Orchid XP v8 wrote:
> Darren New wrote:
> 
>> Last time we had a catastrophic server failure, I was the only one 
>> with a copy of the software already installed, so it was a red-eye 
>> flight at 2AM with a sparcstation in my carry-on backpack, flying 
>> cross country to a locked down machine room the size of a couple 
>> football fields in the middle of Bumfork, Ohio, for 72 hours of 
>> awakeness keeping it running until a new one showed up.
> 
> Uhuh. And tell me, did they pay you good money for that?

Yes. For one thing, they paid off my house.

> Did they 
> appreciate what you did? Because my employer does neither of those 
> things...

Oh, I know. I just thought it was an amusing story.

-- 
   Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
   My fortune cookie said, "You will soon be
   unable to read this, even at arm's length."

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