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>>>I surrender
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>>No batlle :-}
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>I was so convinced a static initializer was thread safe ....
>
>
>>In trying to discover a VB.net alternative to volatile I found this
>>:http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.threading.thread.memorybarrier(v=VS.100).aspx
>>
>>Now my head hurts and I'm going to stop :-}
>
>A couple of bitters helps in most cases

Excellent advice ........
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