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My name is Andrew Sutton, aka Shandy.

I am currently living and working in the UK within the garment industry as an IT specialist. This blog contains mainly IT related issues.

I was a Microsoft VB MVP for a couple of years (Apr 2004-Mar 2006) and was a vbCityLeader between April 2003 and June 2007.

If you are looking for my Sri Lanka or Morocco experiences check out Shandy's Sri Lanka Blog or Shandy's Morocco Blog.

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Thursday, October 28, 2004 #

Well my wife arrived back in Sri Lanka on Wednesday after a month's holiday in the UK. This means that the wild parties long .NET evenings have to stop. I escaped relatively lightly on the scathing comment front. All my wife's plants survived (more by luck than judgement though it has to be said) and although the kitchen was a little untidy (my words not hers - hers are censored) I did remember to put all the pizza delivery boxes out with the garbage the day before she arrived, had done the washing up and had mastered how to use the washing machine so the washing basket was respectively empty ;-) Four years of married life and I am already clueless in the kitchen :(

Apparently my wife had her bags searched at Manchester and when I say searched they were emptied. A few puzzled questions about why my wife was taking Bisto and other various food stuffs out to Sri Lanka (We basically can't buy them out here) and a confiscated nail file off my wife's person were the only issues brought up. Presumably the airport security were worried about my wife poisoning the airline food and then stabbing the survivors to death with her nail file ;-)

Anyway she bought me a bottle of Jack Daniels so I am a happy chappy, especially as it was a Poya (full moon) day over here in Sri Lanka (You can't buy alcohol in Sri Lanka at all but the top hotels on a Poya day) and I had forgotten to get in any beer. Must be losing it in my middle age.

posted @ 4:26 PM

The next meeting of the Sri Lanka .NET User Group is Wed 3rd November at Gateway in Borella between 18:00 and 20:00. Entrance to the meeting is free and all are welcome. We usually meet on the first Wednesday of each month for informal chat, some demonstrations of .NET or talks from various speakers. So if you are into .NET and living in or around Colombo why not drop by?

There will be, apparently, some suprises at the meeting! I know that Howard Lo, the MVP Lead for South East Asia will be there!

posted @ 4:00 PM