On 24 Jan 2001, at 15:58, Jason Wharton wrote:

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From: "Jason Wharton" <jwharton@...>
Date sent: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 15:58:36 -0700
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Subject: Re: [IBO] IBO Personal Training at CPS in sunny Mesa AZ

> July is when I will be begging to come to Canada to do some real cheap
> training.... <g>

Your welcome to trade Arizonas 50C heat for Toronto's more reasonable
25C heat, any time (in summer) you like. Besides, your expenses will
be nice and low, when you take your US$ and trade it for CA$ 1.45.

> >
> > > I am in the process of renovating my duplex rental so that one
> > > side will serve as my personal office. In the process of doing
> > > this, I am thinking of making it so that up to 4 people at a time
> > > could come for personalized training services that I would
> > > personally do. Since it is a fully equipped facility 2 people
> > > would be comfortably accommodated and 4 could be cozily
> > > accommodated such that hotel expenses could be avoided.
> > >
> > > In short, what I am driving at is, would any of you be interested
> > > in scheduling some time to receive personalized training from me
> > > and what would you expect to pay for such services? I would
> > > provide all of the software and equipment necessary. Travel and
> > > meals would be at your own expense.
> > >
> > > Would any of you care that I am not a Borland certified
> > > instructor?
> > >
> > Typically I would say, you would need to come up with a per-day
> > rate, some people would clue in fairly quickly, and might only need
> > a day or two, some people might need a couple of weeks. Some people
> > might want to stay in a hotel. I expect it would be popular with us
> > Northerners in the winter (a few days in a warm place, with the cost
> > being a write-off, sounds good at this time of year -- a few days
> > inside a July blast-furnace, forget it, even with a write-off).
> > Realise though that for some of us, it's a double hit, there are no
> > billable hours, when we are not at our desks, and for Canadians, the
> > exchange rate is US$1 = ~C$ 1.45 so it's an even bigger hit. I
> > would have to say not this year.
> >

Paul Schmidt,
Tricat Technologies
Email: paul@...
Website: www.tricattechnologies.com