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Everyone knows that the only time to buy chocolate is the week after the Christmas hols and the week after Easter.
In our house, the nippers went so far as to demand that we postpone Easter by a week, each year, so that they could get three times as many choccy eggs.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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We did a similar thing for several years. Between my sister working at a bed-and-breakfast, and two brothers in the military, getting the family together for Christmas and New Year was a huge challenge. Our solution was to switch the festivities to Twelfth Night, Jan. 5. That worked much better with everyone's schedule, with the added bonus that we could shop for presents at all the after-Christmas sales.
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Does that mean Ali's off the diet then?
speramus in juniperus
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She is not of MY diet.
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Obscurum per obscurius.
Ad astra per alas porci.
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur .
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Dalek Dave wrote: If we all go out and panic buy now before the Christmas rush we should all be ok.
I am Swiss. I'll never have a lack of chocolate.
You know the world is going crazy when the best rapper is a white guy, the best golfer is a black guy, the tallest guy in the NBA is Chinese, the Swiss hold the America's Cup, France is accusing the U.S. of arrogance, Germany doesn't want to go to war, and the three most powerful men in America are named "Bush", "Dick", and "Colon."
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Marco Bertschi wrote: I am Swiss. I'll never have a lack of cheap chocolate.
ftfy
speramus in juniperus
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Nagy Vilmos wrote: cheap chocolate
He who eats cheap chocolate is like him who drinks cheap gin,
They both get what they deserve! 
Cheers!
"I had the right to remain silent, but I didn't have the ability!"
Ron White, Comedian
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Depends on the manufacturer - I got one 10 minutes away from where I live, and the choc is reasonably cheap (but good quality) if you can pick it up at the company-owned store next to it.
You know the world is going crazy when the best rapper is a white guy, the best golfer is a black guy, the tallest guy in the NBA is Chinese, the Swiss hold the America's Cup, France is accusing the U.S. of arrogance, Germany doesn't want to go to war, and the three most powerful men in America are named "Bush", "Dick", and "Colon."
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So we could invest in chocolate by buying cheap now and selling high at Christmas? Sound reasonable?
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I'm amazed no one's commented on the obvious:
Headline: Price of chocolate 'to triple'
Opening: The price of Britain's favourite chocolate treats could be set to soar by up to a third by Christmas after a crippling rise in cocoa butter and other costs, experts have revealed.
Based on the headline, the price is going to increase by 300%. Based on the opening text, plus other information in the article, the increase is actually 33%.
Is this English math?
Software Zen: delete this;
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If I click 'New message', and start typing away my new message, after a few seconds of typing the focus is shifted to the start of the text entry box so I might end up with something like below;
, and start typing away my new mesIf I click 'New message' by which time I notice and the cursor would be at in the middle of the 'mesIf'.
It is so elephanting annoying!
rant over...
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It's not your computer, it's rather by design.
Has something to do with holding a large number of Intel shares, I'd guess. 
Cheers!
"I had the right to remain silent, but I didn't have the ability!"
Ron White, Comedian
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Oh you must be at work then. The speed is enhanced by the app having to negotiate with 3 AV systems.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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Sure am.....lack of Chrome is also making me 
Currently RDP'd onto my VS to use chrome on nitrous.io, c9.io and codeanywhere.com, because IE(9) isn't supported/doesn't work with them.
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I'd have phoned Police Squad.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Yes, Leslie was telling us about it earlier.
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Obscurum per obscurius.
Ad astra per alas porci.
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur .
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I see now, seem to have missed it.
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Purgatory. It's your turn and time to pass through the Leslie Loop.
If there is one thing more dangerous than getting between a bear and her cubs it's getting between my wife and her chocolate.
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I like to think I would have played it cool and started laughing.
But I totally would have screamed like a little girl while setting the new land speed record on foot.
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Hello all,
A friend of mine (the same guy which laptop HDD died last week), is starting a new business and he asked me about the pro's and con's of free accounting softwares out there.
Of course the main pro I can see is that they are free. And the wors con would be a bad tech support or product.
I've seen several options ContaMoney, NCH software... which offer a complete and free software and a specialized and paid tech support... but you know free and business... sometimes they don't cope well together...
Have you got any experience in that kind of programs?
Thank you in advance! 
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I would suggest following two options (both are web based).
1. Wave Accounting[^] (Free)
We use this to see where we stand on day-to-day basis. Otherwise we have contracted with an accountant, who does the final accounts and file our taxes (Better to hire a professional than wasting time with the Tax office). But Wave Accounting can also set you up with the accountant if you want (which is why they offer everything for free, because they will charge you if you need a real accountant). But if you know accounting then you can use it for free forever.
2. Xero[^] (Paid)
I don't have personal experience with Xero, but I have heard only good things about it.
modified 8-Oct-13 6:01am.
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Thank you for your suggestions Rutvik! I'll take a look at them.
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