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I so loved my 60HP Saab 96.
"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein | "As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error." - Weisert | "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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I loved my first car as well: Lancia Beta HPE 2000 in silver and rust... It was an ex company car, and was three years old.
Lovely car to drive, horrible car to work on... And corroded if you mentioned the word "rain"...
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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Pretty irrelevant, you can exceed the speed limit easily and safely in a 1.0l Ford Ka. Having a crazy car is for the fun of getting from 0 to 60 and round corners in a much more exciting way, not pure speed (you can't legally exercise the full speed of even a basic car on public roads).
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I think that was my point.
You'll never get very far if all you do is follow instructions.
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Mid-life crisis?
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair.
Those who seek perfection will only find imperfection
nils illegitimus carborundum
me, me, me
me, in pictures
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A "crisis" would be indicated by a lightning decision made on a spur of the moment - this motor swap has been in the planning stages for more than a year.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010 ----- You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010 ----- When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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So you mean the plate should be 427 MLC
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We've got a guy in our lot with the plate MMLCRX on his MX-5.
Software Zen: delete this;
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mark merrens wrote: Mid-life crisis?
If this is the middle of his life, he'd live to be the oldest American alive. John is an old geezer!
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Sweet! That should be plenty of horsepower for towing your RV when you retire.
Will Rogers never met me.
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".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010 ----- You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010 ----- When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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I doubt he'd ever retire - from coding. Maybe retire from a full time job. But he's the kinda guy who'd take Visual Studio to his grave.
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John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote: AMF = Adios Mother F*cker
There's a shooter cocktail of that name. But I believe you don't drink.
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Here you go: (the link won't work, so you need to replace those *s with the proper letters)
http://www.1001cocktails.com/recipes/mixed-drinks/100100/cocktail-adios-motherf*****.html[^]
I made this for a friend's birthday party. It was the shooter drink for the night. Was a huge hit!
- 1/2 oz vodka
- 1/2 oz rum
- 1/2 oz tequila
- 1/2 oz gin
- 1/2 oz blue curacao liqueur
- 2 oz sweet and sour mix
- 2 oz soda (7-up, sprite)
We did not drink it in glasses, instead made it in bulk and everyone had multiple shots.
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That's half a TGV[^] and half a ladies drink.
By coincidence TGV[^] is quite a fitting name.
Also known in Australia as rocket fuel, but that recipe is without the blue wimp juice.
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YEah, I'm aware.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010 ----- You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010 ----- When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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cid = cubic inch displacement?
We've been metric all my life, so I've only ever seen cc (cubic centremeters) or liters displacement.
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That's a hair under 7 liters
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010 ----- You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010 ----- When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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Along the Western Veil [^]
Wow!
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair.
Those who seek perfection will only find imperfection
nils illegitimus carborundum
me, me, me
me, in pictures
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Another great one.
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My first WPF/MVVM based application is ready. Only glitch is that I have to send entire PasswordBox since Password is not a DependencyProperty . I don't really care much about that one odd instance.
Time to add "WPF (Beginner, Self-taught)" to resume.
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Yes, I am aware of techniques. But I do not really bother. It is OK for me have one instance. I am not a purist after all.
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Do we see an article on the horizon?
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Not really. It is linked to the product we work on and I am bound not to share technical details to outside World. However, I will think of something if I can.
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