The kilt reference is what we call a "joke".
If I wore a giant sombrero to work, it would no doubt be all over the
Internet.
There is still humor left in the world, I'm sure of it.



On Mon, Jun 16, 2014 at 5:06 PM, Rich Alderson <
[email protected]> wrote:

> > Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2014 15:33:05 -0700
> > From: Mark Abene <[email protected]>
>
> > On Tue, Jun 10, 2014 at 6:13 AM, Al Kossow <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >> On 6/10/14 3:28 AM, Quentin North wrote:
>
> >>> I saw this job advertised in Seattle which may be of interest to
> members
> >>> of the list
>
> >>> http://www.vulcan.com/About/Job-Listings?jvi=oTAQYfw1,Job
>
> >>> Brush off your PDP and CDC skills.
>
> >> I would suggest emailing Ian King before considering a job there.
>
> > ...and getting fitted for a kilt.
>
> Ian was the only person at LCM who wore a kilt; it's not a job requirement.
>
> I won't try to speak for Ian, but I will point out that he posted a
> defense of
> the job listing (as did Mike Ross) at The Register when commentors on this
> same
> listing took cheap shots at it based on no information.
>
>
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/06/10/vintage_coder_remember_control_data_the_lcm_wants_you/
>
> Feel free to ask me about it, too.  I won't lie about it.  I am, after
> all, in
> the same job as Ian was and I've been here 5 years longer.  (I interviewed
> Ian
> for the job.)
>
>                                                                 Rich
>
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