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# ooo!
apparently it's RDS, so have this:

This one belonged to my dead grandfather, so be nice.
(I helped save b3ta! enceladus, Sun 15 Mar 2009, 17:16, archived)
# Went to PC world too huh?:P
(I helped save b3ta! riverghost servicing your mum since, Sun 15 Mar 2009, 17:16, archived)
# haha. yep!
I'm not alone then. I thought you all probably built your own super rigs and feel slightly ashamed...
(I helped save b3ta! enceladus, Sun 15 Mar 2009, 17:19, archived)
# Used too
but don't really need one for here.
Works well enough. Not bad for 400 squid.

Plus bonus points for the nonflatpacked desk!
(I helped save b3ta! riverghost servicing your mum since, Sun 15 Mar 2009, 17:25, archived)
# yay!
;)
(I helped save b3ta! enceladus, Sun 15 Mar 2009, 17:27, archived)
# mines a PC world job
needed it for uni and didn't fancy building my own only for it to go tits up at the first hurdle

now i'm a dropout i'll probably build my next one for a bit of fun
(cs192 is sucking on a Koala at, Sun 15 Mar 2009, 17:28, archived)
# Yep
could have tred to build one, but I'd only have fucked it up!
(I helped save b3ta! enceladus, Sun 15 Mar 2009, 17:31, archived)
# I keep meaning to add another monitor onto mine
but I would have to see if it's still working and worth having 2 monitors.
(I helped save b3ta! maiden is filmed before a live studio audience, Sun 15 Mar 2009, 17:35, archived)
# I would not be without 2 monitors.
I play games on my big Toshiba and I have a 28" LCD on the other comp but for the one I sit at most ( this ) I have 2 trusty old CRT monitors as you can't buy an LCD that gives you anything like the same clarity.
Having that extra workspace is invaluable for working with photoshop on one and having a browser on the other so you can quickly source images, read b3ta etc without leaving photoshop.
(I helped save b3ta! Pasanonic 's been known to cause insanity in laboratory mice, Sun 15 Mar 2009, 17:49, archived)
# i might steal
my mum's old shit monitor as a second monitor
have a new flatpack desk with a printer shelf which'd be perfect for using for media/gaming whilst using this one for internets and stuff. Not sure my PC can handle it though at the moment
(cs192 is sucking on a Koala at, Sun 15 Mar 2009, 18:00, archived)
# Oooh that is a classic desk
EDIT: ALSO I LIKE THE WAY ALL THE DESKS PRETTY MUCH EITHER HAVE B3TA OR THE PICTURE OF THEIR DESK ON

GOOD WORK INTERNETS!
(I helped save b3ta! epiphany coming live from sweden, Sun 15 Mar 2009, 17:16, archived)
# ta!
good old knee-holes
(I helped save b3ta! enceladus, Sun 15 Mar 2009, 17:20, archived)
# My aunt has that desk.
does the centre drawer not drop down to reveal a slide for the keyboard to sit on?
(I helped save b3ta! Pasanonic 's been known to cause insanity in laboratory mice, Sun 15 Mar 2009, 17:18, archived)
# no! wish it did...
this one's from the 30s I think...
(I helped save b3ta! enceladus, Sun 15 Mar 2009, 17:20, archived)
# ah hers is
a computer desk reproduction, but as far as I can recall it looks identical to that.

replacing that centre drawer so that the face is hinged and putting a slide shelf inside would be a piece of cake, but maybe not fair to the furniture.
(I helped save b3ta! Pasanonic 's been known to cause insanity in laboratory mice, Sun 15 Mar 2009, 17:22, archived)
# Yeah - it would be dead handy
but I'd feel too guilty...
(I helped save b3ta! enceladus, Sun 15 Mar 2009, 17:24, archived)
# being 'in the trade'
so to speak, would it make it any easier if I told you that the price of brown furniture at auction is through the floor and you'd be lucky to realise £30 for it before commission?

Get your saw out lad ;)
(I helped save b3ta! Pasanonic 's been known to cause insanity in laboratory mice, Sun 15 Mar 2009, 17:33, archived)
# Pasanonic, this is sentimental value; sentimental value, Pasanonic
Get acquainted, I'll get a drink.
(I helped save b3ta! zoldergoose, Sun 15 Mar 2009, 17:43, archived)
# I build furniture mate.
it's only wood ;)
(I helped save b3ta! Pasanonic 's been known to cause insanity in laboratory mice, Sun 15 Mar 2009, 17:55, archived)
# aw, shit...
there goes my 'cash in the attic'...

Prepare for your 'remodelling', my old wooden friend!

;)
(I helped save b3ta! enceladus, Sun 15 Mar 2009, 17:43, archived)
# It's such a lovely desk and it would be a shame to mess with it
no matter how much it's worth.
(I helped save b3ta! Flowerpot No longer has the vapours thanks to DTH, Sun 15 Mar 2009, 17:45, archived)
# It depends.
A good carpenter ( cabinet maker ) could do it sympathetically so that it would look identical and as long as the draw joints were not cut it could be put back to the original in no time.
(I helped save b3ta! Pasanonic 's been known to cause insanity in laboratory mice, Sun 15 Mar 2009, 17:54, archived)
# It needs restoring
anyway - the leather on top is very faded and marked, and a couple of the drawers are stiff. It's a reproduction itself, but a rather old one...I'm pretty attached to it, mind.
(I helped save b3ta! enceladus, Sun 15 Mar 2009, 17:59, archived)
# Oh very posh
but I don't see a monocle or pipe?
(I helped save b3ta! maiden is filmed before a live studio audience, Sun 15 Mar 2009, 17:19, archived)
# fraid not!
just an ashtray and a cup of tea...
(I helped save b3ta! enceladus, Sun 15 Mar 2009, 17:20, archived)
# Very smart.
I'd post mine but the camera is literally metres away.
(I helped save b3ta! zoldergoose, Sun 15 Mar 2009, 17:19, archived)
# aw...go on, go on...
(I helped save b3ta! enceladus, Sun 15 Mar 2009, 17:21, archived)
# Well, I was going over there anyway
(I helped save b3ta! zoldergoose, Sun 15 Mar 2009, 17:31, archived)
# yay!
and private eye, too - bonus points from me.
(I helped save b3ta! enceladus, Sun 15 Mar 2009, 17:33, archived)
# Hopefully everyone will find something they like in all that clutter :)
In my defence, I am in the process of packing stuff up.
(I helped save b3ta! zoldergoose, Sun 15 Mar 2009, 17:34, archived)
# Nice desk
and even classier wallpaper
(I helped save b3ta! epiphany coming live from sweden, Sun 15 Mar 2009, 17:34, archived)
# Beautiful isn't it
That's what happens when you tell your uni housemates you don't mind which room you get.
(I helped save b3ta! zoldergoose, Sun 15 Mar 2009, 17:35, archived)
# Hahahaha!
Our house was re-done last year

Plain walls and everything is new pretty much.

I got the biggest room tho :D
(I helped save b3ta! epiphany coming live from sweden, Sun 15 Mar 2009, 17:36, archived)
# Lucky you.
The wall to the left of this picture has been painted a shade of purple which is almost, but not quite, completely unlike any other colour in the room.
(I helped save b3ta! zoldergoose, Sun 15 Mar 2009, 17:38, archived)
# This is lovely
I really should clean my desk up and do some of this "dusting" but I find I spend too much time procrastinating rather than doing.
(I helped save b3ta! maiden is filmed before a live studio audience, Sun 15 Mar 2009, 17:37, archived)
# you know you want to
(I helped save b3ta! maiden is filmed before a live studio audience, Sun 15 Mar 2009, 17:21, archived)
# GO ON! JOIN THE DESKOLUTION
(I helped save b3ta! epiphany coming live from sweden, Sun 15 Mar 2009, 17:27, archived)
# Thank goodness you explained that.
I was having flashes of inferiority to your regal desk.
(I helped save b3ta! cowcat Bituminous squeegee, Sun 15 Mar 2009, 17:21, archived)
# haha...
just an heirloom I was lucky enough to inherit!
(I helped save b3ta! enceladus, Sun 15 Mar 2009, 17:21, archived)
# ooooh
get you with your... draws.
(I helped save b3ta! ms morbo lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, Sun 15 Mar 2009, 17:24, archived)
# I know...
phwoar, eh?
(I helped save b3ta! enceladus, Sun 15 Mar 2009, 17:25, archived)
# small world
i have now moved to using the table - inherited from my nan:



note visibility of baby in background, making this a tri-generational desk photo.
(I helped save b3ta! moke a man, a plan, a canal, panama!, Sun 15 Mar 2009, 17:31, archived)
# That food just looks yummy!
(I helped save b3ta! riverghost servicing your mum since, Sun 15 Mar 2009, 17:33, archived)
# meh
reheated rabbit stew.

was better the first time. lime Doritos were ace though.

next picture will be from the toilet.
(I helped save b3ta! moke a man, a plan, a canal, panama!, Sun 15 Mar 2009, 17:38, archived)
# You know you aren't meant to chuck the carcus and cook the fur don't you?
(I helped save b3ta! riverghost servicing your mum since, Sun 15 Mar 2009, 17:42, archived)
# silly ghost.
that's not fur - that's mould!


i buy them skinned - cannae be bothered to do all that extra work for what little meat you get... :D
(I helped save b3ta! moke a man, a plan, a canal, panama!, Sun 15 Mar 2009, 17:54, archived)
# hurrah for dead
grandparents. (unless of course yours is still alive, in which case long may she remain so...)
(I helped save b3ta! enceladus, Sun 15 Mar 2009, 17:34, archived)
# *jumps on bandwagon a bit late

and falls off. Note that I eat fruit and moisturise.
(KeenBean objects to this comma, Sun 15 Mar 2009, 17:53, archived)
# Your puny moniter makes Jorvic laugh heartily...
Your tower however is awesomeness
(I helped save b3ta! Jorvic, Sun 15 Mar 2009, 17:56, archived)
# Yay. It's an old Philips S4. I thought it was so modern, I did.
However, the speakers are bigger :)
(KeenBean objects to this comma, Sun 15 Mar 2009, 17:58, archived)
# RAWAR POOTER!
(I helped save b3ta! epiphany coming live from sweden, Sun 15 Mar 2009, 17:58, archived)
# One of the disc trays is a tongue
But I had to replace the other one...and now it has no nose :(
(KeenBean objects to this comma, Sun 15 Mar 2009, 17:59, archived)
# note decapitated imac
Done during a summer of unemployment :s
(KeenBean objects to this comma, Sun 15 Mar 2009, 18:08, archived)
# fantastic!
(I helped save b3ta! enceladus, Sun 15 Mar 2009, 18:17, archived)
# nice case!
wiv teefs!
(I helped save b3ta! enceladus, Sun 15 Mar 2009, 18:13, archived)