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  • RE: Favorite Book Quote

    You've got me going now. Who said this first?

    "Bring on the dancing girls"

    My late father used to say it when things went 'fubar'

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    Madame Artois

  • RE: Favorite Book Quote

    Another Groucho Marx ( I think)

    " I wouldn't join any club that would have me as a member"

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    Madame Artois

  • RE: Persistent Connection Storm Mystery

    We did have something similar albeit on a smaller size. The software, WAN, servers and clients had not changed. However we discovered that there was a software 'error'...

    Madame Artois

  • RE: Updating a number of records

    Thanks for that.

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    Madame Artois

  • RE: How can you respond to this...

    I second Damon. Try pointing out the articles about the lost personal data which we've had in the UK. If a clinic/insurance company lost all or part of...

    Madame Artois

  • RE: Retirement

    Sack it, Bruce, how did you find the excape tunnel?! I've been looking for years having been 'in the shafts' for almost as long as you but all I...

    Madame Artois

  • RE: How to improve our written skill ?

    karthikeyan (11/28/2007)


    And can anybody tell me the difference between 'said' and 'told',Please don't say do a search in google,Because i already did it.But i am unable to take conclusion. Those...

    Madame Artois

  • RE: How to improve our written skill ?

    karthikeyan (11/28/2007)


    Beef up your resume.

    (or)

    solidify your resume.

    Which one will suite ?

    Neither. Use strengthen, improve or enhance your resume.

    Suite means a group. Suit means fits or goes...

    Madame Artois

  • RE: How to improve our written skill ?

    I would suppose it is because I certainly do not correct the grammar in a post; I am not an English teacher! And I suppose that is why you...

    Madame Artois

  • RE: How to improve our written skill ?

    This is because American English is descended from the English spoken in 17th and 18th century and used by the early settlers.

    In the same vein English in the Indian sub...

    Madame Artois

  • RE: Job not working for some reason

    Whoops sorry. Someone had disabled the schedule not the job. Please put my error down to the steam coming out of my ears!

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    Madame Artois

  • RE: Job not working for some reason

    Thanks guys. We found it. Although the job was enabled, someone had disabled the job!

    The hunt for the offending person will now commence!

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    Madame Artois

  • RE: Job not working for some reason

    It is scheduled and enabled just like all the others.

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    Madame Artois

  • RE: How to improve our written skill ?

    I'd recommend 'Fowler's Modern English Usage'. Its been going since 1926 and has been updated recently.

    Its got examples of all sorts including those English words where the sound is...

    Madame Artois

  • RE: Good Hotels in UK

    And please remember that the nearer you are to the airport the more expensive the rooms are, particularly at Heathrow where the cost can be frightening!

    I'd look for a hotel...

    Madame Artois

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