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No Tyrone and no intertrucks makes VMax something something

Lousy Western Power *shakes fist*
Ten minutes notice is not long enough to shut down 20 servers

Note to self - avoiding the dentist since high school and living on Red Bull and Skittles in the intervening 10+ years results in much pain to the wallet.
It was just like taking your car to the mechanic... *dentist rubs chin and sucks in breath* "ooooooooh mister... it's gonna cost ya"

In other news, a friend called me from the Goodwood Festival Of Speed...
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Dear cute geek girl at Croissant Express,
If stopping to buy lunch whilst carrying a pair of Beyerdynamic headphones, a shrinkwrapped copy of SQL Server 2005 and a miscellaneous collection of driver CDs and disks doesn't make you notice me, I conclude that nothing will.
Love, VMax

Earlier today, I was at a client's office to fix a few minor problems with their PCs - the usual stuff, printing to different trays not working how they want, AV not updating on one machine, etc.
In this office, there's a guy who is celebrating his 91st birthday, and all his colleagues have just finished eating cake whilst I slave away over a hot...
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Second journal post - time to tackle the big issues: Science vs Religion.

On the one hand, science has given us instant global communication, intercontinental travel at Mach 2 (*sniff* Concorde SST we miss you), the ability to cure or prevent a huge variety of diseases which were previously life-threatening, efficient methods of producing food, and a million Shiny Things.

On the other hand, religion...
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Either ze Germans are coming, or there are some fireworks being let off for an event about which I remain sadly uninformed.

In other news, hi SG, here I am! *wave*