Post #198,820
3/15/05 3:57:21 PM
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No eyebrows raised here
I've considered it myself. Right now I'm getting ready for a BIG transition(1), so I'll have to wait for it to settle down.
(1) Getting ready to retire from the Air Force, Move to Texas, and get my first civilian job since working at Pizza Hut as a kid (22 years ago)
~~~)-Steven----
"I want you to remember that no bastard ever won a war by dying for his country.
He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country..."
General George S. Patton
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Post #198,971
3/16/05 10:35:53 AM
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You have a lot of balls in the air
The ladies can wait.
This Eharmony isnt too bad, though. You only get matched up with people you're compatable with (you complete an extensive personality profile) and they are the only people who have access to your info. So your info isnt out there for all the world to see, which I like. They also have it set up so you only communicate through the site. You can "close" someone at any time and when you do, they have no way to contact you. I like all the safety features. But it's kind of pricey- $50/month. I've gotten a dozen matches so far- all engineers or computer guys. Go figure. And one guy who had half his body paralyzed because he just had a stroke. I passed on him.
It's like, "How much more black could this be?", and the answer is none. None more black.
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Post #199,032
3/16/05 12:35:44 PM
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Just hope I can catch them all
Hoping I can slip into a good Database Architect I or Database Analysis I job off the bat. I could possibly start working a new job within my last two months of terminal leave and get 2 full paychecks during that time. After I'm officially retired, I'll only be netting about $1,300 a month in retirement pay; so I really need to be working by then. If nothing else, I'll take a job at Best Buy or Fry's till I can get a better one.
~~~)-Steven----
"I want you to remember that no bastard ever won a war by dying for his country.
He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country..."
General George S. Patton
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Post #199,064
3/16/05 4:00:22 PM
8/21/07 6:41:26 AM
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You're a db guy?
We're hiring Oracle DBA's.
Live in the great Pac NW!
Get discounts on books!
"Whenever you find you are on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect" --Mark Twain
"The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them." --Albert Einstein
"This is still a dangerous world. It's a world of madmen and uncertainty and potential mental losses." --George W. Bush
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Post #199,076
3/16/05 5:07:02 PM
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Yes, but...
First off I don't like cold. I'm moving to TX for the warm, even hot weather, the warm water diving, and the lack of snow packed and icy roads.
I do have 5 years of Oracle experience, but that was in Oracle 6/7. This is why I'm looking at entry level positions for now. I'll need to get caught up on Oracle 10. Overall though, I have 18 years of Database management experience on everything from MS Access (yeah, I know, not a real database, but I have plenty of experience designing complex database programs using VBA), through proprietary AF databases (Maintenance Management Information Control System (MMICS) and Core Automated Maintenance System (CAMS)), Unisys (primarily FOCUS report writer) to Oracle (with experience writing Pro C based programs and converting from Pro Fortran programs)
~~~)-Steven----
"I want you to remember that no bastard ever won a war by dying for his country.
He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country..."
General George S. Patton
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Post #199,107
3/16/05 7:43:25 PM
8/21/07 12:38:08 PM
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Snow?
Haven't seen any all winter.
I do understand the fear of cold - I'm not digging it much myself.
"Whenever you find you are on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect" --Mark Twain
"The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them." --Albert Einstein
"This is still a dangerous world. It's a world of madmen and uncertainty and potential mental losses." --George W. Bush
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Post #199,110
3/16/05 7:51:29 PM
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You're also living in a boat.
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Post #199,145
3/16/05 11:36:20 PM
8/21/07 12:38:47 PM
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Which is only one step up from
livin in a van down by the river!
Seriously, anyplace that requires long sleeves outdoors is too cold.
"Whenever you find you are on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect" --Mark Twain
"The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them." --Albert Einstein
"This is still a dangerous world. It's a world of madmen and uncertainty and potential mental losses." --George W. Bush
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Post #199,169
3/17/05 8:44:25 AM
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Amen to that last line.
bcnu,
Mikem
Eine Leute. Eine Welt. Ein F\ufffdhrer.
God Bless America.
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Post #199,195
3/17/05 10:39:16 AM
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Bah.
You wimps just want to move back to sub-Saharan Africa, you do...
The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds the most discoveries, is not "Eureka!" but "That's funny..."
-Isaac Asimov
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Post #199,200
3/17/05 10:51:29 AM
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Depends on your tolerance
I pull the shorts out when it hits 40 degees.
It's like, "How much more black could this be?", and the answer is none. None more black.
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Post #199,201
3/17/05 10:55:48 AM
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Re: Depends on your tolerance
That's the tempurature I'm looking for as a cold winter day :)
~~~)-Steven----
"I want you to remember that no bastard ever won a war by dying for his country.
He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country..."
General George S. Patton
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Post #199,184
3/17/05 9:53:33 AM
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Not a fear of the cold
But having been in North Dakota, I'm sick of it. And I need to be able to scuba dive without a drysuit (preferrably in swimsuit and t-shirt - I was spoiled in Guam)
~~~)-Steven----
"I want you to remember that no bastard ever won a war by dying for his country.
He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country..."
General George S. Patton
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Post #199,056
3/16/05 2:34:06 PM
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Depends whose balls, really.
Peter
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Post #199,077
3/16/05 5:16:06 PM
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Just my own,
and only occasionally when I'm at home with doors closed and windows shuttered 8^O
Hmmm... maybe that was TMI :^)
~~~)-Steven----
"I want you to remember that no bastard ever won a war by dying for his country.
He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country..."
General George S. Patton
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Post #199,083
3/16/05 5:21:58 PM
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I now know what you're smiling about in your pic.
*shudder*
Peter
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Post #199,090
3/16/05 5:34:31 PM
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Naw...
I'm just smiling 'cause I'll be retiring from the AF and out of North Dakota soon! :)
~~~)-Steven----
"I want you to remember that no bastard ever won a war by dying for his country.
He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country..."
General George S. Patton
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Post #199,092
3/16/05 5:41:29 PM
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Well, *I* can't see your hands.
Peter
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Post #199,102
3/16/05 6:43:01 PM
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Bunch of sick little monkeys........ ROFL!
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Post #199,111
3/16/05 7:52:05 PM
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It would take a brit to guess wankery...
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Post #199,115
3/16/05 8:14:56 PM
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Naturally, they have the most experience.
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Post #199,149
3/17/05 1:29:13 AM
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Admit it. I said what y'all were thinking.
Peter
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Post #199,161
3/17/05 7:26:53 AM
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Not me. I thought he was at a strip club. ;-)
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Post #199,177
3/17/05 9:26:30 AM
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I guess if I have to explain the joke
it musta been a bomb
You never get naked? Like to take a shower or with your SO?
Balls in the air. As in exposed to the air. Doh!
~~~)-Steven----
"I want you to remember that no bastard ever won a war by dying for his country.
He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country..."
General George S. Patton
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