RE: iNation moving right along (Spam) -- MIDRANGE-L

Spam is made in Austin, MN at the Hormel plant.  The nickname of the city is
"Spam Town".  It is 10 miles north of the IA/MN border.

Justin C. Haase
Resident of Mason City, Iowa.

-----Original Message-----
From: Westdorp, Tom [mailto:Tom.Westdorp@StationCasinos.com]
Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2001 11:48 AM
To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
Subject: RE: iNation moving right along


Well, actually 411 E Wisconsin Ave is the site of the old IBM branch offices
in a Northwestern Mutual Life Building (but not THE NML building) about 1
block west of the War Memorial Art Center and therefore about 2 blocks west
of the bluff over looking Lake Michigan.  It's about 5 miles East of the
Miller Brewery.  It's about 3 blocks from the north end of the Summerfest
grounds on the lakefront, and where I'll be several days next week :-)
Escaping the 100 degree heat of Las Vegas for the 100% humidity of Milwaukee
around the 4th of July.  Fortunately, there will be plenty of Miller beer,
Johnsonville brats, Kopp's frozen custard and OFF! to sustain me.

To find out what makes one heck of a party see:  www.summerfest.com

Pardon the digression but 411 E Wisconsin is the address on a lot of direct
marketing from IBM, email and snail mail.  Seems to be there 'spam' center.
Should have been Iowa, no?

Tom Westdorp
Station Casinos 



-----Original Message-----
From: Stone, Brad V (TC) [mailto:bvstone@taylorcorp.com]
Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2001 7:08 AM
To: 'MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com'
Subject: RE: iNation moving right along


> I think they're really overwhelmed by the response.  Not enough bags
> ordered...--snip--  I suppose I sound like I'm making 
> excuses for
> IBM, probably because I am...:-)

This isn't the first time IBM has offered free goodies.  If they're
overwhelmed, then it truley is futile and they never learn from their
mistakes.

> As far as the ads, I just look at it the same way I look at 
> commercials on
> TV.  A necessary evil, in order for the thing to be "free".  

Yes, but at least advertise for WebSphere or something more iSeries related.

> 
> Couple other things I noticed:  You can opt out of the list by writing
> Milwaukee, WI...  Milwaukee?!?  Is that another hot-bed of 
> iSeries activity?
> Just seemed funny...

They moved the HQ for iNation right next to the Miller brewery.  They'll
need as much High Life as they can get.  And the smell of brewing hops in
Downtown Milwaukee is something to write home about!  

High Life right from the plant is like nectar.  Mmmm.......  I miss
Milwaukee (pronounced Milay-wah-kay according to Alice Cooper<bg>).

Brad
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