Cultural Differences Explained between American, Canadian's, Aussies and Britishers Aussies: Dislike being mistaken for Pommies (Brits) when abroad. Canadians: Are rather indignant about being mistaken for Americans when abroad. Americans: Encourage being mistaken for Canadians when abroad. Brits: Can't possibly be mistaken for anyone else when abroad. Aussies: Believe you should look out for your mates. Brits: Believe that you should look out for those people who belong to your club. Americans: Believe that people should look out for & take care of themselves. Canadians: Believe that that's the government's job. Aussies: Are extremely patriotic to their beer. Americans: Are flag-waving, anthem-singing, and obsessively patriotic to the point of blindness. Canadians: Can't agree on the words to their anthem, when they can be bothered to sing them. Brits: Do not sing at all but prefer a large brass band to perform the anthem. Americans: Spend most of their lives glued to the idiot box. Canadians: Don't, but only because they can't get more American channels. Brits: Pay a tax just so they can watch four channels. Aussies: Export all their crappy programs, which no-one there watches, to Britain, where everybody loves them. Americans: Will jabber on incessantly about football, baseball, and basketball. Brits: Will jabber on incessantly about cricket, soccer, and rugby. Canadians: Will jabber on incessantly about hockey, hockey, hockey, hockey, and how they beat the Americans twice, playing baseball. Aussies: Will jabber on incessantly about how they beat others in every sport they play them in. Americans: Spell words differently, but still call it "English". Brits: Pronounce their words differently, but still call it "English". Canadians: Spell like the Brits, pronounce like Americans. Aussies: Add "G'day", "mate" and a heavy accent to everything they say in an attempt to get laid. Brits: Shop at home and have goods imported because they live on an island. Aussies: Shop at home and have goods imported because they live on an island. Americans: Cross the southern border for cheap shopping, gas, & liquor in a backwards country. Canadians: Cross the southern border for cheap shopping, gas, & liquor in a backwards country. Americans: Drink weak, pissy-tasting beer. Canadians: Drink strong, pissy-tasting beer. Brits: Drink warm, beery-tasting piss. Aussies: Drink anything with alcohol in it. Americans: Seem to think that poverty &

R.I.P. Mitters:rose: When I had called my parents yesterday, my mom told about her cat getting lost. The cat also took with her 2 kittens barely 3 months old. We are all hoping that all 3 of them are safe and sound as my mom is very much emotionally attached to her cat

40-year-old Girlfriend's Group discussed where they should meet for dinner. Finally, it was agreed upon that they should meet at the Ocean View restaurant, because the waiters there had tight pants and nice buns. 50 Years of age, 10 years later the same group once again discussed where they should meet for dinner. Finally it was agreed that they should meet at the Ocean View restaurant, because the food there was very good and the wine selection was good also. 60 years of age, 10 years later the same group once again discussed where they should meet for dinner. Finally it was agreed that they should meet at the Ocean View restaurant, because they could eat there in peace and quiet and the restaurant had a beautiful view of the ocean. 70 years of age, 10 years later, the same group once again discussed where they should meet for dinner. Finally it was agreed that they should meet at the Ocean View restaurant, because the restaurant had Early Bird Specials, was wheel chair accessible, and they even had an elevator. 80 years of age, 10 years later the same group once again discussed where they should meet for dinner. Finally it was agreed that they should meet at the Ocean View restaurant, because THEY HAD NEVER BEEN THERE BEFORE IN THEIR LIFE.

Is your mouse Left-Handed??

You can try using Win32_PhysicalMedia WMI class. According to MSDN[^] it supports XP. Also there is no restriction documented on the OS for retrieving Serial number using Win32_PhysicalMedia.

I guess this[^] is what you are talking about. Hope the link helps the OP.

You can use Win32_CDROMDrive WMI class for retrieving all the information about CD ROM drive. Check out the MSDN page[^]

OriginalGriff wrote:

the statements made by experts at a round table discussion or a comedian's stage act.

:laugh:

Isn't "Why * sucks" copyrighted by CG? Of course he is kind enough to let the other CPians use it every now and then. * - Replace with anything e.g. Windows, WPF, Telstra etc.

I had a similar warning a few days ago. It had sent spam messages to everyone in my contact list too. :(

Students at the local school were assigned to read 2 books, 'Titanic' and 'My Life' by Bill clinton One student turned in the following book report, with the proposition that they were nearly identical stories! His cool professor gave him an A+ for this report. Titanic: Cost - $29.99 Clinton : Cost - $29.99 Titanic: Over 3 hours to read Clinton : Over 3 hours to read Titanic: The story of Jack and Rose, their forbidden love and subsequent catastrophe. Clinton: The story of Bill and Monica, their forbidden love and subsequent catastrophe. Titanic: Jack is a starving artist. Clinton: Bill is a bullshit artist. Titanic: In one scene, Jack enjoys a good cigar. Clinton: Ditto for Bill. Titanic: During the ordeal, Rose's dress gets ruined. Clinton: Ditto for Monica. Titanic: Jack teaches Rose to spit. Clinton: Let's not go there. Titanic: Rose gets to keep her jewelry. Clinton: Monica is forced to return her gifts. Titanic: Rose remembers Jack for the rest of her life. Clinton: Clinton doesn't remember Jack. Titanic: Rose goes down on a vessel full of seamen. Clinton: Monica…..Ooh, let's not go there, either. Titanic: Jack surrenders to an icy death. Clinton: Bill goes home to Hillary - basically the same thing!

Try Sharabat-e-Azam by Dabur...I liked it more than Rooh Afza

Congratulations :thumbsup:

Roger Wright wrote:

the boss pulling the linemen off the job for 5 weeks to build a parade float, or firing 40% of my workforce 3 months ago, or 2 unseasonable storms that washed out the road to the substation, or a framing contractor who had to rebuild one wall of the control house I designed three times to make the hole for the air conditioner the right size, or a stucco contractor who covered the exterior electrical boxes and then couldn't find them, or the concrete contractor who poured the foundation with cable trenches too wide to mount cabinets above them without them falling in, or the radio contractors who have spent a week and a half trying to make a link that has a clear line-of-sight

:omg: thats almost graussian amount of trouble

A man comes home from work and for no real reason he has bought his wife a bunch of flowers. She is instantly suspicious of this spontaneous gesture and wonders what could have prompted it. He hasn't upset me recently, he can't have lost his job and there is no way he is having an affair. "Aha!!" she says, convinced she has worked out what he wants. "Now I will have to lie on my back all weekend with my legs in the air" "Why?" he asked, somewhat puzzled "Don't we have a vase?"

No. Do not tell me even if you have one :) BTW I have no idea who univoted you

Of Course I Love Ya Darling You're A Bloody Top Notch Bird And When I Say You're Gorgeous I Mean Every Single Word So Ya Bum Is On The Big Side I Dont Mind A Bit Of Flab It Means That When I'm Ready There's Somethin' There To Grab So Your Belly Isn't Flat No More I Tell Ya, I Don't Care So Long As When I Cuddle Ya I Can Get My Arms Round There No Sheila Who Is Your Age Has Nice Round Perky Breasts They Just Gave Into Gravity But I Know Ya Did Ya Best I'm Tellin Ya The Truth Now I Never Tell Ya Lies I Think It's Very Sexy That You've Got Dimples On Ya Thighs I Swear Upon Me Nannas Grave The Moment That We Met I Thought U Was As Good As I Was Ever Gonna Get No Matter Wot U Look Like I'll Always Love Ya Dear Now Shut Up While The Footys On And Get Me Bloody Beer! Apologies if repost, but I could not find this posted before.

Dalek Dave wrote:

Visual Basic

:laugh:

:) Even works fine for me. But the message to which I have replied had a link displayed instead of graphical smiley.

Done [^]

Here http://www.codeproject.com/Messages/3367999/Re-Why-I-Hate-Visual-Studio-2010-RC.aspx[^]