Umask and redhat (updated)

[Andrew Kelly]

On Sat, 2004-07-17 at 02:06, Rick Stevens wrote:
> Waldher, Travis R wrote:
> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>From: Rick Stevens [mailto:rstevens at vitalstream.com] 
> >>Sent: Friday, July 16, 2004 4:13 PM
> >>To: Getting started with Red Hat Linux
> >>Subject: Re: Umask and redhat (updated)
> >>
> >>Waldher, Travis R wrote:
> >>
> >>> 
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>-----Original Message-----
> >>>>From: Rick Stevens [mailto:rstevens at vitalstream.com]
> >>>>Sent: Friday, July 16, 2004 3:43 PM
> >>>
> >>><snip>
> >>>
> >>>>Ok, RECESS TIME!  Who's up for a game of softball? :-)
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>Not me... I'm 20 or so minute from getting out of here.
> >>>
> >>>Hopefully it won't take me 5 HOURS to commute home like it did last 
> >>>night. *sigh*
> >>
> >>Lordy!  How far is it and have you thought of getting an ultralight?
> > 
> > 
> > Normally when I drive, it's a 60 mile trip.  Took me 35 minutes to go
> > the first 30 miles, then I hit the Tacoma Narrows bridge backup, which
> > was one of those 10 bad nights out of the year because someone decided
> > to get in to a wreck on it.
> 
> Isn't that the bridge that went daft back in the 50's...started dancing
> then fell into the river?
> 
> >                             I spend 1 hour going 2-3 blocks, with no
> > relief in sight since a game would be letting loose soon at Cheney
> > stadium.  So I gave up and drove to Olympia and back up to bremerton.
> > About 90 miles.
> 
> Been there and done that.  It truly sucks when there's only one route
> to go.
> 
> > Left work at 4:30, had a 20 minute chiropractor appt, and got home at
> > about 9:40pm.
> > 
> > Today, it's the normal ferry route, only takes 2 hours total each way.
> > (I'de buy a speed boat, but the fuel costs would probably be brutal)
> 
> Hmmmm.  Well, a diesel boat probably wouldn't cost that much, but then
> you'd need two slips (one at each end) and such.  It depends on how much
> you value your time.  Or, get a sea plane (Cessna 172s with floats
> don't cost that much and flying is fun).
> 
> I have a friend that has to commute about 30 miles each way, but it's
> on the infamous 405 freeway here in SoCal and through one of the worst
> stretches (several interchanges and the traffic for LAX).  She lives
> in Corona del Mar and works at TRW in Hawthorne.
> 
> She (with my goading) got her pilot's license and bought a Cessna 150
> for about $12,000.  She drives her Porsche 10 minutes to John Wayne
> airport in the morning, gets in the plane, flies to Hawthorne airport,
> gets on her motorcycle and rides 10 minutes to work.  In the afternoon,
> she reverses the trip.  She claims it shaves 30 minutes off the trip
> each way and she doesn't get frustrated with traffic.  The plane burns
> about $12.00 in fuel each round trip.  Her tiedown at John Wayne costs
> $100/month and it's free at Hawthorne since she buys her fuel there.
> 
> She's now got about 3,000 hours in the 150.  The last guy I saw with
> that kind of seat time in a 150 was a flight instructor.  Heck, I've
> only got 2,200 hours in my Comanche and I've owned it six years longer
> than she's had her plane.

Oh would you two please stop!

First Travis gets me all blubbery with a painful bout of homesickness,
and now Rick has me picking my "haven't flown in years" scab.

You guys make for a tough Monday re-entry, that's for certain.

Sheesh.

Andy
(poor meeeeee)