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Well, day 2 at work today. been good so far, most amusing thing was getting my company car today and the first experience of driving across Doha!
Oh how we chuckled, while pulling a few dodgy moves just to fit in with the locals! Only had to use my horn once, and that was to try and get out of the work car park! Helps if I use the correct barrier exit 
Anyway, pics of the 'bus' and some more blurb can be had here http://qatar-is-calling.blogspot.com/2015/03/day-2-car-drive-homethe-blood-lost.html[^].
Everyone else fine?
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DaveAuld wrote: Oh how we chuckled, while pulling a few dodgy moves just to fit in with the locals!
Remember, right of way is by might, not right!
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You get used to them (the bus, that is) - I had a turbo diesel 2800 version of the Shogun for a lot of years, and they are really rather good. Except at going fast, they are rubbish at that.
But...I could chuck a ton of coal, or a chest freezer in the back and it didn't even notice.
Yes, they are big and bulky (about the size and shape of a supermarket parking place, which has to be considered when parking - you need space in the bay beside you to open the door) but they will go anywhere, and in pretty good comfort. Bouncy comfort, but comfort! 
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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I'm bluddy freezing, thanks very bluddy much.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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My father is also there right now. He just sent me a pic of him riding a camel, and an other pic of some fake ancient temple thing. Of course, no one cares about any of this, but I thought it was an interesting coincidence.
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And everyone has a go at the welsh and sheep!
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Well you know, when in Rome..
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well done - glad to hear things are going well
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I'm curious, did the company give you an orientation on Sharia law and how it applies to you and your family?
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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A very basic presentation was sent to us on some of the do/dots/customs but that was it.
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Don't lose your head. 
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If you cross the Godfather with a lawyer, do you get an offer you can’t understand?
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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You get a loan shark where the interest compounds in 15 minute intervals.
"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
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I wouldn't dare cross the Godfather at all 
My blog[ ^]
public class SanderRossel : Lazy<Person>
{
public void DoWork()
{
throw new NotSupportedException();
}
}
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You get an offer that you don't want to misunderstand.
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You get an offer you can't refute.
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Is it posted or not? Do I get a +1 or -1 point?
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yes
You cant outrun the world, but there is no harm in getting a head start
Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.
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Bassam Abdul-Baki wrote: Is it posted or not?
Only if someone looks at it, in which case the speed of the post changes.
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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There's a cat outside with a box. He looks angry.
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"In fact, the mere act of opening the box will determine the state of the cat, although in this case there were three determinate states the cat could be in: these being Alive, Dead, and Bloody Furious."
-- Terry Pratchett, Lords and Ladies
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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You forgot the 4th state "In transition", since they have 9 lives?
New version: WinHeist Version 2.1.0
My goal in life is to have a psychiatric disorder named after me.
I'm currently unsupervised, I know it freaks me out too but the possibilities are endless.
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Why a quote Griff? Cat got your tongue? 
Oh, there is mine.
The sh*t I complain about
It's like there ain't a cloud in the sky and it's raining out - Eminem
~! Firewall !~
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Its probably a radioactive zombie, vampire cat.
Is dead, alive, and undead that glows in the dark so it can read physic magazines at night.
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