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Last week, an uncle died on a plane on his way home to Tenerife.
Had he died a few hours earlier he would've been in the Netherlands (where he'll be buried) and a few hours later he would be with his wife.
Now, getting his body back from the flying company and back to the Netherlands is quite some trouble, I understood.
It's never really a good time to die, but just before the holidays must be extra painful to his wife.
Not only that, today would be his birthday, which Facebook makes sure you remember.
A couple of people left a message "happy birthday and to many more years!" 
Not the time, not the place and way to early (he'd be 76 today) 
I wasn't close to him by the way, I've seen him once of twice in the past ten years.
Must be a heck of a month for his wife though 
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There's rarely a good time to go, but ... on a plane, among strangers, just before Christmas?
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"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
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2019 has been a bit of a sucky year all round!
modified 16-Dec-19 5:46am.
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God it has.
Hugs and peace to all.
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I think we said that about last year too.
And the year before
cheers
Chris Maunder
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So sorry to hear the sad news.
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I'd rather be phishing!
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My condolences to his family and friends.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, weighing all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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Suspicions about spray stains (9)
Added s to remove loophole in solution
Spray : Mist
Stains : Rust
Suspicions - Mistrusts
cheers,
Super
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Too much of good is bad,mix some evil in it
modified 16-Dec-19 9:26am.
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RESISTANT?
There's an anagram of STAINS in there, and ABOUT would be RE, but I can't justify the extra "T".
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
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Nope.
But I do agree that restrain myself if I am suspicious
cheers,
Super
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Too much of good is bad,mix some evil in it
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Splatters ?
"We can't stop here - this is bat country" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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Nope.
cheers,
Super
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Too much of good is bad,mix some evil in it
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I've been writing code I've been meaning to write for years, and I loved the challenge.
Slang is a cool project even if
A) maybe i can't explain it to anyone
B) maybe i'm the only one that ever uses it
C) maybe it's only even cool to me
And deslang was super cool too even though it was just basically a utility for slang. Serializing code to code - what's not to love? 
I used to work with someone that could have appreciated it, but back then I *did* make something like it. It was proprietary because I did it for money, but this version is better. Better designed, better executed, and with some new ideas behind it.
Kinda wish I still did work with that someone right now though. He'd get a kick out of this.
When I was growin' up, I was the smartest kid I knew. Maybe that was just because I didn't know that many kids. All I know is now I feel the opposite.
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We enjoy it... silently 
(don't you hear humming silent night)
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Sander Rossel wrote: We're going to catch up during dinner this Friday by the way
You better not talk to her about parsers and code DOMs though 
"Five fruits and vegetables a day? What a joke!
Personally, after the third watermelon, I'm full."
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There's a slight chance she'd like that.
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I tried that before. Trouble is we had a falling out. Each blamed the other for it. Then he moved 3000 miles away to NYC. I tried to bury the hatchet after years. He tried too, but things were just never the same.
In a way, I helped make the guy rich tho. I'm the one that taught him to code. We don't hate each other, but we just can't connect like we used to.
When I was growin' up, I was the smartest kid I knew. Maybe that was just because I didn't know that many kids. All I know is now I feel the opposite.
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honey the codewitch wrote: Then he moved 3000 miles away to NYC.
Wow, he really can't stand being near you! 
Sounds tough though.
How many years ago is that?
Maybe if you call him now he's like "hey, that's nice, how are you!"
He'll still live 3000 miles away though.
I had the same thing happen with a really good friend from high school.
We met a few years ago and it was just a bit awkward.
After all those years we just went completely different ways.
Anyway, this is exactly what I don't like about being my own boss.
It's always just me.
Sometimes it's fun to talk about some code with coworkers.
I do share a workplace with some people now, but they're not on my team so it's not quite the same.
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Actually, he survived a mass shooting that took several of my friends in seattle in 2006. He was in the house.
So I think part of the move was to get away from that. Completely change gears. I don't blame him. That, and Mastercard offered him a ton of cash to develop something for them, so he took the deal and started his own shop in NY.
It was a couple years ago that I reached out. I don't think I will again for awhile.
Sander Rossel wrote: Anyway, this is exactly what I don't like about being my own boss.
It's always just me.
Sometimes it's fun to talk about some code with coworkers.
Gosh, that's relatable. Even I'm not working in software, i was my own boss in the arena for a bit. But I've found in doing it so long, I just didn't have a lot of peers in general in the field depending on where I landed. It's why I sometimes liked bigger shops like MS that sucked up all the local talent. I could find people to talk to. Otherwise, it was really hit or miss. A lot of other coders don't understand my work.
When I was growin' up, I was the smartest kid I knew. Maybe that was just because I didn't know that many kids. All I know is now I feel the opposite.
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honey the codewitch wrote: Actually, he survived a mass shooting that took several of my friends in seattle in 2006.
Ouch 
Did that in any way contribute to your current mental health?
honey the codewitch wrote: A lot of other coders don't understand my work.
That includes yourself 
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My therapist seems to think so. It destroyed my inner social circle. Even the people that survived were never the same.
When I was growin' up, I was the smartest kid I knew. Maybe that was just because I didn't know that many kids. All I know is now I feel the opposite.
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