RE: At the risk of sounding like an AS/400 rah-rah...

Booth, you're snowed in until May.  You have an excuse!

-reeve

> -----Original Message-----
> From: midrange-l-bounces@midrange.com
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@midrange.com] On Behalf Of
> Booth Martin
> Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2003 1:12 PM
> To: midrange-l@midrange.com
> Subject: RE: At the risk of sounding like an AS/400 rah-rah...
> 
>  Zak, I am with you.  The video games pale beside the fun of figuring out
> why WRDWRAP was bugging me, plus I get the advice of World Experts.  It
> surely beats the tar out of watching Joe Millionaire,
> 
> 
> 
> ---------------------------------------------------------
> Booth Martin   http://www.MartinVT.com
> Booth@MartinVT.com
> ---------------------------------------------------------
> 
> -------Original Message-------
> 
> From: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
> Date: Wednesday, January 22, 2003 12:59:38 PM
> To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
> Subject: RE: At the risk of sounding like an AS/400 rah-rah...
> 
> Alright, now it's getting personal! :)~
> 
> FYI, I just got rid of the last girl, and I'm enjoying the lull. The eZine
> focuses on music, so I find myself at a lot of concerts. I enjoy reading
and
> attending Shakespearean events. I'm a fan of independent films. I'm a
member
> of the Porsche club. I enjoy fishing. I watch football. I drink beer. I do
> get out.
> 
> I neither attempt to get, nor care if I get, any "thank$" from my
employer.
> I got all the thanks I needed when I received the job offer. It doesn't
> satisfy my craving to learn and explore, so I continue that on my own
time.
> Doing that is what got me this job and the ones before it. I've been a
> workaholic, but it is paying off. Who knows when I'll be in the market for
a
> new job. I want my skills sharp. And strangely enough, it honestly is
"fun"
> to me.
> 
> And just imagine the look you get in an interview when you start talking
> about the AS/400 you have at home and all the things you've done with it.
> 
> Z
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jeff Bull [mailto:Jeff.Bull@itm-group.co.uk]
> > Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2003 11:47 AM
> > To: 'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion'
> > Subject: RE: At the risk of sounding like an AS/400 rah-rah...
> >
> >
> > Zak, you need to get out more, meet girls (I'm assuming you
> > are male), drink
> > beer, play football; AS/400s are WORK. I can understand if
> > you use one for
> > self education, to a point. You will get no thank$ from your
> > employer for
> > these activities. When I go home I enjoy cooking,
> > woodworking. My PC is
> > normally quite cold except at month end when I do my accounts. I stop
> > thinking os/400 when I climb into my car to go home. My
> > father, Ernie Bull
> > the Wise, had a saying (knowing him, stolen from someone
> > else) - "all work
> > and no play, makes Zak a dull boy".
> 
> 
> > P.S. I like the look of your website.
> 
> Thank you!
> 
> _______________________________________________
> This is the Midrange Systems Technical Discussion (MIDRANGE-L) mailing
list
> To post a message email: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options,
> visit: http://lists.midrange.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/midrange-l
> or email: MIDRANGE-L-request@midrange.com
> Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives
> at http://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l.