Pfaffikon and Chicago


Apologies for the lack of recent updates. My work-life has taken a turn for the better recently, with several business trips abroad working on a new Scrum with the potential to deliver even more business benefit, quicker.

To that end, I've been working with some guys in Switzerland, and for the last two weeks have been working with some guys in Chicago.

I would have added a picture of Pfaffikon, but it's mainly populated by farms and coos, so not very picturesque.

So, that was the first time I'd been to the USA for about 20 years or so, and I have a number of things to report:

1. The adverts for prescription drugs

...are hilarious. 20 seconds of details about the drug, then a full minute on its side-effect; may cause Coma, Low blood pressure, High blood pressure, hair-loss, weight-gain, hair-gain, weight-gain, blurred vision, cataracts, nausea and death. If you die whilst taking this, please contact your GP. Best advert award "Extenze", which is a sort of Viagra/Cialis clone; "Performance AND Size? This could be fun!"

2. Eating sweets with a spoon

...seriously, if you want to be the size of a goodyear blimp, please carry on eating your sweets with a spoon

3. Cheerleaders

That's all. Normal service-ish resumed, as soon as I've had a good scrub in the bath; this is due to my good self being FORCED to use a Cursor in a T-Sql query.

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