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CRussel · 09-12-2014, 02:11 PM

Well, that was completely and totally painless! Hard to imagine that nothing got borked, but it went exactly like it was supposed to. I was down for maybe 30 minutes while the actual upgrade was running (no running VMs allowed during upgrade), but then I simply restarted the VMs and all is well. Phew!

Peet's Anniversary Breakfast Blend tea.

cromag · 09-12-2014, 03:51 PM

First mug of tea, at last. I raise it to your triumph, CRussel!

poohbear_nc · 09-12-2014, 06:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CRussel

Well, that was completely and totally painless! Hard to imagine that nothing got borked, but it went exactly like it was supposed to. I was down for maybe 30 minutes while the actual upgrade was running (no running VMs allowed during upgrade), but then I simply restarted the VMs and all is well. Phew!

Peet's Anniversary Breakfast Blend tea.

I will toast your (unexpected) victory later tonight with a sip of my new tipple!

CRussel · 09-12-2014, 07:22 PM

Hey, I take no credit except for propitiating the Great God Murphy by doing two backups. But I'll celebrate with a glass of Talisker tonight.

Stitchawl · 09-12-2014, 08:47 PM

The Cruel War is raging, Johnny has to fight
I want to be with him from morning to night.
I want to be with him, it grieves my heart so,
Won't you let me go with you?
No, my love, no.

Tomorrow is Sunday, Monday is the day
That your Captain will call you and you must obey.
Your captain will call you it grieves my heart so,
Won't you let me go with you?
No, my love, no.

( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44So58hbv-g )

Good morning, everyone! It's another Saturday, yet so different from any that came before. Brand new! That's exciting. I have a mug of my newest Ceylon tea in my cup, more Super-duper Energy Bars for breakfast, and a plan for the day; an hour of meditation, an hour of guitar practice, early lunch with my wife, then off to the Fencing Salle for an afternoon of play. I was told by our Fencing Master that two fellows from the Thai National team will be joining us today, so the competition should be pretty fierce! These guys are young (29 and 31,) really energetic, and incredibly fast. I've fenced against one of them before and came close to beating him, but only because he was having a really bad day and I was having a really good one. I'll be happy if I can just score a couple of points today! No matter what, when I fence with him I learn a lot. It's a shame I'm not 35 years younger.

Stitchawl

cromag · 09-13-2014, 04:59 PM

Third mug of tea on the way.

Stitchawl · 09-13-2014, 09:11 PM

Lay me down in the cold cold ground
Where before many more have gone
Lay me down in the cold cold ground
Where before many more have gone

When they come I will stand my ground
Stand my ground I’ll not be afraid
Thoughts of home take away my fear
Sweat and blood hide my veil of tears

Once a year say a prayer for me
Close your eyes and remember me
Never more shall I see the sun
For I fell to a Germans gun

( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xq3a_7242Lc )

... or a Thai fencer's epe'e...

Good morning, everyone. Happy Sunday! The sun rose this morning to illuminate my pain. Everything hurts. EVERYTHING! I think keeping up with young super-athletes for 3-4 hours of fighting is NOT on the list of recommended activities for senior citizens. It's going to take two hours in a boiling hot jacuzzi, another two hours of deep muscle massage, and four pounds of Tiger Balm just to bring me up to 'dead and buried.' Wow! These guys are really, really good! It's no wonder they are on the Thai National team. What a wonderful afternoon of fencing, but I'm paying the piper this morning! Thank God for "Yorkshire Tea!" Taylors knew what they were doing when that set out to produce a tea that had legs!

Stitchawl

kindlekitten · 09-14-2014, 03:23 AM

Lol!

Stitchawl · 09-14-2014, 08:29 AM

After-diner glass of Mango lassi

Stitchawl

CRussel · 09-14-2014, 08:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stitchawl

Good morning, everyone. Happy Sunday! The sun rose this morning to illuminate my pain. Everything hurts. EVERYTHING! I think keeping up with young super-athletes for 3-4 hours of fighting is NOT on the list of recommended activities for senior citizens. It's going to take two hours in a boiling hot jacuzzi, another two hours of deep muscle massage, and four pounds of Tiger Balm just to bring me up to 'dead and buried.' Wow! These guys are really, really good! It's no wonder they are on the Thai National team. What a wonderful afternoon of fencing, but I'm paying the piper this morning! Thank God for "Yorkshire Tea!" Taylors knew what they were doing when that set out to produce a tea that had legs!

Stitchawl

Oh, yeah, I know THAT pain. <rueful grin> BTDT. Though not perhaps as spectacularly as you.

Off to spend two days "on-site" at work. I really need to stop spending so much time there. That was NOT the plan! OTOH, I've got a new tin of Anniversary Breakfast Blend, so I can take some to work and leave it there. This is a good thing. And I think I'll celebrate by making a big pot to fill my travel mug.

kindlekitten · 09-14-2014, 09:04 AM

Where is your home away from home now days?

cromag · 09-14-2014, 05:56 PM

Finally sitting down to my first mug of tea.

CRussel · 09-14-2014, 07:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kindlekitten

Where is your home away from home now days?

The lovely and charming Hampton Inn.

Actually, it's not bad. Just not exciting. The good news is, at this rate, I'll end up Gold level well before the end of the year. And that's good for any of the Hilton properties, so a few bennies there. And if next year is like this year, it'll be even more so.

poohbear_nc · 09-14-2014, 07:23 PM

Minute Maid lemonade .. after my walk .. refreshing

kindlekitten · 09-14-2014, 09:17 PM

I meant geographically silly

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09-12-2014, 02:11 PM	#29311
CRussel (he/him/his) Posts: 12,311 Karma: 80074820 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Sunshine Coast, BC Device: Oasis (Gen3),Paperwhite (Gen10), Voyage, Paperwhite(orig), iPad Air M3	Well, that was completely and totally painless! Hard to imagine that nothing got borked, but it went exactly like it was supposed to. I was down for maybe 30 minutes while the actual upgrade was running (no running VMs allowed during upgrade), but then I simply restarted the VMs and all is well. Phew! Peet's Anniversary Breakfast Blend tea.

09-12-2014, 03:51 PM	#29312
cromag Surfin the alpha waves ~~ Posts: 26,704 Karma: 459765791 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: New Jersey Device: Jetbook Lite & Mini, Nook STR, Kobo, Hanvon N516, Kindle 2, Androids	First mug of tea, at last. I raise it to your triumph, CRussel!

09-12-2014, 07:22 PM	#29314
CRussel (he/him/his) Posts: 12,311 Karma: 80074820 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Sunshine Coast, BC Device: Oasis (Gen3),Paperwhite (Gen10), Voyage, Paperwhite(orig), iPad Air M3	Hey, I take no credit except for propitiating the Great God Murphy by doing two backups. But I'll celebrate with a glass of Talisker tonight.

09-12-2014, 08:47 PM	#29315
Stitchawl Opsimath Posts: 12,344 Karma: 187123287 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Chiang Mai, Northern Thailand Device: Sony PRS-650, iPhone 5, Kobo Glo, Sony PRS-350, iPad, Samsung Galaxy	The Cruel War is raging, Johnny has to fight I want to be with him from morning to night. I want to be with him, it grieves my heart so, Won't you let me go with you? No, my love, no. Tomorrow is Sunday, Monday is the day That your Captain will call you and you must obey. Your captain will call you it grieves my heart so, Won't you let me go with you? No, my love, no. ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44So58hbv-g ) Good morning, everyone! It's another Saturday, yet so different from any that came before. Brand new! That's exciting. I have a mug of my newest Ceylon tea in my cup, more Super-duper Energy Bars for breakfast, and a plan for the day; an hour of meditation, an hour of guitar practice, early lunch with my wife, then off to the Fencing Salle for an afternoon of play. I was told by our Fencing Master that two fellows from the Thai National team will be joining us today, so the competition should be pretty fierce! These guys are young (29 and 31,) really energetic, and incredibly fast. I've fenced against one of them before and came close to beating him, but only because he was having a really bad day and I was having a really good one. I'll be happy if I can just score a couple of points today! No matter what, when I fence with him I learn a lot. It's a shame I'm not 35 years younger. Stitchawl

09-13-2014, 04:59 PM	#29316
cromag Surfin the alpha waves ~~ Posts: 26,704 Karma: 459765791 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: New Jersey Device: Jetbook Lite & Mini, Nook STR, Kobo, Hanvon N516, Kindle 2, Androids	Third mug of tea on the way.

09-13-2014, 09:11 PM	#29317
Stitchawl Opsimath Posts: 12,344 Karma: 187123287 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Chiang Mai, Northern Thailand Device: Sony PRS-650, iPhone 5, Kobo Glo, Sony PRS-350, iPad, Samsung Galaxy	Lay me down in the cold cold ground Where before many more have gone Lay me down in the cold cold ground Where before many more have gone When they come I will stand my ground Stand my ground I’ll not be afraid Thoughts of home take away my fear Sweat and blood hide my veil of tears Once a year say a prayer for me Close your eyes and remember me Never more shall I see the sun For I fell to a Germans gun ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xq3a_7242Lc ) ... or a Thai fencer's epe'e... Good morning, everyone. Happy Sunday! The sun rose this morning to illuminate my pain. Everything hurts. EVERYTHING! I think keeping up with young super-athletes for 3-4 hours of fighting is NOT on the list of recommended activities for senior citizens. It's going to take two hours in a boiling hot jacuzzi, another two hours of deep muscle massage, and four pounds of Tiger Balm just to bring me up to 'dead and buried.' Wow! These guys are really, really good! It's no wonder they are on the Thai National team. What a wonderful afternoon of fencing, but I'm paying the piper this morning! Thank God for "Yorkshire Tea!" Taylors knew what they were doing when that set out to produce a tea that had legs! Stitchawl

09-14-2014, 03:23 AM	#29318
kindlekitten Professional Adventuress Posts: 13,368 Karma: 50260224 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Olympic Peninsula on the OTHER Washington! (the big green clean one on the west coast!) Device: Kindle, the original! Times Two! and gifting an International Kindle	Lol!

09-14-2014, 08:29 AM	#29319
Stitchawl Opsimath Posts: 12,344 Karma: 187123287 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Chiang Mai, Northern Thailand Device: Sony PRS-650, iPhone 5, Kobo Glo, Sony PRS-350, iPad, Samsung Galaxy	After-diner glass of Mango lassi Stitchawl

09-14-2014, 09:04 AM	#29321
kindlekitten Professional Adventuress Posts: 13,368 Karma: 50260224 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Olympic Peninsula on the OTHER Washington! (the big green clean one on the west coast!) Device: Kindle, the original! Times Two! and gifting an International Kindle	Where is your home away from home now days?

09-14-2014, 05:56 PM	#29322
cromag Surfin the alpha waves ~~ Posts: 26,704 Karma: 459765791 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: New Jersey Device: Jetbook Lite & Mini, Nook STR, Kobo, Hanvon N516, Kindle 2, Androids	Finally sitting down to my first mug of tea.

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09-14-2014, 07:23 PM	#29324
poohbear_nc Bah! Humbug! Posts: 64,104 Karma: 135242149 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Durham, NC Device: Every Kindle Ever Made & To Be Made!	Minute Maid lemonade .. after my walk .. refreshing

09-14-2014, 09:17 PM	#29325
kindlekitten Professional Adventuress Posts: 13,368 Karma: 50260224 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Olympic Peninsula on the OTHER Washington! (the big green clean one on the west coast!) Device: Kindle, the original! Times Two! and gifting an International Kindle	I meant geographically silly