I met Jason Henderson !!!!
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I think I should be the excited one! I met The Christian Graus (fabled CPian all-time post leader). I'm just a schmuck living in podunk USA that's been banging away at a kbd for 12 years (professionally). You have 50+ articles, a nice Microsoft MVP shirt, and you travel the globe. But, yeah, it was so cool. The odds of this happening the way it did are super low.
"Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler." - Albert Einstein
Jason Henderson
Cool. Good to see that you are still hanging around. :)
Proud to be a CPHog user
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So, my company was bought out by Patterson, which is a big dental firm, but they own Webster, a big vet firm. I visited the offices where the Patterson software development takes place, met someone who when I mentioned CP, took me in to Jason Henderson's office. If that's not cool, I don't what what is. Thank you, CP.
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. "Iam doing the browsing center project in vb.net using c# coding" - this is why I don't answer questions much anymore. Oh, and Microsoft doesn't want me to.
I suspect many of us have "Jason Henderson"'s in our office. Probably yell and screem at each other in the soapbox, have tips for the weekend in the lounge and they could be in the next office over. However I've never been willing to connect the dots.
MrPlankton
(bad guy)"Fear is a hammer, and when the people are beaten finally to the conviction that their existence hangs by a frayed thread, they will be led where they need to go."
(good guy)"Which is where?"
(bad guy)"To a responsible future in a properly managed world."
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Oh, right. He has an awesome bio photo[^]. Wish I was half that handsome.
cheers, Paul M. Watson.
You might be, if only you'd put on a shirt and comb your damned hair.
"A Journey of a Thousand Rest Stops Begins with a Single Movement"
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I think I should be the excited one! I met The Christian Graus (fabled CPian all-time post leader). I'm just a schmuck living in podunk USA that's been banging away at a kbd for 12 years (professionally). You have 50+ articles, a nice Microsoft MVP shirt, and you travel the globe. But, yeah, it was so cool. The odds of this happening the way it did are super low.
"Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler." - Albert Einstein
Jason Henderson
Jason Henderson wrote:
The odds of this happening the way it did are super low.
The odds of it happenning at all aren't very high. Christian has driven past my house several times, judging by his travelogs, and never once called. :(( You must be special. :-D So far I've met PJ, Lauren, Rob Manderson, and Shog, and came close (within a few thousand yards) to meeting Paul, but those were planned, deliberate meetings. A chance encounter is a really amazing thing. I have to say, though, that I've never been disappointed. Those I've met in corpus have all been great people, as much a pleasure to hang with in reality as in cyberspace. I feel priveleged to have met a few in real life.:cool:
"A Journey of a Thousand Rest Stops Begins with a Single Movement"
modified on Thursday, November 13, 2008 10:07 AM
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Ah right, maybe before my time (or maybe my memory is going...) [edit] More likely he actually helped people in the REAL forums, not hang around the Lounge like I do. [/edit]
cheers, Paul M. Watson.
Paul Watson wrote:
More likely he actually helped people in the REAL forums, not hang around the Lounge like I do.
There are other forums? :wtf:
Cheers, Vıkram.
"You idiot British surprise me that your generators which grew up after Mid 50s had no brain at all." - Adnan Siddiqi.
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:laugh: Seeing as I totally blanked on your name I'll take that kick in the nuts and move on... :)
cheers, Paul M. Watson.
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Jason Henderson wrote:
The odds of this happening the way it did are super low.
The odds of it happenning at all aren't very high. Christian has driven past my house several times, judging by his travelogs, and never once called. :(( You must be special. :-D So far I've met PJ, Lauren, Rob Manderson, and Shog, and came close (within a few thousand yards) to meeting Paul, but those were planned, deliberate meetings. A chance encounter is a really amazing thing. I have to say, though, that I've never been disappointed. Those I've met in corpus have all been great people, as much a pleasure to hang with in reality as in cyberspace. I feel priveleged to have met a few in real life.:cool:
"A Journey of a Thousand Rest Stops Begins with a Single Movement"
modified on Thursday, November 13, 2008 10:07 AM
Roger Wright wrote:
Christian has driven past my house several times, judging by his travelogs, and never once called
Have I ? I guess with all my travel, I must have been near a few CPians. I was also within 45 min of one of my best friends ( not someone from CP ) on this trip, but it's rare that I have the option to take time off to visit people :(
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. "Iam doing the browsing center project in vb.net using c# coding" - this is why I don't answer questions much anymore. Oh, and Microsoft doesn't want me to.
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Christian Graus wrote:
my company was bought out by Patterson,
So are you retiring now? :)
Proud to be a CPHog user
modified on Wednesday, November 12, 2008 7:58 PM
As in shy and retiring ? Not likely.... No, it wasn't that good, and even if it was, I can't imagine a world where I'm not coding.
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. "Iam doing the browsing center project in vb.net using c# coding" - this is why I don't answer questions much anymore. Oh, and Microsoft doesn't want me to.
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Jason Henderson wrote:
The odds of this happening the way it did are super low.
The odds of it happenning at all aren't very high. Christian has driven past my house several times, judging by his travelogs, and never once called. :(( You must be special. :-D So far I've met PJ, Lauren, Rob Manderson, and Shog, and came close (within a few thousand yards) to meeting Paul, but those were planned, deliberate meetings. A chance encounter is a really amazing thing. I have to say, though, that I've never been disappointed. Those I've met in corpus have all been great people, as much a pleasure to hang with in reality as in cyberspace. I feel priveleged to have met a few in real life.:cool:
"A Journey of a Thousand Rest Stops Begins with a Single Movement"
modified on Thursday, November 13, 2008 10:07 AM
It was a totally chance encounter. My manager heard he was on CP and just looked at Christian's latest posts and saw my name. We had just posted in the Soapbox a day or two prior. When he introduced us I saw his name-tag and thought, "no it can't be the same guy". But it was. We didn't get time to talk at all, just a really-nice-to-meet-you handshake and a wow this is cool and that was it. Maybe he can stay longer next time.
"Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler." - Albert Einstein
Jason Henderson
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Roger Wright wrote:
Christian has driven past my house several times, judging by his travelogs, and never once called
Have I ? I guess with all my travel, I must have been near a few CPians. I was also within 45 min of one of my best friends ( not someone from CP ) on this trip, but it's rare that I have the option to take time off to visit people :(
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. "Iam doing the browsing center project in vb.net using c# coding" - this is why I don't answer questions much anymore. Oh, and Microsoft doesn't want me to.
I know. Most of my travel is on business, and there's few opportunities to set aside a little time for a side trip. The one time I almost met Shog I had nothing else to do and drove to the Grand Canyon to have lunch. We both learned that day that there are no cell phone services inside the park, but the day wasn't a complete waste. We both got some great pictures of the canyon and a healthy hike. :-D
"A Journey of a Thousand Rest Stops Begins with a Single Movement"