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  • H Henry Minute

    What sort of Pilot? Palm Pilot, Pontius Pilot, Pilot Whale, Pilot Hole. Sorry getting silly now. BTW did you ever find a source for the gloves you were looking for?

    Henry Minute If you open a can of worms, any valid solution *MUST* involve a larger can!

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    Ennis Ray Lynch Jr
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    Yes, I do now own a pair of gloves. Yet I am only here for two more weeks ... and then maybe six in January. This kind of pilot: http://www.pilotcareercentre.com/APilotsLifeDetail.asp?APLID=124[^]

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    • W wolfbinary

      What would you do if you couldn't program professionally anymore to make a living?

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      realJSOP
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      I'd roam the Texas hill country absolutely naked and make a name for myself...

      "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

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      • E Ennis Ray Lynch Jr

        Yes, I do now own a pair of gloves. Yet I am only here for two more weeks ... and then maybe six in January. This kind of pilot: http://www.pilotcareercentre.com/APilotsLifeDetail.asp?APLID=124[^]

        Need software developed? Offering C# development all over the United States, ERL GLOBAL, Inc is the only call you will have to make.
        Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know. -- Ernest Hemingway
        Most of this sig is for Google, not ego.

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        Henry Minute
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        Oooooooh! me too. Although the only experience I have is with that there Flight Stimulator, as my dear departed mum used to call it.

        Henry Minute If you open a can of worms, any valid solution *MUST* involve a larger can!

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        • H Henry Minute

          Oooooooh! me too. Although the only experience I have is with that there Flight Stimulator, as my dear departed mum used to call it.

          Henry Minute If you open a can of worms, any valid solution *MUST* involve a larger can!

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          Ennis Ray Lynch Jr
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          I became a real pilot in August. A few hundred more hours and I will be a legal commercial pilot. It will be fun.

          Need software developed? Offering C# development all over the United States, ERL GLOBAL, Inc is the only call you will have to make.
          Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know. -- Ernest Hemingway
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          • E Ennis Ray Lynch Jr

            I became a real pilot in August. A few hundred more hours and I will be a legal commercial pilot. It will be fun.

            Need software developed? Offering C# development all over the United States, ERL GLOBAL, Inc is the only call you will have to make.
            Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know. -- Ernest Hemingway
            Most of this sig is for Google, not ego.

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            Henry Minute
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            Jolly well done Fraid it's too late for me. Eyes shot, Knees crumbling, mind going. Now where was I? Why am I standing in the kitchen with the fridge door open and the cat in my hands?

            Henry Minute If you open a can of worms, any valid solution *MUST* involve a larger can!

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            • W wolfbinary

              What would you do if you couldn't program professionally anymore to make a living?

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              Chris Maunder
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              Training hamsters

              cheers, Chris Maunder

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              • W wolfbinary

                A contractor I replaced left professional development because he got burned out of it. I'm wondering what the signs are.

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                pseudonym67
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                When u look at the screen and all you see are chicken tracks it's probably time to take a break

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                • R realJSOP

                  I'd roam the Texas hill country absolutely naked and make a name for myself...

                  "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

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                  Tom Delany
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                  John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote:

                  I'd roam the Texas hill country absolutely naked

                  Whoa! Now there's a mental picture.... :)

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                  • W wolfbinary

                    What would you do if you couldn't program professionally anymore to make a living?

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                    leckey 0
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                    ...no, I would probably apply to vet or medical school

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                    • C Chris Maunder

                      Training hamsters

                      cheers, Chris Maunder

                      CodeProject.com : C++ MVP

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                      wolfbinary
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                      Thanks guys. Your responses have been the usual mix of honesty and humor I've come to enjoy here on CP.

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                      • W wolfbinary

                        What would you do if you couldn't program professionally anymore to make a living?

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                        Christian Graus
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                        Child care.

                        Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. "Iam doing the browsing center project in vb.net using c# coding" - this is why I don't answer questions much anymore. Oh, and Microsoft doesn't want me to.

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                        • R realJSOP

                          I'd roam the Texas hill country absolutely naked and make a name for myself...

                          "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
                          -----
                          "...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001

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                          Jim Crafton
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                          Walker, Texas Ranger, might have something to say about that...

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                            I'd roam the Texas hill country absolutely naked and make a name for myself...

                            "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

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                            Dr Walt Fair PE
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                            Note to self: Don't take my wife very far outside of Austin next trip.

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                            • P Pete OHanlon

                              Who says I do now. Perhaps I program amateurishly, or perhaps I do it rakishly. To answer your question, I'd do something else. I'd possibly put more effort into music than I have the time to do now. If I had the time, I'd love to get a PhD in Astrophysics.

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                              Christian Graus
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                              music and astrophysics, are you Brian May ?

                              Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. "Iam doing the browsing center project in vb.net using c# coding" - this is why I don't answer questions much anymore. Oh, and Microsoft doesn't want me to.

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                                Training hamsters

                                cheers, Chris Maunder

                                CodeProject.com : C++ MVP

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                                Vivi Chellappa
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                                Aren't you already doing that? Aren't hamsters doing the work of servers for Codeproject? :-D

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                                • W wolfbinary

                                  What would you do if you couldn't program professionally anymore to make a living?

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                                  Lost User
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                                  Program amateurishly,

                                  Life is like a pubic hair on the toilet seat... ...sometimes, you just get pissed off. .\\axxx (That's an 'M')

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                                  • W wolfbinary

                                    What would you do if you couldn't program professionally anymore to make a living?

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                                    I'd like to be a model maker for a military museum

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                                    • G Gary R Wheeler

                                      My first choice would be to become a teacher. The few times I've filled that role, I've really enjoyed it. My second option would be technical writer. I'm reasonably good at it, and like it enough that I could do it for a living. It's a little difficult to imagine circumstances that would render my programming skills unemployable and yet would leave the rest of my faculties intact.

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                                      Vikram A Punathambekar
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                                      Gary R. Wheeler wrote:

                                      My first choice would be to become a teacher. The few times I've filled that role, I've really enjoyed it. My second option would be technical writer. I'm reasonably good at it, and like it enough that I could do it for a living.

                                      Hear, hear! Another man of my own mind. :-D

                                      Cheers, Vıkram.


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                                      • W wolfbinary

                                        What would you do if you couldn't program professionally anymore to make a living?

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                                        Ray Cassick
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                                        I would go back to doing specialty optics for a while then get my consulting business back up.


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                                        • W wolfbinary

                                          What would you do if you couldn't program professionally anymore to make a living?

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                                          Paul Conrad
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                                          wolfbinary wrote:

                                          What would you do if you couldn't program professionally anymore

                                          Teach math or physics.

                                          "The clue train passed his station without stopping." - John Simmons / outlaw programmer "Real programmers just throw a bunch of 1s and 0s at the computer to see what sticks" - Pete O'Hanlon "Not only do you continue to babble nonsense, you can't even correctly remember the nonsense you babbled just minutes ago." - Rob Graham

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