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New Re: A real pleasure seeing you again.
Likewise, sir. Hope life has been treating you well?

New It's been treating me pretty well
Though there are some flies in the ointment you might not be aware of. The big one is that my son was diagnosed with PDD-NOS (an autism spectrum disorder) about seven or eight years ago. I really fear for his future, and as I just said on another forum where folks were discussing SS, I don't have a retirement plan, I have a mentally disabled child instead.

Otherwise, I'm working, making decent coin for the town I live in, though far from spectacular, and I'm still playing my guitar, and the caliber of player I get to work with now is amazing, which I guess means that the caliber of player I am is getting up there.... I guess you could say my guitar is my retirement plan; when the IT world stops hiring us aging geeks, I'll go on the road; hopefully my finances will be in a place where all I have to do is break even to do all right.
New Re: It's been treating me pretty well
Freaking awesome!!! This is a great body of work. I need to come up and hang around with you so that some of your drive might rub off on me.

To your first reply, I think there will be a place for us old computer geeks (knowledgeable and "good" ones) if we are willing to keep learning - the technology constantly changes but my analytical skills keep getting better. There are, of course, no guarantees. And I know the feeling well about having a child with questionable future independence - my daughter, Elise, still has that Down Syndrome thing. I was hoping it would be healed by now… :-) I've found that it is best to stay positive and keep a good sense of humor and self. No one could ever challenge Elise's "quality of life" - her life has been full of laughter and joy and it would be foolish of me to think that she won't find someone to yuck it up with when I'm no longer on this side of the soil. That said, I have started an irrevocable trust and it does give me some piece of mind.

I'm here to stay. I miss you guys (and gals).
Just a few thoughts,

Dan
     Greenwald says the NSA is getting data on every Verizon call - (Another Scott) - (42)
         Some speculation it's related to the Boston Marathon bombing - (Another Scott) - (3)
             Is it time to go back to using semaphores? - (a6l6e6x) - (2)
                 cloned cell phones -NT - (boxley)
                 I like those with Hershey's Dark Chocolate. -NT - (mmoffitt)
         Just curious. - (mmoffitt) - (1)
             You need to ask? - (Another Scott)
         Dave Simon (of The Wire) weighs in. - (Another Scott) - (14)
             so willing to let your owners tighten the leash - (boxley) - (11)
                 You've got me confused with someone else. -NT - (Another Scott) - (2)
                     sorry, I thought you were shrugging it off as no big deal -NT - (boxley) - (1)
                         There's a difference between accepting Simon's argument... - (Another Scott)
                 Gruber: Google's comments on PRISM - (Another Scott) - (7)
                     Well, as long as they're getting the rubber stamp from FISA. -NT - (mmoffitt) - (6)
                         sadly, that's true - (lincoln)
                         The thing is, I'm not too sure just what Google - (jake123) - (4)
                             You think we have some control of our government? -NT - (mmoffitt) - (3)
                                 More than you have over google - (jake123) - (2)
                                     Others, myself included have determined that we ... - (mmoffitt) - (1)
                                         And will continue to get. -NT - (folkert)
             There is no sensible oversight on the horizon. - (hnick) - (1)
                 have a free quiz, presidentially agnostic - (boxley)
         29 years later... - (danreck) - (20)
             Welcome back, stranger. :-) -NT - (Another Scott) - (1)
                 Re: Welcome back, stranger. :-) - (danreck)
             good to see ya man! -NT - (boxley) - (1)
                 Re: good to see ya man! - (danreck)
             Hola Dan! - (Ashton) - (2)
                 Re: Hola Dan! - (danreck) - (1)
                     Re: Hola Dan! (Manfred) - (Ashton)
             This time, you're staying - (pwhysall) - (5)
                 Knock, knock - (danreck) - (4)
                     Re: Knock, knock - (pwhysall) - (3)
                         Re: Knock, knock - (danreck) - (2)
                             Re: Knock, knock - (pwhysall) - (1)
                                 Little danger of that any more - (drook)
             A real pleasure seeing you again. -NT - (jake123) - (4)
                 Re: A real pleasure seeing you again. - (danreck) - (3)
                     It's been treating me pretty well - (jake123) - (2)
                         Re: It's been treating me pretty well - (jake123) - (1)
                             Re: It's been treating me pretty well - (danreck)
             AHHHH the Gold-Domed MFAC! - (folkert) - (1)
                 Re: AHHHH the Gold-Domed MFAC! - (danreck)

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