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GeneralRe: Never Forget ThemmvpOriginalGriff10 Nov '12 - 22:05 
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning,
We will remember them.

If you get an email telling you that you can catch Swine Flu from tinned pork then just delete it. It's Spam.

GeneralRe: Never Forget ThemmemberNagy Vilmos11 Nov '12 - 1:27 
Just home from the War Memorial. they read out every name before the two minutes.


Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done.
Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H
OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre
I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer
Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett

GeneralRe: Never Forget ThemmemberChris C-B10 Nov '12 - 22:31 
In the same vein: The Green Fields of France - Eric Bogle[^]
GeneralRe: Never Forget ThemmvpRichard MacCutchan11 Nov '12 - 1:02 
You should add Wilf's name at the bottom. That post reads as if you are the author.
One of these days I'm going to think of a really clever signature.

GeneralRe: Never Forget ThemmemberRhys Gravell11 Nov '12 - 1:29 
Fair point, well presented and certainly not my intention
Rhys
 
"If you ever start taking things too seriously, just remember that we are talking monkeys on an organic spaceship flying through the Universe"

GeneralRe: Never Forget ThemmvpRichard MacCutchan11 Nov '12 - 2:04 
Rhys Gravell wrote:
not my intention
I'm sure it was not. But not everyone would recognise the words as quickly as those of us from the Commonwealth.
One of these days I'm going to think of a really clever signature.

GeneralDoes anyone here live close to Waterdown, Ontario?memberharold aptroot10 Nov '12 - 20:54 
It's close to Hamilton.
Some genius there created a PlayStation Network account using my email address. With his full name and address. Wow.
 
Someone go give that guy a slap.
GeneralRe: Does anyone here live close to Waterdown, Ontario?mvpOriginalGriff10 Nov '12 - 20:58 
Ooo goody! A clever one! Laugh | :laugh:
If you get an email telling you that you can catch Swine Flu from tinned pork then just delete it. It's Spam.

GeneralRe: Does anyone here live close to Waterdown, Ontario?memberJörgen Andersson10 Nov '12 - 21:31 
I don't know, fake email, why not a fake name?
People say nothing is impossible, but I do nothing every day.

GeneralRe: Does anyone here live close to Waterdown, Ontario?memberharold aptroot10 Nov '12 - 21:48 
I checked it. Someone with that name lives at that address.
GeneralRe: Does anyone here live close to Waterdown, Ontario?memberJörgen Andersson10 Nov '12 - 22:03 
And someone with your email address exists too.
 
I'm not saying that it isn't the address of the actual registree though, I'm merely pointing out a different possibility.
 
One of my email addresses is very popular to use as a fake address. And a few years back I got tired of it and started to tell people to stop it.
That's when I learned that many subscription services actually make a check that the postal addresses are real, and that people therefore use someone elses address instead.
 
Nowadays I'm messing with the registrees instead when I'm getting their confirmation email.
People say nothing is impossible, but I do nothing every day.

GeneralRe: Does anyone here live close to Waterdown, Ontario?memberharold aptroot10 Nov '12 - 22:27 
Jörgen Andersson wrote:
And someone with your email address exists too.
It's not just that. The address and name don't just both exist, they match.
 
Yea I know, it is possible, but extremely unlikely.
 
The registree would have to have done actual effort to make the name match the address (the chance of them matching accidentally is just too low) and who does that when giving a fake address?
 
Also, my email address is not an obvious choice for a fake email address. It's more likely to have been a typo.
GeneralRe: Does anyone here live close to Waterdown, Ontario?memberChris Meech11 Nov '12 - 15:13 
I drive by there every time I visit one of my daughters. I'll yell at the guy for you next time I visit my daughter. Smile | :)
Chris Meech
I am Canadian. [heard in a local bar]
 
In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is. [Yogi Berra]
 
posting about Crystal Reports here is like discussing gay marriage on a catholic church’s website.[Nishant Sivakumar]

GeneralCool SitememberZac Greve10 Nov '12 - 14:53 
Here.[^]
 
You can get lost for hours reading that blog!
I think computer viruses should count as life. I think it says something about human nature that the only form of life we have created so far is purely destructive. We've created life in our own image.
Stephen Hawking

GeneralRe: Cool SitememberRavi Bhavnani10 Nov '12 - 16:16 
Excellent stuff!
 
/ravi
My new year resolution: 2048 x 1536
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GeneralRe: Cool SitememberZac Greve11 Nov '12 - 3:30 
Yeah, I found it while searching Google for something (which I didn't find on Google, but I did with Bing).
I think computer viruses should count as life. I think it says something about human nature that the only form of life we have created so far is purely destructive. We've created life in our own image.
Stephen Hawking

GeneralRe: Cool SitememberTPFKAPB11 Nov '12 - 22:28 
OMG | :OMG: You just broke the Internets.
GeneralRe: Cool SitememberZac Greve12 Nov '12 - 4:36 
Hey, I Googled 'Painful Blisters on Hands', and got back restaurants. D'Oh! | :doh: I am not sure what happened there.
 
Bing at least tries to be somewhere in the same universe with the results.
I think computer viruses should count as life. I think it says something about human nature that the only form of life we have created so far is purely destructive. We've created life in our own image.
Stephen Hawking

GeneralRe: Cool SiteprotectorAspDotNetDev10 Nov '12 - 19:15 
Loctrice (see thread below) might find this interesting. Smile | :)

GeneralRe: Cool SiteprotectorMarc Clifton11 Nov '12 - 8:37 
Not exactly every day though. Wink | ;)
 
Marc

GeneralPost fight photomemberloctrice10 Nov '12 - 14:16 
Here[^]
 
I still don't have the youtube clip yet. I didn't record it, so I'm still waiting for the link.
If it moves, compile it

GeneralRe: Post fight photomemberSoMad10 Nov '12 - 15:33 
Thumbs Up | :thumbsup:
 
Note to self: Remember to never, ever insult or in any way make loctrice angry. Sniff | :^)
 
Soren Madsen
GeneralRe: Post fight photositebuilderAndy Brummer10 Nov '12 - 16:37 
Based on the name of the photo and lack of visible injury, Congrats!

Curvature of the Mind now with 3D

GeneralRe: Post fight photomemberloctrice11 Nov '12 - 3:43 
Thanks!
 
I made a post about it. Ref stopped it in the second due to strikes. I got a TKO Big Grin | :-D
If it moves, compile it

GeneralRe: Post fight photomemberForogar11 Nov '12 - 4:24 
Strikes? Damn those unions - won't they ever learn that strikes never help the common worker?
- Life in the fast lane is only fun if you live in a country with no speed limits.
- Of all the things I have lost, it is my mind that I miss the most.
- I vaguely remember having a good memory...

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