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Rover:
Got Milk? here, turning 53 this year, been into puter business for a long time, at least 15 years or so.
-Got Milk? (February 26, 2006, 03:40 PM)
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Hey GotMilk? - Welcome to the site.
So what am I doing wrong? I'm just 40+ and been in the 'puter biz 20+ years and I didn't get to retire yet. Wah! :redface:
Enjoy the wife thing.
Deozaan:
No, no beard for me. I shave everytime I take a shower (though I won't tell you how often that is!) ;) and even sometimes in between showers.
I went about a month without shaving once (though I did shower in that time), but didn't like it much. I have a habit of pulling out facial hairs when they get too long.
allen:
I shave every time I take a shower too. :o
zridling:
Soon after writing the Best Archive Tools review in September 2005 (thanks again, mouser!), I took a sabbatical to move to Chicago from St. Louis. Soon after that, my life got far more complicated that I could afford and except for once every two weeks at the public library or at my wife's work computer, I've actually been offline ever since! But next week (let's just say April '06) I'm back because I'm finally setup again and because DonationCoder.com is the most exciting community online for me! Now I split my residence time between Chicago and Missouri, yet another complexification of modern life.
I have a PhD in Philosophy (yes, yes, Philosophy doesn't "produce" anything, but I'm proud of my studies), but have taught undergraduate statistics at several midwestern colleges and universities for years and then became a database consultant. However, in late 2002 my brain and heart fried at the same time and I no longer had any desire to continue working for one unethical company after another. I checked out of steady employment ever since. Poverty sucks, unless you learn to live really small, temper your longings — in my case for new software — and become good at making old things new again.
I grew up in Arkansas when it was a cool, unbigoted place, but now I'm so ashamed to be an American. In other lives I was an opera singer (tenor, of course), a famous pianist, a failed blacksmith (I got injured on the job and my thumbs never recovered) and an Army cook who hated to spice the food. My ancestors are from Norway and I'm still waiting for them to invite me back to live permanently. I'd like it there. I'm a nice guy, but I must have a nice face. I smile a lot. At my age, if you don't, you look like you have indigestion all the time. I've been asked to play Santa Claus so many times, I've even developed a standup comedy routine as Santa when I do it. In empty restaurants or theaters people sit next to me. I catch people staring at me all the time. For some reason strangers will start conversations with me — long conversations, and sometimes personal ones. I'm really not that fat; I just look like I am. Go figure.
Carol Haynes:
Hey welcome back - good to see you again. :greenclp: :beerchug: :onfire: :stars: :greenclp: :beerchug: :onfire: :stars: :greenclp: :beerchug: :onfire: :stars:
However, in late 2002 my brain and heart fried at the same time and I no longer had any desire to continue working for one unethical company after another. I checked out of steady employment ever since. Poverty sucks, unless you learn to live really small, temper your longings — in my case for new software — and become good at making old things new again.
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I know exactly how you feel - I have spent the last few years trying to do things I find worthwhile and personally fulfilling. I have had some success - but mostly a large credit card bill!
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