>Fellow Codeminers (and other advanced beings - no, not you Ivan <s>)
>
>I am attending the German Devcon in Frankfurt in a couple of weeks and to keep me warm, I might be walking around wearing a Codemine "Sandwich Board" - you know how Codemine gives you that warm fuzzy feeling <bg>.
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>Any other Codeminers going? We could meet up and discuss Code-mining tactics like :-
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>1. How to calm down Ivan over anticipated releases and features.
>2. How, to stop Denis lurking and make him actually take part in threaded discussions.

I never do that. Do I ?

>3. How to make Mel give you your Three Stars "***" when you anwer his questions.
>4. How to stop Ivan sending you a "stuffed Pirahna" just because he likes you.
>5. How to make John Fabiani more patient over release dates
>6. How to make Ivan stop wind-surfing and start coding (every now and again).
>
>These are all very serious matters but could probably be easily resolved over a few pints of Lager (well maybe a few more than that).

I won't be able to go but let me suggest point 7.

7. Stop Gary from whining on and on and on...