[dba-Tech] Retired at last

i WAS THER LAST YEAR AND PLAN TO VISIT AGAIN SOON. Sorry for the caps in
the previous sentence. Will attempt to contact you prior to my arrival.
Would love to meet you in the physical universe.


On Thu, Jun 6, 2013 at 12:10 PM, Jim Lawrence <accessd at shaw.ca> wrote:

> Hi Arthur:
>
> Good fortune in your new career.
>
> Before you can finish your book you will have to come to west coast and
> visit "New" Hong Kong or/and even Victoria, which has the oldest Chinese
> community, in Canada and I believe the first fully licenses Opium factory
> on
> the west coast. The BC government archives is also resides in Victoria.
>
> Jim
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Arthur Fuller
> Sent: Thursday, 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
>
> Prediction is difficult, especially of the future.
>   -- Niels Bohr
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-- 
Arthur
Cell: 647.710.1314

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