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10080. PelleNilsson - 6/29/2004 12:55:11 AM Last year I missed Judith's birthday and I don't want to do it again, so congratulations Judith! I don't remember the exact date, only that you were born a couple of weeks before me. 10081. arkymalarky - 6/29/2004 1:29:45 AM Her birthday's May 4, so I think you missed it again. ;-)
I would love to live in a stable like that, Alistair. Sounds like a really great room. 10082. arkymalarky - 6/29/2004 1:30:34 AM And if it's your birthday, happy birthday! 10083. Macnas - 6/29/2004 1:31:46 AM Y'all have a good time on holiday Arky. 10084. arkymalarky - 6/29/2004 1:33:51 AM Thanks Mac, we're really looking forward to it. 10085. PelleNilsson - 6/29/2004 1:42:29 AM Damn 10086. Absensia - 6/29/2004 2:03:57 AM Late Happy Birthday to Judith and early (?) Happy Birthday to Pelle. 10087. PelleNilsson - 6/29/2004 2:05:46 AM And the same to you PinkyLegs! 10088. judithathome - 6/29/2004 2:08:42 AM Pelle, didn't you get the memo? My birthdays have ceased to exist. By personal edict.
But Happpy Day to you, if it's anywhere near. 10089. iiibbb - 6/29/2004 2:51:32 AM Almost there...
Gave my final edits to my prof's secretary for her to do the final tweaks before submitting it to the grad school. She'll take care of all the annoying stuff for a mere $10/hr so I'm all over that like a fly on stink. She said it'll take 2 to 3 hrs. I'm going to give her $50 if she does it in less than 5. What a godsend. Not every grad student I know has secretaries this nice. 10090. judithathome - 6/29/2004 8:03:04 AM My god, Anderson Cooper is already on and not one post in the Mote since 2:44pm. 10091. Magoseph - 6/29/2004 9:30:12 AM That's terrible, Juds. Where is everybody? I can tell you where I was all afternoon--I was reading "My Life" happily in the sun under a rare deep blue sky (in these parts) sipping a mango-champagne drink. 10092. Absensia - 6/29/2004 1:53:57 PM Sounds lovely Magos. Maybe if I'd been drinking a champagne drink, I would have enjoyed the book more, but I'm not giving up on it. 10093. alistairConnor - 6/29/2004 5:19:50 PM Mango-champagne? Sacrilège!! Kir royal de mes deux!
Speaking of champagne. Actually, we had an office bash on Monday, to celebrate our certification : yes we are stark raving certifiable Quality, here. ISO 9001 version 2000, for whatever it is we're supposed to do.
The petits fours were definitely quality. The champagne, frankly, was not. I would have welcomed some mango juice in it, and believe me I do not say this lightly. 10094. Magoseph - 6/29/2004 8:24:21 PM Abs, the chilhood meanderings were interesting to me, probably because I didn't grow up in this country. It's amazing that he managed to learn anything considering his multiple extra-curriculun activities.
Ali, congrats on your certification. Were you the one who taught these courses? 10095. alistairConnor - 6/29/2004 9:27:31 PM The certification is actually global to the whole Production department of the IT division of the railways, there are several thousand people involved. It proves nothing much, just that the procedures and processes we are supposed to use are near enough to what the ISO recommends.
This includes such revolutionary requirements as not doing anything to a production server without a written trace of what you've done. 10096. Macnas - 6/29/2004 11:18:27 PM I find it's always easier when you are paying someone for certification. 10097. PelleNilsson - 6/29/2004 11:19:44 PM You are a railway worker, alistair? Free tickets for self and family and so on?
BTW, your stable sounds very interesting. Pictures? 10098. alistairConnor - 6/29/2004 11:42:13 PM Nah I'm a railway sub-contractor. About half of the people I work with are actual railway people, the rest of us work for service companies and are seconded on yearly contracts.
The natives get the freebies, also retirement at 55 (this is justified by the appalling working conditions, the coal dust from the computers, etc) 10099. alistairConnor - 6/29/2004 11:43:05 PM Yes, I think the stable might warrant a photo. I was going to describe the tiling, but I thought ... a thousand words... a picture...
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