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Re: The Sound Of No Hands Clapping
Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2008 1:56 pm
by Martin Ryan
John Hobson wrote:At the risk of appearing pedantic (never stopped me before has it?) , aren't synonyms by definition synonyms of each other
You're wasted in IT, you should be in politics.
My point is that to get a Wikipedia definition of spanner you must instead get a definition of a wrench.
In NZ the only thing you wrench is your gut, e.g. "My shares in Lehman Brothers are worth as much as Henry Paulson's integrity and it is gut wrenching".
Nice moustaches by the way, John.
Martin
Avast there me hearties......
Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2008 5:00 pm
by stephen waters
Arrrrgggg Jim lad. Did someone mention Wenches?? Probably because today is TLAPD
http://www.talklikeapirate.com/piratehome.html. So shiver me futtock shrouds, reectme studding sails and splice the mainbrace!!
Re: The Sound Of No Hands Clapping
Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2008 5:38 pm
by Eric
As always look what Alan started! Granted anyone of us could have stopped it and we choose not to.
I.e. no Americans!
Can't argue with the angles, saxons and celts build the language. Maybe it just to the American to improve it.
<Duck to dodge all the wrenches being thrown at me>
Did I ever mention that a guy I worked with was from the UK said us Chicagoian sound like pirates with all of our hard R's (arrrgg) in everything
Re: Avast there me hearties......
Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2008 7:47 pm
by Alan Kirk
Funnily enough I first (mis)read Eric's post as "wench" as well.
The thought was not at all unappealing.
Oh dear, I think it's time for me to head for the golf driving range to take my thoughts off such things.
Re: The Sound Of No Hands Clapping
Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 10:01 am
by jim wood
Wenches? I already have one of them and that's enough for me. I think once my wife has got rid of me I will stick to prostitutes. At least you know how much they cost up front. Wives stay with you for much longer, provide less entertainment (Time spent with / fun ratio) but cost a whole lot more. Plus a prostitute never askes for the "C" word. Commitment!!!! Come to think of it, they don't stop you doing what you really want to do at the weekend either. Why do we get married? The plus points escape me.
Re: The Sound Of No Hands Clapping
Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 10:28 am
by John Hobson
Wives stay with you for much longer
I wouldn't bet on that once she has found this forum Jim mate.
Re: The Sound Of No Hands Clapping
Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 11:27 am
by Eric
entertainment (Time spent with / fun ratio)
Who want to place bets that Jim has a cube setup rating everyone he knows for a fun ratio and entertainment
Re: The Sound Of No Hands Clapping
Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 2:52 pm
by jim wood
I don't need a cube for that. I just look in the mirror, think of them and check out whether I smile or not. My son = beaming smile, the wife = no longer visable in the mirror as she ground me down too much,
Jim.
Has anybody guessed that I had a good weekend yet??
Re: The Sound Of No Hands Clapping
Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 2:54 pm
by jim wood
John Hobson wrote:Wives stay with you for much longer
I wouldn't bet on that once she has found this forum Jim mate.
My wife finding this forum is the least of my worries at the moment. What delights I have in store when I get home is a bigger worry for me right now.
Re: The Sound Of No Hands Clapping
Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2008 10:00 pm
by Alan Kirk
jim wood wrote:Wenches? I already have one of them and that's enough for me. I think once my wife has got rid of me I will stick to ...
There are times when I think that we know far too much about the inner workings of Jim's mind.
Far too much.
And it's scary.
I'm talking "syntax of conditional feeders where three cubes are involved in the calculation" scary.
Re: The Sound Of No Hands Clapping
Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2008 7:00 am
by jim wood
Alan Kirk wrote:jim wood wrote:Wenches? I already have one of them and that's enough for me. I think once my wife has got rid of me I will stick to ...
There are times when I think that we know far too much about the inner workings of Jim's mind.
Far too much.
And it's scary.
I'm talking "syntax of conditional feeders where three cubes are involved in the calculation" scary.
You've gotta know more than me. I lost my mind years ago. It will become 11 years ago on 03/01/09. The date of my wedding aniversary.
Re: The Sound Of No Hands Clapping
Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2008 9:10 am
by Alan Kirk
jim wood wrote:Alan Kirk wrote:
There are times when I think that we know far too much about the inner workings of Jim's mind.
You've gotta know more than me. I lost my mind years ago. It will become 11 years ago on 03/01/09. The date of my wedding aniversary.
For Eric, Mike L, Mike C and others, that would be 01/03/09.
Or, safer still,
DayNo('09-01-03');
Re: The Sound Of No Hands Clapping
Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2008 12:35 pm
by Eric
I'm talking "syntax of conditional feeders where three cubes are involved in the calculation" scary.
This forum has allowed insight into way to many minds. All who enter should be warry.
For Eric, Mike L, Mike C and others, that would be 01/03/09.
<shakes head> Why can't thing be standard across the pond? I mean come on; dates, spanners, football! Seriously!
DayNo('09-01-03');
Code: Select all
[Post1] = N:'All post in TI from now on to avoid confusion';
Code: Select all
[Post2] = N:'Unless the Captain wants to teach everyone Klingon';
Qapla' (Can't believe I Google'd goodbye in klingon)
Re: The Sound Of No Hands Clapping
Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2008 5:55 pm
by Mike L
For Eric, Mike L, Mike C and others, that would be 01/03/09.
<shakes head> Why can't thing be standard across the pond? I mean come on; dates, spanners, football! Seriously!
On this side of the pond we take pride in being cranks. So great is our dedication the principle that
if everybody agreed on one way of doing something it would surely be the wrong way, that we gladly make fools of ourselves just to make a point. - Of course, by the very nature of the situation, other cranks will hotly dispute this point.
Re: The Sound Of No Hands Clapping
Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2008 10:53 pm
by stephen waters
"When a true genius appears in the world, you may know him by this sign, that the dunces are all in confederacy against him."
or, as the old joke goes "there are 10 kinds of people in this life, those who understand binary and those who don't"
Re: The Sound Of No Hands Clapping
Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2008 9:46 am
by jim wood
stephen waters wrote:"When a true genius appears in the world, you may know him by this sign, that the dunces are all in confederacy against him."
or, as the old joke goes "there are 10 kinds of people in this life, those who understand binary and those who don't"
I haven't done binary since I left school. That and logic gates, the starting point of any good programmers knowledge. (The starting point for some bad ones as well no doubt.)
Re: The Sound Of No Hands Clapping
Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2008 11:12 am
by Martin Ryan
They don't even teach binary anymore I don't think. I never heard of it while studying a computer science degree, nor first year maths. I still remember learning it from my dad, when he was home sick from work one day.
I explained it to my wife the other day after seeing a t-shirt with that joke, she smiled and nodded then proclaimed me a geek. Joke's on her, she married one.
Re: The Sound Of No Hands Clapping
Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2008 11:55 am
by Eric
They don't even teach binary anymore I don't think. I never heard of it while studying a computer science degree, nor first year maths. I still remember learning it from my dad, when he was home sick from work one day.
Fun times in the Ryan household!
I explained it to my wife the other day after seeing a t-shirt with that joke, she smiled and nodded then proclaimed me a geek. Joke's on her, she married one.
Think all of our wives respond that way.
Re: The Sound Of No Hands Clapping
Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2008 1:36 pm
by jim wood
I also point out that it's thanks to my geek skills that my family has a roof over it's head and food on the table. Never mind the various games consoles, flat screen TV and 2 cars!!!
Re: The Sound Of No Hands Clapping
Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2008 1:37 pm
by jim wood
What was the orginal point of this post again!!!???!!!???!!!