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Doctor Who posted 06-18-99 09:55 AM ET
OK, I just wanted to try starting a topic. Besides, I'm really curious to learn more about you guys. Please state age, job and family status.
Myself:
Age: 29
Job: Software Engineer
Family status: Engaged (Married in approx. 10 months and looking forward to it)
Resource Consumer posted 06-18-99 10:04 AM ET
OK. Me.
Age : 35
Job : Mining Analyst
Family Status : Married (sometimes - neither of us are ever home)
Resource Consumer
- pondering life etc. -
umbra1 posted 06-18-99 10:30 AM ET
26
Code Monkey
Engaged
Tolls posted 06-18-99 10:32 AM ET
32
Some sort of software type thingy...
Engaged (party next Feb)
jig posted 06-18-99 10:33 AM ET
Age: 17
Job: None (Student)
Family status: Single
OhWell posted 06-18-99 10:45 AM ET
Age: Currently 101111 but I�ll be 110000 on the 29th of June. (Ok, 47 and 48 on 6/29)
Job: My job title is �Project Manager Applications Development�. Say that three times fast! But I spend about 75% of my time programming or working with databases.
Family Status: I have been married all my life. Well only 10110 years (humm, that number might be base 10!). I have two sons ages 19 and 16.
Rex Little posted 06-18-99 10:48 AM ET
Age: 49 (if I'm not the oldest guy on this forum, I've got to be in the top 1%).
Job: Electronics engineer; mostly I write software for embedded systems.
Family status: Married for the second time. All you engaged guys, I beg you--reconsider before it's too late!
umbra1 posted 06-18-99 10:54 AM ET
Rex Little: As far as I'm concerned, there's a world of difference between being engaged and actually getting hitched... Just hope Umbra2 doesn't see this post
4Horses posted 06-18-99 11:02 AM ET
me: 31
Job: US Army
Family: Married x10 1/2 years w/ 2 children
Aredhran posted 06-18-99 11:05 AM ET
28
Analyst-Programmer
Single
Aredhran
-Rex Little, chagarra is 61 years old...-
Tolls posted 06-18-99 11:09 AM ET
Considering her folks have already forked out a fair amount of dosh for the bash I think I'd be forced to emigrate if I didn't go through with it...
Alphaman posted 06-18-99 11:14 AM ET
Age: 19
Job: Student, Liquor store guy
Marriage: Get the hell outta here
JohnIII posted 06-18-99 03:34 PM ET
Age: 14
Job: Student?
Marriage: Divorcee
John III
Valtyr posted 06-18-99 03:37 PM ET
Age: 26
Job: None, Student
Family status: Single
Hugo Rune posted 06-18-99 03:41 PM ET
Age: 18
Job: Student/Network Assistant (Just for the summer...)
Family Status: "Mambo" i.e. I still live home with my parents. I'm single, too.
4Horses: You're married with two children? Bigamist!
Sethito posted 06-18-99 03:48 PM ET
Age:14
Job:Student
Statis: Single
Raven of Despair posted 06-18-99 03:50 PM ET
Age: 28.
Profession: Soul repossession
Single
JohnIII posted 06-18-99 03:52 PM ET

quote:
"Get thee back into the tempest and the Night's Plutonian shore!"

John III
Dreadnought posted 06-18-99 03:58 PM ET
Age: 15
Occupation: Bitter unemployed athiest newbie.
Family status: Just off my 7th divorice.
walruskkkch posted 06-18-99 03:59 PM ET
Age:39
Occupation:Librarian
Marital status:Single(Which my mother spares no pains to constantly remind me of!)
DanS posted 06-18-99 05:07 PM ET
Age: 25
Occupation: Pesticides Analyst (legal not financial)
Family Satus: Single
NoMercy posted 06-18-99 05:17 PM ET
Age 33
Profession: IT Manager (generalist!)
Status: Young, Free and Single
(one out of three isn't bad!)
Veracitas posted 06-18-99 05:18 PM ET
Quote:

Leave no black plume as a token of that lie thy soul hath spoken!
Leave my loneliness unbroken!- quit the bust above my door!
Take thy beak from out my heart, and take thy form from off my door!"
Quoth the Raven, "Nevermore."
Age: 15
Occupation: Student
Family Status: Single
jsorense posted 06-18-99 07:23 PM ET
Age: Top Secret
Occupation: Double Top Secret
Status: Need to Know Basis, Only
MiKaeLe posted 06-18-99 07:58 PM ET
HOW MANY OF YOU OLDIES AROUND HERE ARE SOFTWARE ENGINEERS AND STUFF LIKE THAT??? I THOUGH YOU WERE ALL CAR SALESMAN, ECONOMISTS AND FELLAS WITH FAMILY FALLEN APART LONG TIME AGO
For myself: 20/Enterior Designer/Multiple not single LOL
MiKaeLe
ZRand007 posted 06-18-99 10:52 PM ET
Well, for the millions...(deep breath) and millions of ZRand's fans, here's the Great One's info:
Age: 16
Occupation: Student
Family Status: Single
Was that really worth all that prep time?
-007
GoldenEye 007 (I've found his weakness...)
Koshko posted 06-19-99 12:54 AM ET
Age: 21
Job: Work at Grocery Store; College Student for all eternity
Family Status: Still bumming off my parents; So incredibly Single it's not even funny
CarniveaN posted 06-19-99 12:56 AM ET
Alex! what's behind door number 3?
Why it's... Carnivean! (applause)
this charismatic 19 year old youngster is one of them starvin' artists, he attends ze Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design. He builds computers for fun, he also paints murals, does a little woodworking, and annoys people on Forums
Congratulations !!
Trappist posted 06-19-99 12:53 PM ET
Age: 29
Job: Day job- Personnel Manager for a bank. Night job- Guitarist, Corruptor of the youth of the world and creator of the most technically inept and scary websites in history.
Family status: Married. No kids, but t'missus is getting very broody.
Thue posted 06-19-99 04:32 PM ET
Age: 20
Job: Student (Math and Computer science)
Family status: Single, paraciting on my parents for food and housing for a little longer.

quote:
Married for the second time. All you engaged guys, I beg you--reconsider before it's too late!
Do you mean you knew it wouldn't work if you had considered it a bit harder?
ceebs posted 06-19-99 11:45 PM ET
age 35
Occupation Ihave no occupation, I have a Lifestyle
Family Status Unsingle
Rex Little posted 06-21-99 01:51 PM ET

quote:
Do you mean you knew it wouldn't work if you had considered it a bit harder?
The first time, no; I was young and clueless. The second time I should have known better; the evidence from my first marriage and a near-marriage after that was clear, if I'd only looked at it intelligently.
Spider posted 06-21-99 02:49 PM ET
quote:
And the Raven, never flitting, still is sitting, still is sitting
On the pallid bust of Pallas just above my chamber door;
And his eyes have all the seeming of a demon's that is dreaming,
And the lamp-light o'er him streaming throws his shadow on the floor;
And my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor
Shall be lifted--nevermore!
Age: E
Occupation: Student
Marital Status: Single
Spider
All numbers in hexadecimal; I hope the quote works.
JohnIII posted 06-21-99 04:10 PM ET
I love that poem
John III
Jay posted 06-21-99 05:46 PM ET
15
student
single
Spoe posted 06-21-99 09:40 PM ET
Age: 032(0x1A)
Profession: Tech/sometimes paid programmer/student
Status: Single, last I checked, but I usually don't pay too much attention to such minutia.
Doctor Who posted 06-22-99 05:48 AM ET
Spider, who wrote that poem ? It sounds a bit like Poe.
Eris posted 06-22-99 09:29 AM ET
Wow, I'm amazed at the number of people here who are older than me. I thought for sure it would be a smaller percentage. Unless the answers are skewed.
Age: Just shy of joining the Establishment
Occupation: I get paid to do clerical work. I don't get paid to help maintain an online support environment for abuse survivors and a large number of web pages. I may or may not be getting a sysadmin position in the next few weeks (god I hope so, I'm sick of data entry).
Family Status: Single, one cat.
DCA posted 06-22-99 09:34 AM ET
24 / student / serial monogamist / fnord
DCA,
Hail Eris! All hail Discordia!
Picker posted 06-22-99 09:40 AM ET
I am HUGELY unsurprised that Eris did not give an exact age(typical women).
Age:21
Occupation:Clerk in a beer store, Computer software and web technician(a.k.a. play around on the net and get paid for it), student(Comp and math sci).
Status:single
Eris posted 06-22-99 04:44 PM ET
Actually, I did. It's just in code.
Eris (it's based on a saying from the 60s, though...)
Doctor Who posted 06-23-99 05:29 AM ET
Thanks for all the responses. I feel a lot more normal now.....NOT
Roland posted 06-23-99 06:24 AM ET
Age: 1 and 1/2 years short of joining the establishment...
Job: Murphy's law...
Status: Uhm.. ehm... "dating" ?

PS:Who asked for poems ?

Ein Punkt nur ist es, kaum ein Schmerz
nur ein Gef�hl, empfunden eben
und dennoch spricht es stets darein
und dennoch st�rt es dich zu leben
Wenn du es andern klagen willst
so kannst du's nicht in Worte fassen
Du sagst die selber: "Es ist nichts!"
Und dennoch will es dich nicht lassen
So seltsam fremd ist dir die Welt
und leis verl��t dich alles Hoffen
bis du es endlich, endlich wei�t
da� dich des Todes Pfeil getroffen

(Theodor Storm)
So, now I'm depressed... oh, yes: don't try altavista on this one... please!!!
dilbert posted 06-23-99 08:10 PM ET
25,
electrical engineer
single
the name dilbert makes sense as an engineer.
Galen posted 06-23-99 11:26 PM ET
Age: 14
Job: Student
Marriage: As if!
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Author	Topic: Semi-serious survey
Doctor Who	posted 06-18-99 09:55 AM ET OK, I just wanted to try starting a topic. Besides, I'm really curious to learn more about you guys. Please state age, job and family status. Myself: Age: 29 Job: Software Engineer Family status: Engaged (Married in approx. 10 months and looking forward to it)
Resource Consumer	posted 06-18-99 10:04 AM ET OK. Me. Age : 35 Job : Mining Analyst Family Status : Married (sometimes - neither of us are ever home) Resource Consumer - pondering life etc. -
umbra1	posted 06-18-99 10:30 AM ET 26 Code Monkey Engaged
Tolls	posted 06-18-99 10:32 AM ET 32 Some sort of software type thingy... Engaged (party next Feb)
jig	posted 06-18-99 10:33 AM ET Age: 17 Job: None (Student) Family status: Single
OhWell	posted 06-18-99 10:45 AM ET Age: Currently 101111 but I�ll be 110000 on the 29th of June. (Ok, 47 and 48 on 6/29) Job: My job title is �Project Manager Applications Development�. Say that three times fast! But I spend about 75% of my time programming or working with databases. Family Status: I have been married all my life. Well only 10110 years (humm, that number might be base 10!). I have two sons ages 19 and 16.
Rex Little	posted 06-18-99 10:48 AM ET Age: 49 (if I'm not the oldest guy on this forum, I've got to be in the top 1%). Job: Electronics engineer; mostly I write software for embedded systems. Family status: Married for the second time. All you engaged guys, I beg you--reconsider before it's too late!
umbra1	posted 06-18-99 10:54 AM ET Rex Little: As far as I'm concerned, there's a world of difference between being engaged and actually getting hitched... Just hope Umbra2 doesn't see this post
4Horses	posted 06-18-99 11:02 AM ET me: 31 Job: US Army Family: Married x10 1/2 years w/ 2 children
Aredhran	posted 06-18-99 11:05 AM ET 28 Analyst-Programmer Single Aredhran -Rex Little, chagarra is 61 years old...-
Tolls	posted 06-18-99 11:09 AM ET Considering her folks have already forked out a fair amount of dosh for the bash I think I'd be forced to emigrate if I didn't go through with it...
Alphaman	posted 06-18-99 11:14 AM ET Age: 19 Job: Student, Liquor store guy Marriage: Get the hell outta here
JohnIII	posted 06-18-99 03:34 PM ET Age: 14 Job: Student? Marriage: Divorcee John III
Valtyr	posted 06-18-99 03:37 PM ET Age: 26 Job: None, Student Family status: Single
Hugo Rune	posted 06-18-99 03:41 PM ET Age: 18 Job: Student/Network Assistant (Just for the summer...) Family Status: "Mambo" i.e. I still live home with my parents. I'm single, too. 4Horses: You're married with two children? Bigamist!
Sethito	posted 06-18-99 03:48 PM ET Age:14 Job:Student Statis: Single
Raven of Despair	posted 06-18-99 03:50 PM ET Age: 28. Profession: Soul repossession Single
JohnIII	posted 06-18-99 03:52 PM ET quote: "Get thee back into the tempest and the Night's Plutonian shore!" John III
Dreadnought	posted 06-18-99 03:58 PM ET Age: 15 Occupation: Bitter unemployed athiest newbie. Family status: Just off my 7th divorice.
walruskkkch	posted 06-18-99 03:59 PM ET Age:39 Occupation:Librarian Marital status:Single(Which my mother spares no pains to constantly remind me of!)
DanS	posted 06-18-99 05:07 PM ET Age: 25 Occupation: Pesticides Analyst (legal not financial) Family Satus: Single
NoMercy	posted 06-18-99 05:17 PM ET Age 33 Profession: IT Manager (generalist!) Status: Young, Free and Single (one out of three isn't bad!)
Veracitas	posted 06-18-99 05:18 PM ET Quote: Leave no black plume as a token of that lie thy soul hath spoken! Leave my loneliness unbroken!- quit the bust above my door! Take thy beak from out my heart, and take thy form from off my door!" Quoth the Raven, "Nevermore." Age: 15 Occupation: Student Family Status: Single
jsorense	posted 06-18-99 07:23 PM ET Age: Top Secret Occupation: Double Top Secret Status: Need to Know Basis, Only
MiKaeLe	posted 06-18-99 07:58 PM ET HOW MANY OF YOU OLDIES AROUND HERE ARE SOFTWARE ENGINEERS AND STUFF LIKE THAT??? I THOUGH YOU WERE ALL CAR SALESMAN, ECONOMISTS AND FELLAS WITH FAMILY FALLEN APART LONG TIME AGO For myself: 20/Enterior Designer/Multiple not single LOL MiKaeLe
ZRand007	posted 06-18-99 10:52 PM ET Well, for the millions...(deep breath) and millions of ZRand's fans, here's the Great One's info: Age: 16 Occupation: Student Family Status: Single Was that really worth all that prep time? -007 GoldenEye 007 (I've found his weakness...)
Koshko	posted 06-19-99 12:54 AM ET Age: 21 Job: Work at Grocery Store; College Student for all eternity Family Status: Still bumming off my parents; So incredibly Single it's not even funny
CarniveaN	posted 06-19-99 12:56 AM ET Alex! what's behind door number 3? Why it's... Carnivean! (applause) this charismatic 19 year old youngster is one of them starvin' artists, he attends ze Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design. He builds computers for fun, he also paints murals, does a little woodworking, and annoys people on Forums Congratulations !!
Trappist	posted 06-19-99 12:53 PM ET Age: 29 Job: Day job- Personnel Manager for a bank. Night job- Guitarist, Corruptor of the youth of the world and creator of the most technically inept and scary websites in history. Family status: Married. No kids, but t'missus is getting very broody.
Thue	posted 06-19-99 04:32 PM ET Age: 20 Job: Student (Math and Computer science) Family status: Single, paraciting on my parents for food and housing for a little longer. quote: Married for the second time. All you engaged guys, I beg you--reconsider before it's too late! Do you mean you knew it wouldn't work if you had considered it a bit harder?
ceebs	posted 06-19-99 11:45 PM ET age 35 Occupation Ihave no occupation, I have a Lifestyle Family Status Unsingle
Rex Little	posted 06-21-99 01:51 PM ET quote: Do you mean you knew it wouldn't work if you had considered it a bit harder? The first time, no; I was young and clueless. The second time I should have known better; the evidence from my first marriage and a near-marriage after that was clear, if I'd only looked at it intelligently.
Spider	posted 06-21-99 02:49 PM ET quote: And the Raven, never flitting, still is sitting, still is sitting On the pallid bust of Pallas just above my chamber door; And his eyes have all the seeming of a demon's that is dreaming, And the lamp-light o'er him streaming throws his shadow on the floor; And my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor Shall be lifted--nevermore! Age: E Occupation: Student Marital Status: Single Spider All numbers in hexadecimal; I hope the quote works.
JohnIII	posted 06-21-99 04:10 PM ET I love that poem John III
Jay	posted 06-21-99 05:46 PM ET 15 student single
Spoe	posted 06-21-99 09:40 PM ET Age: 032(0x1A) Profession: Tech/sometimes paid programmer/student Status: Single, last I checked, but I usually don't pay too much attention to such minutia.
Doctor Who	posted 06-22-99 05:48 AM ET Spider, who wrote that poem ? It sounds a bit like Poe.
Eris	posted 06-22-99 09:29 AM ET Wow, I'm amazed at the number of people here who are older than me. I thought for sure it would be a smaller percentage. Unless the answers are skewed. Age: Just shy of joining the Establishment Occupation: I get paid to do clerical work. I don't get paid to help maintain an online support environment for abuse survivors and a large number of web pages. I may or may not be getting a sysadmin position in the next few weeks (god I hope so, I'm sick of data entry). Family Status: Single, one cat.
DCA	posted 06-22-99 09:34 AM ET 24 / student / serial monogamist / fnord DCA, Hail Eris! All hail Discordia!
Picker	posted 06-22-99 09:40 AM ET I am HUGELY unsurprised that Eris did not give an exact age(typical women). Age:21 Occupation:Clerk in a beer store, Computer software and web technician(a.k.a. play around on the net and get paid for it), student(Comp and math sci). Status:single
Eris	posted 06-22-99 04:44 PM ET Actually, I did. It's just in code. Eris (it's based on a saying from the 60s, though...)
Doctor Who	posted 06-23-99 05:29 AM ET Thanks for all the responses. I feel a lot more normal now.....NOT
Roland	posted 06-23-99 06:24 AM ET Age: 1 and 1/2 years short of joining the establishment... Job: Murphy's law... Status: Uhm.. ehm... "dating" ? PS:Who asked for poems ? Ein Punkt nur ist es, kaum ein Schmerz nur ein Gef�hl, empfunden eben und dennoch spricht es stets darein und dennoch st�rt es dich zu leben Wenn du es andern klagen willst so kannst du's nicht in Worte fassen Du sagst die selber: "Es ist nichts!" Und dennoch will es dich nicht lassen So seltsam fremd ist dir die Welt und leis verl��t dich alles Hoffen bis du es endlich, endlich wei�t da� dich des Todes Pfeil getroffen (Theodor Storm) So, now I'm depressed... oh, yes: don't try altavista on this one... please!!!
dilbert	posted 06-23-99 08:10 PM ET 25, electrical engineer single the name dilbert makes sense as an engineer.
Galen	posted 06-23-99 11:26 PM ET Age: 14 Job: Student Marriage: As if!