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Pragmatic. I like it.
Related: You know you're getting old when you get underwear for Christmas, and you actually appreciate the gift.
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I got a bag of used nuts/bolts from my brother "because I'm a car guy".
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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Here in Norway you are required by law to have a fire extinguisher at every floor of your home. And also a smoke detector on every floor. Of course it doesn't hurt to have two, of both fire extinguishers and smoke detectors.
Not required by law, but strongly recommended: A fire blanket in the kitchen. If your deep frying pan catches fire, you should not point a fire extinguisher at it, but cover it with a fire blanket. It doesn't hurt to have one or two extra, e.g. in the bedroom section: If the clothes of a person catches fire, it is much better handled by wrapping him in a fire blanket than spraying him with the fire extinguisher.
In addition, I have placed quite a few spray bottles, with half a liter to one liter of water, next to the fireplace, the cooking stove, by every bed and other places where there is a risk of fire or burning, and when I go out to some party where they lit an outdoor bonfire. The nozzles make so small droplets that they are surprisingly efficient in fighting back a fire to get yourself in safety, but also to cool down a burn if a kid (or adult!) has come to touch a hot kettle or been careless with open fire. (Note: Do not spray into a deep frying pan!)
Half of my bottles are zero-cost empty spray-on-soap bottles. I wanted some smaller ones that can more easily be handled by small kids, so when I came across half liter models at around three Euro apiece, I found it worth the money.
These bottles have prevented one fire risk in my place: For strange reasons, a floor lamp with an old incandescent bulb had fallen over, onto the bed, burning the bedclothes. The smoke detector went off, I jumped up the stairs, grabbed the spray bottle and stopped the glowing from developing into an open fire. At another case, when I lit the open fireplace, a burning log fell over and hit my hand. Within seconds, I had the burn on my hand cooled down, and within a few hours there was only a slight rash left.
Fire extinguishers are great for serious cases where your house is about to burn down. You must have them as well. If you have to use them, they create a terrible mess (especially the powder type, which is the one commonly recommended for private homes). The spray bottles are primarily for the small "lightweight" cases that you should handle within seconds, and doesn't need the power of a 4 kg fire extinguisher. But because you have them "everywhere", e.g. every family member can have his own by his bedside. they can also be valuable as "personal" tools to protect yourself along your escape path.
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Did you flame them?
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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"... using sample code they found on SO and hammered into their app without looking at it too closely ..."
"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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"In testa che avete, Signor di Ceprano?"
-- Rigoletto
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Ah, it was the hammer. Too small.
If you can keep your head while those about you are losing theirs, perhaps you don't understand the situation.
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"In testa che avete, Signor di Ceprano?"
-- Rigoletto
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wonderful ... 
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Isaac Newton - Wikipedia
Born Christmas Day, 1642 (Julian calendar)
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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I remember Neil de Grasse Tyson's Twitter troll from a few years back.
Good times.
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I am celebrating a little late this year cuz of the 'rona
For right now I'm working on some very challenging code, trying to get my JSON stuff up to spec whilst streaming everything including values. It's very difficult to code a parser this way.
It's stretching my brain some. Fun times.
Real programmers use butterflies
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Merry Christmas to you and yours also.
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Joyeux Noël à tous.
Patrice
“Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler.” Albert Einstein
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Merry Xparsing!
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A Merry Christmas to those who are celebrating it.
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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Thank you and best wishes, Merry Christmas ...
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God Jul!
Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello
Never stop dreaming - Freddie Kruger
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Google is tracking Santa as well![^]
They have even given a delivery estimate of when he will get here ... I'll have to make sure I'm asleep for that ...
"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!
modified 24-Dec-20 15:17pm.
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When I clicked on the link, Santa was making deliveries in Baghdad?! 
EDIT: And Goggle? That's a good one!
modified 24-Dec-20 15:17pm.
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I see no "goggles" ... :InnocentWhistleSmiley:
"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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You fixed it?! And here I was, thinking you were being witty about their surveillance! Your reputation precedes you, and now you're getting too much credit!
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I'm too honest for my own good, some times! 
Herself still ribs me over a shopping trip where the girl gave me the cheque back with the receipt - and I gave it back to her.
"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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OriginalGriff wrote: and I gave it back to her.
Ha! I remember one time, my wife and I attended a charity event, $5 each, I handed the ticket lady a $20. She reached into the $10 compartment of the cash drawer, but a $20 was there (probably mine) and she just handed it to me without looking...
Being a charity event, I felt honesty was a reasonable policy, and I just continued to hold it in front of her until she realized what had happened and corrected it.
(My wife has been too much of a rehabilitating influence on me.  )
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