Older Folks and Vaping Back Porch-Part Six
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Doree's mom passed away last night. All in all I believe it's a good thing but, of course, it is hard on her family. Thanks to all of you for your prayers and I am really thankful that we made it down here in time for Doree to say goodbye. Now the fun part begins. Arranging the memorial service and the finalizing the funeral home (vultures) want. Also writing the obituary. Nothing is simple theae days. I'll check back in later.
Matt, please extend my sincere condolences to Doree!
So glad you and Doree got there in time for final goodbyes. My best wishes to both of you!
Well, I'm a little late, but couldn't let the opportunity to wish you and Ginny a very happy anniversary, Pat. It is very refreshing and heartwarming to know that the two of you have made it 32 years together. My bride and I will be celebrating our 17th later this month, and I can't believe that she's put up with me this long!!
May the rest of your years together be filled with much happiness, joy, and love!Very happy to hear that y'all made it safely, Matt. Fifteen hours on the road... sheesh, I'm not sure I have it in me to do that anymore! Y'all try to get some rest when you can, and take care of Doree. I know that she's going to want to spend as much time as possible with her mom, and I'm glad that she has the opportunity to be there with her in the end. You're a good man, Matt. There aren't many like you left in the world these days.
My prayers and love are still with y'all.
Guess I shoulda refreshed the page before I posted. I'm sorry, Matt. I feel the same way that you do, it's a good thing in the grand scheme, but even the knowledge that she is no longer suffering is small comfort to a grieving family. My deepest and most sincere condolences, my friend. All my best to you and Doree...
So glad you got Doree there in time to say 'farewell until we meet again'!
Our condolences to the family...
It is a sad time, Matt. Sometimes the opportunity to grieve beforehand makes it easier. Take care of Doree, and the family, but most of all, yourself.
Matt my friend - condolences to you and your family. And yes it is good that Doree made it down in time to say goodbye...
Oh my..my heart dropped when i read this.But I'm so glad for Doree that she got to be there.Sending all of you strength and healing in this painful time., tho her Mom no longer has to suffer. You are to be commended, Matt, for all the trying times that you've been there for your wife in this situation.
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(((((((((Matt and Doree))))))))))))) I know it's a blessing she's no longer suffering, but it's still so difficult. As Iffy said, til y'all meet again. My most heartfelt condolences to you both, especially Doree.
Did I imagine it or did you say you'd driven the motor home down there? If so, I'm so glad. This may help you to be able to move quicker, just finish it up when you get home without having to deal with the RV til ya get moved.
I'm so sorry for your loss, Matt! Big hugs and prayers for you & Doree, and the rest of the family.
{{{{{Doree & Matt}}}}} I'm sorry sorry for your loss. This is so hard to go through. All the preparations in the world cannot help when the actual time comes to say goodbye & let them go. I'm very glad you were able to get there in time. Take care of yourselves. We are praying!
Is it the distro for you? That depends - although I find SUSE much friendlier and "lighter" than the [REV]buntu line - I also understand that SUSE - like many other Linux distros out there - has it's problems. And with SUSE being one of the oldest distros out there, I keep returning to it. So why not try something else? Well I have tried Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Arch, Slackware, Mint, etc... and they were either too finnicky or just took too darn long to pull repos (a place to pull software from - also known as a repository) for. As for SUSE - get ready for a long download after dropping that disk in. You have millions upon millions of repos to choose from. And although SUSE is based on (and quite honestly centered on) SERVER operators - it JUST WORKS. No goofy workarounds, no bin / bash-ing through the console for weeks to install a simple app - you can if you want, just not my thing anymore - and once you get it up and running, you can go through YAST2 and install everything you want or need in one click. Granted certain things like that, people get offended by, but for me... I do both the console AND YAST - because my grammar and spelling has drastically declined over the past 5 years.
Have I used ARCH before? Hell yes! And if you are a tinkerer and like to "do-it-yourself", then ARCH might be right up your alley. So what distro is for you? Depends on the type of person you are. If you plan on using your machine for networking, server-type work - give Fedora a try. If you want something that just works right out of the box - try SUSE, if you want a "build your own", then try ARCH. Other distros, I won't even fart with anymore. They are either quirky, lack large repos to pull data from, or just have a community that is so small, they can't really help. ARCH's community is pretty good, you have to have some patience in working with those guys... but just like anything else, they also have a thorough wiki to read through. Fedora - same thing except the wiki is fairly vague - and in certain circumstances - obsolete. SUSE on the other hand - has the best of both worlds. A plethora of knowledge in their wiki, a community that ALSO has a plethora of knowledge at its disposal, and a vast number of repos from - I don't think you can go wrong with either of the 3 I mentioned. I went from SUSE to ARCH in a couple of months. And I love ARCH, but because things have changed in the LINUX world, I defauly back to SUSE every time to relearn the basics of LINUX.
@Kenna - I'm always gentle. I don't cause folks to spontaneously combust by using the brainpower on them. Nope - not me. However, if people think I wont spank their behinds with common sense when they act up... that is within my nature. I am - for all intents and purposes - a gentle giant.
@MattB101 - My condolences for you guys' recent loss.
Sorry to hear that, Matt. As you say, given her condition, likely best for all, but still hard to go through. And yes, VERY good that you got there in time!
Not yet. We are bringing with us but we suspended moving ops and just dropped everything and drove down. Probably only be here for a couple of weeks and then back to Virginia to wrap everything up. One of the good things about this trip is we brought both cars with us and will be leaving Doree's down here when we leave. That way we can all travel in the motorhome a dn tow my car on a dolly. The original plan was to have me drive the motorhome with the dog, tow my car and have Doree drive hers with the cat. Now we all get to travel together.
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