Talking Turkey
I know it's going to be a long day when they start an email off with a variant of "My English is bad, so..."
This Turk got a server today. Every server is assigned a single IP address. If you need more, you request them through official channels and we check inventory for you before assigning them to you.
If you just go out and grab additional IPs, we knock your ass offline for a bit and strip the IPs from you before putting you back online.
Keep doing that, and you're cancelled. Goodbye. Sayonara. See you in St. Looey, Screwy!
Well, this guy's asking if he can just grab the next three in the series from his IP.
I reply with a resounding NO! REQUEST THEM THROUGH OFFICIAL CHANNELS! script that I've got.
Five minutes later, he apologizes again for his poor English and asks for three IP addresses. Didn't bother reading or translating the note I sent him, or didn't comprehend it, or maybe his translator said "Shake five goats over falafel and spread butter on your uncle's liverspots" for all I know.
I reply again with a stern warning, and then shake my head.
I should keep a map and a scoreboard. Country that scores the most outbursts gets their flag burned at a special ceremony at the end of each month.
Leather Jacket Season
I have a pretty nice and servicable leather jacket. I rarely get to wear it since Houston is a somewhat warm city.
First year I had it, I tried to wear it during the warm times.
I don't try that anymore.
Right now, it's Leather Jacket Season. It's cold enough to wear it now. So I wear it.
Well, it's cold enough in the late evenings and early mornings, but during the day it's getting up to 70 or so. It's more of a Leather Jacket In The Morning And Evening Season with the jacket slung on my shoulder or the cubicle divider.
I'd rather have my jacket with me, an extra few pounds of weight on my shoulder, than not with me.