Loving the Snow

I love the Mountains and I especially love Carol she is always nice to me and never hurts me.

 I love to play angels in the snow (ask Carol about her angels, it was very funny).

I also tried to hide in the snow, because I knew there would be trouble with all those so called friends around; but that is for the next post

And after all that I needed to warm up by the fire.

The Big Bithday

Finally the big Birthday arrived, only Debra didn't, apparently she and Pete had a midnight drink to start off the day and they forgot about alcohol working much faster at altitude, either that or post 50 you get drunk very quickly; either way neither made it to breakfast!



After a shared coffee mid morning, they made it into the light. I thought Debra would just go back to bed but Alex had a treat in store and it was off to a whiskey distillery. Note whiskey is spelt with an 'e' just like they do here in Ireland. I had a great time, hanging out

Kept In The Dark

In my last posting I talked about being on board flights on my way to Denver. Well it took a bit longer to get there than Debra planned....

If you ask Debra she says United Airlines lost her bag in Chicago, but I think she is really daft. She also tells people that her bags arriving with her after transit through Chicago is 7/5 in United's favour. Surely she isn't that naive?

The real reason is I am having an affair with a United Baggage handler vest, and Debra falls for it every time. Just don't tell Miranda.

Debra is so Old

Last year we celebrated Mogens' 50th - a lot!! Well this year it is Debra's turn, and Tim Gorman a fellow ACE has just had his 50th. Last year Tim and Debra decided they would celebrate together at our traditional Faux Table. Most people are Oakies (Debra is just a groupie) and when Tim sent the invite around we discovered another Oakie Peter sharman is 50 the exact same day as Debra, and so he to has come over and there will be 150 candles.

I think I will be forgotten and overshadowed a bit and it will be tough but they deserve a little if my limelight. Mogens and I will look on from afar and wish that Dan could be with us, yet again it is the any 3/4; still we will all be together at MOW soon and then on a boat in Mexico in the summer.

I am writing this inboard the 2 nd of 4 flights to Denver, we started very early from Belfast and then discovered our main flight to Chicago is going via Boston, not sure why, something to do with the pilot being 'out of hours' - I think that just means he worked normal days - all my geek friends work around the clock, and it doesn't hurt them!

Then we finally get to Denver late but are not leaving the airport, Debra is going to Salt Lake City to see the great Floyd Teter, he keeps asking me to visit and finally I have found time for him.

So looking forward to a great week of parties, Debra may be old but I like her , and since Miranda decided to stay at home I can party and behave bowers hard I want, no one will be judging me.

New friends -what is her problem?

During our trip to Redwood Shores Debra also had UX training, I think that stands for Unlimited eXploits as it is always such fun.

It is a very special group with a secret website I can't share but I can show you my Lille Stanley picture and my profile.

This year there were some new guys and Debra said she didn't like them because they are 'sales' -not sure what that means but it must be awful, there is another  Dane she also calls sales so they must be bad. Anyway I disagree they all seemed fun and even Debra laughed with them in class but made me promise not to tell anyone. She trusts me, my lips are sealed.

Safe For A While

You know how I worry about the Danes, well Mogens is just all talk I can handle him, the one I really worry about is the tank commander.

Since the tank incident (I still can't talk about it without a shudder), and the cruel summer he put me through, I have tried to avoid Denmark but he followed me to Japan. Is no-where safe?

However he is now off somewhere, probably under cover with Miracle Security, so I a safe for a few months. In this photo our friend Janni is sporting his uniform, why does he think his vest is safer than me? Perhaps I should have gone with him.

Take Care Friend, I will probably miss you.

Stanley Unlocks More of The Story

This week was the annual pilgrimage of user group leaders to what my friend Floyd calls the mothership.

Lots of my friends I made in Latin America and Asia PAC were there, Paola from Equador, Robin from columbia, Eduardo from Brazil, Nelson and Edelweiss from Uraguay. Marshall from China, Masato Abe from Tokyo, Dougs from Auckland, and of course travelling friends like Ronald and dog, Murali and Hans.

Debra tells me this is great education and I agree, in the past I have learnt here about Sun and then the Cloud. This year I learnt that the Cloud in the Sun box is for big data. So where do they put the little data?