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  • Reply To: Favorite Cars

    timwell wrote:

    skeleton567 wrote:

    Karl-463336 wrote:

    One of my favorite cars to have owned was a 1972 Opel GT. sight lines similar to a corvette, but on a  smaller scale.  It was a...

  • Reply To: Favorite Cars

    I don't blame you on this one, I'm still driving my 11 year old Hyundai Sonata, still drives nicely and can't beat the fact that it's been paid off for...

  • Reply To: Favorite Cars

    Jake Truesdell wrote:

    2001 blue ford focus zx3 aka "The Blue Teardrop". First car (well it was my older brothers, actually it was my oldest brother's, then the other brother's, then mine)...

  • Reply To: Favorite Cars

    Nick, at 6'8  you remind me of my college roommate who was that size, although quite skinny.  His girlfriend, and wife of many years, was 5'2".  We always joked that...

  • Reply To: Favorite Cars

    Karl-463336 wrote:

    One of my favorite cars to have owned was a 1972 Opel GT. sight lines similar to a corvette, but on a  smaller scale.  It was a lot of...

  • Reply To: Favorite Cars

    Over 61 years of driving I've done all of the car, truck, motorcycle things, (even a new 1966 Triumph Spitfire and a new 1984 Honda Goldwing) but have enjoyed pickup...

  • Reply To: The Art of Commenting

    One of the greatest values of commenting is to answer the proverbial 'What was I thinking ?' question.

  • Reply To: Looking Back at the Decade

    I saw a flying car.  It's called an airplane.

  • Reply To: The Best DBA Gifts

    My best gift is another year with my wife of 40 years whom twice doctors gave up for lost, but who has survived and overcome bilateral below-knee amputation to become...

  • Reply To: Merry Christmas 2019

    Merry Christmas to all of you out there in SQL Server land.  I have enjoyed another year of trying to keep up with you all and empathize with the things...

  • Reply To: The DBA's Twelve Days of Christmas

    One time I had just presented the owner of a company a summary of accomplishments my shop had done for him.  His response set me back a bit as he...

  • Reply To: The harsh reality of charitable IT work

    DustyBin wrote:

    ... it used to amuse me to see the incredulous looks from people when I resorted to consulting the "Help" menu in MS Office applications.

    The true base of...

  • Reply To: The harsh reality of charitable IT work

    True, there are times when those in IT are expected to be broadly knowledgeable far beyond reality.  But I also saw a number of times where some of the folks...

  • Reply To: Human frailty and the custodianship of data

    I don't know for sure if it is 100% effective, but my personal practice is to always dismantle technology devices and destroy any memory and drives with a hammer before...

  • Reply To: Micro Credentials

    My third oldest son has earned a 4-year degree but never has done his official internship, so doesn't have the actual official document.  He did work for a period in...

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