If you just pop in: Christmas-week still, as we are on holiday.... (at home again).
"My" company sure takes care!
There is also a notebook, pens and mints (I got later).
Well, as you maybe know I was one of the three who had to pack the advent-calendars into envelopes too small cause someone forgot the third dimension, gahhhh.....
It´s a ball game (yes, is, I´m not into sweets and not done).
This was not all, of course! We are an engineering company! Chocolate alone will not do!
No worries, you do not need to program COBOL (though COBOL is still around!!!).
Wiki: "COBOL ... is a compiled English-like computer programming language designed for business use."
The "COBOL" in the Advent-calendar wants to destroy Christmas!!!!
And we need to save it!!!!
I wonder how many of my colleagues even knew the relation of COBOL, because...
Year 2000, I was at a job fair and someone asked me if I know COBOL.
I mistook that for Kobold and went away!
Boy, that was embarrassing in the aftermath!!!
Wiki: "A kobold (occasionally cobold) is a mythical sprite. Having spread into Europe with various spellings including "goblin" and "hobgoblin", and later taking root and stemming from Germanic mythology, the concept survived into modern times in German folklore.".
Meep.
More to come!
Henry 🦁
Henry, I was far from programming back then!
To join Rain with a word for the next year I go with the card my neighbors gave us:
TRALALALALA!
Whatever happens, I will try to go "TRALALALALA".
And food-wise, as this is art and dinner (the card is the art) and banana goes tralalala:
That was it now with the sweet stuff! Soon.
25 comments:
Great word and yummy banana toast!
I programmed in COBOL before I retired in 2000, you brought back memories for me.
Christine, you made me laugh! COBOL is still in use! I was very astonished! We are Kobolds! ;-)
...Henry looks quite stylish today!
Henry looks stunning!
Tom & magiceye, Henry says thank you :-)
I love that your company takes good care of its employees! And this is a fun, festive post. I'm catching up -- keep enjoying the holiday and your time off!
We had 3 Advent calendars this year. (We like chocolate.)
Kobolds are new to me! Love it. Bana a toast sounds yummy, maybe it will be my breakfast today.
Henry is looking mighty fine. Banana on toast sounds good.
Please check your TSFT post for a comment.
Jeanie, yes to all that!!! :-)
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RedPat, care about mine, too? ;-) Still not done...
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Sue, well. I was like... WHAT?! Are you kidding me?! This is a job fair, JOB!
Hope your banana-bread was good :-)
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Bill, Henry says thanks to you (and no tto banana bread).
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Elizabeth, OH!!!! That sounds horrible and again!!!
Glad you are back in warmth, light... and coffee!
I remember COBOL! I had no idea it was still around. Cool!
Yupp!!! A comeback!
oh my goodness, your banana toast makes me feel squeamish, it's never agreed with my tummy. As for advent calenders, I prefer the cheese ones and I've only seen them once in the last 5 years.
There are cheese calendars????? WANT!!!!
LOL about cobol and Kobold! Have a Happy New Year!
I send my granddaughters an advent calendar, end of November.
COBOL (computer oriented business language). One of the first languages I learned to program during the early 1980s. Also used IBM cards. Yup, Im a dinosaur. 🤣
This is always such a low-key enjoyable week. We need more of them in a year I think. Enjoy the rest of yours Iris. hugs-Erika
I tend to buy chocolate after Christmas. My fridge is presently pretty well stocked.
Yum, banana toast! I never learned computer programming so don't know COBOL or any other.
Yes there are cheese calendars, I gave one to my son J this year, he LOVES cheese.
There are wine calendars too with tiny bottles but too expensive for my budget.
Spare Parts and Pics, today I can laugh abiut that, too! Happy New Year to you!
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Dora, that was sure nice of you. My Nieces get too many calendars I didn´t send one....
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CJ, early 80´s I still was at school. BUT!!!! We had, I think, 10 computers. One course, badly done, most participants boys...
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Erika, yes, felt first time-out in years! (Being out of job doesn´t count). To real free time, hugs!
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William, bet you would be in chocolate heaven here then!
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River, I forgot most of the coding by now. Sad, actually. BUT I still can make blogger do what I want, mostly - HA!
Next year I will look out for a cheese calendar!!!! Here we have booze calendars. Bleh.
There was a licorice-calendar, but too expensive for my liking, too!
The one that I present today was a cheapy. But fun!!!
Best wishes for a
Happy New Year 🍀🎉
Take Life Easy! Love it. The banana toast looks yummy!
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