Re: I'm back

Good to have you back Dave! 

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> From: ferret-talk-bounces-GrnCvJ7WPxnNLxjTenLetw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:ferret-talk-bounces-GrnCvJ7WPxnNLxjTenLetw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On 
> Behalf Of David Balmain
> Sent: Tuesday, 19 December 2006 10:03 AM
> To: ferret-talk-GrnCvJ7WPxnNLxjTenLetw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [Ferret-talk] I'm back
> 
> Hey all,
> 
> I'm back. Some of you are probably thinking that is the 
> longest weeks vacation on record. Well, I'd like to take this 
> opportunity to apologise for my absence and offer a brief 
> explanation. When I got back to Australia I naturally went 
> home to visit my parents, only to find that they have been 
> hit really hard by the drought. They didn't really tell me 
> just how bad it was while I was in Japan. Add to that the 
> fact that my dad is 67, he just had a heart valve replaced 
> two years ago and he is running a 7000 acre property by 
> himself. So I decided to stay home for a while and offer a 
> hand during the busy sheering season.
> 
> Now, I was hoping to get some work on Ferret done at night 
> but getting the internet connected turned out to be next to 
> impossible thanks to Telstra. I should point out that my 
> parents property is not that remote. We are less that 4 hours 
> drive from Sydney and about 1 hour from Canberra (ur closest 
> metropolitan area) but for some reason we get no mobile 
> (cellphone) or wireless internet coverage and the phone lines 
> are so bad that even dial up drops out before gmail will load.
> Dealing with Telstra was a nightmare and they ended up giving 
> us the run around, not delivering anything they promised and 
> my parents are still without a usable internet connection.
> 
> Anyway, sheering is over now and I've moved in to Canberra 
> and I'm finally online. I'm going to try and make amends by 
> getting all the patches people have submitted into Ferret and 
> finding and removing all other stability problems. I'll then 
> try and catch up with the goings on on the mailing list. 
> Please be patient though as I'm under a lot of pressure right 
> now to make a living and attend to all of my other 
> commitments as well as trying to keep in shape to keep my 
> Judo goals alive.
> 
> I hope that explains things a little and I look forward to 
> catching up with you all in the near future.
> 
> Cheers,
> Dave
> 
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> Dave Balmain
> http://www.davebalmain.com/
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