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Paul Gunningham, MoM
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Moving the goalposts?
« : 04.08.04 at 10:34 » |
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I now find myself an "MV Novice" instead of an "MV Newbie" (and looking around I see others in the same category).
Has Steve moved the goalposts, making the coveted Junior MV badge more difficult to achieve? Or has he just changed the category names? I think we should etc., etc. (I typed "etc., etc." just then to save myself typing the full sentence which was " I think we should be told")*
Reminds me of Catch-22 where they kept raising the number of missions whenever you got anywhere near the target 
Cheers
Paul
*derived from an old Goons joke
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Staving off the pressure... by drinking real ale
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S J Birkill
MV Administrator
just a sensible reserve
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Re: Moving the goalposts?
« Reply #1: 04.08.04 at 10:52 » |
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Here at MV we have a policy of continuous improvement, especially during this initial test phase 
The height of the bar remains unchanged (elbow height, of course), but I thought we ought to express things in English! -- Steve
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Stephen J Birkill
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Nedd
MV Friend
forty year fan
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Re: Moving the goalposts?
« Reply #2: 22.08.04 at 17:26 » |
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I've just registered this afternoon and read almost all the messages (except the very very technical), and I am rather dismayed that Pete is classed as a Novice. Surely he gets immediate brigadier-general status, or why are we all here?
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S J Birkill
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just a sensible reserve
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Pete promoted
« Reply #3: 23.08.04 at 09:00 » |
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on 22.08.04 at 17:26, Nedd wrote:| I am rather dismayed that Pete is classed as a Novice. Surely he gets immediate brigadier-general status, or why are we all here? |
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You're right, so I've given him a personal upgrade.
Steve
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Stephen J Birkill
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Seán Kelly
MV Fixture
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Re: Moving the goalposts?
« Reply #4: 13.09.04 at 22:05 » |
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Aah but looking at Pete's profile page reveals that the host machine still really considers him an MV newbie!
Subversive Computer!
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S J Birkill
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just a sensible reserve
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Re: Moving the goalposts?
« Reply #5: 14.09.04 at 01:16 » |
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Huh! This should show it who's boss!
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Stephen J Birkill
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