Re: Petulent Little Bitches - was: How to build the regex datablade

On Wed, 4 Jan 2006 13:29:32 -0000 (GMT), "Obnoxio The Clown" <obnoxio@serendipita.com> wrote: > >John Carlson said: >> >> On Tue, 3 Jan 2006 15:48:55 -0000 (GMT), "Obnoxio The Clown" >> <obnoxio@serendipita.com> wrote: >> >>> >>>Marco Greco said: >>>> >>>> Paul Watson wrote: >>>>> TV as we know it, ie electrical as opposed to mechanical was invented >>>>> by >>>>> an American, out of Utah I believe >>>> >>>> You disappoint me Paul - electronic television was devised in 1908 by A >>>> C >>>> Swinton, some 20 years earlier than Baird ever dreamed of mechanical >>>> television, although it wouldn't be until the early 30's that the >>>> system >>>> saw >>>> the light of day. >>>> Campbell Swinton was, guess what, a Scot. (and so was Baird, BTW) >>> >>>Don't be too harsh on Paul, he's not a real Scot, he's a Geordie >>> makeweight. >> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >> >> OK, OTC, I give . . . . what's a "Geordie makeweight"? >> >> Better yet, maybe I *don't* want to know........8-) > >A Geordie is a person from Newcastle (northern England), viewed with >derision by the Scots who consider them soft southern gits and by the >English who regard them as wannabe Scots (talk about a lack of ambition!) >They overcompensate hugely by walking around in t-shirts and /or >mini-skirts in the depths of arctic winters. Kilts??? > >A makeweight is something inert and dull that you use to add weight to >something. > >I guess that's me off the Christmas card list. :o) Sounds like the Brit version of our "Yankee (northerner), Southerner and redneck" . . . . . Ah, bliss, separated by a common language. . . . .8-) JWC

Yeah but at least we all get along. "A friend is someone to whom you can say any jackass thing that enters your mind. With acquaintances, you are forever aware of their slightly unreal image of you, and to keep them content, you edit yourself to fit. Many marriages are between acquaintances. You can be with a person for three hours of your life and have a friend. Another one will remain an acquaintance for thirty years." I like to think I've made some friends here along the way.

david@smooth1.co.uk wrote: > > "A friend is someone to whom you can say any jackass thing that > enters your mind. > > I like to think I've made some friends here along the way. > By saying jackass things ? Sure

John Carlson said: > >>A Geordie is a person from Newcastle (northern England), viewed with >>derision by the Scots who consider them soft southern gits and by the >>English who regard them as wannabe Scots (talk about a lack of ambition!) >>They overcompensate hugely by walking around in t-shirts and /or >>mini-skirts in the depths of arctic winters. > > Kilts??? No, the men wear jeans and a t-shirt (the post ones anyway, the chavs wear burberry shell suits) and the women wear mini skirts in the depths of winter. No wonder the men are so hard. -- Bye now, Obnoxio "C'est pas parce qu'on n'a rien ' dire qu'il faut fermer sa gueule" - Coluche did i mention i like nulls? heck, i even go so far as to say that all columns in a table except the primary key could/should be nullable. this has certain advantages, for example, if you need to insert a child record and you don't have a parent row for it, just do an insert into the parent table with the primary key value (everything else null), and voila, relational integrity is preserved. but this is, admittedly, a bit controversial among modellers. --r937, dbforums.com

On Thu, 05 Jan 2006 18:38:40 -0800, Mark Townsend <markbtownsend@comcast.net> wrote: >david@smooth1.co.uk wrote: > >> >> "A friend is someone to whom you can say any jackass thing that >> enters your mind. >> >> I like to think I've made some friends here along the way. >> > >By saying jackass things ? Sure In that case, Mark, you have many friends here at c.d.i. 8-) JWC