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Buckeye_Democrat

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19. He was there in the 80's. Worked at Honeywell and later...
Wed Jan 13, 2021, 02:49 PM
Jan 2021

... at Cray Computer (supercomputers) before returning to Ohio. He could easily walk/jog to and from his job at Honeywell.

He loved hiking in the mountains, snow skiing, etc. Loved Boulder and other cities in Colorado. He didn't miss the political majority at Colorado Springs at all, though.

I've seen much more recent reports of bullying that happens at the AF Academy, with everyone pressured to accept evangelical Christian beliefs. Ugh.

Edit:
He correctly predicted that Cray's new technology ideas for the fastest supercomputer was never going to work, so that work experience made him unhappy too.
He and his wife traveled around the country for awhile after he quit, and he said there were two men who were obviously spying on them. Not paranoia from him. He had learned a bunch of "top secret" information there, so he wasn't shocked by it. The guys stopped tailing them from a distance eventually, as he expected.

What happened to Colorado? DURHAM D Jan 2021 #1
Colorado Springs went christofascist and it spread. Thomas Hurt Jan 2021 #4
My oldest brother lived in Colorado Springs years ago. Buckeye_Democrat Jan 2021 #9
A number of us here on DU are in the Springs, trying our best. This is a heavily military city, niyad Jan 2021 #13
Focus on the Family too, right? Co spr is the only affordable place in Co. LizBeth Jan 2021 #18
Yes, unfortunately. Referred to locally as "fungus on the family", or "focus on fascism". niyad Jan 2021 #21
+1 LizBeth Jan 2021 #22
He was there in the 80's. Worked at Honeywell and later... Buckeye_Democrat Jan 2021 #19
The area itself is beautiful. But things like Amendment 2 drove out the tech industry. Military is, niyad Jan 2021 #24
Yeah, his previous "clearance" from Wright-Patt AFB... Buckeye_Democrat Jan 2021 #27
Colorado ellie Jan 2021 #7
Huge Rural Districts JDC Jan 2021 #8
That is three tht is this from Co. I was going to ask the same. I get Co Spr, and rural LizBeth Jan 2021 #17
No. Grand Junction, part of Pueblo, I think. Rural, like that ass buck. niyad Jan 2021 #25
We have the same in Oregon. Real blue where I live in Eugene to coast and Portland to coast. LizBeth Jan 2021 #26
Listening to these republican representatives, PatSeg Jan 2021 #2
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Jan 2021 #3
Buck left his fastball at home today. BlueIdaho Jan 2021 #5
Can you elaborate, or share a link? Caliman73 Jan 2021 #6
Sorry just heard it on the TV machine Botany Jan 2021 #10
No problem. Caliman73 Jan 2021 #14
God damn them!!! Initech Jan 2021 #11
Great way to get the FBI on your side Retrograde Jan 2021 #12
No Relevance Frerotte Jan 2021 #15
We Coloradoans have these incompetent imbeciles in D.C. gohuskies Jan 2021 #16
They try so hard to be like the President Moron dreamland Jan 2021 #20
And La-La-Land won the BET award for most diverse film lame54 Jan 2021 #23
Even blue states have nutbags. Blue MD has Andy Harris. yellowcanine Jan 2021 #28
It affects almost every rural part of the country. Buckeye_Democrat Jan 2021 #29
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