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USD to CAD is now at 1.43. Not bad 
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And I thought, that's because Chris buy the beers... 
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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Chris is quite likely pissed off because CAD to AUD is now 1 : 1
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He is meant to be coming to Oz to have drink with me.
Reckon he snuck in and out without telling me.
Michael Martin
Australia
"I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible."
- Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
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Maybe you should pay him a surprise visit to Toronto?
Ravi Bhavnani did that to me once. I was working for CP back then, this guy somehow bypasses security (not surprising, they probably thought a very visible geek/nerd couldn't do much harm), walks right to where I am sitting and says, "Hey Nish, what's up?" - not even saying his name yet, I am somehow supposed to figure out who he is based on his 20 year old profile pic on CP (from when he was still pre-middle-age). Good times though! CG was there that week, so Ravi, CG, Tim D, Smitha and I hung out in and around downtown Toronto.
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Sadly, I can never again in my life visit Canadia. I got popped for a DUI 22 years ago, and though the law here requires that records be expunged after 10 years, the US Gestapo doesn't actually do so, and they share the illegally retained information with the Canucks. I've known a number of folks who had the family vacation ruined at the border, turned back by the Red Coats for an ancient and forgotten infraction.
Will Rogers never met me.
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Interesting, I never knew that a past DUI offence would be something that'd affect entry into Canada.
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A conviction for just about anything beyond a misdemeanor will make border crossing problematic in much of the world.
Your home country will eventually forgive you and let you out of prison; but border guards have their sense of humor surgically extracted before starting work.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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I thought you were going to say that Harp seals are in season...
Will Rogers never met me.
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Bring your own bat.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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0x01AA wrote: Do you know the feeling, you have moved one trillion boxes
If you need more than one day to move, you own too much. Don't unpack the boxes in your new home and throw away all unopened boxes after a year.
0x01AA wrote: Can you suggest some drugs
Yage.
Might make you psychotic enough to forget your current problems 
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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Quote: Yage.
I think better to try it after movement 
Moving the dog is "more or less easy", moving the cat -according to the pic in your profile- I think you can estimate what it means 
modified 19-Jan-21 21:04pm.
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0x01AA wrote: I think better to try it after movement 
You better not try it, but you asked which would be best. If you do try it prepare to give up part of your sanity.
0x01AA wrote: Moving the dog is "more or less easy", moving the cat -according to the pic in
your profile- I think you can estimate what it means 
Moving my cat was easy, he will not go beyond the electronic fence in the garden. Even if not wearing the collar that prohibits it, he will not move beyond the wire.
If you have a free roaming cat, you'd need to convince it that there is more value in the new home than in the old one. Meat is the answer, ofc 
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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I think your point is valid but maybe not throw out all the boxes that's unopened. You might throw out something with cash value or too much sentimental value. We got this problem in our household, stuff creep. but we have gotten a lot better, before last time we moved I iterated through or storage twice and threw out a lot of stuff and got my wife to throw away a lot. the amount of boxes is now <10.
Atm the two biggest culprits are clothes and toys. So many toys everywhere at home... I put away a large box of them, my son not missing anything and there are still so many...
I also got a closet with old computer components that might be useful one day... Pentium cpus will become hot stuff again in the future right?
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So she moves hers and you move yours.
Sounds fair enough.
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VERY SERIOUS SUGGESTIONS
- Start with the least used parts of the house; storage, etc.
- Use smaller boxes if you can; they all have to be carried around a lot.
- Everything in a box should be for one room only; label each box with a number and it's destination, e.g. "#7 - kitchen"
- On the subject of labels, use sticky labels as they can be replaced next time; we have boxes that have more labels than cardboard.
- Wrap valuables in tissue paper, then newspaper and finally in bubble wrap, keep fragile boxes for just that.
- Aim to throw out a third of what you have without packing it; this is an ideal time to get rid of dross.
- When you move if you have no place for something then bin it; double clear out == twice as tidy.
- EVERYTHING, and I mean EVERYTHING, apart from humans and must 'have to hand', such as documents and medicines, goes in the moving lorry.
- The LAST box contains kettle, mugs, tea, coffee and biscuits; it'll be first off and you will thank me 1,000 times for this if for nothing else.
As I said yesterday, we are past masters at the art of packing up home and moving. Our three bedroom house here in UK will soon be packed up and then we will be sending stuff to at least three different destinations; Budapest, Balatonfured and where ever the hell we will be living.
But most of all relax, it is really easy to get stressed to the eyeballs over this.
veni bibi saltavi
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Nagy Vilmos wrote: - The LAST box contains kettle, mugs, tea, coffee and biscuits; it'll be first off and you will thank me 1,000 times for this if for nothing else.
Makes me wonder, where do you put the booze? or is that in the 'have to hand' category:
Nagy Vilmos wrote: - EVERYTHING, and I mean EVERYTHING, apart from humans and must 'have to hand', such as documents and medicines, goes in the moving lorry.
GOTOs are a bit like wire coat hangers: they tend to breed in the darkness, such that where there once were few, eventually there are many, and the program's architecture collapses beneath them. (Fran Poretto)
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Stefan_Lang wrote: Nagy Vilmos wrote: - The LAST box contains kettle, mugs, tea, coffee and biscuits; it'll be first off and you will thank me 1,000 times for this if for nothing else.
Makes me wonder, where do you put the booze? or is that in the 'have to hand' category:
More like hand to mouth I suspect. The last of the old supply gets drunk while finishing up at the departure point, and the fleet of gin tankers are scheduled to be the first to arrive at the destination. 
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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Nagy Vilmos wrote: - Everything in a box should be for one room only; label each box with a number and it's destination, e.g. "#7 - kitchen"
... and make an inventory of what's in what box, so you don't need to open a dozen kitchen boxes before you find the one with silverware so you can eat something approaching a real meal at your new place.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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Did I leave out the inventory? My bad.
When we moved into this house, the first box was in the kitchen and the kettle was on before the second box even got near the door.
veni bibi saltavi
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Surely this is a job for one's servants?
I am not a number. I am a ... no, wait!
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...Google Maps[^]
Do you think someone ran out of ideas?
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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