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From a guy who loves to make my day busy:
I hassle Chris therefore i am
cheers,
Chris Maunder
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You give meaning to so many, Chris. :P
regards,
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
South Africa
Christopher Duncan quoted:
"...that would require my explaining Einstein's Fear of Relatives"
Crikey! ain't life grand?
Einstein says...
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So I've given Canadian weather forecasters a fairly hard time about their windchill and their humidex but today while standing outside on a crystal clear blue sunny day I got the full force of the term "Feels like -27°C". It was cold. No. It was painful. It was mind numbing. It was totally and utterly stupid to be anywhere but somewhere else warmer.
I'm sorry, everyone, but I honestly do not understand why there is anyone living above +35 degrees latitude. It's just all bad.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
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I feel your pain. I'm just a hop-skip-and-a-jump away from you, and we've had a treacherous January as well. And, they say we're headed for another burst of cold air soon! Yikes! I remember being so cold last month I started to cry, but the tears iced over and made my face hurt even worse! Boy, do I miss my Jacuzzi! But, you have to admit, that there are few finer times than frolicking/boarding/sledding/skiing in the frigid temps, then coming home to a nice, hot fire and cocoa/coffee/tea, and a cuddle with someone warm, aye?
One last thing -- CodeProject rocks!
Claire Streb
mailto: clairestreb@hotmail.com
http://www.geocities.com/clairestreb
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So the day I decide to fly out of Toronto to head back to sunny, hot, cloudless Australia it snows. Actually it dumps. I have recently bought a second hand Subaru in the hope that it will treat me a little more kindly than the buses did last season. Or the bus stops, at least. The uncovered bus stops in the howling -40C blizzards.
Anyway.
So I have a car and I have absolutely zero experience in driving in the snow. I actually have fairly limited experience in driving on the right hand side of the road (we drive on the left hand in Australia, as God intended) so I decided the only way to get experience was to hop in the car, find some really icy stuff, and start pushing on alternate pedals until something interesting happened.
I tried lots of things. I tried turning corners at speed, then I tried turning corners really, really slowly after my heartbeat slowed down a little. I tried going slow. I tried going fast, and I even tried going in a straight line. I played in slushy snow, icy snow, deep powdery snow and that special grey chunky stuff that's kicked up by the snowploughs. I discovered what happens when wiper blades freeze up and, much to dismay of those who heard my childish giggles, discovered I have heated rear view mirrors. I also discovered that while driving in a snowstorm with the windows down is certainly instantly gratifying, those little slushy puddles you get once the snow turns into it's less exiting form suck.
So my score card for me first ever foray into driving in a snow storm is as follows.
Driving in a straight line Excellent
Stopping Well Done
Stopping without hitting anything else Needs work
Turning Excellent
Turning in the direction I wished Poor
Taking off from a standstill Fair
Taking off from a standstill and spraying Outstanding
the car behind with large grey chunks of
slush
Playing with the heated wipers, heated Excellent
rear mirrors, fog lights, rear wiper,
intermittant wipers, washers and
demisters
Concentrating on the task at hand Poor
Keeping on the correct side of the road Not to bad, thank you very much
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Chris Maunder wrote:
Turning in the direction I wished Poor
Hmmm, did you fishtail?
Chris Maunder wrote:
Concentrating on the task at hand Poor
Hmmm, this one sounds like user error, though, if we think hard enough there is definately a way you can blame this on the car itself.
Chris Maunder wrote:
Keeping on the correct side of the road Not to bad, thank you very much
- Nick Parker My Blog
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Nothing says "you're not normal" more than the little things. Like a bank teller telling you that there is a big note attached to your file specifying that you are not, ever, to get a credit limit increase on your credit card, and that the card that you have was given as a special favour and even it can be revoked if I start pressing the issue.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
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Is it possible to be a dual citizen of Oz and CA?
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Yep. I'm investigating how much beer I have to drink and what size hockey stick I'll need in order to qualify for Canadian citizenship.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
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Support: Hello, Bluebean* credit card division, how may I help you?
Paul: I need more money
Support: Certainly what is your card #?
Paul: 555....
Support: Ah, Mr. Watson. What can I do for you?
Paul: Like I said, more money please.
Support: First you will need to pay off your current balance, then we can increase your limit.
Paul: So would I be phoning asking for more money if I was able to pay off my current balance?
Support: I guess not.
Paul: Can I transfer some money from the budget account?
Support: No, first you need to pay off you...
Paul: Yes, current balance. Great budget feature.
Support: You can always get another card with us.
Paul: You mean you can't give me more money on my current card, but you can let me have another card with lots of money on it?
Support: Certainly! And because you have a good credit history, the new card can have a bigger credit limit.
Paul: How long?
Support: Couple hours, we have all your details already. How much do you want?
Paul: How much can I get?
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I did not take it, but thought it all a bit bizarre.
* No, really. That is their name. Bluebean.
Paul Watson Bluegrass Cape Town, South Africa
Crikey! ain't life grand?
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There's a guy on his balcony in the apartment opposite mine singing Italian Opera at the top of his lungs to the street below.
See - it isn't just coffee commercials where this stuff happens.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
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I know that marketing over matter is an important ingrediant to success of a modern business but How in Hell does Microsoft manage to stay ahead of the rest?
cheers,
Chris Maunder
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I assume they did the same as AOL: convinced grandmas that they _are_ the internet.
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I appreciate, that MS develops user-friendly applications - but you can't deny that M$ misuses its monopoly in operating systems to force their own proprietary "standards". Many applications only run under a special Windows-Version.
Java
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From my old man:
Don't wait for the iron to be hot to strike. Hit the bloody thing and keep hitting it till it gets hot.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
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Chris Maunder wrote:
Don't wait for the iron to be hot to strike. Hit the bloody thing and keep hitting it till it gets hot.
Sounds a bit like my Dad, in the past his favorite quote was:
Do unto others before they do unto you
He's become more mellow in old age though
John Hudson
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http://www.rainbow-innov.co.uk[^]
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My father's advice:
I don't know why you kids are running, I've got the car keys.
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Carl Lambrecht wrote:
I don't know why you kids are running, I've got the car keys.
Obviously you come from a more refined neighbourhood, on Merseyside where I used to live the kids would just rewire the ignition
John Hudson
Chris Maunder standing in front of mirror remarks: Nothing says "you're not normal" more than the little things.
http://www.rainbow-innov.co.uk[^]
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Or the great:
If you love somebody, you can let them go. If they love you, they will come back. If they don't; hunt them down and kill them.
When it comes to maths and me, the wheel's going but the hamster's dead.
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Ben Ashley wrote:
hunt them down and kill them.
John Hudson
Nick Rowan enforcing Law and Order in the Lounge: Oi! Don't start on me now, I'm just the UN Peacekeeping force.
http://www.rainbow-innov.co.uk[^]
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...putting a beer in the freezer to cool it and pulling it out 2 hrs later. Solid.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
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Chris Maunder wrote:
...putting a beer in the freezer to cool it and pulling it out 2 hrs later. Solid.
A bottle of beer in the freezer for exactly 1 hour and 15 minutes creates the perfect beer slushy.
-Nick Parker
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...my brother, taking the solid beer out of the freezer, and microwaving it until slushy. And then using it to unnerve the people playing quarters.
Your sincerity about keeping the soapbox organized and civilized is so obvious. I solute your effort.
-- Anonymous, 10/18/03
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