Welcome, John. No doubt you have read some of the archives online. The list tends to .... very soon. I would not be surprised if it does as a response to my email.
On Friday 13 January 2012 09:42 PM, John R. Sundman wrote: > I live on Martha's Vineyard, a mostly rural island 5 miles south of > Cape Cod, Massachusetts. I make my living as a freelance technical > writer and novelist. I've been in the high tech/computer industry > since 1980, starting with a very tiny role on the "Eagle" project > described in Tracy Kidder's book "Soul of a New Machine" and including > 9 years at Sun Added the book to my reading list. What kind is it? I know, I can find out online, but this helps the conversation going. > non high-tech jobs, including being a construction worker and a > long-haul truck driver. I want to do both of them sometime. Considering I learnt driving on a truck while working for Ashok Leyland. > My chief hobby is being a volunteer firefighter. I'm a member of the > company of Tisbury 651, an aerial platform ladder truck. Because 651 > is such an awesome machine, I include here a link to a photo of it: > > http://www.massfiretrucks.com/Tisbury_Tower_651.jpg Why is it not red in color? :-) Awesome truck though. Cheers, Venkat
