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Robusto

11:10

@Cerberus Brown shoes don't make it.

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KitFox

Hoy!

David Wallace

Hello

KitFox

Happy Father's Day to all you fathers.

David Wallace

Is it?

KitFox

And especially to you, @Matt.

wink

David Wallace

11:18

We have it in September. Don't know why.

Matt Эллен

lol

KitFox

I can't find my SQL scripts. Anybody remember where I put them?

David Wallace

Last time I lost SQL scripts, they were in C:\temp, which was kind of dumb of me.

KitFox

...

No, I'm sure I wouldn't have done that.

David Wallace

Because you are smarter than I.

KitFox

11:23

Damn it. Not so smart that I don't rely on "Recent Files" to tell me where I put stuff.

Robusto

@KitFox Thank you.

KitFox

My husband is watching The Avengers cartoons with the boys right now.

Robusto

@KitFox You should load them into a database. Then you would be able to search for them.

Also, you haven't been to tea and scones for a while.

KitFox

Hmm, yes. Perhaps something with a sort of hierarchy.

Robusto

@DavidWallace Late bloomers?

Matt Эллен

11:26

right. I need to go eat!

David Wallace

@Robusto New Zealand fathers?

Robusto

@DavidWallace I'm just guessing. Except I guess September is early spring for you (or late winter).

KitFox

I'd search for them, but I guess the kind of descriptive names I used are the kind that you remember what they do when I read them rather than the kind that I actually remember when I need to search for them.

David Wallace

Early spring. We start spring early.

Robusto

That is the best time to start spring.

KitFox

11:29

Gah! And this laptop doesn't have a... searches for non-offensive name

Thingy. Type of mouse in the middle of the keyboard.

Journeyman Geek

lol

KitFox

So I keep adding gs and hs to everything.

David Wallace

It's called a G spot. Mine is broken.

Journeyman Geek

trackpoint

KitFox

It's like when I go back to driving an automatic and keep stomping on the brakes.

Robusto

11:31

@DavidWallace Don't get Kit started on G spots.

Journeyman Geek

lol

David Wallace

I'm actually getting b's, rather than g's and h's.

Journeyman Geek

At the moment its the only thing that keeps me on thinkpads

KitFox

I've got one on my Dell Latitude.

Journeyman Geek

They stopped doing that a while back i think

but i totally know that feeling ;p

KitFox

11:33

Putting the trackpoint on? My work computer is only a year or so old.

Oh, or are you saying you want a keyboard without?

Journeyman Geek

naw, switching over to a system without one

well, laptop anyway

KitFox

I have a trackball mouse, but it is not so easy to use when I'm sitting in bed working.

OK, I have to think for a minute. I can't believe I can't find these files.

David Wallace

@JourneymanGeek Are you saying that if I buy myself a new laptop, I'll have trouble finding one with a G spot?

Journeyman Geek

lol

I absolutely would

KitFox

That's too bad. As annoying as I found them at first, I've really gotten used to it.

David Wallace

11:39

Damn! I have real trouble using anything else. Apart from a real mouse, of course.

Journeyman Geek

Thinkpads (the proper ones anyway) do, I think toshiba had them and some dells

KitFox

Ha! Found them!

David Wallace

Now tie a piece of string round them, so that you don't lose them again.

Robusto

My Dell has one. I don't use it, though.

KitFox

I think I'll be cocky.

Now...where'd I put my notes...

Journeyman Geek

11:46

falls over

KitFox

Are you OK?

Journeyman Geek

Apparently tommorrow's job went from 'install AV' to 'Raise the Dead'

KitFox

Oh, there there.

Journeyman Geek

and the person who tips/pays well isn't going to be there

KitFox

Sit here for a minute and put your head down.

Sip some lemonade.

You'll be OK.

Here's a paper bag to breathe into.

Journeyman Geek

11:48

lol

wait, i thought paper was a nausea thing

well newspaper anyway

KitFox

Newspaper thing?

Paper bag is for hyperventilation.

Journeyman Geek

ahh

KitFox

I've not heard a newspaper thing for nausea.

Journeyman Geek

this is just general self-tipping

apparently it helps if you feel like throwing up

you're supposed to sniff it or something

KitFox

Lick it maybe?

giggles

Newspaper is good for cleaning windows.

Also lining shoes.

Journeyman Geek

11:51

naw, sniff

I suspect its low level solvent abuse

KitFox

Likely.

David Wallace

@KitFox Really?

KitFox

Yes.

David Wallace

I would have thought windows work better if they don't have ink all over them.

KitFox

Would I make something like that up?

Journeyman Geek

11:52

Windows? Yeah, its streak free, wierdly enough

We used to do it in the army ;p

David Wallace

@KitFox Just possibly, yes.

Journeyman Geek

Also that toothpaste is the best thing for removing boot polish stains from floor

KitFox

I do occasionally assert with great authority things about which I know nothing.

5

Anyway, want to hear about my latest gripe?

Journeyman Geek

maybe

David Wallace

@KitFox Not if it's about me.

Journeyman Geek

11:54

Oh, if its about him, absolutely

KitFox

Nah, just work stuff.

I thought it might help you feel better.

user19161

What a busy Sunday in this chat!

user19161

@KitFox GS=ghostscript, HS=high school.

user19161

@DavidWallace F-spot is a photo management software.

KitFox

I was thinking gangstas and hos.

user19161

12:01

@JourneymanGeek Toothpaste will stain the floor as well.

Journeyman Geek

@JasperLoy: Well, no one ever got in trouble for excessively white floors ;p

user19161

@JourneymanGeek The problem is it makes only those parts of the floor white.

Journeyman Geek

@JasperLoy: Well, these were tiled floors

we also sometimes used insect repellent. The military stuff with a WHO warning of some sort

KitFox

Oh, the stuff that says "Don't put this on your skin"?

Journeyman Geek

Weirdly, i never read the warning for some reason

user19161

12:08

@JourneymanGeek You misspelled "weird".

Journeyman Geek

"But be careful about using the insect repellents to clean stuff - my friend was using it to clean the lens of the periscope for his Bionix to get rid of some dirt, but after rubbing it hard it smears his lens permanently - wow, the insect repellent actually corrodes the lens material."

(The bionix is a APC..)

KitFox

Yeah, well generally you shouldn't use industrial solvents on plastic.

Journeyman Geek

ah hah!

KitFox

Of course, you probably ought not to put them on your body to keep insects off either.

Journeyman Geek

flickr.com/photos/kodomut/4929356082

NO

that

Oh slightly toxic

Slight risk of lethal death, and all that

KitFox

12:14

And don't put it on your skin.

Journeyman Geek

now i get told this

granted, we used it more as a floor cleaner than as insect repellent

KitFox

Well, you probably ought to read the warning labels on stuff.

Journeyman Geek

most people use the less lethal commercial stuff after basic anyhow

KitFox

Especially if you plan to ignore the warnings.

:-P

Journeyman Geek

;p

KitFox

12:15

Hi @Gigili!

Journeyman Geek

But its easier to ignore the warnings i don't read

KitFox

gives @Journey a look

Journeyman Geek

"Do not open unless trained service technician" Was fun

Hurt like hell tho

KitFox

giggle

cough

Journeyman Geek

I'm not sure why it seemed a good idea to open up a PSU, while plugged in, to decide if it was worth swapping the fan. Then checking the temperature of what turned out to be a heatsink at high voltage (whyyyy?) with a finger ;p

KitFox

12:22

It happens to the best of us.

Or so I think.

Gigili

@KitFox smooch?

KitFox

I remember sticking my finger in a pot of water to see how close it was to boiling.

Journeyman Geek

lol

KitFox

That was stupid.

Journeyman Geek

No warning sign!

KitFox

12:23

I was extremely sleep-deprived at the time though.

Journeyman Geek

@Gigili: oh hello to you too >_>

KitFox

pouts

Gigili

Uh-oh

I meant @KitFox.

I'm sorry.

hides

Journeyman Geek

;p

KitFox

My littlest is downstairs yelling "'prise!" to his daddy over and over again.

Journeyman Geek

12:24

lol

KitFox

And giggling. It's a nice morning.

Journeyman Geek

aww

KitFox

@Gigili smooch

Gigili

@KitFox Don't you have daughter?

KitFox

No, two boys.

MrShiny has the girl.

Well, a girl and a boy, the same ages as my two.

And JSB has two boys, also the same ages.

Gigili

12:27

A girl and a boy is better, I guess. Boys are not easy to train.

KitFox

Boys are fun and less sulky than girls.

Haha, now he's saying "Bruder no do! Bruder no do!"

David Wallace

Your son is German?

KitFox

For some words, yes.

David Wallace

Interesting. My son used to be like that, before he knew he was bilingual.

KitFox

12:51

Damn it.

Fewer than 300 extra rows.

But how did they get in there?

I don't have time to look.

It will have to wait until Thursday.

OK, then. Later, peeps!

Gigili

15:42

I was on a trip makes sense to you?

No?

Yes?

Maybe?

None of the above?

Matt Эллен

Yes it makes sense

Gigili

Thank you, Matt. What about Hope to work in the future?

Doesn't it lack something? Work with you, or what?

Umm, I guess it must be hope for more works in the future.

Matt Эллен

16:01

Depends what you're trying to say

(I) hope to work in the future makes sense

Gigili

16:12

Thanks.

Gigili

18:31

@Matt: Have a minute?

Matt Эллен

oh hi!

yeah, I have minute @Gigili

15 of them, in fact, then I have to go

Gigili

@MattЭллен Oh good. I think it's 7 minutes now!

Could you take a look at this document and see if you find grammatical errors?

Matt Эллен

18:47

> I was on a trip, Hope to work in the future

Hope to work in the future is a bit confusing there.

should the be a full stop, rather than a comma?

Gigili

I know, the original version is confusing as well.

Matt Эллен

the two parts of the sentence dont' seem related

ah

Gigili

@MattЭллен Uhum, done.

Matt Эллен

> Hope for more works in the future

do you mean works as in works of art, or works of literature?

Or do you mean like a job?

if you mean like a job then work is a mass noun

Gigili

Job, I think.

Matt Эллен

18:50

> 21th

should be 21st

Gigili

Uh-oh, right!

Matt Эллен

> in your website

I'd say on your website

Otherwise it looks fine :)

Gigili

Thanks a lot.

Matt Эллен

no trouble!

Gigili

@MattЭллен are they "grammatical errors"? The ones you pointed out.

Matt Эллен

18:54

I suppose. on vs in certainly is

work being a mass noun is

I'm not sure if punctuation is grammar

Gigili

@MattЭллен OK, thanks again.

Matt Эллен

you're welcome

CU!

Gigili

Have fun.

Jon Purdy

19:09

I think punctuation is grammar insofar as prosody is.

Not all changes in intonation, stress, or rhythm affect the grammar of a sentence, but many do.

user19161

120 more to reach 20k.

user19161

21:02

0

A: Difference between "peddler," "beggar" and "hawker"

u guys don't know anything. i came here for answers and got nothing. there should be a lot of improvement on this page maybe even the whole website

user19161

21:17

@gigili I see you have transformed again.

Gigili

I'm awesome like that.

user19161

I'm surprised the penthouse is still alive.

Gigili

Did you try to kill it?

user19161

Nope, I thought it would die itself. Chrome really has problems with chat.

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