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LXer Feature: 30-Jul-2006

LXers attempted to eat high on the hog Saturday while being mobbed by gorgeous women...

O.k., well, would you believe me if I told you NoDough brought his wife and daughters down to Charlotte with him? NoDough and I met as planned at Bubba's Barbecue, here in Charlotte. After swapping a few war stories I got the opportunity to chat with his wife and daughters. We talked a little about gardening and I suggested she check out some site called Dave's Garden.



When the ladies got up to go shopping, we knew we would be hanging around a while, so turned to the geek talk. NoDough shared the horrid details of having to work in a Windows environment, and it gets worse. He'll be bound and gagged and dragged to Redmond in August. I know that even the non-religious among us will be praying hard for his safe return. His only consolation is that he gets to use GNU/Linux at home.



We nearly started a couple of grease fires as NoDough got my gears spinning at various points in our conversation. I believe it was something to do with the notion that Microsoft's anti-GNU/Linux advertising is the best advertising GNU/Linux can get. And it's paid for by Microsoft! The fact that GNU/Linux is seeing double-digit growth without a huge advertising campaign is proof positive that a big marketing campaign is not as important as some might think. Don't you just love the smell of napalm in the morning?



NoDough and I threw a good bar room brawl when it came to whether or not libre software is the only true way. A waitress, two cooks and a few piglets were injured in the melee. O.k., well, would you believe me if I told you that he said what he thinks and I said what I think (in true LXer fashion)? Most people know darned well what I think. And since NoDough is considering telling us what he thinks, I'll leave that to him. I know. I'm such a spoil sport.



All in all, it was a pretty good time. We discussed databases, programming and the general state of the community. Everyone who didn't make it missed the best part - NoDough and me chasing the greased pig. Here we are with the captive swine below:
Don and NoDough (Click to view larger image, assuming you want to download a 400K file.)

Note: Thanks to grouch for his graphics manipulation lesson.

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Comments (12)

dinotrac ·
Reporting from Konqueror, KDE 3.5.1.

Rev, I clicked for a larger image, but no larger image came.

Usually, that wouldn't bother me, but I really relished the chance to see a nasty old animal close-up. And with a greased pig, no less!!!
dcparris Story submitter ·
Sorry. Right-click. Then choose "View Image". Posting it without resizing just took up way too much space.
dinotrac ·
Ah!!

Looks like you guys had a much better time than the poor porcine-Americans who gave their all for your meal!!!
dcparris Story submitter ·
Yep!
tuxchick2 ·
Free the oppressed porcine-Americans!

*burp*
jimf ·
The ethical implications and contradictions of this thread with this particular group of people is truly disturbing....
dinotrac ·
And that's without even getting into ethics of the sweet and tangy v. thin and vinegary.
dcparris Story submitter ·
O.k., I just got off the phone with Bubba, who assured me that the porcine folk were actually having a great time. "They had to be", he said, "they were smiling the whole time!" He has invited me back again to see for myself. He said something about a 13-hour party for the pigs to really get things smokin'. My phone was kind of crackling a bit, but it sounded like they have a 'slip-n-slide' that the pigs load down with barbeque sauce. Sounds like the piggies really savor the moment.
Bob_Robertson ·
NoDough and I will likely get together by meeting half way, at the Stucky's at exit 146 on I95.

Seriously, sorry I missed it.
dcparris Story submitter ·
Cool! Yeah, we really hate no one else was able to make it. Maybe I'll be able to get up there sometime in the next few months. We'll see.
grouch ·
Maybe a VPB (virtual private barbecue)? A dozen feasts scattered around the planet, however many can get together at each location, all connected by webcam. I hear you broadband users can do such things.
NoDough ·
>...all connected by webcam. I hear you broadband users can do such things.

I actually tested for a nearby wireless connection at Bubba's. No such luck. Had there been one, I would've been online live-blogging (live-posting?) the event.

Oh well, it was a great time. I really enjoyed the discussion with Don.

>NoDough and I will likely get together by meeting half way, at the Stucky's at exit 146 on I95.

Mmmmmmmm. Stucky's.

Seriously, there are a half-dozen of us in Raleigh and surrounding areas. We should get together.

Lane (NoDough) in Louisburg Todd in Burlington tminton in Bahama chattr in Raleigh Curtis in Rocky Mount Bob_Robertson in Rocky Mount

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