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scott wrote:
> Don't worry, I know exactly how you feel, I am at the end of a 3-day
> "supplier evaluation workshop" from our largest customer - and I have a
> ton of action items that need to be completed by lunchtime Monday...
Well, I suppose to some extent my plight isn't quite as bad as the
project manager for the new building. We were supposed to take ownership
on 17 March. However, somebody wheeled some heavy item into the
recention area and cracked several floor tiles. This caused them to have
to retile the reception area.
And of course, if you have people tiling the floor, or the floor is
still drying, nobody else can be in that area. So you can't paint the
walls, you can't do the electrics, you can't fit the internal windows...
the entire schedule is ruined.
It's now nearly the end of April, and the builders are still frantically
trying to get the build finished. Except *now* all us lot are wheeling
in crates of equipment and trying to go about our normal work. This at
the same time as inspectors are coming round to check that all the
paintwork is perfect and there are no dents in the walls and the carpet
is pristine...
The builders are *not* happy to see us! ;-)
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Orchid XP v8 wrote:
> as I'm sure you're also both aware - this is sadly not always the case...
You could make it the case, tho. You *do* know the password that changes
passwords.
--
Darren New / San Diego, CA, USA (PST)
"That's pretty. Where's that?"
"It's the Age of Channelwood."
"We should go there on vacation some time."
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Stephen wrote:
> On Fri, 25 Apr 2008 20:14:15 +0200, "M_a_r_c"
> <jac### [at] wanadoo fr> wrote:
>
>> Have silence a special accent in Finnish and English? ;-)
>
> Oh yes, there are different types of silence in English :)
...and don't forget the silence of the lambs
John (with chianti and fava beans)
--
I will be brief but not nearly so brief as Salvador Dali, who gave the
world's shortest speech. He said, "I will be so brief I am already
finished," then he sat down.
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>> Have silence a special accent in Finnish and English? ;-)
>
> Oh yes, there are different types of silence in English :)
Obviously I don't have a link, but...
...Lisa Simpson rushes into class late. She opens the door and everybody
stares at her.
"...this isn't my class?!"
Everybody laughs. And then the teacher goes
"No! En Francis!"
...and they all laugh snooty laughs.
WTF?
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Warp wrote:
> Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
>> With great responsibility comes great power
>
> Wasn't it the other way around?-)
... or words to that effect. :-)
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Darren New / San Diego, CA, USA (PST)
"That's pretty. Where's that?"
"It's the Age of Channelwood."
"We should go there on vacation some time."
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Warp wrote:
>> Well as you both know, it *should* be that the two come together - you
>> are held responsible for that which you actually have power over. But -
>> as I'm sure you're also both aware - this is sadly not always the case...
>
> You mean sometimes you are held responsible for things which are not
> under your control at all?
Yes.
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>> as I'm sure you're also both aware - this is sadly not always the case...
>
> You could make it the case, tho. You *do* know the password that changes
> passwords.
And *they* know the Enterprise Administrator password that trumps all
other passwords in the Active Directory forest. Not to mention that, as
my direct superiors, they have the power to order me to do things. [Such
as, say, HAND OVER THE PASSWORDS.]
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Doctor John wrote:
> John (with chianti and fava beans)
...and again I'm opening the dictionary...
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Orchid XP v8 wrote:
> Doctor John wrote:
>
>> John (with chianti and fava beans)
>
> ....and again I'm opening the dictionary...
>
It's a reference to a meal Dr Hannibal Lecter ate
John
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I will be brief but not nearly so brief as Salvador Dali, who gave the
world's shortest speech. He said, "I will be so brief I am already
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>>> John (with chianti and fava beans)
>> ....and again I'm opening the dictionary...
>>
> It's a reference to a meal Dr Hannibal Lecter ate
Oh yes, I realise that. I just don't know what fava beans or chianti
actually *is*.
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