't work rich-c: ah - I was on but had to leave by 10 - feeling ill from a drug reaction, I think Daniel B: strawberies? er... normally it's after my birthday rich-c: that would be when, three-four weeks from now? Daniel B: 6 days rich-c: ah, next Friday, then - not long! Daniel B: yeah... and 29 years old... I'm getting older and older each year. rich-c: our local stores have strawberries now but they are from California - very pretty but flavourless rich-c: me two - about 14 months and I will hit three-quarters of a century Daniel B: My favorite strawberries came from St-Nicolas... near Levis. rich-c: when you live in Quebec City, it's easy to become a connoisseur rich-c: that's over on the south shore, isn't it? Daniel B: if you look on a map, Levis is below Quebec Daniel B: it's simply at the opposite side of St-Laurent. rich-c: yes, on the south shore of the St. Lawrence, n'est-ce pas? Daniel B: :) rich-c: is St. Niclas to the east or west of Levis, then? Daniel B: west Daniel B: also west of "chutes de la chaudière" rich-c: makes it handier to the bridge, then Daniel B: yes, the Quebec and Laporte bridges rich-c: I though the Chaudiere was on your side of the river? Daniel B: no, it's south rich-c: have to find my way down there and review my geography soon, then ;-) Daniel B: but in north side we have Morency(?) falls. rich-c: oui, les chutes Montmorency - that's what I was thinking of Daniel B: http://www.chutemontmorency.qc.ca/ Daniel B: ;) rich-c: so picuresque, except for that damn big buildig by the riverside - or has that been removed now? Daniel B: which building? rich-c: OK, guess it's gone - there was one right at the river edge close to the falls, blocking the view Daniel B: i don't know. rich-c: made it all but impossible to get a decent picture rich-c: anyway, Frances has a passion for all fresh fruit and strawberries most of all rich-c: once they are in season, we have them every day without fail as long as the crop lasts rich-c: her greatest vacation was one summer when the harvest was just a little late rich-c: very late June we stared at home, then in Prince Edwrd County found more just coming in as our trailer stock ran out rich-c: picked and stored enough to carry us down to Quebec City - actually camped at l'Ange Gardien rich-c: just then l'ile d'Orleans opened for business so we scooped lots more there rich-c: as we moved downriver we found renewed supplies though things wre tight around the Gaspe rich-c: then when we got to Prince Edward Island their harvest was just starting Daniel B: I was at Orlean Island past sunday. There was flowers on apple trees. rich-c: you never saw such huge berries - almost to a wheelbarrow to carry one ;-) rich-c: our flowering trees have come and gone long since - our crabapple is sick and has hardly any fruit set Daniel B: Rich, I found a picture of Montmorency fall. I'm sending it to you... I don't see the building you are talking about. rich-c: but it looks as if we may have a bountiful harvest of pears this year rich-c: good show, Daniel - I think I did read somewhere it had been removed rich-c: anyway, Daniel, in our trip year the last strawberries ran out the day the first peaches came in rich-c: Frances was in seventh heaven all summer 8-) Daniel B: in english the heaven has not 9th floor? :-) rich-c: not quite sure of the theological construct, Daniel; it's an allusion to a laic work, not theological
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changed username to Daniel Bienvenu Daniel Bienvenu: oops, I closed my chat windows by mistake :) rich-c: see you got the plug pulled on you rich-c: I do that too by hitting the wrong key sometimes, but I haven't found out which key does it Daniel Bienvenu: I know that ALT+F4 close a window. rich-c: nice thing about a DSL line is that when you mess up you can recover quickly rich-c: well Alt + F4 actually closes down the program; my problem key is one of the ones along the bottom of the keyboard Daniel Bienvenu: ok... I don't know which key you pressed then. Daniel Bienvenu: What did you plan for the next ADMACON event? You will go to El Paso? rich-c: as for El Paso, I just don't know - if my health problems continue I may not be able to go rich-c: there will also be questions about routing - again, my ability to tolerate long days and multiple flights is in question Daniel Bienvenu: I never went in a plane... I never have to. rich-c: I will be seeing the cardiologist for teh 24-hour monitor test first week in July rich-c: I have only travelled on an aircraft a limited number of times, but they have been interesting rich-c: the first was on an old Jenny float plane a barnstormer had in the Hudson River in 1935 rich-c: the I was, I think Trans-Canada Air Lines first family fare passenger rich-c: when the inaugurated the fare my father took my brother and I with him to New York Daniel Bienvenu: err... 1935? you muist be very young... about 5 years old then rich-c: yes, that's right, and we wre living in New York then rich-c: the TCA flight was ina Lockheed 14 - registration CF-TCB rich-c: back then Air Canada aircraft registrations ran along the alphabet from CF-TCA Daniel Bienvenu: did you meet al capone? :-P rich-c: no, he was over in Chicago - only rumrunner our family knew was Sam Bronfman Daniel Bienvenu: it was alcohol prohibition, right? rich-c: yes, and Bronfman was working out of central Saskatchewan but shipping via Manitoba rich-c: my family ran a small hotel in Manitoba near the Saskatchewan border Daniel Bienvenu: time change... now it's drugs... not better. :( rich-c: every time Sam came by, they knew another load of hooch was headed south rich-c: oh, mostly wht Canada ships is pot, which I'm told is pretty harmless rich-c: although I do gather some of the biker gangs have labs making the nastier stuff here Daniel Bienvenu: 1935... I have absolutly no idea what this time was exactly. I know there was a crash and between wars during this period but I don't know well my history. rich-c: in Canada it was very hard, with deep depression, a dust bowl on the prairies wiping out the crops Daniel Bienvenu: no job every where in canada rich-c: jobs were few and very poorly paid Daniel Bienvenu: men going in USA to find jobs Daniel Bienvenu: men... many families rich-c: well, there wasn't any greater joy to be found in the U.S. - they wre suffering badly too Daniel Bienvenu: and dangerous, halophones risks their lives in an english world. rich-c: they did have more relief measures - WPA, CCC, and such - but those wre for U.S. citizens only Daniel Bienvenu: many french people had problems rich-c: yes, it would not be too bad in New England which has lots of French, or some of Louisiana rich-c: but Americans - even immigrants - are very intolerant of any language but English Daniel Bienvenu: Louisiana... it was a french territory before... Daniel Bienvenu: now, it's mostly gone. Daniel Bienvenu: only a few resists rich-c: yes, the Americans bought it from Napoleon when he was pressed for cash to fight the British rich-c: around New Orleans they have found that a certain Franch atmosphere helps the tourist trade rich-c: and of course Cajun country is inhabited by the descendants of the Acadians of Nova Scotia Daniel Bienvenu: Zakary Richard (maybe i misspelling his name) came from Louisiana. you may know him. Daniel Bienvenu: a singer rich-c: sorry, no I don't - is he an entertainer or something? rich-c: I don't know any popular singers in any language, just never listen to the radio or do downloads Daniel Bienvenu: he's trying his best to keep the french language alive in louisiana. Daniel Bienvenu: it's not a recent singer... if you know what I meant rich-c: one exception - when I'm alone in the van, I may tune in to a classical music station Daniel Bienvenu: There are 2 classics made by him : "L'arbre est dans ses feuilles" and "Jean Batailleur". rich-c: well given the popularity of zydeco (or whatever) maybe he will succeed to some extent rich-c: those titles make him sound more like a Quebecois Daniel Bienvenu: you may have to listen one of his songs to remark the forgetten accent of french louisiana. rich-c: I know that the various French accents are highly distinctive, but don't know what the Louisiana version is rich-c: I think there may be grammatical differences in Louisiana, too rich-c: they are always saying "laissez les bon temps roulez" rich-c: I would have expected "laissez roulez...." Daniel Bienvenu: I didn't know this expression Daniel Bienvenu: http://www.zacharyrichard.com/ rich-c: I thought it had been picked up into English from French Daniel Bienvenu: it's zachary .. not zakary rich-c: yes, I guessed as much, though of course different languages spell common names differently Daniel Bienvenu: La Ballade de Jean Batailleur... i fond it :) rich-c: I assume it deals with a folk hero, but Cajun or Quebecois? rich-c: though Batailleur is not one of the founding family names of Quebec, is it? Daniel Bienvenu: Singer songwriter and poet, Zachary Richard was born and raised in Southwest Louisiana. Daniel Bienvenu: I'm looking at his biography :) rich-c: OK, that settles that then rich-c: I'm surprised he'd be singing about trees coming into leaf; the seasons are so much more subtle in Louisiana Daniel Bienvenu: hehehe! rich-c: not necessarily - folks sing about things that are big in their experience rich-c: given the lesser temperature variation and totally different forests, spring is hard to recognize in LA Daniel Bienvenu: ... l'oeuf est dans le nid, le nid est dans le trou, le trou est dans le noeud, le noeud est dans la branche, la branche est dans l'arbre... l'arbre est dans ses feuilles marilon marilé, l'arbre est dans ses feuilles marilon dondé. :) rich-c: oddly enough, I'm not sure nesting birds are that congruent either, though I suppose it's one of the signs Daniel Bienvenu: "travaillez c'est trop dur, et voler c'est pas beau..." another good song from him. :) Daniel Bienvenu: the story of the bird in a nest... it's only funny to sing because we had another "est dans..." each time rich-c: well, each generation has its own music, and that of mine has faded deep into the past Daniel Bienvenu: It's time to eat now... have a look on your mailbox for the Montmorency fall picture :) Daniel Bienvenu: see you next week :) rich-c: there are many techniques to enjoyable song writing, and that semi-repetition can be an effective one rich-c: OK Daniel, au revior rich-c: a la prochaine Daniel Bienvenu: l'amour est dans le coeur, le coeur est dans l'oiseau, l'oiseau est dans l'oeuf, l'oeuf est dans le nid... hehehe! Daniel Bienvenu: bye!
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