{"id":7717,"date":"2016-01-31T08:59:05","date_gmt":"2016-01-31T16:59:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bone-in-the-throat.com\/Blog\/?p=7717"},"modified":"2021-08-26T18:27:28","modified_gmt":"2021-08-27T01:27:28","slug":"ok-im-a-total-geek","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bone-in-the-throat.com\/Blog\/2016\/01\/31\/ok-im-a-total-geek\/","title":{"rendered":"Ok I\u2019m a total geek"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>When it rains on a Sunday, most people watch a game, or a movie, or lounge in bed with their loved one reading the paper or loving their loved one.<\/p>\n

When I was very young, I remember piling into my parents bed on rainy Sundays. Dad & I would fight over the funnies, Mom would make us calm down while she finished the Home and Garden section of the paper.<\/p>\n

Eventually, there would be pancakes, followed by more tickling and \u201cfighting\u201d over sections of the Sunday paper. Since all this was in the deep south, by noon or one \u2018o\u2019clock the sun would be poking through the clouds and we\u2019d go find something to do outside.<\/p>\n

Southerners have a tacit agreement with God. Most Sundays it rains only while we\u2019re in church and stops about the time the minister is wrapping up. Every once in a while though God gives us a break, (probably from an especially boring sermon) by making it rain all morning. If it\u2019s raining when we\u2019re supposed to be getting ready for church we don\u2019t go. After all, the rain messes up mom\u2019s hat and our sunday go to meeting clothes would be damp and musty all through church.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s all very civilized and Southerners understand that God has to deep soak the plants sometimes. God doesn\u2019t seem to mind us staying inside and reading the paper either.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Now days, on a rainy Sunday, it\u2019s me sitting up in bed listening to the rain on the roof, with coffee and a computer. These are the days I upgrade software.<\/p>\n

Not nearly as much fun as other pursuits but necessary. Or as in this case optional but ultimately useful.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>I\u2019m upgrading my Windows 7 workhorse to Windows 10. I love VMWare for it\u2019s ability to copy containers that contain opertating systems and all the files in that OS.<\/p>\n

If this upgrade goes off the rails, all I have to do is trash this container and copy a backup to my system and everything is reset. It makes me a lot more comfortable experimenting like this.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m getting the impression that I\u2019m going to be watching a lot more rain than learning Windows 10 today. Wow this process is crawling along.<\/p>\n

Ah well, the sound of rain on the roof is a welcome change.<\/p>\n

Have a good Sunday however you\u2019re spending yours.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When it rains on a Sunday, most people watch a game, or a movie, or lounge in bed with their loved one reading the paper or loving their loved one. When I was very young, I remember piling into my parents bed on rainy Sundays. Dad & I would fight over the funnies, Mom would … <\/p>\n

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