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16973. thoughtful - 10/11/2005 5:02:04 PM And what's the problem with this?
 16974. alistairconnor - 10/11/2005 5:17:55 PM cogs can't turn. They lock each other.
Circular deadlock, we call that in my trade. 16975. alistairconnor - 10/11/2005 5:21:05 PM Speaking of which. I am serving out, to the bitter end (and it is bitter indeed) my three month sentence, having given my notice at the beginning of August.
This is pretty much unheard of, in my trade. Arrangements are made, replacements found, and you're free to go to your new job in a month or two, maximum. It didn't help that I resigned in mid summer, but my employer has handled it badly. 16976. Magoseph - 10/11/2005 5:26:53 PM Maybe he couldn't stand to let you go, is that it? 16977. alistairconnor - 10/11/2005 5:51:46 PM There is an element of that, Mago.
The guy does not want to keep me (no problem, I initiated the move after all) and has been dissatisfied for a couple of years (I haven't played the paper trail game well), but he has rejected the proposed replacement candidates, not good enough to replace me.
At times it feels rather like my divorce. 16978. Magoseph - 10/11/2005 7:27:13 PM Oh, I know, personally, what you mean by that last sentence. 16979. wonkers2 - 10/12/2005 4:52:37 AM Here's one for Jenerator: Diaper free babies 16980. alistairconnor - 10/12/2005 4:50:31 PM I think we were down for a couple of hours. Our host is having some difficulties, one of his servers caught a viral spam infection. 16981. Macnas - 10/12/2005 5:40:27 PM Cue the Pythons:
spam spam spam spam... 16982. ScottLoar - 10/12/2005 6:05:41 PM What's the meaning of the title "The Blower's Daughter" by the Irish singer Damien Rice? 16983. Macnas - 10/12/2005 6:17:05 PM Someone said to me that it was a ref. to someone he used to date. There is no particular Irish meaning to it.
Nice tune though. 16984. ScottLoar - 10/12/2005 6:25:11 PM I had to ask, because I was curious as how to translate the meaning into Chinese. Could it not refer to "the glass blower's daughter"? 16985. Macnas - 10/12/2005 6:35:21 PM Don't think so, but it sounds more romantic/prosaic that way I suppose. Something about the daughter of a teacher of his or something, that's what I recall. 16986. Ms. No - 10/12/2005 11:33:41 PM If he was anything like some of my college professors, perhaps it's a more poetic way of saying "the blow-hard's daughter". ;->
But yes, it's a beautiful song. I think they used it in the film "Closer". 16987. arkymalarky - 10/12/2005 11:36:17 PM I can imagine your situation must be awkward, Alistair. I've experienced that feeling to a (much) lesser degree trying to stop working on the extra stuff I've been doing the last couple of years. I keep saying I'm done and people keep ignoring me. The problem is that I keep ignoring me too, and it's made for a few stressful meetings and some unpleasant feelings, at least on my part, with people I actually like. I'm beginning to look forward not to retirement, but just to the luxury of my job being my only professional obligation. 16988. Macnas - 10/13/2005 12:31:27 PM Scott
You might want to try listening to Declan O'Rourke, his song "Galileo" is very nice.
16989. PelleNilsson - 10/13/2005 3:38:40 PM Which reminds me that I have two books by your Booker prize winner: Copernicus and Kepler. 16990. Macnas - 10/13/2005 3:53:26 PM What do you think? 16991. PelleNilsson - 10/13/2005 5:00:38 PM I had never heard of Banville when I bought the books. I thought they were popular biographies. But of course they are literary "biographies" with a lot of poetic licence. Powerful, though, and his language is evocative. 16992. Macnas - 10/13/2005 5:21:32 PM Yes, that is his strength. His novels are fine examples of how to use the language.
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