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I don't see how Dave is any more or less a troll when seen from this side of the pond.
I mean, he is a prolific poster, but his posts are not just twatter material, unlike some faux east Europeans...
"The whole idea that carbon dioxide is the main cause of the recent global warming is based on a guess that was proved false by empirical evidence during the 1990s." climate-models-go-cold
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Dave makes disparaging remarks about the U.S. and its citizenry at every opportunity.
Software Zen: delete this;
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Oh, I never noticed. I will be on the look out. 
"The whole idea that carbon dioxide is the main cause of the recent global warming is based on a guess that was proved false by empirical evidence during the 1990s." climate-models-go-cold
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Dalek Dave wrote: holiday vacation in Florida.
FTFY
Dalek Dave wrote: handed a twinkie he turned to his mother and said "What excuse for a croissant are these?"
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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RyanDev wrote: vacation
Bloody French infected colonials! 
C'est pas VACCANCES, c'est HOLIDAY! Putain de merde! 
"The whole idea that carbon dioxide is the main cause of the recent global warming is based on a guess that was proved false by empirical evidence during the 1990s." climate-models-go-cold
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Munchies_Matt wrote: C'est pas VACANCES, c'est 'OLIDAY!
Fixed for cod French accent
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One hopes the little chap pronounced it correctly. Nothing worse than mis-pronunciation of the frog-tongue to our atlantic neighbours.
(And he should probably be chastised for not asking "What excuse are these for a croissant" but one can forgive them before the 11 plus, surely?
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Greetings Lord David of Dalek,
I'd like to suggest that whilst your relations are in Florida, they ask a local where they can get fresh catfish with hush-puppies. And, hope they don't miss out on having grits (hint: add lots of butter, and pepper) for breakfast.
cheers, Bill
“I'm an artist: it's self evident that word implies looking for something all the time without ever finding it in full. It is the opposite of saying : ‘I know all about it. I've already found it.’
As far as I'm concerned, the word means: ‘I am looking. I am hunting for it. I am deeply involved.’” Vincent Van Gogh
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Well, thank goodness. Here in United in the Dumbing-Down of America we have "crescents."[^] 
[edit] Although, I suppose I shouldn't be so hard on Pillsbury, as croissant does mean "crescent." Still...[/edit]
Marc
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My condolences!
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Obscurum per obscurius.
Ad astra per alas porci.
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur .
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You do know the story about how Pillsbury named their product 'crescent' rolls, don't you? They were originally going to be named 'croissants'. As it turns out, there is a French ministry responsible for ensuring world-wide respect for all things Français. When they heard of the impending product release a conniption of epic proportions ensued, accompanied by a round of miscommunications and posturing by various officials. The end result was a narrowly-averted declaration of war by France against the United States in general, the Pillsbury company specifically, and for some odd reason, a baker in Hoboken New Jersey. To calm the ruffled feathers, Pillsbury offered to change the name. Tensions eased, and moms everywhere (well, in the U.S. anyway) began making pigs-in-a-blanket with wild abandon.
Software Zen: delete this;
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Gary R. Wheeler wrote: You do know the story about how Pillsbury named their product 'crescent' rolls, don't you?
Good one! 
Marc
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Gary R. Wheeler wrote: pigs-in-a-blanket
Bloody 'merkins, can't even do pigs in blankets[^] right. Where's the bacon?! 
"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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A Fresh cream eclair?
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Obscurum per obscurius.
Ad astra per alas porci.
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur .
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No, and éclair is made of choux pastry, made with hot water, the cream donut you get in the UK is the same as a twinkie but has the jam too, its common enough, I used to love them.
"The whole idea that carbon dioxide is the main cause of the recent global warming is based on a guess that was proved false by empirical evidence during the 1990s." climate-models-go-cold
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So he's got the mouth of an American and the arrogance of the French.
I blame the parents.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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went to this website to enter a competition for the wife. here[^]
entering shed loads of info about yourself is bad enough, but the DOB field gets me.
Clicking on it pops up a calendar, defaulting to today's date. You can't type into the text box, you have to select from the calendar control (as far as I can see, anyway).
And the calendar control can only move one month at a time.
FFS - I need to click more than 600 times just to enter the flamin' competition?!
I'd better win!
**EDIT** You can actually type into the text box - it's just hidden by the pop up.
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_Maxxx_ wrote: to enter a competition for the wife
You got your wife via a competition? 
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DaveAuld wrote: You got your wife via a competition?
In the end he didn't. The website was too awful to use.
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Would she be the boobie prize?
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It was a treasure hunt and XX marked the spot.
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There's no other way, is there?
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I had no problems with the DOB field, only that 'DOB' isn't very clear to non-English speaking people (but alright, it's only for Australians and New Zealanders).
Anyway, I clicked the field and the calendar popup showed, but the textbox remained visible too. And I tried typing and it worked. I could enter values such as 'afs' though 
What is a 'postal suburb'? First time I've seen that before. And why the hell would they want to know about my most courageous moment (in only 25 words!?)? 
It's an OO world.
public class SanderRossel : Lazy<Person>
{
public void DoWork()
{
throw new NotSupportedException();
}
}
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Quote: Anyway, I clicked the field and the calendar popup showed, but the textbox remained visible too. And I tried typing and it worked.
I did the same and it worked for me also.
With friendly greetings, 
Eric Goedhart
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