[20:46] <airurando> evening
[20:56] <zmoylan> hi
[21:01] <airurando> hi zmoylan
[21:01] <airurando> how is the hip?
[21:01] <zmoylan> much better, down to one crutch.  trying to wean myself off it. yourself?
[21:02] <airurando> all good here
[21:02] <airurando> and glad to hear it
[21:02] <zmoylan> going to have a look at the tall ships thing that is on this week?
[21:02] <airurando> nah, working this weekend
[21:02] <airurando> recover mon tue
[21:03] <airurando> work again weds thur
[21:03] <airurando> limerick next weekend for sisters 40th
[21:03] <zmoylan> horrible shifts you are on
[21:03] <airurando> its not all bad
[21:03] <airurando> every second weekend is a pain
[21:03] <zmoylan> it's a job.  few enough of those around at the mo.
[21:04] <airurando> ins
[21:04] <airurando> indeed
[21:04] <airurando> any chance you'll make it down to Limerick for skycon12?
[21:05] <zmoylan> not likely.  was at one a few years back.  good fun
[21:05] <airurando> did you see the line up for this one?
[21:06] <zmoylan> xkcd author randall munroe i think was the big name that registered with me
[21:08] <airurando> you is a hard man to impress
[21:08] <airurando> I'm curious,
[21:09] <airurando> what are your thoughts re Ubuntu Ireland.
[21:09] <airurando> don't be too cynical :-)
[21:10] <zmoylan> ubuntu ireland is a distro.  like a lot of distros it has it's ups and downs.  right now it's going through a down due to unity which is most badly named piece of technology to my mind. uefi may undo all the wrongs with the launch of win8.
[21:11] <airurando> very fair point
[21:12] <zmoylan> it will survive simply by having the distro continue.  even if 1-2 folk turn up not at ubuntu meetups but more general linux potd it will survice.
[21:13] <zmoylan> *survive
[21:13] <airurando> I just fear that thos down or period of dormancy will kill approved status.  Whether that is important or not is another question.
[21:13] <zmoylan> there is that.  and czajkowski would killl us if that were to happen! :-)
[21:14] <airurando> :-)
[21:14] <airurando> in real danger I fear
[21:18] <zmoylan> but even if we cut back efforts to one meetup every 3 months. it might concentrate those that are interested to be there when that happens.  even if one the same 2-3 folk turn up they'd have more to talk about.
[21:23] <airurando> aye
[21:23] <airurando> wpuld you propose that on the mailing list?
[21:24] <airurando> my efforts to get a discussion going on the mailing list have thus far failed :-(
[21:24] <zmoylan> let me think about the wording and if i haven't emailed it in the next week poke me till i do it.  memory and fatigue might make me forget.
[21:24] <zmoylan> not much interest about at the mo.  summer holidays is always quiet online
[21:24] <airurando> thanks
[21:24] <zmoylan> no rpg games this month as everybody is on hols
[21:25] <zmoylan> or at concerts
[21:25] <airurando> indeed
[21:26] <zmoylan> just as we're about to enter final dungeon.  after which we all should level up and gain more powerful characters.  and when bribery like that fails you know that people are busy.
[21:27] <airurando> ha
[21:29] <zmoylan> some of us have bought new nerf guns (we use them to solve disputes much quicker than normal arguments) and wanted to give them a shot (pardon the pun)
[21:29] <zmoylan> :-)
[21:30] <airurando> as the father of a 6.75 year old boy I am familiar with the world of nerf
[21:31] <zmoylan> good fun.  hard to hurt someone with foam darts.  not through lack of trying mind you.
[21:31] <airurando> :)
[21:35] <airurando> nn zmoylan, good talking to you, I need to catch some zzzzzzzzzzzzzssssssssssss