I'm very, very mad..
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David Stone wrote: You guys go to school together? Same Uni. Different Courses. Regards, Brian Dela :-)
Ah. So why would you be kicking his head in if he didn't ask for an extension? :confused: Or is it just because you're looking out for him? Norm Almond: I seen some GUI's in my life but WTF is this mess ;-) Leppie: I made an app for my sister and she wouldnt use it till it was colorful enough:) Norm:good point leppie, from that statement I can only deduce that this GUI must be aimed at children:laugh: Leppie:My sister is 25:eek: -Norm on the MailMagic GUI
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I'd recommend a Caramel Frappuccino with a couple of shots of espresso in it. Of course, if you don't have a Starbucks near you...well...I honestly don't know what I'd do without a Starbucks... Norm Almond: I seen some GUI's in my life but WTF is this mess ;-) Leppie: I made an app for my sister and she wouldnt use it till it was colorful enough:) Norm:good point leppie, from that statement I can only deduce that this GUI must be aimed at children:laugh: Leppie:My sister is 25:eek: -Norm on the MailMagic GUI
David Stone wrote: you don't have a Starbucks near you Nope... don't think there are any in this country. Could be wrong though. Regards, Brian Dela :-)
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David Stone wrote: you don't have a Starbucks near you Nope... don't think there are any in this country. Could be wrong though. Regards, Brian Dela :-)
:omg: I'd die without a Starbucks... X| Have you ever had a Frappuccino? Norm Almond: I seen some GUI's in my life but WTF is this mess ;-) Leppie: I made an app for my sister and she wouldnt use it till it was colorful enough:) Norm:good point leppie, from that statement I can only deduce that this GUI must be aimed at children:laugh: Leppie:My sister is 25:eek: -Norm on the MailMagic GUI
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Ah. So why would you be kicking his head in if he didn't ask for an extension? :confused: Or is it just because you're looking out for him? Norm Almond: I seen some GUI's in my life but WTF is this mess ;-) Leppie: I made an app for my sister and she wouldnt use it till it was colorful enough:) Norm:good point leppie, from that statement I can only deduce that this GUI must be aimed at children:laugh: Leppie:My sister is 25:eek: -Norm on the MailMagic GUI
David Stone wrote: So why would you be kicking his head in if he didn't ask for an extension? because this is a very big report for him.. a big portiopn of his grade for the tear goes on it and while he has it almost finished he still has a few final touches and he has to do a presentation on it on Wednesday. He's still in shock from what happened last nigth and he's not 100% himself... I know he'll be given an extension straight away, no problems at all, and he's only stressing himself out more by thinking about this. We're in the library now and he's off somewhere working on it.. Must go home soon actually. Regards, Brian Dela :-)
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:omg: I'd die without a Starbucks... X| Have you ever had a Frappuccino? Norm Almond: I seen some GUI's in my life but WTF is this mess ;-) Leppie: I made an app for my sister and she wouldnt use it till it was colorful enough:) Norm:good point leppie, from that statement I can only deduce that this GUI must be aimed at children:laugh: Leppie:My sister is 25:eek: -Norm on the MailMagic GUI
David Stone wrote: Have you ever had a Frappuccino? Nope.. you ever had a Teauccino??? Regards, Brian Dela :-)
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This is why America doesn't ban firearms. Firearms were banned in Australia and crime rose...nearly 80%. What does this all tell you?
That some people are stupid enough to believe the crap shovelled by the gun lobby. 1. Australians have NEVER armed themselves the way the US does. 2. We banned only automatic weapons 3. Crime did not rise 4. Our government wrote to Mr. Heston asking him to stop lying about what happens in our country 5. Because we've never had guns in the population the way you guys do, we've had a total of 2 people going mad with guns shooting people to my knowledge, no school shootings, and no snipers. We have a lot less murder than the US, also. You must not be a regular, these things have been discussed before when people try to bring up this crap. It is simply not true. Christian Hey, at least Logo had, at it's inception, a mechanical turtle. VB has always lacked even that... - Shog9 04-09-2002 During last 10 years, with invention of VB and similar programming environments, every ill-educated moron became able to develop software. - Alex E. - 12-Sept-2002
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David Stone wrote: Have you ever had a Frappuccino? Nope.. you ever had a Teauccino??? Regards, Brian Dela :-)
Brian Delahunty wrote: Nope.. you ever had a Teauccino??? No...what is it? Norm Almond: I seen some GUI's in my life but WTF is this mess ;-) Leppie: I made an app for my sister and she wouldnt use it till it was colorful enough:) Norm:good point leppie, from that statement I can only deduce that this GUI must be aimed at children:laugh: Leppie:My sister is 25:eek: -Norm on the MailMagic GUI
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David Stone wrote: So why would you be kicking his head in if he didn't ask for an extension? because this is a very big report for him.. a big portiopn of his grade for the tear goes on it and while he has it almost finished he still has a few final touches and he has to do a presentation on it on Wednesday. He's still in shock from what happened last nigth and he's not 100% himself... I know he'll be given an extension straight away, no problems at all, and he's only stressing himself out more by thinking about this. We're in the library now and he's off somewhere working on it.. Must go home soon actually. Regards, Brian Dela :-)
Brian Delahunty wrote: because this is a very big report for him Okay, I see. What's the report about? Norm Almond: I seen some GUI's in my life but WTF is this mess ;-) Leppie: I made an app for my sister and she wouldnt use it till it was colorful enough:) Norm:good point leppie, from that statement I can only deduce that this GUI must be aimed at children:laugh: Leppie:My sister is 25:eek: -Norm on the MailMagic GUI
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That some people are stupid enough to believe the crap shovelled by the gun lobby. 1. Australians have NEVER armed themselves the way the US does. 2. We banned only automatic weapons 3. Crime did not rise 4. Our government wrote to Mr. Heston asking him to stop lying about what happens in our country 5. Because we've never had guns in the population the way you guys do, we've had a total of 2 people going mad with guns shooting people to my knowledge, no school shootings, and no snipers. We have a lot less murder than the US, also. You must not be a regular, these things have been discussed before when people try to bring up this crap. It is simply not true. Christian Hey, at least Logo had, at it's inception, a mechanical turtle. VB has always lacked even that... - Shog9 04-09-2002 During last 10 years, with invention of VB and similar programming environments, every ill-educated moron became able to develop software. - Alex E. - 12-Sept-2002
Christian, he's only been around a month. Cut him some slack... Norm Almond: I seen some GUI's in my life but WTF is this mess ;-) Leppie: I made an app for my sister and she wouldnt use it till it was colorful enough:) Norm:good point leppie, from that statement I can only deduce that this GUI must be aimed at children:laugh: Leppie:My sister is 25:eek: -Norm on the MailMagic GUI
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David Stone wrote: Usually when people get attacked they start looking for ways to protect themselves. He should definitely consider karate as an option. Wouldn't have mad a difference. These people claimed to be members of the IRA.. wichi the obviously weren't, but you just don't take a chance. And Ciarán isn't from this area [he's from Dublin] so martial arts of not, 4 people against one... it's not worth it. At least now he has his health... and everythign else was insured... Maybe it's the "cowards" view of things but I think it's the best view of things. Regards, Brian Dela :-)
Brian Delahunty wrote: Maybe it's the "cowards" view of things Not at all - if you get out unhurt, then you can replace some 'stuff'. If they kill you, you're dead. It's just not worth it. One on one, I'd have a go, but four on one, you'd be stupid. And as you said, if you lived in a country where you could have had a gun, they would certainly have had them, and you WOULD both be dead. I'm really sorry to hear this happened to you - I'm glad you're OK physically, but I know if it was me it would play on my mind for some time. I hope you're both OK. Christian Hey, at least Logo had, at it's inception, a mechanical turtle. VB has always lacked even that... - Shog9 04-09-2002 During last 10 years, with invention of VB and similar programming environments, every ill-educated moron became able to develop software. - Alex E. - 12-Sept-2002
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Christian, he's only been around a month. Cut him some slack... Norm Almond: I seen some GUI's in my life but WTF is this mess ;-) Leppie: I made an app for my sister and she wouldnt use it till it was colorful enough:) Norm:good point leppie, from that statement I can only deduce that this GUI must be aimed at children:laugh: Leppie:My sister is 25:eek: -Norm on the MailMagic GUI
If I recognised the name I would have torn him apart for repeating lies deliberately, but new or not, it is annoying that people speak such crap without checking up on the facts. I think it's interesting that the nature of the defenders of American's 'freedom' to kill one another tell deliberate lies in support of their cause. I think it's sad that people blindly believe this stuff when they can do a web search to find the truth[^]. Christian Hey, at least Logo had, at it's inception, a mechanical turtle. VB has always lacked even that... - Shog9 04-09-2002 During last 10 years, with invention of VB and similar programming environments, every ill-educated moron became able to develop software. - Alex E. - 12-Sept-2002
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So.. Guess what happened last night??? [Please forgive me if my english and my spelling is a bit crappy.. I got very little sleep last night and I drank way too much coffee today :wtf:] My flat got robbed. Myself and my flatemate [Ciarán] were there. I luckily enough wasn't involved in any serious way. However the same cannot be said of Ciarán. He was really messed around.
So... 2:10 in the morning... I wake up to see a figure standing in my bedroom door.. wearing a grey hoody but I couldn't make out the face... I was kinda half asleep [:zzz:] so I thought it was my brother after comming home from the night club and not so polietly asked "What do you want?"... a quick response of "Nothing" was given... fair enought... Brian lay's his head down to sleep.... 5 minutes later my flat mate comes running into my room shouting and screaming for me to lock the door, while he's grabbing my phone to ring the Gardaí [Police]... In those 5 minutes... ...Two men, fairly big, about 6 foot and stocky builds, walked into his room and dragged him out of bed. Robbed his watch [about €200], phone, wallet [With Credit Cards, Bank Cards and Cash] and some other stuff. They shoved a t-shirt [not my magerquark.de ones Uwe :-)] in his mouth and treathened to kill him... He was then brough outside [I was still in bed asleep at this stage :wtf:] where there were two more people waiting.. One said he had a gun but I doubt it.. [Guns are very hard to get over here].. and treathened to kill him, again, unless he pointed out his car, which he sensibly did. They were going to bring him up to the nearest ATM to make him withdraw money from his Bank and CC cards but Ciarán just kept saying that he'd give him the pin numbers, which he did, and when they were getting into the car he managed to get loose and run up to the flat... where he came into me... [Oh. .they also robbed some other stuff from teh flat.. PS 2 among the things] Anyway... we contact the Gardaí straight away and managed to get the Bank and CC cards cancelled almost instantly... Loads of other stuff happened after that that I can't really remember.. a bit of a blur.... Oh. Ciarán's car was a write off... completely gone... I have no idea how those bastards [forgive my language] walked away from the car alive. There was very little of it left after it was crashed.
:mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad: So.. was you can see, Brian, who is now referring to himself in the third person for some strange reason, had a
Wow! I'm very pleased to hear you were too sleepy to confont them. Well done on surviving it. :rose: So the guys are locked up and suffering for what they did now?
We don't need a thinker! We need a do-er! Someone who will act first, without considering the consequences. - Homer J Simpson
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David Stone wrote: Have you ever had a Frappuccino? Nope.. you ever had a Teauccino??? Regards, Brian Dela :-)
There is life without mocha frappuccino's? :wtf: Whenever you get to London I'll have to introduce you to them! :-D
We don't need a thinker! We need a do-er! Someone who will act first, without considering the consequences. - Homer J Simpson
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Wow! I'm very pleased to hear you were too sleepy to confont them. Well done on surviving it. :rose: So the guys are locked up and suffering for what they did now?
We don't need a thinker! We need a do-er! Someone who will act first, without considering the consequences. - Homer J Simpson
Megan Forbes wrote: So the guys are locked up and suffering for what they did now? I didn't think so. Here in Australia, when we've been robbed the police basically said 'if you're insured, you'll need to come and get a case number from us for the insurance forms'. The cops are all too busy on the streets with speed cameras to be up to the challenge of trying to solve crimes with actual criminals. Christian Hey, at least Logo had, at it's inception, a mechanical turtle. VB has always lacked even that... - Shog9 04-09-2002 During last 10 years, with invention of VB and similar programming environments, every ill-educated moron became able to develop software. - Alex E. - 12-Sept-2002
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Mathew Lowery wrote: This is why America doesn't ban firearms. I'm sorry but if I had had a Gun I'd have probably used it and ended up in prison. I'm glad we have very, very strict gun laws... The correct thing to do was done.. just agree with them and nobody gets physically hurt.. although there are some mental scars for Ciarán. Regards, Brian Dela :-)
Brian Delahunty wrote: The correct thing to do was done.. just agree with them and nobody gets physically hurt I agree entirely - why do people die instead of giving up the keys to their BMW's? Especially when they are insured! :wtf:
We don't need a thinker! We need a do-er! Someone who will act first, without considering the consequences. - Homer J Simpson
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Megan Forbes wrote: So the guys are locked up and suffering for what they did now? I didn't think so. Here in Australia, when we've been robbed the police basically said 'if you're insured, you'll need to come and get a case number from us for the insurance forms'. The cops are all too busy on the streets with speed cameras to be up to the challenge of trying to solve crimes with actual criminals. Christian Hey, at least Logo had, at it's inception, a mechanical turtle. VB has always lacked even that... - Shog9 04-09-2002 During last 10 years, with invention of VB and similar programming environments, every ill-educated moron became able to develop software. - Alex E. - 12-Sept-2002
And I thought it was only South Africa, and other such countries split between 1st and 3rd world with those problems. A man broke into our flat once while my husband was writing an exam and I was home alone. All he took was my celphone, and ran out when he saw me instead of hurting me (I was very lucky), but I had to report it to the police for insurance purposes. At the police station they not only had no interest in following up the case, but made it quite clear that they thought I had probably just mislaid the phone and was falsely reporting a theft. That was all I needed after discovering a stranger in my home!
We don't need a thinker! We need a do-er! Someone who will act first, without considering the consequences. - Homer J Simpson
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And I thought it was only South Africa, and other such countries split between 1st and 3rd world with those problems. A man broke into our flat once while my husband was writing an exam and I was home alone. All he took was my celphone, and ran out when he saw me instead of hurting me (I was very lucky), but I had to report it to the police for insurance purposes. At the police station they not only had no interest in following up the case, but made it quite clear that they thought I had probably just mislaid the phone and was falsely reporting a theft. That was all I needed after discovering a stranger in my home!
We don't need a thinker! We need a do-er! Someone who will act first, without considering the consequences. - Homer J Simpson
Megan Forbes wrote: but made it quite clear that they thought I had probably just mislaid the phone and was falsely reporting a theft. :eek::omg: That's beyond belief. At least if you were in the US you could sue them for that. I used to be a sales rep so I needed my drivers licence. I've been waiting three years to be pulled over now that I am free to say things like 'it must be frustrating, dreaming of being a policeman when you're a boy, and finding your job is not to catch robbers but to steal from innocent people'. My father in law is a policeman and he tells me they have big recruitment drives, but ALL new cops go to traffic. Even he agrees now that it's just a cash cow. Christian Hey, at least Logo had, at it's inception, a mechanical turtle. VB has always lacked even that... - Shog9 04-09-2002 During last 10 years, with invention of VB and similar programming environments, every ill-educated moron became able to develop software. - Alex E. - 12-Sept-2002
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Megan Forbes wrote: but made it quite clear that they thought I had probably just mislaid the phone and was falsely reporting a theft. :eek::omg: That's beyond belief. At least if you were in the US you could sue them for that. I used to be a sales rep so I needed my drivers licence. I've been waiting three years to be pulled over now that I am free to say things like 'it must be frustrating, dreaming of being a policeman when you're a boy, and finding your job is not to catch robbers but to steal from innocent people'. My father in law is a policeman and he tells me they have big recruitment drives, but ALL new cops go to traffic. Even he agrees now that it's just a cash cow. Christian Hey, at least Logo had, at it's inception, a mechanical turtle. VB has always lacked even that... - Shog9 04-09-2002 During last 10 years, with invention of VB and similar programming environments, every ill-educated moron became able to develop software. - Alex E. - 12-Sept-2002
Yes, traffic cops. I guess each country has it's own perception of these creatures, from growing up in SA my perception is rather synical I'm afraid. Picture this: You complete high school. Your dream is fulfilled - you get accepted to be a traffic cop. You go out and lay your first speed trap - and your first victim is caught (no, I do not like speeding). You have now reached the pinnacle of your career. It gets no better than this. Nothing further to work towards. What is promotion for a traffic cop - getting to test new drivers? There must be something further wrong with these bullies than just ego problems. :suss:
We don't need a thinker! We need a do-er! Someone who will act first, without considering the consequences. - Homer J Simpson
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Yes, traffic cops. I guess each country has it's own perception of these creatures, from growing up in SA my perception is rather synical I'm afraid. Picture this: You complete high school. Your dream is fulfilled - you get accepted to be a traffic cop. You go out and lay your first speed trap - and your first victim is caught (no, I do not like speeding). You have now reached the pinnacle of your career. It gets no better than this. Nothing further to work towards. What is promotion for a traffic cop - getting to test new drivers? There must be something further wrong with these bullies than just ego problems. :suss:
We don't need a thinker! We need a do-er! Someone who will act first, without considering the consequences. - Homer J Simpson
Megan Forbes wrote: There must be something further wrong with these bullies than just ego problems. The last time I was pulled over, it was for turning left ( i.e. without crossing any other traffic ) at a roundabout and forgetting to indicate. The guy read me my rights !!!! Talk about someone who watched CHiPs too much as a kid, or maybe the A Team. I don't like speeding either, and it upsets me most that the cameras are at the bottom of hills in the middle of nowhere, and not around places like schools, where they are needed. Christian Hey, at least Logo had, at it's inception, a mechanical turtle. VB has always lacked even that... - Shog9 04-09-2002 During last 10 years, with invention of VB and similar programming environments, every ill-educated moron became able to develop software. - Alex E. - 12-Sept-2002
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So.. Guess what happened last night??? [Please forgive me if my english and my spelling is a bit crappy.. I got very little sleep last night and I drank way too much coffee today :wtf:] My flat got robbed. Myself and my flatemate [Ciarán] were there. I luckily enough wasn't involved in any serious way. However the same cannot be said of Ciarán. He was really messed around.
So... 2:10 in the morning... I wake up to see a figure standing in my bedroom door.. wearing a grey hoody but I couldn't make out the face... I was kinda half asleep [:zzz:] so I thought it was my brother after comming home from the night club and not so polietly asked "What do you want?"... a quick response of "Nothing" was given... fair enought... Brian lay's his head down to sleep.... 5 minutes later my flat mate comes running into my room shouting and screaming for me to lock the door, while he's grabbing my phone to ring the Gardaí [Police]... In those 5 minutes... ...Two men, fairly big, about 6 foot and stocky builds, walked into his room and dragged him out of bed. Robbed his watch [about €200], phone, wallet [With Credit Cards, Bank Cards and Cash] and some other stuff. They shoved a t-shirt [not my magerquark.de ones Uwe :-)] in his mouth and treathened to kill him... He was then brough outside [I was still in bed asleep at this stage :wtf:] where there were two more people waiting.. One said he had a gun but I doubt it.. [Guns are very hard to get over here].. and treathened to kill him, again, unless he pointed out his car, which he sensibly did. They were going to bring him up to the nearest ATM to make him withdraw money from his Bank and CC cards but Ciarán just kept saying that he'd give him the pin numbers, which he did, and when they were getting into the car he managed to get loose and run up to the flat... where he came into me... [Oh. .they also robbed some other stuff from teh flat.. PS 2 among the things] Anyway... we contact the Gardaí straight away and managed to get the Bank and CC cards cancelled almost instantly... Loads of other stuff happened after that that I can't really remember.. a bit of a blur.... Oh. Ciarán's car was a write off... completely gone... I have no idea how those bastards [forgive my language] walked away from the car alive. There was very little of it left after it was crashed.
:mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad: So.. was you can see, Brian, who is now referring to himself in the third person for some strange reason, had a
Damn, Brian! I'm glad that on the whole things turned out OK. Meaning that you and your roommate aren't physically hurt. It's pretty messed up how that stuff happens. I always try to figure out why someone does it, but I guess that's really sort of irrelevant, isnt' it? I can't believe there were four of them! Seems a bit extreme for some random takings. Maybe Ciaran will get his wheels back , yet. Sleep well.:zzz: BW The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to talk, mad to live, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding. - Jack Kerouac