Hello ???

Tony Alfrey tonyalfrey at earthlink.net
Fri Nov 14 11:21:07 PST 2008


Susan Macchia wrote:
> Tony Alfrey wrote:
>> Susan Macchia wrote:
>>> Bob Hemus wrote:
>>>> On Thu, 2008-11-13 at 14:25 -0800, Tony Alfrey wrote:
>>>>> Susan Macchia wrote:
>>>>>> Lonni J Friedman wrote:
>>> <snip>
>>>>>>>> I'm not sure what the female engineers would make of me doing as 
>>>>>>>> you
>>>>>>>> suggest of the checks I suspect will start soon. And the male 
>>>>>>>> ones would
>>>>>>>> surely inflict bodily harm.
>>>>>>> You've got female engineers?  *HEAD EXPLODES*
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> LOL!  Right here boyo!  I *am* female - last I looked.  And I *am* 
>>>>>> an engineer :)
>>>>> How do we *know* this?  Where is the *proof*?
>>>>>
>>>> Lawd awmighty!!!  You're askin' for trouble!!
>>>
>>> You *GUYS* are just going to have to take my word for it.  But you 
>>> *could* ask my husband ;)
>>>
>>> As to being an *engineer* - well you could ask the company that hired 
>>> me why they did so ;)  Does 26+ years developing software count?
>>
>> Well, I dunno. . . .  Do you have a pocket protector?
>> http://www.microwaves101.com/encyclopedia/images/history/Pocketprotector.jpg 
>>
>> Or an RPN calculator?
>> And I looked at your website about "Gardens and Software".  I saw a 
>> very nice garden, but no software. So we're dubious.
>>
>>
> LOL - ok so I'm busy and haven't been able to get my website going.  I 
> know, I know, it's been a long time...  But if you google me - you'll 
> see that I truly *AM* an engineer ;)  Sorry I won't give evidence that 
> I'm female though.  You guys will have to take my word for it.
> 
> I was going to divide the site into 2 sections: my professional geeky 
> stuff & then the gardening/horticulture.  Haven't gotten there yet.  I 
> just need, mmmm 30 hours in a day?

Well, we Googled and found some vague notions about engineering.  But no 
pocket protectors so we'll accept that for now but we expect to see some 
website construction.


-- 
Tony Alfrey
tonyalfrey at earthlink.net
"I'd Rather Be Sailing"



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