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It never stops raining in this damned place... grrrr....
Regards,
Brian Dela
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Is this anywhere near you? Between Rain[^]
Looks beautiful!
So few words, and yet so precise! Megan, you're a poet of mathematical accuracy! - Jörgen Sigvardsson
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Nope.. It's about 130 miles... well... It's about a 3 hour drive.. Ulla is flying into an airport near there [Kerry Airport] when she comes over in a week or two so we'll probably go there to have a look around for a while.
Regards,
Brian Dela
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Brian Delahunty wrote:
when she comes over in a week or two so
Brian Delahunty wrote:
so we'll probably go there to have a look around for a while
Looks like a great spot for walking and relaxing, just the two of you style
BTW, was meaning to ask you (elusive Brian ) - Brendan's cousin is coming over here for 10 days, then heading off to Ireland to work for friends of his parents on their farm. Not sure if it's north or south (sorry, he didn't know - fresh off the farm...), but we were wondering: if we give him one of our old pay as you go UK mobile phone sim cards (TMobile/One2One) will it work over there? Or should he just wait till he gets there and then buy one himself? Thanks
So few words, and yet so precise! Megan, you're a poet of mathematical accuracy! - Jörgen Sigvardsson
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Megan Forbes wrote:
if we give him one of our old pay as you go UK mobile phone sim cards (TMobile/One2One) will it work over there? Or should he just wait till he gets there and then buy one himself?
It should work fine but he'll probably have to pay roaming charges to TMobile... He could buy a sim pack [Just a sim card] over here for around €20 [~£15]... he'd get €20 euro of free credit with that too so it's technically costing him nothing... Just make sure that the phone he brings is not locked to a particular network in the UK... over here the phone providers lock a phone to their network until there has been a certain usage on it [and then you can ring and get it unlocked]. I don't know if it's the same in the UK.
I'd recommend going for either O2 or Vodafone over here... both have excellent coverage.. tell him to steer clear of Meteor... they have excellent coverage in cities but go about 3 miles outside of a city and they just aint gonna work.
Regards,
Brian Dela
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Thanks for the advice - I'll let him know Luckily he has an unlocked SA phone, 20 euro's sounds like an excellent price with free time.
So few words, and yet so precise! Megan, you're a poet of mathematical accuracy! - Jörgen Sigvardsson
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Those are great - looks so interesting! Perhaps I should get brave, learn to drive on the other side of the road and head off towards Germany
Serious warning however - posting pics of your beautiful girlfriend might lead to dissention in the male CPian ranks
It's much better than the term "embedded," though. I'm tired of hearing about embedded reporters. That must be a lousy job, like having a career as a suppository. - Roger Wright
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Brian Delahunty wrote:
The quality isn't the best... sorry.
What do you mean? She is GORGEOUS!
Jeesh.
Paul Watson Bluegrass Cape Town, South Africa
Vivek Rajan wrote (about the Matrix):
I assume they are using low colors because they want faster rendering using cheaper hardware... ...Cmon - atleast use 256 colors...
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Hehe... thanks... And I'll tell Ulla you think so.
I still haven't have a chance to upload the pics from my second time in Germany... there are some really really nice pics there. I'll upload them soon.
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Brian Dela
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Back from Germany again...
being there makes me realise how "under-developed" Ireland is as a 1st world country... The infrastructure here is absoloutly crap compared to Germany... Ah well..
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Brian Dela
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I started working in TSSG[^] about 3 weeks ago. It's a Research group that works mainly in the area of telecommunications.
It's a 6 month work placement from college... This job is a lot better than my other one.. which I'm keeping on [money reasons]...
Regards,
Brian Dela
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I'm just back from my second trip to Germany. Was cool. Spent plenty of time with Ulla [ ] and got to see some cool parts of Germany..
The Dom in Speyer and Castle in Heidelberg [Very ] were excellent... I spent a day in Mannheim and had a class time there and went to Germany's Edge [where the Mosel and Rhein rivers meet ] yesterday... such a beautiful day and one which I wish I could have spent with Ulla for a lot lot longer...
Pictures soon... hopefully
Regards,
Brian Dela
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Looks like you saw some beautiful places! Mental note to self: Get your A into G and get over to Germany!
Nice to meet Ulla in pictures too
It's much better than the term "embedded," though. I'm tired of hearing about embedded reporters. That must be a lousy job, like having a career as a suppository. - Roger Wright
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Megan Forbes wrote:
Looks like you saw some beautiful places!
Yep. I did.
I was at some more besutiful places the second time [I haven't got around to scanning in the pictures yet] and I'm just back from Germany again [was over there for easter]. Did go visiting many places but spent a bit of time in Strassbourg in France and some little small villages. I'll get around to scanning int eh pictures from both as soon as I can.
Regards,
Brian Dela
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Ok... can anybody think of any more?
Regards,
Brian Dela
Run naked in the snow until you're sweating like a stuck pig and can't seem to catch your breath. When the flu becomes pneumonia, they can cure that with a shot. - Roger Wright
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Don't you mean ?
You can pick your friends, and you can pick your nose, but you can't pick your friend's nose.
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Ok. this is annoying me.
Regards,
Brian Dela
Run naked in the snow until you're sweating like a stuck pig and can't seem to catch your breath. When the flu becomes pneumonia, they can cure that with a shot. - Roger Wright
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Here's a hint: C# and .NET are Microsoft's ways of competing with .
You can pick your friends, and you can pick your nose, but you can't pick your friend's nose.
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Finally! Do I have it now...
Throw in a bit of S&M or eye-ball sucking-Paul Watson on the merits of swearing, sex and obscenities in CP posts
...they assumed that reasonably intelligent adults would know enough to leave the building if it was burning. Those who did not were, presumably, expendable, and there was less paperwork involved than trying to fire them-Roger Wright on fire drills at work
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Regards,
Brian Dela
Run naked in the snow until you're sweating like a stuck pig and can't seem to catch your breath. When the flu becomes pneumonia, they can cure that with a shot. - Roger Wright
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Brian Delahunty wrote:
Ok. this is annoying me.
Me too - so pleased I decided to visit you today and found the answer!
How are you doing?
Throw in a bit of S&M or eye-ball sucking-Paul Watson on the merits of swearing, sex and obscenities in CP posts
...they assumed that reasonably intelligent adults would know enough to leave the building if it was burning. Those who did not were, presumably, expendable, and there was less paperwork involved than trying to fire them-Roger Wright on fire drills at work
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Megan Forbes wrote:
How are you doing?
Me. I'm great. A bit on the busy side lately.. Finished college yesterday so I have a week off and then 2 weeks of exams... I'll finish them on the 7th of March, which happens to be my birthday too so I've booked the weekend off work... I'm starting in TSSG on my work placement on the Monday after [the 10th of March] so I'm really really looking forward to that!!!
I still haven't managed to get those photo's from Germany scanned in . I'll try to get it done on monday or tuesday and I'll stick them up on my site somewhere.
So how's everything with Megan. I haven't talked to ya in a while. Might drop you an email sometime. You don't seem to be online much and when you are I'm normally busy!!!
So.. Any news?
Regards,
Brian Dela
Run naked in the snow until you're sweating like a stuck pig and can't seem to catch your breath. When the flu becomes pneumonia, they can cure that with a shot. - Roger Wright
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Brian Delahunty wrote:
I'm starting in TSSG on my work placement on the Monday after [the 10th of March] so I'm really really looking forward to that!!!
Excellent! Should be fun.
Brian Delahunty wrote:
So how's everything with Megan
All is well thanks. I decided to go and take some pics of the anti war protest in London today, which was a real eye opener! I have never seen so many people in my life! It was really crazy, and extremely interesting for us country bumpkins (I dragged poor Brendan around with me, running from point to point of where I was expecting to get good shots ).
Otherwise, I'm missing the sun, but enjoying life here still for the moment.
Brian Delahunty wrote:
You don't seem to be online much and when you are I'm normally busy!!!
My fault - I keep forgetting to sign into AIM as my life is basically run by MSN I'll try to mend my ways...
Throw in a bit of S&M or eye-ball sucking-Paul Watson on the merits of swearing, sex and obscenities in CP posts
...they assumed that reasonably intelligent adults would know enough to leave the building if it was burning. Those who did not were, presumably, expendable, and there was less paperwork involved than trying to fire them-Roger Wright on fire drills at work
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