On 08/19/2016 10:39 AM, NACKUS - CUS - CAROL SHENKENBERGER wrote:
NB> Crazy, isn't it... ;) And then there are people from Alaska running
NB> around in sub-zero weather in shorts and tank tops.... ;)
When I was younger it would have to be in the 40's. Now days it's the 50-60
range. But then again I don't spend my winters up here anymore, so...
--
'Twas the night before crisis, and all through the house,
Not a program was working not even a browse.
The programmers were wrung out too mindless to care,
Knowing chances of cutover hadn't a prayer.
The users were nestled all snug in their beds,
While visions of inquiries danced in their heads.
When out in the lobby there arose such a clatter,
I sprang from my tube to see what was the matter.
And what to my wondering eyes should appear,
But a Super Programmer, oblivious to fear.
More rapid than eagles, his programs they came,
And he whistled and shouted and called them by name;
On Update! On Add! On Inquiry! On Delete!
On Batch Jobs! On Closing! On Functions Complete!
His eyes were glazed over, his fingers were lean,
From Weekends and nights in front of a screen.
A wink of his eye, and a twist of his head,
Soon gave me to know I had nothing to dread...
-- "Twas the Night before Crisis"
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