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Meaning, I have proof that my wife has absolutely ZERO geek in her. I will never attempt to get her to play a game now (I was still holding out that there was some hope).

She, knowkingly, received her new work laptop yesterday (Pentium 2.4 or 2.8 Mhz with 1 Gig RAM, 60 GB HD, ...) and did not open the box. (GASP!). Her old machine was a 1.2 Mhz with 256 Meg RAM.

How could you not get a new toy like that and not even take it for a test drive...

/me walks away dazed and confused.

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Dalaran: Roran - Paladin (Weaponsmith/Blacksmith)
Dalaran: Baine - Rogue

LOL... wives are hopeless. You should know that by now. There's always hope with the kids though.

"There ... is.. another....."

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"Perhaps the sentiments contained in the following pages, are not yet sufficiently fashionable to procure them general favor; a long habit of not thinking a thing wrong, gives it a superficial appearance of being right, and raises at first a formidable outcry in defence of custom. But the tumult soon subsides." - Thomas Paine, Common Sense

I bet women wonder why we men don't try on new clothes the moment we get them home as well.

I suppose thats why men and women make a good family "team". (Not that there is anything wrong with same sex couples. Man, how did I stray so off topic!?!?)

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Dr. Golga Bolg
SWTOR - Golga
Rift - Gnarlwood: Golgar Golgantua Golgate - Retired
WoW - Dalaran: Bolg Golga Virrok All Retired
SWG - Golga Bolg - Doctor (Resident) Retired
Eve - Edge Finn - Limbo
Section 2 - (Former) Director
What am I playing now?: The waiting game

LOL Golga!

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"Perhaps the sentiments contained in the following pages, are not yet sufficiently fashionable to procure them general favor; a long habit of not thinking a thing wrong, gives it a superficial appearance of being right, and raises at first a formidable outcry in defence of custom. But the tumult soon subsides." - Thomas Paine, Common Sense

My wife has been converted. Her hunger is no match for me, but as the years go by I am rubbing off on her more and more.

When she started working for a new credit union, she told them that they needed to get her a better PC or the deal was off. When she got the PC the MIS guy tried to stick her with an old used dingy monitor. She called the CEO and had a huge new matching monitor by the end of the week… and the MIS guy got an ass chewing because the episode embarrassed the CEO.

The other day she fixed some networked printers at her credit union while her boss and coworkers sat there dumbfounded. She has gotten to the point where she does not think highly of her companies MIS guy. I find this hilarious because if you knew her, she does not come off computer savvy, and she never acts like she is listening to me when I’m teaching her things. So I get very proud when I hear of her fixing things, or using her PC to make work easier.

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On the subject of not knowing computers:

I attended group interview last night... it was more of an opportunity for this company to tell us about themselves. The real one on one interviews were to come the following day.

Anyway, my keen eye picked up in the fact that the guy was not very computer savvy. He was not familiar with the laptop being used, and he was not familiar with basic computing details. By all accounts the presentation was great and the guys were top notch.... but after the show I could not help wondering why such unskilled guys were sent to meet with us students.

Is this company’s corporate culture anti-geek? Are these guys the real thing or a couple of posers? Those were the kinds of questions running through my head. I understand that the Construction Industry is not bleeding edge high-tech, but come on; these guys are posing as middle and upper management. It is my experience that project management of the 1 to 10 mill range requires a good deal of computer proficiency… let alone the 50 to 100 mill range this company was advertising.

In the end I did not sign up for the one on one interview. There were many other reasons why I did not sign up for the interview besides the above computer issues. But deep down they were not geek enough for me.

Just to chime in on the interview thing, AFAIK the companies send their human resource cronies to the campus first for the mass inteviews and first one-on-ones and usually there is another, more geeky and much more technical interview later.

Also, think of them not being geeky and computer savvy as your advantage, since you are both of those.

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Retired Weaponsmith

From what I've noticed, quite often it's more along the lines of "application proficiency" rather than computer technology in general.

To topic: My wife is right there with Arindel's, there is no hope. Ah well, that means one less PC to upgrade!

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Liro
"The english language is not a wedding gown, it doesn't get better the more lace you add. It is instead a thong. Less is more." From /.
I need to remind myself of this regularly.

Same as Arindel and Rocklar

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What was the name of the Company Cyrus?

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SW:TOR - Mantison Gunslinger, Ironmant Trooper, Manni Jedi Knight
WoW - Dalaran - Manni 85 Mage, Ironmant 83 Warrior, Mantison 80 Hunter
SWG - Chilastra Retired Mantison, Commando / TKA Master aka Trogdor !!!!

Hensel Phelps Construction Co.

Built Huston Astros Field, Disney's Paradise Pier, DFW Airport Sky Link, Pentagon renovation, Anaheim Convention Center, and all kinds of other cool things. They had a great portfolio, very diverse.

BTW was SWG fanfest at the Anaheim CC?

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Diablo II is the game that got my wife hooked. It was a blessing and a course at the same time. Its cool to watch her play and problem solve… but it cost money to keep two gaming machines running. Thankfully Danyale is several years behind the rest of the world when it comes to playing games. This summer she played through StarCraft again and is now working on WarCraftIII… these games are not exactly the type to over task today’s PCs.

Hahaha... we have worked with Hensel Phelps several times....

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SW:TOR - Mantison Gunslinger, Ironmant Trooper, Manni Jedi Knight
WoW - Dalaran - Manni 85 Mage, Ironmant 83 Warrior, Mantison 80 Hunter
SWG - Chilastra Retired Mantison, Commando / TKA Master aka Trogdor !!!!

Well, we always have each other

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Dalaran: Arindel - Frost Mage (Mining/Alchemy)
Dalaran: Roran - Paladin (Weaponsmith/Blacksmith)
Dalaran: Baine - Rogue

Ah, how romantic!

Oh yeah.. you'll come to find this is just one big sausage-fest around here.

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"Perhaps the sentiments contained in the following pages, are not yet sufficiently fashionable to procure them general favor; a long habit of not thinking a thing wrong, gives it a superficial appearance of being right, and raises at first a formidable outcry in defence of custom. But the tumult soon subsides." - Thomas Paine, Common Sense

I would have already had a personal relationship with the UPS guy before it reched my door. NOT TOUCH IT when it arrives...WHAT?

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*Pistoleer
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Wow, that is funny. It reminds me so much of a long running joke we've had going on in another forum about a guy's wife and the UPS man.

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Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God!

You guys are killing me.

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My name is Tobias Smith and I approved this post.

No, it was at the Anaheim Hilton. Right next to the Convention Center though.

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Robert
Second President, Avian Gamers

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