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I expected that! It's a Bob Marley's song (Natty Dread)
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I am well aware of the Marley song, and I'm also well aware of the meaning of "natty dread", but I still don't have a clue as to what you're talking about.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Oso Oluwafemi Ebenezer wrote: Natty is 21 thousand miles away from home!
I'm about 24,990 miles from home. I win!
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: I'm about 24,990 miles from home. I win!
Try going in the other direction.
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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There died a young man of 22, on his way from Christmas shopping in Oceanside, CA, to meet with friends at church in Fallbrook. On his way home he was murdered by a 50-something, career drunk leaving the bar plastered, as he had every night of his worthless life for 30 years. Kevin McDonald Wright was my only sibling, and after a short lifetime together fighting as brothers often do, was just becoming my best friend. His little truck was wrapped around a power pole and filled with crushed presents and bloody pulp; his killer's truck was filled with empty beer cans. While the murderer was in jail awaiting trial, the police received a number of anonymous calls begging the cops to arrange an accident for him, as he'd left a trail of destruction throughout his career of Olympic-class drinking. When he came to trial, he was sentenced to one year in County jail, and that was suspended because he promised to do better.
My mother has never recovered - she still leaps to the window when a little truck trolls down her street, in the hope that it's Kevin coming home. Dad went to his grave crying himself to sleep in this season. Tonight I type almost unable to see the screen for eyes swollen almost shut from crying; I apologize for the typos. One thoughtless, selfish drunken a**hole turned a season of joy and celebration into an enduring nightmare to be survived for not only my family, but the hundreds of others who cared enough about Kevin to attend his funeral - over 400 filled cars when I lost count, at a small, country church. Our family is Protestant, but the local Catholic church held a Mass for Kevin - unheard of in those days.
I've done my share of stupid drinking, even collected a DUI conviction for which I spent a bit of time in jail, which I richly deserved. I'm ashamed that I didn't stop drinking when Kevin was killed, but it's really not that drinking is a bad thing. It's not - as Ben Franklin said, God made beer for Man's happiness (I paraphrase a bit). But engaging in risky behavior while under the influence of alcohol, or any other mind-altering substance, is just, plain irresponsible. I have been guilty of that, and I'm eternally grateful to the Almighty that I hurt no one along the way to my learning.
I post this not in pursuit of sympathy; I deal with my loss in my way, and I endanger no one else ever again. I post it to beg all of you to think hard, in this season of celebration, about your alternatives when you go out to celebrate. By all means, go have fun! Our Savior drank His fair share of wine, and if He'd had access to brandy, I'm sure He would have enjoyed that, as well. But after a night of drinking, I'm sure he would have laid Himself down to sleep, or hired a mulester to get him home safely.
In this season when we celebrate our Savior's birth, we have every reason to have fun - after all, He interceded with our Father to erase all of our sins, and that's thirsty work. Drink up and enjoy! But, please, take a cab, or take a room wherever you're drinking, or sleep in the truck in the parking lot if you can do so without being arrested. I've done that.
Above all, enjoy this season of celebration of our Savior's birth, and try not to kill anybody who doesn't deserve to die. I'd really like to see you all on the other side of this awful holiday, alive and well and not in jail.
Will Rogers never met me.
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Been there...
Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello
(√-sh*t) 2
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1958 - mother
Been there
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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I'm all for zero-tolerance on drinking and driving (or any other drug influence).
people drive stupid enough without it.
If it helps, in life when things are against you, you're sad or depressed. There are two things you can do.
1. You can cry about it.
2. You can make the best of it.
Life is just too short for #1.
So my very best wishes for the year's end! Make the best of it!
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R.I.P.
«OOP to me means only messaging, local retention and protection and hiding of state-process, and extreme late-binding of all things. » Alan Kay's clarification on what he meant by the term "Object" in "Object-Oriented Programming."
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Remember Kevin with love and pride
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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Wow! Amazing speech, Roger, and some very sage advice. I pray that you will be aware of God's love for you and all your family.
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Have my sympathy, anyway.
The problem of road killers is now of big evidence, here in Italy. I hope laws (and actual behaviours) will change for better.
THESE PEOPLE REALLY BOTHER ME!! How can they know what you should do without knowing what you want done?!?!
-- C++ FQA Lite
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I am sorry for your loss
And I am glad you wrote this. My dad also died in a car crash when I was 1 year old and as far as I know neither of both drivers was drunk. I can't even imagine driving drunk. But sadly it's pretty much a "normal" thing here. I mean people look at me as if I am weird when I tell them I don't even want one beer or a glass of wine if I am driving. It's bizarre.
I hope you can make the best of this season and celebrate your Savior's birth as it is a joyous occasion. I wish the best to you and your family.
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On 25th July 1966, my maternal grandmother suffered the same fate. Walking home, she came between a drunk's car and a brick wall. The drunk and wall survived, Ma and the car did not.
One year later I was born and so that day has always had mixed feelings for my mother.
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Thanks for the post
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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December really can be an awful month. You have my sympathies Roger.
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deepest sympathy & condolences Roger
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My condolences!
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I was also hit by a drunk, but I survived.
So I agree with you Roger eat, drink and be merry but be responsible.
Merry Christmas
New version: WinHeist Version 2.1.0
There's a fine line between crazy and free spirited and it's usually a prescription.
I'm currently unsupervised, I know it freaks me out too but the possibilities are endless.
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Well, I'm still not actually working at work due to access issues, so I wrote some code that creates a (WPF-oriented) viewmodel class based on the specified model type. Depending on the size of the model, it could save anywhere from 15 minutes to two hours per viewmodel object.
To create model classes, I create some XML with the desired schema, and use Paste Special to create the model.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote: To create model classes, I create some XML with the desired schema, and use Paste Special to create the model.
Snazzy. Share?
Marc
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Sounds like there is an article in there! 
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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I might make it a tip... I'm positive there are better ways to write it, and making it an extension/add-in for VS would probably be best.
It allows me to specify an inheritance chain, and optionally add INotifyPropertyChanged and IDataErrorInfo code.
While typing this, I've decided to refactor it completely.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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It's an article.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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