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by purpleskys

i need a good road trip, been too long since we had one...have the day off today with the little girl, so we're gonna do the slug around the house thing most of the day me thinks :) and pick at a bit of homework....(((safe drive hugs)))) for Nick, and ((((happy hugs)))) for everyone :) !

by hal 9000

The novelty wears off very quickly believe me. :)

I I went more than 3 hours without needing to refil the tank of the car I was driving it was a miracle. Most of the time with the longer hauls it was just drive, refile drive refile and when you eventually reached the other end collapse in a heap and hope like hell you could remember where you where when you woke up in the morning. Also being fresh enough to work didn't hurt either. :0

Saturday Morning {{{{{{ Hugs }}}}}} to everyone.

Col

by nicknielsen

Driving does take it out of you, particularly in the US, where only a very few drive and the rest just aim.

by gadgetgirl

I'm a security officer.

If you're feeling insecure, you tell me. I give you a hug. You feel better.

What can I say - it's my job.

- Mike Garibaldi, Babylon 5, J Michael Strazinsky

Still living by that one.

GG

by shasca

Like Scummy would have said tho. watch where you put your hands.

damn damn damn

by gadgetgirl

and as long as I'm in the middle, being the shortest, y'all can put your hands where you like, I really just need to be snuggled.

[slap] Nick! well, ok, anywhere but [i] there [/i]..........

GG

by santeewelding

Has not let up.

It was falling heaviest in big drops when I first saw Ron's post.

I admit to correspondence with Ron the day before about Scummy.

I like to think I have grown to where my heart is colder than a witch's teat when I confront the like. But, this thing cuts.

Warm hugs.

Warmer hugs to Tig and Mike.

Warmest of all to you guys.

by rob mekel

the raindrops turned into snowflakes last saturday evening ;)

Snowing stopped sunday morning the cold stayed however

(((((warming up hugs)))))

by shellbot

keep it decent though :)

i think its bedtime now..been up since stupid o'clock..

((((((((((((((((hugs)))))))))))))))))))))))))

by jck

GG...you are so... GG :^0 :p :)

(((((((((((((((((( hugs for all ))))))))))))))))))

by shellbot

I had an incredibly fabulous time..
I would even go as far as saying i had a "splendiferous" time..

Amazingly beautiful city, fantastic company to hang out with out..what more can I say??

:x

by rob mekel

that's nice to hear :)

Have had some great times there as well :)

Some very fine restaurants and places to have fun not to mention the shopping, wow :)

:x

by jck

just remember...keep your hands on the women. :^0

[[[[[ hugs ]]]]]

by jck

I hear the Dutch ladies are gorgeous...and tall like me!

Guess when I make it over there, I'll have to see for myself ]:) :)

((((((((( more hugs for all ))))))))))

by jck

2011...hopefully about February...I can get on a flight to Dublin, stay there a day or two (hopefully get Shellbot to go have pints with me on a pub crawl).

Then, I have to make a couple stops in England over about a 5-7 day period. (I owe NeilB a visit, and I have to try and finish in Newcastle so I can see GG again).

Then, I can take the ferry across to Holland from there and my friends from Den Haag will pick me up and show me around all the beautiful wome...I mean, the countryside. ]:)

BTW, my friends who are a couple...she is 5'10..and has promised me I will meet women my age as tall as she is.

Hm...dang...well...if I am still single, I will meet them. :^0

If I get to Holland, I will let you know I'm coming. I am not sure how much free time I will have, as my friends in Den Haag are sure to monopolize me. They have been waiting for 5 years for me to come visit. lol

by jck

Did you just say you are squishy now?

I thought you'd been working out!!! :p :^0

(((((((((((((((((( hugs )))))))))))))))))))

by shellbot

I been working out but only just started this month..give me time man..give me time!!

Not as squishy as I was 6 months ago.. :D

by jck

Keep it up!

I will be plenty squishy tho...after about 10 pints of Guinness. :^0

Oh my God, I miss it there. Ireland just needs to adopt me and let me become beer ambassador. :^0 :D

by rob mekel

round trip it's gonna be then.

Well be sure to let me know ... never can tell what's going to happen.

by shellbot

Great times there..really great times...

Yes, lovely restaraunts :) ..and hmmm..next time I have to take a bigger suitcase so I can unleash the credit card!!!!! ]:)

by nicknielsen

Once more, I am given the opportunity to drive the 240 miles from one end of my territory to the other.

And corporate wonders why there are so many miles on the van...

(((Big hugs))) to all.

by shellbot

is it only Thursday? :(

Not enough sleep..starting to take its tool..
Plus over 2 hours trying to configure SMTP on my laptop last night for my SQL 2008 course work..
Having said that, I am in love... I am divorcing SQL 2000 & 2005, and running away with SQL 2008.. :D

(((((((almost friday hugs)))))))

by purpleskys

I'm sure you'll both be very happy with each other ;) (((happy almost friday hugs))) to you too :D

by jck

You're getting into bed with SQL 2008 "Ballmeresque"?? :p

No worries. I'm doing Oracle 11. Larry Ellison is not much better. :^0

((((((((((((( can't wait for friday )))))))))))))

by shellbot

Thanks Purple..it was love at first sight..
you know how it is...
it caught my eye across a crowded desktop..
at first it was all so new..so strange..but I fell hard and fast..and now I just can't get enough..
* sigh *
]:)

by shellbot

Would take him over Ellison any day.. LOL
Ah, my new love is so fantastic..it has intellisense..how i have waited so long to hear those 3 little words..
:D

Oracle..never used..well..done the smallest tiniest bit, using TOAD interface..but can't really call that using it...

by jck

I used that on Oracle 8 and 9. It was pretty decent, if you knew its quirks.

Hm. Intellisense. Can either be great, or a hindrance. Sometimes it types out things you don't want ;)

Of course, I type too fast when writing code. No time to read those silly little autofills. :^0

I've had too much coffee. :(

by shellbot

especially when yer working on unfamiliar DB's..and ya don't know table names and column names very well yet...saves having to stop and look! (I don't really use Ent Manager..I prefer to type :) )

by jck

We use a 3rd party tool on Oracle called PL/SQL Manager. It has intellisense for columns/tables/users, which is cool.

The best thing is though is that it doesn't do it while you type. It waits about 3/4 of a second after the last keystroke to display it. That way, it assumes if you are in mid-string you have something you want to complete.

That I found useful.

BTW, I don't use Oracle's tools. Bleh. They should just stick to RDBMSes and give up apps development and leave that to the pros.

by nicknielsen

Nothing much to do, nothing much in the queue (so far!)
Got a beer, got Scotch, got a good book.

It don't get much better than this (((hugs))).

by nicknielsen

Then it just kinda fell apart. :_|

Put it back together, but that was more effort than I was looking to expend today.

by shellbot

((((((((vodka hugs)))))))))

one of those type of weeks/days/nights..

might not be around much for a while..dunno..gotta study and chill..
stuff to do..

laterss
Shell

by jck

No hugs in a while

((((((((((((((((((( there ya go drunky hugs ))))))))))))))))))) :^0

I need some vodka too. Enough to kill a horse.

by nicknielsen

I coulda kept an eye on it, wouldn't you?

Until yesterday just after lunch, I'd had one new call all week. Since then, however...

by shellbot

Sorry..off in my own little world..

and extra big hug to make up for all the hugs i missed..

((((((((((((((((((((((hug))))))))))))))))))))

by nicknielsen

Rained this morning, then just got colder and windier all day. Little bit of a mist earlier, but that's all frozen on the trees now, and the wind has finally died down.

We seem to have escaped most of the worst of this storm, but all it will take to bring things down is a single gust of wind.

Got firewood, but hoping there's no need for it tonight ((((hugs)))).

by rob mekel

Friday again ... winter seems to have left us ... snow and ice gone ... temp ... still a bit chilly

(((( almost weekend hugs ))))

by shellbot

is shining gloriously here...
and I'm stuck inside :(

Did head out to the shop to buy some food and orange juice..but got in trouble..the Pharmacist who took pity on me yesterday and gave me some help, caught me buying a nice big coffee and said "thats not going to do your tummy any good Miss"... with a stern voice and then told me to go home and go to sleep..

((((((((not doing as I'm told hugs)))))))

by hal 9000

From my Watch Maker, he abused me for wearing my watch. Apparently to him it should only have been placed on my wrist for [b]Special Occasions.[/b]

Seems to me if you pay lots of money for something at the very least you should be able to use it as you like. But maybe I did go a bit far when I asked the guy could he replace the Gold Case & Band with a Stainless Steal one. :^0

{{{{{{{{ [b]Friday Night Hugs.[/b] }}}}}}}}

Col 0:-)

by purpleskys

Current Temperature -17.1?C (1.2?F), Apparent temp -22.5?C i'm really not liking this cold thing, it can stop any time!

I don't seem to have too much trouble with coffee after my surgery, but heaven forbit if i eat whole grain breads...i suffer for that one. Pizza can be a bad thing too, but sometimes one just hasta have a pizza ;) . I do admit though, I'm not being a good girl either. (((we'll get back on track hugs))) for Shell and (((stay warm hugs for everyone)))

by nicknielsen

Just like a typical February day along the North Sea. The only reason I don't think I'm back in Bremerhaven is it's not windy enough.

(((Keeping warm and dry hugs)))

etu

by rob mekel

coast ... 2,3 Km from home ... rainy all day
Typical not summer weather!!!

(((( weekend hugs ))))

by shellbot

You didn't keep it "for good" ???

I swear my mom had the same set of perfect white towels for like 20 years..cause they were "for good".. (when company was expected).. The she wouldn't put them out in case they got ruined?? A few years back finally said to her that if someone was going to judge her on the whiteness of her towels, then she didn't want them in the house driking her tea and eating her fabulous home made cakes anyways!!!

by rob mekel

not eating the last piece of bread when you're hungry cause that last piece is saved for the days that you have nothing to eat ... as if that day will ever come ... hahaha

(((( saving hugs hugs ))))

by shellbot

You not been to my house Rob...that "day" comes quite regularily! :D

Take yesterday for example..on my way home..i went to pharmacy..with the intention of going next door to the shop to get some sort of food to eat. Oddly enough..I forgot to go to the shop..Arrived home, took of coat, shoes, got a drink of water..and realised.."oops..forgot to buy food"..and at that stage, I knew if i went back out, I might not make it back and end up passed out on the street somewhere..and the cats and seagulls would get me!

There was 1..and just the one peice of bread left.. not one thing else to eat in the house..so I was thankful for that one peice of bread!!

by hal 9000

Still boasts about just how scary my mother was when he broke one of her [i]Good[/i] Crystal Glasses one Christmas.

Only time I've ever seen them used and they was well over 50 years ago now so it must have left a lasting impression on him. He Hams it up now asking for a less [b]Good[/b] glass to drink out of whenever he visits her these days. :D

Col

by shellbot

I'm well past the surgery..
Got a throat infection and some really heavy antibiotics, doing a number on my tummy .. everytime i try and eat something i just wanna die from the feeling..
however, managed to eat supper last night..hmmm..oddly enough..pizza!!..seems to have done me some good, I feel stronger today and can actually make it form the bed to the sofa in one go withough stopping to hold onto something!

((((on the mend hugs))))

by purpleskys

that sucks...but at least pizza has all the major food groups eh...ya got your bread, meat, veggies, and cheese; what more could you ask for? ;) (((((hope you feel better soon hugs)))))

by rob mekel

mannn (oops) womannnn ... with those temp's I wouldn't even try to find out what the apparent temp is.

(((( keeping the fire burn hugs ))))

Dang ... then I still have to get to find out what the apparent temp is ... the wood lays out side ... dang :D ;)

by purpleskys

the website i copy/pasted that info from already figured it out for me (i'm a lazy girl) http://davesweather.net/ worst is, it ain't much warmer now either...shudder...i hate winter...((cozy hugs from my warm abode))

by jck

just a year or two ago, my friends in Den Haag told me it was unusually warm.

Guess that climate change is kicking in.

Hope the earth doesn't wobble too, or we'll be sunbathing in Norway and wearing parkas in the Sahara. lol :^0

by jessie

... I mostly like snow.

{{{{{{{{Keep warm and dry with snuggly pjs and hot cocoa HUGS}}}}}}}}}

by av .

One to two feet, maybe more. I'll send you as much as you want. The good thing is that its the weekend and I don't have to drive in it.

I had the joy of going to the supermarket after work. Say the word "blizzard" and food starts flying off the shelves. People are just crazed. They'll fight you for the last loaf of bread.

AV

{{{{{Love your snow blower HUGS}}}}}

by jck

(((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((( an even bigger hug for you ))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))

I'm in my own world too. My dilemma you know about...has now gone from 2...to 3.

OMG you should have read my texts on my mobile.

I feel like Morton's Salt...when it rains, it pours. :^0

by nicknielsen

People down here have enough trouble driving in the rain. What they do in snow is off the chart.

by nicknielsen

Doing the cultural thing and watching the Super Bowl. The game is so-so so far.

Couple of good ads, though.

by michael jay

Halftime break.

The Who preformed very well, sadly too short of a set, but great to see the kids are still alright after all these years.

by nicknielsen

Good to see them performing.

Seen any ads you really like yet? The Denny's ad got a bark from me. Casual Friday was...interesting.

Whoa! INTERCEPTION!

by hal 9000

A Oxymoron?

Then to add insult to injury you go on to mention the Super Bowl. :^0

Only good thing about that hum event is the money thrown at it by the advertisers who seem to break their necks to see who can spend more than the others.

Though I'll be the first to admit a 3 hour Who Performance would almost make it worthwhile to watch. Provided I could turn the TV off after The Who finished. ;)

Col 0:-)

by nicknielsen

Australian culture is even more of an oxymoron, given it consists solely of a collection of Kiwi jokes. ;)

by boxfiddler Hot topic

was pretty good. As usual, the Bud Light commercial sucked. Really, are they still selling that stuff? :0