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wizofwas added these comments in the current discussion du jour ...

Born and raised in Clarkston, it was a great little town back
then. And I've
also lived in E. Lansing and Grand Blanc. Now I'm in St.
Petersburg, Fla. My one year of sailboat racing, we took 1st in
class (Tartan 10) in the Port Huron to Mackinaw race.

Really?! Help out a lazy Michigander, wiz. Clarkston is north of
Lapeer or NW, I can't remember which. I think the only time I've
been there, and it isn't more than maybe 30 miles from me, is for a
couple of funerals for the father or mother of one of my employees,
and then later when HE suddenly and tragicly dropped dead a few
years back after I'd retired.

Clarkston is due west of Lake Orion, so that would be SW of
Lapeer. Basicly it's at the intersection of Dixie Hwy, M 15 and
I 75. I have to say Dixie Hwy, because I think they changed the
number from US 10 to US 24, but I'm not susre, it's been a long
time since I've been there.

I must've blew right past this earlier today, wiz. Wow! I must have my
compass next to a magnet or something, as I thought Clarkston was the
other way or maybe I'm mixed up with the funeral home a little south of
downtown that I talked about earlier. Hmmm. Gotta broom the cobwebs out
of the old brain, methinketh! Now that I cogitate a little more, yes, I
get off I-75 at the Lapeer Road exit right by the Palace of Auburn
Hills where the Detroit Pistons play basketball but I keep going north
to some Michigan 2-lane highway. No, I must still be mixed up, think
I'll find a Michigan map and get myself turned around.

Clarkston, think of Pine Knob, I do hope that you know where Pine
Knob is. I can remember going to a game at the Palace and the line
on 75 was real long. I saw that and just bypassed it and took the
back way in. Used to do the same thing with the "bag" (Silverdome)
And I forgot to say that I also lived in Lake Orion just off of Lapeer
Rd. (M24) Never got to Lapeer very much, Oxford is as far north
as I usually got. But Ihave traveled the length of it going up to the
thumb.

William Beaumont Hospital has a satellite medical building just south
of Lapeer, and just north of the Chrysler marshalling yard where I get
my company lease cars. I see my urologist out there. It is a 25 minute
rule out there and more than 2 gallons of gas but is FAR easier than
fighting the parking deck at Troy Beaumont which is only 6 miles from
my house. So, I trade some money and time for the convenience of
parking right by the door and only a short walk down the hall. In the
end, I actually SAVE time. And, Beaumont has full X-ray, CT, and MRI
services so I use them also.

I've traveled by "Billy B" in Troy more times than I can count.

Now, would you at all care to tell me what "wizofwas" means? I'd take a
wild stab at something like "wizard of was something or the other".
That at all close?

That's it, I really got it from a cartoon on a customers site one time.
They had a cartoon of a wizard waving a wand at a computer main-
frame and the caption was "I don't know, he's from CV." And
beside the wizard was written in "Eddie? Charlie?". I asked the
customer and yes, it was a complement. I was one of the best
at fixing that old equipment. I turned down a job as regional
tech support in Chitown because I didn't want to move there
and I knew that I'd be spending most of my time on the road.
I also turned down a job as national tech support because I
didn't want to take the pay cut. IIRC it would have been about
$10k a year and the cost of living is much greater in Boston
than it is in Detroit.

Also, would you care to go off-line and maybe get to know each other
via E-mail. I'd really like that as you and I can compare notes like
I've just started doing with Kingfisher. I'm also enjoying the Hell
outta talking to Bouler. If yes, do I un-munge your E-mail addy by just
taking out the "nospam"?

Yes, that's how you do it. and if you want to E-mail, go ahead.

wizofwas

wizofwas added these comments in the current discussion du jour ...

Clarkston, think of Pine Knob, I do hope that you know where Pine
Knob is. I can remember going to a game at the Palace and the line
on 75 was real long. I saw that and just bypassed it and took the
back way in. Used to do the same thing with the "bag" (Silverdome)
And I forgot to say that I also lived in Lake Orion just off of
Lapeer Rd. (M24) Never got to Lapeer very much, Oxford is as far
north as I usually got. But Ihave traveled the length of it going
up to the thumb.

OK, now I'm with you, wiz. Pine Knob is a fair piece NORTH of me. Yes,
Lapeer and Lake Orion both lie (lay?) along Lapeer Road, as does the
Palace, but the Silverdome, former home of the Detroit Lions football
team is on Opdyke Boulevard at Featherstone Road, where FREC (Chrysler
Featherstone Road Office Complex where the SRT team and Team Viper are)
and the Chrysler Technology Center and Headquarters Tower Complex both
east of the 'Dome. And, the Walter P. Chrylser Museum is at SE corner
of CTC's 512+ acre grounds.

I've traveled by "Billy B" in Troy more times than I can count.

Me, two, and I spent a very unpleasant to days as an inpatient the
latter part of January this year after I damn near killed myself with
severe malnutrion and Tylenol poisoning, but I'm reasonably healthy
again now (although I have a LOT of work ahead of me to regain my
strength and endurance).

Now, would you at all care to tell me what "wizofwas" means? I'd
take a wild stab at something like "wizard of was something or the
other". That at all close?

That's it, I really got it from a cartoon on a customers site one
time

So, it is "Wizard of Was", whatever "Was" is?

.. They had a cartoon of a wizard waving a wand at a computer
main- frame

Ah, yes, mainframes. Haven't heard that term in awhile!

and the caption was "I don't know, he's from CV." And
beside the wizard was written in "Eddie? Charlie?". I asked the
customer and yes, it was a complement. I was one of the best
at fixing that old equipment. I turned down a job as regional
tech support in Chitown because I didn't want to move there
and I knew that I'd be spending most of my time on the road.
I also turned down a job as national tech support because I
didn't want to take the pay cut. IIRC it would have been about
$10k a year and the cost of living is much greater in Boston
than it is in Detroit.

Sounds like you're a pretty good techie, like my nephew. I can hold my
own on the SW side but don't know much and don't much like HW. However,
after about 1995 or so, I stopped being a PC hobbyist and now just use
them to do useful work. So, I can do OK to keep the thing running but
can't build one or diagnose and fix serious problems. It isn't that I'm
not smart enough, I just ran out of time and interest to stay current,
and had bigger fish to fry.

Also, would you care to go off-line and maybe get to know each
other via E-mail. I'd really like that as you and I can compare
notes like I've just started doing with Kingfisher. I'm also
enjoying the Hell outta talking to Bouler. If yes, do I un-munge
your E-mail addy by just taking out the "nospam"?

Yes, that's how you do it. and if you want to E-mail, go ahead.

OK, thanks for the go ahead. If you want to go first, also please to to
he

1 t h r o w a w a y @ c o m c a s t.n e t. I stopped putting even a
munged addy into my headers or sig some time back for the same reason
you've at least been wise enough to munge your header.

Thanks, Wiz!

--
HP, aka Jerry