>"ex-work machine"!? Does this mean they are gone, and if so what does this mean to your residency?

Not too sorry for the machine, it was just a 200 MHz box, but the chair where I sat was great :).

As for the residency, as much as I know the law (which is rather labyrinthine here) I'm allowed to search for a job for a while. Since whatever progress I made in the green card process is now voided (it's tied to the sponsor, and the sponsor's out of business now), I'm not really tied to this country either. If a good offer comes around, I may end up pretty much anywhere on this continent.

>I presume that it is not good, residency-wise. Do you have any hankerin to go back 'home', or is this "HOME" now?

The plan is to retire and go home. I think I'd better fill the meantime with some useful work :).

>Do you have other opportunities in-the-mill? I've gotta believe that anyone here who has or knows of any openings is darned sure of your skill levels from your writings here. I wish I had or knew of something, but sadly I don't. VFP is a dying art in my neck of the woods (though maybe Mr. Levy will have siginficant impact on that, since it was gartner that created the present situation here).

Well, the first and main source is UT's "available positions" page, which brought me here in the first place, and I've already sent my resume to a few places. Don't really expect any answers in today's mail, the folks are still recovering from the long weekend.

>In any case, I hope that the gods will smile fondly on you

I really don't think they'd bother to prove their existence to a heathen (and if they prove it then they don't exist, see Hitchhiker's Guide Vol 1), but such a smile wouldn't hurt at all. Thanks for the kind words.