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> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Clark Morris
>
> On 15 Aug 2011 14:12:50 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main you wrote:
>
> >On 8/15/2011 9:00 AM, Greg Shirey wrote:
> >> The "farewell" reception (aka SCIDS for the old timers) was really
poorly attended - that's
> something of a mystery to me.
> >
> >I didn't go to that reception because there simply wasn't time to get
to dinner
> >and back before it ended.
> Given that the Thursday SCIDS used to go until 1 AM with the singalong
> at 10 or 10:30 what was the reasoning behind the earlier hour? At age
> 72 was it because of people who are getting close to my age?
Heck, I'm just barely 40! (That's x'40', BTW. :-) )
Seems like the old "Esprit de Corps" ain't what it used to be. :-(
Perhaps we somehow allowed too big a gap to develop between the "old
guard" and the "new guard"?
-jc-
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