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From: Jim Charter
Subject: Re: I've been away from here for X years and all I can come up withis this stupid post.
Date: 18 Jan 2008 11:52:47
Message: <4790d95f$1@news.povray.org>
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Ian Burgmyer wrote:
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> Throughout all of this, I somehow managed to become a bigger nerd than I
> ever was.
>
ROFL!!!!!!!!!
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From: Ian Burgmyer
Subject: Re: I've been away from here for X years and all I can come up with is this stupid post.
Date: 18 Jan 2008 11:54:05
Message: <4790d9ad$1@news.povray.org>
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'ey, Steve! :)
St. wrote:
> Heyup stranger! ;) Still got the same car?
Ah, I don't remember what the last car I actually talked about on here
was. XD
I'm on my second car -- a gold 1995 Saturn SC2, acquired in Spring 2003.
I ended up getting rid of the big ol' '82 Toronado (I kept it in the
family, though) when gas prices started to go up. The Saturn is a lot
smaller, a lot lighter, a bit faster, and, strangely enough, a lot
easier to work on.
I don't have a picture on this computer or on my web space, but this is
basically what it looks like:
http://moneycentral.msn.com/articles/images/070115saturn.jpg
Mine's a little bit dinged up from the previous owners using it as a
battering ram (it's not THAT bad...a cracked piece and some dings in the
paint), but it runs and it runs well. :)
> Nice to see you back. :o)
Good to be back, sir. :)
--
-Ian
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On Fri, 18 Jan 2008 11:43:07 -0500, Ian Burgmyer <spe### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
>Metering video equipment is the other method and that's the one that I'm
>going to be dealing with. It's really interesting so far.
Of course I knew that was one of the methods, when I thought about it. I only
vaguely recognised the name. In the UK, TV ratings are measured by the
"Broadcasters Audience Research Board" but I've heard of the Nielsen TV Ratings
for the US.
It sounds like a good job. Well done.
Will you have to travel or will it be on site somewhere?
Regards
Stephen
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From: Ian Burgmyer
Subject: Re: I've been away from here for X years and all I can come up with is this stupid post.
Date: 18 Jan 2008 12:14:23
Message: <4790de6f$1@news.povray.org>
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Stephen wrote:
> Of course I knew that was one of the methods, when I thought about it. I only
> vaguely recognised the name. In the UK, TV ratings are measured by the
> "Broadcasters Audience Research Board" but I've heard of the Nielsen TV Ratings
> for the US.
Ah, okay.
What kind of methods do the Broadcasters Audience Research Board (BARB?)
use?
> It sounds like a good job. Well done.
Thankie. :)
> Will you have to travel or will it be on site somewhere?
It depends on where I wind up. If I end up in the Baltimore, MD, market
I think it's all going to be fairly close. Some markets are spread out
kind of far from what I understand.
Nielsen gives out company cars, fortunately. They're pretty generous
about using them for personal use, too. You get a certain percentage of
personal miles for so many business miles that you drive; anything above
and beyond you have to pay a certain amount for (which, I believe, is
still cheaper than buying fuel). About the only thing you can't do with
the company cars is take them out of the country...no biggie.
--
-Ian
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From: St
Subject: Re: I've been away from here for X years and all I can come up with is this stupid post.
Date: 18 Jan 2008 14:35:51
Message: <4790ff97@news.povray.org>
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"Ian Burgmyer" <spe### [at] gmailcom> wrote in message
news:4790d9ad$1@news.povray.org...
> 'ey, Steve! :)
>
> St. wrote:
>> Heyup stranger! ;) Still got the same car?
>
> Ah, I don't remember what the last car I actually talked about on here
> was. XD
Heh, I do. It was the Toronado - you LOVED that car! :)
>
> I'm on my second car -- a gold 1995 Saturn SC2, acquired in Spring 2003. I
> ended up getting rid of the big ol' '82 Toronado (I kept it in the family,
> though)
Cool... cousin, nephew, SON?? ;)
> when gas prices started to go up.
Oh, Oh, Oh... Tell me about it... :o(
Man, we've got it bad here in the UK with our 80%* tax on fuel... I don't
know how they do that...
*I haven't a clue if that's correct or not.
The Saturn is a lot
> smaller, a lot lighter, a bit faster, and, strangely enough, a lot easier
> to work on.
>
> I don't have a picture on this computer or on my web space, but this is
> basically what it looks like:
>
> http://moneycentral.msn.com/articles/images/070115saturn.jpg
Oooo, I've seen a few of those around here. Nice.
>
> Mine's a little bit dinged up from the previous owners using it as a
> battering ram (it's not THAT bad...a cracked piece and some dings in the
> paint), but it runs and it runs well. :)
Yeah, the same as my old Rover 820, dinged slightly on the nearside
passenger door, (grrr) but at 14 years old and with only 48,000 *original*
miles on the clock, I simply laugh at the broken down newbies on the
motorway. They don't make 'em like they used to! :)
>
>> Nice to see you back. :o)
>
> Good to be back, sir. :)
Hey, stick around matey.
~Steve~
>
> --
> -Ian
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From: Shay
Subject: Re: I've been away from here for X years and all I can come up with isthis stupid post.
Date: 18 Jan 2008 15:52:55
Message: <479111a7$1@news.povray.org>
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Ian Burgmyer wrote:
> Hi everyone!
>
> *leaves for another 3/4 years*
>
> -Ian ;)
Odd. I thought about you just yesterday when I saw a Toronado. Glad to
see things are going well.
-Shay
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From: Ian Burgmyer
Subject: Re: I've been away from here for X years and all I can come up with is this stupid post.
Date: 19 Jan 2008 02:56:09
Message: <4791ad19$1@news.povray.org>
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St. wrote:
> Heh, I do. It was the Toronado - you LOVED that car! :)
Still do. :) Definitely couldn't beat it as far as comfort is concerned.
The fact that my Saturn's gas tank is almost half the size yet has a
much higher fuel range kind of sealed the deal, though. I love the
Satty, though, it's quite fun to drive. It doesn't have a particularly
powerful motor (124hp 1.9L DOHC) but the car is so light that it still
manages to be pretty quick.
>> I'm on my second car -- a gold 1995 Saturn SC2, acquired in Spring 2003. I
>> ended up getting rid of the big ol' '82 Toronado (I kept it in the family,
>> though)
>
> Cool... cousin, nephew, SON?? ;)
Son?! Oh, heavens no. Not yet, anyway!
I ended up giving the car back to my father, who gave it to my uncle.
> Man, we've got it bad here in the UK with our 80%* tax on fuel... I don't
> know how they do that...
>
> *I haven't a clue if that's correct or not.
You guys have always gotten hosed when it comes to gas prices -- even
before the recent fuel inflation -- haven't you? I don't think I'd be
able to afford to drive if I lived in the UK.
>> Mine's a little bit dinged up from the previous owners using it as a
>> battering ram (it's not THAT bad...a cracked piece and some dings in the
>> paint), but it runs and it runs well. :)
>
> Yeah, the same as my old Rover 820, dinged slightly on the nearside
> passenger door, (grrr)
That's the nice part about my car being mostly made out of plastic. :)
I need to do some touching up on the headlight flaps when I get home --
there's a bit of rust poking through.
> but at 14 years old and with only 48,000 *original*
> miles on the clock, I simply laugh at the broken down newbies on the
> motorway.
Woo, not bad! :O
My Satty's got 96000 miles on the odo right now. I fully intend to be
sitting in that car when it passes 100K. It's kind of hard to believe
that it only had something like 62000 miles on it when I got it. I
think I'm the one who put the most miles on it in its life.
>>> Nice to see you back. :o)
>> Good to be back, sir. :)
>
> Hey, stick around matey.
I shall, I shall!
--
-Ian
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From: Chambers
Subject: Re: I've been away from here for X years and all I can come up withis this stupid post.
Date: 19 Jan 2008 02:57:34
Message: <4791ad6e@news.povray.org>
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Ian Burgmyer wrote:
> Throughout all of this, I somehow managed to become a bigger nerd than I
> ever was.
Haven't we all? :)
--
...Ben Chambers
www.pacificwebguy.com
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From: Ian Burgmyer
Subject: Re: I've been away from here for X years and all I can come up withisthis stupid post.
Date: 19 Jan 2008 02:57:36
Message: <4791ad70$1@news.povray.org>
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Shay wrote:
> Odd. I thought about you just yesterday when I saw a Toronado. Glad to
> see things are going well.
It's good to know that I seemed to have left an impression on people. :)
--
-Ian
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On Fri, 18 Jan 2008 12:14:23 -0500, Ian Burgmyer <spe### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
>What kind of methods do the Broadcasters Audience Research Board (BARB?)
>use?
Since you know the acronym you probably know more about it already than I do.
All I can do is give this link.
http://www.barb.co.uk/index1.cfm?flag=home
>
>> Will you have to travel or will it be on site somewhere?
>
>It depends on where I wind up. If I end up in the Baltimore, MD, market
>I think it's all going to be fairly close.
That sounds good, I think.
> Some markets are spread out
>kind of far from what I understand.
Given the geography of the States I would think so too :)
>Nielsen gives out company cars, fortunately. They're pretty generous
>about using them for personal use, too. You get a certain percentage of
>personal miles for so many business miles that you drive; anything above
>and beyond you have to pay a certain amount for (which, I believe, is
>still cheaper than buying fuel). About the only thing you can't do with
>the company cars is take them out of the country...no biggie.
Ah! My car is blue. It has been over a year since I put fuel into it.
</Interest> :-)
Regards
Stephen
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