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I was visiting my siblings and the nephew today.
I learned a valuable lesson. Never argue with a 3 three year old over whether something is pterodactyl or a pteranodon - they know dinosaurs better than you.
Real programmers use butterflies
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Sh*t. What does the email button do? I think I just used it.
So I said, dinosaurs are knowledge that largely does not benefit society and only resides in the young.
I also noted I wish I had young nieces and nephews.
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It just sent me a private email is all. Worst thing that happens is I have your email addy now. The one you registered with your codeproject account anyway.
Don't worry. I won't sell it to spammers. 
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HAHAHAA!!! Well, there are gangs who stalked and threatened to kill my kids, but I think they worked out what my email was long ago. They certainly had my address and plastered it all over the internet.
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OMG I'm so sorry!
Well I've already deleted the email. The only place i have your address anymore is in my lil noggin because it's easy to remember.
Your secret is safe with me. 
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It's not that bad any more, no death threats except off the cuff ones for at least 2 years I reckon.
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I have cousins that live not too far away from you. I have always assumed it is one of those peaceful havens where nothing untoward ever happens; apart from too much rain once in a while.
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The death threats were all online, no one ever came. Australia has it's own lunatic fringe but it's not America
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Richard MacCutchan wrote: I have cousins that live not too far away from you. I have always assumed it is one of those peaceful havens where nothing untoward ever happens;
If nothing else Christian's legendary rants about Telestra's suckage back in the day should've disabused you of that.
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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Yes, but Telestra is nationwide, not just his locality.
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Which would mean nowhere in Australia is a peaceful haven; and not just because of the dropbears eating peoples heads unless they glue plastic sporks behind their ears with vegamite. 
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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Dan Neely wrote: glue plastic sporks behind their ears with vegemite.
I think I'd rather be eaten by the drop bears 
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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Daniel Pfeffer wrote: Dan Neely wrote: glue plastic sporks behind their ears with vegemite.
I think I'd rather be eaten by the drop bears
A risk I took the time I visited as well. 
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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Well there sounds like a great story there. Let’s here it!
If you can't laugh at yourself - ask me and I will do it for you.
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The death threats? I got involved in helping refugees, right wing people hate refugees, I would try to correct their lies on FB so they started stalking me and eventually made a ton of videos about me and would call at 3 am to threaten my kids.
Google my name to find a ton of entries on 'cheater' websites and some fun lying videos
Useful if you ever want to visit, they mostly have my address
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honey the codewitch wrote: whether something is pterodactyl or a pteranodon
I don't know either - so I surely wouldn't. 
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I am definitely smarter than a 3-year-old. This does not imply that I am better-informed on all possible subjects.
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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I am definitely smarter than anyone else, based on my arrogant assumptions.
"In testa che avete, Signor di Ceprano?"
-- Rigoletto
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Being perfect isn't easy, but some of us have to do it...
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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I'm not perfect, but I find those who think they know it all really annoy those of us who do.
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I could have warned you.
Back several score years ago, my elder brother and I had sets of, well, stuff.
We had the green little plastic soldiers. Also, a bunch of knights, and best of all, a huge army of dinosaurs. My brother's favorite was "Danny Bimetrodon" and mine was a Pteranodon which was referred to a "Bird" (ancient forerunner of Big Bird?). All of these were roughly the same size as the toy soldiers and knights. Embedded on the tails (or wings) in tiny print was the creature's museum name.
Only now, in hindsight, do realize how cute adults thought it was that we could pronounce the names and identify their owners.
Lookin on a bright-side I want to imagine: at least your nephew didn't have his knowledge limited to Pokemon characters.
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honey the codewitch wrote: pterodactyl or a pteranodon
All I know is you cannot hear either one going to the bathroom.
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