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ChrisM@Work SSC Guru Points: 186127 More actions · Answer 1

ALZDBA (9/17/2010)
Chris Morris-439714 (9/17/2010)
Jon, you should try a different take on it to the Alaskan crab, say Singapore Chilli Crab (works well with blue and brown crab) or one of the many Creole / Cajun recipes. Ohio will take on a warm new glow.
Wouldn't all that spicy stuff cause your boots to leak :hehe:

LOL!

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Ron McCullough SSC Guru Points: 63877 More actions · Answer 2

GilaMonster (9/17/2010)
jcrawf02 (9/17/2010)
Chris Morris-439714 (9/17/2010)
Oh heck - fresh crab, lapping waves. What a thought. It's gonna be a long day.
Haven't been able to eat crab since we went to Alaska in '07. Somehow it's not the same in Ohio....
Crab is something I make a point of eating at least once whenever I'm in Seattle.

At this time of the morning - not a time to be drooling thinking of trips to Fairbanks Alaska. King crab legs piled to a height of 3 - 4 feet on a buffet table. Being able to take all you can eat.

If everything seems to be going well, you have obviously overlooked something.

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Brandie Tarvin (9/17/2010)
Speaking of crab, the restaurants in Jacksonville have some of the best She-Crab soup.
And I'm not a big fan of seafood. But, boy are these soups YUMMY.

She-Crab?

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Kit G SSCrazy Points: 2888 More actions · Answer 4

Lynn Pettis (9/17/2010)
Is it wrong to hope that a few hundred spambots troll through that thread looking for email addresses? 😉

Well, if you're wrong, we're both in the same boat. I had the exact same thought as I read that post. Sad, really. Especially with "4" people saying his snippet of code helped them out when you get a syntax error cause the CASE statement is missing an END. But yes, best to report and ignore.

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Brandie Tarvin SSC Guru Points: 173068 More actions · Answer 5

Stefan Krzywicki (9/17/2010)
Brandie Tarvin (9/17/2010)
Speaking of crab, the restaurants in Jacksonville have some of the best She-Crab soup.
And I'm not a big fan of seafood. But, boy are these soups YUMMY.
She-Crab?

Named so because it was originally made with only female crabs.

Wiki link

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Sioban Krzywicki One Orange Chip Points: 27770 More actions · Answer 6

Kit G (9/17/2010)
Lynn Pettis (9/17/2010)
Is it wrong to hope that a few hundred spambots troll through that thread looking for email addresses? 😉
Well, if you're wrong, we're both in the same boat. I had the exact same thought as I read that post. Sad, really. Especially with "4" people saying his snippet of code helped them out when you get a syntax error cause the CASE statement is missing an END. But yes, best to report and ignore.

If people are actually emailing him or looking to him for support, they deserve what they get. I still think they're all sockpuppets since they all have the same mangled syntax.

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Sioban Krzywicki One Orange Chip Points: 27770 More actions · Answer 7

Brandie Tarvin (9/17/2010)
Stefan Krzywicki (9/17/2010)
Brandie Tarvin (9/17/2010)
Speaking of crab, the restaurants in Jacksonville have some of the best She-Crab soup.
And I'm not a big fan of seafood. But, boy are these soups YUMMY.
She-Crab?
Named so because it was originally made with only female crabs.
Wiki link

Thanks for the link. I was wondering why only female crabs.

Of course, I'm a big nerd so I see "She-Crab" and figure it is a new Marvel superhero/villain.

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Brandie Tarvin SSC Guru Points: 173068 More actions · Answer 8

Stefan Krzywicki (9/17/2010)
...Of course, I'm a big nerd so I see "She-Crab" and figure it is a new Marvel superhero/villain.

Wrong line. Dark Horse has that one. @=)

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Alvin Ramard SSC-Forever Points: 41190 More actions · Answer 9

I'm happy to see that nobody has repsonded to that sock puppet post.

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ChrisM@Work SSC Guru Points: 186127 More actions · Answer 10

Alvin Ramard (9/17/2010)
I'm happy to see that nobody has repsonded to that sock puppet post.

Nobody wants to be seen to associate with the poor attitude and "mangled syntax" as Stefan put it.

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Steve Jones - SSC Editor SSC Guru Points: 736270 More actions · Answer 11

Alvin Ramard (9/17/2010)
I'm happy to see that nobody has repsonded to that sock puppet post.

Removed. Not likely to get responses now.

Kit G SSCrazy Points: 2888 More actions · Answer 12

Alvin Ramard (9/17/2010)
I'm happy to see that nobody has repsonded to that sock puppet post.

Looks like Steve axed the post.

(and he hit the post button faster than me.) 🙂

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SQLRNNR SSC Guru Points: 281334 More actions · Answer 13

Lynn Pettis (9/17/2010)
GilaMonster (9/17/2010)
WayneS (9/17/2010)
Steve Jones - Editor (9/14/2010)
Well I sent a note to our BIT friend and got a reply back. Apparently
- he was abused
- I contributed to the abuser by pointing fingers at him
- his co-workers laughed out loud at the lack of help from our forum
- I was not truthful in not taking his side
- We won't get to see his solution since I locked the thread.
Well, that's that.
He (or his puppets) are back... http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic987879-9-1.aspx
Already reported.
I think ignoring will the best course of action here.
Is it wrong to hope that a few hundred spambots troll through that thread looking for email addresses? 😉

Arghh. To'o late Ste've m'ust hav'e rem'oved' it.

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Steve Jones - SSC Editor SSC Guru Points: 736270 More actions · Answer 14

Too slow! Removing a lot of SPAM this morning, and disabling some accounts.

Gail Shaw SSC Guru Points: 1004504 More actions · Answer 15

CirquedeSQLeil (9/17/2010)
Arghh. To'o late Ste've m'ust hav'e rem'oved' it.

You didn't miss much. Some nasty names for Steve, a claim that a certain piece of (non-working) was now used as a standard all because of Lennie and a bit of misplaced hero worship.

Oh and a poll with the options 'abused' and 'mistreated' or something like that.

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