RE: Question for the group
... want ads in the paper . . . . isn't that . .. well . . . so '90s . . . . ? Try the web . . . . . ! -----Original Message----- From: Neil Truby [mailto:ntruby@netcomuk.co.uk] Sent: Friday, December 15, 2000 12:18 PM To: informix-list@iiug.org Subject: Re: Question for the group Excuse me! It's MY job to issue petty corrections to people's grammar, spelling and syntax on this newsgroup. Impy <wlinden@stritch.edu> wrote in message news:91b38k$3gues$1@ID-51564.news.dfncis.de... > > "Mike South" <msouth@mindspring.com> wrote in message > news:3qvh3tk2has781eohrk8gvglngbagkt1sc@4ax.com... > > > > Being an ex Informix employee and a consultant specializing in > > Informix for a long time I have some observations here. > > > > It appears Informix is going away as a database, I used to get several > > calls a week wanting Informix experience, lately none. > > > > The want ads in the paper never have Informix experience listed as > > desireable anymore. > > Gee, I'd think someone in your current business would know how to spell > desirable!
John Carlson <John_Carlson@whsmithusa.com> wrote in message news:91e1kn$6ih$1@news.xmission.com... > > ... want ads in the paper . . . . isn't that . .. well . . . so '90s . . . . > ? > > Try the web . . . . . Yes, the great thing about looking on the web, particularly for contracts, is that if you don't like the rate, description or duration of an assignment, you can the the sme assignment but with slightly different T&Cs on up to 50 other sites!
In the year of Our Lord Sat, 16 Dec 2000 00:22:58 -0000, "Neil Truby" <ntruby@netcomuk.co.uk> broke a vow of silence to utter: >John Carlson <John_Carlson@whsmithusa.com> wrote in message >news:91e1kn$6ih$1@news.xmission.com... >> >> ... want ads in the paper . . . . isn't that . .. well . . . so '90s . . . >. >> ? >> >> Try the web . . . . . > >Yes, the great thing about looking on the web, particularly for contracts, >is that if you don't like the rate, description or duration of an >assignment, you can the the sme assignment but with slightly different T&Cs >on up to 50 other sites! Sorry, but weren't you supposed to be the bloke pedantically correcting _other_ people's posts?
I'm exempt. And haven't you got anything better to do on a Saturday night? Why aren't you watching "Match of the Day"? Obnoxio The Clown <obnoxio@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:3a3bfb2b.106580314@News.CIS.DFN.DE... > In the year of Our Lord Sat, 16 Dec 2000 00:22:58 -0000, "Neil Truby" > <ntruby@netcomuk.co.uk> broke a vow of silence to utter: > > >John Carlson <John_Carlson@whsmithusa.com> wrote in message > >news:91e1kn$6ih$1@news.xmission.com... > >> > >> ... want ads in the paper . . . . isn't that . .. well . . . so '90s . . . > >. > >> ? > >> > >> Try the web . . . . . > > > >Yes, the great thing about looking on the web, particularly for contracts, > >is that if you don't like the rate, description or duration of an > >assignment, you can the the sme assignment but with slightly different T&Cs > >on up to 50 other sites! > > Sorry, but weren't you supposed to be the bloke pedantically correcting _other_ > people's posts?
In the year of Our Lord Sun, 17 Dec 2000 10:32:11 -0000, "Neil Truby" <ntruby@netcomuk.co.uk> broke a vow of silence to utter: >I'm exempt. And haven't you got anything better to do on a Saturday night? No. >Why aren't you watching "Match of the Day"? _I'm_ exempt. >Obnoxio The Clown <obnoxio@hotmail.com> wrote in message >news:3a3bfb2b.106580314@News.CIS.DFN.DE... >> In the year of Our Lord Sat, 16 Dec 2000 00:22:58 -0000, "Neil Truby" >> <ntruby@netcomuk.co.uk> broke a vow of silence to utter: >> >> >John Carlson <John_Carlson@whsmithusa.com> wrote in message >> >news:91e1kn$6ih$1@news.xmission.com... >> >> >> >> ... want ads in the paper . . . . isn't that . .. well . . . so '90s . >. . >> >. >> >> ? >> >> >> >> Try the web . . . . . >> > >> >Yes, the great thing about looking on the web, particularly for >contracts, >> >is that if you don't like the rate, description or duration of an >> >assignment, you can the the sme assignment but with slightly different >T&Cs >> >on up to 50 other sites! >> >> Sorry, but weren't you supposed to be the bloke pedantically correcting >_other_ >> people's posts? > >