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  • Jeff Moden (10/26/2009)


    Crap... I can say "crap" on this post, right? Crap, crap, crap... it's happened again same as last year and for the same reason. Started a new job on October 19th and, once again, eating and paying bills has to come before PASS especially with the love of my life also being out of work. Crap. I'm not going to make it again this year. "Crap" isn't really what I'm thinking but it's the nicest thing I can come up with on the spur of the moment. I guess I should just be thankful that I found a new job so quickly. Crap...

    Wow! sorry 'ol friend :crying:

    Wish I could get across the pond to attend PASS 🙁

    Far away is close at hand in the images of elsewhere.
    Anon.

  • Lynn, if you are operating sans-halo, and Jeff is back to flinging pork chops, I think I'll lie low for a while.

    Lie low, heck, I'm off to Valhalla :crazy:

    Far away is close at hand in the images of elsewhere.
    Anon.

  • Jeff Moden (10/26/2009)


    Crap... I can say "crap" on this post, right? Crap, crap, crap... it's happened again same as last year and for the same reason. Started a new job on October 19th and, once again, eating and paying bills has to come before PASS especially with the love of my life also being out of work. Crap. I'm not going to make it again this year. "Crap" isn't really what I'm thinking but it's the nicest thing I can come up with on the spur of the moment. I guess I should just be thankful that I found a new job so quickly. Crap...

    Nooooo!

    I understand, but... Nooooooo!

    You're doing the right thing, of course, but ... Noooooo!

    Nuts. Now I'm really mad that I didn't go out for drinks with you when you where in RI.

    "The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood"
    - Theodore Roosevelt

    Author of:
    SQL Server Execution Plans
    SQL Server Query Performance Tuning

  • Feel better Barry.

    "The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood"
    - Theodore Roosevelt

    Author of:
    SQL Server Execution Plans
    SQL Server Query Performance Tuning

  • Grant Fritchey (10/27/2009)


    Jeff Moden (10/26/2009)


    Crap... I can say "crap" on this post, right? Crap, crap, crap... it's happened again same as last year and for the same reason. Started a new job on October 19th and, once again, eating and paying bills has to come before PASS especially with the love of my life also being out of work. Crap. I'm not going to make it again this year. "Crap" isn't really what I'm thinking but it's the nicest thing I can come up with on the spur of the moment. I guess I should just be thankful that I found a new job so quickly. Crap...

    Nooooo!

    I understand, but... Nooooooo!

    You're doing the right thing, of course, but ... Noooooo!

    Nuts. Now I'm really mad that I didn't go out for drinks with you when you where in RI.

    Heh... that's a lesson in political correctness for me. "Nooooooo" is the polite way for saying "Craaaaapppp". 😛

    There're a lot of folks I wanted to meet and some that I wanted to "meat" 😉 This sucks so bad that it has its own gravity field.

    --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)

  • Bob Hovious 24601 (10/26/2009)


    Really sorry to hear that, Jeff.

    (Say... are you going to finish the rest of those pork chops..... ??)

    Now THAT's funny! 😛 Thanks for the early morning laugh, Bob. 🙂

    --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)

  • You're welcome, Jeff. 🙂

    Grant, I'm a poor substitute for Jeff, but I'd be happy to have a drink with you next week. I'll even buy the first round.

    __________________________________________________

    Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain. -- Friedrich Schiller
    Stop, children, what's that sound? Everybody look what's going down. -- Stephen Stills

  • Jeff Moden (10/26/2009)


    Crap... I can say "crap" on this post, right? Crap, crap, crap... it's happened again same as last year and for the same reason. Started a new job on October 19th and, once again, eating and paying bills has to come before PASS especially with the love of my life also being out of work. Crap. I'm not going to make it again this year. "Crap" isn't really what I'm thinking but it's the nicest thing I can come up with on the spur of the moment. I guess I should just be thankful that I found a new job so quickly. Crap...

    Ahhh... hell!

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
    SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability

    We walk in the dark places no others will enter
    We stand on the bridge and no one may pass
  • Ditto, Bob, looking forward to it.

  • Steve Jones - Editor (10/27/2009)


    Ditto, Bob, looking forward to it.

    Remember, Bob's buying!!!!

    😀



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  • Alvin Ramard (10/27/2009)


    Steve Jones - Editor (10/27/2009)


    Ditto, Bob, looking forward to it.

    Remember, Bob's buying!!!!

    😀

    Great! Count me for a soda or coffee.

  • Bob Hovious 24601 (10/27/2009)


    Grant, I'm a poor substitute for Jeff, but I'd be happy to have a drink with you next week. I'll even buy the first round.

    I didn't know you were attending the conference. Excellent!

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
    SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability

    We walk in the dark places no others will enter
    We stand on the bridge and no one may pass
  • Steve Jones - Editor (10/27/2009)


    Ditto, Bob, looking forward to it.

    Joke for today.

    Bob walks into a bar in Seattle. It's crowded with PASS participants. He hollers out:

    "When I drink, EVERYBODY drinks!!"

    The crowd cheers and orders new drinks. Bob receives many welcoming handshakes and pats on the back.

    Minutes later, Bob finishes his drink and shouts out:

    "When I have another drink, EVERYBODY gets another drink!!"

    More cheers. New orders all around. Much congeniality ensues. A good time is had by several.

    Finally Bob reaches for his wallet and shouts out:

    "When I pay, EVERYBODY PAYS !!"

    Ba-dum-bump...

    But Jack, I will gladly stand you the price of the soft drink of your choice.

    And Gail, I'm just hoping to see you rock out, like your video 😉

    __________________________________________________

    Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain. -- Friedrich Schiller
    Stop, children, what's that sound? Everybody look what's going down. -- Stephen Stills

  • Jack Corbett (10/27/2009)


    Great! Count me for a soda or coffee.

    Coffee for me.

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
    SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability

    We walk in the dark places no others will enter
    We stand on the bridge and no one may pass
  • Jeff Moden (10/27/2009)


    Bob Hovious 24601 (10/26/2009)


    Really sorry to hear that, Jeff.

    (Say... are you going to finish the rest of those pork chops..... ??)

    Now THAT's funny! 😛 Thanks for the early morning laugh, Bob. 🙂

    Absolutely, track me down. Monday-Friday night, I'll be somewhere around a bunch of DBA's.

    "The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood"
    - Theodore Roosevelt

    Author of:
    SQL Server Execution Plans
    SQL Server Query Performance Tuning

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