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[Lonni J Friedman]

Wow, you've been busy.  Congrats on the marriage.  $135k for a house?
That's like cheap out here (good luck finding anything under $400k
which isn't falling apart around me).

On Tue, Jul 15, 2014 at 11:54 AM, Jay Nugent <jjn at nuge.com> wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> On Tue, 15 Jul 2014, Lonni J Friedman wrote:
>
>> Where are all you folks working these days?
>
>     Semi-retired for the past dozen years.  Mostly because the consulting
> gigs have become fewer and far between.  So I picked up a gig teaching
> UNIX/Linux System Administration part-time at the local Community College.
>
>     That has been REALLY fun until they came into $3 Million in grant money
> to convert the classes to "online".  Then all the administravia B.S. came
> pouring in and schedules to keep and deliverables and far too many
> meetings and WinBlows computers on GoToMeeting conferences that crash and
> reboot every 5 minutes (they never heard of Vyew.com).  I am reaching my
> limit on patience and may bail before the "contract" is up and go work at
> Home Depot or something far less stressfull.
>
>     Had a small stroke on June 2nd.  10 minutes of the most hellacious
> roller-coaster ride from Hell, all while sitting in an easy chair grading
> papers.  Ischemic event that caused me to feel like I was spinning and
> being pushed in several directions - practically threw me out of the
> LazyBoy!!!  Spent 1-1/2 days in University-of-Michigan Hospital.  Nothing
> was done for the stroke, but a LOT of tests and pictures were taken!  It
> only affected my balance (narrowed arteries up from the spine that feed
> the back and core of the brain) and all the symptoms passed after only a
> few days.  PT cancelled all my appointments and sent me home after only my
> first visit.  My PCP (Primary Care Physician) is reluctant to sign me off
> to drive as she says we should wait 6 months after any "event".
>
>     Otherwise, feeling great (tests show clean arteries, strong heart, good
> lungs, okay cholesterol, okay sugar) and working around the house and
> working on this crappy Mixed-Mode stuff for the college.
>
>     Just finished 1-1/2 YEARS of remodeling my girlfriends house.  Painted
> inside and out, patched roof, some drywall, blown-in insulation, new
> kitchen, new floors, some electrical and plumbing -- yes, I am a jackass
> of all trades!  Now the house is on the market for sale and we are living
> in my much smaller and affordable house (with machine shop, radio room,
> plenty of antennas - we are both Hams, double-car garage).
>
>     http://nuge.com/levona (price reduced to only $135,000)
>
>     As they say, "If they don't find ya handsome, they should at least find
> ya handy!".   Mary Anne (W8VWY) found me handy so she married me on April
> 5th of this year :)
>
>
>     Enjoy!
>        --- Jay Nugent  WB8TKL
>            Ypsilanti, Michigan
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