Subj : RE: Tiers To : Todd Cochrane From : Andrea Santos Date : Wed Aug 01 2001 10:11 am On Aug 01, 2001 05:52am, TODD COCHRANE wrote to ANDREA SANTOS: TC> I think mine is hand draw on some legal paper and stuffed onto a TC> clipboard. The biggest problem was teaching a new staff guy that the TC> grey box with the rad handle on it was not the light switch :( Amazing TC> how quiet it got in the microsecond it took him to push that lever TC> down.. TC> Ever hear 182 servers fans all shut off at the same time :) No, lucky enough not to have so many. Our network map is done in Visio and also drawn on the wallboard. Pay no mind to it...really. ;-) AS>>Wait, doesn't Jack have one of these? There is a backup AS>>generator at our location and it's been a rather interesting setup. AS>>It's worked occasionally but also crapped out twice last summer. ;-) TC> For the price we paid for ours that damn thing better still be working TC> when I am dead and gone. Our office rent, I suppose, includes this backup generator as a service. We didn't have to buy one, thank goodness. AS>>Get a big enough cloud here and the systems are going down regardless. TC> Funny Hawaii has that problem also except you know how hard it is to TC> write a service contract with mother nature clauses in it... You learn TC> to hate lawyers even those on your side... Only lawyer on your side is the one you are actively paying, and not even then. ;-) Living in Hurricane Alley, you gotta roll with the punches. Had two very brief brownouts today. No biggie, but it's a regular occurence right now, especially with a tropical "wave" hanging over South Florida. TC> If I get more than 4 hours of sleep I am a luck man.. I took my wife's TC> advice about a year ago and hired a PA/Secretary for my personal TC> business. Still have to do all the trench work at my regular JOB but my TC> PA takes care of all the paperwork works my impossible schedule for my TC> previous sideline now full fledged business. Late night meetings/ TC> conference calls etc she is a godsend there would have been no way I TC> could have ever done what we did and still made it happen without her. Been there, done that, waving the many hats. This weekend I get to fill out a bunch of financial aid forms for college, pick out graduation pictures and pick up that long awaited ring. Heaven forbid Ms. Senior doesn't have it for the all important "Key" ceremony. When in the world did they start having such ceremonies anyway? ;-) Also get to play with Plaster of Paris this weekend as Ms. Sophmore is finishing up a project and needs another set of hands. TC> One thing I had to do though because of the nature of my Navy job was to TC> guarantee that nothing other than personal (family problems) would ever TC> cause me to be late or miss work.. All I can say is Thank Goodness I am TC> 3 years away from getting my retirement check from Uncle Sam as it has TC> been a challenge to make it all work. I know it's not easy and you are to be commended for admirably serving the country. TC> ... When I am on the road I TC> actually have more off time because of the flight schedule and crew rest TC> requirements. If you haven't noticed already when I am on the road I am TC> in these conferences more than when I am home.. Yup. AS>>You're expected to babysit your computer 24/7 anyway. ;-) TC> If i'm not there I pay my kids a 100 dollars a hour to sit in front of TC> the machine and make sure the mouse still moves :) In all retrospect I TC> should be dead from lack of sleep ;) Your kids must have some pretty hefty savings accounts. Every so often, we recruit ours too. And if they are lucky, they'll get some spending money. Remind them often....honor thy Mother and father. ;-) --- Platinum Xpress/Win/Wildcat5! v3.0pr3 * Origin: Platinum Xpress Support 305-248-7815 (1:135/382) .