Tom Austin wrote:

> You ARE making progress....  not too long you never have had any 
> prospects.  Now you actually asked QA girl and it seems like you've come 
> close on this one.

Bah. 5 years ago I *kissed* a girl. I still haven't been able to repeat 
that feat...

> I think that we speak for all of us here (dissenters can keep quiet) - 
> we are PROUD of you for your efforts.

Really? I thought most of you regarded me as a compulsive whiner who 
never listens to any advice...

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andrel wrote:

>> In all the looking I've done, I have yet to find a single job where I 
>> can even say "hey, I could probably do that job". Never mind one where 
>> I'd *want* to do that...

> Do I need to remind you that you very much restricted yourself 
> geographically?

One of the reasons for getting a new job is so I can spend less time 
driving there and back. There's enough big companies in this city; 
surely one of them would like some programmers...?

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Warp wrote:
> Orchid XP v3 <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
>> Apparently in "the next month or so" she's moving house to a 
>> place many hours' drive from here.
> 
>   I have never understood why people are so obsessed with moving.
> Sometimes it feels that not a month goes by without a friend or someone
> I know moving. I know some people who have moved at least 4 times in
> one single year!
> 
>   I have long ago stopped keeping track of where everyone I know lives
> because it's just impossible. I would need a database.

Apparently she moves house every 2 years. She moves into a place, 
renovates it, moves out and rents the old place out. She's hoping that 
by the time she's old she'll have a huge string of properties bringing 
in cash.

So not content with working for an F1 racing team and travelling all 
over the world at random moments and completing her PhD, she's also a 
property developer in her spare time. (Spare...time...?!)

Seriously doubting there's any *room* in this girls life for a 
relationship...

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Sherry Shaw wrote:
> Orchid XP v3 wrote:
>> Apparently in "the next month or so" she's moving house to a place 
>> many hours' drive from here.
>>
> 
> Y'know, the last time I looked, you lived on a modest-sized island off 
> the coast of France.*  How far away can she be?

Far enough away that I can only go see her once or twice a month. :-(

> Seriously, unless you've been told in so many words to back off, drop 
> dead, etc., you really ought to stay in touch with her.

Well, I hope to stay in touch. But it seems highly doubtful that we will 
ever be anything more than friends - which makes me very sad.

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On Wed, 26 Sep 2007 21:27:32 +0100, Orchid XP v3 wrote:

> One of the reasons for getting a new job is so I can spend less time
> driving there and back.

This is also a reason to find a job anywhere that pays you enough to 
afford a place to live.

But we've had this discussion....

Jim

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On Wed, 26 Sep 2007 21:36:55 +0100, Orchid XP v3 wrote:

> Seriously doubting there's any *room* in this girls life for a
> relationship...

Let *her* decide that.....(Are you sensing a recurring theme here?)

Jim

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Orchid XP v3 wrote:
> Tom Austin wrote:
> 
>> You ARE making progress....  not too long you never have had any 
>> prospects.  Now you actually asked QA girl and it seems like you've 
>> come close on this one.
> 
> Bah. 5 years ago I *kissed* a girl. I still haven't been able to repeat 
> that feat...
> 

So, you aren't a total looser...


>> I think that we speak for all of us here (dissenters can keep quiet) - 
>> we are PROUD of you for your efforts.
> 
> Really? I thought most of you regarded me as a compulsive whiner who 
> never listens to any advice...
> 


We have a lot of cheese to go around


Tom

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Orchid XP v3 wrote:
> Warp wrote:
>> Orchid XP v3 <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
>>> Apparently in "the next month or so" she's moving house to a place 
>>> many hours' drive from here.
>>
>>   I have never understood why people are so obsessed with moving.
>> Sometimes it feels that not a month goes by without a friend or someone
>> I know moving. I know some people who have moved at least 4 times in
>> one single year!
>>
>>   I have long ago stopped keeping track of where everyone I know lives
>> because it's just impossible. I would need a database.
> 
> Apparently she moves house every 2 years. She moves into a place, 
> renovates it, moves out and rents the old place out. She's hoping that 
> by the time she's old she'll have a huge string of properties bringing 
> in cash.
> 
> So not content with working for an F1 racing team and travelling all 
> over the world at random moments and completing her PhD, she's also a 
> property developer in her spare time. (Spare...time...?!)
> 

You do like F1 racing - right???

> Seriously doubting there's any *room* in this girls life for a 
> relationship...
> 

you would be surprised

Don't give up
But don't put all hope in it.

You can make great friends with someone who you see only a couple of 
times a month.  Friendships like that have a way of taking off sometimes.

It just might give you something to do on weekends ;-0




Tom

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Orchid XP v3 wrote:
> Sherry Shaw wrote:
>> Orchid XP v3 wrote:
> 
> Well, I hope to stay in touch. But it seems highly doubtful that we will 
> ever be anything more than friends - which makes me very sad.

Possibly one of your worst observations in the last weeks. And I was 
thinking that indeed you made some good progress. If I was a girl I 
would be highly offended by this.

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On Wed, 26 Sep 2007 16:52:18 -0400, Tom Austin wrote:

> You can make great friends with someone who you see only a couple of
> times a month.  Friendships like that have a way of taking off
> sometimes.

This is very true.  I'm a firm believer that if you don't start as 
friends, anything more is doomed...

Jim

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