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I love writing code and especially creating UIs. It's my passion and I have put up with a lot of cruddy, unintuitive languages and development environments to follow my bliss.
Some of the more arduous technologies I've encountered would be:
Embedded FORTH - well actually, any FORTH for that matter
The inaptly named NATURAL and its backend ADABAS
VC++ 6 MFC - Creating any sufficiently complex UI was akin to attempting suicide with a hammer.
COM/ActiveX - it was a nice idea that got lost in the implementation. The road to hell is paved with good intentions.
Anything involving Eclipse! (now where did I put that hammer?)
InstallShield
LISP - that syntax, oh the humanity!
But I really enjoy using LEX & YACC, so what does that say about me? 
Cheers,
Mike Fidler
"I intend to live forever - so far, so good." Steven Wright
"I almost had a psychic girlfriend but she left me before we met." Also Steven Wright
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Friggin' SharePoint - 
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As a long time (since the 70's) embedded developer, assembly language.
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Landrover 109 Series II A <- Cheap agricultural insurance
Renault 5 Campus <- For teaching my brother to drive
Landrover 109 Series III 6-cyl (rare ex British Gas) <- Nearly bankrupted me for life
Triumph GT6 <- I was trying to buy a new Citroen but got side tracked
Peugeot 307 SW <- The vehicular embodiment of the phrase 'meh'
Triumph GT6[^] <- I can afford this as a hobby now.
The only conclusion is that I am stupid and don't learn from history.
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Lancia Beta HPE 2000
Simca. Gawd knows what. Paid £10, sold it a year later for £10. To the guy I bought it off. Was not worth the money.
Mitsubishi Shogun (Pajero outside Europe) 2800 turbo diesel.
Mercedes Benz A160.
And more motorcycles than I can remember (for some strange reason far too many of these where Honda CB550F1s)
You looking for sympathy?
You'll find it in the dictionary, between sympathomimetic and sympatric
(Page 1788, if it helps)
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Hyundai Excel
Nissan Sentra
VW Passat
VW Beetle (conv)
Toyota Solara (conv)
Audi A4 (conv)
Audi A4
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Morris Eight -> £10 from a pal, sold it for £10 six months later
Ford Cortina -> my first family car
Hillman Hunter GT -> went like a bomb
Plymouth Fury (in Turkey) -> V12 monster
Fiat 131 (x 2) -> boring but cheap
Austin Ambassador -> company car
Mini -> whizzz
Toyota Corolla -> built like a tank
Peugeot 309 -> diesel but still went
Peugeot 405 -> 150,000 miles in 3 years
Peugeot 306 -> stopgap company car
Saab 900 (x 2) -> reliable
Mercedes C220 -> very nice
Honda CB500F -> still learning
Toyota Avensis -> final company car
Toyota Corolla -> first new car I ever bought
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1977 Chevy Nova -- in canary yellow  -- spun it and totalled it on the highway (Whee!)
1978 Chevy Nova
1983 Chevy Malibu wagon
1982 Volvo 244
(After here, includes co-owned with the wife)
1996 Toyota Camry *
1997 Toyota 4Runner *
1985 Yamaha Virago 700
199x Mazda 323
2000 Toyota Echo
2003 Toyota Highlander
2013 Toyota Corolla *
* New from dealer
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Toyota Corolla (of father)
Reanult 5 (of father)
Skoda Felicia (of father)
Renault Express (of work)
Mazda 6 (of work)
Mazda 323 (of work)
Mitsubishi Lancer (of work)
I'm not questioning your powers of observation; I'm merely remarking upon the paradox of asking a masked man who he is. (V)
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Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter wrote: Renault Express (of work)
Now that is a classy car for work. 
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus
Entropy isn't what it used to.
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Those days we were supply hardware (include installation) to our customers. As I was the new guy I got all that kind of works and every second week drove that car - full of hardware - to other customer...
I'm not questioning your powers of observation; I'm merely remarking upon the paradox of asking a masked man who he is. (V)
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1966 Mustang Coupe 289/auto
1972 Chevy Caprice 350/auto
1967 VW Beetle
1967 Mustang Coupe 289/auto
1966 Mustang Fastback 302/4spd manual
1968 Mustang Fastback 390/4spd manual
1965 Mustang Fastback 302/4spd manual (wish I still had this one)
1988 Mustang GT 302/5spd manual
1989 Mustang LX Coupe 302/5spd manual
1990 Bronco 2
1991 Ford Ranger
1988 Harley-Davidson Sportster
1994 Hardley-Davidson FLSTC
1999 Buick Park Ave Ultra (supercharged V6/auto)
2004 Crown Victoria Sport (4.6/auto)
2012 Mustang Coupe V6/auto (converted to V8/6spd manual)
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
modified 11-Aug-14 14:37pm.
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 This is about 4 times the number of car I will ever have in my whole life ( assuming I won't die early).
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus
Entropy isn't what it used to.
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I'm old - when you get old, you'll have owned that many too.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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Wow - I'm guessing most of the things you've ever seen were in the rear-view mirror!
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Got a feeling you have a thing for Mustangs! Not sure what quite gives it away...
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Bear in mind that what was called a Mustsang from the 70s until recently wasn't a proper Mustang.
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Since I have CRS here is what I can recall.
Ford Falcon <- it ran
Pontiac Bonneville (I think) <- had new engine put in
Oldsmobile Delta 88 <- ??
Pontiac Astre <- Not bad
Chevrolet Cutlas Supreme <- got from mother when Astre got rear ended
Mazda GLC wagon <- would not run in the ran (never own one again)
Dodge Omni <- ??
Toyota Camry <- good car traded in on newer model
Toyota Camry <- 160K miles ran until hit a deer
Buick Regal <- Could not get to run properly
Dodge Dynasty <- got from aunts estate then I drove it until I killed it
Chevrolet Cobalt <- Nice car
This does not include the two pickups and one motorcycle during this time as they were secondary
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The one's I like to remember...
67 Camaro <- My first car
70 Pontiac Bonneville
72 Plymouth ‘Cuda
70 Ford LTD
75 Plymouth Fury
76 Mustang Fastback
80 Pinto hatchback. <- These were fun with the 2.8L V6 put in.
85 Ford Ranger
90 Ford Bronco 2
95 Chevy Tracker
00 Ford Ranger
06 Ford Ranger <- the one I drive now
It was broke, so I fixed it.
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1977 Triumph Spitfire 1500
1980 Triumph Spitfire 1500
???? Eunos (gray import so not MX5, Miata in US) -mk1
2005 Audi A4
???? Chevrolet Lacetti -POC
2006 Ford Focus + 1974 MGB GT
The MGB GT is going to be a rolling resto, once I finish the bits and bobs to get it rolling again - just a leaky clutch master cylinder and the back brakes AFAICT at the mo.It also makes me feel like a traitor, I'm from a Triumph family. Triumphs have gone up a lot in price, not so long ago a decent Spit would cost a lot less than a manky MGB, not any more.
Alberto Brandolini: The amount of energy necessary to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude bigger than to produce it.
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1979 Honda Civic CVCC -- Loved that car. Land boat hit me from behind ten months later and totaled it.
198? Toyota Tercel -- Workhorse.
1986 Chevy Nova -- Another workhorse which I drove into the ground (14 years.)
1979 Chevy Caprice Classic Station Wagon -- Diesel piece of crap, but cost me only $50.
1972 Olds Custom Cruiser Station Wagon (with 455 Rocket engine) -- Cool looking car, but total lemon.
2001 Honda Odyssey -- Best car I've ever owned. Ex-wife still driving it.
1999 Honda Civic VP -- Not the best year for Civics, but it has 190,000 miles on it and my daughter is driving it
2013 Honda Civic EX -- Except for the awful headrest, it's an awesome car.
Bonus:
1976 Fiat 128 -- My brother bought it. I paid half without seeing it. The worse car I've ever driven.
198? Plymouth Acclaim -- Oldest daughter's first car ($600, low miles and would have lasted but a guy in a pickup ran into her and totaled it.)
1996 Ford Taurus -- Oldest son's first car. He hammered it, couldn't afford insurance, I sold it.
1999 Nissan Maxima -- When my oldest daughter totaled her second car (her fault), I helped her buy this. Looked and drove great until engine blew up on freeway without warning. Later found out that 1999 Nissans had this tendency.
Second Bonus:
1968 Volkswagon Beetle -- My dad's car. I learned to drive in this thing.
1972 Volkswagon Beetle -- The 68 beetle died. My dad didn't learn and bought this.
1976 Ford Pinto -- 72 Beetle died. My dad still didn't learn. Lasted less than two years before timing gear sheared. Turns out, he is crap at buying cars. (He later bought a Ford Reliant station wagon, then a Plymouth Voyager. The only passable cars he bought before two consecutive Camry's--but only because his sons talked him into them--were a 1982 Ford Country Squire with a 350 Cleveland which was a beast and a Plymouth Champ and a Dodge Colt, though my mom totaled the Champ and the Colt burned to the ground.)
(The Odyssey and 2013 Civic were the only cars I bought new.)
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1972 Toyota Corona MkII Wagon - Parents bought it for $500 then finally gave it to me when I graduated High School.
1969 VW Beetle - Bought from neighbors for $50 so I could have 2 cars, keeping at least one running during college.
1990 Toyota 4x4 Pickup - Still own this! Get offers to buy it all the time.
1984 Honda VF-500F Interceptor - Heavy, slow and over complicated sport bike.
1997 Suzuki GSX-R600 - Had a lot of fun with this one, and used it as my race bike in summer.
1991 Honda CRX Si - Fun car which I auto-crossed to a local championship one year.
2006 Suzuki DR-Z400S - Great fun bike...my urban assault vehicle and back woods bashing bike...still own.
2012 Toyota FJ Cruiser - Great combination of on road manners and off road brawn...somewhat modified for extreme overlanding.
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'72 Ford Maverick
'73 Chevy Nova
'85 Honda Accord (1st and only new car)
'84 Chevrolet Chevette
'94 Mazda Miata
'02 Dodge Dakota
'02 Honda Civic
This list doesn't include all of the cars I've owned. The wife's vehicles would add an '88 Honda Prelude, '95 Ford Escort, '96 Ford Thunderbird, '94 Chrysler something-or-other, '02 Dodge Neon, and a '13 Dodge Challenger to the list.
Software Zen: delete this;
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86 Ford F150 - first vehicle, used to paint houses out of it
99 bmw 323i - convertible, first car i ever bought
05 bmw 330xi - this was loads of fun
01 corvette - convertible, didnt need the sedan and wanted no roof again.
01 jeep cherokee - so i can get to work after it snows and the vette is stuck in the garage.
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