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12/30/2011 12:10 PM

Happy 2012 everyone. And what do you resolve to do this new year? My resolution is to wreak more intergalactic havoc everywhere. Hey, doesn't everyone always say stick to what you know best?

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12/30/2011 12:24 PM

"Everyone has to believe in something; I believe I'll have another drink". W.C. Fields

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12/30/2011 1:12 PM

wreak more intergalactic havoc everywhere

Happy New Year to you too, President Obama!

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12/30/2011 1:14 PM

Happy New Year DV

Cheers!!!!!!

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12/30/2011 1:56 PM

Restrain myself from so many bad links .

It's a few hours early, but happy 2012 to everyone (even if we may not see it out ). Can't think of a better reason to eat/drink/be merry .

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12/30/2011 2:12 PM

Kris,

If the Krisdel office party has already started, is it OK if a few of us stop by?

We will BYOB! (bring your own bottle)

Happy New Year!!!!!

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12/30/2011 3:22 PM

It's always party time at KrisDel™, and you, as all, are more than welcome. BYOB ? We expect a full keg of real ale. Only kidding - your best wishes and love are enough (Del said the love bit, not me, I Just wanted the keg).

Wishing you a super-cool New Year .

All best from KrisDel™ - we love all our chums on CR4.

To abscent friends, "we still love you. Come back to the fold". No matter if it's Austin or the valley, happy new year. You are still loved. Now sod off, because I intend to get drunk and make some New Year resolutions. Best wishes to all, even if they lack the the balls for a personal 'hello'.

Sorry if this reaches wrong people (can't be doing with PPM), but vermin and europium are not acting like mates. I love you whatever. Bastards, but top blokes.

May 2012 bring you all you wish. I will be quitting CR4 soon, and can say no more. I wish you well, in a sincere way that I have failed to comuinicate. The fault is mine.

All best,

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12/30/2011 3:37 PM

Happy New Year to you too ! Yah, we do it, but Del can never remember to tell me what happened. I don't know, because I'nm usually in police custody or hospital. As I always say, "blame the cat". BYOB ? BYOK Bring vour own keg

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12/30/2011 2:14 PM

That didn't last long - like the last time I considered quitting smoking; made me so nervous I had to have a cigarette

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12/30/2011 2:14 PM

There ya go Vader, play to your strengths!

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12/30/2011 4:17 PM

Very happy new years wishes to you all from the gringo lost in south Mexico....

My resolution is to make more money.... After all in the end isn't that what we all want? Well and a few other things that probably shouldnt be mentioned here

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12/30/2011 6:03 PM

I haven't decided, but apparently my neighbors have. They are all drawing their blinds and double locking their doors.

Huh..................I wonder what that's all about.

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12/30/2011 7:14 PM

Only kidding. Oyster roast at the neighbor's tomorrow night......................I have one the day after Thanksgiving. That's all I have so far.

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12/30/2011 7:25 PM

Oh man do I miss Low Country boils and esp oyster roasts!

Enjoy a couple dozen for mee!

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12/30/2011 8:44 PM

I sure will!!!

Since you're on the left coast, one of the best oyster bars I've ever experienced was up in Long Beach. Can't remember the name, but they had a big chalkboard behind the bar with about 20 different varieties of oysters from around the country............................awesome!!!!!

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12/30/2011 9:18 PM

Wow, research time!

Wrong Beach is only about 90 minutes from here - Thanks!

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12/30/2011 7:31 PM

Definitely a Happy 2012 to all!

With the smouldering wreck of 2011 behind us it is time to reassess some of the dumb things we trap ourselves into...

My new years resolutions are pretty straight forward;

1/ No New Projects! Unless they're fully funded, properly planned and superfluously resourced.

2/ Finish all my LTP's(Long term Projects) by the end of 2012.

That means finally getting the HFJ45 Toyota Landcruiser that has been a meccano set for the past 5 years on the road.

The Weekend Warrior Wagon twin cam 740 will get its turbo transplant, stick shift transmission and upgraded retro triangulated brakes (instead of the abs setup).

Putting the "new" Injector Pump on the Pug 405 SRDT wagon and getting it on the road finally.

Rebuilding my box trailer before there is only a rego plate and axle left...

3/ More "Tinny time", I don't mean more drinking but more fishing. I'm 500 metres from the boat ramp, on one of the Hunter coasts' premier fishing lakes. I've been fishing twice this past year only once in my Tinny. Poor boat has been wetter inside the hull than outside this year, at least its water tight...

4/Reel in all my old friends, time is running away and contact via emails and "social networks" are tenuous at best. Nothing is better than a shared dinner/BBQ with friends..

5/ with respect to TCM's thread, I must try harder at acquiescing to SWMBO's desires even if it means that I have to clean up my tech bench...

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12/30/2011 9:40 PM

Don't know. The Emperor's engineers designed the mask, I didn't.

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12/31/2011 3:56 AM

I resolve not to call anybody an ignorant, flaming, retarded idiot, no matter how richly they may deserve the title. (Some exclusions may apply)

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I may stop fibbing .

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12/31/2011 5:24 AM

Better line your quack up for more blood pressure tablets, I can see you bursting a pop off valve with all that pent up frustration..

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I didn't resolve not to fib.

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12/31/2011 6:38 PM

Then you must resolve to do so, but you can't tell anyone (house rules). Believe me .

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12/31/2011 10:40 AM

Political systems,especially democracy has made a community in every country to rule other communities in the same country, approved by UN,USA,UK etc. We should change this by giving representation in a new organisation(Peoples forum) replacing UN based on worldwide strength of each community(language/race/religion)-eg: Englishmen, Arabs, French,German,Japanese,Korean,Chinese,Hindi,Bengali,Tamils,Serbs,Bosnians,Chechenyan,Palestines Kashmiris,Malays, etc which has more than 50 million population and smaller countries by "Cluster representation".

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12/31/2011 10:55 AM

"And what do you resolve to do this new year?"

Would this mean that your resolution is to make mindless political statements this year?

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All year?!

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12/31/2011 12:53 PM

I understand your problem. When someone said that earth is revolving around the sun they executed him because he was talking against the Church. Later Galileo invented the telescope and proved it. O poor souls take lessons from other countries if you don't understand sufferings of many communities/races/religious groups.

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12/31/2011 1:14 PM

You clearly do not understand my problem, nor have I said I agree or disagree with your position, though comparing yourself to Galileo's predecessors might be a stretch - might as well pick one of the many prophets that wandered in from the desert to piss people off and got killed for that.

But this is fundamentally an engineering forum where wise men try to stay the hell out of each other's politics, sexual preferences / activities, religious choices to name just a few controversial subjects.

I think we have understood your positions on the general unfairness of it all, the "might makes right" approach to international politics, the apparent helplessness of man to create organizations that can moderate those tendencies.

Got it.

But given the nature of the forum, the reasons we comes together here; I suppose I was expressing the hope you would not make these the defining subject of your posts for the entire year.

Perhaps rude of me, the comment was indeed flippant and no more harm than a nudge in the ribs was intended.

My apologies if offense was taken

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12/31/2011 2:54 PM

Just remember, some understand but most don't when dealing with an international forum.

Hell guys this all started out as a HAPPY NEW YEAR greeting, remember???

Just lets all have a drink or 10 and just know that our differences is what keeps life interesting.

Only the best to you all.

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If a political system or practice violates human rights of humans we don't want it,it is human nature to reject unreasonable practices. Many races like Mongoleans,Romans, Greeks, Tamils etc conquered many countries and ruled. After Colonisation by Britishers they have changed the nature (survival of the fittest)of earth in mankind.Even among animals/birds the fittest survive,not the majority or the numerical strength as britishers claim. That's why I say if governments/UN can give preference to a race or community in any country due to numerical strength,worldwide population of race/community/language should be considered in UN representation,defence,foreign relations etc. At present very small communities are in UN while major communities with say 50 million is simply sidelined,ignored, depressed,suppressed,massacred because the britishers who ruled Asia,Africa did not give equal representation to all communities but allowed one community in each country to rule and even pass resolution in UN.Those who make blunders and ruin mankind should accept their mistake and take corrective steps instead of refusing, coverup etc. I don't want to continue this subject in this subject anymore in this thread.

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Yeah, yeah, yeah. This is Engineering; the Politics class is is the third room along the corridor....that way.....

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So what was his resolution anyway?

OK L&G, time to get to work and meet the resolutions!

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You need to tell the others that....they never got the memo...

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12/31/2011 6:02 PM

Happy New Year All!

I resolve to NOT watch the "news" on TV, always do what my wife asks, and never ever tell another lie like that one!

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Happy 2012 to you Vader, and to all at CR4.

Last year's theme was "Ask a simple question. Get a simple answer." I know this because I found the whiteboard on which it was scrawled, in the annual general cleanup.

Challenge for this year is, use whiteboards appropriately.

"Light, upon the task" is present theme. Sweep four corners. Lux facta est.

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How did I end up with the annual refrigerator cleaning?

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Who told you that was a refrigerator?

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? Didn't flush, so a departure from my usual duties?

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I resolve to do more of what I did this year. And you can quote me on that.

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01/04/2012 8:20 AM

Damn...I missed the orifice party.. I think Kris arranged to hold it up a tree
Mind, he'll never know I wasn't there, on the grounds of both intoxication and the Schroedinger thingy whichever kicked in first.
My resolution is to stop being so grumpy and to say 'yes' to everything Mrs Cat suggests...
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What will you do if Mrs the cat tells you to say "no" all the time ?

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01/04/2012 12:56 PM

Cry and mumble yes Dear
Then hide in the garage making Longbows
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You can't say yes. the Universal paradox will implode. Just leave a note and scamper like I do (with Mrs K, not Mrs the cat)

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Well I cant speak about things around your house, but if I were to make such a resolution, it would be called un-reachable.

By my wife especialy!

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01/04/2012 10:37 PM

I resolve to quit laughing like a guilty 8 year old when I read a headline like "Santorum Surges From Behind"

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From Wiki "Savage endorsed the reader suggestion to re-define "rick" as a verb meaning "to remove santorum orally."" Ahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

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