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itislikethis wrote: In me
Amen to that.
Marc
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When did 'ultimate' become synonymous with 'best'. Reaching the ultimate point in a journey does not mean that you haven't taken a wrong turn and driven up a narrow lane straight into a river (a standard journey using satnav, in other words!)
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I think the ribbon definitely has its place. I've been using it more for desktop applications that have 20-30 main functions that are used regularly. I find it works well for fairly intuitive applications for which I want to provide a minimum of documentation or training.
Used in applications like Word or Excel it is great at exposing the functionality that 90% of people use. For power users it can be maddening. When I'm writing a technical manual, it is frustrating to switch between rows of styles and different tabs.
Context sensitivity helps with this, and I could see visual studio working ok for many developers with a ribbon, but there are so many available functions that often need to be used one after another from different categories, that the current old-school toolbar may work better.
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Beautiful! Thanks for posting.
How do we preserve the wisdom men will need,
when their violent passions are spent?
- The Lost Horizon
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My car 
I am sat on the A31 between Farnham and Guildford with what appears to be a blown water pump.
The family was with me but decided to walk to the train a mile away.
Sad, sober and steaming.
veni bibi saltavi
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Not the Hogs Back? Isn't the Hotel still open?
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The same but I'm down at Farnham.
We are members at the hotel's health club and may have stopped there for lunch.
Now I'm waiting for the tow-truck.
veni bibi saltavi
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Surely all the pubs in Farnham can't have closed down? What about the cafés in Lion & Lamb Yard? The one on the right sells alcohol IIRC.
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GDIAFPOT!
Your help is zero. I have to wait here for the truck.
veni bibi saltavi
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Either that's abusive, or your command of Hungarian has improved this week! 
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It was abusive AND my Hungarian is getting jobb.
I are now just home, having a glass of refreshment and then I'll go to pick up the girls what have been having fun all afters while muggins here was running around nowhere getting hot and bovvered 
veni bibi saltavi
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That's not too bad - just over 2 hours for a breakdown, pickup and return to home.
Now the fun bit: getting it fixed. "Oh, they don't sell just that bit sir. You'll need a new engine..."
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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I doubt I can get a new engine, my best chance there will be a recon. Today I shall go over and take off the water pump, which I think is the problem, and check it out.
Then it's finding out what went wrong and how I'm going to fix it. I would like her up and running before we go to Hungary in 3 weeks.
veni bibi saltavi
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Good luck - What is it, an MG of some type IIRC (and I probably don't)?
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MG B-series engine in a Carlo Fandango Body. I have decided to check the thermostat first before taking off the water pump, etc.
veni bibi saltavi
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Wait right there; we're sending a St. Bernard with a cask of gin.
Will Rogers never met me.
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I had that happen at 11 at night on a lonely stretch of Interstate 5 out in California, driving to San Diego.
As luck / angels would have it, I had just passed the only offramp in probably 20 miles in each direction, where there was a gas station and hotel. I heard it pop and temp started rising, I did a fast U-turn across the grass divider, drove up the offramp and cut the engine, literally coasting from the overpass down to the gas station.
Stayed the night, the gas station guy had to drive 50 miles to get a replacement. My girlfriend missed her final at UCSD, hahaha.
Marc
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All kinds of serial killer movies came to my mind while reading this. "The Hitcher", being at the top.
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Auric Goldfinger wrote: All kinds of serial killer movies came to my mind while reading this.
Heh. That was the last thought in my mind. I was thinking more along the lines...broken down car...girlfriend...nice hotel room...
Marc
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Hunter (Mahan) following Tiger (Woods) onto the !8th?
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5 out of 10. 
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3 of 10
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