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After being pointed at the forum by someone at church (it shouldn't be to hard to figure out who), I decided to check out the Cougar/Ute forum. Other than having no interest at all in sports between the two schools (or any stick-and-ball sports for that matter [See quote 1 below]), I'm probably an excellent candidate for membership in the forum. I'm in a mixed marriage - I graduated from the University of Utah and my wife graduated from Brigham Young University. I also have two daughters who graduated from BYU plus one from BYU Idaho and a son who received an associate degree from Ricks College (before the name change) and also went to Utah State.
I've actually been following the forum for several months now, but have hesitated joining because I really want to stay out of religious and political discussions. I'm happy to carry on discussions based on facts - being an engineer and all - but that's often not possible when discussion religion and politics. So if I ever get sucked into one of those discussions, somebody please remind me to stay out of it.
I'm not big on taking up an imaginary existence with a clever user name or avatar, preferring to just be myself and use personal photos or photos of personal things for an avatar. I'll probably change the avatar once in a while as the mood strikes me until I find the perfect one. I won't be changing the avatar every day, though!
I'm a member of a lot of forums, but none as general as this one. None of those are really appropriate for discussing various aspects of life, so we'll see how it goes here.
So why did I pick the subject line that I did for this first message? I'm not anti-Utah in any way, but I've moved on and have no strong desire to return. I still have lots of friends and relatives in Utah, including my son and his wife and their two kids, plus my mother still lives in Salt Lake in the house she and my dad built in the 1940's. I've found that after being gone for more than 20 years, Utah doesn't feel any more like home to me than Boise Idaho (where my wife grew up), or a several other western cities.
So next time I drive to Utah (as opposed to flying like the last few times - and next time as well), I would really like to have a bumper sticker made with the background of the current Utah license plate with Delicate Arch, but with the words "Utah, Love It Or Leave It". And I'll put it right next to my California license plate. And I would do it as much to tick off those who live in Utah and like to complain about it as for any other reason.
Why did I leave Utah? Back in 1988 I was involved in a "layoff" and had to make up my mind whether to take a lesser job in the computer industry and stay near family or to continue with my career and move out of state. After checking available jobs in my particular field of expertise it wasn't hard to decide to move. After a bit more thought, I decided to move near Silicon Valley so that I wouldn't have to move again the next time there was a need to change jobs. You just have to walk down the street for that next high tech job. I've worked for three different companies in the area without having to move. My current job is two miles from my house, so I no longer have to commute 35 miles into Silicon Valley, which is great.
I'll probably be making a few posts on occasion about why Utah can't be more like whatever I happen to like better in California. Utah drivers will be the first on that list. I'll probably also be resurrecting a bunch of threads for a while that the rest of you were probably hoping would stay dead. Oh well. I might have to call myself "the resurrector of dead threads" for a while.
Interests:
1) Motorcycles (I'm on http://utahsba.com on occasion)
2) Photography - of interesting places and things (I don't call myself a photographer, though)
3) Family - trying to keep up with my 12 grandchildren
4) High technology - but not the latest gadgets (I don't even own a cell phone)
5) Music - Especially rock and roll from the 50's and 60's, but I'm trying to broaden my musical interests
6) Travel - mostly to interesting tropical locations, but my wife and I visited Alaska during the past year too
[Quote 1]
There are only three sports: bullfighting, motor racing, and mountaineering; all the rest are merely games."
-- Ernest Hemingway
The forum won't let me put an image in my signature? Fine, then I'll stick it at the end of every post.
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Scott R. Nelson, Pleasanton, CA
I've actually been following the forum for several months now, but have hesitated joining because I really want to stay out of religious and political discussions. I'm happy to carry on discussions based on facts - being an engineer and all - but that's often not possible when discussion religion and politics. So if I ever get sucked into one of those discussions, somebody please remind me to stay out of it.
I'm not big on taking up an imaginary existence with a clever user name or avatar, preferring to just be myself and use personal photos or photos of personal things for an avatar. I'll probably change the avatar once in a while as the mood strikes me until I find the perfect one. I won't be changing the avatar every day, though!
I'm a member of a lot of forums, but none as general as this one. None of those are really appropriate for discussing various aspects of life, so we'll see how it goes here.
So why did I pick the subject line that I did for this first message? I'm not anti-Utah in any way, but I've moved on and have no strong desire to return. I still have lots of friends and relatives in Utah, including my son and his wife and their two kids, plus my mother still lives in Salt Lake in the house she and my dad built in the 1940's. I've found that after being gone for more than 20 years, Utah doesn't feel any more like home to me than Boise Idaho (where my wife grew up), or a several other western cities.
So next time I drive to Utah (as opposed to flying like the last few times - and next time as well), I would really like to have a bumper sticker made with the background of the current Utah license plate with Delicate Arch, but with the words "Utah, Love It Or Leave It". And I'll put it right next to my California license plate. And I would do it as much to tick off those who live in Utah and like to complain about it as for any other reason.
Why did I leave Utah? Back in 1988 I was involved in a "layoff" and had to make up my mind whether to take a lesser job in the computer industry and stay near family or to continue with my career and move out of state. After checking available jobs in my particular field of expertise it wasn't hard to decide to move. After a bit more thought, I decided to move near Silicon Valley so that I wouldn't have to move again the next time there was a need to change jobs. You just have to walk down the street for that next high tech job. I've worked for three different companies in the area without having to move. My current job is two miles from my house, so I no longer have to commute 35 miles into Silicon Valley, which is great.
I'll probably be making a few posts on occasion about why Utah can't be more like whatever I happen to like better in California. Utah drivers will be the first on that list. I'll probably also be resurrecting a bunch of threads for a while that the rest of you were probably hoping would stay dead. Oh well. I might have to call myself "the resurrector of dead threads" for a while.
Interests:
1) Motorcycles (I'm on http://utahsba.com on occasion)
2) Photography - of interesting places and things (I don't call myself a photographer, though)
3) Family - trying to keep up with my 12 grandchildren
4) High technology - but not the latest gadgets (I don't even own a cell phone)
5) Music - Especially rock and roll from the 50's and 60's, but I'm trying to broaden my musical interests
6) Travel - mostly to interesting tropical locations, but my wife and I visited Alaska during the past year too
[Quote 1]
There are only three sports: bullfighting, motor racing, and mountaineering; all the rest are merely games."
-- Ernest Hemingway
The forum won't let me put an image in my signature? Fine, then I'll stick it at the end of every post.
____________________
Scott R. Nelson, Pleasanton, CA
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