Yup, sure is!  I just wish they'd upgrade the mass transit system that
takes people to the airport.  Those stagecoach rides are so dusty and
bumpy! :-)

Rex

-----Original Message-----
From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On
Behalf Of Chase, John
Sent: Wednesday, October 21, 2009 11:51 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Looking for a job

> -----Original Message-----
> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Pommier, Rex R.
> 
> Guy,
> 
> I, for one, will take some (good-natured) exception to your comment
> about anybody "wanting" to live out here in the Midwest.  While I
> wouldn't want to live in Iowa either due to their political makeup, I
> live across the border in South Dakota.  Wide open spaces, fresh air,
> the occasional blizzard to keep us humble, and so on.  I would much
> rather live out here and get paid a bit less than to live in the rat
> race.  I live 8 miles from work, in the country and commute to the
heart
> of downtown.  On a bad day it takes me 20 minutes during what we call
> rush hour to get here.

Your local airport identifier wouldn't happen to be FSD, would it?  In a
previous life, I worked in the tower there.

Now, if IBM had decided to locate that campus in, say, Cody, WY, I'd
probably apply.  :-)

    -jc-

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