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You know where she keeps them?
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Talk about cheap. There's 13 of them in each deck of playing cards.
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Actually, a total of 87 per deck.
Truth,
James
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Ideas for sewing? (7)
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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THREADS?
I'm not sure though - "ideas" == "threads" seems a bit too tenuous for me so it's probably wrong.
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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nope.
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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Notions ?
"I didn't mention the bats - he'd see them soon enough" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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YAUT!
I couldn't figure out a way to work "molecules" in
The "for sewing" bit is perhaps a bit left-pond, but it does appear in my 1960s COD.
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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It was a bit of a guess actually based on not ions and obviously notions being ideas
"I didn't mention the bats - he'd see them soon enough" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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nope, but a good shot. The singular/plural trips it up, though.
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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So for the younger elements, here are some of the advantages of increased seniority:
The things you buy won't wear out.There is nothing left to learn the hard way.People no longer view you as a hypochondriac.You can have a party and the neighbours don't even notice.Your secrets are safe with your friends because they can't remember them either."I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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OriginalGriff wrote: There is nothing left to learn the hard way.
I don't know about you, but I'm totally bucking that trend.
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Thanks for saying that. I don't feel quite so alone...
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dandy72 wrote: OriginalGriff wrote: There is nothing left to learn the hard way. I don't know about you, but I'm totally bucking that trend. Yup! We are never too old to do something stupid!
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BryanFazekas wrote: We are never too old to do something stupid! That described my first couple of years programming in C#/.NET. After a long history of writing C++/MFC apps it was tough. I was either re-inventing the wheel (there is a prodigious amount of stuff in .NET, even in the 3.5 days), or I was trying to use C++/MFC best practices in C#/.NET/WPF. Ironically, those 'best practices' eventually caused me to buy a .NET memory profiler, stop development for about three months, and rework a metric crap-ton of code.
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As an old timer (64), I know that experience provides the ability to spot a mistake when you make it, again.
Cheers,
Mike Fidler
"I intend to live forever - so far, so good." Steven Wright
"I almost had a psychic girlfriend but she left me before we met." Also Steven Wright
"I'm addicted to placebos. I could quit, but it wouldn't matter." Steven Wright yet again.
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The birthday card I got my friend a few weeks back summed that up perfectly:
Old Enough to Know Better
Young Enough Not To Care
Stupid Enough To Do It Anyway
🤣🤣🤣
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That would have been a great card for me this year, as I passed the 0x3C mark.
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An alternate view in places:- The things you bought 20 years ago are still working. The crap you buy today dies a week later.
- Everything you learn now seems like the hard way to accomplish something. Why can't it be simple like it used to be?
- People no longer view you as interesting in any way.
- You avoid parties because you just want to go to bed early.
- Your friends are dead.
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Not so much an alternative as Additions
Old Man Trouble
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... or the list when you're in grumpy old mode, like I was when I wrote it
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Quote: You avoid parties because you just want to go to bed early.
President Reagan said (paraphrasing from memory), "You know you're getting old when you have two ways to get into trouble, and you pick the one that gets you home before 9 o'clock."
Cheers,
Mike Fidler
"I intend to live forever - so far, so good." Steven Wright
"I almost had a psychic girlfriend but she left me before we met." Also Steven Wright
"I'm addicted to placebos. I could quit, but it wouldn't matter." Steven Wright yet again.
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I love it.
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