1 Welcome back!

2 Thanks Vee-Dub. It's good to be back. Nonsensical posting to resume tomorrow.

3 welcome back. Hope you had a good time!

4 Some years ago when we existed in Chicago and were coming up here (Wisconsin) for a week, my boss asked me to bring my answering machine along. (I think he would have scored in negative numbers on the eq test.) It was shortly after that i quit.

5 Frank reminds me of a not-so-distant-past work experience: I had planned my vacation 10 months in advance, purchasing really cheap, non-refundable airline tickets and some great hotel reservations. About 2 weeks before I was supposed to leave, everything went all to Hell at work. When someone tried to schedule a meeting during the time that I'd be out, I mentioned that I wasn't going to be available, as I would be out of the office. The person with whom I was speaking said, "Yeah, it's tough when you have to reschedule your vacation time." She gave me a puzzled look when I mentioned that I wasn't about to change my vacation plans due to someone else's fuckup. If looks could have killed, she would have struck me dead right then and there. Anyhoo, I've been working somewhere else for the last 5 years.