Msg: 6407 *Conference*

04-01-96 23:34:59

From: THOMAS MCKEAN

To : RON WIESEN

Subj: REPLY TO MSG #6394 (YEESH!)

Hey you...  :)
  DON'T get on me about Hawaii, or England, or New Mexico, or any other place I
have been.  Some are born to greatness, some have greatness thrust upon them.
I had it (involuntarily) thrust upon me.  I did not ASK for this, I did not
really WANT it at the time.  But once it DID happen, I knew why I was put on
this oddball planet.
 
  I love what I do for a living.  And despite what looks like a VERY GLAMOROUS
career, I work damn hard at what I do.  That is why I am considered one of the
best in the country at it.  (Kinda like Rick and the Model 100.)  :)
 
  So I won't go away.  I will stay here.  Sure, I could go drop penny ante
change and buy a pentium, call me crazy for not doing it.  I *like* my Model
100.  And all the other orphan computers I have.  (PX-8, Kaypro 4/84, NEC
Starlet, Epson HX-20, Timex Sinclair ZX-81, Epson HX-20, etc.)  
 
  Yes, I *do* have all of those and more.  And I like them.  Pentiums are
overkill.
  
  If, for whatever reason, you get bored one day with your Model T, you might
consider going to the library and picking up a book called, "Soon Will Come The
Light."  This is a good book.  It won a national award for literary excellence
in 1994.  I know it is a good book because I read it.  I also wrote it.  :)
  
  If you want a review, you might ask Rick for one.  I think he has a copy that
was signed and given to him by the author.
  
                                                                stc