Thx guys.... ralphy, here's the readout..... and it appears... still can't update... 
me:~$ sudo apt-get autoclean -y
[sudo] password for me: 
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
me:~$ sudo apt-get autoremove -y
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
You might want to run 'apt-get -f install' to correct these.
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 linux-image-extra-4.4.0-78-generic : Depends: linux-image-4.4.0-78-generic but it is not installed
 linux-image-generic : Depends: linux-image-4.4.0-78-generic but it is not installed
E: Unmet dependencies. Try using -f.
me:~$ sudo rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
me:~$ sudo mkdir -p /var/lib/apt/lists/partial
me:~$ sudo dpkg --configure -a
Setting up linux-image-extra-4.4.0-75-generic (4.4.0-75.96) ...
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/apt-auto-removal 4.4.0-75-generic /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-75-generic
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/dkms 4.4.0-75-generic /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-75-generic
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools 4.4.0-75-generic /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-75-generic
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-4.4.0-75-generic
gzip: stdout: No space left on device
E: mkinitramfs failure cpio 141 gzip 1
update-initramfs: failed for /boot/initrd.img-4.4.0-75-generic with 1.
run-parts: /etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools exited with return code 1
dpkg: error processing package linux-image-extra-4.4.0-75-generic (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Setting up initramfs-tools (0.122ubuntu8.8) ...
update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated)
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-image-extra-4.4.0-78-generic:
 linux-image-extra-4.4.0-78-generic depends on linux-image-4.4.0-78-generic; however:
  Package linux-image-4.4.0-78-generic is not installed.
dpkg: error processing package linux-image-extra-4.4.0-78-generic (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-image-generic:
 linux-image-generic depends on linux-image-4.4.0-78-generic; however:
  Package linux-image-4.4.0-78-generic is not installed.
 linux-image-generic depends on linux-image-extra-4.4.0-78-generic; however:
  Package linux-image-extra-4.4.0-78-generic is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing package linux-image-generic (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Setting up linux-firmware (1.157.10) ...
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-4.4.0-75-generic
gzip: stdout: No space left on device
E: mkinitramfs failure cpio 141 gzip 1
update-initramfs: failed for /boot/initrd.img-4.4.0-75-generic with 1.
dpkg: error processing package linux-firmware (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-generic:
 linux-generic depends on linux-image-generic (= 4.4.0.78.84); however:
  Package linux-image-generic is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing package linux-generic (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Processing triggers for initramfs-tools (0.122ubuntu8.8) ...
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-4.4.0-75-generic
gzip: stdout: No space left on device
E: mkinitramfs failure cpio 141 gzip 1
update-initramfs: failed for /boot/initrd.img-4.4.0-75-generic with 1.
dpkg: error processing package initramfs-tools (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 linux-image-extra-4.4.0-75-generic
 linux-image-extra-4.4.0-78-generic
 linux-image-generic
 linux-firmware
 linux-generic
 initramfs-tools
me:~$ sudo apt-get update
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Reading package lists... Done
me:~$ sudo apt-get upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
You might want to run 'apt-get -f install' to correct these.
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 linux-image-extra-4.4.0-78-generic : Depends: linux-image-4.4.0-78-generic but it is not installed
 linux-image-generic : Depends: linux-image-4.4.0-78-generic but it is not installed
E: Unmet dependencies. Try using -f.