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William Wordsworth wrote: And homeless near a thousand homes I stood, And near a thousand tables pined and wanted food.
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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Quote: Gawd. Three weeks of cat destroying Christmas tree. Three weeks of not being able to go to the loo in dark because of what sharp broken objects he has scattered since you went to bed... Sigh | 
Can we all cancel Xmas and move on to summer already? Please?
Thank you I needed a good laugh this morning. Has been an extremely stressful week at work. So much to get done in a little time.
Merry Christmas and hope it gets at least a little better for you. 
"Age wrinkles the body. Quitting wrinkles the soul."
-Douglas MacArthur
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What came first in your family?
The tradition of putting up a tree or having a cat?
When the root of the problem is truly understood, only then can the complete solution be found.
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Tree then Cat. Or Cat then Tree, depends on how you look at it.
When I was a kid, we had Tree before Cat. Then I didn't have a Cat for a long time (and didn't have a Tree either). Then Herself moved in, and the Tree returned. Then the Cat arrived.
On her side, they had both Cat and Tree when Herself arrived. And she has continued the tradition of both. Despite not being able to remove a dead mouse from the carpet for no obvious reason...
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Who couldn't remove the mouse? Your wife, the cat or the tree?
Of course the tree couldn't, you've basically hermetically sealed the thing to the stairs.
Life is like a s**t sandwich; the more bread you have, the less s**t you eat.
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The cat has no problem moving mice, birds, moles, and other assorted wild(ex)life.
The wife cannot move anything "nasty" for reasons she does not feel need explanation.
The tree I suspect of plotting to attack the cat when his back is turned, and will also not transport vermin.
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Sounds like "you're up" then!
Life is like a s**t sandwich; the more bread you have, the less s**t you eat.
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Bah humbug! It's about the only time of year you get to sleep late, drink early & not sell the Big Issue! 
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glennPattonPUB wrote: not sell the Big Issue!
So...the DoW&P metting went well then?
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Well fine, if you mean having to go through several doors locked by the same system as Porton Down. Wait over half an hour to talk to a nice lady 'who can't help as much as she should be able as my Work Coach is ill' (I have a Work Coach?). I can claim expenses in travelling to interviews, but not for registration fees for agency (some agents charge you to do nothing but ask silly question?, that I did not know!)...hence the Big Issue comment! 
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glennPattonPUB wrote: locked by the same system as Porton Down
Not seen how they are secured, but if my experiences with other government run facilities is any guide, the doors are wedged open with a rolled up newspaper...
Harwell (the Atomic Energy Research place) regularly had people just walk in, thinking it was the Rutherford labs next door, or leave by just flashing a public library card. The armed security guards seems mostly concerned with preventing the theft of stationary...
A Large Bank in London had impressive access control to the banking computers. As a contractor, there to fix a modem problem, I had to be escorted through the building. Then my escort entered a large metal cylinder which rotated to trap him. His palm prints and password were checked, then the cylinder rotated to let him out the other side.
Then he opened the little wooden door beside it and let me in. Pointed me at the modems rack and buggered off to read the paper... 
Took me twenty minutes of searching to find him after I finished, and wanted to go.
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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They tend to secured via bored looking 'Security Guards' as they are to secure doors to give them something to do...My experience at Porton Down was odd as the first day on site everything was locked up armed guards (MP's) looking stern. The second day there the door was wedged open, I asked why the reply was "Random Inspection". How was it random if they knew to secure every thing before hand? 
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glennPattonPUB wrote: How was it random if they knew to secure every thing before hand?
This is the Civil Service: http://xkcd.com/221/[^]
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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I can attest to Porton Down security, having worked on a database for them.
Getting in is not dissimilar to your bank protocol, although not as high tech. Large automatic weapons replace the metal tube thingy. The biggest difference is that your escort is never allowed to leave you unattended; they either take you back to the guard or deliver to the next link in the chain.
Funny thing though, the scientist (nice chap) that I went to see always took me for a cuppa there and I swear I was unwell every time afterwards.
Of course, you know I have to kill you when you've read this - official secrets and whatnot - nothing personal.
Life is like a s**t sandwich; the more bread you have, the less s**t you eat.
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Our cat used to topple the tree over while we were asleep most every night it was up.
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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OriginalGriff wrote: Can we all cancel Xma
Better, cancel the cat...
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Be happy, may be the snow is going to fall!
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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It's the demon cat from hell!!! I guess he'll be worshipping Satan Claus and needs some bauble sacrifices 
My blog[ ^]
public class SanderRossel : Lazy<Person>
{
public void DoWork()
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Sander Rossel wrote: It's the demon cat from hell
Well, yes. But all cats are Fiends From Hell... 
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Didn't Meat Loaf sing about Cats out of Hell?
"Like a cat out of hell I'll be gone when the morning comes! Like a cat out of hell I'll be gone, gone, gone..." 
And that other hit he had was sung from the perspective of a cat too (or so I'm guessing).
Owner: "Do you love, do you love me forever?"
Cat: "Well let me sleep on it, baby, baby, let me sleep on it..."
If them darn cats aren't breaking stuff (preferably at night) they're certainly sleeping!
That said I'm really a cat person 
My blog[ ^]
public class SanderRossel : Lazy<Person>
{
public void DoWork()
{
throw new NotSupportedException();
}
}
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Must be the owner, our two cats took one look at the tree and immediately settled down under it for a kip other that bashing the low baubles with their heads in passing they have since ignored it.
now the tinsel and Ikea cardboard decorations on the fireplace have undergone constant and co-ordinated attacks
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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Yesterday after 70 years that George Junius Stinney, Jr (14 years old) was executed by the electric chair, they found he was not guilty of the murder after-all!
The question they should have asked then is why should he kill the two girls he barely knew just because he was black and he spoke with them for a few minutes. 
George Stinney[^]
modified 18-Dec-14 5:31am.
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Oso Oluwafemi Ebenezer wrote: The question they should have asked then is why should he kill the two girls he barely knew just because he was black and he spoke with them for a few minutes.
They probably asked that question and answered it with "because he was black". That's how things worked. Maybe it still is.
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That reminded me of the Green Mile ... sad bad good movie
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