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Julian Mayo wrote:

gkaytaz wrote:

Julian Mayo wrote: Sigh, there was a time when people spoke intelligibly

Heh. Sorry JM. Got carried away I guess...

what scares me is that i understood the sentence

Would have been disappointed if you didn't. Just today a colleague of mine sent me a joke about aging. It would have been a completely normal situation if she weren't 10 yrs younger than I am -but thought that I was about her age-. Nice to know though that people think I look younger.

Where is that WT & Coke? Do we have to stomp off all the way to the Idiots bar?

Yes you do have to stomp over to the IB. I am taking this thread over to the lounge.

jacfan wrote:

All your info? .......

You would be surprised by what I keep.

Snakes?
Aarvaarks?
sharks?
echidnas?
pirranahs?
Tatty old WT drinking bears?

Definitely the last one .... Sigh

jacfan wrote:Definitely the last one .... Sigh

jacfan wrote:I don't know as much of the technical stuff as some of the people here. JayVee would run rings around me in that department. I just love the sport and have a little knowledge.

I am just a computer techo, that and F1 is pretty much all I get seriously into. I think I have some experience raising kids too but that is the toughest thing one will ever do, oh and learning from the mistakes of being involved
Apart from that I am pretty much hopeless

Lately I have even been called an out and out idiot and an extreme one too

jacfan wrote:

8 'n' Pole Admin wrote:

jacfan wrote:I thought I joined the 8 'n' Pole competition in it's first year but could be wrong.

Indeed, you did join in the first year of competition going public. It was of course called 6 'n' Pole then!

Perhaps all the regulars here could tell us when they joined. And do they still keep their results

That's right it was and I had forgotten that. I did have my results but one computer died and I lost the first lot, then my hard drive on this computer died and I had to have it replaced, so I lost all my info.

Always backup onto CD, DVD, Memory stick, whatever. It is hard to get into the habit but once a week even does most of the job.

Losing computer data these days is just unimaginable. BTW also backup your phone contacts onto computer if you don't do it already. Mobile phones can easily break and all your contacts are gone in a flash!

JayVee wrote:

jacfan wrote:

8 'n' Pole Admin wrote:
Indeed, you did join in the first year of competition going public. It was of course called 6 'n' Pole then!

Perhaps all the regulars here could tell us when they joined. And do they still keep their results

That's right it was and I had forgotten that. I did have my results but one computer died and I lost the first lot, then my hard drive on this computer died and I had to have it replaced, so I lost all my info.

Always backup onto CD, DVD, Memory stick, whatever. It is hard to get into the habit but once a week even does most of the job.

Losing computer data these days is just unimaginable. BTW also backup your phone contacts onto computer if you don't do it already. Mobile phones can easily break and all your contacts are gone in a flash!

Good advice. I back up music straight away but left the photos. Emails probably don't really matter.

Yeah with digital cameras one can easily lose photos and they are just priceless.
I keep 2 copies of our photos (mainly the kids!!) on DVD, one stays at home and the other at a friends place. I know may sound paranoid but that is how one is supposed to keep the backup of their important stuff!!

True. How many kids do you have?

Sorry I have gone again!!!

jacfan wrote:True. How many kids do you have?

2!

JayVee wrote:Yeah with digital cameras one can easily lose photos and they are just priceless.
I keep 2 copies of our photos (mainly the kids!!) on DVD, one stays at home and the other at a friends place. I know may sound paranoid but that is how one is supposed to keep the backup of their important stuff!!

Beware of the DVD rot. I know it sounds silly but trust me, it's no joke.

http://www.manifest-tech.com/media_dvd/ ... bility.htm

8 'n' Pole Admin wrote:

jacfan wrote:I think the one cm has done is brilliant and he updates it all the time. If he is willing to do that I am not sure that we would need another one. Well done cm.

It is brilliant for sure and we were meant to do some slight modifications to cmlean's calculator before posting. We didn't get the time though
However, in the medium term we need to offer an internet based calculator that doesn't rely on Excel to operate.
Our aim is to develop one during the off season (unless cmlean beats us to it ).

You wanted to do it in JavaScript.

I'll think I'll pull a Sergant Shultz. I know nussingk...........!

Perhaps we could have both available. Some people will prefer Java and others excel.