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  • S Sebastian Schneider

    Or maybe you dont have sharp-edged the metal bar that supports the wooden table plate?

    Cheers, Sebastian -- "If it was two men, the non-driver would have challenged the driver to simply crash through the gates. The macho image thing, you know." - Marc Clifton

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    Nish Nishant
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    Sebastian Schneider wrote:

    Or maybe you dont have sharp-edged the metal bar that supports the wooden table plate?

    Ah well, you didn't mention that in your original post :-)

    Regards, Nish


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    • S Sebastian Schneider

      Hi guys, I just wanted to let you know that being dumb can have serious drawbacks. No, I did not take up smoking again. Imagine you are sitting at your desk, and you want to stand up. You would roll back, then maybe place your hand on the desk and stand up. No problem.... but I messed that up. I put my hand on my thigh, rolled forward and stood up. Stood up hard (if you can say so). I have no idea why I did that. My hand is swelling up and hurts like hell. Yes, I am dumb enough to type with that hand. Have you ever done something similarly embarassing? And if you did, will you share it with us? Ouch.

      Cheers, Sebastian -- "If it was two men, the non-driver would have challenged the driver to simply crash through the gates. The macho image thing, you know." - Marc Clifton

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      Paul Watson
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      Pretty girl. Car door. My hand.

      regards, Paul Watson Ireland & South Africa

      Shog9 wrote:

      And with that, Paul closed his browser, sipped his herbal tea, fixed the flower in his hair, and smiled brightly at the multitude of cute, furry animals flocking around the grassy hillside where he sat coding Ruby on his Mac...

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      • P Paul Watson

        Pretty girl. Car door. My hand.

        regards, Paul Watson Ireland & South Africa

        Shog9 wrote:

        And with that, Paul closed his browser, sipped his herbal tea, fixed the flower in his hair, and smiled brightly at the multitude of cute, furry animals flocking around the grassy hillside where he sat coding Ruby on his Mac...

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        Pete OHanlon
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        Ah - the pretty girl distracting you excuse. Works for me.:-D

        Deja View - the feeling that you've seen this post before.

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          Ah - the pretty girl distracting you excuse. Works for me.:-D

          Deja View - the feeling that you've seen this post before.

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          Paul Watson
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          They sure make us dumb.

          regards, Paul Watson Ireland & South Africa

          Shog9 wrote:

          And with that, Paul closed his browser, sipped his herbal tea, fixed the flower in his hair, and smiled brightly at the multitude of cute, furry animals flocking around the grassy hillside where he sat coding Ruby on his Mac...

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          • P Paul Watson

            Man, you rock!

            regards, Paul Watson Ireland & South Africa

            Shog9 wrote:

            And with that, Paul closed his browser, sipped his herbal tea, fixed the flower in his hair, and smiled brightly at the multitude of cute, furry animals flocking around the grassy hillside where he sat coding Ruby on his Mac...

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            TClarke
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            Shame you didn't roll;)

            Philosophy: The art of never getting beyond the concept of life.

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              leckey wrote:

              a cheerleader in high school

              :laugh: (you said we could).

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              TClarke
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              Rage wrote:

              a cheerleader in high school

              Wow, a cheerleader who became a developer. That may well be unique! Probably says something very good about you too.

              Philosophy: The art of never getting beyond the concept of life.

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              • P Paul Watson

                They sure make us dumb.

                regards, Paul Watson Ireland & South Africa

                Shog9 wrote:

                And with that, Paul closed his browser, sipped his herbal tea, fixed the flower in his hair, and smiled brightly at the multitude of cute, furry animals flocking around the grassy hillside where he sat coding Ruby on his Mac...

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                TClarke
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                Yeah, near me, they had to take down a giant Wonderbra advert from the side of the road because of the number of accidents it was causing

                Philosophy: The art of never getting beyond the concept of life.

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                  Yeah, near me, they had to take down a giant Wonderbra advert from the side of the road because of the number of accidents it was causing

                  Philosophy: The art of never getting beyond the concept of life.

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                  Paul Watson
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                  Don't come to Europe man. You won't get out of your hotel parking lot without being distracted.

                  regards, Paul Watson Ireland & South Africa

                  Shog9 wrote:

                  And with that, Paul closed his browser, sipped his herbal tea, fixed the flower in his hair, and smiled brightly at the multitude of cute, furry animals flocking around the grassy hillside where he sat coding Ruby on his Mac...

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                  • S Sebastian Schneider

                    Hi guys, I just wanted to let you know that being dumb can have serious drawbacks. No, I did not take up smoking again. Imagine you are sitting at your desk, and you want to stand up. You would roll back, then maybe place your hand on the desk and stand up. No problem.... but I messed that up. I put my hand on my thigh, rolled forward and stood up. Stood up hard (if you can say so). I have no idea why I did that. My hand is swelling up and hurts like hell. Yes, I am dumb enough to type with that hand. Have you ever done something similarly embarassing? And if you did, will you share it with us? Ouch.

                    Cheers, Sebastian -- "If it was two men, the non-driver would have challenged the driver to simply crash through the gates. The macho image thing, you know." - Marc Clifton

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                    Phil J Pearson
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                    Sebastian Schneider wrote:

                    Have you ever done something similarly embarassing? And if you did, will you share it with us?

                    Yes, and no!

                    Phil


                    The opinions expressed in this post are not necessarily those of the author, especially if you find them impolite, inaccurate or inflammatory.

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                      When I was a cheerleader in high school (feel free to laugh) a basketball player hit me, spun me around, and I fell in the bleachers. Since it was a playoff game it made the 10pm news.

                      __________________ Bob is my homeboy.

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                      I do not have a clue what the sam hill is/are the bleachers ?

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                      • S Sebastian Schneider

                        Hi guys, I just wanted to let you know that being dumb can have serious drawbacks. No, I did not take up smoking again. Imagine you are sitting at your desk, and you want to stand up. You would roll back, then maybe place your hand on the desk and stand up. No problem.... but I messed that up. I put my hand on my thigh, rolled forward and stood up. Stood up hard (if you can say so). I have no idea why I did that. My hand is swelling up and hurts like hell. Yes, I am dumb enough to type with that hand. Have you ever done something similarly embarassing? And if you did, will you share it with us? Ouch.

                        Cheers, Sebastian -- "If it was two men, the non-driver would have challenged the driver to simply crash through the gates. The macho image thing, you know." - Marc Clifton

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                        sw thi
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                        I was walking down a slope, it was raining, it was a mud path with grass on the sides and I didn’t want to put my feet in the mud so I stepped on the grass …. *drrrrrrrr * ……. Next thing I know I’m sliding down the slope …… and this happened in front of a huge bunch of people …… does that count?!! ;p

                        Regards, Swathi

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                          When I was a cheerleader in high school (feel free to laugh) a basketball player hit me, spun me around, and I fell in the bleachers. Since it was a playoff game it made the 10pm news.

                          __________________ Bob is my homeboy.

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                          Jim Crafton
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                          Hmmm, things must have changed, cause I could swear that cheerleaders, basketball players, and bleachers used to be all intimately connected! :)

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                          • S Sebastian Schneider

                            Hi guys, I just wanted to let you know that being dumb can have serious drawbacks. No, I did not take up smoking again. Imagine you are sitting at your desk, and you want to stand up. You would roll back, then maybe place your hand on the desk and stand up. No problem.... but I messed that up. I put my hand on my thigh, rolled forward and stood up. Stood up hard (if you can say so). I have no idea why I did that. My hand is swelling up and hurts like hell. Yes, I am dumb enough to type with that hand. Have you ever done something similarly embarassing? And if you did, will you share it with us? Ouch.

                            Cheers, Sebastian -- "If it was two men, the non-driver would have challenged the driver to simply crash through the gates. The macho image thing, you know." - Marc Clifton

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                            peterchen
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                            Sebastian Schneider wrote:

                            Have you ever done something similarly embarassing?

                            No.

                            Sebastian Schneider wrote:

                            And if you did, will you share it with us?

                            No.

                            Sebastian Schneider wrote:

                            Imagine you are sitting at your desk, and you want to stand up.

                            WOuldn#t have happened if you were outside smoking instead of sitting on your desk ;P just poking.


                            We are a big screwed up dysfunctional psychotic happy family - some more screwed up, others more happy, but everybody's psychotic joint venture definition of CP
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                            • P Paul Watson

                              Pretty girl. Car door. My hand.

                              regards, Paul Watson Ireland & South Africa

                              Shog9 wrote:

                              And with that, Paul closed his browser, sipped his herbal tea, fixed the flower in his hair, and smiled brightly at the multitude of cute, furry animals flocking around the grassy hillside where he sat coding Ruby on his Mac...

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                              leckey 0
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                              I had this old car, which was the Dodge version of the El Camino. I went to open the door, and pulled the car handle right off. I thought, "well ain't that a beatch." Went to the other side and also pulled that one off! (Thankfully I had a window open so I could open from the inside.) I apparently need to lay off the steroids.

                              __________________ Bob is my homeboy.

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                                Don't come to Europe man. You won't get out of your hotel parking lot without being distracted.

                                regards, Paul Watson Ireland & South Africa

                                Shog9 wrote:

                                And with that, Paul closed his browser, sipped his herbal tea, fixed the flower in his hair, and smiled brightly at the multitude of cute, furry animals flocking around the grassy hillside where he sat coding Ruby on his Mac...

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                                leckey 0
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                                As in general beauty, or the land of wonderbras?

                                __________________ Bob is my homeboy.

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                                  As in general beauty, or the land of wonderbras?

                                  __________________ Bob is my homeboy.

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                                  Paul Watson
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                                  leckey wrote:

                                  As in general beauty, or the land of wonderbras?

                                  As in the billboards show a lot more than a US Wonderbra billboard does.

                                  regards, Paul Watson Ireland & South Africa

                                  Shog9 wrote:

                                  And with that, Paul closed his browser, sipped his herbal tea, fixed the flower in his hair, and smiled brightly at the multitude of cute, furry animals flocking around the grassy hillside where he sat coding Ruby on his Mac...

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                                    Sebastian Schneider wrote:

                                    Have you ever done something similarly embarassing?

                                    No.

                                    Sebastian Schneider wrote:

                                    And if you did, will you share it with us?

                                    No.

                                    Sebastian Schneider wrote:

                                    Imagine you are sitting at your desk, and you want to stand up.

                                    WOuldn#t have happened if you were outside smoking instead of sitting on your desk ;P just poking.


                                    We are a big screwed up dysfunctional psychotic happy family - some more screwed up, others more happy, but everybody's psychotic joint venture definition of CP
                                    My first real C# project | Linkify!|FoldWithUs! | sighist

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                                    Sebastian Schneider
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                                    At my desk, not on my desk. And if I had been holding a cigarette, that would have added burnmarks to my injury...

                                    Cheers, Sebastian -- "If it was two men, the non-driver would have challenged the driver to simply crash through the gates. The macho image thing, you know." - Marc Clifton

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                                      I do not have a clue what the sam hill is/are the bleachers ?

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                                      The rows of seats.

                                      The tigress is here :-D

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                                      • A Andrew Torrance

                                        I do not have a clue what the sam hill is/are the bleachers ?

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                                        TheGreatAndPowerfulOz
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                                        Andrew Torrance wrote:

                                        bleachers

                                        the sloping/banking rows of seating from which the spectators view the game

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                                        • S Sebastian Schneider

                                          Hi guys, I just wanted to let you know that being dumb can have serious drawbacks. No, I did not take up smoking again. Imagine you are sitting at your desk, and you want to stand up. You would roll back, then maybe place your hand on the desk and stand up. No problem.... but I messed that up. I put my hand on my thigh, rolled forward and stood up. Stood up hard (if you can say so). I have no idea why I did that. My hand is swelling up and hurts like hell. Yes, I am dumb enough to type with that hand. Have you ever done something similarly embarassing? And if you did, will you share it with us? Ouch.

                                          Cheers, Sebastian -- "If it was two men, the non-driver would have challenged the driver to simply crash through the gates. The macho image thing, you know." - Marc Clifton

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                                          brianwelsch
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                                          Last night I wanted to get up from the couch. Simple, right? Not so much. Sitting on the right end of the couch, I moved to simultaneously place my hand on the armrest and spin on my feet to walk to the right. Well, I got cocky and lifted my right leg to take my step before my hand settled onto the armrest and my left leg was secure. So, my left foot (in socks) slips, my right hand then misses its grasp for the armrest and I was lunging forward to tackle the floor. Luckily, I didn't bang my chin on the end table.

                                          BW


                                          Quick to judge, quick to anger, slow to understand.
                                          Ignorance and prejudice and fear walk hand in hand.
                                          -- Neil Peart

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