Old Age Sucks
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My memory is failing. I copied some code to a thumb drive this morning intended to bring it to work, and left the damn thing at home. I do this a lot lately. A lot of times, I can't write code, leave it for more than a week, and be able to Pick up where I left off. I also find that I'm adding more comments to my code to help me remember what i was doing when I wrote it. I've also started commenting the hell outa my app.config files for the same reason (they often have more comments than settings). It sucks getting old...
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001 -
My memory is failing. I copied some code to a thumb drive this morning intended to bring it to work, and left the damn thing at home. I do this a lot lately. A lot of times, I can't write code, leave it for more than a week, and be able to Pick up where I left off. I also find that I'm adding more comments to my code to help me remember what i was doing when I wrote it. I've also started commenting the hell outa my app.config files for the same reason (they often have more comments than settings). It sucks getting old...
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001 -
John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote:
It sucks getting old...
Would you prefer the alternative?
Faith is a fine invention For gentlemen who see; But microscopes are prudent In an emergency! -Emily Dickinson
Being young and having the memory of an elephant? Sure!
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001 -
My memory is failing. I copied some code to a thumb drive this morning intended to bring it to work, and left the damn thing at home. I do this a lot lately. A lot of times, I can't write code, leave it for more than a week, and be able to Pick up where I left off. I also find that I'm adding more comments to my code to help me remember what i was doing when I wrote it. I've also started commenting the hell outa my app.config files for the same reason (they often have more comments than settings). It sucks getting old...
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001I have a new sig - Just kidding :-D
I'm adding more comments to my code to help me remember what i was doing when I wrote it. I've also started commenting the hell outa my app.config files for the same reason - An old fart
.·´¯`·->Rajesh<-·´¯`·. Codeproject.com: Visual C++ MVP -
Being young and having the memory of an elephant? Sure!
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001 -
My memory is failing. I copied some code to a thumb drive this morning intended to bring it to work, and left the damn thing at home. I do this a lot lately. A lot of times, I can't write code, leave it for more than a week, and be able to Pick up where I left off. I also find that I'm adding more comments to my code to help me remember what i was doing when I wrote it. I've also started commenting the hell outa my app.config files for the same reason (they often have more comments than settings). It sucks getting old...
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001You might want to see if you have a vitamin B12 deficiency. I did, I take a weekly injection of the stuff and daily pills to keep it at a normal level. My memory was shot to hell before that happened and I swear my thinking was slower.
"Every time Lotus Notes starts up, somewhere a puppy, a kitten, a lamb, and a baby seal are killed. Lotus Notes is a conspiracy by the forces of Satan to drive us over the brink into madness. The CRC-32 for each file in the installation includes the numbers 666." Gary Wheeler "You're an idiot." John Simmons, THE Outlaw programmer "I realised that all of my best anecdotes started with "So there we were, pissed". Pete O'Hanlon
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My memory is failing. I copied some code to a thumb drive this morning intended to bring it to work, and left the damn thing at home. I do this a lot lately. A lot of times, I can't write code, leave it for more than a week, and be able to Pick up where I left off. I also find that I'm adding more comments to my code to help me remember what i was doing when I wrote it. I've also started commenting the hell outa my app.config files for the same reason (they often have more comments than settings). It sucks getting old...
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001It sure does and I haven't really got near it yet. It hurts to think that your best coding days may be behind you, those projects you though you'd be able to do one day when you'd learned enough now look like something you might have been able to do 5 years ago but not any more and you realise you're forgetting stuff not recently used at least as fast as you're learning new stuff. :^) On the bright side I'm almost old enough to start a serious political career :-D
"The secret of happiness is freedom, and the secret of freedom, courage." Thucydides (B.C. 460-400)
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You might want to see if you have a vitamin B12 deficiency. I did, I take a weekly injection of the stuff and daily pills to keep it at a normal level. My memory was shot to hell before that happened and I swear my thinking was slower.
"Every time Lotus Notes starts up, somewhere a puppy, a kitten, a lamb, and a baby seal are killed. Lotus Notes is a conspiracy by the forces of Satan to drive us over the brink into madness. The CRC-32 for each file in the installation includes the numbers 666." Gary Wheeler "You're an idiot." John Simmons, THE Outlaw programmer "I realised that all of my best anecdotes started with "So there we were, pissed". Pete O'Hanlon
I'm not interested in "injections". i think I'll just forget that you even mentioned it. :)
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001 -
I'm not interested in "injections". i think I'll just forget that you even mentioned it. :)
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001:-D
If the Lord God Almighty had consulted me before embarking upon the Creation, I would have recommended something simpler. -- Alfonso the Wise, 13th Century King of Castile.
This is going on my arrogant assumptions. You may have a superb reason why I'm completely wrong. -- Iain Clarke -
It sure does and I haven't really got near it yet. It hurts to think that your best coding days may be behind you, those projects you though you'd be able to do one day when you'd learned enough now look like something you might have been able to do 5 years ago but not any more and you realise you're forgetting stuff not recently used at least as fast as you're learning new stuff. :^) On the bright side I'm almost old enough to start a serious political career :-D
"The secret of happiness is freedom, and the secret of freedom, courage." Thucydides (B.C. 460-400)
Matthew Faithfull wrote:
It hurts to think that your best coding days may be behind you
Cannot happen to me: I arranged my old code to prevent that. :rolleyes:
If the Lord God Almighty had consulted me before embarking upon the Creation, I would have recommended something simpler. -- Alfonso the Wise, 13th Century King of Castile.
This is going on my arrogant assumptions. You may have a superb reason why I'm completely wrong. -- Iain Clarke -
It sure does and I haven't really got near it yet. It hurts to think that your best coding days may be behind you, those projects you though you'd be able to do one day when you'd learned enough now look like something you might have been able to do 5 years ago but not any more and you realise you're forgetting stuff not recently used at least as fast as you're learning new stuff. :^) On the bright side I'm almost old enough to start a serious political career :-D
"The secret of happiness is freedom, and the secret of freedom, courage." Thucydides (B.C. 460-400)
Matthew Faithfull wrote:
you realise you're forgetting stuff not recently used at least as fast as you're learning new stuff.
That happens to me already. :~
If you truly believe you need to pick a mobile phone that "says something" about your personality, don't bother. You don't have a personality. A mental illness, maybe - but not a personality. - Charlie Brooker My Photos/CP Flickr Group - ScrewTurn Wiki
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My memory is failing. I copied some code to a thumb drive this morning intended to bring it to work, and left the damn thing at home. I do this a lot lately. A lot of times, I can't write code, leave it for more than a week, and be able to Pick up where I left off. I also find that I'm adding more comments to my code to help me remember what i was doing when I wrote it. I've also started commenting the hell outa my app.config files for the same reason (they often have more comments than settings). It sucks getting old...
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001 -
My memory is failing. I copied some code to a thumb drive this morning intended to bring it to work, and left the damn thing at home. I do this a lot lately. A lot of times, I can't write code, leave it for more than a week, and be able to Pick up where I left off. I also find that I'm adding more comments to my code to help me remember what i was doing when I wrote it. I've also started commenting the hell outa my app.config files for the same reason (they often have more comments than settings). It sucks getting old...
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001How many times do you walk into a room, stop dead and think "What did I come in here for?" I too am getting these 'Senior Moments' :confused:
------------------------------------ "I want you to imagine I have a blaster in my hand" - Zaphod Beeblebrox. "You DO have a blaster in your hand" - Freighter Pilot "Yeah, so you don't have to tax your imagination too hard" - Zaphod Beeblebrox
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Matthew Faithfull wrote:
It hurts to think that your best coding days may be behind you
Cannot happen to me: I arranged my old code to prevent that. :rolleyes:
If the Lord God Almighty had consulted me before embarking upon the Creation, I would have recommended something simpler. -- Alfonso the Wise, 13th Century King of Castile.
This is going on my arrogant assumptions. You may have a superb reason why I'm completely wrong. -- Iain Clarke -
My memory is failing. I copied some code to a thumb drive this morning intended to bring it to work, and left the damn thing at home. I do this a lot lately. A lot of times, I can't write code, leave it for more than a week, and be able to Pick up where I left off. I also find that I'm adding more comments to my code to help me remember what i was doing when I wrote it. I've also started commenting the hell outa my app.config files for the same reason (they often have more comments than settings). It sucks getting old...
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001 -
You might want to see if you have a vitamin B12 deficiency. I did, I take a weekly injection of the stuff and daily pills to keep it at a normal level. My memory was shot to hell before that happened and I swear my thinking was slower.
"Every time Lotus Notes starts up, somewhere a puppy, a kitten, a lamb, and a baby seal are killed. Lotus Notes is a conspiracy by the forces of Satan to drive us over the brink into madness. The CRC-32 for each file in the installation includes the numbers 666." Gary Wheeler "You're an idiot." John Simmons, THE Outlaw programmer "I realised that all of my best anecdotes started with "So there we were, pissed". Pete O'Hanlon
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John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote:
My memory is failing
They say memory is the second thing to go. I can't remember what the first is. . . :sigh:
Jon Smith & Wesson: The original point and click interface
lol, that made me laugh! :laugh:
Wout
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Too much liquour from the night before.
I haven't had even a sip of alcohol in over 10 years.
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001 -
How many times do you walk into a room, stop dead and think "What did I come in here for?" I too am getting these 'Senior Moments' :confused:
------------------------------------ "I want you to imagine I have a blaster in my hand" - Zaphod Beeblebrox. "You DO have a blaster in your hand" - Freighter Pilot "Yeah, so you don't have to tax your imagination too hard" - Zaphod Beeblebrox
Dalek Dave wrote:
How many times do you walk into a room, stop dead and think "What did I come in here for?"
Pretty much every day... I hate leaving the house for work in the morning and wondering if I remember to shut the garage door...
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001 -
My memory is failing. I copied some code to a thumb drive this morning intended to bring it to work, and left the damn thing at home. I do this a lot lately. A lot of times, I can't write code, leave it for more than a week, and be able to Pick up where I left off. I also find that I'm adding more comments to my code to help me remember what i was doing when I wrote it. I've also started commenting the hell outa my app.config files for the same reason (they often have more comments than settings). It sucks getting old...
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001I gave you a 5 to balance the 1 cos I feel sorry for you being so old and decrepit. The I remembered who you are... :-) Oh, and the reason getting old sucks is cos you lose your teeth and that's the only way you can eat anything.
