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Re: WSO CCC OTD 2017.12.06

6-Dec-17 0:35

didnt know that!

CodeWraith6-Dec-17 0:43

CodeWraith

6-Dec-17 0:43

Mel Padden wrote:
Leaves a sign that you've died in The War. (6)

'Sgt Major' has more than six letters! Smile | :)

I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.

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megaadam5-Dec-17 21:44

megaadam

5-Dec-17 21:44

The great French rock n' roll artist leaves us. Rose | [Rose]

If you have missed him you can check him out on youtube.

... such stuff as dreams are made on

Munchies_Matt5-Dec-17 21:57

5-Dec-17 21:57

Old pig eyes is dead eh?

Its the fags that got him!

Jörgen Andersson5-Dec-17 22:06

Jörgen Andersson

5-Dec-17 22:06

Munchies_Matt wrote:
Its the fags that got him!

Had to think there for a couple of seconds.
British English, not american.

Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello

Munchies_Matt5-Dec-17 22:13

5-Dec-17 22:13

Talking of which, the EU is in a mess. English is its most popular 'vehicular language' (there are three, English French and German). Loads of documents are in English, and most of the schooling for EU govt kids at the school in Belgium.

But with the UK leaving, they will have to drop English. This means every EU govt worker has to learn French or German. Fluently.

It is such a crisis they are trying to convince Ireland to change its official language to English.

Dan Neely6-Dec-17 2:43

Dan Neely

6-Dec-17 2:43

Munchies_Matt wrote:
It is such a crisis they are trying to convince Ireland to change its official language to English.

Nice. I've got a friend who lovingly gloats about each new iteration of the cluster elephant from England; but am clearly missing some of the glorious trainwrecks on the EU side.

Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, weighing all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius

Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt

dandy726-Dec-17 8:40

dandy72

6-Dec-17 8:40

Munchies_Matt wrote:
This means every EU govt worker has to learn French or German. Fluently.

So you're saying this would've been a solved problem by now, had we simply sit back and let that guy from a few decades back achieve his goal...

Not that anyone would worry so much about having to learn French...

Munchies_Matt6-Dec-17 21:34

6-Dec-17 21:34

Well, dont you think the EU actually IS a German empire?

dandy727-Dec-17 5:32

dandy72

7-Dec-17 5:32

Is it? I was trying not to put words into anyone's mouth... Smile | :)

ZurdoDev6-Dec-17 3:13

ZurdoDev

6-Dec-17 3:13

Jörgen Andersson wrote:
British English, not american.

Let's hope so. OMG | :OMG:

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Johnny J.5-Dec-17 22:24

Johnny J.

5-Dec-17 22:24

RIP!

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Eytukan5-Dec-17 23:48

Eytukan

5-Dec-17 23:48

RIP J.H

. Heard him during 2000s. Fairly good collections.

Starting to think people post kid pics in their profiles because that was the last time they were cute - Jeremy Falcon.

You know, I've wondered that myself.

CPallini6-Dec-17 2:27

CPallini

6-Dec-17 2:27

Goodbye, man on the train. Rose | [Rose]

OriginalGriff5-Dec-17 21:12

OriginalGriff

5-Dec-17 21:12

CommitStrip: Amazon Logic[^]

Nice to know it's not just me...

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CodeWraith5-Dec-17 22:06

CodeWraith

5-Dec-17 22:06

Do you really want every dumb ad server to know all about your activities and interests?

I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.

OriginalGriff5-Dec-17 22:15

OriginalGriff

5-Dec-17 22:15

No, but this is their own internal systems: they already know what I look at, and what I buy.
So if they put the two together, less of their emails might go in the bin unread ... Laugh | :laugh:

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PeejayAdams5-Dec-17 22:23

PeejayAdams

5-Dec-17 22:23

And, more to the point, they ought to have some concept of the durability of the products that they're selling.

Chances of someone buying a washing machine wanting to buy an identical one within a month - somewhat minimal.

Chances of someone buying washing powder wanting to buy more of the same within a month - somewhat higher.

98.4% of statistics are made up on the spot.

dandy726-Dec-17 8:35

dandy72

6-Dec-17 8:35

Some people actually argue they do. I'm not one of them.

My favorite from Amazon is still the fact that they spam my mailbox almost daily for stuff I might actually want, but they won't ship to my address. You'd think they'd send that through some filter...