[rescue] Bigger Iron at Home (was: SNMP, Baby!)

Dave McGuire mcguire at neurotica.com
Tue Nov 11 11:17:04 CST 2003


On Tuesday, November 11, 2003, at 12:19 PM, Patrick Giagnocavo 
+1.717.201.3366 wrote:
>>> "What's this, then?  I thought you were getting rid of some of these
>>> old
>>> computers!"
>> ...
>>
>>    You're not going to like this, Shel, but I won't sugar-coat it.
>>
>>    She can't have the zebra without its stripes.  Speaking entirely
>> idealistically, it is evil, bad, cruel, and just plain wrong to say "I
>> like this person, but I don't like this and this and this about him, 
>> so
>> I'm going to marry him and make him stop doing those things."
>
> There is however, room for compromise.  For instance, if the Challenge
> is preventing the car being parked inside, the reasonable response is
> to move the Challenge to the unused den or spare bedroom :-)
>
> Or alternatively to buy a small shed if the property is large enough
> and have a "server shed" where all the toys can go.

   Absolutely.  Compromise is good...oppression isn't.

       -Dave

--
Dave McGuire                      "My tummy hurts now, but my soul
St. Petersburg, FL                 feels a little better."     -Ed



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