I've been at it since the days of UFI, before image files and the like. I very much look like it. If you want to remain young other than finding an adoring fan named Basil to paint a picture of you is to resist hopping on new features until they are well tested. My particular form of pica concerning oracle has been the Lord Henry o my career. Apologies to Oscar Wilde. Ian MacGregor -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Rich Jesse Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2014 8:31 AM To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: How do Oracle DBA's look or behave like when they reach their golden years? > The looks part ... ahh we look like the Jets from West Side Story ... > after getting jumped and tossed into the Hudson ... Maybe the Unix look works? http://dilbert.com/strips/comic/1995-06-24/ Although my (lovely) wife would probably object to the epic beard, even if it wouldn't be all-white yet (only 15 years Oracle, back to v7). Rich -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l