On 24/07/2012 9:36 PM, Jim Henderson wrote:
> On Tue, 24 Jul 2012 06:03:04 +0100, Stephen wrote:
>
>> On 24/07/2012 5:46 AM, Jim Henderson wrote:
>>> So that's*two*  gold medals you'll get without much effort.;)
>>
>> I don't know. It takes years of training to get to Olympic standards.
>
> It's a good thing you've had thousands of years' head start, then. :P

There we go again, colonial inferiority complex. :-P ^2
>
>> And there is plenty of competition from our former colonies. :-P
>
> I dunno, I don't think we can compete with the cabbies there in London.
> The news has made it all the way to Utah about your 'militant cabbies'. ;)
>

It passed me by. ???
>


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On 24/07/2012 9:35 PM, Jim Henderson wrote:
> On Tue, 24 Jul 2012 05:58:51 +0100, Stephen wrote:
>
>> On 24/07/2012 5:46 AM, Jim Henderson wrote:
>>> No, I meant our neighbourhood.;)
>>
>> Oh! No, I just thought it a good idea of yours to go to another
>> continent while they are on.
>
> <relief> - here I was afraid you were saying you didn't want to meet us
> after all. ;)

What! Are you coming over? Of course I would love to meet up.

>
>> I a contract at Mercedes HPP now. So maybe my favourite sport should be
>> F1 racing.
>
> LOL
>
I feel like a fish out of water. Today I was finding excuses not to go 
to a race, next year, to do some User testing. Although there was talk 
of going to Mercedes MGP to steal a few ideas. That I could live with.

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     Stephen

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On Tue, 24 Jul 2012 22:16:27 +0100, Stephen wrote:

> On 24/07/2012 9:35 PM, Jim Henderson wrote:
>> On Tue, 24 Jul 2012 05:58:51 +0100, Stephen wrote:
>>
>>> On 24/07/2012 5:46 AM, Jim Henderson wrote:
>>>> No, I meant our neighbourhood.;)
>>>
>>> Oh! No, I just thought it a good idea of yours to go to another
>>> continent while they are on.
>>
>> <relief> - here I was afraid you were saying you didn't want to meet us
>> after all. ;)
> 
> What! Are you coming over? Of course I would love to meet up.

Sadly, no - I thought you were saying that you were coming over here 
during the London games.

Flights for us were really cheap during the 2002 games, and we were there 
during the games here.

>>> I a contract at Mercedes HPP now. So maybe my favourite sport should
>>> be F1 racing.
>>
>> LOL
>>
> I feel like a fish out of water. Today I was finding excuses not to go
> to a race, next year, to do some User testing. Although there was talk
> of going to Mercedes MGP to steal a few ideas. That I could live with.

:)

Just started a new contract this week - and new products to learn (and an 
old one to refresh my memory on).  :)

Jim

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On Tue, 24 Jul 2012 22:07:05 +0100, Stephen wrote:

> On 24/07/2012 9:36 PM, Jim Henderson wrote:
>> On Tue, 24 Jul 2012 06:03:04 +0100, Stephen wrote:
>>
>>> On 24/07/2012 5:46 AM, Jim Henderson wrote:
>>>> So that's*two*  gold medals you'll get without much effort.;)
>>>
>>> I don't know. It takes years of training to get to Olympic standards.
>>
>> It's a good thing you've had thousands of years' head start, then. :P
> 
> There we go again, colonial inferiority complex. :-P ^2

Oh, no, for my part, I'm perfectly willing to let you have the gold on 
this one. ;)

>>> And there is plenty of competition from our former colonies. :-P
>>
>> I dunno, I don't think we can compete with the cabbies there in London.
>> The news has made it all the way to Utah about your 'militant cabbies'.
>> ;)
>>
>>
> It passed me by. ???

London cabbies are upset at the lane restrictions - apparently there are 
lanes being reserved for athletes and other officials for the games, and 
it's playing hell with the cabbies' ability to do their jobs.

There was a protest on Tower Bridge today from what I heard - with one 
driver even diving off the bridge.

Jim

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On 24/07/2012 11:29 PM, Jim Henderson wrote:

>>
>> What! Are you coming over? Of course I would love to meet up.
>
> Sadly, no - I thought you were saying that you were coming over here
> during the London games.
>

No, I was joking that I'd rather be in SLC during the London Olympics.


> Just started a new contract this week - and new products to learn (and an
> old one to refresh my memory on).  :)
>

I hope that it is a long one. And learning keeps your mind active. (I 
hope ;-) )


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     Stephen

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On 24/07/2012 11:31 PM, Jim Henderson wrote:

>
> Oh, no, for my part, I'm perfectly willing to let you have the gold on
> this one. ;)
>

Got an image to keep up. ;-)


>
> London cabbies are upset at the lane restrictions - apparently there are
> lanes being reserved for athletes and other officials for the games, and
> it's playing hell with the cabbies' ability to do their jobs.
>
> There was a protest on Tower Bridge today from what I heard - with one
> driver even diving off the bridge.
>

Yes I heard about it now that you mention it.
It is typical. The Tory bar stewards don't care how much inconvenience 
they cause the working man if they can turn a profit.
Hell mend those who voted for Johnson. IMO, If you don't mind :-)

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     Stephen

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On Thu, 26 Jul 2012 22:07:26 +0100, Stephen wrote:

> On 24/07/2012 11:29 PM, Jim Henderson wrote:
> 
> 
>>> What! Are you coming over? Of course I would love to meet up.
>>
>> Sadly, no - I thought you were saying that you were coming over here
>> during the London games.
>>
>>
> No, I was joking that I'd rather be in SLC during the London Olympics.

I see.  Well, having done the reverse, I can tell you that it was a good 
call on our part, even though they did get the traffic issues sorted out 
so getting around town was reportedly not bad.  But the office I was 
based out of was a block from where they were doing the awards 
ceremonies, so getting in there would've been a PITA regardless.

>> Just started a new contract this week - and new products to learn (and
>> an old one to refresh my memory on).  :)
>>
>>
> I hope that it is a long one. And learning keeps your mind active. (I
> hope ;-) )

So far it's slated to go through Dec 31 - but who knows what that might 
lead to.

I've got some ideas as to why the new product was on the list of things 
to work with.  It might have something to do with the fact that it's used 
for managing the testing environment for the other product. :)

And keeping my mind active - yeah, today was like that.  Spent time 
working with a SAML 2.0 connector for Apache that hadn't been touched/
updated in years, and got it completely working about 10 minutes ago with 
the current build of the software.

I *love* doing this kind of stuff, and the feeling of accomplishment that 
comes with figuring something out.

Jim

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On Thu, 26 Jul 2012 22:12:55 +0100, Stephen wrote:

>> Oh, no, for my part, I'm perfectly willing to let you have the gold on
>> this one. ;)
>>
> Got an image to keep up. ;-)

But of course. :)

>> London cabbies are upset at the lane restrictions - apparently there
>> are lanes being reserved for athletes and other officials for the
>> games, and it's playing hell with the cabbies' ability to do their
>> jobs.
>>
>> There was a protest on Tower Bridge today from what I heard - with one
>> driver even diving off the bridge.
>>
> Yes I heard about it now that you mention it.
> It is typical. The Tory bar stewards don't care how much inconvenience
> they cause the working man if they can turn a profit.
> Hell mend those who voted for Johnson. IMO, If you don't mind :-)

That's what you (they) get for voting a New Yorker into the mayor's 
office.  Especially one whose hair, if trained by Donald Trump, would be 
an improvement. ;)

Jim

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On 27/07/2012 12:12 AM, Jim Henderson wrote:
> That's what you (they) get for voting a New Yorker into the mayor's
> office.  Especially one whose hair, if trained by Donald Trump, would be
> an improvement.;)

I think the word buffoon suits him.

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     Stephen

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right now, feminine beach volleyball... :)

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