have a great set of holidays?

It's was bugsville around here all over the Xmas & New Year period... bit of a scare as Bella is COPD. Things are better now though , but still darned cold!

I know you'll breeze it, but good luck with the thesis.

Love the new layout Richard 

I say 'new', but not having dropped by for so long it could well be old by now  , be it old or new it's excellent!

"According to Microsoft's head of support, however, the endless reboot problem isn't on the company's top list of concerns."

I know  How weird is that? And the problem for most people is that they can't get back into their earlier OS, so basically Microsoft is saying "we don't care if many of our customers can't use their pc's".

Seems that users are being left to sort out their own problems, and a few have managed to do so... but a lot of others are still up the creek with no paddle ~ http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w7install/thread/0275d4ac-a6ca-4992-b6e5-dc128cc5f86c

Shades of Windows 95 methinks....http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/news/index.cfm?newsid=3204993

Way to go Seattle... if only someone could call Frasier for advice.

Some cool stuff on that site... I liked the Jules Vernacular link 

  That's pretty weird... does it work with a vacuum cleaner?

Like the new site appearance 

Where are our stars blazing?

http://www.mickeblue.co.uk/Read.mp3

Well that went down like a lead balloon!
I was well impressed by the housing market over that side of the pond though [ over here it is like £500 per square foot ~ technically I'm a wealthy man... in fact I'm an idiot!  ].

I would actually be able to afford to live close to my Abenaki Brother... not that I would ever want to be in a position to have to do so... I would rather bring him here and take advantage of the NHS ( but I'm having doubts about the ingredients for the wedding cake... cherries or almonds, a President who won't commit to his election promises! )

The BBC hosted an evening of traditional American folk music the other evening, and one program in particular I really enjoyed. Here's the blurb from the BBC site ~

Hosted by maverick bluesman Seasick Steve, this concert from the Barbican in London showcases an exciting revival of the old-time musical traditions first recorded in the American South in the 1920s.

It features Appalachian mountain string band music, vaudeville swing, junk shop blues, creole dance tunes and folk country ballads, all delivered via energetic performances with a fresh twist. An eclectic line-up of young and emerging talent includes CW Stoneking, The Wiyos, Allison Williams and Chance McCoy, Diana Jones, and Cedric Watson and Bijoux Creole.

Available online until the 5th September, and well worth a peek ~ http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00gvk93

Rich, weren't you looking for something to help you with XML? I found this neat little app ~ http://www.freespiders.org/projects/gmlview/screens.php ~ very old, but it might prove useful.

Forget it, it's a Linux program 

http://www.mickeblue.co.uk/jsuwsg.zip

You are so right Rich... I've was using this Power Tab to get to grips with 'Until'... but it isn't quite on the knuckle, and the picking just doesn't begin to work... it's almost as if I've had to unlearn this piece. Like taking embroidery apart.

And I've had to rethink the whole industry... I was just talking to a bloke who said "Aw! they don't do that on the night!"
Deh! ( he was a Liverpudlian ) do it lhaik this & thait... and the bloody thing fell into place.

Right back to my friend Nick in 1982 when he was working the stage set for "Buck's Fizz" who won the Eurovision Pop Contest..... it's all a recording fraud!

As much as I love the guys work, I've just realised that I admire the  'studio' sound, not the nonsense that had been laid down prior to the audience sitting down.

Gone back to Exile On Main Street for a while! Several bottles of Jim Bean on Monserrat!
( Not much of that left now is there? )

Here is a little something that is indisputable mathematical logic. This is a strictly a mathematical viewpoint however, you are welcome to make you own equations...it goes like this:

What makes 100%?
What does it mean to give MORE than 100%?
Ever wonder about those people who say they are giving more than 100%?
We have all been to those meetings where someone wants you to give more than 100%.
How about over achieving?.... 103%?
What makes up 100% in life?

Here's a little mathematical formula that might help you answer these questions:

If:
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Is represented as:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26.

Then:

H-A-R-D-W-O-R-K
8+1+18+4+23+15+18+11 = 98%

And...

K-N-O-W-L-E-D-G-E
11+14+15+23+12+5+4+7+5 = 96%

But,

A-T-T-I-T-U-D-E
1+20+20+9+20+21+4+5 = 100%

However...

B-U-L-L-S-H-I-T
2+21+12+12+19+8+9+20 = 103%

Regrettably.....

A-S-S-K-I-S-S-I-N-G ..... is
1+19+19+11+9+19+19+9+14+7 = 118%

So, one can conclude with mathematical certainty, that whilst Hard Work and Knowledge will get you close, and Attitude will get you there, its the Bulls**t and Ass kissing that will put you over the top.

 

Nerio  ... I missed your posting way back then... forgive me mate.

but amazingly she showed up at midnight one night around a week or a little less later

  We had a cat that went AWOL for ten ( 10! ) weeks, but the truth was he had been catnapped by a little girl.. we got him back after the RSPCA looked into the matter, and she was given permission to pay him visits after she accepted responsibility for her selfish action [ I blamed the father for being stupid, lazy, and inconsiderate ]... but it all worked out OK, and Vincent was none the worse for the experience... and went on to be 17 before he got tired of life.

Well he was a stubborn little mutt... but Oscar brought a lot of pleasure into our lives... and he will be sorely missed... when I took this photo I got the feeling he was actually saying something like ~
"Go on Biglegs, take the piss again!... Wait until you try and stand up!" ~



Thank you guys, for allowing me to rant, and try to come to terms with the grief here in our little den.

Thank you Richard... I am sorry that the topic is "off".

I'm not sure that I'm the best guy to restart this conversation.. sorry guys! I'm surprised how much it's hurtin'

Later..