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# Posted on: 10-Sep-2004 16:18:57   

netclectic wrote:

Self-sustaining killer robot

Hmm, wonder where is it going to get power once it ate all the flies.simple_smile

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# Posted on: 10-Sep-2004 16:26:03   

I better not tell my wife about this - Why an orgasm really is all in the mind

I might find myself retrenched.

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# Posted on: 10-Sep-2004 16:41:36   

hehe good ones smile

IF I'm bored, I always go to: http://www.despair.com/indem.html and check out the various posters. smile Truly top entertainment simple_smile

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# Posted on: 10-Sep-2004 20:55:08   

ha ha ha!!! smile smile

This despair stuff is excellent!!

I hope this site is a joke and not a real company! - How do you like the copyright of the Frowny

So i guess i am not allowed to do this... :-(

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# Posted on: 10-Sep-2004 20:57:31   

hehe no it's a real company! simple_smile You can buy all these posters from them (or from www.thinkgeek.com for example). Excellent gifts for co-workers wink

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# Posted on: 10-Sep-2004 21:21:30   

Btw, this is also great fun, I ran into the site half an hour ago: http://digilander.libero.it/chiediloapippo/Engineering/iarchitect/shame.htm

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# Posted on: 10-Sep-2004 21:47:33   

Hmmm...message #180 and counting...

Jeff...

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# Posted on: 10-Sep-2004 21:52:32   

As i said before, this is an immortal thread as every week contains a Friday. simple_smile

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# Posted on: 10-Sep-2004 22:30:59   

Just think about the complexity of working for Despair, Inc.

Do they hold demotivational meetings for their employees? What disincentive packages do they offer? Can you be fired for having a positive attitude?

Imagine interviewing for a job. Do you strike a positive tone, or bring it down in order to fit in? Do you answer the question, "What was your greatest failure at your last job" with a note of pride? Shame when describing your successes? Do you leave your M.B.A. off your resume to enhance your chances of a placement?

My brain hurts!

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# Posted on: 10-Sep-2004 23:30:07   

hahaha smile

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# Posted on: 11-Sep-2004 08:58:45   

Yeh, be misserable if you get paid to much and be happy about working over weekends. stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye

Im going to look at cars today, my 1996 Opel Astra is starting to give problems. And i want to get rid of it while i can still get some money for it. I enjoy looking at cars, but cars are so expensive here - Double the price of cars in the UK.

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# Posted on: 11-Sep-2004 11:30:31   

wayne wrote:

Im going to look at cars today, my 1996 Opel Astra is starting to give problems. And i want to get rid of it while i can still get some money for it. I enjoy looking at cars, but cars are so expensive here - Double the price of cars in the UK.

Opel Astra... I had one for 4 weeks once when I was a consultant at CMG. At 120 KM/h the oil pump broke in half, losing all the oil on the highway... (it was a brand new car simple_smile ). The mechanic picking me up: "Oh, that happens in every 100,000 cars".... but I'll never drive an Opel again (although the car wasn't that bad).

You'd expect that major car manufacturers would have factories on the african continent as well, to safe shipping costs. Also, aren't korean and japanese cars less expensive there, as the shipping costs for these is 1/2 the costs of shipping them to europe simple_smile

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# Posted on: 11-Sep-2004 14:23:31   

You'd expect that major car manufacturers would have factories on the african continent as well, to safe shipping costs. Also, aren't korean and japanese cars less expensive there, as the shipping costs for these is 1/2 the costs of shipping them to europe Regular Smiley

Thats the shocker, they do have factories in SA. Opel, Volkswagen, Mercedes, Ford and Isuzu are manuafactured in Port Elizabeth. Ford has the minority of the market and only have their bottom range cars here. Toyota does not have a factory here as far as i know.

Toyota is japense they have majority of the market followed by Opel, but the toyota corrola is in the same price range as the opel astra, the rest of the japense and korean cars Dawoo and Hyuandia (mind spelling) do not have any resel value and is also not very reliable. Hyuandia went under about 2 years ago in SA and was bought by another car manufacturer. There was no local parts for them until beginning of this year.

A Opel astra 1.6 and Toyota Carolla is roughly R 170 000 here that is 21 250 Euros devide by 8 i think.

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# Posted on: 13-Sep-2004 10:45:13   

wayne wrote:

You'd expect that major car manufacturers would have factories on the african continent as well, to safe shipping costs. Also, aren't korean and japanese cars less expensive there, as the shipping costs for these is 1/2 the costs of shipping them to europe Regular Smiley

Thats the shocker, they do have factories in SA. Opel, Volkswagen, Mercedes, Ford and Isuzu are manuafactured in Port Elizabeth. Ford has the minority of the market and only have their bottom range cars here. Toyota does not have a factory here as far as i know.

whoa... indeed weird. Well, perhaps the SA government does what the Dutch government does: add a large percentage to the price of the car for environment taxes. (I'm ok with that, but it makes hte car much more expensive, think 20+ %)

A Opel astra 1.6 and Toyota Carolla is roughly R 170 000 here that is 21 250 Euros devide by 8 i think.

That's about the price here (slightly lower here)

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# Posted on: 13-Sep-2004 12:52:14   

So what type of automobile do you have?

I might wait till Jan 2005 before buying a car, seeing that my work enviroment is very unstable at the momment.

But i did find 3 secondhand cars that i like: 1. 2001 Renault Cliio 1.6 Sport - R 103 000 2. 2001 Opel Astra 1.6 CDE - R 89 000 3. 2001 Opel Astra 1.6 CDE - R 79 000

As i said "I might wait" but also dont want to "wait"...if you know what i mean.simple_smile

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# Posted on: 13-Sep-2004 13:54:48   

wayne wrote:

So what type of automobile do you have?

A mercedes A140 and a Ford Ka simple_smile

I might wait till Jan 2005 before buying a car, seeing that my work enviroment is very unstable at the momment.

But i did find 3 secondhand cars that i like: 1. 2001 Renault Cliio 1.6 Sport - R 103 000 2. 2001 Opel Astra 1.6 CDE - R 89 000 3. 2001 Opel Astra 1.6 CDE - R 79 000

As i said "I might wait" but also dont want to "wait"...if you know what i mean.simple_smile

heh simple_smile . Well the value of a car (except when it's a ferrari) is degrading by the minute, so if you are unsure about your income situation, don't buy a car simple_smile

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# Posted on: 17-Sep-2004 14:52:29   

Well done everybody, we made it to another Friday simple_smile

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# Posted on: 17-Sep-2004 15:23:16   

Yeah!! simple_smile

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# Posted on: 17-Sep-2004 15:29:30   

simple_smile

What I wonder is... where's Jeff? He must be sleeping 24/7 now I think...

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# Posted on: 23-Sep-2004 15:25:24   

Its Friday! ......confused .....Ok its almost like a friday today. wink

Tomorrow is a public holiday in SA that means that the weekend starts early this week. sunglasses

Just 2 more hours, then it will be looong weekend simple_smile

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# Posted on: 23-Sep-2004 15:47:03   

Lucky bstrd! smile .

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# Posted on: 24-Sep-2004 19:40:18   

smile smile smile

so it sFriday here in sunny Hawaii. I just woke up and its 7:30 in the morning. Figured I would find a computer and share it with you guys. I have another week in Hawaii and then its back to work.

ok time to go get my eat on and check out the pool

Bert

stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye

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# Posted on: 24-Sep-2004 20:13:32   

bertcord wrote:

smile smile smile

so it sFriday here in sunny Hawaii. I just woke up and its 7:30 in the morning. Figured I would find a computer and share it with you guys. I have another week in Hawaii and then its back to work.

ok time to go get my eat on and check out the pool

Bert

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hehe cool! simple_smile Enjoy the fun and sun! simple_smile (btw, 7:30 am, and you are awake on a vacation? wink Or are you a morning-person? (I'm not even awake at 8am during workweeks sunglasses )

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# Posted on: 24-Sep-2004 21:41:24   

(I'm not even awake at 8am during workweeks)

We've noticed wink

I wakeup at 07:50 and only get out of bed at 08:10. At 08:25 I jump in my car and race through the 35km traffic to be at work at 09:00 - But i only officially wakeup at 09:30 after having my 2nd cup of coffee smile .

No Coffee.. No Workee. stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye

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# Posted on: 24-Sep-2004 22:09:53   

bertcord wrote:

smile smile smile

so it sFriday here in sunny Hawaii. I just woke up and its 7:30 in the morning. Figured I would find a computer and share it with you guys. I have another week in Hawaii and then its back to work.

ok time to go get my eat on and check out the pool

Bert

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OK, that's just plain mean. simple_smile

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