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You realise that doesn't work in the UK?
You realise that doesn't work in the UK?![]()
Now there's a euphemism.Beaver is classified as a fish IIRC!
To be fair I've known a few beavers that smelt fishyNow there's a euphemism.
When OS-X first appeared, it was a great improvement on Windows, especially when it came to managing files.No, that's Apple, not Windows. I remember helping someone with a Mac try to find the folder with their photos that the computer had 'saved' when they inserted the memory card. Just the stuff of bad dreams.
It's the curse of the database coder: long file names were invented so that you can search using partial string matching.I almost never search for things on my own computer, and it seems fundamentally wrong to not know, at least approximately, where my data is stored.

It's the curse of the database coder: long file names were invented so that you can search using partial string matching.![]()
Or possibly so one can give a file a meaningful name?![]()

I have had a keen interest in ships and shipping since the age of 11, which was well known to my fellow Engineer Surveyors. At the team meeting which occurred shortly after the film's release I was asked if I was going to see it. My answer of "No, I know the ending, the ship sinks" didn't go down well.
Interesting fact about the Titanic...the pool is STILL full of water!I have had a keen interest in ships and shipping since the age of 11, which was well known to my fellow Engineer Surveyors. At the team meeting which occurred shortly after the film's release I was asked if I was going to see it. My answer of "No, I know the ending, the ship sinks" didn't go down well.
It was even worse when a large tanker went aground off Milford Haven, when in answer to the question "Why do ships go aground." My answer of "because they don't have enough water to float" received an even worse reception.