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TomThomson SSC Guru Points: 104773 More actions · Answer 1

Roy Ernest (11/19/2010)
Alvin Ramard (11/19/2010)
Stefan Krzywicki (11/19/2010)
GilaMonster (11/19/2010)
Brandie Tarvin (11/19/2010)
And here's a big ol' U.S. standard baseball bat.
Jo. Bokken. Katana. Baseball bat.
Decisions, decisions....
I'm an American, so I have no first-hand knowledge of this, but I've heard a cricket bat is really the best for this kind of thing.
I say go with the bokken and say you're just practicing. The real stuff will come later. 😀 :w00t:
Cricket bat is good at whacking the back side because it has a broader "blade". But quite effective. Using a field hockey stick is much effective. You can use it to pull the PM closer and then give him what he deserves.. 😀

I think a caman would be better than a field hockey stick (designed to be used both backhand and forehand, and to collect ball and throw it as well as bat it, unlike hockey stick); in fact a caman in the right hand and a nunchaku in the left might be a good combination.

Tom

SQLRNNR SSC Guru Points: 281334 More actions · Answer 2

Ray K (11/19/2010)
Alvin Ramard (11/19/2010)
No Santa Claus? Guess I'll have to settle for a WHERE clause. 😛
Okay, where's that baseball bat??? 😛

I thought it was a bokken bokken?

This whole line of thought reminds me of a family story. A duck and golf club are at the heart of the story.

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TomThomson SSC Guru Points: 104773 More actions · Answer 3

GilaMonster (11/19/2010)
Grant Fritchey (11/19/2010)
GilaMonster (11/19/2010)
Irreparably suspect, no backups.
http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1023390-146-1.aspx
Doesn't say much for my mood that I slightly enjoyed posting that last message there. Wrong, I know.
That's it. We're cancelling Christmas for you two.
Just as long as my birthday's not cancelled too. That would be unbearable.

You mean you want to be a year older? :laugh:

Tom

Gail Shaw SSC Guru Points: 1004504 More actions · Answer 4

Tom.Thomson (11/19/2010)
You mean you want to be a year older? :laugh:

I'd be a year older anyway (unless someone's planning on rolling back 2010), I just wouldn't be able to celebrate it.

Gail Shaw
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Grant Fritchey SSC Guru Points: 398890 More actions · Answer 5

GilaMonster (11/19/2010)
Grant Fritchey (11/19/2010)
GilaMonster (11/19/2010)
Irreparably suspect, no backups.
http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1023390-146-1.aspx
Doesn't say much for my mood that I slightly enjoyed posting that last message there. Wrong, I know.
That's it. We're cancelling Christmas for you two.
Just as long as my birthday's not cancelled too. That would be unbearable.

Nah, we would never cancel your birthday.... just scale it back a bit.

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Chad Crawford SSChampion Points: 11610 More actions · Answer 6

GilaMonster (11/19/2010)
Tom.Thomson (11/19/2010)
You mean you want to be a year older? :laugh:
I'd be a year older anyway (unless someone's planning on rolling back 2010), I just wouldn't be able to celebrate it.

DBCC Timewarp in a cursor...

(Please don't kill me!)

Brandie Tarvin SSC Guru Points: 173068 More actions · Answer 7

Chad Crawford (11/19/2010)
GilaMonster (11/19/2010)
Tom.Thomson (11/19/2010)
You mean you want to be a year older? :laugh:
I'd be a year older anyway (unless someone's planning on rolling back 2010), I just wouldn't be able to celebrate it.
DBCC Timewarp in a cursor...
(Please don't kill me!)

Perfect solution!

Go for it, Gail! Run the DBCC Timewarp again. Maybe that'll fix the project from hell too.

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Ray K SSC-Dedicated Points: 31164 More actions · Answer 8

CirquedeSQLeil (11/19/2010)
Ray K (11/19/2010)
Alvin Ramard (11/19/2010)
No Santa Claus? Guess I'll have to settle for a WHERE clause. 😛
Okay, where's that baseball bat??? 😛
I thought it was a bokken bokken?

I'm a baseball fan. You use your tools, and I'll use mine! 😀

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ChrisM@home SSC-Insane Points: 24260 More actions · Answer 9

GilaMonster (11/19/2010)
Grant Fritchey (11/19/2010)
GilaMonster (11/19/2010)
Irreparably suspect, no backups.
http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1023390-146-1.aspx
Doesn't say much for my mood that I slightly enjoyed posting that last message there. Wrong, I know.
That's it. We're cancelling Christmas for you two.
Just as long as my birthday's not cancelled too. That would be unbearable.

If your birthday's next week I'll eat my hat. Or the remains of my finger.

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ChrisM@home SSC-Insane Points: 24260 More actions · Answer 10

Alvin Ramard (11/19/2010)
Grant Fritchey (11/19/2010)
GilaMonster (11/19/2010)
Irreparably suspect, no backups.
http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1023390-146-1.aspx
Doesn't say much for my mood that I slightly enjoyed posting that last message there. Wrong, I know.
That's it. We're cancelling Christmas for you two.
What, were we going to have Christmas this year? I thought it had already been cancelled.
No Santa Claus? Guess I'll have to settle for a WHERE clause. 😛

OPTION (MaxTurkey)

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Gail Shaw SSC Guru Points: 1004504 More actions · Answer 11

ChrisM@home (11/19/2010)
If your birthday's next week I'll eat my hat. Or the remains of my finger.

Your hat is safe. 2 and a half weeks away.

p.s. What's special about next week?

Gail Shaw
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ChrisM@home SSC-Insane Points: 24260 More actions · Answer 12

GilaMonster (11/19/2010)
ChrisM@home (11/19/2010)
If your birthday's next week I'll eat my hat. Or the remains of my finger.
Your hat is safe. 2 and a half weeks away.
p.s. What's special about next week?

Half a week away. Phew. My hat smells.

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Understanding and using APPLY, (I)[/url] and (II)[/url] Paul White[/url]

Hidden RBAR: Triangular Joins[/url] / The "Numbers" or "Tally" Table: What it is and how it replaces a loop[/url] Jeff Moden[/url]

Alvin Ramard SSC-Forever Points: 41190 More actions · Answer 13

GilaMonster (11/19/2010)
ChrisM@home (11/19/2010)
If your birthday's next week I'll eat my hat. Or the remains of my finger.
Your hat is safe. 2 and a half weeks away.
p.s. What's special about next week?

It's a 3 day work week for many of us in the US. Thanksgiving is on Thursday.

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LutzM SSC Guru Points: 107049 More actions · Answer 14

Alvin Ramard (11/19/2010)
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It's a 3 day work week for many of us in the US. Thanksgiving is on Thursday.

Brings back memories... A huge turkey, so tender I can't forget, served to a group of like 20 people where one person would have met not more than 3 others before. People from all over the globe. Dinner hosted by a very generous professor at the university I was at that time.

I consider it a once-in-a-lifetime experience.

I hope you folks in the U.S. will have the following Friday as well as the weekend off and you'll have a wonderful weekend with your friends and family!!!!

Lutz
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WayneS SSC Guru Points: 95460 More actions · Answer 15

LutzM (11/19/2010)
I hope you folks in the U.S. will have the following Friday as well as the weekend off and you'll have a wonderful weekend with your friends and family!!!!

That's the plan. Plus I'm taking Wednesday off - at my grandkids school, the day before Thanksgiving is "Grandparents Day" where we can visit the kids in their classes, etc.

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