So sorry to hear of your loss.
Italian Americans also hold godfathers and godmothers in high regard - at least from my experience.
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So sorry to hear of your loss.
Italian Americans also hold godfathers and godmothers in high regard - at least from my experience.
If only there was a film about that!Quote:
Italian Americans also hold godfathers and godmothers in high regard
It's been altogether too quiet around here!
-cricket noise-
There's a big thing going on that's building up; it's like an oppressive cloud over everything.Quote:
Originally Posted by dday9
It's just gas.
Tum, tum tum tum, tum TUM!
Jobu is smiling tonight... more cigars and rum!
Yeah, no doubt. It's shaping up to be an interesting series.
I am really growing to hate WPF.
Do you mean Windows Presentation Foundation, or is there some other WPF?
Hillary knows they've never created a Willie Proof Floozy?
I have no issues with Willie Proof Floozys, but Windows Presentation Foundation is a royal pain in the ass.
I haven't used it all that much, but Xamarin uses similar stuff, and I've used Xamarin. I suspect that if I had more experience with WPF I'd agree with you.
I like the concept of WPF and using XML(or XAML) for control layout, I just think that it was poor implementation.
I can understand the benefits of separating the data from the UI in large-scale systems but the one I'm working on is just for capturing photos & video from a tiny medical camera. Besides reading & writing to some small XML files that's pretty much all it does. Of course the developer who chose WPF for this software is "no longer with the company" so I can't ask him/her why WPF was chosen.Quote:
Originally Posted by dday9
I'm sure that Jobu was happy last night with a 6-0 shutout.
Jobu is pleased as long as the supply of cigars and rum holds out. So far, so good.Quote:
Originally Posted by dday9
Dude... Clevland's catcher, Roberto Perez, was on fire last night!
Yeah, how often does a guy set an all-time team record in a game....oh yeah, it was the record for home runs in a world series game for the Indians. Not a whole lot of competition going on there for the last few decades.
Kluber also set a MLB record by striking out 8 through the first three innings, but what impressed me was Miller getting himself into - and out of a bases loaded/nobody out jam.
Raining here now - they moved the start time for tonight's game back an hour but it's possible they may not even play. :(
My memory of that area was that it could rain for weeks on end in the fall. It would be rough if the World Series didn't conclude until after the Super Bowl.
How I feel right now...
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I do think they have this one, but remember the example set by the Cavs. Being up 3 to 1 is not as much of a guarantee as winning that fourth game.
Tonights the big night.
I hope Homer isn't too stressed at this point. The Comeback Cavs have to be looming pretty large at this point.
It'll all be over in a few hours, though.
Wow, what a game... extra innings and they just unrolled the tarp. It's going to be a while before the game resumes.
Looks like I'm taking a half-day off tomorrow. At least.
Well, you can't get a much better series than that. Extra innings in the seventh game between two perennial losers makes for quite a wrap up. Almost a shame that somebody had to lose.
That game was awesome in every since of the word. It truly inspired awe and wonder.
Chicago leading off with a -insert Trump voice- huge lead. Cleveland chipping away at that lead. Chicago pulling ahead again. Cleveland tying it up. Chicago pulling ahead in extra-innings. Cleveland setting up the tie, but just unable to pull it off.
It was everything that baseball is about.
Shut off the giant downstairs TV when the Tribe went down 5-1. Went upstairs and listened in on the radio until Davis tied it up with the homer off Chapman. Since the radio is always a pitch or two ahead of TV I was able to watch it as well. Really thought they had it at that point. Shaw seemed sharp until the rain delay and a completely different pitcher after. Pity since the run Cleveland got in the bottom of the 10th could have been the game winner otherwise.
Considering the nearly season long loss of their center fielder and best hitter, mid-season loss of their starting catcher, and late season loss of both their #2 and #3 starting pitchers they did pretty well against the best team in the majors. Never thought I'd see both Chicago teams win it all before the Tribe, but that's life as a Cleveland sports fan. :cry:
The irony, to me, was that the Cavs did the incredible by coming back from a 3-1 deficit in the finals....then the Tribe did the nearly unthinkable by losing when up 3-1 in the World Series.
If you remember the 2007 ALCS Cleveland had a 3-1 lead and ended up losing three straight to Boston. So we're no strangers to such disappointment.Quote:
Originally Posted by Shaggy Hiker
In other news a WPF bug has been kicking my ass. Several web searches have shown I'm not the only one dealing with touch screen issues in a WPF app. But in this case I'm not sure it's WPF, .NET (4.6.0), or our own code causing the issue. It's a strange one, indeed.
There's a subject that I have yet to venture into....but I kind of think it's in my future.
Gas prices went down 3 pennies today!!
Gas is down out here, too. It's the lowest it has been in perhaps a year....which I find kind of bizarre, since I thought it was generally up. On the other hand, we don't necessarily follow the trends.
Gas has floated around $1.90 a gallon here. It will creep up to $2.00 and then drop back down. It's odd.
Yea it was def. something to see the drop!Quote:
Originally Posted by Shaggy Hiker
could you guys please take alook at this thread xD http://www.vbforums.com/showthread.p...nk-Submissions
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Originally Posted by dday9
HOLY cow!
that is cheap! it holds steady around 2.12- 2.29 a gallon once a week it goes up and down litterly, for a day it may be 2.16 and tomorrow 2.20 a gallon
I live 5 miles next to a refinery, man if our taxes weren't ridiculous gas would be next to nothing.
My Grandma said back probally 20-30 years ago like the 70s and 80s she went down south and gas was 50 Cents a gallon because of a gas war...I forget when she said she went but it was 20 to 30 years ago...
Well, now I'm feeling bad. Gas out here dropped to 2.39.
DDay, do you have some massive state or local gas tax? Federal is trivial (17 cents per gallon), but regional taxes can be bizarre. I remember that when I was living in FL and went to visit my aunt and grandmother over near Tampa, I had to make sure not to stop for gas in Naples, because they had a city gas tax that added a pretty good amount to the price (I think it was 20-30 cents per gallon).
Eventually, the Europeans will chime in with prices across the pond and we'll realize how good we have it.
It's webbrowser stuff. Oddly, I only remember using that one time, and I don't remember what it was for, except that I then abandoned it in favor of some kind of web service...and I don't remember what that was for, either.Quote:
Originally Posted by jdc20181
Seems like a good idea, but I have no practical experience in that area.
The second one you can - Because it has to with filling data saved....But I understand on the "Upgade IE" one...Quote:
Originally Posted by Shaggy Hiker
In Indiana its like 12 Cents per gallon is the Gas Tax
I don't know. All I know is that gas is cheaper by about $0.10 per gallon in Arkansas and Mississippi. Texas holds about the same though.Quote:
Originally Posted by Shaggy Hiker
Hey @dday9 can you take a look at my codebank submissions?
Yep...Quote:
Eventually, the Europeans will chime in with prices across the pond and we'll realize how good we have it.
I prefer to think how bad they have it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Shaggy Hiker
However, as much I like to think we live in a normal country, it's full of strange and bizarre abnormalities which keeps life interesting.
Yesterday I paid £1.19 for a litre of diesel. Petrol was priced roughly the same. According to some on line exchange rate calculator I found that's $1.48, so we're paying almost as for a litre as you guys pay for a gallon:mad:Quote:
I prefer to think how bad they have it
Still, I reckon the Dollar's about to drop in value so there's a silver lining:p
Yep. Dow is projected to fall 500 points I DO NOT like big companies but they are what have alot of jobs for us, and without them people would be unemployed.Quote:
Originally Posted by FunkyDexter
I can, but I don't know how much help I'll be because I hate the Webbrowser control.Quote:
Originally Posted by jdc20181
The dollar took a steep nosedive against the Euro early this morning then immediately shot right back up and as I write this has gained almost 1%... Go USA!Quote:
Originally Posted by FunkyDexter
That's kind of how the markets responded after Brexit, too. When you get right down to it...the global economy sucks, so where else are you going to go?
If your look for it to follow Stirling's post Brexit pattern you'll see a nose-dive, followed by a rapid strong recovery, followed by a more gradual decline. The nose dive and the recovery are caused by speculators and aren't "real". The gradual decline, on the other hand, is caused by genuine market pressures as long term investors lose confidence in the US economy under Trump. Of course, it's possible that Trump will be able to convince everyone that he's a safe pair of hands and you'll see a rise instead but I doubt it. Given his business background he may actually be a safe pair of hands but that's not the perception and it will be perception that drives the exchange rates.
However the Pound Sterling has taken a steep nosedive. Prior to Brexit it was around $1.60. After it is around $1.30.Quote:
Originally Posted by Shaggy Hiker
But, it isn't really an apples to apples comparison.
Sorry, folks. Canada's closed for the season.Quote:
Originally Posted by Shaggy Hiker
I believe Mexico has some vacancies.
Still global. And Mars is a bunch of reds.
Better get there before they decide to build a wall though. I understand they're going to get the US to pay for it.Quote:
I believe Mexico has some vacancies
Just hire a bunch of illegal immigrants, get them to build it and make sure they are on the Mexican side when it's finished - make sure they don't have any rope or ladders...Quote:
Originally Posted by FunkyDexter