CNN article on 50 best jobs -- #1 is software

[Keith]

You think that's bad, try being told to go over to the checkin for
international flights when going to New Mexico.

Yeah, there was a politician from NM (governor?) in the 80s who was
in trouble with the IRS for not filing as "US Resident living
outside the US".

 

[Grant Edwards]

No, but Hill and Bill are from Arkansas. Hmm, I see your point.

Hillary isn't from Arkansas. She lived there for a few years,
but she's from a suburb of Chicago. From there she went to
Wellesley and Yale.

Even if you disagree with her politics, I don't see how she
could be classified as a "Hillbilly".

 

[Chris Hills]

Chris Hills wrote:

Chris Hills wrote:

[...]

Ask in some parts of "Hillbilly" land USA* and Pig farmer will be Heaven
judging by the film Deliverance


Those are the Brits of old who failed to assimilate into the
bigger US culture.

Strange as we don't have anyone like that in the UK...

How about Benny Hill? ;-)

Now sadly departed. But he was into [lots of] women not pigs.

BTW I was not suggesting everyone in the USA was a hillbilly or into
pigs....

Some like goats

It is just that I was not sure where the "hilbilly" areas were
considered to be. Just as most Americans would not know where the black
country in the UK was.

Having read the James Harriot books at least twice,
once by myself and once to my daughter when she
was little, I think I got a pretty good description
of rural UK life. Whether that's the same as
black country, I don't know.

The black country (east of Brum) was industrial

 

[Chris Hills]

Cajuns live mostly in southwest Louisiana and a bit over the line into
Texas. They are certainly not hillbillies, who live in east-central
USA, like Tennessee and West Virginia.

[snip]

Montani Semper Liberi!

What does that mean? I don't speak hillbilly.

John

It's Latin... "Mountaineers Are Always Free"... the WV state motto.

Hillbillys aren't from West Virginia, they're from Arkansas.

...Jim Thompson

I thought Clinton was from Arkansas

 

[Jim Thompson]

On Mon, 17 Apr 2006 08:57:50 -0700, Jim Thompson


Cajuns live mostly in southwest Louisiana and a bit over the line into
Texas. They are certainly not hillbillies, who live in east-central
USA, like Tennessee and West Virginia.

[snip]

Montani Semper Liberi!

What does that mean? I don't speak hillbilly.

John

It's Latin... "Mountaineers Are Always Free"... the WV state motto.

Hillbillys aren't from West Virginia, they're from Arkansas.

...Jim Thompson

If I can't understand their accent, they're hillbillies to me. I guess
that includes New Hampshire.

Do you still have your accent? I somehow escaped from New Orleans
without much evidence... people think I'm from New Yawk or something.

John

Four years in Massachusetts killed my southern accent.

...Jim Thompson
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[Jim Thompson]

On Mon, 17 Apr 2006 08:57:50 -0700, Jim Thompson


Cajuns live mostly in southwest Louisiana and a bit over the line into
Texas. They are certainly not hillbillies, who live in east-central
USA, like Tennessee and West Virginia.

[snip]

Montani Semper Liberi!

What does that mean? I don't speak hillbilly.

John

It's Latin... "Mountaineers Are Always Free"... the WV state motto.

Hillbillys aren't from West Virginia, they're from Arkansas.

...Jim Thompson

I thought Clinton was from Arkansas

Yes. Isn't that fitting ?

...Jim Thompson
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Old Latin teachers never die...they just decline

 

[Boki]

larwe 寫�：

Pretty much. You point to a Reader's Digest view of the world, expect a
Reader's Digest answer. You're showing mass-consumer media articles to
a technical audience.

I just finished writing a book on how to be an embedded engineer. I
think it's a much better job than being a pure software guy, especially
in the sense those clowns meant it. Hanging your career on app-level
shrinkwrap crap is pretty much painting an outsourcing target on your
back.

I want to buy this one, could you please provide information?

Best regards,
Boki.

 

[Bryan Hackney]

Hillary isn't from Arkansas. She lived there for a few years,
but she's from a suburb of Chicago. From there she went to
Wellesley and Yale.

Even if you disagree with her politics, I don't see how she
could be classified as a "Hillbilly".

A screeching harridan can be mistaken for a hillbilly. The
screeching hides the accent, and all that remains is
the impression of someone you don't want to know. Plus
the BO, but you have to get close to notice that. Has all
the teeth, it appears.

 

[Jim Thompson]

Hillary isn't from Arkansas. She lived there for a few years,
but she's from a suburb of Chicago. From there she went to
Wellesley and Yale.

Even if you disagree with her politics, I don't see how she
could be classified as a "Hillbilly".

A screeching harridan can be mistaken for a hillbilly. The
screeching hides the accent, and all that remains is
the impression of someone you don't want to know. Plus
the BO, but you have to get close to notice that. Has all
the teeth, it appears.

"A screeching harridan..."? I had to look that up ;-)

...Jim Thompson
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Old Latin teachers never die...they just decline

 

[Keith]

Hillary isn't from Arkansas. She lived there for a few years,
but she's from a suburb of Chicago. From there she went to
Wellesley and Yale.

Even if you disagree with her politics, I don't see how she
could be classified as a "Hillbilly".

Good grief, no one (Hill included) where she's from or what she is. She
was originally from IL, but that did work for her political aspirations,
so took root in AK. That worked for a while, but was looking for whiter
pastures. DC worked, for a while (as long as she has guards). Then when
the bitch couldn't make it in AK or IL, she landed in NY. Now, you tell
me where she's from and what she wants!

 

[Mark McDougall]

http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/bestjobs/

Spot on!!!

Last Friday night was a blast - we'd just put the finishing touches on
our latest XBOX-360 game and the team sent out for beer and pizza and
'play-tested' it until the early hours!

A bit of change of pace this week - got in Monday morning to find that
the military lasers needed tweaking - *again*! <groan> Thankfully that
was done by lunchtime, which left the rest of the afternoon to devote to
my freelance projects!

Anyway, gotta run - about to fly out to Time Warner to do some work on
the special effects software for some new Jessica Alba movie and
apparently she wants to meet me first...

Regards,

 

[Bryan Hackney]

Jim Thompson wrote:

[...]

"A screeching harridan..."? I had to look that up ;-)

The word is making a comeback. For some reason. Guess.

[...]

 

[Chris Hills]

On Mon, 17 Apr 2006 11:00:48 -0700, John Larkin

On Mon, 17 Apr 2006 08:57:50 -0700, Jim Thompson


Cajuns live mostly in southwest Louisiana and a bit over the line into
Texas. They are certainly not hillbillies, who live in east-central
USA, like Tennessee and West Virginia.

[snip]

Montani Semper Liberi!

What does that mean? I don't speak hillbilly.

John


It's Latin... "Mountaineers Are Always Free"... the WV state motto.

Hillbillys aren't from West Virginia, they're from Arkansas.

...Jim Thompson

I thought Clinton was from Arkansas

Yes. Isn't that fitting ?

...Jim Thompson

Well he appears a lot less of a hillbilly than the idiot in the White
House at the moment.

 

[Jim Thompson]

[snip]

Well he appears a lot less of a hillbilly than the idiot in the White
House at the moment.

Naaah! That's just west Texas. You just don't appreciate his humor
;-)

...Jim Thompson
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Old Latin teachers never die...they just decline

 

[Everett M. Greene]

[snip]

Well he [Bill Clinton] appears a lot less of a hillbilly than
the idiot in the White House at the moment.

This is one time I can agree with Mr. Hill's opinion regarding
U.S. government...

Naaah! That's just west Texas. You just don't appreciate his humor
;-)

He appears to have the intelligence to be a fence post
on the Staked Plain.

 

[Jim Thompson]

[snip]

Well he [Bill Clinton] appears a lot less of a hillbilly than
the idiot in the White House at the moment.

This is one time I can agree with Mr. Hill's opinion regarding
U.S. government...

Naaah! That's just west Texas. You just don't appreciate his humor
;-)

He appears to have the intelligence to be a fence post
on the Staked Plain.

You just have "blue" bias... may Indian Wells be overrun with Mexicans
;-)

...Jim Thompson
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Old Latin teachers never die...they just decline

 

[Kryten]

I suspect a more likely candidate is coal mining territory.

The James Herriot books are based in the Yorkshire Dales IIRC.
The word dales is from the Norse word for valley.
That area is green and largely agricultural.

The Black Country is exactly the opposite: it was so named because it was
blackened by the pollution of heavy industry. It was a heavy coal consuming
area in the industrial revolution.

It isn't really black anymore, as industry became less heavy and polluting,
but the name stuck.

 

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On Mon, 17 Apr 2006 11:00:48 -0700, John Larkin

On Mon, 17 Apr 2006 08:57:50 -0700, Jim Thompson


Cajuns live mostly in southwest Louisiana and a bit over the line into
Texas. They are certainly not hillbillies, who live in east-central
USA, like Tennessee and West Virginia.

[snip]

Montani Semper Liberi!

What does that mean? I don't speak hillbilly.

John


It's Latin... "Mountaineers Are Always Free"... the WV state motto.

Hillbillys aren't from West Virginia, they're from Arkansas.

...Jim Thompson

If I can't understand their accent, they're hillbillies to me. I guess
that includes New Hampshire.

Do you still have your accent? I somehow escaped from New Orleans
without much evidence... people think I'm from New Yawk or something.

John

Four years in Massachusetts killed my southern accent.

...Jim Thompson

Well ghaou-lee...

 

[Jim Thompson]

On Mon, 17 Apr 2006 11:03:47 -0700, Jim Thompson

On Mon, 17 Apr 2006 11:00:48 -0700, John Larkin

On Mon, 17 Apr 2006 08:57:50 -0700, Jim Thompson


Cajuns live mostly in southwest Louisiana and a bit over the line into
Texas. They are certainly not hillbillies, who live in east-central
USA, like Tennessee and West Virginia.

[snip]

Montani Semper Liberi!

What does that mean? I don't speak hillbilly.

John


It's Latin... "Mountaineers Are Always Free"... the WV state motto.

Hillbillys aren't from West Virginia, they're from Arkansas.

...Jim Thompson



If I can't understand their accent, they're hillbillies to me. I guess
that includes New Hampshire.

Do you still have your accent? I somehow escaped from New Orleans
without much evidence... people think I'm from New Yawk or something.

John

Four years in Massachusetts killed my southern accent.

...Jim Thompson

Well ghaou-lee...

Mayberry is in North Carolina.

...Jim Thompson
--
| James E.Thompson, P.E. | mens |
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| Phoenix, Arizona Voice480)460-2350 | |
| E-mail Address at Website Fax480)460-2142 | Brass Rat |
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Old Latin teachers never die...they just decline

 

[Keith]

On Mon, 17 Apr 2006 11:47:20 -0700, John Larkin

On Mon, 17 Apr 2006 11:03:47 -0700, Jim Thompson

On Mon, 17 Apr 2006 11:00:48 -0700, John Larkin

On Mon, 17 Apr 2006 08:57:50 -0700, Jim Thompson


Cajuns live mostly in southwest Louisiana and a bit over the line into
Texas. They are certainly not hillbillies, who live in east-central
USA, like Tennessee and West Virginia.

[snip]

Montani Semper Liberi!

What does that mean? I don't speak hillbilly.

John


It's Latin... "Mountaineers Are Always Free"... the WV state motto.

Hillbillys aren't from West Virginia, they're from Arkansas.

...Jim Thompson



If I can't understand their accent, they're hillbillies to me. I guess
that includes New Hampshire.

Do you still have your accent? I somehow escaped from New Orleans
without much evidence... people think I'm from New Yawk or something.

John

Four years in Massachusetts killed my southern accent.

...Jim Thompson

Well ghaou-lee...

Mayberry is in North Carolina.

The madman isn't so great at geography. ...perhaps a product of public
schools?