It's a battle between personal costs and benefits

Yes, both Crystal and RS have their drawbacks - you just have to try to get into the mindset of their developers and work their way. There are clashes...

Gosh, I wish I could fnd a knowledgeable consultant. I have to maintain a broad remit, right now I'm migrating Crystal Reports to Reporting Services.

RS is brilliant (apart from...

Well. I'm underpaid. Had no pay rises for two years. But I live within easy walking distance to work. in a wonderful location. Ospreys anyone?

Training. Had three days in the...

We had a tradition (probaly local)

Of doing a thousand strokes with bokken on the anniversity.

I was elevated to first dan after Sensei Chiba witnessed a perfect throw (irimi tenkan. kotogase)

So,...

I used to enjoy splitting logs for my fire. Imagining somebodys face on the surface as the axe goes down. I often find the solution to the unsolvable appears...

As I'm now somwhat disabled, I can't take part in martial arts, or running (which was a passion).

I get rid of the stress by reading (and writing very bad poetry)....

Loved the picture of Uyeshiba...

Fell in love with Aikido when I was young. Then at my first proper job with the Civil Service there was an aikido club...

I think there are lots of issues with short food supply caused by subsidised maize production in USA, palm oill and sugars and loss of forest. Some renewables...

Could be worse - I had a motorcycle that did about 15 mpg...

And people being people I suspect will only start to take action when it hits their pockets.

It's not...

Didn't need an expensive Prius, built in lots of places around the world at huge carbon footprint and pollution expense. Just run a simple, non turbocharged diesel Sda -...

Phil, Thanks!

I'd struggle with many of those questions, but they are extraordinarily good.

I'll be consistent, and stick with an initial screening test. Which should be a simple IQ test,...

I suppose that tests may have some function. I started my career in IT following a quick test by the Civil Service, which prompted them to interview me. I...

Thanks Steve

Might have to write something - despite feeling inadequate and in gentle awe of people like Jeff Moden and Phil Factor...among others...- there are of course things I could...

Don't implode. Just far too messy.. And I'm out of shovels and bin liners 🙂 Eeek. Consider the remains....

Trying to write a poem using only T-SQL keywords. Might...