Subj : Re: Back to the BBS
To   : poindexter FORTRAN
From : Avon
Date : Mon Oct 24 2022 14:57:47

On 22 Oct 2022 at 09:07a, poindexter FORTRAN pondered and said...
 
 pF> I spent the week traipsing around British Columbia on business. Flew in
 pF> to  Vancouver, spent the night near the airport. Took a car ferry to
 pF> Vancouver  Island, and drove to my company's office in Port Hardy. They

This sounds nice, it beats sitting in the office all day I guess :)

 pF> have a wind  farm in Cape Scott, 55 wind generators generating almost a
 pF> gigawatt of  power. We were there to install a Nutanix VM cluster and

When I see gigawatt I immediately think 'great scott!' :) Did you see Michael J Fox and Christoper Lloyd on stage the other day? YouTube has the clips.

 pF> Getting up at 4, into the office by 5, an hour drive in an AWD vehicle
 pF> up a  dirt road to the farm, off the hill by 7, find out all of the
 pF> restaurants  close by 8, eat at a pub - and repeat.
 
Hmm the end sounds good but not sure about the bits before that :)

 pF> The last night we decided to split the drive up and stopped at Painter's 
 pF> Lodge in Campbell River. It's a wonderful fishing lodge with a riverside
 pF> bar  and restaurant. We ended up resolving a networking issue at a table
 pF> at the  bar, laptops out and beers drunk. Ended up drinking shots made
 pF> of spiced rum  and butterscotch ripple that tastes like a shot of torani
 pF> syrup. Staggered  to my room, woke up at 3, out by 4 to catch the 5:45
 pF> ferry to the  mainland... no travel surprises.

Dinner last night was a cheese and mince pie with some mixed veg... I like the sound of your exotic lifestyle much better hahahah


 pF> Back in front of my computer, downloaded a 1.2 mb QWK packet and sorting 
 pF> through the messages before I look at work email.

Well good to know you're doing the BBS thing before the work thing ;-) Keep up the good work. :)

Kerr Avon [Blake's 7] 'I'm not expendable, I'm not stupid and I'm not going'
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