Introductions......

by **onestilllearning** » Tue Apr 26, 2005 7:38 am

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I have been working for a company here in town for the last 8 and 1/2 years in which the company is in the process of moving to Mexico...

At my former company, I was sent to Mexico to train people on our computer system, because they decided to move the whole division down to Chihuahua. I can relate to what you must be feeling. Fingers crossed that things work out well for you in the future.

Peace
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Sadie

I am a republican and heve supported George Bush but NAFTA and many other ass kissing concesions and lack tarrifs and economic santions have had a huge impact on the high tech industry. I was an account executive for a memory manufacturer (as in SIMMS, DIMMS,SRAMS ) and I watched manufactureing go to bigger and fewer contract manufacturers that all slowly but surely moved south to mexico and overseas, and that include even the prototyping and design work and of call for technical support and your in India. We kept the milk and gave away the cow. I no longer jet about the country and attend COMDEX shows. I clean carpets. Country Rose Carpet Cleaning, "Chemical Free and Dry in Minutes" at least I get along with the owner.

by **onestilllearning** » Tue Apr 26, 2005 4:55 pm

Ash writes -

I am a computer consultant, programmer and engineer currently working on developing custom server side web-based applications in a Linux, Unix, BSD and Macintosh OS X environments.

Whats your take on the state of high tech in the US?

by **DeeJaySTYX** » Tue Apr 26, 2005 5:50 pm

Ash Wrote;

I am Ash. And among many other things one thing I am very careful not to do is divelge too much personal information on a public web site.

I have to agree with you...That's why I don't disclose my name, address, phone number, and any other Critical information on a public web site, but I don't mind disclosing a few things about myself such as hobbies, personal experiences, or some idea of the company I work for (without mentioning any names).....

And thanks to all for the kind words for my employment situation.....

DeeJay.....

by **Ash** » Tue Apr 26, 2005 10:00 pm

onestilllearning wrote:Whats your take on the state of high tech in the US?

This is a pretty broad question. Can you be more specific as to what you're asking?

by **stevebuk1** » Wed Apr 27, 2005 2:03 am

ok. a bit about me................
from england,mid 40,s. got divorced 5 years ago. decided to do things that i wanted to do.
have visited the states over the last 4 years.been to over 20 shows.
probably 300 + in england. went to 37 last year.
favourite bands ..too many to mention...but..
nightranger,styx,kansas,journey,cheap trick,queensryche,rush,scorpions etc,etc
have tickets for the following shows in america..kansas,dennis de young,reo speedwagon,nightranger,zz top,offspring,styx
have tickets for the following shows in england...queen,soul sirkus,bryan adams,mark knopfler,kansas,styx(4 times),sammy hagar,motley crue,anastacia,meat loaf,dio,u2.

as you can see, concerts are my passion.have met loads of great people on my travels.

long may it continue !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

by **evileyes** » Wed Apr 27, 2005 5:44 am

stevebuk1 wrote:...have tickets for the following shows in america...dennis de young...styx...have tickets for the following shows in england...queen....

Wow! You're travelling from England to see DeYoung?! That's outrageous! Which show?

Also, let us know how the queen show goes. I'd love to see them!

by **onestilllearning** » Wed Apr 27, 2005 6:00 am

as you can see, concerts are my passion.have met loads of great people on my travels.

Are you indepedently wealthy ?

by **stevebuk1** » Wed Apr 27, 2005 3:07 pm

evileyes wrote:
stevebuk1 wrote:...have tickets for the following shows in america...dennis de young...styx...have tickets for the following shows in england...queen....

Wow! You're travelling from England to see DeYoung?! That's outrageous! Which show?

Also, let us know how the queen show goes. I'd love to see them!

im seeing dennis at the musikfest,p.a. early august. i have a front row ticket.
will be seeing queen twice. i like queen,but the main reason im going is to see paul rodgers.first show is may 5th. will send you a report !!

by **stevebuk1** » Wed Apr 27, 2005 3:08 pm

onestilllearning wrote:as you can see, concerts are my passion.have met loads of great people on my travels.

Are you indepedently wealthy ?

no..not at all !!!!!!!!!!!!

got divorced 5 years ago,my lad is grown up...thought id go out and enjoy myself a bit more !!!

by **onestilllearning** » Wed Apr 27, 2005 4:25 pm

Please let those of us still in chains live vicariously thru you. Post reports/reviews. Particulary intersted in
Pauls vocals compared to Freddys.

by **PsychoSy** » Wed Apr 27, 2005 8:00 pm

I'm a 31 year old single Dad with a 4 year old daughter. Currently laid off but hope that changes soon. Most of know me from lurking around here for a few years but had to scale back posting because the bitchfests between Froy and *add random guest* where just too much.

I originally came from a different board and the only reason I left that one was I formatted my PC and then lost my login/password. Didn't want to go through the whole re-register rigamarole. Besides, the layout of the board sucked. Then it moved somewhere and I lost track of it. Great people, though -- Zan and I are old-schoolers from that joint and that's where she was the Queen of Sarcasm -- seriously, too ... Bruce Campbell, eat your heart out. With Zan's presence here, I'm wondering if some of the others like Sparky and Balin(sp?) will crawl out of the woodwork here someday.

Speaking of Balin, he once re-edited and re-arranged "Highcrimes & Misdemeanors" that totally removed the whole "hip-hop cracy" parts and it kicked ass. Made the song much better and I no longer have it.

As for seeing Styx live, not yet and hope that'll change soon. Other than bickering about Styx here from time to time, I'm usually working -- either at day job (if I have one), on my own manuscripts, my dirtly liberal hippie leftwing blog, or a little online gaming on a server that I help administrate (damned cheaters!) :twisted:

by **Zan** » Wed Apr 27, 2005 10:49 pm

PsychoSy wrote:I originally came from a different board and the only reason I left that one was I formatted my PC and then lost my login/password. Didn't want to go through the whole re-register rigamarole. Besides, the layout of the board sucked. Then it moved somewhere and I lost track of it. Great people, though -- Zan and I are old-schoolers from that joint and that's where she was the Queen of Sarcasm -- seriously, too ... Bruce Campbell, eat your heart out. With Zan's presence here, I'm wondering if some of the others like Sparky and Balin(sp?) will crawl out of the woodwork here someday.

Speaking of Balin, he once re-edited and re-arranged "Highcrimes & Misdemeanors" that totally removed the whole "hip-hop cracy" parts and it kicked ass. Made the song much better and I no longer have it.

Those were the days, my friend. We thought they'd never end...Actually, the board now resides at www.glenburtnik.com/styxnet for the time being. Paul Holt set it up using the server space from Burtnikville because the other board was crashing too much. Feel free to drop in. You won't see much of me tho, as I letf with one finger in the air a couple of days ago. LOL

Speaking of, Sparky did the same thing a couple of years ago. haven't seen her since, but I hear she's got a life now. Good for her. Balin still posts periodically, and I'm sure if you ask him, he'll send you a copy of that souped-up HC&M mp3.

I still AM the Queen of Sarcasm, dammit! ;-)

by **Abitaman** » Thu Apr 28, 2005 10:12 am

DeeJaySTYX wrote:Eric, I had a tough year this year and I averaged a 181...

Classic, no it was the 6 pin...My last shot went Brooklyn and it was a little too tight to carry the 6...My team mate had the 10 pin.... 5 years ago a 10 pin cost me another 300 game, I left a 10 in the first frame and went on to shoot 290...

Sorry about the whole Mexico thing ruining your career, that really sucks!

You got that right, the song "Killing The Thing That You Love" comes to my mind to the executives that made that decision, and "Goodbye Roseland" is to the good people that I enjoyed working with....

Sorry to hear about your knee...Are you still able to bowl?????

DeeJay.....

Average is about 180, but with handicap I'm in the top 3 in my league. Haven't bowled in a league though, for a couple years, just with some friends once a week, and since my wife hurt her leg, tripping over a kids toy, only been twice in the past year.-ERIC

by **ek88** » Thu Apr 28, 2005 11:28 am

Sheesh, maybe we should rename this a bowling message board. I, too, am a bowler :shock:

Carry between a 180-190, depending what year you catch me on. I'm kind of the Chuck Panozzo of my league these days, showing up as a substitute on select nights :wink:

by **SuiteMadameBlue** » Thu Apr 28, 2005 1:47 pm

I'll add to the "bowling" part of the thread. I'm the captain of our team and no one could make up their minds picking a name at the beginning of the season. So I had to make a decision, our team name is:

StyxPackersFans

Yes, I wear either my Styx or Packer shirts for bowling - LOL

PschyoSy, I hope you find a job soon - Good Luck

stevebuk1, sorry to hear about your divorce, but I'm glad to hear about your travel/concert plans - Good For You!! I try to balance a family, concerts and traveling. So far it's been working out pretty good

Please post reviews of your concert adventures, that would be great.

It sounds like all the parents and single parents on this board are doing a great job with their kids. Parenting is the hardest job in the world.

I'm glad to meet all of you on line

by **bugsymalone** » Mon May 23, 2005 1:12 am

I thought I might bump this up to the top again as there are some posters who did not respond. Perhaps they did not want to (not a criticism!), or may have simply missed this thread.

I thought it was quite interesting to get to know our fellow StyxMelodicRockers.

It got WAY off subject there for a bit (Wow! THAT never happens!), but I thought I would give it another shot and if it drops off again, so be it.

Bugsy

by **swwskj** » Sat Jun 18, 2005 2:38 am

OSL,

I hope you don't mind, but instead of everyone rewriting their posts for some of the newer posters I felt it would be easier to move this one back up to the top.

Scott

by **mr.v** » Sat Jun 18, 2005 3:43 am

Well I guess I can add my two cents worth to the thread now that it's back.

Like ASH I live in the Nashville TN area where I work as a TV producer, editor and voice over artist. I'm married with two great kids ages 16 and 10. I also work part time in a discount bookstore where I spend all my checks on books.

I'm an avid music collector with well over 1000 cd's in my collection. It's mostly classic/arena rock but I have a little bit of everything. I've been a styx fan since the late 70's and saw them for the first time on the Paradise Theater tour. I love the guys music and think it's a shame that the originals have gone their merry way but under the circumstances I certanilly understand why it happened. I would love to see Deyoung if he ever comes to the area. I was lucky enought to see the "Hunchback" musical when it was produced here in town and I thought it was wonderful. I've seen the current Styx line up quiet a few times and will continue to see them when they come to the area.

Let's see what else, I play Bass in a local contemporary christian band which includes a regular Sunday service, I've been known to write the ocassional song and I have one called "Depth's Of The Fathers Love" that my dream would be for Dennis to hear and possibly cut, it has his name and style written all over it.

Well I guess that's enough for now....

Oh yeah I forgot to mentioned that I spent a wonderous weekend in Atlanta with the sexy Goddess of Sarcasm - ZAN- a while back. She was great!

I also came around here from the STYXNET BB, I still visit there occasionally but they never seem to talk about STYX anymore so I come here for the info and conversation.

by **onestilllearning** » Sat Jun 18, 2005 7:14 am

I would like to hear from STYXMIKE..................

by **classicstyxfan** » Sat Jun 18, 2005 7:26 am

for punishment, Styxmike's mom used to put him in his room for hours and made him listen to a reel-to-reel tape of nothing but BEATLES tunes all featuring RINGO on lead vocals....this is how he developed his pronounced hatred for all things Beatles !

To this day, if you approach him and sing "In the tooooown, where I was
born..........." he's likely to clock you in the nose ! :wink:

OK, Styxmike, give us the real story !

by **swwskj** » Sat Jun 18, 2005 1:06 pm

Mr. V,

I like everyone else is interested in your 'dream weekend' with our resident queen of sarcasm, "miss zan." Please elaborate.

Sincerly yours,

Scott

by **Zan** » Sat Jun 18, 2005 5:04 pm

swwskj wrote:Mr. V,

I like everyone else is interested in your 'dream weekend' with our resident queen of sarcasm, "miss zan." Please elaborate.

Sincerly yours,

Scott

Ha...hahaha...Oh my sides! LOL

It's just that Glen is so dreamy... ;-)

He and his lovely wife, Mrs. V., joined me, my daughter, and about 30 other Glen fans for a GREAT weekend. There was the pre-show party the night before, and the concert itself, which was amazing. My daughter and I sat right next to them at the show. They are delightful people. Much like everyone who attended that weekend.

Sorry it wasn't more "elaborate." LOL

by **styxmike** » Sat Jun 18, 2005 5:53 pm

OK
jeeeeez classic you are so close to the truth !!!!!no kidding
Im fron WIGAN which is between LIVERPOOL and Manchester
40yrs young , shackeled , 1 daughter (12 A Dennis fan)
been into rock since I WAS 11, mainly thro my uncle , first gig Thin Lizzy Manchester 76 (my gran used to go to manchester or Liverpool and Q for tix with the rock fans LOL)
STYX are my all time fav, but I also love UFO , RAINBOW, JOURNEY,SCORPS, and all that kinda stuff , so I like my music HARD ROCK (but love ballads too)
Heres the interesting bit
the day I was born OCT 64 , a certain boy band were visiting town playing WIGAN HIPPODROME for 2 sell out gigs ,1 an afternoon show, my mom and 2 aunts (on dads side) had tix for the show, but due to me showing up early well!!! she was denied the chance to see the farty four. I like to think I did her a favour!!!!!
My mum was born in Liverpool and her family is from there (only 1 left my aunt was a frequent visitor to the cavern in her youth and saw the BBBBea sorry can't say it...... many times)
So you see classic you were almost right
I used to spend a lot of time as an infant at my grans house while my parents worked(she only lived round the corner) and my then young aunts would be playing BBeat... no almost.. all the time
Thank god for my uncle who introduced me to RAWWWWK
They are pulling down the old WIGAN HIPPO this week really sad, I will post a separate topic on this

by **mr.v** » Mon Jun 20, 2005 11:26 pm

Zan wrote:
swwskj wrote:Mr. V,

I like everyone else is interested in your 'dream weekend' with our resident queen of sarcasm, "miss zan." Please elaborate.

Sincerly yours,

Scott

Ha...hahaha...Oh my sides! LOL

It's just that Glen is so dreamy...

He and his lovely wife, Mrs. V., joined me, my daughter, and about 30 other Glen fans for a GREAT weekend. There was the pre-show party the night before, and the concert itself, which was amazing. My daughter and I sat right next to them at the show. They are delightful people. Much like everyone who attended that weekend.

Sorry it wasn't more "elaborate." LOL

You know Zan if you keep telling the truth you will ruin my reputation as a ladies man!

That was a great weekend and Zan's daughter stole my heart, she's a cutie.

by **merlo** » Tue Jun 21, 2005 1:05 am

styxmike wrote:OK
jeeeeez classic you are so close to the truth !!!!!no kidding
Im fron WIGAN which is between LIVERPOOL and Manchester
40yrs young , shackeled , 1 daughter (12 A Dennis fan)
been into rock since I WAS 11, mainly thro my uncle , first gig Thin Lizzy Manchester 76 (my gran used to go to manchester or Liverpool and Q for tix with the rock fans LOL)
STYX are my all time fav, but I also love UFO , RAINBOW, JOURNEY,SCORPS, and all that kinda stuff , so I like my music HARD ROCK (but love ballads too)
Heres the interesting bit
the day I was born OCT 64 , a certain boy band were visiting town playing WIGAN HIPPODROME for 2 sell out gigs ,1 an afternoon show, my mom and 2 aunts (on dads side) had tix for the show, but due to me showing up early well!!! she was denied the chance to see the farty four. I like to think I did her a favour!!!!!
My mum was born in Liverpool and her family is from there (only 1 left my aunt was a frequent visitor to the cavern in her youth and saw the BBBBea sorry can't say it...... many times)
So you see classic you were almost right
I used to spend a lot of time as an infant at my grans house while my parents worked(she only lived round the corner) and my then young aunts would be playing BBeat... no almost.. all the time
Thank god for my uncle who introduced me to RAWWWWK
They are pulling down the old WIGAN HIPPO this week really sad, I will post a separate topic on this

Mike do you know L.Brimilow from Wigan??

by **styxmike** » Tue Jun 21, 2005 4:56 am

yes Lee is a very good friend of mine

by **Leesa** » Tue Jun 21, 2005 2:06 pm

guess I'm already exposing a bit of my self here lol.

I'm Lisa, I'm younger (looking hee hee)than my fiance DarrenUK

I have 4 daughters who I take much pride in,

all are in college with one going to U of F this fall! woohooo I have a Lil Gator!

I was married for 23 years however the breakup was the best thing that could have happened to me.
I am successfully running a small business in photography however
am finding myself on a roller coaster ride with it, and contemplating only doing it on the side and finding something more stable income wise.

Photography has always been a hobby of mine and a self esteem booster, I shoot everything but Mostly High school dance/cheer squads, Dance studios, action shots of Football games and track at our local high schools,
I also do Weddings, Talent shows, action photos at dance competitions, and model like portfolios and my fav babies.

I have great shots of band members from Asia and Dare from the concerts I attended while spending much needed time with Darren In England. I met Darren Wharton, Richie Dews, Andy Moore and Marc (keyboardist on the road with Dare and manager :lol:

while I was there, personally sat and had a beer with them and now have new email friends as I'm making a photo montage to music for them of all the photos I shot, it's fantastic and I love that I can do this for them. I hear from Richie once every few weeks which is really cool, I have tons of great photos of Asia band members as well, as someone said in here about fantastic drummers, MR CHRIS SLADE is the absolute best drummer I have ever seen.
Now to my sexy Englishman lol...Darren and I met via the internet 3 years ago, "We We're Friends"~Dare~ for the longest time and bonded right away, helping each other through what we found were almost identical situations in life, instantly we connected, we met 8 mths later in person and I have truly found a very caring loving funny, fantastic awesome man with the sexiest voice in the world :wink:

I adore you Baby.
Darren loves Coconut and cake that has lots of nuts in it

lol so I'll be sure to serve him his favorite things lol. :roll:

I love musicals with Grease being my favorite followed by The Sound of Music.
I have always loved Styx, Journey, The Eagles, Skynyrd, Clapton, REO, Jimmy Buffet, Fleetwood Mac, The Carpenters, to name a few, and my new fav band at the moment Dare and Asia, I'm not as knowledgeable as some of you are about members of the bands but have learned a lot being a part of this board, I enjoy reading the posts in here and appreciate the opinions of others and learning more about my fav music minus the crap said back and forth at one another, just not necessary.

I Love the beach and spending time with my granddaughter and love going to the movies when I can find someone to go with me. I like making photo montages into videos with the help of my daughter who has her own videography business, she teaches me quite a bit and I love it.
k enough of me babbling, thanks for giving me the opportunity though.
~Cheers~
Leesa

MR

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