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I actually found a jar of Marmite in our local store, though they tastefuly neglect to stock Vegemite. Reading the label confirmed my preconceived notion that the name comes from it's main ingredient, marmot dung.
"My child was Inmate of the Month at Mohave County Jail" - Bumper Sticker in Bullhead City, AZ
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Megan Forbes wrote:
It's a disgusting Aussie version of Marmite
<Nick Says Sheepishly> Which is what exactly?  </Nick Says Sheepishly>
Nick Parker
May your glass be ever full.
May the roof over your head be always strong.
And may you be in heaven half an hour before the devil knows you’re dead. - Irish Blessing
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Nick Parker wrote:
Which is what exactly?
Hmmm.. have you heard of Bovril or Fray Bentos? They are the beef extract version.
Marmite ( ![Heart | [heart]](https://codeproject.global.ssl.fastly.net/script/Forums/Images/love.gif) ) and Vegimite (  ) are a type of spread for sandwiches, made from yeast extract. They are a thick blackish, brownish type of substance, which will burn your mouth if you spread it on the bread too thickly. The beefy versions don't burn your mouth however much you put on, it just starts to taste too salty.
HTH 
I knew it would end badly when I first met Chris in a Canberra alleyway and he said 'try some - it won't hurt you'..... - Christian Graus on Code Project outages
A moment of silence please. A programmer's best friend has passed beyond that great exception in the sky.... - Mark Conger on "The coffee machine has died"
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Megan Forbes wrote:
Hmmm.. have you heard of Bovril or Fray Bentos? They are the beef extract version.
Gosh Megan, I live such a sheltered life, please forgive me. 
Megan Forbes wrote:
They are a thick blackish, brownish type of substance, which will burn your mouth if you spread it on the bread too thickly. The beefy versions don't burn your mouth however much you put on, it just starts to taste too salty.
Boy, that sure doesn't sound appetizing, oh well, maybe I will try it sometime, however I doubt they sell it at the stores here.
Nick Parker
May your glass be ever full.
May the roof over your head be always strong.
And may you be in heaven half an hour before the devil knows you’re dead. - Irish Blessing
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Megan Forbes wrote:
:meg ducks in case of hurled pies:
I don't think you'd have too.. Most Aussies here seem to not like it!
Regards,
Brian Dela
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It would be nice to see the usual article stats on the "Articles by Author" page. Maybe even popularity, votes, views, downloads, etc.
I don't think this is a serious possesion, and the evil most likely comes from your hand. Colin J Davies, The Lounge
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Added to the TODO list
cheers,
Chris Maunder
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So if we suggest enough new features eventually some end up on the TODO list
How high is the percentage?
I don't think this is a serious possesion, and the evil most likely comes from your hand. Colin J Davies, The Lounge
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Any feature I like and I think is do-able without impacting on the servers goes into the list. All items are then ranked according to a bunch of criteria (time, cost, benefits, fun factor etc) which is then turned into a single rank. Items are then ranked and implemented accordingly. An items rank changes constantly depending on the wind direction so it's never easy to give a definitive queue placement.
For the record, this suggestion is #18/44 in the 'Suggestions' list. There's also the 'cool new functionality' list (18), the 'Important Stuff To Get Done' list (48 items) and the 'Bug list' (no comment on it's size  )
cheers,
Chris Maunder
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Chris Maunder wrote:
All items are then ranked according to a bunch of criteria (time, cost, benefits, fun factor etc)
Let me guess:
time - the time it takes to implement it
cost - server load and man power
benefits - the fun it is to implement it
fun factor - fun for whom?
Besides, why not publish this lists on CP and let members vote on the items? For the bug list this might provide even some useful comments (I suppose it should be available only to gold and platinum members because of the sheer size )
cheers
I don't think this is a serious possesion, and the evil most likely comes from your hand. Colin J Davies, The Lounge
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Andreas Saurwein wrote:
Besides, why not publish this lists on CP and let members vote on the items
If I publish the list then that takes away the surprise value!
cheers,
Chris Maunder
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I think it would be nice if there was a DirectX option under interests in our settings. That way we could see who likes doing graphics programming etc. 
Why waste time learning when ignorance in instantaneous
-Hobbes
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As to the Lounge's CP users group post
If CPians could enter their Long Lat coords, if desired,
It would be a simple matter for other users to find out if many CPians are near them.
It would make for a real interesting search tool as well.
Regardz
Colin J Davies
Sonork ID 100.9197:Colin
You are the intrepid one, always willing to leap into the fray! A serious character flaw, I might add, but entertaining.
Said by Roger Wright about me.
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I'm easy to find! Just get out a map of the Earth, look down to about the middle, roll it over... a little lower... Ah there, just north of the bung. That's Bullhead City!
"When in danger, fear, or doubt, run in circles, scream and shout!" - Lorelei and Lapis Lazuli Long
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Hehe, mines a bit easier....
Look at the US, now look for the bit of land that looks like the back of your left hand.... Look to the center of the 'mitten' and you've found me.
James
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Yep  Now if I could get Roger's weather to come up here...
James
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France? 
Hello I'm Courtney Love and I like to kill Otters with a spade
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David Wulff wrote:
France?
Close enough 
James
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Effingham, IL USA
Latitude (North) 39.1183
Longitude (West) 88.6059
Jason Henderson
start page ; articles
henderson is coming
henderson is an opponent's worst nightmare
* googlism *
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Colin Davies wrote:
If CPians could...
Okay now!
I just have to know what the heck is CPain????????????
Is it all members here on CP? 
Rickard Andersson@Suza Computing
C# and C++ programmer from SWEDEN!
UIN: 50302279
E-Mail: nikado@pc.nu
Speciality: I love C#, ASP.NET and C++!
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Rickard Andersson wrote:
I just have to know what the heck is CPain????????????
Is it all members here on CP?
No, it's only those that have been personally apointed by ![Green Alien | [Alien]](https://www.codeproject.com/script/Forums/Images/alien.gif)
Regardz
Colin J Davies
Sonork ID 100.9197:Colin
You are the intrepid one, always willing to leap into the fray! A serious character flaw, I might add, but entertaining.
Said by Roger Wright about me.
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I'm sure Chris will add it, once all members promise to keep the position constantly updated... to within 5m or so!
Regards,
Ray
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That's right - we'll make sure everyone wears satellite tracking devices 
cheers,
Chris Maunder
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Hey Chris,
I've been talking to a few people here in college who often visit CP and some of them think it'd be a good idea to have a new members forum [perhaps with a link visible on the homepage] so that they can ask sites about the site and about the forums etc. [Many of them said they were godsmacked at the sheer size of the site and that they were afraid to ask simple questions in the lounge]
Regulars could pop in and answer questions about navagation and where to ask questions and so on... obviously it could be open to the usual abuse... asking programming questions on so on, but at least this way we'll know what to expect and the new member can be pointed in the right direction and hopefully there'll be less non-related topics in the lounge.
Just a thought.
Brian
Regards,
Brian Dela 
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