1.0Paul S. Randalhttps://www.sqlskills.com/blogs/paulrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="1Vqua5elNC"><a href="https://www.sqlskills.com/blogs/paul/twenty-years-ago-today/">Twenty years ago today…</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.sqlskills.com/blogs/paul/twenty-years-ago-today/embed/#?secret=1Vqua5elNC" width="600" height="338" title="“Twenty years ago today…” — Paul S. Randal" data-secret="1Vqua5elNC" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://www.sqlskills.com/blogs/paul/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> … I emigrated to the United States. I boarded a plane in Glasgow with my (then) wife Sylvia, bounced in Amsterdam and then landed in Seattle, entering the US on an H1B visa after almost five years of working for DEC/Digital. We arrived in temp housing a block away from the Microsoft Campus late in […]