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Hi All,
Due to family issues I am having to stay with my Mum and commute by Car (not mine!). I usually commute by Train. All I can say is when I get back to train travel the better, delays, overcrowding & strange smells, I can take it. The standard of driving is 'interesting' to say the least, it seems traffic lights are optional and right of way is given to the biggest vehicle...
I want to go back to the train it's safer!!!
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Quote: Hard day, yes, it has been a hard day
Yes, it has been a hard day, yes, it has
I'm a train, I'm a chucka train, I'm a chucka train
I'm a train, I'm a chucka train, chucka train, yeah
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What about traffic jams?
Every new day here is the busiest day of the year.
700 or 800 km of traffic jams are no exception.
That's from one end of the country to the other and back again 
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Why do you think my right thumb automatically flips the safety switch of the 20 mm when I see a yellow license plate with black letters up ahead?
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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glennPattonWork wrote: The standard of driving is 'interesting' to say the least, it seems traffic lights are optional and right of way is given to the biggest vehicle...
Welcome to Detroit!
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"Nobody drives around here. There's too much traffic."
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Tutu created phobic rash! (10)
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Archbishop (anag. of phobic rash) Desmond Tutu.
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And you are up tomorrow! 
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
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And the theme is... religious titles?
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I believe so.
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
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Cool HIP
river PO
animal
HIPPO!
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modified 6-Nov-19 3:20am.
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How do you get po from river?
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Po (river) - Wikipedia[^] - it's a common crossword reference.
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yep!
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Do you want to re design the wheel, happy to keep it working ,put your spin or twist on it, if it is a monster make it your monster?
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If it works, leave it alone.
".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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Not if it doesn't work well.
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If you’re not tasked to work on it, leave it alone.
".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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If it's something that I've truly inherited, I'd often start by reformatting it. This rather mindless exercise helps me understand how it works, whether it's well designed, and most importantly, makes it less annoying to look at.  If it needs enhancing, the question is how much. If it's important code that will continue to evolve, I'd typically do some refactoring when adding new capabilities.
(This has nothing to do with SQL, which I've never touched.)
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I have inherited quite a bit of SQL that has been worked in who knows what text editor with no format whatsoever. If I need to troubleshoot it I will reformat it so that I can read and understand it
Director of Transmogrification Services
Shinobi of Query Language
Master of Yoda Conditional
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SQL is much the same, but query's are often shorter than an inherited codebase. Starts with formatting indeed, removing any string manipulations, and throw it in the query plan analyzer.
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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I have found, virtually without exception, that poorly formatted code means a crap design. Either the owner didn't care or there wasn't an owner, and the collective didn't care.
On an unrelated topic, I recently realized that anyone with stuff hanging from their rear-view mirror is likely to be a crap driver. Dream catchers, fuzzy dice, rosary beads, little scented cardboard pine trees--it doesn't matter. When I see a vehicle like this in front of me, I start to get wary.
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