Man, you must have some interesting conversations with the guy in charge of collecting elephant sperm for NON-reproductive purposes.
I used to operate reactors on nuclear submarines.
When she’s not looking rekey her hot key’s so they paste: “I use to be an AS/400 specialist” every time.
Took me a second there.
That’s not a bad idea. The downside to this is that we would then get more cases from her.
Ask her how many VAXes she personally killed.
The AS400 is still being made but under a new name. I believe the current name is the Series I but iSeries was an intermediate name. They are really powerful, energy efficient work horses that work great. I still program mostly in the Green Screen world of the past but we also do a lot of very sharp and quick web programming. The box will run UNIX or Windows along with the OS400. It is a true 24x7x365 machine and far easier to support then any Unix box I dealt with and of course almost anything is better then MS Server systems.
There is a huge amount of web based apps though running off the AS400 and probably this is just not realized.
I like the “oh, I’m so sorry, response.”
But on a serious note, are you guys perhaps coming off as patronizing? This may be her way of saying “look, don’t start by telling me to reboot my goddamn PC, I already did that. And, yes, I cleared my browser cache, too. And it still doesn’t work!”
I used to be technical - I’m not terribly anymore. But I often start my calls with the Comcast support group with “internet no worky” - then say “I rebooted my switch and the modem, I can ping both those, and if I try to tracert to yahoo, it stops at this IP address - which I think is a hut over in Oakdale because that’s what you told me last time.” Because otherwise, they say “have you rebooted your PC? How about your modem? How about the switch?”
The title of this thread keeps making me think of the song Taxi by Harry Chapin.
Funny story. A guy I know asks me every time we meet, and about a dozen times an evening if the meeting lasts, if he told me about his trip to France with WWII veterans. I answer “yes” every time, but he still tells me the whole story.
His wife says it’s dementia, not sure if it’s Alzheimer’s.
:p:D:p:D
BTW, anyone else see the thread title and think Country Music Awards song of the year?
For those of us who have no access at work, can you summarize?
Thank you!
Although I agree that your response is rather amusing, it doesn’t seem to be working.
Perhaps when she says that, you should cock your head a bit and look at her quizzically, then say “How nice for you” in a slightly puzzled yet dismissive tone.
Just a suggestion.
Sure:
Amazon recommends the book “Reducing Stress-related Behaviours In Persons With Dementia” based on a prior purchase of “Starter Kit for the IBM iSeries and AS/400”.
awesome :d:d
That sounds like the next line in the conversation would be: “I used to work in a Turkish prison. Until I developed my drinking problem.”
Change “Turkish Prison” to either “blood bank” or “urine test facility”.
Only b/c I haven’t had to use it since 1991. In 1992 I got hired by MS to program PPT, and I’m still there. MacBu since it was founded in 1996. Maybe after I retire this November I should start an “Ask the MS Evangelist” thread.
Quoting for truth. Yes you’re a jerk, but a funny one. Keep us posted. Hopefully she’ll ask you why you keep mentioning your past paratrooper experience unironically.
For the record, I am working in AS/400 as I type this (running a query). 
Just be careful, I once had a discussion with a colleague and for some reason we were talking about which of our fellow employees had military experience, so deciding to have a little fun at her expense I put on a serious face:
“Jane, don’t tell anyone else but I used to be in the foreign legion”
“What, really?!?”
“Yeah, long time ago, but I don’t really like to talk about it” cue a haunted expression hinting at the horrors of my dark and murky, but highly interesting and enigmatic past
She took the hint and changed the subject and I pretty much forgot about it until over the next few days and weeks I noticed a change in my colleagues reactions to me, hushed conversations, strange looks and a newfound respect from man and woman alike, it didn’t quite click what had happened until I was cornered by a workmate who really is ex-military and he started to ask about my past, luckily I managed to convince him that it was all a small joke gone horribly wrong and I wasn’t really trying to pass myself off as something I’m not!
However despite my protestations and explanations to the contrary I still don’t think I’ve quite managed to convince everyone that I am not now, nor have I ever been in any branch of the military, never mind La Legion :eek: