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Member 7989122 wrote: most of those around the table would dive into their smartphones
There once was a time when I used to laugh about that sort of behavior, long before smartphones even existed. I watched a table full of nerds play Dungeons and Dragons. The game master would say a single sentence and all players would grab one of the books in high stacks next to their chairs, vigorously search for the right page and then interpret some rules in a different way and oppose whatever the game master just said. I bet they all later became lawyers.
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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CodeWraith wrote: I bet they all later became lawyers.
I can reveal what happened to them - they all became senior developers.
I see this a lot with many of the senior the devs I have worked with, I wonder if the issue is that they have never worked in jobs where they have to communicate through speech.
They seem unable to participate in what polite society would call small talk and have absolutely no interest in anything that does not immediately benefit them - which may be a consequence of the age of the mobile device constantly keeping them away from boredom.
Codeproject fortunately seems to attract those devs who have the ability to talk beyond grunts and every other word being feck this and feck that.
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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I’ve had similar issues with devs I lead. I keep pressing on and ignore their actions. I feel that the subject on which I am speaking is more important than whatever they are looking up. I intentionally keep going so they learn to listen than look up things on the internet. If they have questions during the meeting I’ll answer them. If they have questions after the meeting I’ll ask what the remember from the meeting. I generally catch them off guard and their behavior quickly stops. It’s similar to a lecture style of conversation where students not paying attention get left behind. It’s worked well so far! When phone use gets too bad I ask them to put their phones away or step out of the meeting if they need to use them. I haven’t had to call many people out for this, it generally takes only one.
As for the annoyance of someone repeatedly telling me I said something earlier, I haven’t experienced that. But, might I suggest that you pull them aside and discuss it with them in private? I have had to do that before and the behavior and its annoyance is generally unnoticed by them. Good luck!
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- That's yestersay
- No, that's callmunicate !
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CodeWraith wrote: Now, how do I get it into a dictionary?
Right click -> Add to dictionary. 
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Made a song for you, are you happy now ?
Quote: Yestersay when I was wrong
The taste of life was sweet as rain upon my tongue
I teased at life as if it were a foolish FPS game
The way the evening breeze may tease a candle flame
The thousand dreams I dreamed, the splendid things I planned
I always built, alas, on weak and shifting operating systems
I lived by night and shunned the naked light of day
And only now I see how the years ran away
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Ok, now let me sing it...
I also found yet another use for the word, when somebody sings a different song than before.
'Did you not yestersay something else?'
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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A favorite word among managers. "Didn't I yestersay to do that?!?!?!" 
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That's so September 10th.
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But you did not yestersay it, right?
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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It wouldn't have worked yesterday. :-P
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Briefly escape from feeling mildly excited (10)
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect. - Mark Twain
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sure it's 10? I have a good answer for "Briefly escape from feeling mildly excited (7)"
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Just add "ing" on the end and click submit! And if you think that the new "ing" word doesn't make sense then you are probably pronouncing it wronging.
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haha. My answer already ends ing so I'm pretty sure addinging ing won't help... 
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My counting isn't great but it's not that bad! 
What were you thinking of?
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect. - Mark Twain
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I had the simpler "FLEEING" ...
Briefly escape from (briefly as in shorter in length, not time!)
Feeling mildly excited (as in anagram of FEELING, but not very jumbled!)
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Ah, yes, see how you got there - I guess an anagram's an anagram regardless of how jumbled it is.
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect. - Mark Twain
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Briefly
escape from FLEE
feeling mildly excited TINGLY
FLEETINGLY
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Never throw anything away, Griff
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Nice one, Griff! I was starting to think I was stuck with tomorrow
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect. - Mark Twain
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That was a good one - took me a while to "simmer it" in my hind brain ... 
Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640
Never throw anything away, Griff
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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The steaks have never been higher!
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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Never argue with a fool. Onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.
Mark Twain
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And the audience goes:
MOOOOH! MOOOOH!
"If we don't change direction, we'll end up where we're going"
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Except in a minefield?
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Rob Philpott.
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