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[growler_south]

Hint: when attending outdoor funeral after it's been raining, and happy doggies are present, wear BROWN pants, not black. Muddy doggy footprints are a bitch to wash off- though I didnt mind in the slightest. Saffy seemed happy to see her Uncle Grant...


Me in a shirt and tie. Try not to be too shocked.

I'm proud to have been invited to Mrs C's funeral, which was simple and moving. It had rained in the morning but the sun came out bang on time, and stayed out the whole afternoon. Speeches were heartfelt and brief, and no-one fell into the grave (though Dyna looked like she might at one stage- probably looking for the giant rabbit that had dug such a big hole) Rick and Mo were calm and collected the whole day: I was so proud of them for running things with such dignity. Though, as smoothly as it went, I'd prefer if I never have to go to a funeral for someone I like and respect ever again.

I had to drive back to Auckland to complete a job that was technically due today, but when I was halfway back Esther called to let me know that the client was still trying to make their mind up... unfortunately I was already halfway along the motorway, stuck in traffic, otherwise I would have stayed in TeAroha for longer.

We took Odran to the airport, he was very brave and didnt wail too loudly as he half sprinted, half skipped to the gate. I'm going to miss the fuzzy wee bugger- my bed's a lot colder without him, and I'll miss his evil sense of humour. I'll stay in touch...


The weather was fantastic. Pity about the occasion :-(

(GEEK ALERT)Back at work today, troubleshooting networking issues (damn wireless router breaks the network when it's switched on: it works, but the rest of the network runs really slowly. Grrr...) I'm also going to convince Glenn to let me fix our broken internet access: we've got 5000Kb/sec DSL, but it costs $.17/Mb! last month's bill was $1500. I'm thinking of getting another modem on one of our other phone lines and setting it up on a $49.95/month 256k flat rate plan, and setting everyone's computer to look at that as a default gateway, and setting the reception PC to look to the fast modem- to be used for monster downloads (like the 1.2Gb I needed last week, which took 25 minutes...)(/GEEK ALERT)

Comments

[furr-a-bruin.livejournal.com]

There might be a better solution to your problem.

We have a dual-WAN router from Xincom that works a treat. We have both a DSL line and a fixed-wireless broadband ISP, to ensure we have connectivity. In our case, we have the router set to split traffic between the two, but it is possible to set things up so only certain workstations have access to a particular WAN port. That way, you could set things up so most traffic goes on the low-cost link, but the handful of people who need the highspeed link get it. You could also set it up so that if the low-cost link fails, the router automatically switches traffic to the other link so people still have connectivity... or not, depending on what you want to do.

The XC-DPG502 that we have only costs $230US, so it sounds like it would pay for itself in lower ISP bills and more convenience pretty quickly. There are some other inexpensive dual-wan routers, but this is the one we use and that I can recommend.

[f8n-begorra.livejournal.com]

I'll expect you in full leather at my funeral. I'll even provide tequila so you can do your now famous white-boy dance. Preferably on the coffin.

[taobear.livejournal.com]

WOW!

[bikerbearmark.livejournal.com]

Shoulda figgered you'd dress up nice too, Grant, but my condolences on the occasion.

[scream4noreason.livejournal.com]

Growler all dressed up = Monkey suddenly undressed

musclebearnz

[musclebearnz.livejournal.com]

I looked up briefly when we arrived at the cemetery and caught your eye you stunningly handsome man. thank you for coming to my mums funeral, as i stated and in line with mum's wishes, she only wanted the special people that meant so much to her and her boys there, it was only appropriate you should be there Grant, thank you for taking the time and driving a long way, I know you had pressing business committments..
As for those naughty dogs... well, thats another story...

[beg1n.livejournal.com]

Very dignified.

Nice pix

[grassvalleybear.livejournal.com]

Hey Growler, You clean up real nice. Sorry for the occasion, but we are all going that way sooner or later and a good send off is an important thing. Hope to meet ya on your trip to SF! Hugs, Robbie's told such charming stories about ya!
Brent