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The Grumpy Goat: In a world...
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Wednesday, July 22, 2015. Put on that deep voice that you only use to introduce dystopian near-future science fiction, and say, “In a world…”. Good In a world where someone invents a cancer-screening machine that is nearly 100% accurate, how useful would it really be? In summary, there is a 99% chance of being diagnosed, and a 0.1% chance of being misdiagnosed. So what is the overall success rate of the machine? Perhaps surprisingly, not even close. In 100 cancer cases, the machine pings 99 times.
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The Grumpy Goat: Red tape
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Friday, July 03, 2015. Following about nine iterations of a design report (and its many friends), wherein American design standards were specified where Dunkrugerstan standards were inapplicable or inappropriate, the Minister of Paper Clips decided that reference to these American standards would not be allowed. The Minister of Paper Clips had previously specified in the contract that American standards should be adopted, but this was no longer relevant. So when the most famous Grand Tournament in the wo...
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The Grumpy Goat: August 2015
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Sunday, August 30, 2015. O, the year was AD 2012. How I wish that I’d stayed far away). They needed one with competence;. Profess’nal; with experience. I tell you now: I was told. Untruths. A dummy I was sold. A job from hell, it was clear…. I was a broken Goat with a wrecked career:. A burned-out civil engineer. The fees had almost all been spent. How I wish that I’d stayed far away). For the job had been won at a loss. And I had a slippy-shouldered boss. So many things were in a mess,. Again, Beloved W...
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The Grumpy Goat: Manic Monday
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Friday, May 29, 2015. Six o’clock already. Sign of the times. I was just in the middle of a dream…. That’s how my day starts. I roll out of bed, stumble to the bathroom for 3S, and then head to the kitchenette for wheaties. Then I get dressed for work, remembering to brush my teeth before tying my tie. I live on the top floor of a tower block, so I take the lift about 37 floors to ground, emerge from the building, cross the road, and head up six floors to my office. By around 6pm I have generally had eno...
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The Grumpy Goat: November 2014
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Sunday, November 16, 2014. Coz I Luv Qatar. I'm not an idle slob;. I went and got a job. I live in Doha. Because the rent's so cruel. My flat is minuscule. And I have to rent a car. Else I can't explore Qatar. Meanwhile my motorbike,. For reasons I don't like,. Can't come to Doha:. It's more than five years old. And that is why, I'm told,. It's banned from Doha. For my car, things are the same:. Arbitrary rules to blame. Of course, Beloved Wife. Continues with her life. She's got the cat to pet.
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The Grumpy Goat: December 2014
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Sunday, December 14, 2014. Encouraging to hear from people who. Saw me on stage, and reckon I can act. Flattered I surely am, and reassured,. For I’m my own worst critic; that’s a fact. There will be far too many lines to learn. And insufficient hours in the day. If I decide to try to land a part. In the forthcoming show: The Scottish Play. In sooth, I find I know not what to say;. For verily, I have forgot my lines. Constrainèd I am, like a prat, obliged. To acquiesce to prompting,”. Links to this post.
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The Grumpy Goat: Back! Back!
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Friday, August 07, 2015. The Goat's blog is still alive. Now back after two weeks of collecting photographs in England, he's downloading, sorting, uploading and, in due course, going to accompany a select few images with some written words. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). I am a fiftyish British expatriate. I've lived in the Gulf for over eighteen years. The first six years were in Qatar; then nine more in the UAE. Over the last few years I've been back and forth several times. Seabee's Life in Oz.
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The Grumpy Goat: September 2014
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Thursday, September 18, 2014. Déjà vu all over again. When I resigned and left Qatar in 2012, the. Crazy people I worked for said that they'd provide an NOC: a letter confirming no objection to my changing sponsorship to work for someone else in Qatar. As this promise eventually turned into a statement to the effect that "We told you we wouldn't give you an NOC," I was banned from working in Qatar for two years. The rest of the situation is eerily familiar:-. I don't have a boss who stands in the middle ...
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The Grumpy Goat: May 2015
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Friday, May 29, 2015. Six o’clock already. Sign of the times. I was just in the middle of a dream…. That’s how my day starts. I roll out of bed, stumble to the bathroom for 3S, and then head to the kitchenette for wheaties. Then I get dressed for work, remembering to brush my teeth before tying my tie. I live on the top floor of a tower block, so I take the lift about 37 floors to ground, emerge from the building, cross the road, and head up six floors to my office. By around 6pm I have generally had eno...
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The Grumpy Goat: July 2015
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Wednesday, July 22, 2015. Put on that deep voice that you only use to introduce dystopian near-future science fiction, and say, “In a world…”. Good In a world where someone invents a cancer-screening machine that is nearly 100% accurate, how useful would it really be? In summary, there is a 99% chance of being diagnosed, and a 0.1% chance of being misdiagnosed. So what is the overall success rate of the machine? Perhaps surprisingly, not even close. In 100 cancer cases, the machine pings 99 times. The Go...
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