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The man is 97 years old and still builds cars.
I don't have many famous people I deeply admire, but he is one. He built the set cars for bladerunner and several other movies. That's how you know him.
He said the day he's done learning he'll pull the dirt over him himself. I can so relate to that. He also said loving what you do is the key to life.
I will probably die somewhat younger than he does, on account of my vices, but I will be working until I do. I love what I do.
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Very cool! He's done some great stuff, and it looks like he's got some more to do!
I totally agree with his committment to learning, as I do that myself. But rather than focusing on the thing I like to do, I diversify. A few years ago, after I retired the first time from the energy industry, I took on a study of gunsmithing at a place called American Gunsmithing Institute and completed the Professional Gunsmith Level 2 program. At the time they had a Master level, too, but it included a bunch of tools that I already have, so I passed. Eight years later they came up with a new level, sans the tools, called the Advanced Master course. It adds a few hundred more hours of training, includes certified Armorer courses for about 85 popular guns, and certification on all Glocks, Model 1911s, AR-style rifles and pistols, as well as expansion packs of 10 - 12 DVDs each, covering about a hundred more firearms than the several hundred I studied the first time around. Good stuff, this always learning something new, and the Internet makes it so much easier to find stuff!
I'm also taking an online class in AutoCAD, and taking classes with ESRI to improve my mapping skills using ArcGIS Pro. I bought a pair of GNSS receivers with accessories last year, one Base and one Roaming on a stick, and it would be a shame to let that investment go to waste for lack of knowledge on using all that GIS data! I once interviewed for a job as a programmer at a casino, and their hiring process included sitting around a room full of applicants and telling everyone there what we have done and know how to do. It took a while, and the guy that was supposed to follow me got up and left saying, "I can't compete with that." Nitwit - he was applying for busboy. In the end I declined the offer they gave me because 1) they still thought Visual C was a great product and 2) a lot of the internal apps were written using VB6. I went to work as a Yamaha parts salesman and ended up getting certified as a Yamaha Five Star Service Tech in all product lines. Never leave me alone with a stack of training videos!
Will Rogers never met me.
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... sorry CP, but do you really like to let 16,006,341 members in the dark?
Also advertising seems to be down, very bad sign...
modified 7hrs 15mins ago.
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Edit: I just nuked the whole post. I'm just done wasting time arguing with people on here. I'm too grumpy and you can lead a horse to water...
Jeremy Falcon
modified 6hrs 20mins ago.
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Are you in love with yourself in any way? 
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I mean at least admit you didn't read the post.
Anyway, that's a trick question, if I say yes you'll say I'm a narcissist. If I say no you wouldn't believe me. Let's just say, I probably don't belong here, but it's still my online home.
What's your point though? Even if I were a narcissist that doesn't mean what I said about CP is wrong.
Jeremy Falcon
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There I just nuked it... we'll go back to popcorn and microwaves now. Woo hoo.
Jeremy Falcon
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stay real and blunt. truth counts.
"A little time, a little trouble, your better day"
Badfinger
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His new album: "Luck and Strange" is typical Gilmore, in other words awesome!
A home without books is a body without soul. Marcus Tullius Cicero
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Waiting for him, this Friday.
"In testa che avete, Signor di Ceprano?"
-- Rigoletto
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I can now lift £100 worth of groceries with one hand ... I couldn't do that 45 years ago!
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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OriginalGriff wrote: I couldn't do that 45 years ago!
Around here (US) that was like 2 or 3 years ago. 
"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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 Inflation almost makes it lighter than air.
"A little time, a little trouble, your better day"
Badfinger
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I was considerably stronger, but I took a bath.
CQ de W5ALT
Walt Fair, Jr.PhD P. E.
Comport Computing
Specializing in Technical Engineering Software
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good one
i might be strong, but odor isn't everything.
"A little time, a little trouble, your better day"
Badfinger
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Remember, it's always "I" before "E" except after "C"
Except when your weird foreign neighbour Keith receives eight counterfeit beige sleighs from feisty caffeinated weightlifters.
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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I pay obeisance to your skill.
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Or you have to sign my name.
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Learned this rule in 3rd grade.
The British have an interesting definition according to dictionary.com
feint - "printing the narrowest rule used in the production of ruled paper"
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/feint[^]
Learned this rule in 3rd grade
"A little time, a little trouble, your better day"
Badfinger
modified 10hrs 15mins ago.
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One proposal in the earlier thread is to have a rota of setters instead of WSO - this begs the question, who is willing to be a setter on a rota basis - I'm in
In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity. - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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I can do the odd week here or there.
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In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity. - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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Yep, count me in.
Set up a new User Group for setters - they ask to join you and get accepted.
That gives you both a forum to formalize the rota, and a pool of users to call on.
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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I'll be in it.
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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