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[Ric Moore]

On Sat, 2006-11-25 at 08:35 +0100, Roger Oberholtzer wrote:
> On Fri, 2006-11-24 at 17:28 -0500, Ric Moore wrote:
> > On Wed, 2006-11-22 at 08:46 +0100, Roger Oberholtzer wrote:
> > 
> > > I have been a StumbleUpon user. Currently it is not working on my
> > > system. But the topics I am interested in are rather obscure. Things
> > > like research related to the World Bank's International Roughness Index
> > > (one of many dozen of this sort of thing). I would like to somehow
> > > follow new equipment available to measure this (read 'competitors'), or
> > > requests for offers that require this as a provided item (read
> > > 'opportunities'). This sort of thing. I can and do google. But that
> > > takes time. Especially separating new from old. As an aside, I must
> > > check if google has an option to sort hits by date.
> > 
> > Oh THAT! Shucks, I'm supposed to travel to DC to see an old friend who
> > happens to be the personel manager there. I'll ask her. Sometimes you
> > just need friends in low places. <smiles toothy grin>  Ric
> 
> Be careful in DC. I hear that lots of odd people are starting to move
> in :)

Ha! I was BORN in DC, need I say more? I am truly a man without a state.
Makes me crazy when you have to put your place of birth; 
city:____, state:____. 

Which is it? A city or a state and what line do you fill in?? Bah! Or
when you have to use your place of birth as a security question, and it
says that two letters are not enough? Gimmie a break. Someone just shot
me. Ric