{"id":136,"date":"2009-09-24T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-09-24T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tokenring.org\/ring\/?p=136"},"modified":"2010-06-21T14:23:09","modified_gmt":"2010-06-21T14:23:09","slug":"september-24-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tokenring.org\/ring\/?p=136","title":{"rendered":"September 24, 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dave P. and I (Jeremy) were reminded that the end of  September means yet another anniversary of our original hire dates at  Ideal Technology Solutions in 1996; he in early September or so, me in  late September or so.  You can look at this a few different ways, but  basically we have not changed jobs for 13 years&#8230; though the job(s)  changed radically underneath us!<\/p>\n<p>So, given that the economy is garbage, times are tough, and there&#8217;s not  much to celebrate much of the time, I used this as an excuse to call for  perhaps an unnecessary cigar and a likely undeserved drink in a  potentially inappropriate celebration of this quite improbable occasion.<\/p>\n<p>So we got together for &#8220;whatever this is&#8221; on Thursday the 24th at  Roosevelt&#8217;s at 27843 Orchard Lake in Farmington Hills. It was nice to  see Ken, especially since he just parted company with the company days  before.  It was nice to see Jason, and in his attempt to pick up *my*  tab in a thankful gesture for some earlier stuff, he accidentally ended  up thanking quite a few of us! Whoops, and thanks Jason.<\/p>\n<p>Heck it was  nice to see everyone in attendance: Ken M., Dana, Steve M., Bob P., Jeff  B., Scott S., Ron B., Jeremy P., Dan, Ron&#8217;s buddy Steve, Barry H., and  Barry&#8217;s cousins Josh and Justin.<\/p>\n<p>And did I mention Jason was kind enough  to take some blurry pics too..? \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style>\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 50%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-136 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/tokenring.org\/ring\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/IMG00131.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/tokenring.org\/ring\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/IMG00131-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Jeff, Jeremy, and Ron\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-170\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-170'>\n\t\t\t\tJeff, Jeremy, and Ron\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/tokenring.org\/ring\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/IMG00132.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/tokenring.org\/ring\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/IMG00132-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Dan and Bob\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-171\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-171'>\n\t\t\t\tDan and Bob\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/tokenring.org\/ring\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/IMG00133.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/tokenring.org\/ring\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/IMG00133-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Jeremy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-172\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-172'>\n\t\t\t\tJeremy\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/tokenring.org\/ring\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/IMG00135.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/tokenring.org\/ring\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/IMG00135-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Jason\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-173\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-173'>\n\t\t\t\tJason\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/tokenring.org\/ring\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/IMG00142.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/tokenring.org\/ring\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/IMG00142-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Dana and Steve\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-174\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-174'>\n\t\t\t\tDana and Steve\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/tokenring.org\/ring\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/IMG00143.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/tokenring.org\/ring\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/IMG00143-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"The Gang, #1\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-175\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-175'>\n\t\t\t\tThe Gang, #1\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/tokenring.org\/ring\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/IMG00148.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/tokenring.org\/ring\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/IMG00148-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"The Gang, #2\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-176\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-176'>\n\t\t\t\tThe Gang, #2\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/tokenring.org\/ring\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/IMG00149.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/tokenring.org\/ring\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/IMG00149-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Dana and Steve\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-177\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-177'>\n\t\t\t\tDana and Steve\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/tokenring.org\/ring\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/IMG00150.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/tokenring.org\/ring\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/IMG00150-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Ken and Dana\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-178\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-178'>\n\t\t\t\tKen and Dana\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/tokenring.org\/ring\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/IMG00152.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/tokenring.org\/ring\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/IMG00152-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"The Gang, #3\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-179\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-179'>\n\t\t\t\tThe Gang, #3\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/tokenring.org\/ring\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/IMG00154.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" 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You can look at this a few different ways, but basically we have not changed jobs [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-136","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-56"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tokenring.org\/ring\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tokenring.org\/ring\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tokenring.org\/ring\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tokenring.org\/ring\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tokenring.org\/ring\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=136"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/tokenring.org\/ring\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":182,"href":"https:\/\/tokenring.org\/ring\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136\/revisions\/182"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tokenring.org\/ring\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tokenring.org\/ring\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=136"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tokenring.org\/ring\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}