El Capitan MAC Install Error

A mid 2009 Macbook, launching El Capitan (OS 10.11.x) install from a bootable flash drive. Newer MAC OSX will not work on this older MAC. Install  gets most of the way then mysteriously complains:
no packages were eligible for install.

Also mysterious errors when trying Command-R Recovery Partition re installs.
Remade bootable Flash drives (Instructions elsewhere) and much more, many Trials and Errors.
I DID notice that the re install seemed to require Internet Access and did on couple occasions actually want an Apple ID for some reason during the re install. the conditions seemed to vary due to unknown factors but at one point I saw
“Checking Eligibility with Apple”

I later found that just like the IOS on iPhones, etc, a check-in with the Apple Mothership is performed, and some sort of Certificate is used to verify I really have an Apple, I suppose..
Someone out there noted there is a DATE problem with Apple’s Certificate- Or maybe the one in the El Capitan software.
The Workaround was to go into Utilities– terminal during the stage right before the files start to Install and using the Terminal Date command to FAKE A DATE WHEN El Capitan would have been considered Current Software. (I am guessing here)
So Here Is What Worked
date 0418171516
the ORIGINAL ARTICLE is here as well as many others that allude to this issue. You then need to RE BOOT and try again (Date should NOT updated despite Internet Access, but CHECK)
Depending on which particular version of the Apple El Capitan installer you use. the date may vary but it was originally released September 30, 2015 with half a dozen incremental updates.
No Luck? Mess further with the Date!
Once things are ‘happily’ Booted from the local hard drive is shoudl be possible to set the date normally.
Good Luck. your Comments are welcomed!

Life n death

Happy New Year, I think!

Odds Of Death In The United States By Selected Cause Of Injury, 2017 (1)

I copied this data from the social security administration site for use in the Nevada county Altar Show– a commemorative exhibition for over 100 ‘artists’ to present what they thought was important.
i thought this was important as it commemorated a life as yet not over but Sure to Happen: But how?
Which way would you choose if you could?
“Natural Disasters?” “All Other CAuses”?
Just Saying,  as they say right here in California!

Cause of death

Number of
deaths, 2017

One-year odds

Lifetime odds

Accidental poisoning by and exposure to
noxious substances

64,795

5,027

64

     Drug poisoning

61,311

5,313

68

     Opioids (including both legal and illegal)

43,036

7,569

96

All motor vehicle accidents

40,231

8,096

103

     Car occupants

7,248

44,939

572

     Motorcycle riders

4,832

67,409

858

     Pedestrians

7,450

43,721

556

Assault by firearm

14,542

22,399

285

Exposure to smoke, fire and flames

2,812

115,832

1,474

Fall on and from stairs and steps

2,493

130,654

1,662

Drowning and submersion while in or
falling into swimming pool

723

450,511

5,732

Fall on and from ladder or scaffolding

569

572,441

7,283

Air and space transport accidents

385

846,024

10,764

Firearms discharge (accidental)

486

670,204

8,527

Cataclysmic storm (3)

132

2,467,570

31,394

Flood

27

12,063,673

153,482

Lightning

19

17,143,115

218,106

Earthquake and other earth movements

13

25,055,321

318,770

Bitten or struck by dog

36

9,047,755

115,111

(1) Based on fatalities and life expectancy in 2017. Ranked by deaths in 2017.
(2) Includes all types of medications including narcotics and hallucinogens, alcohol and gases.
(3) Includes hurricanes, tornadoes, blizzards, dust storms and other cataclysmic storms.

Source: National Center for Health Statistics; National Safety Council.