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Go on then Dave, admit it you just wanted to show off, putting the ♂ in the thread title.
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Got me!
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Obscurum per obscurius.
Ad astra per alas porci.
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur .
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But as I heard it he did break his wrist!
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The US lifting body research programme.... as a ten year old I was spurred on to develop my own lifting body programme*, resulting in the eventual destruction of several saplings and me being sent home from school for 'playing with explosives and causing a menace in the playground'... happy days.
* it was a model of the M2-F2 made from sheet steel, approx 75cm across, powered by a home made solid fuel rocket motor and 'got up to speed' by a glider launch bungee.
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Metal working, Chemistry...they say todays youth have no interest in Science & Engineering! 
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Quote:
(Although I suspect that 1st of May 2006 wasn't a good one for him either).
Doubtful. It was probably one of his better days of late, given his lengthy illness.
"One man's wage rise is another man's price increase." - Harold Wilson
"Fireproof doesn't mean the fire will never come. It means when the fire comes that you will be able to withstand it." - Michael Simmons
"Show me a community that obeys the Ten Commandments and I'll show you a less crowded prison system." - Anonymous
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XP Support[^] is coming to an end.
I foresee a complete farce evolving over the next 90 days.
UK Government is completely useless when it comes to IT, so it should be fun to watch.
Fortunately I will have my Companies House and Corporation Tax returns done before the switch off of support.
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Obscurum per obscurius.
Ad astra per alas porci.
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur .
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Lucky you. My returns aren't until the end of June so I suspect that will be a complete clusterflock.
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Dalek Dave wrote: UK Government is completely useless when it comes to IT
...and useful at what, Excel Macros?
Governments are completely useless at anything.
modified 14-Jan-14 6:58am.
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Well, according to DD and Conspiracy Theorists, they are excellent at Covering Things Up: not landing on the moon, our Lizard Masters, Kennedys assassination by Book Of The Month Club, that sort of thing.
Never underestimate the power of stupid things in large numbers
--- Serious Sam
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The first rule of Book of the Month Club is that you do not talk about Book of the Month Club!
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Obscurum per obscurius.
Ad astra per alas porci.
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur .
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Shush! Stop talking about the BOTMC!
It was broke, so I fixed it.
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Is that support as in support? In which case it matters not I'd have thought. Who needs support?
If they mean they're going to stop fixing security holes after that point, well that's bad. XP may not be as nice as Windows 7 but it does the job so you can understand anyone without a limitless IT budget having reluctance to upgrade.
Dalek Dave wrote: Fortunately I will have my Companies House and Corporation Tax returns done
before the switch off of support.
I'm going to aim for straight after..
Regards,
Rob Philpott.
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Been using Windows for what?...30 years?...more?...I have yet to call support.
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30 years? thats a long time to wait for an OS to boot even if its windows
You cant outrun the world, but there is no harm in getting a head start
Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.
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Who will notice? Microsoft hasn't provided support for a product since Windows 95. I remember that clearly, since my disk 13 was defective and wouldn't finish the installation. I called Microsoft, a person answered, and my problem was fixed. That's the last time that's happened.
Will Rogers never met me.
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We still had a couple of boxes running NT4 a year or two back....
If your neighbours don't listen to The Ramones, turn it up real loud so they can.
“We didn't have a positive song until we wrote 'Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue!'” ― Dee Dee Ramone
"The Democrats want my guns and the Republicans want my porno mags and I ain't giving up either" - Joey Ramone
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Life does imitate art (?) ... even if the ersatz has a surreal top-note: [^]In an unexpected outcome akin to an ancient Greek fable, a tortoise beat a rabbit, with the shelled reptile eventually claiming third place overall, the report said.
"Because the rabbit loved jumping and didn't follow its owner's commands, it was overtaken by the tortoise," it said. Of course protests will soon ensue: [^].
The burning question is, of course: will FOG (Friends of Goldfish) adopt the topless strategies of PETA and FEMEN.
“But I don't want to go among mad people,” Alice remarked.
“Oh, you can't help that,” said the Cat: “we're all mad here. I'm mad. You're mad.”
“How do you know I'm mad?” said Alice.
“You must be," said the Cat, or you wouldn't have come here.” Lewis Carroll
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I was going to say that I needed some of what ever it was you were eating, drinking or smoking, but then I followed the link...
It's not us that are crazy, is it? 
Never underestimate the power of stupid things in large numbers
--- Serious Sam
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Don't worry Shep, we ARE crazy. Them thare varmints are just crazier!
speramus in juniperus
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OriginalGriff wrote: It's not us that are crazy, is it?
If we are crazy, I am sure it is only because we have been driven crazy by the insanity that passes for common normalcy and our involuntary addiction to that most powerful of hallucinogens, "rationality." !
On the other hand, as Saint Salvador (Dali) once said: "the only man who is not a crazy man is ... Dali." Indicating we are grandfathered-in, as it were; after all, who could we be to dare argue with Him ?
Shall we not aspire to the zenith of highest crazy metaphorized in Saint Salvador's wonderful credo:
"Every morning when I wake up, I feel an exquisite sense of joy – the joy of being Salvador Dali. And I ask myself, in a sort of rapture, what wonderful thing will he create today, this Salvador Dali. And as every day passes, I find it harder and harder to understand how other people can possibly bear to exist without being Salvador Dali."
"Diary of a Genius" New York, Prentice Hall Press, 1964
“But I don't want to go among mad people,” Alice remarked.
“Oh, you can't help that,” said the Cat: “we're all mad here. I'm mad. You're mad.”
“How do you know I'm mad?” said Alice.
“You must be," said the Cat, or you wouldn't have come here.” Lewis Carroll
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I've been to a couple of Dali exhibitions over the years, and each time I am more impressed with the man: he produced some of my favorite artworks.
http://www.chelmerfineart.com/itemDetail.asp?work=7160[^]
Would that I could afford it! But when they say "POA" we know what it means...
Never underestimate the power of stupid things in large numbers
--- Serious Sam
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So the story as far as I can distil it is a bloke ski-faster than another bloke, while carrying a tortoise due to other bloke having to herd a wabbit! Umm okay that's about the only time I've had the courage to look at the Bangkok times at work...
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glennPattonWork wrote: the courage to look at the Bangkok times at work
You cannot catch it from a newspaper.
“But I don't want to go among mad people,” Alice remarked.
“Oh, you can't help that,” said the Cat: “we're all mad here. I'm mad. You're mad.”
“How do you know I'm mad?” said Alice.
“You must be," said the Cat, or you wouldn't have come here.” Lewis Carroll
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A female friend of mine had a T-shirt made "I caught crabs at Reuters" after one incident in the ladies.
Apparently.
Never underestimate the power of stupid things in large numbers
--- Serious Sam
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