Comments on: What A Great Day

By: Bryan

Bryan — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 03:41:16 +0000

I would certainly hope that what I did has been rewritten several times since, as they would have surely moved everything to a much newer system.

The local mailer is not a member of the DMA, so it doesn’t help.

By: Amy

Amy — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 00:03:44 +0000

I got on the list about 5 years ago and about 4-5 weeks after I registered there was no junk mail in my box except the local mailer about once every 6 weeks or so. I occasionally get a subscription solicitation from publications I have received in the past but that’s about it and a welcome change from the 8 or more credit card offers I was receiving every week.
That’s neet that you wrote their software.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 19:42:12 +0000

You know Kryten, I think about those “over-qualified” conversations every time a politician talks about “training” as a solution to unemployment. It is just a convenient excuse. Corporations are requiring a four-year degree to hire people to unload trucks, so I doubt that training will solve anything.

Badtux, beware the double-nickel, that’s when it starts.

I wrote some of the software that was initially used to create the Direct Marketing Association data base, specifically the routines used to convert it into forms for mini and microcomputer platforms, Amy [I’m really an ancient in computer terms] and the problem is that the program is voluntary. The mailer has to get the exclusion data base from the DMA and run it against their mailing data base. I want something with “teeth” to bite those that won’t go along.

By: Amy

Amy — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 16:57:24 +0000

There is a do not mail list, so here’s your birthday surprise.
http://www.dma.org. The service is made available by the Direct Marketers Association (iirc) and it works! No more credit card offers, etc. You may get the local fast food coupon mail but you won’t get much junk mail

By: Badtux

Badtux — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 07:14:44 +0000

I’m working on the grumpy old sod bit myself, but still have a few years to go before that (I’m older than I look, but the AARP isn’t yet sending me the daily tome begging me to join — but they shall shortly). Congratulations on reaching the age of maturity(*).

– Badtux the Immature Penguin
(*) For some definition of “maturity” that may or may not include actual acting like a grownup 😈

By: Kryten42

Kryten42 — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 04:52:38 +0000

Happy (belated) Birthday Bryan (from another grumpy old sod, but I think we have both well earned the right to be so!) 😉 😀

You are having a heatwave, and we’ve just had the coldest May on record (we even had snow here early in May! I’ve never heard of that before). We had one morning where it was -4C, and the windchill was another -10C! And of course, I had to leave @ 8 for a 9Am appointment!! Was bloody coooooold!

I’m always told I’m *over qualified* (which is code for either “We’ll have to pay you too much” or more often “You’ll have my job in 6 Months” or “You’ll make me look stupid and I’ll lose my job”!) All of which are very short-sighted ideas from very insecure & stupid people I wouldn’t want to work for anyway! Anyone who can’t see the advantages to them of having me is someone too stupid for me to work with. Been there… yadda!

Meeeah! 😈

Ahem! So… Happy Birthday anyway! 😆

By: Bryan

Bryan — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 02:57:54 +0000

In reply to Rook.

Thank you, Rook.

No, I don’t get it: I was in intelligence like Cecil; my family name is Prussian like Clausewitz, and I speak Russian like Glinka – I guess I was over-qualified. I been hearing that for years. 😈

By: Rook

Rook — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 02:05:09 +0000

Well happy birthday! As to the latter post: Did you not making the list have anything do with your past employer?