// #adelaide.alive — 2005-12-02
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21:55:00 * Now talking in #adelaide.alive
21:55:00 * Topic is 'come on summer... and come on the mighty Hawks! :)'
21:55:00 * Set by topic on Sat Nov 05 07:49:13
21:55:00 <auntie_joan> heyy :)
21:55:00 <linying> Hey Barb! :))
21:55:00 <auntie_joan> how have you been?
21:56:00 <linying> Not too bad thanks. I was made redundant today at the Uni... will finish on December 2st! :))
21:56:00 <linying> 21st... :)
21:56:00 <auntie_joan> oh fark, were you expecting that?
21:58:00 <linying> Yeah... for about three years! Been there more than 25 years.. will leave with 2 years salary as cash in hand and a modest pension for the rest of my life, no matter if I work or not.
21:59:00 <auntie_joan> wow, then it isnt such a bad thing then, what do you think you might do?
22:00:00 <linying> Dunno... I'm sure I'll find something. House needs painting... :P
22:00:00 <auntie_joan> haha.. you could do ours too hey lol
22:03:00 <linying> I've applied for a campus network manager position at University of Southern Queensland at an as yet not opened campus, and the only reason I should not get that job is because I'm getting a little bit old. I also put in for a similar position at a new combined senior high school, TAFE and apprenticeship training school, which is located just 30 metres from my office on the University Campus.
22:03:00 <auntie_joan> would you like the Qld one?
22:03:00 <auntie_joan> is that opening at Varsity Lakes?
22:04:00 <linying> Dunno... the new campus is at a satellite town called Springfield, about 40k's from Brisbane. The main campus is at Toowoomba... about 180k'ss fro Brisbane.
22:05:00 <auntie_joan> ahh Springfield lakes lol.. i work for an ad company who do all the advertisiing for that development
22:05:00 <auntie_joan> its developed by a Lend Lease subsidiary, called Delfin, started in
22:05:00 * MsElle is on IRC ((Janette))
22:05:00 <auntie_joan> Adelaide originally
22:09:00 <linying> Of really... :D
22:09:00 <linying> Oh....
22:09:00 <auntie_joan> its our major client, it would be a nice place to live
22:12:00 <linying> Yes... though I suspect expensive! :P
22:12:00 <auntie_joan> it could well be, altho it isnt a top priced development, more the 'mum & Dad' thing
22:12:00 <linying> I have also called the place "Greater Springfield"... making me wonder where "Lesser Springfield" is located.
22:13:00 <auntie_joan> lol i always laugh when i hear it because of The Simpsons, they live in Springfield
22:16:00 <linying> Ha!
22:17:00 <linying> I never thought of it like that... but hey... it IS Queensland!
22:17:00 <auntie_joan> i love Queensland, more further north tho
22:19:00 <auntie_joan> if it wasnt for family being here, dennis and I would move up to far north Qld tomorrow
22:21:00 <linying> I have my family here too.
22:21:00 <linying> Not sure I'd want to live in Queensland mainly because of the humid Summers.
22:22:00 <auntie_joan> that would be the only problem, id love to go for a holiday in the summer, that might put us off
22:28:00 <linying> Winter is the best time for a holiday up north, though I have only ever been there once.... and that was about 35 years ago... to attend to my father's funeral in Bundaberg.
22:29:00 <auntie_joan> Bundaberg is lovely, the beach area just a few k's down the road at Bargara is beautiful
22:31:00 <linying> Yes, it did seem to be a very nice place. I was only there for a couple of days, then had to drive all the way back again with my mother and two other brothers. It was a very long trip.
22:32:00 <auntie_joan> and a very stressful one too i guess
22:32:00 <linying> Yeah... had a numb bum for about a week afterwards... :P
22:34:00 <linying> Gotta go now... take care and regards to the better (?) half! {{{HUGS}}}
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