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Old Oct 27, 2005 | 04:53 PM
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This is my first week at the new Job (Dynegy), and its downtown. Not a bad commute like I was thinking. The park/ride gets me there/back in 15-20mins. Lunch time in the tunnel is a plus
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Old Oct 27, 2005 | 05:01 PM
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Originally Posted by Strini SS
Well,

This is my first week at the new Job (Dynegy), and its downtown. Not a bad commute like I was thinking. The park/ride gets me there/back in 15-20mins. Lunch time in the tunnel is a plus

says the soon to be married man Not bad to look though


How is the job itself, and I am sure the pay is better LOL. Still waiting for you to get that house mang
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Old Oct 27, 2005 | 05:24 PM
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Just bought 99 z and new member. That's a sweet car, I seen it when I went downtown from the Addicks park-n-ride too Wednesday. Those are some FAT 315s you got on the back. I had to get out and look b/c I'm trying to decide what wheel and tire combo I want to buy. But that park-n-ride is cheap though ($1.00) what offset u running on your wheels?
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Old Oct 27, 2005 | 05:55 PM
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I am down there (One Allen Center).. what do you do for Dynegy?
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Originally Posted by Gipraw
I am down there (One Allen Center).. what do you do for Dynegy?
IT Field/Deskside Support what are you doing in the Allen center?
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Old Oct 27, 2005 | 07:04 PM
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Originally Posted by Milez28
Just bought 99 z and new member. That's a sweet car, I seen it when I went downtown from the Addicks park-n-ride too Wednesday. Those are some FAT 315s you got on the back. I had to get out and look b/c I'm trying to decide what wheel and tire combo I want to buy. But that park-n-ride is cheap though ($1.00) what offset u running on your wheels?
Thanks Man, not sure on the off set? Give MTI a call on wheels they gave me a great deal. yeah I rarly drive the car now, I have the little lady drop me off at the Park-and-Ride.
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Old Oct 27, 2005 | 07:34 PM
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Holy crap! I used to work Deskside Support at Dynegy too! Who are some of the IT people there? We had some pretty massive layoffs (wiped out the entire Deskside Team), but that was end of 2002.

I worked downtown until about 2 weeks ago at the Houston Chronicle. Now I work in the Galleria (in the Williams Tower).


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Old Oct 27, 2005 | 07:41 PM
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I do. I'm @ Dallas and Fannin in the Howell building.
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Old Oct 27, 2005 | 07:44 PM
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I work downtown in the Chase Tower.
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Old Oct 27, 2005 | 10:27 PM
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Originally Posted by Strini SS
IT Field/Deskside Support what are you doing in the Allen center?
Working for Constellation .. not in IT, though

I see a couple of Nice Fbody's in the allen Center and Met garages everyday. A nice vert SS, a Black WS6 and a camaro that says powered by MTI on the back window..
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Old Oct 27, 2005 | 11:12 PM
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I will be downtown occasionaly for work in the Chevron (old Enron) Tower.
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Old Oct 27, 2005 | 11:14 PM
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By the way, worked a lot at Wedge International Tower for Wedge Properties Management at 1415 Louisiana
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Old Oct 28, 2005 | 08:07 AM
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Well there seems to be alot of peps down here. Let me know people if anyone is down to meet up for lunch. Kind of boring being new down here.

chupr0kabra Dynegy has outsourced the IT Support to Accenture and thats who I work for.


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Old Oct 28, 2005 | 09:49 AM
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That makes sense. There was a lot of talk of going that route when the layoffs happened.

Restaurants nearby:
Luther's - Good BBQ. Basically across the street on Smith.
Zero's - Sandwiches. Not bad. About a block east.
James Coney Island - Hot dogs. About two blocks east.
Jason's Deli - Across the street from Foleys.
Zydeco - Moderately good cajun food. In the ground floor of the Bank One building.
Droubi Brothers - Mediterranean food. REALLY good. In the tunnels under the Bank One building. My favorite place to eat downtown.
Subway - Tunnels under Bank One.
Beck's Prime - Good burgers. Tunnels under Bank One.
Cafe Chino - Joe Garcia's favorite . A pretty good hike, in the tunnels next to the Chronicle.

And watch out for the people in the McKinney Garage. I got tons of door dings there.


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Old Oct 28, 2005 | 10:23 AM
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We need a Taco Bell down here!!! I had Becks Prime yesterday. Yum.

Theres also a Whatburger and a Ragin Cajun around the corner.
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Old Oct 28, 2005 | 10:28 AM
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Originally Posted by chupr0kabra
That makes sense. There was a lot of talk of going that route when the layoffs happened.

Restaurants nearby:
Luther's - Good BBQ. Basically across the street on Smith.
Zero's - Sandwiches. Not bad. About a block east.
James Coney Island - Hot dogs. About two blocks east.
Jason's Deli - Across the street from Foleys.
Zydeco - Moderately good cajun food. In the ground floor of the Bank One building.
Droubi Brothers - Mediterranean food. REALLY good. In the tunnels under the Bank One building. My favorite place to eat downtown.
Subway - Tunnels under Bank One.
Beck's Prime - Good burgers. Tunnels under Bank One.
Cafe Chino - Joe Garcia's favorite . A pretty good hike, in the tunnels next to the Chronicle.

And watch out for the people in the McKinney Garage. I got tons of door dings there.


-Mike
Cool, thanks for the info, yeah the SS sits back in Katy, I take the park and ride.
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Old Oct 28, 2005 | 10:29 AM
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Originally Posted by ulySSes
We need a Taco Bell down here!!! I had Becks Prime yesterday. Yum.

Theres also a Whatburger and a Ragin Cajun around the corner.
I have been eatting the hell out of wendys in the tunnel, **** man let me know we can do lunch.
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Old Oct 28, 2005 | 07:14 PM
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I took a **** today that kind of resembled downtown. Kinda gray and foggy. Yall know what I'm talking about.
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Old Oct 28, 2005 | 07:57 PM
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Originally Posted by Strini SS
I have been eatting the hell out of wendys in the tunnel, **** man let me know we can do lunch.
Sounds good. I'm not too far from your building. Deech, ESR and myself work for the same company lol.



Originally Posted by Ben R
I took a **** today that kind of resembled downtown. Kinda gray and foggy. Yall know what I'm talking about.
Damn, its not that bad. Many hot women everywhere. Good for a single guy like me. What did you eat?

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Originally Posted by ulySSes
Damn, its not that bad. Many hot women everywhere. Good for a single guy like me.
and the single women are where??? since i've moved here, basically every girl i've met has been either married, has kids, or both. i think its kinda disturbing that i'm running into that so much at my age (24)
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