Jeez, I was trying to impress people with the fact that software is the bigger draw for employers.
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Yeah, you left us hanging. I was expecting a twist ending like "he arrived in Munich just as the Olympic games had started. Little did he know, the bus driver was a member of Black September. As the bus roared past it's appointed stop, and the shooting began, my brother must have realized something had gone terribly, terribly wrong..."
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He's still in Germany to this day, writing UNIX and LINUX code and drivers. The "terribly, terribly wrong..." part was his investments. Now he drains his accounts trying to pay the insurance and taxes on two apartments that can't be rented for full price. After five years, and two ditz lawyers, of dealing with this and taking it in the ear, he hired a competent lawyer to stick it to the banks. He managed to unload one apartment so far. In fact we sold the house here in the states to give him desperately needed operating capital. The last mortgage payment would have been last August. Such is life.
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Since you asked, I lead an idyllic life, wallowing in the filthy lucre realized from the house sale. (NOT) I live in a 20 by 50 aluminum box laughingly refered to as a 'mobile home' (TRUE). I drive to and from work in a flashy red Mercedez Benz two-seater with the top down. (TRUE, but, Oy!, you should see the cost of repairs on this thing!) I am the Production Coordinator in a small outfit in Berkeley, CA. (Don't ask) I come in late, I do the work I love, and go home to a house loaded with electronic goodies and toys. Why, yes, I am living a rather mellow existence, thank you.
I do so love the sound of my own typing...
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