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Anybody getting anxious for the Olympics to start? Well I am ... since I
was a track & field man throughout school (pole vault and long jump)
I'll be watching those events ... the Women's pole vault could be quite
good this time around. I was looking through the event's schedule and
didn't see much else I care for ... well maybe some football (of the
round kind) What about the rest of you?
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On 22/07/2012 6:38 PM, James Holsenback wrote:
> What about the rest of you?
I’m really looking forward to the closing ceremonies.
The M40/A40 has had a lane closed/reserved for the very important people.
Humbug!
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Stephen
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On Sun, 22 Jul 2012 19:32:50 +0100, Stephen wrote:
> I’m really looking forward to the closing ceremonies.
That was my favourite during the 2002 winter games here in SLC.
Of course, we spent most of the time during the games in the UK rather
than here at home.
Jim
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On 22/07/2012 8:25 PM, Jim Henderson wrote:
> On Sun, 22 Jul 2012 19:32:50 +0100, Stephen wrote:
>
>> I’m really looking forward to the closing ceremonies.
>
> That was my favourite during the 2002 winter games here in SLC.
>
> Of course, we spent most of the time during the games in the UK rather
> than here at home.
>
Swapsy :-)
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Stephen
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On Sun, 22 Jul 2012 21:57:15 +0100, Stephen wrote:
> On 22/07/2012 8:25 PM, Jim Henderson wrote:
>> On Sun, 22 Jul 2012 19:32:50 +0100, Stephen wrote:
>>
>>> I’m really looking forward to the closing ceremonies.
>>
>> That was my favourite during the 2002 winter games here in SLC.
>>
>> Of course, we spent most of the time during the games in the UK rather
>> than here at home.
>>
> Swapsy :-)
Are you going to be in the neighbuorhood?
Jim
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On 22/07/2012 07:32 PM, Stephen wrote:
> I’m really looking forward to the closing ceremonies.
> The M40/A40 has had a lane closed/reserved for the very important people.
> Humbug!
Ah yes, how very British: The national Olympic sport of *complaining*. ;-)
The woman I live with could be a gold medallist! :-P
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Le 22/07/2012 20:32, Stephen a écrit :
> I’m really looking forward to the closing ceremonies.
> The M40/A40 has had a lane closed/reserved for the very important people.
> Humbug!
Well, London is not a democracy, what did you expect ?
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James Holsenback <nom### [at] none com> wrote:
> What about the rest of you?
Curling.
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Le 23/07/2012 14:07, Warp a écrit :
> James Holsenback <nom### [at] nonecom> wrote:
>> What about the rest of you?
>
> Curling.
>
Not on the summer game, did they ?
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On Mon, 23 Jul 2012 11:20:08 +0100, Invisible wrote:
> On 22/07/2012 07:32 PM, Stephen wrote:
>
>> I’m really looking forward to the closing ceremonies.
>> The M40/A40 has had a lane closed/reserved for the very important
>> people.
>> Humbug!
>
> Ah yes, how very British: The national Olympic sport of *complaining*.
> ;-)
I thought the national sport was queuing?
Jim
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Le_Forgeron <lef### [at] freefr> wrote:
> Le 23/07/2012 14:07, Warp a écrit :
> > James Holsenback <nom### [at] nonecom> wrote:
> >> What about the rest of you?
> >
> > Curling.
> >
> Not on the summer game, did they ?
Well, he said "Olympic Sport", not "Summer Olympic Sport"...
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On 23/07/2012 1:49 AM, Jim Henderson wrote:
> On Sun, 22 Jul 2012 21:57:15 +0100, Stephen wrote:
>
>> On 22/07/2012 8:25 PM, Jim Henderson wrote:
>>> On Sun, 22 Jul 2012 19:32:50 +0100, Stephen wrote:
>>>
>>>> I’m really looking forward to the closing ceremonies.
>>>
>>> That was my favourite during the 2002 winter games here in SLC.
>>>
>>> Of course, we spent most of the time during the games in the UK rather
>>> than here at home.
>>>
>> Swapsy :-)
>
> Are you going to be in the neighbuorhood?
>
Not if I can help it.
You may have seen this article or one like it.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-18953088
And the Games haven't started yet.
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Stephen
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On 23/07/2012 2:48 PM, Jim Henderson wrote:
>> >Ah yes, how very British: The national Olympic sport of*complaining*.
>> >;-)
> I thought the national sport was queuing?
A double gold in complaining and queuing. :-)
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Stephen
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On 23/07/2012 12:51 PM, Le_Forgeron wrote:
> Well, London is not a democracy, what did you expect ?
True. It is not a democracy but a school for jesters.
Well I did not vote for that w*nker.
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Stephen
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On Mon, 23 Jul 2012 18:42:57 +0100, Stephen wrote:
> On 23/07/2012 1:49 AM, Jim Henderson wrote:
>> On Sun, 22 Jul 2012 21:57:15 +0100, Stephen wrote:
>>
>>> On 22/07/2012 8:25 PM, Jim Henderson wrote:
>>>> On Sun, 22 Jul 2012 19:32:50 +0100, Stephen wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I’m really looking forward to the closing ceremonies.
>>>>
>>>> That was my favourite during the 2002 winter games here in SLC.
>>>>
>>>> Of course, we spent most of the time during the games in the UK
>>>> rather than here at home.
>>>>
>>> Swapsy :-)
>>
>> Are you going to be in the neighbuorhood?
>>
>>
> Not if I can help it.
> You may have seen this article or one like it.
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-18953088 And the Games
> haven't started yet.
No, I meant our neighbourhood. ;)
Jim
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On Mon, 23 Jul 2012 18:47:25 +0100, Stephen wrote:
> On 23/07/2012 2:48 PM, Jim Henderson wrote:
>>> >Ah yes, how very British: The national Olympic sport of*complaining*.
>>> >;-)
>> I thought the national sport was queuing?
>
> A double gold in complaining and queuing. :-)
So that's *two* gold medals you'll get without much effort. ;)
Jim
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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.
I a contract at Mercedes HPP now. So maybe my favourite sport should be
F1 racing.
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Stephen
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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.
And there is plenty of competition from our former colonies. :-P
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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. ;)
> I a contract at Mercedes HPP now. So maybe my favourite sport should be
> F1 racing.
LOL
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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
> 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'. ;)
Jim
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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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Stephen
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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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right now, feminine beach volleyball... :)
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On Sat, 28 Jul 2012 17:14:14 +0100, Stephen wrote:
> 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.
LOL
Though I have to say his rejoinder to one of our presidential candidates'
demonstrated skills of dealing with people outside the US was quite
good. ;)
Jim
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On 27/07/2012 12:09 AM, Jim Henderson wrote:
> So far it's slated to go through Dec 31 - but who knows what that might
> lead to.
>
Indeed, break a leg. :-)
> 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...
>
> I*love* doing this kind of stuff, and the feeling of accomplishment that
> comes with figuring something out.
A good feeling. :-)
--
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Stephen
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On Sun, 29 Jul 2012 07:29:26 +0100, Stephen wrote:
> On 27/07/2012 12:09 AM, Jim Henderson wrote:
>> So far it's slated to go through Dec 31 - but who knows what that might
>> lead to.
>>
> Indeed, break a leg. :-)
All I can do is what I can do - unfortunately, all hiring decisions are
going to the CEO at present. Even internal transfers are difficult if
there's a pay adjustment, I hear.
But 5 months should give them some time to get the hurdles cleared, I
hope. The engineering manager said if it were up to him, I'd be back on
as staff already.
>> 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...
>>
>> I*love* doing this kind of stuff, and the feeling of accomplishment
>> that comes with figuring something out.
>
> A good feeling. :-)
A very good feeling. I took a component last week (first week back, no
less) that hadn't been touched since 2010 and got it working without any
major issues. Had to ask one of the developers a couple questions, but
it was really good to take something that had been abandoned after
version 1.0 and figure out how to get it working in the upcoming 1.6
release. :)
Jim
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On 28/07/2012 6:42 PM, Jim Henderson wrote:
> Though I have to say his rejoinder to one of our presidential candidates'
> demonstrated skills of dealing with people outside the US was quite
> good.;)
I preferred Dave Cameron's remark about it being easy to do in the
middle of nowhere. It will be interesting to see how many friends were
made by nbc cutting the Olympic memorial to the London bombings.
--
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Stephen
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On Sun, 29 Jul 2012 22:16:39 +0100, Stephen wrote:
> On 28/07/2012 6:42 PM, Jim Henderson wrote:
>> Though I have to say his rejoinder to one of our presidential
>> candidates'
>> demonstrated skills of dealing with people outside the US was quite
>> good.;)
>
>
> I preferred Dave Cameron's remark about it being easy to do in the
> middle of nowhere. It will be interesting to see how many friends were
> made by nbc cutting the Olympic memorial to the London bombings.
Oh, yes, I liked that as well. As well as Mayor Becker's (the mayor of
SLC) rejoinder that he'd be happy to provide your PM with a map of "the
middle of nowhere" so he doesn't get lost - and a list of things he'll
find in Utah that you won't find in the UK. :)
I'm glad I was able to watch the BBC version of the ceremonies - very
little in the way of "you Americans are too stupid to understand the
references so we'll talk over the music that you obviously don't care
about to explain the things that anyone with a modicum of Google-fu can
find out on their own".
Jim
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