Re: Hi!

[http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert (Robert)]

Thanks for the update.  I'll be sending out my Solstice message in just
over a week.

Re: age discrimination.  Yes.  You might wanna contact someone I met at
Prosearch (do you know about Prosearch, http://www.prosearch.org ?),
Gail at http://profiles.yahoo.com/gail_sx .  She's experienced that sort of stuff and may
have stories to relate.  She worked at UCOP for a while, too.

Re: Seattle.  Given that I attended The Evergreen State College in Olympia
as an undergrad, I know a number of people in Seattle.  Most of 'em are
either retired (ex-Microsoft employees) or computer consultants or
computer grunts.

 > From: Joan Lichterman <http://www.mindspring.com/~ebayjoan>
 > Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2004 21:04:20 -0800 (GMT-08:00)
 >
 > Hi, Robert,
 > 
 > I hope you and Nicole (did I remember that right?) are well and that you're 
 > both enjoying your jobs. I'm sorry I never even got around to responding to 
 > your invitation, let alone coming -- which I realized about a month after the 
 > event. So life goes. I'm going to start looking for a new job too, though I 
 > need to put together a resume -- and decide whether I want to continue editing 
 > or do something related. I may have to color my hair and my age spots, but I'm 
 > willing to do almost anything to get an interview. (I've heard that age 
 > discrimination is alive and well in the workplace.) In January I'm going to 
 > Seattle for about 5 days to identify neighborhoods that meet my criteria, 
 > interview a couple of realtors, talk to a friend's step-daughter about property 
 > management, and then have the realtors start looking for a duplex. I'd like to 
 > buy one before the end of June and rent them out, and then move there when I 
 > retire. Unless I win the lottery -- for which I guess one needs to buy tickets 
 > -- there's no way I can afford to get my own place in the Bay Area, even in 
 > neighborhoods I *wouldn't* want to live in. That's true now on a single income, 
 > and it will be even more true when I retire. 
 > 
 > One of these months I hope to see you. Take care, and enjoy some festivities (
 > and time off?) over the holidays. 
 > 
 > Cheers,
 > 
 > joan
 > 
 > home (when not online): 510-923-0368
 > cell: 414-3899