Starting small. I keep fighting temptation where those things are concerned.

That's awesome. I hope she didn't overhear "the expert" denigrating her work.

Had to dig deep and brush aside a few cobwebs to remember Sybase.

"When you have something that reliably handles a large workload for 24 years under your belt, you can come back and express your opinion."

Congratulations. Very happy for you and yours.

They were doing it clear up into the 1970s. My left hand was slammed into a car door when I was three. Almost lost fingers. Had to learn to be a righty but gradually shifted back to my left in grade school. Penmanship teacher pretty much beat the attempt out of me. Hateful old woman.

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People are unspeakably rude anymore. No filters. Not having to face someone makes that a lot easier. I couldn't imagine tearing down someone like that. If it ever happened here, that person would be sent head first out the door.

Sidekick wrote a similar email when a publisher that fluffed her off came calling, years later, to try and sign her.

Now researching something I once thought heretical. Buying a pre-assembled, VR-ready gaming PC.

Also giving serious thought to replacing the Mac Mini with an iMac. Another thing I would never have considered in the past.

That was my thought. Phone booths are something I have not seen in years. Just empty husks where they used to be. Same with ISDN connections. Hearing of the two, in concert, is pretty neat.

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