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Re: I am lost!
- To: "Kevin 'Tex' Houston" <hous0042@maroon.tc.umn.edu>
- Subject: Re: I am lost!
- From: kgstar@most.fw.hac.com (Kelly Starks x7066 MS 10-39)
- Date: Thu, 25 Jul 1996 09:56:33 -0500
- Cc: Philip Bakelaar <pbakelaar@exit109.com>, Zenon Kulpa <zkulpa@zmit1.ippt.gov.pl>, KellySt@aol.com, T.L.G.vanderLinden@student.utwente.nl, stevev@efn.org, jim@bogie2.bio.purdue.edu, zkulpa@ippt.gov.pl, rddesign@WOLFENET.COM, David@InterWorld.com, lparker@destin.gulfnet.com, DotarSojat@aol.com, sl0c8@cc.usu.edu, 101765.2200@COMPUSERVE.COM, kgstar@most.fw.hac.com, neill@foda.math.usu.edu, mkshp@IONET.NET
At 9:34 PM 7/24/96, Kevin 'Tex' Houston wrote:
>Philip Bakelaar wrote:
>>
>> OK.. i have several questions.
>>
>> Guys, please tell me that all this knowledge (ya know,
>> the political jokes and all this science stuff) comes
>> with age? I really hope so.
>
>yeah, it's the only positive thing about growing old and ugly. ;)
>
><snip>
>
>> David, (and Kev, or was it Kelly), who have
>> worked at JSC, is that a good job? It
>
>It Kelly, I work for another Goverment Agency, Defense Contracting
>Management Command. We're the guys who's job it is to add so many
>extra regulations and such on top of the contractors so they don't
>make too much profit when they sell the US a $400.00 hammer. :)
What he doesn't say, is that the $400 hammers cost $10 with $390 of
administration overhead charges, which cover the cost of filling out all
the paperwork for his agency. ;)
>> sounds like a lot of fun, (relatively
>> speaking, of course), and it IS good pay,
>> right?
>
>I wouldn't really say it's good pay, but The benifits are good, and
>as long as the budget is solid, you have a lot of security. Someone
>in my office said the only way he could be fired is if he was caught
>in bed with the commander's under-aged son.
>
>
>
>--
>Kevin "Tex" Houston http://umn.edu/~hous0042/index.html
With government agancies like that it takes so much trouble to fire
someone, that they just stuff you in a cornar and wait for you to retire.
Kelly
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Sr. Systems Engineer
Magnavox Electronic Systems Company
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