Archive for January 3rd, 2000

Dear Sister Diane: 2000-01-03

Monday, January 3rd, 2000

Hey Diane.

Happy New Year!!

No, we didn’t have any Y2K issues here either. In fact, after Saturday morning, they told us we didn’t have to work the rest of the scheduled Y2K shifts. So, I had off yesterday, and didn’t have to report to work today until 8:00 AM. Had the Y2K work scheduled still been in effect, I would have had to come in at 6:00 AM.

I return to Philly on January 8th, this Saturday.

How many more days must you work the 12-hour shifts?

I’m staying with   [Brandon]   this week. He’s still quite the interior decorator. He has matching and color coordinated towels and wash cloths in the bathrooms, and color coordinated bed spreads, quilts, and vases in the bedrooms.

Joann says that Christine’s party was quite a big hit. I so much wanted to be there. But our party here was nice. Quiet, but nice.. They had punch, shrimp, chips, wings, cake, and other fattening tid bits. :-) And we just hung out, talking softly, waiting for the Y2K bug to bite. But fortunately, it never did.

Well, back to work with me. Talk to you soon.

 

Tom

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Dear J: Happy New Year!

Monday, January 3rd, 2000

Hey there,   [J].

How are you?

Did you receive my message over the Christmas break?

I’m in Dayton this week to help with Y2K troubleshooting. However, it’s been a silent time so far. No problems have been reported. Nice.

Been reading the book you recommended, albeit slowly. Intriguing and encouraging story. There may be some useful information in there.

Well, must run. Hope you’re doing well and that your root canal isn’t giving you any problems.

 

Later,
Tom Hesley

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Dear Sister Joann: 2000-01-03

Monday, January 3rd, 2000

Hey [Gee Bee]!

Nope, no Y2K problems have surfaced as of yet.

Yes, I would have much rather been there in Altoona with you all, than here in the computer trenches. But the Y2K testing had to be done to help ensure that Monday morning (today) would go smoothly.

And, yes, I’ve seen numerous old friends and finally met my manager for the first time in person. He was quite smiley and jovial, a very friendly guy. We’ll be meeting more this week to discuss the evolutionary direction of the software I support and to make sure I have enough to do for this year. No problem there. :-)

I’m staying with   [Brandon]   now. He has a very quiet house. Nice.

Are you back to work today? Hope you don’t have too much trouble getting up. :-)

Well gotta run. Talk to you more, later on.

 

Tom

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Dear Lynn: 2000-01-03

Monday, January 3rd, 2000

Hi   [Lynn].

Yep, as you already know, I got moved from the hotel to   [Brandon's]   place on Saturday morning without problems. No Y2K issues discovered as of yet either. Nice.

Here in Dayton, the weather was very warm the past few days too. It’s just been raining and overcast most of that time however. :-)

On the spell checker: If you want to teach it a new word, I think all you need to do is to select the redlined word and right click. That should bring up a little menu that offers suggestions for correct spellings and also has an ‘add’ option. Pick ‘add’ and Eudora will consider the previously incorrectly spelled word correct from then on. Good luck.

Yes, the people contact has been heart-warming. Just met my manager for the first time in person this morning. He was all smiles and quite jovial. Nice fellow and I don’t feel quite as intimidated by him as I have at times felt, while talking to him on the phone. Being able to observe the body language adds such an important dimension to interpersonal communication – something that I do miss being home based. But I do not miss it enough to return to Dayton. :-)

Gotta run for now. Talk to you tonight.

Later,
Tom

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