[dba-Tech] Retired at last

Good luck, Arthur. I wish you all the best with your future endeavours. Does this mean your are retiring from this list? It's been a pleasure having you on this mailing list.

- Hans


On 2013-06-06, at 12:33 AM, Arthur Fuller <fuller.artful at gmail.com> wrote:

> I am formally declaring my retirement from this game of prrograming.. I can
> no longer perform the moves that entitle one to make a living in this game.
> Therefore I am returning to my original passion, writing screenplays. I
> wrote 35 and sold one it got made, and most of that time I made my living
> bartending, but then I discovered computers and programming and wrote some
> books about the same, but now I'm done with this profession, and I my focus
> is in the history of Chinese people in Canada. Of course it begins with the
> immigrants invited to build our railroads for peanuts and then forbidden to
> invite their wives (actually, they had to pay $500 immigration tax; if you
> want to know how money that is is modern terms, Google can help you; just
> type in "500 CDN dollars 1890" and you will see what a shocking value this
> was.
> 
> My research has also uncovered a copy of a splendid (I don't know another
> word for it) poster from the election in Kamloops, BC, by the Liberal
> party, warning of the Yellow Peril.
> 
> This is why I have to stop writing software and doing something important.
> 
> I'll still attend this salon but my mind is currently on bigger issues.
> 
> -- 
> Arthur
> Cell: 647.710.1314
> 
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