From: knapp@spot.Colorado.EDU (David Knapp)
Subject: Re: WISCONSIN!!!
Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder
Distribution: usa
Date: Sat, 5 Sep 1992 22:32:33 GMT

In article <187scmINNfcu@stanley.cis.Brown.EDU> plutchak@pilsner.geo.brown.edu (Joel Plutchak) writes:
>
>Two follow-ups for the price of one!
>
>In article <1992Sep4.122329.29803@cbnewsl.cb.att.com> bkb@cbnewsl.cb.att.com (brian.bebeau) writes:
>>In article <1992Sep4.005033.15368@ucsu.Colorado.EDU> knapp@spot.Colorado.EDU (David Knapp) writes:
>>>I do miss scuba diving in WI lakes and quarries.
>
>   Hey, I musta run into you (or more likely swam by totally unseen)
>in the murky depths at some point!  Ever dive the Redgranite quarries?

Often! Did two of my three certifications there. (naturally, ice diving was
one of them...)

Got certified by the Butt bros. of hunter's point in Steven's point

>How about Devil's Lake down south, or some Lake Superior wreck diving
>(sad to say my favorite, since most are off the Michigan coast :-)?

Dove in Devil's lake *briefly*. Got married there, though!

>>>I miss hanging around with folks that appreciate beer and brats.  Ya just
>>>dohn't see dat enee wear elts hey!
>>
>>The most German
>>restaurant here (and about the only one!) sells something called a
>>"Bahama Mama". Nobody knows what *real* brats should taste like. Nothing
>>certainly comes close to a *Sheboygan* brat. For that matter, there are
>>few ethnic restaurants, unless you count the 103 Chinese ones. There
>>are certainly no Serbian or Polish ones, for instance (boy, I miss
>>Old Town).
>
>   I find roughly the same situation here in the northeast (well, there
>are ethnic, just not N. European ethnic-- RI has all the Portugese and
>Italian you can possibly stomach).  However, I was back in Wisconsin
>(spelled it right this time) last month, and imported some brats, which'll
>be consumed by a select group of devotees (and a few converts and
>initiates) this weekend.
>
>> As for the beer, I wouldn't know. I gave up beer when I was 12.
>>I had some really bad beer that made me swear off the stuff for life,
>>and I haven't had a drop since. I think it was Oconto beer, or maybe 
>>that swill they brewed in Two Rivers.
>
>   Try some of the excellent microbrewery and brewpub products now
>available.  Avoid megabrewery swill (and Leinies :-).

Hey now...

>>And you can't find a radio station that plays polkas to save your life!
>
>   Well, there *are* some good things about not living there anymore. :-)

Hear, hear.

>>>David Knapp                                     University of Colorado, Boulder
>>>Perpetual Student                                   knapp@spot.colorado.edu
>
>   David, any jobs for research programmers with image processing
>skills & interests out there?  Five pounds of real Wisconsin bratwurst
>and a case of Garten Brau for any information leading to gainful
>employment! (Only 1/2 :-)

Yeah, maybe. I can refer you to some places but I'm not sure what the 
immediate openings are at the places.

Image processing is in rather high demand I'm told.

Lot's of weather and planetary research here that may have openings for 
image processing. Write me for more details.

>>-- 
>>=====================================================================
>>Brian Bebeau			Interactive Systems at AT&T-Columbus
>>brian@cblph.att.com   or   bkb@cbnewsl.att.com
>>=====================================================================
>
>  Brian, at least you're closer to home!
>--
>Joel Plutchak, Research Programmer/Analyst


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David Knapp                                      University of Colorado, Boulder
Perpetual Student                                   knapp@spot.colorado.edu
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