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Jonathan Kehayias One Orange Chip Points: 26778 More actions · Answer 1

The weather has been wonderful down here. I think we had a few days where we needed to wear a light jacket last year, but it has been unseasonably warm, even for Tampa.

Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1004339 More actions · Answer 2

Lynn Pettis (1/8/2009)
Amazing, isn't it? Three days ago I scraping ice off my car, today I walked at lunch without a jacket!

Amazing, isn't it? For the last 3 days, I've been scraping ice off my car and today, I did it again! 😛

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Ron McCullough SSC Guru Points: 63877 More actions · Answer 3

Here in northern Ohio, high for the week 27, evening temps in the high teens, snow admittedly flurries each of the last 3 days. Week ahead forecast day time highs in low 20s night low in the high teens, with 6 inches of snow forecast.

Not bad starting my diesel engine car at home what with the block heater plugged in, but not many work places have that facility. So when others take a coffee break / lunch I run out, crank up that engine and let it run for 10-15 minutes to warm up so it will start when it is time to head home. Ah woe is me and to think I moved from the Virginia coast up to here of my own free will ... Well we all make mistakes at one time or another

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David Benoit SSC-Dedicated Points: 34562 More actions · Answer 4

Ah, another huge benefit of working from home. I look out my window, watch the snow swirling, look at the ice and snow on the van and shudder as I think about scraping it. Then I stop, reconsider and go sit back in my chair and do some work. Maybe it will warm up sometime soon.... 🙂

I did take a 5 minute break today to run outside and sled down the hill next to the house with my children though.

...sorry, I feel like I should duck - possibly a frozen pork chop coming. 🙂

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RBarryYoung SSC Guru Points: 143329 More actions · Answer 5

The weather today? Same as yesterday, *sigh*. More volcanic eruptions and hip deep lava flows. Guess it's global warming. 😀

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Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1004339 More actions · Answer 6

DavidB (1/8/2009)
Ah, another huge benefit of working from home. I look out my window, watch the snow swirling, look at the ice and snow on the van and shudder as I think about scraping it. Then I stop, reconsider and go sit back in my chair and do some work. Maybe it will warm up sometime soon.... 🙂
I did take a 5 minute break today to run outside and sled down the hill next to the house with my children though.
...sorry, I feel like I should duck - possibly a frozen pork chop coming. 🙂

Heh... no worries... I love the winter time... long dark nights where you can really get some good sleep... a bit of snow to cut down on traffic... and great reasons to have a nice hot tottie or warm cup of chocolate milk.

Does a pretty good job of keep the pork chops frozen, too! 😛

--Jeff Moden

RBAR is pronounced "ree-bar" and is a "Modenism" for Row-By-Agonizing-Row.
First step towards the paradigm shift of writing Set Based code:
________Stop thinking about what you want to do to a ROW... think, instead, of what you want to do to a COLUMN.

Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.

Helpful Links:
How to post code problems
How to Post Performance Problems
Create a Tally Function (fnTally)

Grant Fritchey SSC Guru Points: 398882 More actions · Answer 7

GSquared (1/8/2009)
Grant Fritchey (1/6/2009)
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Grant Fritchey (1/6/2009)
I must be old, D&D used lots (and lots and lots) of six-sided dice. Now, Traveller, there were the decimal dice at work.
Which edition was that? I know West End's games used a d6 system (starwars), but I don't recall D&D using one
3rd Ed (which is what I play) is the d20 system. Hence the d20 is used for most rolls.
1st & 2nd if I recall correctly.
But then I'm old & the memory is going. We used to play this Steve Jackson game called... Arena? that was all six-sided dice too.
I think you're talking about "Melee". Became the core for TFT (The Fantasy Trip) RPG. Was all d6 arena combat. There was a magic arena version too, which I think was called "Mage".
As for AD&D, I've played every edition, starting in the mid-70s. Currently DMing two games in 4th Edition. I've also played a lot of other RPGs, including a large number of the online ones (which I really don't consider RPGs, despite the name), like World of Warcraft, EverQuest, et al.
My favorites from Steve Jackson games are still Ogre and GEV.

Yeah, that was it Melee and Mage.

Ogre & GEV were fantastic games. I still have them. Might be time to introduce them to a new generation.

I never played D&D much. I ran with a crowd of real weirdo's. We played Traveller and Call of Cthulhu. Back in high school though I mainly played war games, Squad Leader, Wacht Am Rein, Air War, City Fight... tons of others. All from SPI & Avalon Hill. It's shocking to think how much time we had to burn back then.

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Grant Fritchey SSC Guru Points: 398882 More actions · Answer 8

Here in New England... it's a New England winter only a little more so. We could use a bit of global warming. There's about 3 inches of completely frozen snow in my yard and another 4-6 inches of the fluffy crap on the way tomorrow night.

BLECH!

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Michael Earl-395764 SSC Guru Points: 53873 More actions · Answer 9

Grant Fritchey (1/9/2009)
Here in New England... it's a New England winter only a little more so. We could use a bit of global warming. There's about 3 inches of completely frozen snow in my yard and another 4-6 inches of the fluffy crap on the way tomorrow night.
BLECH!

I hear that. I try to empty an entire aerosol can into the air every day. When is that hole in the ozone layer supposed to reach us?

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

Grant Fritchey (1/9/2009)
Here in New England... it's a New England winter only a little more so. We could use a bit of global warming. There's about 3 inches of completely frozen snow in my yard and another 4-6 inches of the fluffy crap on the way tomorrow night.
BLECH!

Over here in the originalEngland we've had depressed temperatures for around six weeks, since the end of November. That means hovering around zero C. Little or no snow though. It's unusual to have consistent temperatures here for more than a few days, as you get further north and west it gets worse - temperatures can change in the blink of an eye.

We're all hoping that this "proper" winter will be followed by a "proper" summer, the last two were crap.

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D.Oc SSCrazy Points: 2875 More actions · Answer 11

Hi all.

I just wanted to be part of this thread, 63 pages and I've just entered it today :w00t: :alien:

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Michael Earl-395764 SSC Guru Points: 53873 More actions · Answer 12

And another great forum "question"...

http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic633285-149-1.aspx?

Grant Fritchey SSC Guru Points: 398882 More actions · Answer 13

Yeah, that's a winner.

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Grant Fritchey SSC Guru Points: 398882 More actions · Answer 14

Domagoj Orec (1/9/2009)
Hi all.
I just wanted to be part of this thread, 63 pages and I've just entered it today :w00t: :alien:

See you in February after you finish reading everything.

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Michael Earl-395764 SSC Guru Points: 53873 More actions · Answer 15

Have to give Lowell some credit in his attempt to figure out what the question might be.

We could start a game show - someone mumbles something related to a question and the contenstant tries to figure out the question. Then as a bonus, they could answer the question at the end of the game.