Post #64,108
11/20/02 3:18:47 PM
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Most Can't Find Arizona
-drl
I'm so happy I could scalp someone. Mark Twain
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Post #64,113
11/20/02 3:34:50 PM
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And think you need a passport to go to New Mexico!
In defense, New Mexico had to [link|http://www.state.nm.us/tax/mvd/mvdlic.htm|add "USA"] to the auto license plate.
Alex
"Let others praise ancient times; I am glad I was born in these."\t-- Ovid (43 B.C.-A.D. 18)
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Post #64,151
11/20/02 5:57:24 PM
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Stories from my past....
...in my past life as a DJ on several New Mexican radio stations, the various news services would about 4 times a year post a story about some dumbshit ignoramus who would make the mistake of assuming New Mexico was some other country. My favorite was about a guy from Albuquerque who at the height of Vietnam, sent a request to the Marines to enlist. (Hey, no one said all New Messicans were rocket scientists...just some of us....) Anyway, the Marines sent him a letter stating that, thank you for your interest, but the Marines only enlist US citizens. Governor King publicly reamed the Marine Commandant a new one for that! Got an equally public apology, too...
(Besides, all New Mexicans know that it's not New Mexico, it's Tejas that's a whole 'nother country!)
jb4 "They lead. They don't manage. The carrot always wins over the stick. Ask your horse. You can lead your horse to water, but you can't manage him to drink." Richard Kerr, United Technologies Corporation, 1990
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Post #64,234
11/21/02 5:00:10 AM
8/21/07 12:44:43 PM
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Yep - On of our 50 is missing
is the name of a column in New Mexico magazine that lists these little anecdotes.
When I told my HS classmates I was going to college in NM I got questions like "whats the exchange rate" and "how will you deal with the language barrier".
I also got packages with customs labels on them from time to time (mail misrouted south of the border).
I am out of the country for the duration of the Bush administration. Please leave a message and I'll get back to you when democracy returns.
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Post #64,251
11/21/02 9:17:48 AM
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Hey Todd, What's yer alma mater?
(or as my sister would say, What's your alma master?)
jb4 "They lead. They don't manage. The carrot always wins over the stick. Ask your horse. You can lead your horse to water, but you can't manage him to drink." Richard Kerr, United Technologies Corporation, 1990
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Post #64,655
11/23/02 5:38:12 PM
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NMIMT (Socorro) 82-89
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Post #64,886
11/25/02 9:26:20 AM
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Aw-RIIIIIGHT!! Another Tech alum!
I'm also from Tech ('70 - '76, with a year off in '73); degree in CS.
This was during the Stirling Colgate era (which, those of us who were there during that time would tell you, was the golden age of that school!)
Also just noticed that you were there for the Centenial! Musta bee cool. I came down for the celebration, but somehow got shuttled to the Alum (read: old fart) celebrations; didn't get to the campusfor the "real" casino or the dance.
Sure do miss New Mexico!
jb4 "They lead. They don't manage. The carrot always wins over the stick. Ask your horse. You can lead your horse to water, but you can't manage him to drink." Richard Kerr, United Technologies Corporation, 1990
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Post #64,897
11/25/02 10:53:11 AM
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I just missed the centenniel
I graduated in the centenniel year, but in the first half of it - end of summer. The celebration was in the fall I think.
Yep, missed Colgate, we had the Latman years (not too bad - but deteriorating - the T cards at 49ers were banned my last year).
I used to make my money playing rock and roll at the Capitol and the Road Runner. And I got my pilots license at the Socorro County airport. I drove through on my way from Denver to CA a couple years ago - my shirt tail is still on the wall. And I stopped for a green chili cheese burger at the Owl. Still good.
I miss it there too. Sometimes I think about getting a PhD and signing on there as a CS prof.
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Post #64,914
11/25/02 12:04:00 PM
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Oooooohh...The Owl Bar...
...puts the "grease" in "greasy spoon". However, during my tenure, they made the best damn cheeseburger anywhere. Period. (Of course, you needed the green chilis for the entire effect...and none of that damn tomatilla imposter stuff, either!!!)
Good to hear that it continues to live up to its past history.
(But what about the "shirt tail on the wall" thing. don't know about that....)
jb4 "They lead. They don't manage. The carrot always wins over the stick. Ask your horse. You can lead your horse to water, but you can't manage him to drink." Richard Kerr, United Technologies Corporation, 1990
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Post #65,110
11/26/02 9:07:54 AM
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Shirt tail on the wall
When you first solo in an airplane, the back of your shirt is cut out, labeled, and nailed to the wall. This is an old tradition. I learned to fly at the Socorro county airport. It was a long time ago but the shirt tails of the local students (many of them tech students of that era) remain nailed to the airport terminal wall.
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