[dba-Tech] Retired at last

Thanks, Rocky. And I shall join the OT list pronto.


On Thu, Jun 6, 2013 at 8:33 AM, Rocky Smolin <rockysmolin at bchacc.com> wrote:

> Well, all the best Arthur.  Couldn't happen to a nicer guy.  I'm almost
> there myself - sold off the IP rights to my product and am just doing a few
> private clients and playing lots of music.  It's a seductive lifestyle, I
> tell ya, not having work break up your whole day. :)
>
> But I wish you would come over to the OT list - at least lurk for a while
> until you get sucked in.  Nice folks, interesting drama, no rules debates,
> I
> think you'd like it.
>
> Best,
>
> Rocky
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Arthur Fuller
> Sent: June 06, 2013 12:33 AM
> To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
> Subject: [dba-Tech] Retired at last
>
> 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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>   -- Niels Bohr
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Arthur
Cell: 647.710.1314

Prediction is difficult, especially of the future.
  -- Niels Bohr