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Afternoon Golfer wrote:

Hockey Mon wrote:I use to work for a small software developement company and the main guy to deploy the software. There was one summer where I traveled M-F for something like 11 weeks between May and September. The wife wasn't too pleased since she had to stay home with a 3 & 1 year old. It got old fast. The problem is I would tell people where I went (Bermuda and London) and they said "rough life". It didn't do much good explaining I'd work 10-12 hour days in a pressure cooker environment. If you haven't live it, it can be hard to understand.

I did enjoy going to those places the first few times and I do miss it but I'd rather do it again as a tourist.

Bermuda and London......any chance you were going to XL Capital?

Hockey Mon wrote:

Afternoon Golfer wrote:

Hockey Mon wrote:I use to work for a small software developement company and the main guy to deploy the software. There was one summer where I traveled M-F for something like 11 weeks between May and September. The wife wasn't too pleased since she had to stay home with a 3 & 1 year old. It got old fast. The problem is I would tell people where I went (Bermuda and London) and they said "rough life". It didn't do much good explaining I'd work 10-12 hour days in a pressure cooker environment. If you haven't live it, it can be hard to understand.

I did enjoy going to those places the first few times and I do miss it but I'd rather do it again as a tourist.

Bermuda and London......any chance you were going to XL Capital?

I never did an implementation of XL although our sales people probably met with some of those folks. I worked with folks from ArchRe, AspenRe, IPCRe, WellingtonRe, RenRe, etc. The world of reinsurance.

Afternoon Golfer wrote:

Hockey Mon wrote:

Afternoon Golfer wrote:

Hockey Mon wrote:I use to work for a small software developement company and the main guy to deploy the software. There was one summer where I traveled M-F for something like 11 weeks between May and September. The wife wasn't too pleased since she had to stay home with a 3 & 1 year old. It got old fast. The problem is I would tell people where I went (Bermuda and London) and they said "rough life". It didn't do much good explaining I'd work 10-12 hour days in a pressure cooker environment. If you haven't live it, it can be hard to understand.

I did enjoy going to those places the first few times and I do miss it but I'd rather do it again as a tourist.

Bermuda and London......any chance you were going to XL Capital?

I never did an implementation of XL although our sales people probably met with some of those folks. I worked with folks from ArchRe, AspenRe, IPCRe, WellingtonRe, RenRe, etc. The world of reinsurance.

It is a crazy business.

Hockey Mon wrote:

Afternoon Golfer wrote:

Hockey Mon wrote:

Afternoon Golfer wrote:

Hockey Mon wrote:I use to work for a small software developement company and the main guy to deploy the software. There was one summer where I traveled M-F for something like 11 weeks between May and September. The wife wasn't too pleased since she had to stay home with a 3 & 1 year old. It got old fast. The problem is I would tell people where I went (Bermuda and London) and they said "rough life". It didn't do much good explaining I'd work 10-12 hour days in a pressure cooker environment. If you haven't live it, it can be hard to understand.

I did enjoy going to those places the first few times and I do miss it but I'd rather do it again as a tourist.

Bermuda and London......any chance you were going to XL Capital?

I never did an implementation of XL although our sales people probably met with some of those folks. I worked with folks from ArchRe, AspenRe, IPCRe, WellingtonRe, RenRe, etc. The world of reinsurance.

It is a crazy business.

Yeah, some us likened it to legalized gambling. It is crazy and it's easy to see how things could go south in a hurry without the proper controls. (And now I'm hoping you are not an executive at XL and I haven't offened you. )