2014.08.15 01:00 - if you have an umbrella

The Guardian for this meeting was No Self. The comments are by No Self.

Wol Euler: buongiorno, qt
Qt Core: Hi Wol, buon giorno!
Qt Core: or better, buon Ferragosto
Wol Euler: oh, I don't know that one
Qt Core: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferragosto
Wol Euler looks
Wol Euler: ah! I thought it might be something like that
Wol Euler: buon Ferragosto to you too
Wol Euler: how are you spending your day off=
Wol Euler: ?
Qt Core: taday, (not really anymore) Italy shuts down
Qt Core: doing nothing, ie cooking ;-) already started as i chose something with a long cooking time
Wol Euler smiles.
Wol Euler: sounds nice
Qt Core: nice red dress, you now only need a Ferrari ;-)
Wol Euler: ha, if only
Qt Core: (who doesn't need one ?)
Wol Euler: or did you mean as a chair?
Qt Core: only if it has 12 cylinders and 4 wheels attached
Wol Euler: twelve?!?
Qt Core: yes, fopr those prices at least
Qt Core: sometimes i get obsessed with the car configurators on car maker website, went crazy when i found this: http://car-configurator.ferrari.com/...4b800041|fbfff
Qt Core: (sadly they don't tell you the price at the end)
Wol Euler: ooooh
Wol Euler: what an amazing piece of software
--BELL--
Qt Core: yes, one of the nicest one and surely one of the most spectacular
Qt Core: i never been an enthusiast fan of any sport teams but Ferrari, so i can be unreasonable about them ;-) Even if i'm not even sure if i ever buy one if i eve win the lottery :-)
Wol Euler: yeah, I understand how you feel
Qt Core: funny enough i've never been at a F1 grand prix, and i pass through Monza every day to/from work
Wol Euler: a very clever man once said "the most fun I ever had with my Mercedes Benz sports car was on the day before I picked it up from the dealer" :)
Wol Euler: apropos not buying one, much as one might love them
Qt Core: ohh, nice, it is almost as i feel about anything (beyond bread and milk) i buiy
Wol Euler nods.
Qt Core: and all these website to choose/compare/review, bliss and hell ;-)
Qt Core: it make so easy to escalate your needs
Wol Euler: mmhmm
Wol Euler: "need" is always tricky, once you get beyond bread and water
Wol Euler: and maybe electricity, and wifi
Wol Euler: and a sweater and an umbrella :)
Wol Euler: and so it goes
Qt Core: bread, white bread, potato bread, focaccia
--BELL--
Qt Core: speaking about umbrella, a line from this song : Life is beautiful if you have an umbrella" it is a not so silly song titled "La vita l'e' bela", life is beautiful in Milan dialect: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oqs_L6ERfcY
Wol Euler chuckles.
Wol Euler: very nice
Qt Core: That was the ending song of ne of the most successful tv show in 1974
Wol Euler: I did laugh out loud at the football faker being chased off by the ref
Wol Euler: probably one of the last black-and-white programs?
Qt Core: don't know, probably, but then black and white tv survived for a lot of time, as we weren't very interested i think we got our first colour one in late '80
Wol Euler: hmmm
Wol Euler: I don't know when we got ours, but it was early 70s, while I was still at school
Qt Core: ours surely after 85
Wol Euler: wow :)
Wol Euler: was it a deliberate decision not to go to colour, or just habit/laziness?
--BELL--
Qt Core: who knows, probably just the why change it if it works
Qt Core: after all i mostly saw documentaries, about penguins and galapagos turtles, not many color to see
Wol Euler smiles.
Wol Euler: and yet when I look at the demonstrations of HiDef tvs in the stores, what they show is nature documentaries!
Qt Core: yes, but about more colorful ones i hope ;-)
Wol Euler: I was continuing to play with the Ferrari configurator, and just got down to the interior cockpit. That instrument panel looks very awkward and lumpy, not at all as nicely designed as the car body. It seems very old-fashioned.
Wol Euler: And cruise control!?!?!?!ß
Wol Euler: sacrilege
Wol Euler: enzo would turn in his grave
Qt Core: on those cars you mostly need only rpm
Wol Euler: I can understand the lack of cup-holders. A true Italian would *of course* stop the car to eat and drink in a nice place, not while driving :)
Qt Core: i ended up building one in pure reds as Ferrari should be and one white outside and yellow/god/reds inside... a la star trek tng ;-)
Qt Core: *gold
Wol Euler: :)
Wol Euler: I ended up with the California Blue, light metallic.
Qt Core: i only admit red and yellow, i had to force myself for the white
Qt Core: but it is the illogical Ferrari fgan thing, i recognize that that blue is a nice color in itself
Wol Euler smiles.
Wol Euler: choosing that did feel transgressive :)
Wol Euler: the obvious and natural colour is red, yes
Qt Core: i was scandalized when years ago i heard about a Ferrari made in white with many tiny black dot (too little and irregular to be called polka dots)... and the prancing horse made in silver
Qt Core: worse it was the Agnelli family buying that (they own Fiat that owns Ferrari)
Wol Euler: O.O
Wol Euler: shocking.
Qt Core: oh, well one could sometimes hope that these are the world problems...
Qt Core: then turn on the news and get inundated
Wol Euler nods.
--BELL--
Qt Core: i need to go, cooking got to the point it need some watching
Wol Euler: okay
Qt Core: (and doing)
Wol Euler: enjoy the day, qt
Wol Euler: and buon appetito
Qt Core: have fun Wol, ty
Qt Core: and bye
Wol Euler: working :) not a holiday here