[quote user="m0ffx"]Apparently we're one of not many countries that tend to have pints of beer, which is quite a large drink. < snip >
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No it isn't. Beer was sold in quarts in the past. That's quite large...
Mmmm... Beer...
[quote user="m0ffx"]Apparently we're one of not many countries that tend to have pints of beer, which is quite a large drink. < snip >
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No it isn't. Beer was sold in quarts in the past. That's quite large...
Mmmm... Beer...
[quote user="mrbandersnatch"]
< various gripes about Tescos />
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I totally agree. They seem to have been designed by morons for cretins.
@ammoQ said:
@morbiuswilters said:
I guess if you like watered-down swill made from the tears of murdered Jews.
The Reinheitsgebot (purity law) allows only water, barley and hops.
BTW: American beer is like having sex in a canoe.
And Canadian beer isn't much less crap^H^H^H^Hpissy either.
I vote Belgian beer the best. All 54,321 varieties of it!
Not exactly software development, but I enjoy The Shark Tank at
http://www.computerworld.com/action/sharktank.do?command=viewDaily
The porridge that is just right is bacon, sausage, egg, and tomato.
I bash M$ for multiple reasons, but Dos 4.0 would be enough reason.
A cow-orker offered to show me the easter egg in Excel 5.0 that showed the names of the developers. I declined, giving as reason that I didn't have enough money to have them all killed. I was almost joking.
Other purveyors of malign software products are available...
I'm not sure what is sadder - the waste of time and bytes that this thread represents, or that a bridge is lacking an anti-goat guardian.
Aaahh,Scientology. The near-perfect combination of bogus religion and pyramid selling scam...
...missing its troll.
@tster said:
@Joe Luser said:Earlier this week I got a call from a "recruitment agent" (as they tend to call them over here) just before I had to go into a meeting with my boss. I explained the situation and asked him to call me back 90 mins later. He called back about 15 mins later than this, but that was good enough.
However, most of them are stupid and lazy. But if they weren't, perhaps they would have got a decent degree in a technical subject and be competing with us for work...
great attitude. "People that do things different than me to make a living are stupid and lazy."
Do they have sarcasm where you come from? </ rhetorical>
BTW, I am clever and lazy...
Earlier this week I got a call from a "recruitment agent" (as they tend to call them over here) just before I had to go into a meeting with my boss. I explained the situation and asked him to call me back 90 mins later. He called back about 15 mins later than this, but that was good enough.
However, most of them are stupid and lazy. But if they weren't, perhaps they would have got a decent degree in a technical subject and be competing with us for work...
@yet another Matt said:
I'm sure plenty of people who don't use the Messenger, but it's difficult not to if you want the latest features, like webcam and games.