Exactly why I don't play very often. I never got any better than average. Jeff Martin My Blog

Floten said the teacher has apologized and requested cultural-sensitivity training. If I ever request cultural-sensitivity training, I hope someone puts me out of my misery. Jeff Martin My Blog

They also run the largest withdrawals first, which potentially results in multiple $34 fees. Jeff Martin My Blog

I'm not saying that he is qualified in environmental science, but he does have a background in science. And I bet he put a lot more research into his book than Bono or Don Henley does before they "act as popularisers." Jeff Martin My Blog

You should keep in mind that Michael Crichton is a former college professor (anthropology) and an M.D. His books are fiction, but they are rooted in very well researched facts. It's funny how when a musician or actor who barely finished high school speaks about the environment, everyone thinks it's the gospel. But a guy with 2 advanced degrees from Harvard gives his opinion and the same people say "but he writes fiction!" Jeff Martin My Blog

Select the table, Ctrl+C to copy, open Excel right click and choose Paste Special... and then choose HTML and click OK. Voila. Jeff Martin My Blog

I use nUnit w/ ASP.NET apps, but not to test my ASP.NET code. I put very little business logic in the web app. I build the business logic and data access in class libraries and use nUnit to test those. Then on the web app, I just call the same functions as my nUnit tests are calling, so I know I'll get good data back. Jeff Martin My Blog

Just had to add a "well said" to my 5 vote. Jeff Martin My Blog

Any idea how to make it actually go in the order they are listed rather than whatever random order it seems to use? Jeff Martin My Blog

Subversion[^] has blame :) Jeff Martin My Blog

What's better than having to listen to one side of a cell phone conversation in a store or restaurant? Having to listen to both sides of the conversation! Seriously, I've never quite understood one of Nextel's commercials about P2T. The commercials asks "Would you rather have this..." and you hear a phone ringing, then going to voice mail, "or this..." and you hear someone do that little bleep noise and the guy answers and everyone is happy. Basically they are saying you get in touch with someone instantly and don't "miss" them. But if I can't answer my cell phone, making you go to voice mail; chances are I'm not going to be able to answer your little bleep blip thing either. And can you just call someone and start talking? That would be very annoying. Jeff Martin My Blog

The same legalese that was there when you signed the agreement. And if you call them and tell them you are moving your balance to another card, they will usually return the rate back to where it was. I'm not saying that credit card companies are a wonderful bunch of caring humans. I can't stand most of them. I've been on the wrong side of those rate hikes for being a few days late. I'm still paying my way out of a big hole that was dug during my previous marriage. Even with my credit rating not so attractive, I still get pre-approved offers. The way I deal with all of the problems of having a bad credit rating is not borrowing money. Jeff Martin My Blog

krism42 wrote:

Car insurance?

I've found that they will wave those extra fees if you have them auto-draft your checking account. I missed the part where you said something about my post pissed you off. It was probably because I called you a whiner. Anyone who pulls out the tired "the rich vs the poor" argument is just whining. When the media talks about tax breaks and uses "the rich", they are talking about us. I would bet a large portion of U.S. CodeProject users fall into that category. Jeff Martin My Blog -- modified at 8:38 Friday 21st October, 2005

So you are saying being poor automatically equals bad credit? When I was poor (working my way through college with a family), I had perfect credit because I didn't borrow money I couldn't pay back. My credit rating didn't drop until I went through a divorce and by then I was well beyond poor. You pay more in fees and rates when you have bad credit because you are a greater risk. Do credit card companies charge exorbitant rates? Do they practice predatory lending targeting those with bad credit? Yes, they do. But guess what? It's a voluntary transaction. You don't have to take those higher charges on credit cards or loan rates. Don't borrow the money. As for banks charging NSFs, that's both a cost recovery method and a punititve measure. If you regularly bounce checks, they are trying to stop you from doing that by charging you more. You can't behave in an irresponsible manner and then whine about the penalty. Jeff Martin My Blog

At the bottom of the page it has a copyright notice that says 2005, Ebay Inc. Jeff Martin My Blog

Sounds like a good song. My favorite oldies hot-rod song goes a little something like this.. Move hot-rod, move me on down the the line, oh yeah Well, goin' pretty fast, looked behind A-hear come the the devil doin' ninety-nine, I said Move, hot-rod, move man Move, hot-rod, move man Move hot-rod, move me on down the the line, oh yeah Well thought I was smart, the race was won A-hear come the devil doin' a-hundred and one Jeff Martin My Blog

I observed what I believe to be a universal truth last night. You cannot drive slow while listening to Iron Maiden. It is physically impossible. Especially The Trooper or Run to the Hills. Luckily I didn't pass any state "Trooper"s. :) Jeff Martin My Blog

The service is made possible by thousands of national and local businesses who sponsor this service with brief valuable audio advertisements that are played to callers who request businesses in their yellow pages category. So, when I call and ask for the number for Papa Johns, I'll hear an ad for Dominoes. Jeff Martin My Blog

I had to look around my office to see if you were using my development system. Then I noticed you said mbUnit. I use nUnit. I'm not even going to test Team System, as I am very happy with my open source, free tools. Jeff Martin My Blog

Automobile Accident Report Reason for Accident: Driver stated "A freakin' giant spider fell jumped out of my sun visor and ran across the dash!" The driver then leapt from the car, and since it was travelling at 75mph, it continued down the road until it struck the other cars. Jeff Martin My Blog