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RE: "Take Care of your DBAs"

From: DENNIS WILLIAMS <DWILLIAMS_at_LIFETOUCH.COM>
Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2003 09:00:30 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.0053EED3.20030130090030@fatcity.com>


Lisa - My bad. I've gotta learn to put more emoticons in my messages. :-) Actually I thought you had an excellent point, sorry for taking it in a different direction. I run and lift weights regularly (no coordination required) and feel regular exercise should be a part of the DBA's week. Medically proven to help you deal with stress. I've learned when I have a day where I'm swamped with work it is very important to do my noon run anyway because usually by the time I return I have a better solution to some of the problems. I think it keeps your brain from aging as fast, important if early retirement doesn't seem feasible.

Dennis Williams
DBA, 40%OCP
Lifetouch, Inc.
dwilliams_at_lifetouch.com

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Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2003 9:21 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L

Hi Dennis, Point taken. Most of us can't feed ourselves on our physical abilities... my point was that most of the people I have met in IT are not into regular exercise of any type and thought I was crazy for going running over lunch.

Sorry I did not mean to offend anyone in any way. I'll tape my trap shut now.

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Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 5:30 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L

Lisa - Some of us became DBAs because we realized we would never be able to feed our families on our physical abilities.

Dennis Williams
DBA, 40%OCP
Lifetouch, Inc.
dwilliams_at_lifetouch.com < mailto:dwilliams_at_lifetouch.com
<mailto:dwilliams_at_lifetouch.com> >

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Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 3:55 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L

I used to play Ping Pong with the sysadmins and the app architect... aahh, the glory dotcom days when I could bring my dog to work :)

Most of the dba's I have met are not into physical activity and exercise.

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Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 2:49 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L

"shooting hoops"? Just out of curiosity, how many people on the list have a

group of DBAs at their company that they shoot hoops with?   

Some good points, some odd ones. I'll echo Patrice's sigh (as someone who enjoys both parts of the job).   

Jay   

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Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 7:34 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L

Here's that "development DBA" alias again.   

sigh.   

Pat.

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Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 7:54 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L

Thanks for this article. I will forward to damagement.   

Dave

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Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2003 3:24 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L

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Interesting article I stumbled across. Best quote: "Stay Out of your DBA's Face"! WELL PUT!

Lisa Koivu
Oracle Database Administrator
Fairfield Resorts, Inc.
5259 Coconut Creek Parkway
Ft. Lauderdale, FL, USA 33063

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