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By the time they got around to gen 2, all the free pens had probably been eaten.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Our grandson was around 4 when he got hold of an old (disused) computer keyboard, and without anyone noticing started prying loose the keys, re-inserting them in random places. Using that keyboard would have been quite a challenge afterwards! But the point is that he could have choked on one of the keys. 
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Does Christmas have you feeling Santamental?
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
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You're really sleighing it with these treemendous puns.
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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You take the naughty with the nice: it's a package deal.
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Yes. For me it is a time of elf-reflection!
I, for one, like Roman Numerals.
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In 2020 I will be leaving the computer vision industry... and joining the coffee making industry.
Been in the old job for 15 years - overly time for a change, methinks.
It might be an interesting commute though - Aylesbury to High Wycombe. Oh well, see how it goes - the job certainly looks worth it.
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A Project Manager of mine used to do Aylesbury to Alton, Hampshire daily and never complained about it. Mind you, it was a company car and fuel, so it was cheaper than moving house ... 
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
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Now that is a nasty commute. 1h 30 according to google maps. Probably a fair bit longer with traffic.
High Wycombe is only 30 minutes according to Google Maps, but it took me 1h 30 when I went for the interview. Oh well, lets hope that was just a very bad traffic day.
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Yeah. I think it all started because he was supposed to get a relocation allowance, but his boss refused to pay for TV aerial installation and some curtains IIRC. So he said "Sod it" and refused to move. Instead, his company car was replaced every 18 months because it hit the company mileage limit of 75,000 ...
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
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My soon-to-be-daughter-in-law does that commute daily - takes her about 40 minutes I believe - but a lot depends on whether you need to negotiate the bridge (she doesn't)
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I used to travel through High Wycombe, many years ago, between Hemel Hempstead and Wallingford, and that roundabout over the M40 could get very badly snarled at times. My worst commute was Bournemouth to Esher every day; I stuck it for three and a half years, doing 1000 miles a week. 
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So, if your job is making coffee, will you have to take computer breaks?
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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He only mentioned the new industry, not the job, maybe he's working in the software department? Or, better yet, in QA? 
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: maybe he's working in the software department?
Ah, so he gets computer breaks and coffee breaks!
<jealous as Hell>
What a cushy number!</jealous as Hell>
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Good luck on the new job!
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It's much easier to enjoy the favor of both friend and foe, and not give a damn who's who. -- Lon Milo DuQuette
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Good luck and try not to behave like Mr.Bean 
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The coffee will help with the drive, though, right? 
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So, what's your new moniker going to be?
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I think Peter_in_2780 is right, and the general population won't be around so much for a couple of weeks - so I think perhaps the next CCC will be in the new year - specifically Monday 6th January.
If you have objections, then raise them here, and also I'm tempted to drop the "themed week" completely as it doesn't seem to be that popular. Again, objections below please!
Have a good break - all of those CCC'ers who are having a break - and "normal service" will resume in the new year, unless the objections get too strenuous.
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
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No objections form me. I agree the "themed week" does seem to produce a decent amount of tumbleweed.
Only thing I do disagree with, and this might not even be something you can do anything about, but any chance of getting rid of the new year completely? That way I don't have to return to work
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That's slightly outside my purview; you may need various Acts of Congress / Parliament / Dictator-in-Chief to get that one through. Would be popular, though.
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
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You could move to China. That'll postpone the new year by a few weeks.
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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Sounds good to me.
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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