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To all of you that celebrate them, Happy Holidays and a prosperous and happy New Year.
Year-End review: The past year has been AWFUL! One of the worst I have experienced in my 71 years.
Year-End Movies Review: to begin these movies may have been released before this year but I saw them this year for the first time. In order of my favorites:
- The Minions Movie.
- Despicable Me.
- Despicable Me 2.
- Volcano
Other movies worth seeing: (if you haven't already, or seeing again if you have)
1. Repo Man
2. The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
3. All of the Men In Black movies
4. Buckaroo Banzai movie
5. Galaxy quest.
6. The whole Star Wars group
7. the Back to the Future movies.
All my best to you and your loved ones.
Ho Ho Ho - Santa Claus
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Happy Holidays to everyone!!
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Don't forget all the Die Hard movies. A must for Christmas.
A 2020 film to avoid: "I'm thinking of Ending Things" Bleak, slow moving, too long and, when you eventually get to the end, (if you manage to stick it out), you are left thinking: Wha! What was that about? Completely pointless.
Still hoping to see: "JoJo Rabbit", "The Invisible Man" and "Motherless Brooklyn" (which is an excellent book).
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There are few movies I've (deliberately) seen more than once:
Easy Rider
Blazing Saddles
Apocalypse Now
For those of you who aren't prudish (and have seen the original inspirations for it), "Flesh Gordon" is hysterical.
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I saw The Hunt last night and I thought it was hilarious. It made the reactions I have read to it even more hysterical. It is a biting satire of conspiracy theories.
"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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I saw 'Repo Man' in your reply and thought it was some source code repository hero  
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I've just finished making the Lemon Curd to go with the Christmas Pudding, about to start on the sausage rolls for lunch today and Xmas Day supper ... and my neighbour turns up with a plate of hot mince pies she just finished baking!
Yum. I may put on a few kilo this festive season at this rate ... 
"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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Going to my Wife's nephew's house tomorrow.
Her family always makes enough wonderful food to feed an army!
I am gaining a pound just thinking about it.
"I'm a victim of society. It's their fault" -Criminal punk in Repo Man
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OriginalGriff wrote: I've just finished making the Lemon Curd to go with the Christmas Pudding, about to start on the sausage rolls for lunch today and Xmas Day supper ... and my neighbour turns up with a plate of hot mince pies she just finished baking!
It always sounds nice when you describe food. Post a pic of the full table this afternoon 
OriginalGriff wrote: I may put on a few kilo this festive season at this rate ...
IIRC you can need a couple of them after the covid experience.
Have a nice afternoon and bon appetit.
M.D.V.
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Nelek wrote: Post a pic of the full table this afternoon
I can't - the Lemon Curd is cooked, and cooling - it needs to go into the fridge for about 8 to 10 hours to "set" properly (and most of it will probably be vac packed for the freezer anyway!)
Half the sausage rolls we had for lunch today, the other half are for Christmas night, traditionally cheese, biscuits, and cold meat in the house (because I'm sick and tired of cooking for the day by then).
Some of the Covid Kilos I have regained - but I'm still about 3Kg lower than before I caught it. I'd kinda like to stay there, or maybe a little lower as it puts my BMI smack in the middle of the "good zone".
"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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OriginalGriff wrote: I can't - ...
M.D.V.
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Looks nice.
This[^] is pretty similar to what we had
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Very dark roasted, I only see black 
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Rindrouladen with german spätzle, in my case without the "rot-Kohl" but with butter-veggies.
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I plan on taking the "NY State Approved Driver Safety Training Course", a six-hour online adventure. However, it will lower my car insurance rates for three years (several hundred dollars).
With coffee.
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W∴ Balboos, GHB wrote: the "NY State Approved Driver Safety Training Course", a six-hour online adventure.
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City? 
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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You're going to need that coffee. I did similar courses a couple of times to get tickets dismissed, and they're positively mind-numbing. There might be 10 minutes of material where you learn something. The idea is that you deserve to be punished, one way or another. And if you're tempted to skip ahead and just do the test at the end of the current section, one that any moron could pass, forget it. Some of the questions will be stuff like, "What color was the car in blah blah blah scene?", just to prove that you suffered through it.
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Not that mind-numbeing, actually. differently designed than yours.
NY State requires a minimum 5hr 20min course, whether online or live. The screens are timed and you cannot just skip through screens - you must stay until its particular timer says you're done. Now, admittedly, it could be done in under an hour and I had plenty of pauses to fill with other online activities whilst the timers ran down. An exam, afterwards and periodic identity checks (these, of course, easily circumvented but equates to purgery).
(pause)Just submitted my exam, passed, the rest is automatic.(/pause)
Anyway - the setup would make your skipping of screens impossible, and, as long as you're there, you may as well read them. They even had some videos, mostly anecdotal and featuring the victims of foolish behavior (or, when fatal results interfere, actors). I haven't any points to get rid of but it would remove '4', which is >/= all but the most serious violations. Driving while intoxicated cannot be erased by this and you cannot keep a credit balance. I like the 10% off on my vehicle insurance.
Unfortunately, taking the course does not really imply anything like retention of the information, or for that matter, a desire to retain it.
Mostly, I pick up tidbits. I learned, for example, not to hit the breaks for a pothole: it's better for the tires, etc., in terms of actual impact intensity. Of course, if I actually was able to see it ahead of time I'd drive around it.
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Hi All,
My user name changed should be enough to indicate I have left/been kicked out of the pub. I now have a paying Gig, I did post about it (had quite an interesting chat with Dave Auld about it, linked to his industry). I have not yet felt confortable about logging into CP while on Company time (mind you of the infrastructure guys is playing Fortnight (or some run and gun game) others are zoning out to YouTube. So I might risk it next year. In the mean time to ![Green Alien | [Alien]](https://codeproject.global.ssl.fastly.net/script/Forums/Images/alien.gif) and all Happy Chrsitmas, Honnakur, Holidays and the rest. Thanks for being there,
Glenn
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had that same experience about a year ago. It all works out. and every team is different yet the same as you are already noticing.
Congrats on the new gig. Wishing you well this Christmas season.
At least you are putting on the good impression. But Code PRoject will probably be looked well upon. Unless they come into the lounge that is.
To err is human to really elephant it up you need a computer
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Well in my first interview they said 'Oooh you have an article on Code Project, it well liked' so they know of the Code Project...
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So how could they complain if they found you here again?
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