frustratedearthmother
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well, err, ...
the little wild kingdom
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flowerbug
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hahaha! yep, it's a good thing i enjoy gardening...
if i didn't i'd have gotten out of here years ago somehow.i forgot to mention the field to the south that they replanted with grasses which has been blowing tumbleweed like chunks of grass that has seeds in it which is getting caught by the fence and then all the thistles too. it's been quite a ride the past few years.
yes, i'm putting some music on and going back to sleep now. hahaha!
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flowerbug
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finished back corner as good as i felt like it today. needs a bit more fine tuned weeding but i'll be back out there next week so i can do that then. nice day out in the mid-60sF but pretty windy.
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flowerbug
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for those who don't care about computer stuff and/or don't wanna know you can skip this post...
otherwise i now assume you have given consent to be geeked at a bit about what's up...
i run Linux and i did my once in a great while update of my computer system and upgraded my Debian stable partition to the recent version, which means updating over a thousand pieces of software and downloading all those updates over a rather slow connection (it took about an hour and a half to just get everything download).
Debian stable changes the major version about every two to three years and then gets minor security and other bug fixes about every few months. i don't normally use it at all other than if something breaks with my daily system which is running Debian testing.
if you don't know what that means is it is another version of Linux and Debian puts it all together via various methods and running testing is a way for me to help out as it gets updates as the various volunteers get around to working on things and uploading their changes (often there are changes every day but they don't usually impact me). so every morning i do the same sort of routine, i turn on the computer, check for updates, if there's some that affect what i'm running then i make them and sometimes restart my computer to make sure all is working and then i get on with my day - about once every three to five years a change will happen that breaks something and i'll need to restart the computer and use the stable version to fix the testing version and then restart again. it's all ok with me. if i can help someone else avoid an issue i'm glad i can contribute a bug report or a fix or workaround...
and then i can get on to e-mail, gardening forums, usenet, checking the weather, etc...
otherwise i now assume you have given consent to be geeked at a bit about what's up...
i run Linux and i did my once in a great while update of my computer system and upgraded my Debian stable partition to the recent version, which means updating over a thousand pieces of software and downloading all those updates over a rather slow connection (it took about an hour and a half to just get everything download).
Debian stable changes the major version about every two to three years and then gets minor security and other bug fixes about every few months. i don't normally use it at all other than if something breaks with my daily system which is running Debian testing.
if you don't know what that means is it is another version of Linux and Debian puts it all together via various methods and running testing is a way for me to help out as it gets updates as the various volunteers get around to working on things and uploading their changes (often there are changes every day but they don't usually impact me). so every morning i do the same sort of routine, i turn on the computer, check for updates, if there's some that affect what i'm running then i make them and sometimes restart my computer to make sure all is working and then i get on with my day - about once every three to five years a change will happen that breaks something and i'll need to restart the computer and use the stable version to fix the testing version and then restart again. it's all ok with me.
if i can help someone else avoid an issue i'm glad i can contribute a bug report or a fix or workaround...and then i can get on to e-mail, gardening forums, usenet, checking the weather, etc...
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flowerbug
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the weather forecast is telling me that today is a good day to putter about inside:
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A slight chance of rain and snow showers. Increasing clouds, with a high near 44. Breezy, with a northwest wind 17 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
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while they may not be very accurate i will choose today to believe them and continue to putter around in here.
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A slight chance of rain and snow showers. Increasing clouds, with a high near 44. Breezy, with a northwest wind 17 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
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while they may not be very accurate i will choose today to believe them and continue to putter around in here.
frustratedearthmother
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Our weather forecast might convince me to stay inside for some time today too - at least in the middle of the day. Our high is forecast to be 86. Tomorrow 87! What the heck?
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flowerbug
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we may not see that temperature until next May or later...
