Damn! Where'd you find that picture? I don't think I've ever seen the inside where it wasn't all dimly lit. Man, if that didn't bring back a flood of memories. I remember so many times after school we'd drive there and be first in line when doors opened. Then sprint down those steps and to the right to be front and center at the stage.
At 15, friends of my girlfriend were into heavy metal and thought I might like it. They got tickets for Metallica in October '86 and that's when Cliff Burton tragically died in September. It was rescheduled for Nov. 30th and while waiting for the doors to open their tour bus was coming up. With the crowd and stuff, I had my back to it and certainly didn't hear. Next thing I know I'm getting pushed along. That was kinda exciting...
I remember you telling me that Metallica was your first concert. I'm not sure if that was a good thing or bad thing. I mean to see them back in the day for Master of Puppets, before they ever made it huge and on the small stage is wild. I mean all I can say is I saw them open for Dokken, but that was the Monsters of Rock and in a stadium when they were on their way up.
But that pic was on a page that existed as of last week. I just tried to go there again and it's now a 404...
and so what uranus is a star - Rob
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I remember that Monsters of Rock show. That was a blast.
It's weird that Agora page was removed from there. I hit the Internet Archive and was able to see it. I wonder what happened to make them remove that page.
Yeah, I'm sure this time was "hmmm, I wonder what's up, why no responses..."
Sorry, I check in first thing each day, but these last few weeks have been slammed every morning meeting with teams in the Czech Republic. Hopefully they will have calmed down a bit now so I can focus on stuff that's really important.
Like replying to posts in this thread...
and so what uranus is a star - Rob
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No worries. I chalked it up to either being on vacation or hanging around down by your new property and fixing things up. I'll admit I checked to make sure your name wasn't in any newspapers...
So far so good today, and for it being a Monday I haven't had too many taps on the shoulder looking for stuff. Though there was one call that got shifted from later this week to this morning already, and someone else looking for a session on how to do something. But some of those I don't mind as much because in the future I can tell someone to hit up those others because they know how to do it as well...
Though that doesn't always work when the management know I'm SME and still tell folks to ping me when they have questions...
Yeah, I'm glad I wasn't in the papers last week...
and so what uranus is a star - Rob
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The amount of meetings I have is insane. 90% of my mornings are nothing but meetings. In fact I am double, triple or even quadruple booked for meetings. If I don't feel like going to one, there's always another one I could be going to instead. It's next to impossible to get any work done because of them. I had to block an hour at noon for lunch and that's one meeting I always go to and will decline any other attempt for anyone to invite me to a meeting at that time.
This is the common image shared during the meetings from one of the other devs whenever someone starts droning on and on about absolutely nothing...
Meetings are the bane of modern technology, it's insane how many exist in a given day and week. And some just for the sake of it being a meeting. My calendar does look a lot like yours with double and triple stacked events. And with a 12-1 block. But I will shift that block if something important comes up and whatever is ahead or behind isn't as important. I don't have a problem shifting a little one way or the other, usually. Unless it's a customer that is annoying, then the answer is nope.
But love him or hate him, Elon Musk's rules for meetings does come in to play. I can't count how many times I've bailed on a meeting because my purpose was not needed. How often that happens however is pretty few and far between. It always seems like everyone joining from both side is counting on me to pretty much run things and tell them all what is needed...
and so what uranus is a star - Rob
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