At least my daughter graduated last year and with no write off this year I took it upon myself to create the write off. I'm driving and at .55 a mile that's a decent write off. At least they are not making me use vacation.
-----Original Message----- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:ib...@listserv.uark.edu] On Behalf Of Mike Walter Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2009 12:22 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: SHARE in Austin Cory, I considered paying my own way, but my most-senior "budget manager" scowled pretty fiercely when I mentioned the idea. Wives can be that way. ;-) We have a daughter in 2nd year of an out-of-state college, and a son entering a different out-of-state college next fall. If the company can't afford my travel, with those college expenses staring us in the face I can't either. :-( Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Any opinions expressed herein are mine alone and do not necessarily represent the opinions or policies of Hewitt Associates. "MacIntyre, Cory" <cory.macint...@navistar.com> Sent by: "The IBM z/VM Operating System" <IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU> 02/26/2009 11:46 AM Please respond to "The IBM z/VM Operating System" <IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU> To IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU cc Subject Re: SHARE in Austin That's one reason I'm paying everything myself to go to Share, to get the heck out of Dodge(Chicago). -----Original Message----- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:ib...@listserv.uark.edu] On Behalf Of Mike Walter Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2009 11:35 AM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: SHARE in Austin Sure. Go ahead... rub salt (weather) into the open wounds of all those whose travel/education budgets were slashed, preventing them from attending SHARE until all the economic moons align again. :-( It's especially salty for those of us where the weather is decidedly more damp and chilly, without ANY word of sun: Chicago area outlook High/Low (°F) Precip. % Thu Feb 26 Rain / Thunder 40°/23° 100 % Fri Feb 27 Cloudy 27°/16° 20 % Sat Feb 28 Cloudy 27°/13° 10 % Sun Mar 01 Flurries 27°/13° 30 % Mon Mar 02 Mostly Cloudy 32°/21° 10 % Tue Mar 03 Partly Cloudy 31°/20° 10 % Wed Mar 04 Partly Cloudy 34°/23° 10 % Thu Mar 05 Light Wintry Mix 34°/24° 60 % Fri Mar 06 Partly Cloudy 35°/24° 10 % Sat Mar 07 Rain/Snow Showers 36°/22° 60 % <sigh> *Why* did my forebears stop heading west when they got to Chicago!?? At least I don't have to mow the grass yet! Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Any opinions expressed herein are mine alone and do not necessarily represent the opinions or policies of Hewitt Associates. "Dave Jones" <d...@vsoft-software.com> Sent by: "The IBM z/VM Operating System" <IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU> 02/26/2009 10:42 AM Please respond to "The IBM z/VM Operating System" <IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU> To IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU cc Subject SHARE in Austin (Cross-posted to both the VM and Linux-390 lists). For all those folks heading to Austin for SHARE next week, heer's what we expwect the weather to be like there: Friday: Cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with a high near 81. South wind 5 to 10 mph becoming north northwest. Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 50. North wind between 5 and 15 mph. Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 64. Windy, with a north northwest wind between 15 and 25 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph. Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 36. North wind between 5 and 15 mph. Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 64. North wind around 5 mph becoming east southeast. Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 38. South southeast wind around 5 mph. Monday: Sunny, with a high near 70. South wind between 5 and 15 mph. Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 51. Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 77. Tuesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 52. Wednesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 76. Austin is getting a cold front (well, at least it's cold to us...) late Friday night so both Saturday and Sunday nights will be chilly.....bring a coat. The rest of the week should be very nice. If your looking for something interesting to do and free, check out the bats that live under the Congress Street bridge. It's home to the largest urban bat colony in North America. The colony is estimated at 1.5 million Mexican free-tail bats. They emerge at dusk to go hunting for insects. From the Convention Center, it's an easy, straight walk of about .3 of a mile (1600 feet, or 480 meters). 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