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Nagy Vilmos ? 
Microsoft ... the only place where VARIANT_TRUE != true
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I had it in my sig for ages, but the words are not mine, even though I concur.
speramus in juniperus
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Elaine, wasn't it?
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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:grrrr: 
speramus in juniperus
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Pity she departed, she was one of the few normal, balanced members here... 
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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She's still here, but a new name and she lurks like a lurking thing. I agree though, she was driven away by an idiot who persists in his juvenile and often abusive ways; there is no justice.
speramus in juniperus
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Just one?
Not me I hope.
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one of my favorite sites etymonline.com on bacon: [^].
I had never heard of quorn before.
“But I don't want to go among mad people,” Alice remarked.
“Oh, you can't help that,” said the Cat: “we're all mad here. I'm mad. You're mad.”
“How do you know I'm mad?” said Alice.
“You must be," said the Cat, or you wouldn't have come here.” Lewis Carroll
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Bacon lovers, better not click[^] on this.
Life is too shor
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OK, and nobody under any circumstance should read the comments. 
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I wish - I really wish - I hadn't looked to see what you meant.
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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I know, I know, just try to put mind bleach in the back of your ears too...
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Instructions unclear: bacon set fire to office, calling the fire brigade right now.
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus
Do not feed the troll ! - Common proverb
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There are so many uses for dead pig parts: Salami rocket[^]
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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Yesterday was a stupid day: my reading glasses fell apart, and so I had to scrabble round on the carpet looking for a teeny, tiny little screw (without my make-little-things-bigger glasses) until I found it, then it wouldn't go back in without spinning round and round uselessly.
OK, trip to the opticians, get 'em fixed. New screw, spinning round and round...Oh oh... Took the nice lady about half an hour to fix 'em, no charge (which was nice) and then found out I am due another eye test (my mother had glaucoma so I have to have annual tests instead of bi-annual). Ok, arrange that for later in the week.
Pull out of the parking space to drive home...clunk, clunk, clunk... 
Don't go home. Go to garage. CV joint has gone on the right front. They will order the parts, in today, will fix it tomorrow. Get home, and realize that it's lunchtime Monday and due to the two appointments I didn't know I was going to get, I'm already over a day late for the week... 
Then 1AM, I'm woken by Herself yelling at the smoke detector to shut up. Not, you will note, by the smoke detector, or by Herself dealing with the smoke detector - just by her yelling at it from the comfort of the nice warm bed she is not about to get out of.
Get out of nice warm bed. Open smoke detector, remove battery. Back to bed.
*BEEP* -yelling-
Get out of nice warm bed. Open other smoke detector, remove battery. Back to bed.
*BEEP* -yelling-
Get out of nice warm bed. Look at both smoke detectors with torch. Neither have any battery or mains connector. *BEEP*. It's the Carbon Monoxide detector. Locate. Can't find battery. *BEEP* It's screwed together, so lights on, find screwdriver, open. *BEEP* Can't see battery. Get reading glasses, read sticker on *BEEP* inside: "no battery, when it beeps replace whole unit". *BEEP* "Cut this wire to stop beeping". Scissors, scissors...cut wire. Ahhhh....
Back up to now cold bed. Herself snoring away like nothing was happening, myself now wide awake...
So I'm now over a day behind schedule, tired, and just a touch elephanted off!
How's your week going? Good I hope! 
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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I picked up the rebuilt front mudguard for Piroska, today I'm buffing up some of the chrome fixings and maybe refit it. Then I can go out :broomBroomParp:
Apart from that, I didn't sleep last night [happens about 2-3 nights a week] and I've already had my first mystery caller [useless agency with useless job], so I'm on track for a good day.
speramus in juniperus
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3 problems, 3 solutions:
1. Get eye laser surgery. Nothing to maintain after. It works and you'll not need glasses anymore.
2. Nothing to say here, just sell your old car and get a new one... i.e.[^]
3. Get some Nest Protect devices[^].
I'm sure you'll be happier with all those small and cheap changes.
Probably the only realistic one is the third one...
But after knowing from that company after hearing Google had bought it I looked at their web site and thought they had interesting products...
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I'm not convinced by laser eye surgery to be honest - I have annual eye tests, and end up with new glasses each time, indicating my eyesight is changing. So I just get the feeling that if I fork out the money for the surgery, I'll end up back with glasses a year or so later...
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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As long as you don't end up blind without it (or with it, who knows).
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My wife made it and she is ultra-happy with it, no more glasses neither contact lenses.
She always says it was like a reset on her eyesight.
Don't know, I find myself with a good vision so I've not tried it.
She ended up at Barraquer's clinic[^] in Barcelona which is like a referral in he vision world (at least it is full of Dubai people).
So if you are thinking about it you could combine it with a leisure travel to make tourism in Barcelona. The recovery seems to be fast (two days was what it took on my wife).
But after all this, I've seen you are not worried about the Mercedes neither about the nest thing... will you get any of them?
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The Merc isn't my kind of car: I switched from a Mitsubishi Shogun to a old-style Merc A Class a couple of years ago and it's about the right size. Herself can get in and out of it, even on a bad day (she has arthritis in her hips, so some cars are close to impossible) and it's reasonably cheap to run.
Cars don't enthuse me: I preferred the speed and acceleration of motorcycles!
I don't burn the toast. 
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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OK to the merc...
Which kind of gasses where detected last night?
 
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None - just the CO detector at end-of-life: the actual detector uses an electrochemical sensor (unlike the radioactive ionization sensor of a smoke alarm) which only lasts five years. Then you have to work out how to get rid of it safely...
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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