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I've just had professional garden lighting designed specifically for
my garden, installed in just under a week - and ready to show off to my friends and colleagues. It wasn't as cheap as some of the other quotes that I've had - but I believe you have to pay a little extra for quality - and it certainly seems that I've got that. The guys that came to do the work, were friendly and polite - and certainly knew what they were doing. They were considerate of my existing garden and with the CAD drawing they showed me before they started the work, I knew exactly what to expect and what the finished product was going to be like. I haven't been put under any pressure to write this - but I just wanted to let others know about the good work that they've done. Apparently, they've been established for just over a year now and have already established quite an impressive portfolio of previous work they've done. On their after sales service pack that they left, there's a web site address given as: www.gardenlightingbydesign.co.uk They're based in Chester - but came all the way over to Wilmslow to fit my lights for me. I'd wholeheartedly recommend them to other people who want the same high level of service. Oh, and I nearly forgot, they also sell their products separately - so I've bought a few extras for when I expand my garden later next year, when the summer finally returns!! |
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META NAME="AUTHOR" CONTENT="M. Cody (webmaster)"
Oooh. Dead giveaway that. *** SPAM ALERT *** Well spotted! I thought the message sounded too sickly to be true - he did trowel it on a bit! On the plus side I guess it has pre-warned us all that the company is dishonest and not to be trusted! Doubt they will be picking up any customers from this group! Drakanthus. |
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Drakanthus wrote:
META NAME="AUTHOR" CONTENT="M. Cody (webmaster)" Oooh. Dead giveaway that. *** SPAM ALERT *** Well spotted! I thought the message sounded too sickly to be true - he did trowel it on a bit! On the plus side I guess it has pre-warned us all that the company is dishonest and not to be trusted! Doubt they will be picking up any customers from this group! It's a constant source of joy when people suddenly discover their own web site and feel a desparate need to share it. -- William Tasso - The road to hell is littered with fallen webmasters. http://www.tbdata.com/ |
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"Matt Cody" A wrote in message om... I've just had professional garden lighting designed specifically for my garden, installed in just under a week snip spammed stuff I always make a point of avoiding any company that resorts to spam for advertising, if they are unethical in that way can they be trusted at all? I appears a person by the name of Cody is the web master of the site spamvertised, the only Cody I can think of right off was Buffalo Bill Cody so we seem to have cowboys running in the family here. The web site is hosted by newnet it seems is where abuse complaints go. -- Chris Thomas West Cork Ireland |
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I don't deny being the webmaster to this site. But I object to my
post being called spam. In return for me designing the website, the company - Garden Lighting by Design installed a full set of garden lights in my garden - it was a fair trade agreement. They were professionally installed using high-voltage equipment, rather than the low voltage or the solar powered variety - so I have no qualms about issuing my post - congratulating them on a job well done! And I'd thank you to moderate your language when writing about me. MrMoosehead wrote in message . .. (Matt Cody) muttered something incoherent along the lines of: I've just had professional garden lighting designed specifically for my garden, installed in just under a week - and ready to show off to my friends and colleagues. It wasn't as cheap as some of the other quotes that I've had - but I believe you have to pay a little extra for quality - and it certainly seems that I've got that. SNIP On their after sales service pack that they left, there's a web site address given as: www.gardenlightingbydesign.co.uk Go **** yourself, spam child. titleGarden Lighting by Design: About Us/title META NAME="TITLE" CONTENT="Garden Lighting by Design - About Us" META NAME="DESCRIPTION" CONTENT="Garden Lighting by Design is the UK's premier outdoor and garden lighting service. High quality fittings, professional expert service and excellent after sales support makes GLBD the first choice, every time, for your external lighting needs. AND WE'RE A BUNCH OF SPAMMING ****S" META NAME="KEYWORDS" CONTENT="garden light, outdoor, lantern, design, garden lighting, installation, install, terrace exterior, illumination, driveway, path, patio, bulb, conservatory, barbeque, BBQ, fixtures, pond light, underwater, tree, roof light, service, expert, professional, north west, cheshire, chester, quality, fittings and fixtures, experts, copper, aluminium, garden lighting by design, gadren, graden, gaden, garrden, gardden, lite, ligte, lihte, lyte, lythe, lyght, outside, manchester, mersyside, liverpool, birkenhead, wirral, warrington, altrincham, hale, bowden, lancashire, cumbria, mere, northwich, nantwich, crewe, wrexham, north wales, wales, helsby, frodsham, guilden sutton, mickle trafford, CAD, computer aided design, unique, free consultation, free quote, expert service, after sales support, GLBD, UK, United Kingdom, England, Britain, Great Britain, SPAMMING ****S" META NAME="OWNER" " META NAME="AUTHOR" CONTENT="M. Cody (webmaster)" Oooh. Dead giveaway that. |
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"Cerumen" muttered something
incoherent along the lines of: "Matt Cody" A wrote in message . com... I've just had professional garden lighting designed specifically for my garden, installed in just under a week snip spammed stuff I always make a point of avoiding any company that resorts to spam for advertising, if they are unethical in that way can they be trusted at all? I appears a person by the name of Cody is the web master of the site spamvertised, the only Cody I can think of right off was Buffalo Bill Cody so we seem to have cowboys running in the family here. The web site is hosted by newnet it seems is where abuse complaints go. Good work. Aaah. A satisfying job. }:8) -- MrMoosehead | I'm just an away team member in a red shirt... CBR600f MRO#28 BONY#4 | nice word: *** nidus *** Remove Your Brain To Reply.|www.thehallfamily.net/kady/adrian/ Current MooseMusic 54. Pink Floyd - Lost For Words |
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(Matt Cody) muttered something incoherent along
the lines of: I don't deny being the webmaster to this site. But I object to my post being called spam. In return for me designing the website, the company - Garden Lighting by Design installed a full set of garden lights in my garden - it was a fair trade agreement. They were professionally installed using high-voltage equipment, rather than the low voltage or the solar powered variety - so I have no qualms about issuing my post - congratulating them on a job well done! You don't deny that you're a lying little toerag then? Why weren't you honest in the first place? And I'd thank you to moderate your language when writing about me. Does it hurt? Oh I'm sooooooo sorry. -- MrMoosehead | I'm just an away team member in a red shirt... CBR600f MRO#28 BONY#4 | nice word: *** pennant *** Remove Your Brain To Reply.|www.thehallfamily.net/kady/adrian/ Current MooseMusic 21. The Cranberries - Ridiculous Thoughts |
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In message , Matt Cody
writes I don't deny being the webmaster to this site. But I object to my post being called spam. Ah didums.............. In return for me designing the website, the company - Garden Lighting by Design installed a full set of garden lights in my garden - it was a fair trade agreement. Fair enough. They were professionally installed using high-voltage equipment, rather than the low voltage or the solar powered variety - so I have no qualms about issuing my post - congratulating them on a job well done! Unfortunately you missed out the chance to mention the arrangement you had with them - what an oversight.... We get a steady flow of these 'hey look at the site/what a good company' messages from people connected to the company, they are usually (as this shows, easy to spot) And I'd thank you to moderate your language when writing about me. Ok, you are just a plain idiot then? -- Chris French and Helen Johnson, Leeds urg Suppliers and References FAQ: http://www.familyfrench.co.uk/garden/urgfaq/index.html |
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Matt Cody wrote: I don't deny being the webmaster to this site. But I object to my post being called spam. In return for me designing the website, the company - Garden Lighting by Design installed a full set of garden lights in my garden - it was a fair trade agreement. Look, you know what your motives are, we don't. But you figure it out for yourself: if someone posts to a group recommending a company, and they are getting paid by this same company, what else does it look like but spam? You can't blame anyone here for thinking "not another idiot advertising their company and pretending they have no connection with it", after all you didn't state your exact connection with the company up front, and people do this sort of thing all the time: "Look at this fab company! Ohmigosh, no, I have no connection with it! Honest!". Sharon |
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And I'd thank you to moderate your language when writing about me.
You are a conman and a liar plain and simple. Your spam was presented in such a manner as to try duping users of this newsgroup into thinking you were providing a legitimate customer testimonial about the company - when all along you are associated with it. You also said: "On their after sales service pack that they left, there's a web site address given as: www.gardenlightingbydesign.co.uk" Strange phrasing for the webmaster! Did you forget your own domain name then - and have to look at the box? Drakanthus. |
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In article , Matt Cody
writes I don't deny being the webmaster to this site. But I object to my post being called spam. snip And I'd thank you to moderate your language when writing about me. Please note the following extract from the charter of this news group: ADVERTISING: Advertising is not welcome, with the following exceptions: Suppliers of UK-relevant gardening equipment, services or plant material may post a pointer to their website or invitation to request a catalogue. This may not exceed four lines. This may be posted no more often than once every three months. The subject line should begin "AD" or "ADVERT" Participants in discussions may include references to their garden-related business in their .sig (max. four lines) ------------------ You were out of line to make such a large post advertising your wares so must be prepared to accept any flack coming your way as a consequence. -- Jane Ransom in Lancaster. I won't respond to private emails that are on topic for urg but if you need to email me for any other reason, put jandg dot demon dot co dot uk where you see deadspam.com |
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In article , Matt Cody
writes I don't deny being the webmaster to this site. But I object to my post being called spam. In return for me designing the website, the company - Garden Lighting by Design installed a full set of garden lights in my garden - it was a fair trade agreement. They were professionally installed using high-voltage equipment, rather than the low voltage or the solar powered variety - so I have no qualms about issuing my post - congratulating them on a job well done! Not Spam? OK, a sort of underhanded way of promoting their business :-} Henry Ford said that there is no such thing as bad publicity. Ratner proved his theory wrong and as far as your web site building business is concerned, me thinks you have also proved him wrong!! :-)) Listen Mister, if you are going to advertise your business on these newsgroups, be crafty, be tactful. Hang around for a while and see how others do it. (You will have to wait a while as one of them is on the other side of the pond) Stick around and don't be impatient. Mike who does Reunions for the ex service people and other 'related' weekends' :-))) Michael 'Mike' Crowe R.N.Shipmates, the system for finding those who have served in the Royal Navy |
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In article , Mike
writes In article , Matt Cody writes I don't deny being the webmaster to this site. But I object to my post being called spam. In return for me designing the website, the company - Garden Lighting by Design installed a full set of garden lights in my garden - it was a fair trade agreement. They were professionally installed using high-voltage equipment, rather than the low voltage or the solar powered variety - so I have no qualms about issuing my post - congratulating them on a job well done! Not Spam? OK, a sort of underhanded way of promoting their business :-} Henry Ford said that there is no such thing as bad publicity. Ratner proved his theory wrong and as far as your web site building business is concerned, me thinks you have also proved him wrong!! :-)) Listen Mister, if you are going to advertise your business on these newsgroups, be crafty, be tactful. Hang around for a while and see how others do it. (You will have to wait a while as one of them is on the other side of the pond) Stick around and don't be impatient. Mike who does Reunions for the ex service people and other 'related' weekends' :-))) They had a little article about you, giving your name and address in today's Barnet Times. -- June Hughes |
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A reply from him to my email address
.................................................. ................... In actual fact - I designed the web site for the company, my father is a director of the company - and in return for my web design services they installed garden lighting for me at my house. So you see, whilst you consider this to be spam - I do not. I have been in receipt of a first class level of service, family relation or not - and am duly entitled to inform others about it. I resent the objectionable tone you took in your email - and refute your claims that it was simple spam that was being posted. Regards, Matt Cody from: "C. C. Doe" date: Thu, 14 Nov 2002 07:19:04 to: subject: Garden Lighting by Design |
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In actual fact - I designed the web site for the company, my father is a
director of the company - and in return for my web design services they installed garden lighting for me at my house. Matt Cody It just gets better doesn't it! The spammer said: "The guys that came to do the work, were friendly and polite" Not surprising really - daddy owns the company! |
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Drakanthus wrote: In actual fact - I designed the web site for the company, my father is a director of the company - and in return for my web design services they installed garden lighting for me at my house. It just gets better doesn't it! The spammer said: "The guys that came to do the work, were friendly and polite" Not surprising really - daddy owns the company! Now, now, don't exaggerate - he didn't SAY that - not quite. He should take notice of the very wise saying "When you are at the bottom of a pit, it is time to stop digging." But he probably won't. I once had to live on spam for a couple of weeks. Not that that remark is any more relevant than his postings .... Regards, Nick Maclaren, University of Cambridge Computing Service, New Museums Site, Pembroke Street, Cambridge CB2 3QH, England. Email: Tel.: +44 1223 334761 Fax: +44 1223 334679 |
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"Nick Maclaren" wrote I once had to live on spam for a couple of weeks. Not that that remark is any more relevant than his postings .... Regards, Nick Maclaren, Ohhhhhhhhhhhhh Spam fritters and ketchup Those were the days :~) Jenny |
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Ohhhhhhhhhhhhh Spam fritters and ketchup
Those were the days :~) Jenny I don't know about spam fritters but we've certainly had roasted spammer! Drakanthus. |
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In article , JennyC
writes "Nick Maclaren" wrote I once had to live on spam for a couple of weeks. Not that that remark is any more relevant than his postings .... Regards, Nick Maclaren, Ohhhhhhhhhhhhh Spam fritters and ketchup Those were the days :~) Damn! I was just about to say that :( -- June Hughes |
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Drakanthus writes Ohhhhhhhhhhhhh Spam fritters and ketchup Those were the days :~) Jenny I don't know about spam fritters but we've certainly had roasted spammer! Possibly. I don't really think he understands the basics of Usenet. Goodness, I must be getting old! Pass me my hot water bottle! -- June Hughes |
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June Hughes wrote: In article , Drakanthus writes Ohhhhhhhhhhhhh Spam fritters and ketchup Those were the days :~) I don't know about spam fritters but we've certainly had roasted spammer! Possibly. I don't really think he understands the basics of Usenet. Goodness, I must be getting old! Pass me my hot water bottle! YOU are getting old? Dammit, I remember ARPANET - though I never used it personally .... Yours in fossilisation, Nick Maclaren, University of Cambridge Computing Service, New Museums Site, Pembroke Street, Cambridge CB2 3QH, England. Email: Tel.: +44 1223 334761 Fax: +44 1223 334679 |
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"Nick Maclaren" wrote June Hughes wrote: Drakanthus writes Ohhhhhhhhhhhhh Spam fritters and ketchup Those were the days :~) I don't know about spam fritters but we've certainly had roasted spammer! Possibly. I don't really think he understands the basics of Usenet. Goodness, I must be getting old! Pass me my hot water bottle! YOU are getting old? Dammit, I remember ARPANET - though I never used it personally .... Yours in fossilisation, Nick Maclaren, I had to fill in a form recently for a job application and filled in RPGII as one of my programming languages................the nice young man at the agency looked at me as if I had crawled out from under a stone............:~( Jenny |
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In article , JennyC
writes I had to fill in a form recently for a job application and filled in RPGII as one of my programming languages................the nice young man at the agency looked at me as if I had crawled out from under a stone............:~( I remember that but didn't use it. Autocoder, Plan and Cobol were what we used. (IBM, ICL, Honeywell). -- June Hughes |
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In article , JennyC
writes I had to fill in a form recently for a job application and filled in RPGII as one of my programming languages................the nice young man at the agency looked at me as if I had crawled out from under a But that is *still* the mainstay of the AS400 machines, June!!!!!! -- Jane Ransom in Lancaster. I won't respond to private emails that are on topic for urg but if you need to email me for any other reason, put jandg dot demon dot co dot uk where you see deadspam.com |
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In article , June Hughes
writes They had a little article about you, giving your name and address in today's Barnet Times. Thanks for that info June. Which was it for, the H.M.S.Collingwood Association Reunion, the British Pacific and East Indies Fleets Reunion, the River Class Association Reunion Dinner, the Fred Olson 'Black Prince' Cruise or the article about the National Service (Royal Air Force) Association? I have terrific feedback from the 'Letter to the Editors' I write to, but I never know which paper has done which letter until I get feed back and the person actually tells me which paper they saw it in. If anyone else sees a letter from me in their local paper, a quick email would be appreciated as not all writers tell me, and I do write to over 500 local papers around the country :-)) and if anyone is looking for anyone who is ex Service, drop me an email and I will see what I can do. I do have well over 10,000 current names and address's of Royal Navy and Royal Air Force people and a growing number of Army personnel as well now. Cost? Nothing, it's a hobby. Many thanks Mike Michael 'Mike' Crowe R.N.Shipmates, the system for finding those who have served in the Royal Navy |
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I had to fill in a form recently for a job application and filled in
RPGII as one of my programming languages................the nice young man at the agency looked at me as if I had crawled out from under a stone............:~( I remember that but didn't use it. Autocoder, Plan and Cobol were what we used. (IBM, ICL, Honeywell). -- June Hughes An interesting profile is forming here. Are many of the regulars to this group former or current programmers / IT staff ? Drakanthus (software developer for over twenty years) -- (SPAM FILTER in use: Include the word VB anywhere in the SUBJECT LINE or emails will never reach me.) |
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In article , Mike
writes If anyone else sees a letter from me in their local paper, a quick email would be appreciated as not all writers tell me, and I do write to over 500 local papers around the country :-)) forgot to add Service Pals on Teletext :-)) but that is on a 7 weeks cycle and is repeated. Just had a letter mentioning that medium :-)) Mike -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- O ruddier than the cherry, O sweeter than the berry, O nymph more bright, than moonshine night, like kidlings blithe and merry. John Gay 1685 - 1732 |
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In article , Drakanthus
writes I had to fill in a form recently for a job application and filled in RPGII as one of my programming languages................the nice young man at the agency looked at me as if I had crawled out from under a stone............:~( I remember that but didn't use it. Autocoder, Plan and Cobol were what we used. (IBM, ICL, Honeywell). -- June Hughes An interesting profile is forming here. Are many of the regulars to this group former or current programmers / IT staff ? Drakanthus (software developer for over twenty years) not any more - chartered accountant but took several years out to do programming between 1967 and 1972. Long time ago! -- June Hughes |
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In article , Jane Ransom
writes In article , JennyC writes I had to fill in a form recently for a job application and filled in RPGII as one of my programming languages................the nice young man at the agency looked at me as if I had crawled out from under a But that is *still* the mainstay of the AS400 machines, June!!!!!! moi? -- June Hughes |
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JennyC wrote: I had to fill in a form recently for a job application and filled in RPGII as one of my programming languages................the nice young man at the agency looked at me as if I had crawled out from under a stone............:~( He probably thought of it as something that you wrote a Role Playing Game in :-) A nice remark made by someone from IBM Toronto a few decades back was they they (then) owned RPG and C - for former for the gorillas and the latter for the guerillas :-) Regards, Nick Maclaren, University of Cambridge Computing Service, New Museums Site, Pembroke Street, Cambridge CB2 3QH, England. Email: Tel.: +44 1223 334761 Fax: +44 1223 334679 |
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"Drakanthus" muttered something incoherent
along the lines of: I had to fill in a form recently for a job application and filled in RPGII as one of my programming languages................the nice young man at the agency looked at me as if I had crawled out from under a stone............:~( I remember that but didn't use it. Autocoder, Plan and Cobol were what we used. (IBM, ICL, Honeywell). -- June Hughes An interesting profile is forming here. Are many of the regulars to this group former or current programmers / IT staff ? Drakanthus (software developer for over twenty years) I'm not a regular, but I am a developer/development manager. Shortly to be IS Team Manager for a big utility, which is nice. As long as I remember to reply in German when I'm boarding the train. IYSWIM. }:8) -- MrMoosehead | I'm just an away team member in a red shirt... CBR600f MRO#28 BONY#4 | nice word: *** rhymester *** Remove Your Brain To Reply.|www.thehallfamily.net/kady/adrian/ Current MooseMusic 875. New Model Army - I love the world |
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"Drakanthus" wrote in
: In actual fact - I designed the web site for the company, my father is a director of the company - and in return for my web design services they installed garden lighting for me at my house. Matt Cody It just gets better doesn't it! The spammer said: "The guys that came to do the work, were friendly and polite" Not surprising really - daddy owns the company! Well, I was going to suggest that the client should be rather unhappy about the inappropriate way the site was promoted to potential clients, and it seemed a bit hard cheese on them. But if people will get their children to do work for them, then they can't really complain about the odd screw-up - presumably it's an accepted part of the learning process, like not mowing the lawn very well and semi-washed cars... I wonder if there is a grandchild who designs the company brochure with crayons? Victoria Clare |
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"Drakanthus" wrote An interesting profile is forming here. Are many of the regulars to this group former or current programmers / IT staff ? Drakanthus (software developer for over twenty years) No, but my son is, if that counts. ;) Sue |
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"Drakanthus" wrote I had to fill in a form recently for a job application and filled in RPGII as one of my programming languages................the nice young man at the agency looked at me as if I had crawled out from under a stone............:~( I remember that but didn't use it. Autocoder, Plan and Cobol were what we used. (IBM, ICL, Honeywell). June Hughes An interesting profile is forming here. Are many of the regulars to this group former or current programmers / IT staff ? Drakanthus (software developer for over twenty years) Yes there are a few It'ers in URG. I rolled into IT by accident back in the early '70's as a 'Computer Programming Secretary' with IBM, which really meant glorified data typist :~)) Progressed from there to programmer and did 1st + 2nd line helpdesk for years in good old Business Basic :~)) Got chucked out several years ago in a reorganisation and am now into web design. I think I like gardening because it gets me out from behind the computer occasionally :~)) Jenny www.welcome.to/Webwise |
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"June Hughes" wrote in message ... In article , Jane Ransom writes In article , JennyC writes I had to fill in a form recently for a job application and filled in RPGII as one of my programming languages................the nice young man at the agency looked at me as if I had crawled out from under a But that is *still* the mainstay of the AS400 machines, June!!!!!! moi? June Hughes Moi I think (Jenny!) |
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An interesting profile is forming here. Are many of the regulars to
this group former or current programmers / IT staff ? Drakanthus (software developer for over twenty years) Yes there are a few It'ers in URG. I rolled into IT by accident back in the early '70's as a 'Computer Programming Secretary' with IBM, which really meant glorified data typist :~)) Progressed from there to programmer and did 1st + 2nd line helpdesk for years in good old Business Basic :~)) Got chucked out several years ago in a reorganisation and am now into web design. I.T. seems to move quicker every year. Over the last 20 years I've learnt countless languages and operating systems and every year there is always a new language (or re-hash of an earlier one) to come to grips with. Things I learnt not many years ago are now only fit for the history books: Fortran, Cobol, numerous Basics, Assembly, Clipper, EDI, DCL etc, etc. Now programmers need to speak .NET, XML (really a rehash of EDI I was doing 15 years ago), XSL. Will it never end? I think I like gardening because it gets me out from behind the computer occasionally :~)) Jenny I agree. A fellow programmer said to me a couple of years ago "why do you bother to grow your own veg - it is so cheap to buy". I told him he was missing the point. After spending all day, every day, in a stuffy office staring at a monitor - the only "Windows" to look at were supplied my Microsoft - I found it envigorating to get outside in the sunshine (or rain!) and get my hands dirty, knees muddy and back aching! I feel "alive" after a good session in the garden. It is also so rewarding to see the little seedlings grow into big plants - and finally to see then on the dinner plate - knowing they haven't been sprayed with pesticides. Drakanthus |
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"Drakanthus" wrote in message ... An interesting profile is forming here. Are many of the regulars to this group former or current programmers / IT staff ? Drakanthus (software developer for over twenty years) No, aerospace engineer here, but used computers in the 70's before most knew what they really were. -- Chris Thomas West Cork Ireland |
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In article , Cerumen
writes "Drakanthus" wrote in message ... An interesting profile is forming here. Are many of the regulars to this group former or current programmers / IT staff ? Drakanthus (software developer for over twenty years) No, aerospace engineer here, but used computers in the 70's before most knew what they really were. -- Chris Thomas West Cork Ireland Doh! West Cork! Every time I see one of your postings, I feel very envious of you living in such a beautiful place. Lucky you! (am sulking now :) (Actually, it's not so different from West Cumbria, where I grew up, except that you have all that ocean to the south and west!) -- June Hughes |
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Drakanthus wrote:
I had to fill in a form recently for a job application and filled in RPGII as one of my programming languages................the nice young man at the agency looked at me as if I had crawled out from under a stone............:~( I remember that but didn't use it. Autocoder, Plan and Cobol were what we used. (IBM, ICL, Honeywell). -- June Hughes An interesting profile is forming here. Are many of the regulars to this group former or current programmers / IT staff ? Drakanthus (software developer for over twenty years) waves been in IT one way or another since 1976 when Computer Rooms were sealed environments the size of a sports hall. Life was a lot simpler then: load a tape (mostly magnetic, sometimes paper), run a program, print the output. Punched cards still make splendid shopping lists ;o) Progressed (?) through various programming and IT support jobs and now run a small business supplying IT services to SMEs and some not so small on a good day. Network cabling is ok and requires just as much knowledge about real-world issues like discrete routing and installation through buildings. Also means I get to drive the Land Rover to work some days full of big boys toys. Set up the web hosting business to support internet based application development because I couldn't find a service offering what I needed. Most web hosts can offer MS-Access or MySql but real db performance at low cost of entry there was nothing around. For some reason I can't quite grasp, we seem to be doing quite well in the Charity/NFP sector lately. Hopefully that will carry on through with inertia. It's difficult to know what to do to encourage more activity when you don't know why the interest was there in the first place. I suspect, but can't verify, that we are seeing referal activity. Full sig is being phased out and rarley (if ever) gets an airing here, but it seems on topic for this thread so ... -- William Tasso - The road to hell is littered with fallen webmasters. http://www.tbdata.com/hosting - ASP web site hosting + SQL Server http://www.tbdata.com/cabling - Cat 5/6 network cabling installations |
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