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SHMD

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  1. I keep getting the feeling that RMweb is “talking” subliminally to me! However, I am, (for some reason), feeling quite calm about this and I have an urge now to do some modelling!

    1. cromptonnut

      cromptonnut

      Talking to you through the language of SQL errors...?

    2. SHMD

      SHMD

      I'm Getting a LOT of SQLs at the mo, but no, it's HorseTan in the Gallery ;)

    3. Horsetan
  2. I've led a sheltered life. Today, I only learned, that “m&m”s are the same as “Smarties”!

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    2. Debs.

      Debs.

      'Cadblurys' counterfeit confectionery: have they no shame! :-)

    3. Michael Delamar

      Michael Delamar

      m&m's dont have the tube that you can smack so the end flies off :)

    4. charles2

      charles2

      Smarties are way better than straight chocolate M&M's - where M&M pick up is their peanut ones - and in the USA almond and coconut too (the coconut are DEEEELISH!!!)! And unfortunately micheal delamar, the only have the real smarties tube at Christmas with the big tubes (which even at 45 I get cranky about not getting from Santa!!!) LOL!!

  3. Odd feeling today as I looked out of the A321 window during take off for BeiJing. Just reversing back from the stand, at ShangHai PuDong airport, was a KLM 747 Combi with my wife a son on board!

    1. beast66606

      beast66606

      And out of the other window was a 757, with your luggage aboard !

    2. SHMD

      SHMD

      Not mine. Possibly theirs, but not mine! :)

  4. Only had my new Tool Box for 2 days and its soddin wheels have seized up!

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    2. skipepsi

      skipepsi

      Chinese quality control?

    3. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      Oxymoron there, surely?

    4. SHMD

      SHMD

      Poor design - The plastic wheels are free to rub against the plastic case. Heavy box, long walk to the hotel and during the lift, (20 floors), the two fused together.

  5. Stop! Thief!! Somebodies stolen a day this week. I'm was sure it was Wednesday today...

    1. marc smith

      marc smith

      Yes, I thought that too!!! Still, the weekend is a day closer than we thought :)

    2. SHMD

      SHMD

      Normally yes but I have a full days work tomorrow and then another travelling so I will now arrive home Saturday - one day later than I thought!

    3. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      "Down With This Type Of Thing!"

  6. Fantastic day! My son was given his “First choice” school, (he don't now it though), I fixed the machine within 1 hour of arriving giving me the rest of the day off, changed hotels and was given a really good upgrade, and finally, found a Railway Museum in BeiJing – Brilliant!

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    2. SHMD

      SHMD

      I tried to translate "QianJin" but could only come up with Tying Knots or 1000 Pieces of Gold...

    3. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      It was meant to mean "March Forward".

    4. SHMD

      SHMD

      I can see the relevance - as in the Long March and the National Anthem.

  7. Not sure if my 4yr old will become an Accountant, a Bank Robber, a Bank Manager or the Chancellor after he said that I didn't need to go to work as I could just go to the shops and “buy some money”!

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    2. Boris

      Boris

      5 of my classmates are doing time for armed robbery, I don't think it will be that one some how!

    3. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      The only thing they got wrong, Boris, was that they got caught.

    4. SHMD

      SHMD

      Now that IS what you would call “extra curricular activity”!

  8. Lugging my 23.2kg tool kit around China is not easy. Today it lost 0.4kg in weight, (the wheels!), and it is now so much more difficult! Also, don't buy your 4 year old a pump-action water pistol/shot gun!!

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    2. SHMD

      SHMD

      Travelling around various universties fixing XPS instruments.

    3. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      I wonder if Ryanair are going to expand into China...

    4. SHMD

      SHMD

      Horsetan - No thanks, the low-end is already well catered for here already!

  9. creme brulee! Hmmm... yummy...

    1. N15class

      N15class

      We had some in Paris at Christmas, they were so good too.

  10. Busy week this one:- 2hr flight and 1 night in GuangZhou; 2hr flight to TianJin for 2 nights; 40min fast train to BeiJing for a night; 1hr 50min flight to Xian and I have just woke up after a really good nights sleep. And I still have to be in ShangHai before saturday!

    1. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      Your Air Miles total must be stratospheric :-O

    2. SHMD

      SHMD

      536,000+ with one airline alone - and they are all useless!

  11. is wondering why I keep getting blank notifications - I think they coincide with SQL errors too!

  12. is unable to do anything serious today as I am too busy reading “Veet for Men” reviews on Amazon. Thanks BD ;-)

    1. Debs.

      Debs.

      Better than those hair-waxing strips; "what a rip-off!" :-)

    2. AndrewC

      AndrewC

      Really Debs? I thought they were quite a-peeling.

    3. AndyB

      AndyB

      Maybe not a product to wax lyrical about then, Debs.

  13. Spent all day, yesterday, travelling to GuangZhou to fix a customer's XPS Instrument. Found a bent pin in a 25way D connector! Now I have 48hours to myself before I go on to TianJin. Hope that one is as easy to fix...

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    2. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      Say hello to Bo Xilai for me whilst you're at it. & his lovely (not) wife....

    3. SHMD

      SHMD

      I may have seen him! Is he short-ish with black hair and .....

    4. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      Oops. Can someone call the Foreign & Commonwealth Office? Think there may be another diplomatic incident here.

  14. Not a happy traveller today. stuck on a A300 for 7.5 hours of wich the first 5.5 hours we didn't move an inch!

    1. N15class

      N15class

      Should of paid the fuel subsidy

    2. SHMD

      SHMD

      Did quite a bit of storm avoidance, on the trip down to guangzhou. I'm not paying for that lot!

    3. Jon020

      Jon020

      A300... blimey! That's a old un... or was it a -600?

  15. Good news today! The hotel lounge has got a new “English” News Paper! It's the Monday edition of the China Daily. Hmmm... I think I'll save it for breakfast.

    1. DonB

      DonB

      will it taste good with Marmite?

  16. Damn those hackers! It's taken me 2 attempts to remember my password and a further 3 tries at inputting a new one because I can't splell! Now if they'd have wanted to do something about SQL then I might have been more sympathetic.

  17. Is quite excited! I'm off to somewhere new tomorrow. I haven't been to anywhere new for ages and that was probably Israel or Norway 4 years ago. Anyway it's Inner Mongolia tomorrow afternoon. I'll take me mint source!

  18. Is about to open a packet of “Numb and Spicy Hot Pot Flavor” crisps...

    1. NGT6 1315

      NGT6 1315

      Do tell whether the "numb" bit referred to the flavour or your tongue after consumption!

    2. SHMD

      SHMD

      I think the "Numb" bit refers to the consumer for purchasing the product. Eminently forgettable.

    3. NGT6 1315

      NGT6 1315

      I once tried some shrimp-flavoured crisps. Disgusting...

  19. is sick of tinkering with my 2012 Challenge entry design.

  20. ...bit of a panic moment then! - I couldn't find the mini-Bar in my room! Now safely located/pillaged.

    1. DavidLong

      DavidLong

      Wait 'til you see the bill :-(

    2. SHMD

      SHMD

      Ah! Came into the room with warm/cheap outside beer, had a tin of the cold mini-Bar beer, then replaced cold beer with warm beer! Jobs-a-good-un!

  21. Arrived in Xi'An and went straight to one of my favourite hotels only to be very disapointed.

  22. Has just been stunned into dropped jaw syndrome once again

  23. I'm not wanting to desturb Andy Y, at this busy time, but anybody else lost bits of their "Your Profile" pull down menu? (Located at the top right on the index page.) I can't get at the missing buttons any more!

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    2. SHMD

      SHMD

      Andy C, Yep took a while but i,ve been doing exactly that. Incidentely, the amount shown does vary!

    3. Andy C

      Andy C

      Now funilly enough its perfectly OK on my laptop at work, but not on my PC at home!

    4. Re6/6

      Re6/6

      Yes me too. But seems only to happen on I.E. Occasionally the full menu come but mostly not! I click on avatar and get to 'profile' page that way.

  24. OK! That's it! I've embarrassed myself enough today. Tomorrow I must download a spell checke r - of any description!!!

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    2. martin_wynne

      martin_wynne

      Firefox includes a spell-checker, which works on all web sites as you type. Just install the British Dictionary add-on.

    3. eastwestdivide

      eastwestdivide

      No, install the Welsh dictionary and give us all a llaff

    4. SHMD

      SHMD

      I think I might try that - thanks Martin.

  25. There... I've done it! I've posted a reply quoting somebody. Nearly worked as I intended too!

    1. Debs.

      Debs.

      "Thus" quoth your querulous, quote-quotient! :-)

    2. SHMD

      SHMD

      I had to look that one up and i stll don't know what it all means - except that it will be up to your usual standard! ;-)

    3. Debs.

      Debs.

      I`ll quit, quickly! :-)

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