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Sir Rodney Ffing
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Been awhile. Greetings all.

Been awhile. Greetings all. :-) Pit stop in Marrakech, so taking advantage of a half-decent connection while I'm at it, to pick up a work unit or two. Temps expected in the region of 40c - so crunching will wait to the small hours.

Trust all are well. 

mikey
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Sir Rodney Ffing wrote:Been

Sir Rodney Ffing wrote:

Been awhile. Greetings all. :-) Pit stop in Marrakech, so taking advantage of a half-decent connection while I'm at it, to pick up a work unit or two. Temps expected in the region of 40c - so crunching will wait to the small hours.

Trust all are well. 

AND no a/c either I'll bet!! Oh man that would be HOT!!! Other that that I hope it's alot like the movies made it out to be, fun and exciting.

anniet
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mikey wrote:Sir Rodney Ffing

mikey wrote:
Sir Rodney Ffing wrote:

Been awhile. Greetings all. :-) Pit stop in Marrakech, so taking advantage of a half-decent connection while I'm at it, to pick up a work unit or two. Temps expected in the region of 40c - so crunching will wait to the small hours.

Trust all are well. 

AND no a/c either I'll bet!! Oh man that would be HOT!!! Other that that I hope it's alot like the movies made it out to be, fun and exciting.

Hopefully the nights are a lot cooler than that and not all stifling.

I don't do stifling very well. Not at all. I get... tetchy... mostly with myself but it can spill over onto others sometimes which makes me even more tetchy... again, mostly with myself, but again, that can spill over *and... continue on and on and on for awhile* so it's a lot better for everyone that I'm maintained for at least half of every day at a heat below where that happens :)

edit: You should tell people about your grumpy-you more often, anniet... Yes, anniet, I should. 30 hours of uninterrupted winning is definitely winning, isn't it?! Yes. I know!!! :) 

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Mike Hewson
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anniet wrote:edit: You should

anniet wrote:
edit: You should tell people about your grumpy-you more often, anniet... Yes, anniet, I should 

I had a grumpy morning this week, woke up that way, as you do. However the first thing I had to do at work was tell someone that they had cancer, a nasty one, and what that really meant for them. So now I no longer remember what I was grumpy about or why ...... Carpe Diem, Annie.

Cheers, Mike.

I have made this letter longer than usual because I lack the time to make it shorter ...

... and my other CPU is a Ryzen 5950X :-) Blaise Pascal

Gary Charpentier
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certain death and soon has

certain death and soon has that effect, nothing else seems to matter anymore.

 

I wish the patient the best luck.

 

mikey
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Mike Hewson wrote:anniet

Mike Hewson wrote:
anniet wrote:
edit: You should tell people about your grumpy-you more often, anniet... Yes, anniet, I should 

I had a grumpy morning this week, woke up that way, as you do. However the first thing I had to do at work was tell someone that they had cancer, a nasty one, and what that really meant for them. So now I no longer remember what I was grumpy about or why ...... Carpe Diem, Annie.

Cheers, Mike.

I  can't imagine doing that without being emotional about it!! I sat with a kid dieing of AIDS one time, I was on the fire engine and the ambulance crew were putting their masks etc on and getting the ambulance itself ready for him etc so I sat with him as we waited. He asked me to take my mask etc off and just talk to him, I knew I couldn't get AIDS that way so did it and he said it was the FIRST time in a LONG TIME  that anyone had just talked to him like he was a human being. He got emotional, he was going to the hospital to die and just wanted to feel human again, I was happy to help and we sat about 4 feet apart and talked for about 15 minutes until the medics came in with the stretcher. He had gotten a blood transfusion and got AIDS that way, this was a long time ago before they realized that you could get AIDS that way. I was a bit of a wreck for a bit afterwards but then the bell rang and off I went to another call, that helped!!

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mikey wrote:Mike Hewson

mikey wrote:
Mike Hewson wrote:
anniet wrote:
edit: You should tell people about your grumpy-you more often, anniet... Yes, anniet, I should 

I had a grumpy morning this week, woke up that way, as you do. However the first thing I had to do at work was tell someone that they had cancer, a nasty one, and what that really meant for them. So now I no longer remember what I was grumpy about or why ...... Carpe Diem, Annie.

Cheers, Mike.

I  can't imagine doing that without being emotional about it!! I sat with a kid dieing of AIDS one time, I was on the fire engine and the ambulance crew were putting their masks etc on and getting the ambulance itself ready for him etc so I sat with him as we waited. He asked me to take my mask etc off and just talk to him, I knew I couldn't get AIDS that way so did it and he said it was the FIRST time in a LONG TIME  that anyone had just talked to him like he was a human being. He got emotional, he was going to the hospital to die and just wanted to feel human again, I was happy to help and we sat about 4 feet apart and talked for about 15 minutes until the medics came in with the stretcher. He had gotten a blood transfusion and got AIDS that way, this was a long time ago before they realized that you could get AIDS that way. I was a bit of a wreck for a bit afterwards but then the bell rang and off I went to another call, that helped!!

Good for you Mikey.  To let someone slip from this life into the next feeling unloved/uncared for would be tragic.  You did what you could and I thank you.

mikey
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robl wrote:mikey wrote:Mike

robl wrote:
mikey wrote:
Mike Hewson wrote:
anniet wrote:
edit: You should tell people about your grumpy-you more often, anniet... Yes, anniet, I should 

I had a grumpy morning this week, woke up that way, as you do. However the first thing I had to do at work was tell someone that they had cancer, a nasty one, and what that really meant for them. So now I no longer remember what I was grumpy about or why ...... Carpe Diem, Annie.

Cheers, Mike.

I  can't imagine doing that without being emotional about it!! I sat with a kid dieing of AIDS one time, I was on the fire engine and the ambulance crew were putting their masks etc on and getting the ambulance itself ready for him etc so I sat with him as we waited. He asked me to take my mask etc off and just talk to him, I knew I couldn't get AIDS that way so did it and he said it was the FIRST time in a LONG TIME  that anyone had just talked to him like he was a human being. He got emotional, he was going to the hospital to die and just wanted to feel human again, I was happy to help and we sat about 4 feet apart and talked for about 15 minutes until the medics came in with the stretcher. He had gotten a blood transfusion and got AIDS that way, this was a long time ago before they realized that you could get AIDS that way. I was a bit of a wreck for a bit afterwards but then the bell rang and off I went to another call, that helped!!

Good for you Mikey.  To let someone slip from this life into the next feeling unloved/uncared for would be tragic.  You did what you could and I thank you.

Thank you very much!!

AND on top of that you ROBL are the winner of this game!!

CONGRATULATIONS on your win, there are no physical prizes but you have won the right to run the next game!!

anniet
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So sorry to hear about your

So sorry to hear about your patient, Mike :( I too wish him all the luck for whatever lies ahead, and yes, I shall definitely be carpe diem-ing all over the place. 

Mikey - I agree with everything robl said. I'm glad life happened to put you there, at that moment and time in his own tragically short one to give him so much comfort *give Mikey a big thank you hug* :)

And congratulations on the win, robl! :) I have seen the new thread... and you shall see me there soon!

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