You really should interview interns before they appear, just in case they are imposters, like some purple kangaroos who seem to have turned up, this year.
I maintain that it still could have been a genuine purple kangaroo. But My Dearest wants me to shut up about it though ..... you know, a 'what happens in the bedroom stays in the bedroom' kinda thing. ;-)
If you stepped in the poop pile in the morning, it was real.
Now I know of this car Chris. Low mileage, well kept. Driven by a little old lady every Sunday to church. The roadworthy check was perfect and a really good mate of mine can let you have it for a mere $500 .....
Wow! Can I have a test drive? Morris Minor? *
While the Fleet Street Virus is now a worldwide infection,
Well it was, it is now a Wapping great infection :-))
trolls always die if you don't feed them.
Not always, it's like feral pigeons. There is always some old woman who will feed them when the pest controllers aren't looking!
*I have to turn right in about 2 miles, I'd better start indicating now
Waiting for Godot & salvation :-)
Why do doctors have to practice?
You'd think they'd have got it right by now
I can't remember any even corny jokes this early in the morning so I am just winning!! But I can tell you a funny REAL story...we used to get our uniforms for work at a mens clothing store, they even gave some of the guys some keys in case they were closed and guys needed their uniforms, one night one of the guys with the keys was out drinking with a friend and decided to play a joke on the ambulance driver so they stole a manikin from the store. They were standing on the street drinking with this manikin between them when the ambulance drove by, just at the point the ambulance could not avoid anything they threw their 'buddy', the manikin, in front of the ambulance, which promptly ran right over it, and then ran like hell!! They did not get caught because they didn't stop running until each got home, about 3 miles, but the ambulance driver was soooo upset he had to be SHOWN it wasn't a person he had run over before he could calm down enough to then get VERY angry!! He was absolutely convinced he had just run over someone that his buddies had thrown into the street!! The Cops got involved and the ONLY way the 2 guys got caught was the laughing they couldn't control when they heard the story 2 days later when they went back to work!! They guys had to buy a new manikin and apologize to everyone but the story is STILL being told today as a very funny story!!
Only very slightly tangentially related to Mikey's ambulance story, in that it involves an ambulance and not at all funny really... some time around New Year's, an Aurora ambulance was returning to quarters from the hospital here in Naperville* at about 2:30 a.m. when they collided with a car at a major intersection, rolling itself on its side and knocking the car into a traffic light pole and a row of cars on display at the edge of a dealer's lot. Follow-up news story several weeks later reported that the paramedic driving the ambulance was ticketed for failure to stop at a red light. The driver of the car was still in the hospital. So now, I imagine she will sue the paramedic and the City of Aurora, and the city will also have to get a new ambulance** and pay for the repairs to the traffic light and all the damaged cars.
*Not sure why; they have a hospital in Aurora too, not too far away.
**It was bent downward behind the cab.
It has taken me even longer to write this than normal because I'm on a train on a route notorious for its bad track. I'm riding the Cardinal to Indianapolis, sitting the station there for a few hours, and then riding the Hoosier State back to Chicago. The reason I'm doing this now is that Iowa Pacific Holdings discovered it wasn't making any money by providing the equipment and on board service and it will revert to Amtrak equipment and service on March 1. Anyway, I'm making even more typos than normal because of the computer bouncing around under my hands, not to mention how much it's jittering in front of my eyes. (And then there's the spell checker red-squiggly-lining what I think is a perfectly good word, but it's harder than normal to check to make sure I spelled it how I think I did.) And that's all with the browser set to 120% size.
David
Miserable old git
Patiently waiting for the asteroid with my name on it.
Mike Hewson
If you stepped in the poop pile in the morning, it was real.
For those who feel the need
For those who feel the need to hone up on their digital-shouting-matchplay skills :
Cheers, Mike.
I have made this letter longer than usual because I lack the time to make it shorter ...
... and my other CPU is a Ryzen 5950X :-) Blaise Pascal
Now I know of this car Chris.
Wow! Can I have a test drive? Morris Minor? *
Well it was, it is now a Wapping great infection :-))
Not always, it's like feral pigeons. There is always some old woman who will feed them when the pest controllers aren't looking!
* I have to turn right in about 2 miles, I'd better start indicating now
Waiting for Godot & salvation :-)
Why do doctors have to practice?
You'd think they'd have got it right by now
This morning I set a personal
This morning I set a personal record for the 100 meter dash!
I'm up to 31 meters!
My dear Sir, I can only
My dear Sir,
I can only assume that you work for the Gas Board or the Electricity company. How long did it take you to read 31 meters?
I can manage 100 metres but you can easily go for lunch, then come back and watch me finish!!
Waiting for Godot & salvation :-)
Why do doctors have to practice?
You'd think they'd have got it right by now
(No subject)
Beers are on my tab :-))
Waiting for Godot & salvation :-)
Why do doctors have to practice?
You'd think they'd have got it right by now
Before you criticize a man,
Before you criticize a man, walk a mile in his shoes. That way, you will be a mile away and he won’t have any shoes.
A clear conscience is usually the sign of a bad memory.
You do not need a parachute to skydive. You only need a parachute to skydive twice.
The voices in my head may not be real, but they have some good ideas!
I can't remember any even
I can't remember any even corny jokes this early in the morning so I am just winning!! But I can tell you a funny REAL story...we used to get our uniforms for work at a mens clothing store, they even gave some of the guys some keys in case they were closed and guys needed their uniforms, one night one of the guys with the keys was out drinking with a friend and decided to play a joke on the ambulance driver so they stole a manikin from the store. They were standing on the street drinking with this manikin between them when the ambulance drove by, just at the point the ambulance could not avoid anything they threw their 'buddy', the manikin, in front of the ambulance, which promptly ran right over it, and then ran like hell!! They did not get caught because they didn't stop running until each got home, about 3 miles, but the ambulance driver was soooo upset he had to be SHOWN it wasn't a person he had run over before he could calm down enough to then get VERY angry!! He was absolutely convinced he had just run over someone that his buddies had thrown into the street!! The Cops got involved and the ONLY way the 2 guys got caught was the laughing they couldn't control when they heard the story 2 days later when they went back to work!! They guys had to buy a new manikin and apologize to everyone but the story is STILL being told today as a very funny story!!
Before you criticize a man,
And make sure you hide his car keys as well ....
Waiting for Godot & salvation :-)
Why do doctors have to practice?
You'd think they'd have got it right by now
Only very slightly
Only very slightly tangentially related to Mikey's ambulance story, in that it involves an ambulance and not at all funny really... some time around New Year's, an Aurora ambulance was returning to quarters from the hospital here in Naperville* at about 2:30 a.m. when they collided with a car at a major intersection, rolling itself on its side and knocking the car into a traffic light pole and a row of cars on display at the edge of a dealer's lot. Follow-up news story several weeks later reported that the paramedic driving the ambulance was ticketed for failure to stop at a red light. The driver of the car was still in the hospital. So now, I imagine she will sue the paramedic and the City of Aurora, and the city will also have to get a new ambulance** and pay for the repairs to the traffic light and all the damaged cars.
*Not sure why; they have a hospital in Aurora too, not too far away.
**It was bent downward behind the cab.
It has taken me even longer to write this than normal because I'm on a train on a route notorious for its bad track. I'm riding the Cardinal to Indianapolis, sitting the station there for a few hours, and then riding the Hoosier State back to Chicago. The reason I'm doing this now is that Iowa Pacific Holdings discovered it wasn't making any money by providing the equipment and on board service and it will revert to Amtrak equipment and service on March 1. Anyway, I'm making even more typos than normal because of the computer bouncing around under my hands, not to mention how much it's jittering in front of my eyes. (And then there's the spell checker red-squiggly-lining what I think is a perfectly good word, but it's harder than normal to check to make sure I spelled it how I think I did.) And that's all with the browser set to 120% size.
David
Miserable old git
Patiently waiting for the asteroid with my name on it.