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OriginalGriff30-Nov-13 0:38

30-Nov-13 0:38

You fed up with the Muslim Brotherhood already? Laugh | :laugh:

(sorry, replied to the wrong message the first time!)

Mohamad M. Mohamad1-Dec-13 23:03

1-Dec-13 23:03

What do this have to do with me visiting Wales?

My Name in English[^] Translation done By OriginalGriff

ICT55830-Nov-13 0:58

ICT558

30-Nov-13 0:58

Only if you are English.

All that is necessary for Evil to succeed is for Good Folks to keep voting for their Party. - Cornelius Thirp

OriginalGriff30-Nov-13 1:21

30-Nov-13 1:21

Mohamad M. Mohamad1-Dec-13 23:06

1-Dec-13 23:06

Nope I'm not an English man

My Name in English[^] Translation done By OriginalGriff

ICT5582-Dec-13 6:47

ICT558

2-Dec-13 6:47

Then, "Croeso i Gymru" as they (well 5% of them Smile | :)

) say.

All that is necessary for Evil to succeed is for Good Folks to keep voting for their Party. - Cornelius Thirp

Mohamad M. Mohamad2-Dec-13 22:05

2-Dec-13 22:05

Thank you. I should start packing then. Griff can you pick me up from the airport? You do have an airport right?

My Name in English[^] Translation done By OriginalGriff

KP Lee2-Dec-13 12:48

KP Lee

2-Dec-13 12:48

You sure Wales isn't a big mammalian fish?

OriginalGriff2-Dec-13 21:48

2-Dec-13 21:48

Positive.
It doesn't rain as much inside "big mammalian fish" as it does here...

KP Lee2-Dec-13 22:11

KP Lee

2-Dec-13 22:11

I'd guess just outside of the fish is generally wetter.

Espen Harlinn30-Nov-13 1:15

30-Nov-13 1:15

OriginalGriff wrote:
4) Wales is more advanced than you thought

According to this[^] Wales has been inhabited by modern humans[^] for at least 29,000 years.

Espen Harlinn
Principal Architect, Software - Goodtech Projects & Services AS

Projects promoting programming in "natural language" are intrinsically doomed to fail. Edsger W.Dijkstra

OriginalGriff30-Nov-13 1:26

30-Nov-13 1:26

This is why I don't go near Cardiff or Swansea late at night.
Judging by the TV though, it's the same everywhere... Sigh | :sigh:

Personally, I blame 24 hour drinking. When we had to stop at 11PM (unless we wangled a lockin) we were home before we needed to throw up, fight, pee in the streets, etc. And if we did get a lockin, we were careful not to attract attention on the way out to make sure it happened again! Laugh | :laugh:

Espen Harlinn30-Nov-13 1:47

30-Nov-13 1:47

OriginalGriff wrote:
I blame 24 hour drinking.

We haven't had a major change in opening hours since the middle 80ies - but things have still gone steadily downhill. Now, a beer, in a pub or bar, usually sets you back about kr. 100 (£10) - so getting really sloshed is a bit expensive, so how kids in their early twenties can afford to do it twice each weekend is astounding.

OriginalGriff wrote:
And if we did get a lockin, we were careful not to attract attention on the way out to make sure it happened again!

Timewarp

Espen Harlinn
Principal Architect, Software - Goodtech Projects & Services AS

Projects promoting programming in "natural language" are intrinsically doomed to fail. Edsger W.Dijkstra

OriginalGriff30-Nov-13 2:38

30-Nov-13 2:38

I gave up serious drinking some years ago, so I don't know from personal experience how much beer is these days - but t'interweb suggests around £4~5, which would have crippled me as a student / young person. I also cannot understand how the young can afford it (particularly if they do it regularly, which gives some immunity to drunkenness anyway!)

Espen Harlinn30-Nov-13 3:28

30-Nov-13 3:28

OriginalGriff wrote:
I gave up serious drinking some years ago

Personally I don't like to feel tipsy - but I enjoy a beer every now and then.

OriginalGriff wrote:
also cannot understand how the young can afford it

I suspect some get way too much 'pocket money' - I guess that if they earned it themselves, most would be a bit more careful about spending it on serious drinking. Giving your kids something like a £150 each week, seems like a bad way to prepare them for adult life.

Espen Harlinn
Principal Architect, Software - Goodtech Projects & Services AS

Projects promoting programming in "natural language" are intrinsically doomed to fail. Edsger W.Dijkstra

OriginalGriff30-Nov-13 3:50

30-Nov-13 3:50

Espen Harlinn wrote:
Giving your kids something like a £150 each week

I wish my wife would let me have that much pocket money each week! OMG | :OMG:

Espen Harlinn30-Nov-13 5:33

30-Nov-13 5:33

OriginalGriff wrote:
I wish my wife would let me have that much pocket money each week!

Right

Espen Harlinn
Principal Architect, Software - Goodtech Projects & Services AS

Projects promoting programming in "natural language" are intrinsically doomed to fail. Edsger W.Dijkstra

Forogar 1-Dec-13 6:06

Forogar

1-Dec-13 6:06

Quote:
Giving your kids something like a £150 each week

I used to get sixpence - if I was good and had done my chores - and was happy to get it.
Kids today.... bah!

- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.

Espen Harlinn1-Dec-13 6:40

1-Dec-13 6:40

Forogar wrote:
~~Kids~~ Parents today.... bah!

While certainly not all parents, far to many have spoiled their children.

And I guess it's hard to break the habbit of saying yes to every whim when they reach adolescence, and things starts to get rather expensive.

Espen Harlinn
Principal Architect, Software - Goodtech Projects & Services AS

Projects promoting programming in "natural language" are intrinsically doomed to fail. Edsger W.Dijkstra

Richard Deeming2-Dec-13 1:20

Richard Deeming

2-Dec-13 1:20

OriginalGriff wrote:
t'interweb suggests around £4~5

Maybe in some posh London pubs; elsewhere, £2.50 - £3.50 is more normal.

"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer

harold aptroot29-Nov-13 22:16

harold aptroot

29-Nov-13 22:16

Write some code, watch some anime, play some games, eat some food..
I've got enough code to write today that I won't have time to be bored

Mohamad M. Mohamad29-Nov-13 22:24

29-Nov-13 22:24

Check above post.

My Name in English[^] Translation done By OriginalGriff

Mohamad M. Mohamad30-Nov-13 0:16

30-Nov-13 0:16

Silence ... I kill you

My Name in English[^] Translation done By OriginalGriff

Richard MacCutchan29-Nov-13 22:46

Richard MacCutchan

29-Nov-13 22:46

Recover from an interesting Friday night.

Veni, vidi, abiit domum

OriginalGriff29-Nov-13 22:51