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From: Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: media-gfx/blender-2.71 dependencies
Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2014 15:05:21
Message-Id: 53BEAB77.10705@gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Re: media-gfx/blender-2.71 dependencies by James
1 On 10/07/2014 16:52, James wrote:
2 > Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon <at> gmail.com> writes:
3 >
4 >
5 >>>> Q: Alan, can I ... <insert something stupid here>?
6 >>>> A: I don't recommend that because ... <insert some politely worded
7 >>>> well-thought out rationale here>
8 >
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10 > A politically correct Alan? RUBBISH mate rubbish!
11 > (howz my tone?)
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13 Your tone is fine :-)
14 In my circle of friends there would be an expletive or three in there,
15 but IIRC cussing isn't your thing so I reckon we can let it stand
16 >
17 >
18 >>> There must be some substantial benefits to compensate for all that
19 >>> tongue-biting :)
20 >> Oh yes, there's a benefit all right. I'm now back in a place I was 3
21 >> years OK:
22 >> When I go home at night, I don't suffer from an over-powering urge to
23 >> murder my kids, dogs, wife and generally visit havoc and destruction on
24 >> all humanity. My wife says I'm a nice guy again. She didn't like living
25 >> with that imposter.
26 >
27 >
28 > Yes, I too had to give up 'riding the tiger' some years ago. It's really
29 > bad on your health. I found being wise with money and enjoying my
30 > (limited consulting) work leaves me with a far more rewarding life,
31 > and a lower tax bill.
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36 And for my next party trick, I'll see if I can get the man thread back
37 on track to helping the OP build blender!
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44 Alan McKinnon
45 alan.mckinnon@×××××.com