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I just found two £20 notes on the mantelpiece, and I have no idea where they came from.
I'm pretty sure they weren't there two weeks ago when I put the Christmas decorations up, Herself doesn't touch cash (or even go shopping) and we haven't had any visitors (Covid and all that, you know).
I can only guess it's an anticrime (like Breaking-and-Decorating*), or the cat is hunting for money instead of rodents these days ... 
* Breaking-and-Decorating is where you wait for the victim to go on holiday, then tastefully decorate the house for them.
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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Oh! That's mine - please send me back 
OriginalGriff wrote: the cat is hunting for money
Now you have to pay the cat for dead birds? 
"The only place where Success comes before Work is in the dictionary." Vidal Sassoon, 1928 - 2012
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You know it's OK for kids believing in Santa, don't you?
"In testa che avete, Signor di Ceprano?"
-- Rigoletto
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stocking stuffers? from Santa, of course. 
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It's obviously Santa. The cat isn't going to leave money where someone might find it. They're not stupid! 
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You probably left a tooth there.
If you can keep your head while those about you are losing theirs, perhaps you don't understand the situation.
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£40 for a single tooth? Prices have gone up!
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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theoldfool wrote: You probably left a tooth there.
Yeah, it must have been the Bluetooth fairy. 
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Actually, check more clearly to notice if anything's missing. In particular, check for missing shiny things.
There's been a spate of material objects unpurchasing themselves of late. Some claim it's being done by intruders with a psychological need to unbuy, and, having run out of their own property, have taken to random acts of commerce. Others claim it's cheese-board sets saving the recipient the trouble of picking out which to return. Personally, it's is my opinion (hence, "personally"), the scented candles that are likely involved.
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Santa throw money down chimney in lieu of entry?
I'm not sure how many cookies it makes to be happy, but so far it's not 27.
JaxCoder.com
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And it was a fryinghtening encouter!
"In testa che avete, Signor di Ceprano?"
-- Rigoletto
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And as encounters go, it was a bunner ...
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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Did you meet McDonald Trump?
"They have a consciousness, they have a life, they have a soul! Damn you! Let the rabbits wear glasses! Save our brothers! Can I get an amen?"
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Even better when the frozen turkeys explode.
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I’m the CIEIO... 
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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Funny that tickles my McRibs
I'm not sure how many cookies it makes to be happy, but so far it's not 27.
JaxCoder.com
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I was on my way to a meeting, on my bike. I did a u-turn at the lights, skirted between some cars and up on to the pavement. And, just ahead of me was Donald Trump. As I got alongside him I slowed to match his pace - but stayed on my bike. He looked at me and, waving his finger at me, said: "You didn't think I'd be here, did you?". I admit I was surprised. I thought he was going home yesterday.
We got to the meeting and it transpires that Donald has stayed on to see a video that Matt, (one of my work colleagues), has done! I'm thinking: "Was it really worth staying on for this?". In an attempt to be diplomatic, (unusual for me!), I ask: "Couldn't we have just put this on a DVD and posted it?" And then my alarm went off...
... so we'll never know!
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He lives rent free in the minds of so many people. Amazing.
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0) Read 2 books so far ( Shoe Dog, The Happiest Man on Earth ) and on to third one ( Dare to Lead )
1) Learning a programming language that I may never use ( Rust. Just out of curiocity. )
2) Need to do some certification that work will ask for next year. This is on todo list. May get to it in next few days.
3) On call support for work while everyone is on leave. So far only couple of support issues from clients so going well in that regard.
How are you all coping this holiday season ?
Zen and the art of software maintenance : rm -rf *
Maths is like love : a simple idea but it can get complicated.
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virang_21 wrote: Learning a programming language that I may never use ( Rust. Just out of curiocity. )
I was doing the same thing with Go.
Go is an interesting language and the book I am reading[^] has Brian W. Kernighan (of C fame[^]) as one of the authors. It's interesting to see him with a new language after all these years.
How do you like Rust? I plan on reading a book on it in the near future.
What book did you read?
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raddevus wrote: How do you like Rust?
So far it feels like any other language with its own naming convention for most of the things. Same same but different (like library is called crate, compiler is called Cargo, something that looks like .NET namesapce is called trait ). Easy to grasp coming from programming background.
raddevus wrote: What book did you read?
Just their online manual.
Zen and the art of software maintenance : rm -rf *
Maths is like love : a simple idea but it can get complicated.
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Quote: lift my spirits and increase my concentration.
Strange! When I lift a glass of spirits my concentration goes to hell!
Get me coffee and no one gets hurt!
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