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I'm not talking about cricket, you're deliberately dragging the thread off-topic. I wonder why.
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F-ES Sitecore wrote: I wonder why.
Because, like everything else in the world, it's all just an evil conspiracy conducted by the New World Order, the Trilateral Commission and Great Cthulhu. Obviously.
During the last game in which I actually watched all the blurb (Villa vs Derby), the evil neo-liberal* swine in the commentary box were so busy talking about the brilliance of young Jack Grealish that they didn't praise Trump and Putin once in the entire broadcast. If that ain't political bias I don't know what is! It's an affront to decent Daily Mail readers everywhere! It's shocking, I tell you, they're trying to turn us all into gay communists!
*I've no idea what it means, either, but it sounds good, don't it?
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect. - Mark Twain
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Now you're talking about men's football? If you have to discuss men's football in response to arguments about women's football, maybe you should just consider the possibility that your arguments are wrong.
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Oh, sorry, I thought the conspiracy was a bit broader than that.
You are, as ever, right about everything. The rest of the world is wrong. 
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect. - Mark Twain
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I'm just telling you what was actually said. I didn't say it was a conspiracy, that's a straw-man argument.
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PeejayAdams wrote: Again, look at tennis. The women's game is often much more entertaining, simply because the game is far better to watch without mega-fast power serves.
And besides about half of the adult population likes towatchi women in Scanty shorts running around.
I do like women{s pro basketall better than the NBA, simplyt because the women are not as big and muscular, so the game involves more finess and strategy and 3 point shots.
CQ de W5ALT
Walt Fair, Jr.PhD P. E.
Comport Computing
Specializing in Technical Engineering Software
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The AZ-103 Microsoft Azure Administrator[^] exam! 
They now have these "labs" where you have to complete some assignments in Azure.
One service was a bit flaky, so I decided to keep it for last, at which point the entire browser hung and I couldn't complete the assignment...
The exam worked, luckily, and I was able to finish it... Only to find that none of the FOURTEEN! "lab" questions was registered and were marked as "unanswered" 
The guy who was sitting there called Microsoft twice, but they couldn't do anything about it now and we had to file a case.
I told him to just finish it and got a passing score!
It's unknown whether those fourteen questions were or weren't included in the final score (they probably were, or I'm a genius/very lucky), but the final judgement is "passed" so who cares!?
Never had so much stress during an exam though 
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Congratulations. I got my Ph.D. diploma yesterday, so all is well and it's too late for the University to change its mind.
CQ de W5ALT
Walt Fair, Jr., P. E.
Comport Computing
Specializing in Technical Engineering Software
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Wow, congrats!
A great achievement indeed!
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Thank you! The hardest part was standing up to give my Dissertation Defense. But I did it.
One thing is for sure, it's best not to have a stroke before the defense.
But I never, in my entire life did anything the easy way. I wish I could have passed on the stroke, though, but at least I was being consistent.
CQ de W5ALT
Walt Fair, Jr.PhD P. E.
Comport Computing
Specializing in Technical Engineering Software
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Dr.Walt Fair, PE wrote: it's best not to have a stroke before the defense
Next time you're planning on having a stroke, ask me first and I'll advise against it 
It's good to see you've recovered and picked up your life again! 
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Sander Rossel wrote: ext time you're planning on having a stroke, ask me first and I'll advise against it
It's good to see you've recovered and picked up your life again!
Best,
If I had the option to plan it, I would have gone to the hospital.
My little brother was driving around, had chest pains, so drove to the closest hospital. He had a heart attack while in the emergency room. They moved him up to a room, performed 4 stints and he was out 2 days later and back to normal.
I on the other hand, felt nothing besides tired with the stroke. I didn't even realize what had happened until they told me at the hospital after laying on the floor for two days. I was alone, so it took 2 days for someone to find me. I spent 2 weeks in the local hospital, then 3 months in the medical center in Hoiuston, then 3 months in intensive in-patient therapy. I went home, fell and broke a rib. ZBack to a hospital for 6 weeks, then back home for good. Early this year (Like January 1. I got too weak to stand up, so my children called emergency services who took me to the emergency room. I had an intestinal infection and was in sepsis.
After 2 weeks of heavy antibiotics, I was strong enough to stand up, so they sent me back to a therapy facility for 4 weeks, then back home.
Hopefully that's all the hospital that I want to see.
The doctor told me
1) It's a miracle that I survived a massive stroke.
2) If I had gotten to a hospital in 4 hours instead of 2 days, they could have reversed the stroke damage and I would have been back to my ornery self.
3)Psychological and Psychiatric evaluations reveald that many brain was just fine.
Interestingly after the stroke, I could only speak Spanish, but after 2 days, my English, German and Portuguese came back just fine, the experts have no idea why that happened.
CQ de W5ALT
Walt Fair, Jr.PhD P. E.
Comport Computing
Specializing in Technical Engineering Software
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Wow that's book material
We can’t stop here, this is bat country - Hunter S Thompson RIP
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Wow, that's doing it tough
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Dr.Walt Fair, PE wrote: but at least I was being consistent
A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of small minds.
-- Emerson
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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Daniel Pfeffer wrote: A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of small minds.
That's a great quote!...and a great use of the word 'hobgoblin'!  Why does Frank Zappa suddenly come to mind? 
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
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Don't forget to always carry plenty of toilet paper! 
#SupportHeForShe
Government can give you nothing but what it takes from somebody else. A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take everything you've got, including your freedom.-Ezra Taft Benson
You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
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Congrats Walt! Your never-give-up attitude is an inspiration to me
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Yay! Good on ya!
Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640
Never throw anything away, Griff
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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The qualification was probably "retired" by the time you got home anyway.
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Nope, happened to my other certificate though... Did 70-532 in April 2018, which became obsolete starting this year... 
Already have the new AZ-203, which is the replacement.
I'm just glad I didn't do 70-533 (the "old" AZ-103) or AZ-100 and AZ-101... 
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Sander Rossel wrote: It's unknown whether those fourteen questions were or weren't included in the final score
They must've been. You'd never pass any Microsoft Exam with 14 unanswered questions... 
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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Never argue with a fool. Onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.
Mark Twain
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Well, 14 questions out of 64 is about 22%, which would mean I could still get 780/1000 points if I did everything else right.
The score probably doesn't work like that and it's most likely that those 14 questions are indeed included, but theoretically...
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Congratulations!!!
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