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 My son will never know the joy of holding the rabbit ears 'just so', so my old man and his friends could enjoy the hockey game.
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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We lived way out in rural Americana and the use of tin foil was not optional, they got pretty good with it!
Everyone has a photographic memory; some just don't have film. Steven Wright
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Eventually we moved the TV closer to window, where we could make use of the metallic curtain rod on occasion.
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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I ended up buying a cheap Radio Shack $13 antenae that worked pretty good but I worked in an electronic shop fixing TVs and a customer came in and gave me a super big antenae with a rotor and I bought a 20ft. tower and the little $13 RS one did a better job so I sold the big one.
Everyone has a photographic memory; some just don't have film. Steven Wright
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Ah, those were the days. 
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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Yeah I do miss those days, a lot simpler.
We raised our own meat and hunted.
Had a huge vegetable garden, canned and froze.
Taught out kids no sir and yes maam...
Everyone has a photographic memory; some just don't have film. Steven Wright
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Mike Hankey wrote: Had a huge vegetable garden, canned
We used to have 2 or 3 weekends a year devoted to canning, the whole family was involved, it actually kind of fun.
Mike Hankey wrote: no sir and yes maam...
Mom was not kind, if we were impolite.
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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It is so.
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When they first came in, they were easy to find; they were on the end of the cable! Cat / dog / wife / kids all tripped over the wire of course, so usually easier just to leave the remote on top of the tv set.
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No, I can never find it, because the grandchildren come over and hide it!It's easier to find if I have plenty of candy and cookies when they come over, Happily my children all have dental insurance!
CQ de W5ALT
Walt Fair, Jr., P. E.
Comport Computing
Specializing in Technical Engineering Software
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Somewhat related and very amusing video[^]
A quick side note, Kris is also known as Zedaph, and is one of the Minecraft YouTubers I subscribe to. He is VERY witty (and goofy).
What do you get when you cross a joke with a rhetorical question?
The metaphorical solid rear-end expulsions have impacted the metaphorical motorized bladed rotating air movement mechanism.
Do questions with multiple question marks annoy you???
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VIPERIFORM[^]
The explanation should be pretty obvious following the answer, but I would appreciate any feedback on the clue as there was 1 or 2 parts that I felt wasn't immediately obvious as to their meaning. So I am wondering if it was a nice challenging clue, or just a badly designed one?
I am going on holiday on Friday for 2 weeks, so tomorrows clue will be much easier... hopefully
Full clue breakdown:
celebrity = VIP
outfit = uniform
the casualty department = ER
the peacekeepers = UN
VIP uniform based around ER, but let's leave UN out of this
VIP + ER + uniform = Viperuniform
Viperuniform - UN = Viperiform
viperiform = Snake-like shaped
modified 26-Sep-18 9:09am.
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Celebrity - VIP
casualty department - ER
Rest I have no clue how it could fit in. Am I even on right track?
Edit -
IFORM comes from removing UN from uniform but how did uniform come here?
"It is easy to decipher extraterrestrial signals after deciphering Javascript and VB6 themselves.", ISanti[ ^]
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Outfit = Uniform
Peacekeepers = Un
Remove Un from Uniform leaves iform.
This space for rent
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All correct.
Any suggestions on what might have been better for "uniform" instead of "outfit"?
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Possibly "all the same".
This space for rent
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constant?
"It is easy to decipher extraterrestrial signals after deciphering Javascript and VB6 themselves.", ISanti[ ^]
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Ah, non-linear narration (as in movies).
"It is easy to decipher extraterrestrial signals after deciphering Javascript and VB6 themselves.", ISanti[ ^]
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Are you suggesting that is wasn't clear which part to remove the "UN" from?
I can see why you might think it that way, but I wasn't actually suggesting to remove "UN" from "UNIFORM" directly, more a case that it should be removed from the result of the first part of the clue. I.e. remove "UN" from "VIPERUNIFORM"
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No. I wasn't roping in "based around" part. I was ignoring that. This made the clue non-linear for me. I got VIP and ER, then I had to go back to outfit to get uniform and then move forward again to remove UN.
Still makes more sense than what I can come up with:
Echidna sounds like clean alteration.
"It is easy to decipher extraterrestrial signals after deciphering Javascript and VB6 themselves.", ISanti[ ^]
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lw@zi wrote: but how did uniform come here?
Outfit = Uniform (as in clothes that are worn)
To be fair, that was the bit of the clue I was most unsure about. A Uniform can definitely be described as an outfit, but it probably isn't the most obvious thing to come to mind.
I suppose it doesn't help that both outfit and uniform have multiple meanings, not just relating to wearing clothes.
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Livery?
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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Now that would have been a good one to use! Unfortunately I have only just learned that word. Why didn't you teach me it 6 hours ago?!
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Google is your friend and the Thesaurus is (against common belief) not an extinct reptile.
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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My great granddad always used to say: "Don't belief anything you read".
But he was a bit of a dinosaur, so I would always take what he said "with a punch of salt".
On a side note, I am not sure even I know what I am going on about anymore... 
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