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Gary Wheeler wrote: This thing reminds me of the old janitor you see moving slowly around the building, that you find out later took four bullets in 'Nam getting his buddies into the evac chopper. Back when I first started HS (1977) there was an old teacher in his last year before retirement. Many of my "less well behaved classmates"* treated the guy poorly (back talk, insults, stealing stuff from his desk, etc...). He always tolerated it with class. About a decade after graduation I saw his obituary in the local newspaper. OMG! The guy was a certifiable WW2 hero - a total stud. One of the few US soldiers who served in both the European and Pacific theaters. Earned 2 Purple Hearts and a Distinguished Service Cross.
Only after reading his obit did I understand why he ignored the BS from these kids. They weren't worthy of his efforts.
*Read complete idiots
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Sounds like my chemistry teacher. Mr. Conrad looked like a derelict and sounded like he was a few ions short of a compound. Like yours, he was a hero. I don't know what medals he may have had, but he had a plate in his head and walked with a limp from injuries received in WWII. For all that, you didn't screw around in his class. The man was lethal with a chalkboard eraser thrown from the front of the room.
He was a great teacher. I learned enough from him that when I was required to take chemistry in college, it was a cake walk.
Software Zen: delete this;
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Has moved this week to the Soapbox: I felt the need for some slightly non-KSS ones after all these years ... not rude, so much, but ... risque perhaps.
It'll be back in the Lounge next Monday!
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Me thinks he doth wish to lead us astray; lost sheep, as it were.
A Welshman, sheep, . . . I'm on my way to the door, backing away.
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"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein | "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010 |
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Dismayed, indeed.
(well, actually, that happens midnight on June 1st...)
The best way to improve Windows is run it on a Mac.
The best way to bring a Mac to its knees is to run Windows on it.
~ my brother Jeff
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That's a swan's head, not a horse. Light beak, blue eye, light neck ...
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No no, it's an omelet with Madame Jeannette peppers !
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I'll admit the visible light version does look like a horse's head, but I think the infrared version looks more like a greyhound's(*) head when they're running full speed.
(*) I have two: Bacchus, named after the Greek and Roman god of, er, whine and Hera the boss lady.
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No attempt
Bookmark it!
"It is easy to decipher extraterrestrial signals after deciphering Javascript and VB6 themselves.", ISanti[ ^]
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So you really want to know all the dark and evil things I did before answering my questions?
Please see also this list of rules[^], especially #16.
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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If someone can't be bothered to try anything, why should we bother pasting a link?
98.4% of statistics are made up on the spot.
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I downvoted that page because it was TL;DR
cheers
Chris Maunder
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You don't need to read it. Just put the link for others to read.
"It is easy to decipher extraterrestrial signals after deciphering Javascript and VB6 themselves.", ISanti[ ^]
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Oops sorry been in orrible meetings all morning - Griff let me down by not solving Fridays clue - too late to post one now - if it's ok with everyone else I'll post one tomorrow
We can’t stop here, this is bat country - Hunter S Thompson RIP
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Don't blame me - I tried!
I'm fine with you posting tomorrow - it's a bit late now.
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But CodeProject was out.
What's the use of internet if there's no CodeProject?
Luckily it's back now
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Sorry, that was my fault. I used the CodeProjector to watch Game of Thrones. In thought nobody would notice. Griff, I must also admit that I had my feet on the table again.
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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No no, it was my fault, it was a "Denial of Tulips" attack
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But he still does get wooden shoes, frikandel and camping trailers?
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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I'm working on that, also I'm thinking of changing my name to "FanFan-la-Tulipe"
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