On 2022-11-02 18:39, Katherine Mcmillan wrote: > Hm..seems pretty smart to me. > Would be interested in your thoughts on the Pine64 project, but that's probably a conversation better had at a user group meeting. I am aware of it. I may be in the market around retirement when travel is likely to become a more serious occupation. > -Katie > ________________________________ > From: Richard Guy Briggs <rgb [ at ] tricolour [ dot ] ca> > Sent: 02 November 2022 14:34 > To: Katherine Mcmillan <kmcmi046 [ at ] uottawa [ dot ] ca> > Cc: Linux-Ottawa <linux [ at ] linux-ottawa [ dot ] org> > Subject: Re: [linux] Meeting Thursday night (edited to be factually correct) > > Attention : courriel externe | external email > > On 2022-11-02 17:37, Katherine Mcmillan wrote: > > Richard - you don't even have a pager? > > No. I remember pretty clearly in 1995 riding my Miyata 1000LT west on > Baseline at Prince of Wales thinking how it would be pretty cool to be > able to call one of my friends at that point. As with most of my > consumer purchases, I waited a week for a "sober second thought", and by > the end of that week I concluded there was no good reason anyone needed > to get a hold of me that urgently. Once smart phones came out in the > mid-2000s and the way people were using them, I confirmed my initial > decision not to join that culture. I prefer to be "fully present" in > public. > > > I've worked at a couple of hospitals, and whenever I still see those things, they remind me of better days (of course, they're usually on doctors). > > > > -Katie > > > > ________________________________ > > From: Richard Guy Briggs <rgb [ at ] tricolour [ dot ] ca> > > Sent: 02 November 2022 13:31 > > To: Brett Delmage <brett [ dot ] delmage [ at ] twobikes [ dot ] ottawa [ dot ] on [ dot ] ca> > > Cc: linux [ at ] linux-ottawa [ dot ] org <linux [ at ] linux-ottawa [ dot ] org> > > Subject: Re: [linux] Meeting Thursday night (edited to be factually correct) > > > > Attention : courriel externe | external email > > > > On 2022-11-02 11:44, Brett Delmage wrote: > > > On Wed, 2 Nov 2022, Richard Guy Briggs wrote: > > > >The dynamics are different in person, and I am seeking that > > > >type of interaction because we haven't had that for 2.5 years. > > > > ... > > > > > Is this a OCLUG meeting or a Beer SIG? > > > > "yes". > > > > > "In person" is not the same as maskless. People can have perfectly valuable > > > and enjoyable social interactions while still respectfully wearing masks, as > > > has been established the past two years. > > > > They are even better when food is shared. The Linux Plumbers Conference > > and Linux Security Summit we attended in September in Dublin > > demonstrated that very clearly. > > > > > But not in a bar this week. Such a choice, especially without concern and > > > action to involve virtual participants who may be the most isolated, is > > > exclusionary at the least, IMO. > > > > *I* don't have a mobile device, but I'm not adverse to having someone > > with such a device join us and connect to the virtual meeting. > > > > > Ottawa has its most COVID-19 hospitalizations in 9 months > > > https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/covid19-ottawa-current-cases-status-november-2022-1.6636608 > > > > I've been following the poop-meter regularly for more than two years: > > https://613covid.ca/wastewater/ > > > > Mine is a personal choice. I am comfortable with my informed risk > > taking into account vaccine status and previous exposure and the risk to > > other household members. > > > > I'm not a member of TUPOC (they are currently hanging out at the > > public archives and national library...). > > > > slainte mhath, RGB > > slainte mhath, RGB slainte mhath, RGB -- Richard Guy Briggs -- ~\ -- ~\ <hpv.tricolour.ca> <www.TriColour.ca> -- \___ o \@ @ Ride yer bike! Ottawa, ON, CANADA -- Lo_>__M__\\/\%__\\/\% Vote! -- <greenparty.ca>_____GTVS6#790__(*)__(*)________(*)(*)_________________ To unsubscribe send a blank message to linux+unsubscribe [ at ] linux-ottawa [ dot ] org To get help send a blank message to linux+help [ at ] linux-ottawa [ dot ] org To visit the archives: https://lists.linux-ottawa.org