Conference 7.286::digital

It's probably just a field service logistics depot -- and may be operated for
us by a contractor, since U.S. West has no listed number for Digital in Casper.

And I thought we had offices in all 50 states.  Foo!

/john

    We have a couple of Field Service engineers located in Casper, and
    they have a parts stocking location there. They report to the Billings,
    Montana branch office, which reports to the Salt Lake City district
    office. Send me mail if you want to know more.
    
    Rich

>    they have a parts stocking location there.

Aha!  PSL :== Parts Stocking Location

BMT Bozeman, MT - Sales/PSL for Field Service
CSW Casper, WY - PSL for Field Service
WNT East Wenatchee, WA - PSL for Field Service
YAK Yakima, WA - PSL for Field Service

    As well as these PSL's:
    
    Great Falls, MT
    Missoula, MT   
    Rapid City, SD

So is it safe to assume that a PSL is an unmanned "warehouse" or "stockroom"
type facility which basically is used to store parts and supplies for Field
Engineers based out of other offices and strategically located to be within
a reasonable distance of customers who will be in need of said parts? And
is it true that they don't even have phones? Who can tell us a little about
"Life in a PSL"?

-Jack

    They do typically have a phone there, but to publish it would be almost
    worthless, since most of the time the people who use it don't stay
    there -- they are out fixing 'puters, hence it would be rare to ever
    get an answer. These employees are most effectively reached by pager,
    unless they happen to be out of pager range when you call. You can also
    leave a message with the Field Service dispatchers, who will give it to
    them when they call in, or who can sometimes give you the phone number
    of the customer site where they are at. 
    
    Rich 

    ...fixin' 'puters in the back 40...  No phones...sounds like my
    kind of place  8-)  8-)  8-)  8-) ....  

I used to be a VAX customer in Casper, and got excellent service from the
folks there.  One of the engineers there is named Keith Flint.

Town is about 50,000 population, quite isolated, but a nice friendly community.
There are only half a million people in the whole state of Wyoming.

    Re: Note 739.9 by CSC32::K_PARRIS

>I used to be a VAX customer in Casper, and got excellent service from the
>folks there.  One of the engineers there is named Keith Flint.

    Keith is still there...

    50,000 people in Casper, that there folks is a mighty big city.....
    
    Wyoming Trivia Time.   
    
    o  Only state that can seat 10% of the states population in
       the State University Football statium.  
    
    o  If you take the populations of Casper, Cheyenne, Laramie,
       Rock Springs, Rawlins, Sheridan, Evanston, Jackson, and
       Green River, you've just eliminated 70% of the state.  
       Then, it's a wonderful place to live.
    
    o  Lowest Population Density of any state outside of Alaska.
    
    o  Coldest average winter tempatures in the lower 48 - Sorry
       Minnisota and North Dakota, you lose.
    
    o  First State to Elect a Woman Gov.
    
    If it weren't for the Ocean in Washington, I'd be chasing cows
    in Big Piney.

    My great grandparents homesteaded in Wyoming! That's right. Covered
    wagons and six shooters. About 30 years ago, a large oil reserve was
    discovered on their property. My grandad who grew up there, inherited
    it. He didn't want to sell any rights, preferring to give it as gift to
    their children.
    
    An oil company got the state to take away the property by imminent
    domain (corrupt politicans payed off by the oil company) being that it
    was in the public's best interest to have the oil. Being lower middle
    class people, they didn't have the financial resources to fight it in
    court. Back then they didn't have lawyers who work for just a
    percentage of the winnings in court. As a result, they got about $20K
    and couple of thousand a year in royalties from the biggest oil reserve
    in the state! 
    
    -George

How could you not mention the greatest tourist attraction in the entire state: 
Little America?

Only truck stop I've ever seen that started advertising over 200 miles away...

    I was in AZ end of april - beginning of may. There's a Little America
    in Flagstaff, AZ. If they are the same it's a must see (good food too)!
    Curtis

    Little America in Wyoming is actually marked on WY roadmaps as though
    it's a town. As I recall it's 50 miles or so east of Green River.

    Re: .15
    
    Oh yes, Green River. That certainly pinpoints it.

    Re: Note 739.15 by STAR::BECK

>   Little America in Wyoming is actually marked on WY roadmaps as though
>   it's a town. 

    There's a lot of "wide spots in the road" in Wyoming that are marked as
    towns on the map. The same is true in Montana and other Western states
    that are sparsely populated. Some of these places have some interesting
    names, too, like Point of Rocks, Wyoming, or Two Dot, Montana. Just
    remember, out here it's usually two hundred miles between towns of any
    size, and you don't have to be very big to be of "any size".
    
    Rich (Who_works_for_DEC_in_Billings_Montana)

    This topic appears to be getting far afield from the charter
    of this conference. Perhaps it's time to start a new conference?
    I'd rather not write lock this topic so can we keep things
    closer to DEC in Wyoming?

    		Alfred - co-moderator HUMAN::DIGITAL

    Re: Little America
    
    The gas prices are higher there.  I know I stopped there last year
    and only put enough in to take me to the next reasonible size town.
    What does this have to do with DEC - well if DEC is paying for the
    gas and you have enough to make it to the next town forget stopping
    and save DEC some money!

    re: Little America
    
    It is located about 10 to 20 miles west of Green River on I-80.
    Used to be when I was a child, we'd pack up the Ford (1950) and
    drive to Powder Wash.  LA was one of the high points for me and
    my brothers, ages 4, 6, & 8.  Soft Ice cream cones, Trinkets,
    Jackaplope post cards.  Pretty desolate piece of real estate.
    
    Re: Royalties
    
    My grandparents homesteaded a piece of Sagebrush half way between
    Craig, Colo and Rock Springs.  The oil under it, divided amoungst
    7 Childern, raised several families modestly.  Eminent Domain
    usually doesn't include royalty rights.
    
    re: Appropriately
    
    Digital personel in this part of the country have a *great*
    place to live.  Provided they don't live in Green River or Rock
    Springs.  There used to be a customer in Kemmer, who had a
    DECsystem-20.   Kemmer is where J. C. Penney started his infamous
    department store.
    

    That's "Kemmerer", actually; they just pronounce it "Kemmer". And Rock
    Springs isn't that bad a place to live, either - I grew up there.
    (Though I admit it got pretty badly munged by the boom/bust cycle from
    the energy crisis, and it wasn't exactly the jewel of the West before 
    that.)
    
    If DEC ever opened a software facility in, say, Laramie, or maybe
    Cheyenne, or even Casper - well, I'd be seriously tempted to move
    back...
    
    Or how about a Medicine Bow facility. Now that has a nice ring to it!
    
    -b

    
         I can't resist....
    
    When I was growing up in Colorado (among other "military-brat" places)
    one of the things that stuck out like a sore thumb was the fact
    that there was a place in Wyoming with MY LAST NAME.
    
    Doesn't mean much to me now, but as a kid with a strange last name
    it was a hit.
    
    						Warren
    

    If we opened a facility in Wyoming that had PSS or SWS/E work, I would
    go there in a heartbeat.  Montana and Wyoming happen to be two of the
    prettiest states to live this side of Heaven.
    
    ....... Suchindran

    Re: Note 739.23 by WKRP::CHATTERJEE

>   Montana and Wyoming happen to be two of the prettiest states to live
>   this side of Heaven.

    As one who works for DEC in Montana, I must agree.
    
    Rich