

*and I never was any good at gambling

I am thinking about making an xml/flash thing that sits on the bottom right corner of your desktop and provides you with pictures from the messageboard (updated every X number of seconds). Would people use this or would I be wasting my time? :)
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people have made screensavers and allsorts which work in a similar way. Witness the xml challenge in the newsletter a few weeks back. I probably wouldn't use it though, as I have the board open for most of the day anyhow.
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Thu 4 Sep 2003, 15:03,
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not really
1 border-less popup window
javascript/flash to read the b3ta xml feeds
all you need to do is parse each new thread for the presence of <img> tags
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Thu 4 Sep 2003, 15:03,
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1 border-less popup window
javascript/flash to read the b3ta xml feeds
all you need to do is parse each new thread for the presence of <img> tags

probably an rss/xml parser out there for flash
read image - load it - display it.
you could do this as a cgi script too
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Thu 4 Sep 2003, 15:03,
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read image - load it - display it.
you could do this as a cgi script too

using javascript and the lovely <XML> tag
edit: or server-side static pages, if you don't want to sap b3ta's bandwidth
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Thu 4 Sep 2003, 15:05,
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edit: or server-side static pages, if you don't want to sap b3ta's bandwidth

is that reloading all of the old posts on the board sucks up bandwidth and it's a bit of a waste.
it's a bit like threaded irc what we've got here.
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Thu 4 Sep 2003, 15:13,
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it's a bit like threaded irc what we've got here.

i'm sure people would use it at work
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Thu 4 Sep 2003, 15:02,
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so some of them might come up with nicked from b3ta...
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Thu 4 Sep 2003, 15:03,
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what i'd do personally. is read it every 30 minutes and email people the new pics.
that would make them viral a bit :D
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Thu 4 Sep 2003, 15:06,
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that would make them viral a bit :D

automated stuff like this, 'every x number of seconds', sucks our bandwidth, you'll kill the board... it's been done before with a board auto refresh.
Nice idea though.
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Thu 4 Sep 2003, 15:03,
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Nice idea though.

do the rss feeds support 304? /tech
i.e it goes has it changed since X?
it goes no bugger off.
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Thu 4 Sep 2003, 15:05,
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i.e it goes has it changed since X?
it goes no bugger off.

is for people who want to write clients for b3ta.
go, give us the new posts since
....
technically it could be done in javascript
(iiiiiiish)
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Thu 4 Sep 2003, 15:08,
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go, give us the new posts since
....
technically it could be done in javascript
(iiiiiiish)

between 5am and 8 am, when no bugger posts anyway ;)
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Thu 4 Sep 2003, 15:12,
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10 new posts. or son...
instead of gettnig the 50 or so on the page per refresh, they get 10. much nicer.
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Thu 4 Sep 2003, 15:14,
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instead of gettnig the 50 or so on the page per refresh, they get 10. much nicer.

you know about the RSS feeds? have a look in one of the recent newsletters if you want to see some other people's attempts (not quite the same thing as you're planning)
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Thu 4 Sep 2003, 15:04,
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you could see all the cool b3ta pics, but you wouldn't be busy reading comments, so you could do real work too!!
where's the point in that?
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Thu 4 Sep 2003, 15:04,
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where's the point in that?

to see them on telly again the other day!
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Thu 4 Sep 2003, 15:01,
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I'm considering mounting a serious campaign to get her taken off the air. She's fucking awful, sitting there on that fucking sofa, being fucking smug and fucking wittering on about whatever the fuck comes into her fucking tiny mind, interrupting whatever's meant to be going on at that moment. And she fucking thinks like the Daily fucking Mail. Fucking fuck fucker.
Erk.
>looks at fluffy things<
(Kate Garraway is great though)
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Thu 4 Sep 2003, 15:29,
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Erk.
>looks at fluffy things<
(Kate Garraway is great though)

him direct now with his password so he should be in to arthur in no time.
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Thu 4 Sep 2003, 15:04,
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I have the "Down and Out" song from Bugsy Malone going round in my head. Any other annoying dittys that might shift it? I'm getting a bit bored of it now.
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Also from Bugsy Malone and good for three days of teeth-grating remembrance at the very least. All together now "We could have been anything we wanted to be.."
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Thu 4 Sep 2003, 15:03,
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Got me looking so crazy right now, your love's
Got me looking so crazy right now (in love)
Got me looking so crazy right now, your touch
Got me looking so crazy right now (your touch)
Got me hoping you'll page me right now, your kiss
Got me hoping you'll save me right now
Looking so crazy in love's,
Got me looking, got me looking so crazy in love
...it goes on for everandever and is highly annoying once lodged in your brane.
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Got me looking so crazy right now (in love)
Got me looking so crazy right now, your touch
Got me looking so crazy right now (your touch)
Got me hoping you'll page me right now, your kiss
Got me hoping you'll save me right now
Looking so crazy in love's,
Got me looking, got me looking so crazy in love
...it goes on for everandever and is highly annoying once lodged in your brane.

if you can destroy your radio before the godawful rap part of it...
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Thu 4 Sep 2003, 15:06,
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Uh oh, uh oh, uh oh, oh no no
Uh oh, uh oh, uh oh, oh no no
Uh oh, uh oh, uh oh, oh no no...
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Uh oh, uh oh, uh oh, oh no no
Uh oh, uh oh, uh oh, oh no no...

I can't figure out if he's insane or not. he's just so Kerazy!
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Thu 4 Sep 2003, 15:14,
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Badger badger badger badger badger badger badger badger badger badger badger badger badger badger badger badger badger badger
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Thu 4 Sep 2003, 15:04,
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Thanks, I'll be back to kill you in about 3 hours.
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Thu 4 Sep 2003, 15:08,
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"Cur-rys, always cutting Pri-ces!"
And you'll soon wish you had Bugsy back in your head.
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And you'll soon wish you had Bugsy back in your head.

that really isn't necessary, is it now.
You underage magic user.
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Thu 4 Sep 2003, 14:53,
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You underage magic user.

if you stop acting like a vindictive cunt.
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Thu 4 Sep 2003, 14:54,
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it's been really good today as well, never mind.
PLease stay.
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Thu 4 Sep 2003, 14:56,
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PLease stay.

well I ought to be doing work really. I have a large, dull-looking book called MINIMALISM, THEMES AND MOVEMENTS to chug through.
I'm glad it's been good today. That is nice to hear.
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Thu 4 Sep 2003, 14:58,
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I'm glad it's been good today. That is nice to hear.

Muchos text and the odd photo of an uncomfortable-looking chair in an otherwise empty room.
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Thu 4 Sep 2003, 15:04,
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I've seen that pic somewhere before.. and its still disturbing when on the side of a building.
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Thu 4 Sep 2003, 14:53,
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with a variety of different heads on it. I think Thatcher was one, once, and maybe Tony Blair. Crasy huh! lol!!!!11!!!!
ahem.
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Thu 4 Sep 2003, 14:56,
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ahem.

All of it?
Not seen that pic stuck on a building before, so I wouldn't know...
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Thu 4 Sep 2003, 14:58,
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Not seen that pic stuck on a building before, so I wouldn't know...

but ive seen half of it so therefore it is stolen.(umm...)
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Thu 4 Sep 2003, 15:07,
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plenty of pix that get praised on here that use previously shopped images.
Sticking it on a building is not particularly imaginative, but at least shows effort.
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Thu 4 Sep 2003, 15:16,
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Sticking it on a building is not particularly imaginative, but at least shows effort.

it's just some people are at work, and their bosses wont be impressed if they see stuff that's icky like this.
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comes from the term "century" meaning "a hundred years"
as in - a hundred years ago.
as in - the Olden Days
Olden rhymes with Golden
hence it is gold. derrrr
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Thu 4 Sep 2003, 14:53,
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as in - a hundred years ago.
as in - the Olden Days
Olden rhymes with Golden
hence it is gold. derrrr

it had been a hard life,
and he was enjoying his retirement

some thanks owed to the person who posted the pirate kit
edit: woo FP! one more to double digits!
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Thu 4 Sep 2003, 14:48,
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and he was enjoying his retirement

some thanks owed to the person who posted the pirate kit
edit: woo FP! one more to double digits!


He could fly up onto telephone lines, and use the hook to slide down like a spy.
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Thu 4 Sep 2003, 14:57,
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pirate walks into a bar with a steering wheel hanging from the fly of his pants and the bartender says to him, you know you've got a steering wheel hanging from the fly of your pants and the pirate says, aye, its driving me nuts... yyyyaaaarrrr
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Thu 4 Sep 2003, 15:07,
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yay!
right HAL9000 come here! now, I have news.
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Thu 4 Sep 2003, 14:45,
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right HAL9000 come here! now, I have news.

i was thinking about how to implement an anti leech nonsense thingy. it's a bit hard it is.
edit: not .htaccess blocking certian referers. i mean stoppign people on the board leeching bandwidth
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Thu 4 Sep 2003, 14:39,
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edit: not .htaccess blocking certian referers. i mean stoppign people on the board leeching bandwidth

E.g. leaching off the BBC, say, is fine as they won't notice the difference. Same with CNN and other big sites.
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Thu 4 Sep 2003, 14:42,
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cos this site isn't just a random caption competition.
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Thu 4 Sep 2003, 14:43,
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But you might want to borrow a picture for example to illustrate a point within a thread.
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Thu 4 Sep 2003, 14:45,
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but I still think it best to work on the basis of all leeching is bad - if only to gain the moral high ground.
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Thu 4 Sep 2003, 14:49,
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now I think about it, in Britain we pay for the Beeb's bandwidth, so that probably makes it fair play...
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Thu 4 Sep 2003, 14:50,
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about illustrating points mid thread when we're talking about current events or something. Not much point saving and hosting a bbc or sky news pic just for that.
This is different, this is just silly.
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Thu 4 Sep 2003, 14:46,
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This is different, this is just silly.

1) stealing bandwidth
2) posting a piccy you havent made/or altered
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Thu 4 Sep 2003, 14:45,
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2) posting a piccy you havent made/or altered

So i'm not allowed to post anything that I haven't made myself? If I had linked the page rather than the picture, the context would have been lost. Being responsible is good, but being a pedant is just not fluffy.
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Thu 4 Sep 2003, 14:47,
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If either the picture or the caption had been funny.
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Thu 4 Sep 2003, 14:49,
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fluffy so far up your rectum it'll tickle your nose!!
This has been a randon Bovine Insult.
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Thu 4 Sep 2003, 14:50,
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This has been a randon Bovine Insult.

well my friend, why not summon the power of html to highlight your point!!!
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Thu 4 Sep 2003, 14:50,
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I would say no you can't post anything you haven't made (linkies excluded).
As I said above, this place isn't a caption competition.
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Thu 4 Sep 2003, 14:51,
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As I said above, this place isn't a caption competition.

those tops!
I've heard of shagging your way round the world but not the Premiership. Tell that to Dani Behr...
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Thu 4 Sep 2003, 15:10,
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I've heard of shagging your way round the world but not the Premiership. Tell that to Dani Behr...

Yeah, I thought about the bandwidth issue, but I dare say that they don't rightly give a poo about it. I knew someone would bring it up. I obviously wouldn't do the same to a small personal site, I'm not an animal!
www.oneeyedwilly.co.uk - feel free to leach your asses off.
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Thu 4 Sep 2003, 14:45,
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www.oneeyedwilly.co.uk - feel free to leach your asses off.


(my first FP, ahh those were the days)
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but look at the concentration on george bush's face. WORK IT. WORK IT HARD!
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Thu 4 Sep 2003, 14:31,
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ive just got off holiday for 2 weeks and then been in hospital for a week and flibz doesny work for me... :( is it ok?
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Thu 4 Sep 2003, 14:24,
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to flibz?
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Thu 4 Sep 2003, 14:26,
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use this:
UN:
gertie
PW:
basil
and if any of you lot use this ID to trash arthur I'll have your nutts off. cos I can see your IP address.
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Thu 4 Sep 2003, 14:36,
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UN:
gertie
PW:
basil
and if any of you lot use this ID to trash arthur I'll have your nutts off. cos I can see your IP address.

that includes you.
and if you do anything I will hunt you down and sort you out.
*glares*
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Thu 4 Sep 2003, 14:38,
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and if you do anything I will hunt you down and sort you out.
*glares*

excludes me right? Because I have no idea what that means :)
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Thu 4 Sep 2003, 14:40,
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you are ok.
plus Tef has already been warned by me and munkt0n not to break things.
I was just giving that ID to hal so he could see what arthur is like for now.
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Thu 4 Sep 2003, 14:42,
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plus Tef has already been warned by me and munkt0n not to break things.
I was just giving that ID to hal so he could see what arthur is like for now.

honey. I'm being a donut again, something I seem to be doing very well lately.
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Thu 4 Sep 2003, 14:47,
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he closed it for personal reasons and best to leave it at that
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Thu 4 Sep 2003, 14:29,
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as I agree with everyone else's attempt not to drag it all up again - I can't help but admire your style.
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Thu 4 Sep 2003, 14:46,
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all confused - spend a week in hospital on drugs to fight ear infection and now nothing works... argh
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Thu 4 Sep 2003, 14:28,
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Not seen you in 4rthur yet, are you shunning us now?
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Thu 4 Sep 2003, 14:28,
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so i dunno if i want to make an apearance :(
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Thu 4 Sep 2003, 14:32,
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for £1m.
Either that, or munkt0n will just reclaim it for you ;)
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Thu 4 Sep 2003, 14:33,
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Either that, or munkt0n will just reclaim it for you ;)

Hehe, that'll be first that I haven't got anything to say!
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Thu 4 Sep 2003, 14:36,
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You can see me there, I've just been really busy the last week, so haven't been on much.
shun? No way. How could I?
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Thu 4 Sep 2003, 14:34,
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shun? No way. How could I?

It disturbs me when I think members of the family have wandered off :)
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