Post #425,362
9/4/18 8:53:22 PM
9/4/18 8:53:22 PM
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Back to the, euh ... the roots?
My place of employ for the past 10 years has unfortunately switched from slow decline to circling the drain. Sadly, because I had a lot of fun and it was a great group of people. So, for the past 15 months, it's been a slog to find other gainful employment before I got to walk the plank.
As of today, I'm a Natural/Adabas developer on IBM S/390. The last time I touched something similar was an S/36, back in school in ~1988. (Going through the "JCL for dummies" guide, it starts off mentioning the efforts to mitigate Y2K and proceeds to compare it to popular PC operating systems such as Windows 95... Uh-oh...)
But it comes with a .gov e-mail addy :-)
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Post #425,364
9/4/18 11:31:28 PM
9/4/18 11:31:28 PM
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Whoa, that's another kind of root! :)
My last time on an IBM system as a contractor was in 2000. When that work died, I retired.
Are you still near Burlington? Alex
"There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that "my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge."
-- Isaac Asimov
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Post #425,377
9/5/18 9:52:20 PM
9/5/18 9:52:20 PM
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Re: Whoa, that's another kind of root! :)
We haven't budged. (One of the reasons it took so long. Small towns are cute but there are certain disadvantages, even if one is the state capital...) We're in Middlesex, about 40 mi. from Burlington.
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Post #425,378
9/6/18 12:08:48 AM
9/6/18 12:08:48 AM
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That's good to know.
My wife and I will be camping near Braintree, VT roughly 35 miles South of you the later part of next week. We are camping with a group that has the same kind of motor home as we do, but perhaps we can work out a meeting. The last email address I have for you is @compaqnet.be. I'm guessing it's obsolete. If you know my last name, @yahoo.com can get to me. If not, I'll have to provide it in an obscure way. Alex
"There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that "my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge."
-- Isaac Asimov
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Post #425,381
9/6/18 7:38:25 AM
9/6/18 7:38:25 AM
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Re: That's good to know.
That'd be interesting. I'm not sure what we have going on next weekend. (I'm picking up Mom at Logan tomorrow.) I'll see if we can sort that out this evening.
The @compaqnet.be address is still active.
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Post #425,383
9/6/18 12:23:41 PM
9/6/18 12:23:41 PM
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Great, we'll take it offline!
Alex
"There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that "my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge."
-- Isaac Asimov
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Post #425,388
9/7/18 7:39:40 AM
9/7/18 7:39:40 AM
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I'll let you go first. I don't trust myself to get it right ;-)
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Post #425,525
9/16/18 6:45:49 PM
9/16/18 6:45:49 PM
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Contact!
Sven and his mother had lunch with my wife and me today. It was great to meet another long term IWeThey member.
Thanks, Sven, for driving down to meet us! Alex
"There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that "my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge."
-- Isaac Asimov
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Post #425,535
9/17/18 8:58:10 AM
9/17/18 8:58:10 AM
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How many does that make for you now?
bcnu,
Mikem
It's mourning in America again.
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Post #425,536
9/17/18 9:44:43 AM
9/18/18 10:52:08 PM
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Re: How many does that make for you now?
One on one
box
Andrew
Ben
mmoffitt
gfolkert
imqwerky and ChrisR
Sven
last Beepfest in NJ
Wade
bepatient
but not admin - Scott I :)
crazy
bionerd
drewk
n3jja
probably others there Alex
"There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that "my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge."
-- Isaac Asimov
Edited by a6l6e6x
Sept. 18, 2018, 10:52:08 PM EDT
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Post #425,543
9/17/18 5:44:58 PM
9/17/18 5:44:58 PM
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Now that I live in a typical target area
Please let me know if you are heading this way.
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Post #425,554
9/18/18 8:12:05 AM
9/18/18 8:12:05 AM
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Thanks, updated my notes.
We did swing by there in 2017 on way to Utah's 5 national parks. Alex
"There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that "my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge."
-- Isaac Asimov
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Post #425,544
9/17/18 5:54:58 PM
9/17/18 5:54:58 PM
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dont forget skip
"Science is the belief in the ignorance of the experts" – Richard Feynman
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Post #425,546
9/17/18 7:43:21 PM
9/17/18 7:43:21 PM
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Yep, that was at your GA home!
Alex
"There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that "my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge."
-- Isaac Asimov
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Post #425,550
9/17/18 11:48:03 PM
9/17/18 11:48:03 PM
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AdminiScott wasn't at that one.
Greg was, though. As well Boxley. But I think you'd come to a couple.
You the one who gave me an IWeThey hat, right?
Wade.
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Post #425,551
9/18/18 5:55:15 AM
9/18/18 5:55:15 AM
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He wasn't?
They all meld together.
Thank you Beep
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Post #425,573
9/19/18 6:02:16 AM
9/19/18 6:02:16 AM
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That was the one I believe I sold you an Aussie $5 note. :-)
I think it was you.
Also got a few people to try Vegemite.
Wade.
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Post #425,574
9/19/18 7:56:40 AM
9/19/18 7:56:41 AM
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I tried it
It was disgusting.
So was Box's seal blubber, but goddamn it I ate it anyway.
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Post #425,585
9/20/18 10:36:09 AM
9/20/18 10:36:09 AM
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Ditto, but didn't think it was that bad.
Box's blubber offering was really OK.
But then, when I was a kid in the refuge camp in Germany, I got to eat salted (pork) fat back. Imagine eating raw bacon for an idea. In cold places the body "burns" that stuff to keep warm. Alex
"There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that "my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge."
-- Isaac Asimov
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Post #425,555
9/18/18 8:34:33 AM
9/18/18 8:34:33 AM
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I did give out a few IWeThey hats over the years.
My wife was into machine embroidery then. Even sent a hat to Arkadiy whom I never did meet.
You were an honored guest at Beep's and had your own room. Box and I spent the first night in a tent and the second night in the basement with the "fly over country" contingent.
But, there were so many other folks attending that it's hard to keep score. Remembering two new people a day has been my limit. Alex
"There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that "my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge."
-- Isaac Asimov
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Post #425,559
9/18/18 9:41:24 AM
9/18/18 9:41:24 AM
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And I still have mine. ;0)
bcnu,
Mikem
It's mourning in America again.
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Post #425,560
9/18/18 9:58:13 AM
9/18/18 9:58:13 AM
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Yeah, I didn't get to meet you or bionerd
Regards,
-scott
Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson.
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Post #425,572
9/18/18 10:50:58 PM
9/18/18 10:50:58 PM
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I stand corrected, then.
Alex
"There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that "my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge."
-- Isaac Asimov
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Post #425,548
9/17/18 8:56:23 PM
9/17/18 8:56:23 PM
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Yes! Banjo music and all!
Happens when you pick random places in the sticks to have lunch :-)
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