Say nothing unless you can add to the picture”<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n Let’s just say they’re principles I aspire to, rather than achieve, but might apply to Oracle commentary as well as cricket commentary.<\/p>\n
No-one died here and nothing crumbled, but I’ll miss hearing Richie saying “Morning everyone”<\/p>\n
Cheers,<\/p>\n
Doug<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Well, it is and it isn’t. First, I’m finally coming out of the minor delirium of the cold I’ve had and the latest match in the Ashes cricket series. I’m looking forward to a little normality for a few days although I’m still very tired. Second, I hadn’t realised that Richie Benaud is due to… Continue reading Not about Oracle<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-944","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1073,"url":"http:\/\/orcldoug.com\/blog\/2006\/08\/31\/an-oracle-xe-user-speaks\/","url_meta":{"origin":944,"position":0},"title":"An Oracle XE user speaks","date":"August 31, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"Oh, look ... here comes Peter Robson again. 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