I'm in Oregon, a bit south of Portland... the nearest cruncher I can think of to me would be Rom... and nope, we haven't met, although I did meet FreeLarry (who doesn't frequent these forums as far as I know, but does hit #boinc pretty regularly) for breakfast once where he gave me Frankenstein. :-)

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for breakfast
> once where he gave me Frankenstein. :-)
Is that like a hickey for you north westerners?

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> once where he gave me Frankenstein. :-)

He gave you a wedgie?

Well, let's see, I was born and mostly raised here, except for a few years when I was very young and my Dad (an officer in the Navy) was transferred here. Then I got married, and since my wife couldn't find work in my home town, I moved to join her here.

Since the city I live in is really just a suburb of this one, the BOINCer I'd probably be closest to (that I know of) would be our own Byron Leigh Hatch, but, we haven't met (yet).

(I'm still hoping to convert him to my team for B.C.ers, though! :) )

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> > once where he gave me Frankenstein. :-)
>
> He gave you a wedgie?

Close... Frankenstein is a computer he threw together from old used parts he had lying around... it turned in to my gaming/Windows computer. :-)

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> > > once where he gave me Frankenstein. :-)
> >
> > He gave you a wedgie?
>
> Close... Frankenstein is a computer he threw together from old used parts he
> had lying around... it turned in to my gaming/Windows computer. :-)

But I bet you would have prefered the wedgie.

> I'm in Oregon, a bit south of Portland... the nearest cruncher I can think of
> to me would be Rom...

or me. I live in the SW suburbs of Portland, Oregon, USA. Aloha, Oregon actually. I have not met anyone here that participates on the forums. I've recruited a couple of people, but that shouldn't count.

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> I'm in Oregon, a bit south of Portland... the nearest cruncher I can think of
> to me would be Rom... and nope, we haven't met, although I did meet FreeLarry

I'm not sure where Rom lives, but I live 15 minutes south of Tacoma on I-5. From what I understand he worked for Microsoft at one time. Does he still live in Washington?

I'm in Hull (officially Kingston Upon Hull), East Yorkshire, UK; on the River Hull, off the River Humber, not too far from the North Sea coast :)
Latitude 53:45:05N
Longitude 0:21:13W
Don't know who is closest to my location. Anyone nearby?

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> I'm not sure where Rom lives, but I live 15 minutes south of Tacoma on I-5.
> From what I understand he worked for Microsoft at one time. Does he still
> live in Washington?

Yeah, I still live in Redmond, Washington.

Yes, I used to work for Microsoft in a few different product groups.

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> Yeah, I still live in Redmond, Washington.

AHA!!! So I AM the barrier to communication between our excellent developers here. (ref: a very old joke) :)

> AHA!!! So I AM the barrier to communication between our excellent developers
> here. (ref: a very old joke) :)

Hmmmmmm, I didn't realize the Internet was being run as a big game of telephone, like in grade school.

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> Hmmmmmm, I didn't realize the Internet was being run as a big game of
> telephone, like in grade school.

Think of two paper cups connected by a tought string.

Well that does seem to settle it. Rom is the closest one to me. About an hour and a half drive from me if traffic is marginally kind (I had a store I serviced in Bellevue at Crossroads Mall, so I'm very familiar with how marginal that kindness gets). Second closest would be Athlon Rob, a 2.5 to 3hr drive at highway speeds, I assume. When you said "South of Portland", you meant like Multnomah or Oregon City or something yes, not Salem?

[EDIT] Oops. Keeping with the topic of the forum, I'm ORIGINALLY from Largo, Florida, lived in that area a few years, as well as Nashville, TN, and Topeka, Kansas, but through high school I lived in Plymouth, Massachusetts (Pilgrims, the rock, no I don't wear belt buckles on my shoes, I'm not a tourist, I live here, and I don't answer questions...) I landed in Washington State because I was assigned to McChord AFB.[/EDIT]

Nope. I'm halfway between you and Rom.

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> Please this is a good thread try to keep it on topic.
>
> Where are you from, A brief history, who are you close too. Have you met?
> etc....
>
> Thanks.
>
I'm living in Hamburg (Germany). Still looking for chrunchers in that area :-))

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<blockquote>Second closest would be Athlon Rob, a 2.5 to 3hr drive at highway speeds, I assume. When you said "South of Portland", you meant like Multnomah or Oregon City or something yes, not Salem?</blockquote>
Near Yamhill/Marion counties. :-)

And yeah, Rom would be a few hours away, but it looks like Dan Wulff is actually fairly close to me. I commute farther than that most days.

<blockquote>I landed in Washington State because I was assigned to McChord AFB.</blockquote>
Are you still in? I have some friends who did a few years at McChord.

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> > I landed in Washington State because I was assigned to McChord AFB.
>
> Are you still in? I have some friends who did a few years at McChord.

I've been out since 1997. After all the places I've lived, I realized I liked this area the best so I stayed here instead of having them ship me back east. I still live just about a block away from one of the base housing areas.

<blockquote>> I'm in Oregon, a bit south of Portland... the nearest cruncher I can think of
> to me would be Rom...

or me. I live in the SW suburbs of Portland, Oregon, USA. Aloha, Oregon actually. I have not met anyone here that participates on the forums. I've recruited a couple of people, but that shouldn't count.

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Hey, you avatar is my desktop. Galaxy M81. Cool....!

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