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Last night I went with my family out to dinner. We went to a very popular Lebanese Restaurant in town; great food but no sign of the ladies in loafers.
We were almost finished when this guy comes over and starts talking to us. "Who the elephant are you?" was my first thought as he chatted away and "Hos do you know us?".
After several minutes it clicked. It was my brother. I swear on Bob's legacy, it took me about five minutes to realise I was talking to my own brother and to be brutally honest it was not until he mentioned his younger daughter's name that I actually clicked.
Now to put this in context, I last saw him just after Christmas so it is only 4 months or so. He has been very unwell, Brain Cancer [shocked us all, we never knew he even had a brain], and has undergone surgery, chemo and radio. He is totally bald, worse than my egg-shell blond, but what threw me was the fact his face is puffed up out of all recognition.
After he left to regoin his party, dear Mrs Wife asked who it was.
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Well, at least you could feign shock that she didn't recognise him... 
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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Unfortunately, I was so shocked at how he looked I couldn't be shocked, feigned or otherwise, at her not recognising him.
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Cancer. 
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Best wishes to you, Nagy's brother.
Yes, yes. I do know we can defeat illness but, unfortunately, we cannot deny family ties.
Veni, vidi, vici.
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Nagy Vilmos wrote: no sign of the ladies in loafers
I'm sure that means something to somebody, somewhere.
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It is a reference to the admittedly bad joke about confusing lesbian and Lebanon. You know women in comfortable shoes? When I heard about the dykes in Holland I was expecting to see women in comfortable shoes shouting "Get away from the water!" <super>[Robin Williams].
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Remind me again why we don't get many women around here...
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That's easy, we're GEEKS!!! 
There are many female geeks and female cpers, but most geeks are male.
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 That's only part of it.
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I had something similar happen recently. My father's going through a different chemo since the previous one didn't seem to be "working". He's losing his hair and they asked me to come over and shave his head. I saw my mother outside talking to a few neighbors and didn't realize one was my father until they started walking over to my car. Definitely shook me up.
Scott
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Was his voice not recognizable? Or has that also changed because of the chemo, surgery, etc.?
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My mother died of brain cancer 15 years ago. Inoperable and no chemo (due to the blood brain barrier). They did experimental (at the time) gamma knife radiation. Caused her hair to fall out and her face swelled up. She died about 5 months after first symptom. Absolutely heartbreaking...
My lovely wife was diagnosed with breast cancer 18 months ago. Surgery, chemo and radiation followed. Lost her hair and swelled up but I'm happy to say the hair has returned (with a bit more body) and the swelling is gone. As of now it looks like she kicked its ass!
I bought her a shirt that reads "Cancer - You picked the wrong bitch!"
Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master. ~ George Washington
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I'll look out for the shirt for my 77 year old Mum - breast and skin survivor.
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And I feel like yelling "Marco is a free elf".
Had the last day on the job yesterday, nice to sleep in today, apart from that it feels great to have these 4 years of Apprenticeship over and get started with the 'real' jobs (even though I was pretty much involved in a "real job" for the last two years).
And now for the Samsung @DE (@rsehat development environment).
I will never again mention that Dalek Dave was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel.
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I've now got my workflow down for developing for the Samsung Gear 2. It's a bit fiddly but once you're used to it, it's not too bad. The biggest pain points are debugging the widget and the fact you have to deploy an Android app, even if it does nothing at all, other than act as the delivery mechanism for the widget. This, in my mind, is one of the biggest weaknesses of the Gear 2.
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Pete - have you seen the XKCDOTD[^]?
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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Thanks for the info, I'll try to get ahead with my stuff on the weekend...
I will never again mention that Dalek Dave was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel.
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Wow that's a long Apprenticeship. I hope at least its paid.
Here you have to work 6 months "test period" or kinda like Apprenticeship(for each new job) with lower pay of course and everyday the boss can tell you, you don't need to come to work tomorrow. The bonus is you can get hired after the Apprenticeship in the same firm.
For some time even that morons in the parliament thought, hey lets make the test period for the people out of the universities free of pay, just for fun.
Microsoft ... the only place where VARIANT_TRUE != true
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Apprenticeships are a bit different in Switzerland. A four year Apprenticeship (SW Development) in Switzerland means:
Year 1: Basic course (3 days / week) and school (2 day/week)
Year 2: Work in a productive Environment on real life projects (2-3 school days / week)
Year 3: Work in a productive Environment on real life projects (2-3 school days / week)
Year 4: Work in a productive Environment on real life projects (1 school day / week + 80 hours final project which counts 50 % of the graduation grade)
After 4 years you are certified to work as Software Developer and still able to go to Uni to get a Bachelor's degree while you work part-time as Software Developer.
I will never again mention that Dalek Dave was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel.
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So, are the boots and the weapon ready ?
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus
Entropy isn't what it used to.
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Boots are ready, but need to be walked in yet. Gonna get the gun during the duty.
I will never again mention that Dalek Dave was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel.
The console is a black place [taken from Q&A]
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