

My mum is giving me hourly updates by text, bless her

is he a friend, relative, coworker.
Call us anonymously
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Mon 28 Jul 2008, 12:16,
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Call us anonymously

I even know where it (might) live or at least where it's co-workers (might) live (during the off-season).
To preserve my anonymity please don't read my user name after reading this post (or before)
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Mon 28 Jul 2008, 12:26,
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To preserve my anonymity please don't read my user name after reading this post (or before)


*this is the seaside town that they forgot to bomb*
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Mon 28 Jul 2008, 12:18,
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10:00 - still somewhat on fire
11:00 - less fire, still some
12:00 - cup of tea
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Mon 28 Jul 2008, 12:15,
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11:00 - less fire, still some
12:00 - cup of tea

I've told her i'm watching it on the net but I tink she's too excited to be so close to a major news story
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Mon 28 Jul 2008, 12:17,
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"Well brighton raised it's profile by torching it's pier, lets do the same"
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the Sea Life disappeared into a Black Hole only to re-appear at the other end of the beach with *something* evil on board
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Mon 28 Jul 2008, 12:21,
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edit: isn't it convenient for this challenge that a minor distater like this has occurred next to a body of water?
*suspicions arousal*
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Mon 28 Jul 2008, 12:06,
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*suspicions arousal*

Good heavens.
(Woo! Guiltylols :D )
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Mon 28 Jul 2008, 12:08,
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(Woo! Guiltylols :D )

the sea is never in at weston, and when it is, it's brown
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Mon 28 Jul 2008, 12:10,
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poor old weston, getting a bit of a hammering today, mostly from me.
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Mon 28 Jul 2008, 12:15,
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I was glad to see the back of the god forsaken place, but today I'm going all nostalgic again.
And don't knock the rehab centres... Nick cave stayed in the one across the road from where I grew up
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Mon 28 Jul 2008, 12:19,
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And don't knock the rehab centres... Nick cave stayed in the one across the road from where I grew up

I never lived in wsm, but I did learn to drive there
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Mon 28 Jul 2008, 12:21,
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this loaded just as "O Verona" came on shuffle.
Very dramatic.
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Mon 28 Jul 2008, 12:11,
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Very dramatic.

And doodled this this morning :)

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Mon 28 Jul 2008, 11:36,
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portal's cracking, can't wait for the next one, hope they keep making it cleverer.
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Mon 28 Jul 2008, 11:36,
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because of twats on the web spouting catchprhases.
Thanksfully GlaDOS has many excellent lines and the "cake is a lie" thing didn;t annoy me too much.
And the credits music's bloody fantastic.
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Mon 28 Jul 2008, 11:38,
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Thanksfully GlaDOS has many excellent lines and the "cake is a lie" thing didn;t annoy me too much.
And the credits music's bloody fantastic.

annoying as whittering nerds can be.
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Mon 28 Jul 2008, 11:40,
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I hate those puzzle games, played Half Life for the atmosphere.. But yes Portal was top notch!
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Mon 28 Jul 2008, 11:39,
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it's hype addictive, i think i did the whole thing in 2 sittings!
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Mon 28 Jul 2008, 11:39,
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It was a lovely weekend and I sat inside as people wafted BBQ smoke into my window to tempt me out :)
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Mon 28 Jul 2008, 11:41,
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did you walk around town thinking about how to zap yourself about to get places faster?
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Mon 28 Jul 2008, 11:43,
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and then indeed wanted one for real.
Depressingly, I'd most likely just put one in a locked office at work and the other in my closet at home.
a number of games, mostly Titan Quest: Immortal Throne have had their claws into me too much for me to go back and do all the challenge levels though.
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Mon 28 Jul 2008, 11:45,
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Depressingly, I'd most likely just put one in a locked office at work and the other in my closet at home.
a number of games, mostly Titan Quest: Immortal Throne have had their claws into me too much for me to go back and do all the challenge levels though.

it's been long enough for me to have forgotten how i did most of the levels!
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If you're talking about the one they were talking about recently, that's just the standard game but with the "Flashportal Map pack" included, for consoles.
I really do hope they do make another one though.
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Mon 28 Jul 2008, 11:50,
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I really do hope they do make another one though.

but it strikes me that there MUST be hundreds of shit fan-made levels and a few really, really great ones.
Anyone in a place where they can check? I doubt I can hide the kind of webpages that game modders make.
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Mon 28 Jul 2008, 11:52,
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Anyone in a place where they can check? I doubt I can hide the kind of webpages that game modders make.

portalmaps.wecreatestuff.com/
It's the map-pack of the flash version.
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Mon 28 Jul 2008, 11:59,
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It's the map-pack of the flash version.

if a little boring an repetitive.
This however is fucking brilliant.
www.videosift.com/video/WOW-and-GLaDOS-merged
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Mon 28 Jul 2008, 12:27,
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This however is fucking brilliant.
www.videosift.com/video/WOW-and-GLaDOS-merged

How much mischief could you have with combine troops, grenades and portals :D
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Mon 28 Jul 2008, 11:53,
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portal under bad guy's feet
wait 30 seconds
move bottom portal.
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Mon 28 Jul 2008, 11:53,
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wait 30 seconds
move bottom portal.

it'd be all vs one and the one would have the gun. It'd be geeeeeeeeeeenius.
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Mon 28 Jul 2008, 11:57,
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portal is amazing... love that game! Those gun turrets are the greatest!
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Mon 28 Jul 2008, 11:51,
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its like a day in the life of a turret
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Mon 28 Jul 2008, 12:02,
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weighted companion cube *should* be wearing, Yes!
And now, I must sing the cake song
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Mon 28 Jul 2008, 11:51,
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And now, I must sing the cake song

i must be the only person in the entire universe that felt no emotion for that cube though
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Mon 28 Jul 2008, 11:57,
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It was a fun test, and we're all impressed at how much you won. The test is over. Come back.
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Mon 28 Jul 2008, 12:01,
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My portal picture linked because it's too big for here.
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Mon 28 Jul 2008, 12:51,
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coz that was exactly what i was thinking before i saw it :D
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Mon 28 Jul 2008, 11:48,
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- badger - badger - DUCK!
Woo
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Mon 28 Jul 2008, 11:40,
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Woo

Man, how I loved that game at junior school *sigh*
Also: How on earth have I ended up on here? I only came online to check my emails... Oops :)
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Mon 28 Jul 2008, 11:46,
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Also: How on earth have I ended up on here? I only came online to check my emails... Oops :)

/completelyuncalledforpedantblog
otherwise woo to this :D
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Mon 28 Jul 2008, 11:23,
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otherwise woo to this :D

How about when Vader landed and took over the base, and the rebels were still there? Eh?
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Mon 28 Jul 2008, 11:24,
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he would have been carrying one...
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Mon 28 Jul 2008, 11:32,
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Skywalker had left so there was still only one saber... :P
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Mon 28 Jul 2008, 11:33,
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...if it was Darth's it would be red too.
Absolute fail this image is.
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Mon 28 Jul 2008, 11:39,
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Absolute fail this image is.

sort of laugh-snorting between the words.
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Mon 28 Jul 2008, 11:42,
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We should probably make a SW-pedant badge for our profiles
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Mon 28 Jul 2008, 11:48,
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It's not like lightsabers actually exist, you sad, sad people.
Time-travelling DeLoreans, however, do exist.
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Mon 28 Jul 2008, 11:42,
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Time-travelling DeLoreans, however, do exist.

they must be quietly hard as nails.
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Mon 28 Jul 2008, 11:24,
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Think about it - standing around through an Antarctic winter with an egg balanced on your feet - you'd need to be pretty tolerant...
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Mon 28 Jul 2008, 11:26,
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having said that, I wish I'd chosen 'house cat'.
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Mon 28 Jul 2008, 11:28,
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although I was at a barbie this weekend, and the (fairly old) cat woke up from its taxing all-afternoon nap, kind of strolled out into the back garden not really noticing much, and then did one of the most impressive vertical take-offs I've seen from anything that wasn't packing a pair of Hawker Siddley jet engines and stood on the wall with an expression of 'WTF?! You've let children AND a dog into my garden' and prceeded to give all of us evils for the next 10 minutes before going off to kill something much smaller than itself.
Which I think is a very long winded way of saying 'house cat' isn't always beer and skittles...
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Mon 28 Jul 2008, 11:32,
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Which I think is a very long winded way of saying 'house cat' isn't always beer and skittles...

Human life is far too stressful, I just want to lie in a sunbeam and have a doze.
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Mon 28 Jul 2008, 11:33,
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SCIENCETM has demonstrated this to be the case.
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Mon 28 Jul 2008, 11:35,
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That's it.
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Mon 28 Jul 2008, 11:36,
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a lady with spazy legs, very friendly. And a tiny little kitten.
We're going to get the lady because she'll be happy living in the flat and the little kitten might get lonely, but it was very hard to leave the young one at the cat centre. It was ridiculously luvleh.
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Mon 28 Jul 2008, 12:08,
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We're going to get the lady because she'll be happy living in the flat and the little kitten might get lonely, but it was very hard to leave the young one at the cat centre. It was ridiculously luvleh.

wash your mouth out with soapy herbal tea, although lets face it you wouldn't notice any difference.
also, most lovely mr archie sir.
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Mon 28 Jul 2008, 11:27,
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also, most lovely mr archie sir.

It smells lovely, and always tastes of slightly odd hot water.
This upsets me.
Ningles sir.
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Mon 28 Jul 2008, 11:28,
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This upsets me.
Ningles sir.

where are those brussels bureaucrats when you need them, and who the bloody hell came up with the spelling of bureaucrat.
'ning lovely lady
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Mon 28 Jul 2008, 11:33,
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'ning lovely lady

That's what I think herbal tea should taste like. Like the fruit mentioned on the box.
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Mon 28 Jul 2008, 11:34,
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the only herbal infusions that are worth it are green tea with orange and lotus flower (because it's nommy) and the one that makes your top lip go blue.
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Mon 28 Jul 2008, 11:39,
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As per usual.
and TIGER BREAD! for my sandwich.
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Mon 28 Jul 2008, 11:44,
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and TIGER BREAD! for my sandwich.

Woo!
Edit: What on earth is that thing b3ta.com/board/8602207 doing at the top of the popular page? O_o
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Mon 28 Jul 2008, 11:29,
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Edit: What on earth is that thing b3ta.com/board/8602207 doing at the top of the popular page? O_o

you sir are a racist and worse than Hitler
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Mon 28 Jul 2008, 11:19,
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Jeremy is a Shit Bear and needs to be put in his place!
* Woo to Mr Fresh Water Duck and Ning B3ta!
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Mon 28 Jul 2008, 11:24,
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* Woo to Mr Fresh Water Duck and Ning B3ta!

Click for bigger (382KB)
See my attempt at Wallace here: b3ta.com/board/8599116

Dogs shouldn't be allowed to pilot planes.
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Mon 28 Jul 2008, 11:03,
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smacking each other over the head with bits of plywood.
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Mon 28 Jul 2008, 11:12,
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and into my car**
* not really, no
** doesn't own a car
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Mon 28 Jul 2008, 11:14,
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* not really, no
** doesn't own a car

deserves to be hit over the head.
In other news, my parents were in Blackpool at the weekend, and saw a shop selling "mirrow's" for a £1.
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Mon 28 Jul 2008, 11:14,
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In other news, my parents were in Blackpool at the weekend, and saw a shop selling "mirrow's" for a £1.

A whole pound???? You can get a fish supper and a night out for that.
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Mon 28 Jul 2008, 11:18,
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living down here is shite, everything's expensive, nobody gets what I mean when I call them mardy, they all go on about 'Northern monkeys' because they think I'm actually from down here.....
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Mon 28 Jul 2008, 11:20,
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For some reason I had the impression you were from newcastle or somewhere
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Mon 28 Jul 2008, 11:27,
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left of London on the map- full of yuppies, celebrities (well, Paul Daniels and Jay Kay), posh types and chavs. Bleurgh.
I'm not from Newcastle, I'm a Yorkshire lass. Although you'd never tell from my voice, my parents followed the work in the late 80s.
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Mon 28 Jul 2008, 11:30,
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I'm not from Newcastle, I'm a Yorkshire lass. Although you'd never tell from my voice, my parents followed the work in the late 80s.

are you sure you're not confusing "Southerners" and "dull parochial twats I could do without" because the second group show up EVERYWHERE!
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Mon 28 Jul 2008, 11:37,
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Although I may be living in the middle of the venn diagram you've just outlined.
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Mon 28 Jul 2008, 11:38,
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it being the handywork of some godawful 13 year old.
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Mon 28 Jul 2008, 10:57,
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bet your arse it's an insurance job
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Mon 28 Jul 2008, 10:58,
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*pops down to ladbrokes to wager his knees*
edit: "his" here refers to me
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Mon 28 Jul 2008, 10:58,
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edit: "his" here refers to me

Although people around here are so thick I doubt the could have concocted such a devious plan.
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Mon 28 Jul 2008, 10:59,
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i'm not suggesting they did it, but I bet they did.
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Mon 28 Jul 2008, 11:08,
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"Thoughts on that shouting baby in the supermarket"?
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Mon 28 Jul 2008, 10:58,
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"Give it a bloody smack!"
I will never have children. Ever.
I hated them when I was a child, and I hate them now.
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Mon 28 Jul 2008, 11:01,
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I will never have children. Ever.
I hated them when I was a child, and I hate them now.

and if anyone gets all upset they'll be going over my knee as well.
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Mon 28 Jul 2008, 11:02,
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if people in supermarkets aren't controlling and paying attention to their kids she'll loudly take them to task about it in front of everyone.
My mum's great.
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Mon 28 Jul 2008, 11:04,
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My mum's great.

kids NEED discipline, otherwise they don't learn the necessity for it.
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Mon 28 Jul 2008, 11:04,
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the behaviour of some kids I see is beyond belief.
The government wonders why knife crime is on the up? Because fucking parents these days do fuck all about their hellspawn.
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Mon 28 Jul 2008, 11:12,
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The government wonders why knife crime is on the up? Because fucking parents these days do fuck all about their hellspawn.

I'll be kicking the shit out of mine.
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Mon 28 Jul 2008, 11:13,
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no way mine will ever get way with that sort of behaviour....
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Mon 28 Jul 2008, 11:16,
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Teenagers aren't awake that early.
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Mon 28 Jul 2008, 10:58,
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The girl who sits next to me just popped down to the site canteen to get a bacon roll (perks of pregnancy, apparently) and overheard the following exchange:
"You see that pier burned down on the news?"
"yeah."
"That'll be them niggers again."
Hurray for idiots.
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Mon 28 Jul 2008, 11:02,
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"You see that pier burned down on the news?"
"yeah."
"That'll be them niggers again."
Hurray for idiots.

:(
It's be more understandable if I worked in a home for socially retarded nincompoops, but I work on a science park :(
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Mon 28 Jul 2008, 11:05,
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It's be more understandable if I worked in a home for socially retarded nincompoops, but I work on a science park :(

worse than the darkies, towelheads, nips, spics and chinks combined. *covers face* big nosed bastards.
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Mon 28 Jul 2008, 11:06,
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If it weren't for my dark hair and eyes, jewish nose, circumcised willy and functioning brain I'd join the BNP right now and help keep christian Britain white and English-speaking, like Jesus and saint George.
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Mon 28 Jul 2008, 11:07,
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They did a reconstruction of Jesus' face based on the Turin shroud and some other stuff- he looked like Alexei Sayle.
This pleases me greatly, I wonder if he went around offering people kebabs.
Edit: also, I'd join Veritas if it weren't for all of the policies and the words. I think IVV needs to take it over.
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Mon 28 Jul 2008, 11:09,
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This pleases me greatly, I wonder if he went around offering people kebabs.
Edit: also, I'd join Veritas if it weren't for all of the policies and the words. I think IVV needs to take it over.

it was Jaques de Molay.
Science FACT.
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Mon 28 Jul 2008, 11:11,
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Science FACT.

Was there nothing they wouldn't do?
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Mon 28 Jul 2008, 11:12,
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Oh, poo. So Jesus didn't look like Alexei Sayle then? Hmph.
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Mon 28 Jul 2008, 11:12,
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Does it have rollercoasters and everything?
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Mon 28 Jul 2008, 11:09,
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and never-ending rollercoaster that is SCIENCE!TM
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Mon 28 Jul 2008, 11:11,
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I do science in a hospital, but today the lab has been a bit flooded so I'm writing up from home.
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Mon 28 Jul 2008, 11:13,
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I am picturing some sort of cross between a newton's cradle and pirate ship ride (Please feel free to shop this if you have the talent!)
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Mon 28 Jul 2008, 11:13,
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and WWII
and possibly the Cheeky Girls
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Mon 28 Jul 2008, 11:19,
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and possibly the Cheeky Girls

SURVEY ASSAULTS ON THE INCREASE
God I fucking hate most of the media in this country, their primary motivation is to keep people scared and voting Conservative.
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Mon 28 Jul 2008, 10:45,
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God I fucking hate most of the media in this country, their primary motivation is to keep people scared and voting Conservative.

Which will, in turn, scare you more.
It's a deadly cycle that ends up with you buried in a small mountain of papers.
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Mon 28 Jul 2008, 10:47,
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It's a deadly cycle that ends up with you buried in a small mountain of papers.

holed up in your house with a loaded shotgun, waiting with trembling hands for today's copy of the Daily Mail.
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Mon 28 Jul 2008, 10:58,
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sorry, is it the immigrants or the peedos that are to blame? Where's a Daily Mail survey when you need one...
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Mon 28 Jul 2008, 10:46,
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A) good
B) bad and caused by immigration.
You decide.
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Mon 28 Jul 2008, 10:48,
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B) bad and caused by immigration.
You decide.

"oi rood boi! what's your favourite revel?"
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Mon 28 Jul 2008, 10:50,
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Was held hostage by a young Christian recruiter...within 10 minutes we were arguing about if there was indeed a God or not and I was winning, the poor girl :p
Woo to this :)
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Mon 28 Jul 2008, 10:51,
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Woo to this :)

Reminds me of the opening scene of Dogma :)
I always love taking those people to task - particularly when they're flogging stuff that I know waaaaaaay more than them about.
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Mon 28 Jul 2008, 10:53,
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I always love taking those people to task - particularly when they're flogging stuff that I know waaaaaaay more than them about.

When my other half opened the door to a jehovahs witness, and being somewhat stoned at the time thought they were saying that you can come back as a zombie if you believe in god, but dont get into heaven.
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Mon 28 Jul 2008, 13:15,
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How did you manage that? They're ever so stubborn.
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Mon 28 Jul 2008, 10:54,
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if I have felt Jesus? Nope sorry.
But I have. Well, good for you love.
What would you feel if you died and met God? Crap, I'm dead.
How would you feel knowing that you lived your live and not supported our Lord? I'm sure he'd be fine about it. Actually, how would you feel if you died and Vishnu was waiting for you, that would kick you in the nuts a bit (if you had one). What if there is no god; your live was spent chasing a fixation of faith. Etc etc, poor cow didn't have much of a chance with me, I mean I had already sacrificed a goat and drank it's blood in the morning, I was on fire.
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Mon 28 Jul 2008, 11:01,
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But I have. Well, good for you love.
What would you feel if you died and met God? Crap, I'm dead.
How would you feel knowing that you lived your live and not supported our Lord? I'm sure he'd be fine about it. Actually, how would you feel if you died and Vishnu was waiting for you, that would kick you in the nuts a bit (if you had one). What if there is no god; your live was spent chasing a fixation of faith. Etc etc, poor cow didn't have much of a chance with me, I mean I had already sacrificed a goat and drank it's blood in the morning, I was on fire.

there were christians trying to give people pamphlets (had megaphones and everything). one paedoish fella got determined to try and give me a leaflet. best thing to do in that situation is shout that you're jewish.
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Mon 28 Jul 2008, 10:55,
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The last one said she was a charity hugger, not a charity mugger.
I passed on the implied offer.
blog and archive

'you want to go to this gig tonight'
'I am going to that gig tonight'
'yeah, but you've got to come'
'O_O'
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Mon 28 Jul 2008, 10:59,
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'I am going to that gig tonight'
'yeah, but you've got to come'
'O_O'

"I'm a member, it's £3 off"
"but a pound!"
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Mon 28 Jul 2008, 11:00,
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"but a pound!"

*prints off 20*
*patrolls city centre looking for clipboarders*
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Mon 28 Jul 2008, 11:03,
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*patrolls city centre looking for clipboarders*

TJ does anyone know why there isn't a popular page for QOTW? It always fills up so damn quick there's rarely any point in sifting through it all looking for the rare gems, and I'm sure the newsletter misses out on some good stuff by only featuring 3 of them. Have put this on the bugs and features, but maybe there's something I'm missing...?
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Mon 28 Jul 2008, 10:52,
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people would abuse the voting system for the best of the week and get shit posts voted popular.
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Mon 28 Jul 2008, 10:54,
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but shirley that applies anywhere. There would be enough random lurkers voting on stuff to balance out against cliquey stuff like that wouldn't there?
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Mon 28 Jul 2008, 10:56,
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But I don't think they can be sorted before that
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Mon 28 Jul 2008, 10:55,
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be nice to be able to do it for a live question though.
Useful tip though - ta
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Mon 28 Jul 2008, 10:58,
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Useful tip though - ta

I mean, the url without the /page* part is the popular page, right?
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Mon 28 Jul 2008, 10:55,
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but I get what you're talking about.
I think QOTW would work a lot better if talk worked properly. Fuck this off-topic bullshit.
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Mon 28 Jul 2008, 12:13,
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I think QOTW would work a lot better if talk worked properly. Fuck this off-topic bullshit.

From Thor:
As he has no b3ta and the mirrors don't work - yes i Have told him he's probably a vampire...

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Mon 28 Jul 2008, 10:28,
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As he has no b3ta and the mirrors don't work - yes i Have told him he's probably a vampire...


are you in this part of the world too?
Shall I go outside and wave at thor?
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Mon 28 Jul 2008, 10:44,
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Shall I go outside and wave at thor?

but now they need to burn all the shite nightclubs and "fun pubs"...
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Mon 28 Jul 2008, 10:44,
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Kirkwood is supposed to be in Burnham on Sea tomorrow. I live near the other Burnham. The one on the Crouch.
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Mon 28 Jul 2008, 10:57,
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*but would put up with an ES335 if he had to*
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Mon 28 Jul 2008, 10:08,
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my Ibanez RG2550EX Prestige is the only one for me...
with lovely DiMarzio pickups.. yum!
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Mon 28 Jul 2008, 10:17,
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with lovely DiMarzio pickups.. yum!

For the cheap end of the market they're so much better built than the cheap Fender brands.
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Mon 28 Jul 2008, 10:19,
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but i just can't get along with all the gibson\fender's... i tried them all.. ibanez has a very thin neck and the fretboard is really soft.. which makes shrading so much easier. + it is really light weighted. the gibson's aspecially are so heavy! no need for that. +the DiMarzios give me so much amp power that i can go mad :)
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Mon 28 Jul 2008, 10:44,
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Quite fancy an Iceman at some point. By far my fave Ibanez. Love the 70's future vibe.
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Mon 28 Jul 2008, 10:47,
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...the black sparkly one? With free spandex hotpants?
I Love mine (the guitar that is...*don't have the figure for spandex*)
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Mon 28 Jul 2008, 10:35,
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I Love mine (the guitar that is...*don't have the figure for spandex*)

it's amazing to think the sound he gets is out of one.
Putting a normal guitar on is a very strange experience, it's missing about a third of the neck.
Edit: in other news, I was listening to Xasthur and Harkonen at the weekend, and then a bit of Jimmy Rushing for good measure.
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Mon 28 Jul 2008, 10:08,
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Putting a normal guitar on is a very strange experience, it's missing about a third of the neck.
Edit: in other news, I was listening to Xasthur and Harkonen at the weekend, and then a bit of Jimmy Rushing for good measure.

the most important thing about the guitar is the feel to play. (up to a point obv)
You can make a tele sound like a lespaul (as close as anyone cares) with eq-ing or whatever else.
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You can make a tele sound like a lespaul (as close as anyone cares) with eq-ing or whatever else.

I wasn't the only one to say what I have just said, but opinion's opinion.
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Had a cracking practice yesterday. We're going to nail our recording sesh
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I was just saying that I was agreeing with my two guitarists who had noted similar opinions to my own on the subject. (funnily enough, one of which plays a Gibson as well, the wife's got his dad's old SG from the seventies)
Sorry, I've been called a 'silly little woman' already today, it's got my back up a bit.
I have practice tonight, and then the comeback gig on Saturday. It's nice to be requested.
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Sorry, I've been called a 'silly little woman' already today, it's got my back up a bit.
I have practice tonight, and then the comeback gig on Saturday. It's nice to be requested.

Yeah, my old man's still got his '73 SG II it's lush. He's well up for me playing it but i'm too worried about damaging, i already bleached out it's original cherry by leaving it in the sun.
I'll get it all fixed up for him one day.
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I'll get it all fixed up for him one day.

dickface in kitchen one: well, I'm a bassist and I love my marshall, they're the best in the world
dickface in kitchen two: oh, yes, yes, Marshall are the best
me: I use a Hartke 3500 and it's top notch, I really enjoy it
dickface in kitchen one: don't be stupid Fae, silly little women can't play guitars.
He was joking, but still. He's avoiding my eye now. Even nowadays people appear suprised when I say I play bass, and woe-fucking-betide I have an opinion.
So yes. Sore point.
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dickface in kitchen two: oh, yes, yes, Marshall are the best
me: I use a Hartke 3500 and it's top notch, I really enjoy it
dickface in kitchen one: don't be stupid Fae, silly little women can't play guitars.
He was joking, but still. He's avoiding my eye now. Even nowadays people appear suprised when I say I play bass, and woe-fucking-betide I have an opinion.
So yes. Sore point.

it's not like fucking weightlifting. Would he have a problem if it was a celo, cos there's not much difference technically.
Also if he's thinks Marshall bass amps are the best he's a n00b.
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Mon 28 Jul 2008, 10:32,
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Also if he's thinks Marshall bass amps are the best he's a n00b.

I'd own him on weightlifting, he's about my height and skinny.
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Mon 28 Jul 2008, 10:34,
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Have him raped by lots of little ladies with great big strap-on toys (or fists, but that's mucky).
Should bring him down a peg or two.
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Mon 28 Jul 2008, 10:55,
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Should bring him down a peg or two.

which makes me feel bad for questioning how this crowbars its way into the image challenge.
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Mon 28 Jul 2008, 10:15,
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what was that skids programme back in the 90s? Dooby Duck? the string puppet duck that had a band or something.....
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man, there goes another part of my childhood :(
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I was just nodding in agreement ;)
But yes.
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Mon 28 Jul 2008, 9:29,
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But yes.

well it creeps the fuck outta me....
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Mon 28 Jul 2008, 9:29,
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Thank you! Have missed the board. Jobs can be shit sometimes.
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Mon 28 Jul 2008, 9:36,
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I can't seem to quit. One of those morally redeeming jobs. Damn things.
I work at an animal shelter. They need me to much. Or I need them. Either way..
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I work at an animal shelter. They need me to much. Or I need them. Either way..


It ain't often my home town gets on the news
and nings all

It's like a large bonfire, apparently.
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Mon 28 Jul 2008, 8:43,
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The structure should be ok, but everything on top is gonna go
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someone's already said: "It looks as if the pier has collapsed on itself. Nothing is going to be saved."
'fraid it looks like it's ALL gone....
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'fraid it looks like it's ALL gone....

JS is a member of B3ta
JS comes from W-S-M
Shirley not a coincidence!
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Mon 28 Jul 2008, 8:44,
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JS comes from W-S-M
Shirley not a coincidence!

Insurance job... bet my house on it
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Mon 28 Jul 2008, 8:47,
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Pub was run down for ages and finally derelict but it was a local treasure as The Who used to play there (or played there once - you know how local myth is). Anyway, developers bought it but couldn't do anything with it as all the plans involve knocking it down.
Low and behold, "squatters start a fire" and the whole place goes up. Completely gutted. Now there is a block of flats with balconys looking over the train station, the night club where people keep getting stabbed and the 1960s eyesore of a civic centre. Nice(!).
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Low and behold, "squatters start a fire" and the whole place goes up. Completely gutted. Now there is a block of flats with balconys looking over the train station, the night club where people keep getting stabbed and the 1960s eyesore of a civic centre. Nice(!).

sounds like a typical council development plan:
council inherits nice old building
council doesn't want to pay for upkeep
council lets it fall into disrepair
council condemns it as dangerous
council knocks it down
council sells land to developers
council votes for payrise for self
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council inherits nice old building
council doesn't want to pay for upkeep
council lets it fall into disrepair
council condemns it as dangerous
council knocks it down
council sells land to developers
council votes for payrise for self

50 years in their council house, reverts to housing association
Housing association make them move out 'temprarily' to modernise the flat
Housing association decide they can't be bothered to fork out for the work
Housing association rehouse lovely old couple in a shitty flat
Housing association sell flat for a fra\ction of its worth to shonky dodgy landlord
Our ceilings start falling apart
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Housing association make them move out 'temprarily' to modernise the flat
Housing association decide they can't be bothered to fork out for the work
Housing association rehouse lovely old couple in a shitty flat
Housing association sell flat for a fra\ction of its worth to shonky dodgy landlord
Our ceilings start falling apart

Nice Old Buildings do cost a lot of money in upkeep, and councils do need to make their money somehow.
It's unfortunate, I really do wish there was a way to redevelop these buildings in a manner that keeps the original character.
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It's unfortunate, I really do wish there was a way to redevelop these buildings in a manner that keeps the original character.

Planning departments are full of distant relatives of architects
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I didn't know you were from Weston - you seem to have the full complement of fingers and brain
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some more than others
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/Sick of Somerset blog
/grumpy Monday blog
/Blog blog
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/grumpy Monday blog
/Blog blog

it a-piers to be on fire hyperlulz.
Ning all!
Hope y'all had a good weekend, i did, although was a bit sweaty.
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Mon 28 Jul 2008, 9:11,
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Ning all!
Hope y'all had a good weekend, i did, although was a bit sweaty.

But I've got 4 days of glorious "heavy rain" ahead, according to the BBC.
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Mon 28 Jul 2008, 9:13,
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I'm not really built for sunny weather, come the ice-age i'll be laughing, but that might be a way off.
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Mon 28 Jul 2008, 9:16,
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to bring this Ice Age sooner.
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Mon 28 Jul 2008, 9:19,
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trouble is it'll get hotter before it gets colder. Oh well.
*lights the amazon rainforest with napalm
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Mon 28 Jul 2008, 9:21,
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*lights the amazon rainforest with napalm

I remember when ours burnt down I was convinced there'd be a bounty of shrapnel under it!
:D
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:D

he's itching to get down there with a metal detector...
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Mon 28 Jul 2008, 10:17,
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but was led to believe there was nothing there but our oier is southend .... a mile long!
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Mon 28 Jul 2008, 10:36,
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I was half asleep this morning until I heard WsM mentioned on the news. Then I went out into the garden to see the huge tower of smoke, which wasn't there. Quite a few helicopters whizzing about overhead, though.
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