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Subject:RE: Re: Using M-dash and N-dash From:"Gene Kim-Eng" <techwr -at- genek -dot- com> To:dmbrown -at- brown-inc -dot- com, techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com Date:11 Feb 2004 21:52:58 GMT
Heh, it's really isn't much of a joke to most people who
arrived here in the past 5-10 years. Those of us who have
been here since the 80's or earlier and bought into the
housing market then are *somewhat* insulated from the
skyrocketing COL here. Otherwise, you should probably
just consider the ladder pulled up after the last person
who climbed aboard.
Gene Kim-Eng
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Wed, 11 Feb 2004 13:34:22 -0800 ?wrote:
It was a joke.
He meant that, even though you were offering higher pay than he estimated
his Canadian salary, the quality of life in Toronto was better than what
could be had--even for $85,000--in Silicon Valley.
