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I told my wife I will get her diamonds.
Nothing would please me more, she said.
Well, ok then.
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So when's the divorce? 
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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You know where she keeps them?
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Talk about cheap. There's 13 of them in each deck of playing cards.
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Actually, a total of 87 per deck.
Truth,
James
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Ideas for sewing? (7)
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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THREADS?
I'm not sure though - "ideas" == "threads" seems a bit too tenuous for me so it's probably wrong.
"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
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nope.
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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Notions ?
"I didn't mention the bats - he'd see them soon enough" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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YAUT!
I couldn't figure out a way to work "molecules" in 
The "for sewing" bit is perhaps a bit left-pond, but it does appear in my 1960s COD.
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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It was a bit of a guess actually based on not ions and obviously notions being ideas
"I didn't mention the bats - he'd see them soon enough" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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nope, but a good shot. The singular/plural trips it up, though.
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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So for the younger elements, here are some of the advantages of increased seniority:
The things you buy won't wear out.There is nothing left to learn the hard way.People no longer view you as a hypochondriac.You can have a party and the neighbours don't even notice.Your secrets are safe with your friends because they can't remember them either."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
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OriginalGriff wrote: There is nothing left to learn the hard way.
I don't know about you, but I'm totally bucking that trend.
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Thanks for saying that. I don't feel quite so alone...
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dandy72 wrote: OriginalGriff wrote: There is nothing left to learn the hard way.
I don't know about you, but I'm totally bucking that trend.
Yup! We are never too old to do something stupid!
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BryanFazekas wrote: We are never too old to do something stupid!
That described my first couple of years programming in C#/.NET. After a long history of writing C++/MFC apps it was tough. I was either re-inventing the wheel (there is a prodigious amount of stuff in .NET, even in the 3.5 days), or I was trying to use C++/MFC best practices in C#/.NET/WPF. Ironically, those 'best practices' eventually caused me to buy a .NET memory profiler, stop development for about three months, and rework a metric crap-ton of code.
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As an old timer (64), I know that experience provides the ability to spot a mistake when you make it, again.
Cheers,
Mike Fidler
"I intend to live forever - so far, so good." Steven Wright
"I almost had a psychic girlfriend but she left me before we met." Also Steven Wright
"I'm addicted to placebos. I could quit, but it wouldn't matter." Steven Wright yet again.
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The birthday card I got my friend a few weeks back summed that up perfectly:
Old Enough to Know Better
Young Enough Not To Care
Stupid Enough To Do It Anyway
🤣🤣🤣
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That would have been a great card for me this year, as I passed the 0x3C mark.
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An alternate view in places:- The things you bought 20 years ago are still working. The crap you buy today dies a week later.
- Everything you learn now seems like the hard way to accomplish something. Why can't it be simple like it used to be?
- People no longer view you as interesting in any way.
- You avoid parties because you just want to go to bed early.
- Your friends are dead.
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Not so much an alternative as Additions
Old Man Trouble
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... or the list when you're in grumpy old ![Elephant | [mastadon]](https://codeproject.freetls.fastly.net/script/Forums/Images/elephant.gif) mode, like I was when I wrote it
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