And if you're really interested.

NZ Wine

Yes, I know its a French word...don't hold it against me!

It's kind of weird, Belleville is a French word, but it's a German town. A lot of German names and heritage is here. Hopefully that saves me!

And I guess he liked to smoke? Or maybe he just liked those "cowboy" movies?

I think the Germans tend to do that with any french territory. So far they have done it twice to the entire country. Maybe Bush can send in the 101st Airborne? Nah. Probably no oil.

Pio, FYI

I'm getting quite a kick out of the fact that you think you're being so smart and not one of these places/names have anything to do with America whatsoever.

When I was in Lucerne, Switzerland, I stayed at the Hotel Montana.

And if you think a month with no sf is bad, well, guess again. I went 5 years.

{{{{{Cenicienta}}}}}

<Gasp> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/shocked.gif" alt="" />...how did you live to tell about it???? <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/blush.gif" alt="" />

<img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" /> I just figured it out! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/blush.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/blush.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/blush.gif" alt="" />

The simple solution is hard wood floors. That's my guess anyway.

Loved the Org chart Pio. Totally agree about protecting that poster as well.

booka,

In addition to my other question, I am curious as to how you have seen the evolution of the computer during your career. What systems did you originally develop for? The VAX on CISC architecture? Why back in the late 70's, the personal computer wasn't much more than a glorified word processor. I still remember the TRS-80 and I self-taught 8088 assembler language with the IBM came out. Then they later went to RISC architecture on the 8086 and destroyed all my code. I grew up on Fortran V. Tried to learn C but just never had the aptitude or motivation. The concept of pointers is still foreign to me. How have you seen your development work evolve? Are you now working on real-time web based systems? That is where we are. Real-time data capture tied into an AI network. We are still working on the AI and it is the best part.

During your career, you must have seen a lot. I bet you could write a book.

Hi Pio....well, you could always look at the bright side...there is only one way for you to go....UP!



OUCH! ((((((((((((((((((Cinderella))))))))))))))

I see that you have been around since 2000...don't suppose you feel up to given me (us) a quick summary of where you are at! (or link to your thread, if you have one).... You note 'D/D Board'...let me take a wild guess.... Dating/Divorce?



Pio...don't think I get it...care to elaborate, or NOT!

hardwood floors are extremely high maintenance. Constant sanding, varnishing, etc. It is practically a full time (and exhausting) job. It would certainly take your mind off SF.

I remember my first employer ran a DEC mini-VAX. We had bought a couple of TRS-80's for experimentation and them the IBM PC came out. We soon had an IBM PC on every desk in the place. Then the IT manager said we had to replace the DEC with an IBM AS/400 because the PC was too small to handle business applications. Was he ever a visionary. When I left the company I walked by his office and he had tape reels and disk packs stacked to the roof on his desk. He was soon replaced after the company realized there was no benefit to expensive maintenance costs of an IBM AS/400. They eventually sold it for scrap metal. It still makes me laugh.

Geez would you people all lighten up? You all act like you've lost your best friend or something! It can't be that bad can it?

Pio,

Seeing that the 31st is coming up....how exactly is the Halloween tradition handled in SA?

....I heard you say that pumpkins cost a lot.....so, figured not too many are going to be around...

Do the kids go around the 'neighbourhood'? ..or is it limited to the school environment?

I see that Booka is 'right up your alley' with his 28-yr history in software... <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" />

I once took a computer course back in '77... all I can remember is that if we 'missed a comma'....forget it! ....and we had to wait in line just to get our 'program' on a bunch of 'cards' <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" /> ..... I like logic....but there is a limit! ...I do believe I did the software world a favour by giving it up...LOL!

...I enjoyed calculus a lot better.... but after 30 yrs of not touching the subject... right now all I can recall is sin, cos...a WHOLE lot of formulas...some beautiful graph work.... but I do believe what remains is the process....it is where I gained a sense of perseverance in trying to solve those calculus problems that often never fit on one page..and am now applying it to LIFE! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

...at what age do we start losing billions of brain cells forever? ...I do believe some 'selective' work may be involved! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/shocked.gif" alt="" />

We just 'lost' an hour...go figure!

Am I talking to myself again?...uhmmm.... good thing I don't take it personal!

Summary of my story?

OK, x left because he 'wasn't happy' which boiled down to he has issues with which, I believe, he has never come to grips. I am an ADD adult and the ADD behaviors were what I contributed. His chief complaints with me were that I didn't keep the house neat enough and I had punctuality issues including not calling him if I was running late getting home.

Now, he would never admit his mulitple emotional affairs including one with my sister. However, after the secretary in his office told me the grapevine at work had him linked to a woman at the office, he did tell me that he felt sorry for her because she was divorced, had 2 small children, had no one to help her, and life was hard for her. I asked him if it bothered him that he was forcing that kind of life on his children and he said it did. However, he felt he had not been happy in a long time and he felt he had to take this chance to be happy. She never did go out with him, by the way.

He didn't tell me, initially, that he was filing for a divorce. I overheard him tell his sister on the phone. I kicked him out of the bedroom that night. He had to sleep in the den with the dog. 6 weeks later, the dog died.

Anyway, I fought his attempts to divorce for a year. But, 2 years later, after having an EKG because I thought my heart was going crazy, I decided to file and regain some peace and sanity in my life. We have been divorced since late 1988.

I found this site after I started dating Bachelor #1 who said he had been abused by his xw. Was doing research on domestic violence by women. For some reason, I won't go away.

In the last 1.5 yrs., x and I have been getting along better. Thanks to family therapy which was necessary after d was hospitalized for severe depression. His wife has always treated me with respect so I have no issues with her since she was not in the picture at the time of the divorce or separation.

D and S both are, apparently ADD or ADHD. So, we are sort of the random family. Random but we understand each other. Sometimes it is overwhelming being a single parent. But I have done it since the children were 4 and 2.

I have been in a long distance relationship since January 2001. Don't know where it will lead. He won't relocate till his youngest child goes to college. I won't relocate till my youngest child goes to college. Don't know that I can afford to do so then.

So, I hang around for fun. And, every now and then, I think I have something to contribute. The rest of the time, I am here for fun or because I am too set in my ways to leave.