Here we are Boys and Girls.

88 th birthday today.

Good Lord, That's 770,880 uptime hours!

Rene

On 4/1/2022 11:19 AM, Rene Lamontagne wrote:
>
> Here we are Boys and Girls.
>
> 88 th birthday today.
>
> Good Lord, That's 770,880  uptime hours!
>
> Rene
Yep but how many reboots?

On 2022-04-01 10:25 a.m., Big Al wrote:
> On 4/1/2022 11:19 AM, Rene Lamontagne wrote:
>>
>> Here we are Boys and Girls.
>>
>> 88 th birthday today.
>>
>> Good Lord, That's 770,880  uptime hours!
>>
>> Rene
> Yep but how many reboots?

Quite a few reboots, Two hard boots with defibrillators!

Rene

In article <jaojfrF4qk0U1@mid.individual.net>, Rene Lamontagne
<rlamont@shaw.ca> wrote:

> Here we are Boys and Girls.
>
> 88 th birthday today.

looking forward to 88 more.

> Good Lord, That's 770,880 uptime hours!

don't shortchange yourself.

you're not including leap years, which means it should be 771408 uptime
hours.

Rene Lamontagne wrote:
> Here we are Boys and Girls.
>
> 88 th birthday today.
>
> Good Lord, That's 770,880 uptime hours!
>
> Rene

76 March 25th. The scary part is when I look at the obituararies in the
newspaper (yes, I am an old guy that still reads the newspaper on real paper
and even reads a couple of magazines on real paper) and all the listing are
for people younger than me. It must be really be scary for you. Hope I
make it to 88.
--
<Bill>

Brought to you from Anchorage, Alaska

On 4/1/2022 1:14 PM, Bill Bradshaw wrote:
> Rene Lamontagne wrote:
>> Here we are Boys and Girls.
>>
>> 88 th birthday today.
>>
>> Good Lord, That's 770,880 uptime hours!
>>
>> Rene
>
> 76 March 25th. The scary part is when I look at the obituararies in the
> newspaper (yes, I am an old guy that still reads the newspaper on real paper
> and even reads a couple of magazines on real paper) and all the listing are
> for people younger than me. It must be really be scary for you. Hope I
> make it to 88.
That is one of the bad things of getting old, when the people who are
dying, are all younger than you.

One of my problems is admitting it. In my mind I am 26, while my body
know that it is 3 times that old. I find it difficult to say I am to
old to do this and ask some one younger for help. I was brought up to
only ask for help as a last resort.

On 2022-04-01 12:14 p.m., Bill Bradshaw wrote:
> Rene Lamontagne wrote:
>> Here we are Boys and Girls.
>>
>> 88 th birthday today.
>>
>> Good Lord, That's 770,880 uptime hours!
>>
>> Rene
>
> 76 March 25th. The scary part is when I look at the obituararies in the
> newspaper (yes, I am an old guy that still reads the newspaper on real paper
> and even reads a couple of magazines on real paper) and all the listing are
> for people younger than me. It must be really be scary for you. Hope I
> make it to 88.
>

No not scary, all part of the life cycle. You know the old saying, "When
Ya gotta go. Ya gotta go" :-)

Rene

Rene Lamontagne wrote:
> Here we are Boys and Girls.
> 88 th birthday today.
> Good Lord, That's 770,880 uptime hours!

You never sleep? I'd count sleeping as downtime.

-p

Piet <www.godfatherof.nl/@opt-in.invalid> wrote:
> Rene Lamontagne wrote:
> > Here we are Boys and Girls.
> > 88 th birthday today.
> > Good Lord, That's 770,880 uptime hours!
>
> You never sleep? I'd count sleeping as downtime.

Nah, the kernel is still running!


Yeah, I know, uptime/downtime in HA systems is application
uptime/downtime, not system/OS/<whatever> uptime/downtime.

On 4/1/2022 10:35 AM, Rene Lamontagne wrote:
> On 2022-04-01 12:14 p.m., Bill Bradshaw wrote:
>> Rene Lamontagne wrote:
>>> Here we are Boys and Girls.
>>>
>>> 88 th birthday today.
>>>
>>> Good Lord, That's 770,880 uptime hours!
>>>
>>> Rene
>>
>> 76 March 25th. The scary part is when I look at the obituararies in the
>> newspaper (yes, I am an old guy that still reads the newspaper on real paper
>> and even reads a couple of magazines on real paper) and all the listing are
>> for people younger than me. It must be really be scary for you. Hope I
>> make it to 88.
>>
>
> No not scary, all part of the life cycle. You know the old saying, "When
> Ya gotta go. Ya gotta go"

I'm 84. My favorite saying is

When you get old, there are three things that go. They are

sight.
hearing,
and, and, and...
I can't remember the third one.
--
Ken

Rene Lamontagne wrote:
>
> Here we are Boys and Girls.
>
> 88 th birthday today.
>
> Good Lord, That's 770,880  uptime hours!
>
> Rene
Do me a favour. You are a bit ahead of me in the game of life. When you
get to meet God, tell him he's really f****d up this planet. And then
tell him to wait until I get there; I'm gonna give him detailed
instructions of how to get it better.
Ed

On 2022-04-01 1:39 p.m., Ed Cryer wrote:
> Rene Lamontagne wrote:
>>
>> Here we are Boys and Girls.
>>
>> 88 th birthday today.
>>
>> Good Lord, That's 770,880  uptime hours!
>>
>> Rene
>
> Do me a favour. You are a bit ahead of me in the game of life. When you
> get to meet God, tell him he's really f****d up this planet. And then
> tell him to wait until I get there; I'm gonna give him detailed
> instructions of how to get it better.
>
> Ed

Yeah, every night when I go to bed I think ' Boy, this a real Fucked up
World.'

Rene

On 4/1/2022 11:50 AM, Rene Lamontagne wrote:
> On 2022-04-01 1:39 p.m., Ed Cryer wrote:
>> Rene Lamontagne wrote:
>>>
>>> Here we are Boys and Girls.
>>>
>>> 88 th birthday today.
>>>
>>> Good Lord, That's 770,880  uptime hours!
>>>
>>> Rene
>>
>> Do me a favour. You are a bit ahead of me in the game of life. When you
>> get to meet God, tell him he's really f****d up this planet. And then
>> tell him to wait until I get there; I'm gonna give him detailed
>> instructions of how to get it better.
>>
>> Ed
>
> Yeah, every night when I go to bed I think ' Boy, this a real Fucked up
> World.'

No, that's not what what Ed thinks. He thinks it's just a f****d up
world. If it were a fucked up world it would be much worse.

To use a real acronym, I think it's a FUBAR world.

--
Ken

On 4/1/2022 2:53 PM, Ken Blake wrote:

> No, that's not what what Ed thinks. He thinks it's just a f****d up
> world. If it were a fucked up world it would be much worse.
>
> To use a real acronym, I think it's a FUBAR world.

Do you ever do anything else except troll?

On 2022-04-01 11:48 a.m., nospam wrote:
> In article <jaojfrF4qk0U1@mid.individual.net>, Rene Lamontagne
> <rlamont@shaw.ca> wrote:
>
>> Here we are Boys and Girls.
>>
>> 88 th birthday today.
>
> looking forward to 88 more.
>
>> Good Lord, That's 770,880 uptime hours!
>
> don't shortchange yourself.
>
> you're not including leap years, which means it should be 771408 uptime
> hours.
>

I stand corrected, you're quite right. sometimes I slip up. :-)

Rene

Ed Cryer <ed@somewhere.in.the.uk> wrote:
> Rene Lamontagne wrote:
>>
>> Here we are Boys and Girls.
>>
>> 88 th birthday today.
>>
>> Good Lord, That's 770,880  uptime hours!
>>
>> Rene
>
> Do me a favour. You are a bit ahead of me in the game of life. When you
> get to meet God, tell him he's really f****d up this planet. And then
> tell him to wait until I get there; I'm gonna give him detailed
> instructions of how to get it better.

It's not god's fault. It's all ours.

On Fri, 1 Apr 2022 at 21:21:20, Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> wrote (my
responses usually FOLLOW):
>Ed Cryer <ed@somewhere.in.the.uk> wrote:
>> Rene Lamontagne wrote:
>>>
>>> Here we are Boys and Girls.
>>>
>>> 88 th birthday today.
>>>
>>> Good Lord, That's 770,880  uptime hours!
>>>
>>> Rene
>>
>> Do me a favour. You are a bit ahead of me in the game of life. When you
>> get to meet God, tell him he's really f****d up this planet. And then
>> tell him to wait until I get there; I'm gonna give him detailed
>> instructions of how to get it better.
>
>It's not god's fault. It's all ours.
>
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gfa88SeNohY
--
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

Who can refute a sneer? - Archdeacon Paley, in his book Moral Philosophy

J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
> On Fri, 1 Apr 2022 at 21:21:20, Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> wrote (my
> responses usually FOLLOW):
>> Ed Cryer <ed@somewhere.in.the.uk> wrote:
>>> Rene Lamontagne wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Here we are Boys and Girls.
>>>>
>>>> 88 th birthday today.
>>>>
>>>> Good Lord, That's 770,880  uptime hours!
>>>>
>>>> Rene
>>>
>>> Do me a favour. You are a bit ahead of me in the game of life. When you
>>> get to meet God, tell him he's really f****d up this planet. And then
>>> tell him to wait until I get there; I'm gonna give him detailed
>>> instructions of how to get it better.
>>
>> It's not god's fault. It's all ours.
>>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gfa88SeNohY
Nice one! With David Attenborough on your side you'll win any argument.
He's got 10 years in advance of Rene but he's so articulate and lucid,
as well as being very mobile.
Ed

On 2022-04-01 21:39, Rene Lamontagne wrote:
> On 2022-04-01 11:48 a.m., nospam wrote:
>> In article <jaojfrF4qk0U1@mid.individual.net>, Rene Lamontagne
>> <rlamont@shaw.ca> wrote:
>>
>>> Here we are Boys and Girls.
>>>
>>> 88 th birthday today.
>>
>> looking forward to 88 more.
>>
>>> Good Lord, That's 770,880  uptime hours!
>>
>> don't shortchange yourself.
>>
>> you're not including leap years, which means it should be 771408 uptime
>> hours.
>>
>
> I stand corrected, you're quite right.  sometimes I slip up.  :-)

Enter your birthday in a cell in a calc sheet, then the current day in
another cell, and subtract. It should calculate the correct day count :-)

--
Cheers, Carlos.

In article <u2qlhi-ukc.ln1@Telcontar.valinor>, Carlos E.R.
<robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:

>
> Enter your birthday in a cell in a calc sheet, then the current day in
> another cell, and subtract. It should calculate the correct day count :-)

<https://www.timeanddate.com/date/duration.html>

On Sat, 2 Apr 2022 at 12:10:20, Ed Cryer <ed@somewhere.in.the.uk> wrote
(my responses usually FOLLOW):
>J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
>> On Fri, 1 Apr 2022 at 21:21:20, Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> wrote (my
>>responses usually FOLLOW):
>>> Ed Cryer <ed@somewhere.in.the.uk> wrote:
>>>> Rene Lamontagne wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Here we are Boys and Girls.
>>>>>
>>>>> 88 th birthday today.
>>>>>
>>>>> Good Lord, That's 770,880  uptime hours!
>>>>>
>>>>> Rene
>>>>
>>>> Do me a favour. You are a bit ahead of me in the game of life. When you
>>>> get to meet God, tell him he's really f****d up this planet. And then
>>>> tell him to wait until I get there; I'm gonna give him detailed
>>>> instructions of how to get it better.
>>>
>>> It's not god's fault. It's all ours.
>>>
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gfa88SeNohY
>
>Nice one! With David Attenborough on your side you'll win any argument.
>He's got 10 years in advance of Rene but he's so articulate and lucid,
>as well as being very mobile.
>
>Ed
I'm glad you found it effective. For a much more light-hearted clip with
the same message: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEKDYIYMgBc
--
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

In science, the more you know what you're looking at, the more magical it
becomes. - Professor Brian Cox, in RT 2017/7/15-21

Carlos E.R. <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:
> On 2022-04-01 21:39, Rene Lamontagne wrote:
> > On 2022-04-01 11:48 a.m., nospam wrote:
> >> In article <jaojfrF4qk0U1@mid.individual.net>, Rene Lamontagne
> >> <rlamont@shaw.ca> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Here we are Boys and Girls.
> >>>
> >>> 88 th birthday today.
> >>
> >> looking forward to 88 more.
> >>
> >>> Good Lord, That's 770,880  uptime hours!
> >>
> >> don't shortchange yourself.
> >>
> >> you're not including leap years, which means it should be 771408 uptime
> >> hours.
> >>
> >
> > I stand corrected, you're quite right.  sometimes I slip up.  :-)
>
> Enter your birthday in a cell in a calc sheet, then the current day in
> another cell, and subtract. It should calculate the correct day count :-)

No need for bloated spreadsheet programs or silly websites! This is a
freaking *Windows* group for crying out loud, so use the bloody built-in
*Calculator*, will you!? :-)

(And yes, that also says 32142 days, so also 771408 hours.)

(For those who don't know how: Just switch the 'View' from 'Basic' (or
whatever) to 'Date calculation'.)

On 2022-04-02 9:57 a.m., Frank Slootweg wrote:
> Carlos E.R. <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:
>> On 2022-04-01 21:39, Rene Lamontagne wrote:
>>> On 2022-04-01 11:48 a.m., nospam wrote:
>>>> In article <jaojfrF4qk0U1@mid.individual.net>, Rene Lamontagne
>>>> <rlamont@shaw.ca> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Here we are Boys and Girls.
>>>>>
>>>>> 88 th birthday today.
>>>>
>>>> looking forward to 88 more.
>>>>
>>>>> Good Lord, That's 770,880  uptime hours!
>>>>
>>>> don't shortchange yourself.
>>>>
>>>> you're not including leap years, which means it should be 771408 uptime
>>>> hours.
>>>>
>>>
>>> I stand corrected, you're quite right.  sometimes I slip up.  :-)
>>
>> Enter your birthday in a cell in a calc sheet, then the current day in
>> another cell, and subtract. It should calculate the correct day count :-)
>
> No need for bloated spreadsheet programs or silly websites! This is a
> freaking *Windows* group for crying out loud, so use the bloody built-in
> *Calculator*, will you!? :-)
>
> (And yes, that also says 32142 days, so also 771408 hours.)
>
> (For those who don't know how: Just switch the 'View' from 'Basic' (or
> whatever) to 'Date calculation'.)
>

The calculator is on my task bar, I Constanta use it for Temperature ,
liquid, mass and measurement conversions, beside standard mode,
wouldn't be without it handy.

Rene

On 2022-04-02 16:57, Frank Slootweg wrote:
> Carlos E.R. <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:
>> On 2022-04-01 21:39, Rene Lamontagne wrote:
>>> On 2022-04-01 11:48 a.m., nospam wrote:
>>>> In article <jaojfrF4qk0U1@mid.individual.net>, Rene Lamontagne
>>>> <rlamont@shaw.ca> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Here we are Boys and Girls.
>>>>>
>>>>> 88 th birthday today.
>>>>
>>>> looking forward to 88 more.
>>>>
>>>>> Good Lord, That's 770,880  uptime hours!
>>>>
>>>> don't shortchange yourself.
>>>>
>>>> you're not including leap years, which means it should be 771408 uptime
>>>> hours.
>>>>
>>>
>>> I stand corrected, you're quite right.  sometimes I slip up.  :-)
>>
>> Enter your birthday in a cell in a calc sheet, then the current day in
>> another cell, and subtract. It should calculate the correct day count :-)
>
> No need for bloated spreadsheet programs or silly websites! This is a
> freaking *Windows* group for crying out loud, so use the bloody built-in
> *Calculator*, will you!? :-)
>
> (And yes, that also says 32142 days, so also 771408 hours.)
>
> (For those who don't know how: Just switch the 'View' from 'Basic' (or
> whatever) to 'Date calculation'.)

Oh, if it were Linux I could have said to just use the built-in command
line:

cer@Telcontar:~> let DIFF=($(date +%s)-$(date +%s \
--date='1 April 1934'))/86400 ; echo "$DIFF days"
32143 days
cer@Telcontar:~>

:-D

And it adjusts for "today" automatically ;-)

--
Cheers, Carlos.

On 2022-04-02 14:52, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
> On Sat, 2 Apr 2022 at 12:10:20, Ed Cryer <ed@somewhere.in.the.uk> wrote
> (my responses usually FOLLOW):
>> J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
>>> On Fri, 1 Apr 2022 at 21:21:20, Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> wrote (my
>>> responses usually FOLLOW):
>>>> Ed Cryer <ed@somewhere.in.the.uk> wrote:
>>>>> Rene Lamontagne wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Here we are Boys and Girls.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 88 th birthday today.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Good Lord, That's 770,880  uptime hours!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Rene
>>>>>
>>>>> Do me a favour. You are a bit ahead of me in the game of life. When
>>>>> you
>>>>> get to meet God, tell him he's really f****d up this planet. And then
>>>>> tell him to wait until I get there; I'm gonna give him detailed
>>>>> instructions of how to get it better.
>>>>
>>>> It's not god's fault. It's all ours.
>>>>
>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gfa88SeNohY
>>
>> Nice one! With David Attenborough on your side you'll win any
>> argument. He's got 10 years in advance of Rene but he's so articulate
>> and lucid, as well as being very mobile.
>>
>> Ed
> I'm glad you found it effective. For a much more light-hearted clip with
> the same message: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEKDYIYMgBc

Nice ones. Thankyou both :-)

--
Cheers, Carlos.