TAN #203: TANese New Year - Horsing Around (Page 50)

Not quite as dramatic, but my first phone number in college used to be a fax (or BBS) line. At random hours (night or day) I would calls with just a "beep, long pause, beep, etc." as some lonely machine tried to connect with another machine that no longer existed.

How sad.I hope that fax machine found a friend.

hahaha awesome!

Sometimes when I was bored I would whistle back at the machine to trigger connection tones (think old modem static noises). Unfortunately I was not very fluent in the binary language of modems and never managed to engage in a meaningful conversation.

Hi TAN!!!  Thought I would drop in and see all my athletic virtual friends.  Reading through seems like the usual suspects remain, and I miss my days behind a desk (kind of). 

What did I miss???  Any new rules?

You missed lots and lots of nothing.  Amazing how much there is of it.  I think no one even comes close to challenging the rules.  We have become conformists.  It's sad.

If you are not behind a desk, where are you now?

TW

I see you've gone black - very unexpected  

National sales for one of our newest product lines, so all over.   And just got my first international deal in Brazil and the life style is tough (definitely no more suit pics) but the money is good! 

... and young and cute and female.  It has been quite a change.  

Cool.  Geezerette #1 is in Brazil.  We are going there in a week for Grand Geezerette's birthday.  We will do Easter on the beach.  Brazilians know how to do the beach thing.  I recommend it when you go.  There are so many little beach towns.  It is not just Rio.

Oh look.  Another baby thread...

Got the Master's streaming in today - getting some things knocked out.  Light week and tomorrow is Friday.  Guess I can't complain!

Random comments on the last 1.5 pages of TAN

-Monica come to Tampa for the weekend!!

-I had a cat who would drink out of my wine glass if left unsupervised.  She preferred red over white

-Although they are not supposed to be able to taste sweet, I had one cat with a HUGE sweet tooth and all my cats have liked pudding and ice cream

-In the last 6 weeks I have had only 4 days off but I get THIS weekend off!!!!

you are a bigger hater than me!  

I got nothing against babies...

I'd LOVE to go to Florida, but alas... it's just not to be.  Pout.

We had a cat while I was growing up who would go completely bonkers for popcorn, or anything really salty.  Rice with soy sauce on it, pepperoni, salt out of the salt shaker.  They're such little weirdos.   

Enjoy your weekend off!   

it's friday! it's friday!

gonna be 75 and i'll be drinking on a boat friday!

degrees fahrenheit, silly.  24 in European.  which is about how old I was in the pic.

FUN! I want to be on a boat!

Gave my notice at work yesterday. Feeling so good about everything!

Heading to Raleigh tomorrow for Rock N Roll Half. Weather is going to be perfect!

My manager seemed genuinely happy for me - he kept saying what a great opportunity and great fit, you have to do what's best for you, we will figure it out here, etc. We went in together and told senior manager and VP together - senior manager seemed a bit shocked and actually disappointed (in the way a parent would be disappointed in their child), and VP seemed indifferent to the news but happy for me. Senior manager told me as he was leaving for the day "Congrats and I hope it turns out exactly as you hope" - bit of a weird statement but I won't read too much into it. 

Point taken.  I'll try to be edgier in the future.

TW

Congratulations.  I know this is something you have been looking forward to.  

The best managers I knew took a great deal of satisfaction in the success of people they hired.  It makes the look smart and a good judge of talent that their hires go on to great things. 

Either that or he is really glad to get rid of you.  (That's just for Kido's benefit.)

TW

I shall be on a boat this evening too.  I had a minor mishap de-winterizing last weekend and managed to overheat the raw water impeller.  It was a hot mess.  (That's for Kido.)  I did not get a hose clamp all the way on the pump fitting.  The hose slipped off and the pump was sucking air (again, take note Kido).  

That's all until next week folks.

TW