Where to buy Cassocks?

2012-01-31 Thread Andrew Beattie
On 31 Jan 2012, at 05:44, Greg McCarroll wrote: We'd also not have a language that attracts people who like to fly giant kites (Andy W. and a few others) and buy priests cassocks (Evil Dave and no other few others ;-) ), I have never seen the phrases giant kites and priests cassocks

Re: Where to buy Cassocks?

2012-01-31 Thread Dirk Koopman
On 31/01/12 08:05, Andrew Beattie wrote: Is there a place to go to buy a used Cassock other than the 'Bay? It's hard. So hard that most regular cassock wearers end up buying new ones. At least they then stand a chance of fitting. More difficult questions are: what colour, closely followed

Re: The proper way to open()

2012-01-31 Thread Andy Wardley
Greg McCarroll wrote: We'd also not have a language that attracts people who like to fly giant kites (Andy W. and a few others) /me waves For the record, the Way I Do It these days is using Badger::Filesystem. http://badgerpower.com/docs/Badger/Filesystem/File.html e.g. print

Re: Where to buy Cassocks?

2012-01-31 Thread Ian Norton
Is there a place to go to buy a used Cassock other than the 'Bay? With great difficulty. As Dirk said, most people who do wear them do so until they fall apart and even then it's likely they'll be kept to patch up others in a less worse state. J. Wippel Co. Ltd certainly sell new ones -

Re: Where to buy Cassocks?

2012-01-31 Thread Kieren Diment
On 31/01/2012, at 8:15 PM, Ian Norton wrote: Is there a place to go to buy a used Cassock other than the 'Bay? With great difficulty. As Dirk said, most people who do wear them do so until they fall apart and even then it's likely they'll be kept to patch up others in a less worse state.

Re: Where to buy Cassocks?

2012-01-31 Thread Andrew Beattie
On 31 Jan 2012, at 09:15, Ian Norton wrote: J. Wippel Co. Ltd certainly sell new ones - http://www.wippell.co.uk/ though a bit extreme for making kites out of The idea is to wear a bishop's cassock (I quite like the purple) whilst wrestling the kites. Sometimes I wear a kilt (and all the

Re: Where to buy Cassocks?

2012-01-31 Thread David Cantrell
On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 08:05:53AM +, Andrew Beattie wrote: On 31 Jan 2012, at 05:44, Greg McCarroll wrote: We'd also not have a language that attracts people who like to fly giant kites (Andy W. and a few others) and buy priests cassocks (Evil Dave and no other few others ;-) ), Is

Re: Where to buy Cassocks?

2012-01-31 Thread Dave Hodgkinson
On 31 Jan 2012, at 13:03, David Cantrell wrote: On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 08:05:53AM +, Andrew Beattie wrote: On 31 Jan 2012, at 05:44, Greg McCarroll wrote: We'd also not have a language that attracts people who like to fly giant kites (Andy W. and a few others) and buy priests cassocks

Re: Where to buy Cassocks?

2012-01-31 Thread Will Crawford
On 31 January 2012 13:13, Dave Hodgkinson daveh...@gmail.com wrote: On 31 Jan 2012, at 13:03, David Cantrell wrote: ... and it is great for scaring people in on foggy evenings. Got a top hat and cane? ... and spare time to wander around Whitechapel?

Re: The proper way to open()

2012-01-31 Thread Peter Corlett
On 31 Jan 2012, at 05:18, Avleen Vig wrote: [...] This is the problem with TMTOWTDI. There should just be one way to do it. Then we wouldn't have this problem. If you want Python, you know where you can find it.

Re: Where to buy Cassocks?

2012-01-31 Thread Guinevere Nell
I keep reading it as where to buy Cossackshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cossacks On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 1:22 PM, Will Crawford billcrawford1...@gmail.comwrote: On 31 January 2012 13:13, Dave Hodgkinson daveh...@gmail.com wrote: On 31 Jan 2012, at 13:03, David Cantrell wrote: ... and it

Re: The proper way to open()

2012-01-31 Thread Nicholas Clark
On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 01:42:05PM +, Peter Corlett wrote: On 31 Jan 2012, at 05:18, Avleen Vig wrote: [...] This is the problem with TMTOWTDI. There should just be one way to do it. Then we wouldn't have this problem. If you want Python, you know where you can find it. Although,

Re: The proper way to open()

2012-01-31 Thread Peter Corlett
On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 01:42:05PM +, Peter Corlett wrote: On 31 Jan 2012, at 05:18, Avleen Vig wrote: [...] This is the problem with TMTOWTDI. There should just be one way to do it. Then we wouldn't have this problem. If you want Python, you know where you can find it. OK, on

Re: The proper way to open()

2012-01-31 Thread Paul Makepeace
On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 14:29, Peter Corlett ab...@cabal.org.uk wrote: On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 01:42:05PM +, Peter Corlett wrote: On 31 Jan 2012, at 05:18, Avleen Vig wrote: [...] This is the problem with TMTOWTDI. There should just be one way to do it. Then we wouldn't have this problem.

Re: Where to buy Cassocks?

2012-01-31 Thread Dirk Koopman
On 31/01/12 13:55, Guinevere Nell wrote: I keep reading it as where to buy Cossackshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cossacks Carsocks is also a valid synonym in the more radical wing of the rent a choir fraternity (www.clerkes.org.uk)

Re: The proper way to open()

2012-01-31 Thread Avleen Vig
On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 8:53 AM, Paul Makepeace pa...@paulm.com wrote: I'd make a material bet Avleen was joking. You'd win that bet :-) Not to mention, pretty much every modern language exhibits plurality in implementation possibilities (PIMP? :). Paul

Contract checking

2012-01-31 Thread Peter Corlett
Hi, I have been offered a contract that is more complex than I'm used to, and wish to have it checked out. Can any of the other contractors here recommend a solicitor or other suitable legal mind to check it over and tell me what it means? Thanks in advance.

Re: Tech Talk Slides

2012-01-31 Thread Eric Johnson
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Re: Contract checking

2012-01-31 Thread James Laver
On 31 Jan 2012, at 17:40, Peter Corlett wrote: Hi, I have been offered a contract that is more complex than I'm used to, and wish to have it checked out. Can any of the other contractors here recommend a solicitor or other suitable legal mind to check it over and tell me what it means?