Carel-Jan, You flatter me. Your friendship is one of the many I've made here that I treasure. And yes, I will always edit your work for you -- although in a year or two I won't know enough to do more than correct your (already very good) English :) I don't feel brave... this is just something that seems absolutely right, as if everything was coming together to make it happen. By UKOUG, I will have a better idea if this was a mistake or not. I doubt it is, but I may be very jealous of all the new fun things you all have learned :) Rachel On 7/15/05, Carel-Jan Engel <cjpengel.dbalert@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Rachel, my dearest friend, > > being a member of this list for only about 2 years now, I feel very lucky > to have met you at several occasions. I have gained a lot of respect for > you. You told us about your intended career change some time ago, and now > everything gets moving. I envy you, for your braveness to do this, and > sincerely hope it will deliver the satisfaction of work and life you > deserver so much. > > I thank you very much for reviewing and correcting some of my papers. I > hope I may use your correctional skills occasionally in the future. > > All the luck, see you at UKOUG, > > Carel-Jan > > > On Fri, 2005-07-15 at 14:16, rachel carmichael wrote: > With apologies to the list for going somewhat off-topic, and begging > Steve's indulgence.... > > Today is my last day at work. My last official day as an Oracle DBA. > I'll still be lurking on this list (too many of you are friends of > mine for me to just drop off), will actually still be at UKOUG (I > *like* the UK and see the friends comment above) but I will no longer > be working as a DBA. > > In fact, I will not be working in corporate America at all. I'm going > back to school in September to retrain for something completely > different. More people-oriented. Less hidden away in the dungeons of > IT. Something I hope will bring me much more personal satisfaction > with my work (there is only so much joy I can take from recovering a > database <G>). > > I wanted to say goodbye to the members of this list and to say thank > you. I have learned something every day from your posts. I have been > been amused by some posts, have often laughed out loud and have made > many personal friends among you. > > So... to quote the inestimable Douglas Adams..... > > "so long, and thanks for all the fish" > > > Rachel > -- > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l