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Re: Mini CCCs - all done

OriginalGriff5-Jan-19 8:45

5-Jan-19 8:45

Your homepage: Tim Deveaux - Professional Profile[^] There is a forum at the bottom where you can start threads.

A lack of restrictions is good, provided you give guidelines if others are expected to set them.

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Re: Mini CCCs - all done

Tim Deveaux5-Jan-19 9:03

5-Jan-19 9:03

Right - got it.

Didn't know about the time restriction on the WSO - no wonder they're all solved by the time I get up Smile | :)

Smile | :)

(Not that I would get many anyway)

Hmmm... yes, will others set them... hmmm...

Re: Mini CCCs - all done

OriginalGriff5-Jan-19 10:02

5-Jan-19 10:02

You need a time limit of some form so that you get a "win / lose" condition, and a point at which you can post solutions. Doesn't have to be "4 hours", for "mini CCC" it could be "tomorrow" if you always post it on a Saturday for example.

Other people setting it can be a good idea - it stops it being "a chore" because people do get attached to regular items (I get complaints if I don't post TotD on time and that was never meant to run for weeks, let alone several years!)

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RickZeeland5-Jan-19 4:39

5-Jan-19 4:39

Today we visited the "The Coffeecat" cafe in Almere and were lucky to find a free table.
It's like a cosy living room, and there's a variety of cats, 10 in total.
Most of the cats were sleeping, and did not seem to mind all the visiting people.
Conclusion: heartily recommended !

Re: The Coffeecat

PIEBALDconsult5-Jan-19 5:27

5-Jan-19 5:27

My wife and kid like cats -- I don't.
A cat café tried to open here, but they couldn't get permits, so it's a cat lounge instead.

Re: The Coffeecat

Mark Parity5-Jan-19 5:50

5-Jan-19 5:50

How about a cat gin bar, call it the cat-a-tonic. Smile | :)

Smile | :)

Re: The Coffeecat

OriginalGriff5-Jan-19 5:59

5-Jan-19 5:59

How about a government run cat sports bar? Call it the Cat Ass Trophy.

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Re: The Coffeecat

RickZeeland5-Jan-19 6:32

5-Jan-19 6:32

You are forgiven, we can't be all purrrfect $Shucks | :-\$
But I'm curious if you have any cats at home ...

Re: The Coffeecat

PIEBALDconsult5-Jan-19 15:09

5-Jan-19 15:09

At home I get very little p.....

Re: The Coffeecat

RickZeeland5-Jan-19 20:45

5-Jan-19 20:45

provisions ?

Re: The Coffeecat

dandy725-Jan-19 7:16

5-Jan-19 7:16

Sounds suspicious. Are you sure they're not using the cats to make the coffee on-site?

Re: The Coffeecat

RickZeeland5-Jan-19 7:35

5-Jan-19 7:35

Sharp observation, but I'm pretty sure they didn't, because it was just plain, bland coffee they served $Shucks | :-\$

Re: The Coffeecat

dandy725-Jan-19 12:50

5-Jan-19 12:50

Have you tasted "that other kind" to compare? Smile | :)

Smile | :)

Re: The Coffeecat

DRHuff5-Jan-19 7:52

5-Jan-19 7:52

Awesome!! A coffe house that would kill my wife and kids just by entering.

Although... some days I reaaaally feel the need for a coffee!

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Re: The Coffeecat

RickZeeland5-Jan-19 8:04

5-Jan-19 8:04

Be glad that it wasn't a coffee shop $Shucks | :-\$

Re: The Coffeecat

RickZeeland5-Jan-19 8:10

5-Jan-19 8:10

Quote:
And then the cat crept in and crept out again
The cat crept in and crept out again
So I open the door for that high-heeled paw
I said the cat crept in
Ooh
And crept out again.
I said the cat crept in and we crept out again.

Re: The Coffeecat

Mark_Wallace5-Jan-19 10:10

5-Jan-19 10:10

Free-roaming animals inside a premisis where comestibles are served?

Are they sure it's legal?

I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

Re: The Coffeecat

RickZeeland5-Jan-19 20:42

5-Jan-19 20:42

I think it's legal, there are also restaurants where dogs (!) are allowed. Besides the kitchen was placed in some sort of glass aquarium so the cats could not get in.

Re: The Coffeecat

Mark_Wallace5-Jan-19 20:53

5-Jan-19 20:53

RickZeeland wrote:
Besides the kitchen was placed in some sort of glass aquarium so the cats could not get in.

So Cat + Aquarium = GoodIdea?

I think we must have been watching different cartoons.

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Ah. Christmas is (officialy) over.

OriginalGriff5-Jan-19 2:45

5-Jan-19 2:45

It's Twelfth Night tonight, so the Badtis decorations have been taken down, packed neatly away, and store until next December (With the assistance of Dij The Cat, without whom things would have proceeded much more smoothly, and with less swear words).

The house looks dull, and flat - and I guess my consumption (or overconsumption) of chocolate will have to be tapered off now as well. Oh well, it was a good season (excepting the TV which was trite, predictable, and boring).

Hope you had a good season, and wish you all a good year ahead!

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Re: Ah. Christmas is (officialy) over.

GuyThiebaut5-Jan-19 3:16

5-Jan-19 3:16

OriginalGriff wrote:
excepting the TV which was trite, predictable, and boring

Well at least there was Doctor Who[^] which got a 94% critic rating.
(Let's not mention the 23% audience rating.)

“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”

― Christopher Hitchens

Re: Ah. Christmas is (officialy) over.

OriginalGriff5-Jan-19 4:00

5-Jan-19 4:00

I don't watch children's TV! Laugh | :laugh:

Laugh | :laugh:

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Re: Ah. Christmas is (officialy) over.

lopatir5-Jan-19 4:34

5-Jan-19 4:34

OriginalGriff wrote:
packed neatly away, and store until next December (With ~~the assistance of~~ Dij The Cat, without whom things would have proceeded much more smoothly...

Yeah sometimes them cat's just don't wanna stay in the box.

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Re: Ah. Christmas is (officialy) over.

OriginalGriff5-Jan-19 4:36

5-Jan-19 4:36

Would you, if suddenly you didn't know if you were alive or dead?

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Dumb things I learned today

Chris Maunder4-Jan-19 5:47

4-Jan-19 5:47

The 9V battery is also referred to as type E.

There's also a 4⁄5AA type.

(yeah - busy, busy day here and I'm desperate for distraction)

cheers
Chris Maunder

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