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[Guest LilBambi]

Yes! Love those types of movies and books! I think the actual page you want though has ! in it:

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Make_Room!_Make_Room!

[V.T. Eric Layton]

Well, the mailman brought me my official Cisco CCENT certification and wallet ID card today. They're out-of-stock on the decoder rings, though. They must be ordering them from the same Chinese distributor that we are. We haven't issued a Scot's MVP decoder ring in quite some time.

 

I'm still studying. Shooting for 5 April for my ICND2/CCNA exam.

[V.T. Eric Layton]

See! They're still on backorder. I think the company that makes them in China was the same one that was adding poisonous stuff to the pet foods. It might be a while before they get up and running again.

[V.T. Eric Layton]

And this is you now...

 

 

[V.T. Eric Layton]

Everything is on the Internet these days. I even found a pic of your sister...

 

[V.T. Eric Layton]

And your dog...

 

 

[securitybreach]

Your too much Eric

[V.T. Eric Layton]

The bearded collie doggie is pretty cute; sister, not so much.

 

Yeah, Josh... I have my moments.

[zlim]

I'd say your sister is a dog but that would discredit all the dogs.

[Guest LilBambi]

[amenditman]

yet another thread has succumbed to topic-distortion, crumbling into a shadow of the glory of its former self...

 

ps

+1

(i should get 5 or 10 for that post!)

Did you use the command line nonsense generator to make that post?

[V.T. Eric Layton]

At my forums, we call this "thread shredding". It's an art form with us.

 

That being said, I would like to get my thread back on topic. I'm still studying, studying, studying... not as intensely as I would like, though. I'm much more casual about it lately. I hope that isn't a bad sign. I don't want to lose the burning motivation that I had a while back. That first crash course may have burned me out a bit. I seem to be more interested and the content is making more sense to me with my more casual approach, though. I can't drag this on forever, unfortunately. I need to knuckle down and get this second test taken care of so I can then take the easy ones (CompTIA).

 

Oh, and I still need to find a job, too.

[V.T. Eric Layton]

So far, the trail hasn't heated up any; even with my new cert and all my LinkedIn networking.

[abarbarian]

So far, the trail hasn't heated up any; even with my new cert and all my LinkedIn networking.

 

Get back to studying

 

 

Worry about a job when you are fully qualified. You'll have more options so a greater chance of becoming a suit.

[ross549]

Instead of sticking it to the man, he will BE the man!

 

hahahahaha

 

Adam

[V.T. Eric Layton]

[ross549]

I thought it was the beatings will continue.....

 

Adam

[abarbarian]

I say chaps.Character building !! Layed the foundations of good ol blighty don't you know.

[V.T. Eric Layton]

I'm sorry, mom. I broke my promise to you and didn't study tonight. I played with conky. Blame iChase and Amenditman.

[Guest LilBambi]

LOL! Sometimes you need to divert attention to ultimately retain more anyway.

[V.T. Eric Layton]

LOL! Sometimes you need to divert attention to ultimately retain more anyway.

 

Umm... yeah! That sounds good. I'll use that one.

[abarbarian]

I'm sorry, mom. I broke my promise to you and didn't study tonight. I played with conky. Blame iChase and Amenditman.

 

Now you know that playing with conkers has been banned in the UK

 

 

So in the interests of trans continental co-operation I must ask you to stop immediately.

 

 

Even with full safety kit this practice is dangerous and can be deadly.

 

 

As you see these deadly conkers are to be treated with caution in the wild.

 

Layton I'm ashamed of you. Have you done your homework ?

[zlim]

I had to google that.

The game is played by two players, each with a conker threaded onto a piece of string: they take turns striking each other's conker until one breaks.

I discovered that I indeed had the horse chestnut correct.

We used to collect them as kids and keep them in a cigar box. I don't remember that we actually did anything with them. We US kids were not as inventive as the British or Irish.

[V.T. Eric Layton]

That's funny. It reminded me of a toy in the U.S. back in the 60s that was banned at my school, too. They were called "knockers". There were two hardened plastic, colorful balls suspeded from two equal length strings and tied to a ring that you put on your finger. You were supposed to move your hand rapidly up and down and the balls would bounce of one another at the top and bottom of their rotations.

 

Yes, you sickos out there... you can be interpreting this as something to do with genitalia, but I'm serious. Bob (Amenditman), do you remember what I'm talking about here? I'm going to go look for a pic...

 

AHA!

 

 

Wow! The things you see when you search for "knockers" these days. I had to add "toy" to get any... ahem... sensible results. Anyway, that's them above. They're calling them clackers, knockers, etc. these days, but that's them. They're still being sold. How 'bout that?

 

[amenditman]

Bob (Amenditman), do you remember what I'm talking about here?

 

Are you trying to say that I am in the same age bracket as you are? I'm shocked and offended!

 

That picture, where did you get it. I thought I had destroyed all copies in existence. MOM!

[V.T. Eric Layton]

Well, to be fair... you are a wee bit younger than I... a very wee bit.

[abarbarian]

We US kids were not as inventive as the British or Irish.

 

"We US kids were not as warlike as the British or Irish." The object of the contest is to smash the opponents conker to bits and eventually all the conkers of the local players. Thereby becoming the conquering king for the season.

[securitybreach]

That's funny. It reminded me of a toy in the U.S. back in the 60s that was banned at my school, too. They were called "knockers". There were two hardened plastic, colorful balls suspeded from two equal length strings and tied to a ring that you put on your finger. You were supposed to move your hand rapidly up and down and the balls would bounce of one another at the top and bottom of their rotations.

 

 

Banned? I had those when I was a kid back in the 80s. Yeah, I know... I am a young whippersnapper compared to you old fogies

[V.T. Eric Layton]

Banned at my school, I said. It was a Catholic school. No one is allowed to have fun in a Catholic school. I think it's a sin of some sort.

[securitybreach]

Banned at my school, I said. It was a Catholic school. No one is allowed to have fun in a Catholic school. I think it's a sin of some sort.

 

Ah, I took that as meaning that they were banned from being sold