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Well, it's that time.
3.5 years ago, when I moved to Turkey, I anticipated having a certain amount of time on my hands after work; toward that end, I purchased for my new laptop a game I'd been hearing about -- Civ 2. The rest, I suppose, is history.
It turned out that I only had a limited amount of time in my evenings -- in part because I had to compete with my wife for access to Civ. But it also turned out that I was, shall we say, underchallenged at work, and spent a good amount of time surfing the web while thinking about Civ. Perhaps inevitably, I ended up at Apolyton, where more and more of my time was given over to the Civ2 forums.
After about 8 months, two things happened: I began beating the game on Deity, and someone (East Street Trader, if memory serves) pointed me toward Off-Topic. Here I've stayed, reading much and posting a bit. I know I certainly haven't been the kind of regular here that some are, but I've enjoyed myself immensely.
Now it's all drawing to a close. I'm leaving Turkey for a new home, a new job, and a new career, and I no longer foresee long, idle hours at "work" when I can read and post the day away. I'll probably be able to drop in from time to time, but I think my daily ritual is over.
(Incidently, given the amount of time I've spent here kvetching about US foreign policy, it may amuse some of you -- and appall others -- to know that I'm about to sign on with the State Department, in the Foreign Service.)
Anyway, you all have made my idle hours far from home most enjoyable. It's an awfully nice place you've got here; thanks for having me.
3.5 years ago, when I moved to Turkey, I anticipated having a certain amount of time on my hands after work; toward that end, I purchased for my new laptop a game I'd been hearing about -- Civ 2. The rest, I suppose, is history.
It turned out that I only had a limited amount of time in my evenings -- in part because I had to compete with my wife for access to Civ. But it also turned out that I was, shall we say, underchallenged at work, and spent a good amount of time surfing the web while thinking about Civ. Perhaps inevitably, I ended up at Apolyton, where more and more of my time was given over to the Civ2 forums.
After about 8 months, two things happened: I began beating the game on Deity, and someone (East Street Trader, if memory serves) pointed me toward Off-Topic. Here I've stayed, reading much and posting a bit. I know I certainly haven't been the kind of regular here that some are, but I've enjoyed myself immensely.
Now it's all drawing to a close. I'm leaving Turkey for a new home, a new job, and a new career, and I no longer foresee long, idle hours at "work" when I can read and post the day away. I'll probably be able to drop in from time to time, but I think my daily ritual is over.
(Incidently, given the amount of time I've spent here kvetching about US foreign policy, it may amuse some of you -- and appall others -- to know that I'm about to sign on with the State Department, in the Foreign Service.)
Anyway, you all have made my idle hours far from home most enjoyable. It's an awfully nice place you've got here; thanks for having me.
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It's actually encouraging that you'd be going there.
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