I was guessing a train station ticket machine, being directly related to cash machines, would reject payment if the funds weren't there, I was wrong, and they won't change their decision cos 2 years ago I made a similar mistake when ordering thru Paypal.
Cunts.
A mate of mine is currently 600 quid out of pocket for similar reasons and 2 months on is still trying to get ahead of their charges as each direct debit goes out.
Utter utter cunts.
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Thu 22 Oct 2009, 10:12,
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Cunts.
A mate of mine is currently 600 quid out of pocket for similar reasons and 2 months on is still trying to get ahead of their charges as each direct debit goes out.
Utter utter cunts.
consumer action group is the only one i recall at the moment
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Thu 22 Oct 2009, 10:14,
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thieving cunts.
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Thu 22 Oct 2009, 10:19,
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Never had any problems with them. They do have penalties but it works both ways. You get charged if you screw up and the same if they do.
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Thu 22 Oct 2009, 10:21,
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www.moneysavingexpert.com/reclaim/bank-charges
When that happend to me I went to the bank and told them I'd like to close all my accounts with them cos I wernt an' happy bunny.
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Thu 22 Oct 2009, 10:16,
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When that happend to me I went to the bank and told them I'd like to close all my accounts with them cos I wernt an' happy bunny.
Happy to try but I hate wasted effort...
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Thu 22 Oct 2009, 10:22,
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The actual phoneline I was given to ring and complain on had a set recording playing that told you that due to that test case going thru they would definitely NOT be doing any charge refunds in the mean time.
Nice.
But I ain't giving up on it and I hope my friend won't neither, esp if the court case goes against em!
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Thu 22 Oct 2009, 10:41,
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Nice.
But I ain't giving up on it and I hope my friend won't neither, esp if the court case goes against em!
I complained a few years back and got £200 odd returned from charges over the previous 6 months. However, that was their fault as I had requested a direct debit be changed date wise.
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Thu 22 Oct 2009, 10:17,
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Nicely young Archibald the III of Norfolk!
Did you see that program about The Lost Symbol on Channel 5 last night? I was gonna gaz you but my computer died....
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Thu 22 Oct 2009, 10:05,
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Did you see that program about The Lost Symbol on Channel 5 last night? I was gonna gaz you but my computer died....
It often is known to be found in Soho at 3 o'clock in the morning. ON A WEEK NIGHT TOO!
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Thu 22 Oct 2009, 10:06,
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/was actually at a Masons meeting, so missed it :)
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Thu 22 Oct 2009, 10:06,
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I just saw it mentioned briefly. It was apparently about whether any of it is true and all that malarkey. You might be able to watch it on their website? That is if they have an on demand service....
Have you decided who shall be Prime Minister next yet?
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Thu 22 Oct 2009, 10:09,
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Have you decided who shall be Prime Minister next yet?
a few of us were talking about the book at the meeting last night. Verdict: Quite a lot of guff, a few 'part-facts' mixed with something to jazz it up a bit.
Overall opinion is that we came off quite well throughout the whole thing.
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Thu 22 Oct 2009, 10:12,
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Overall opinion is that we came off quite well throughout the whole thing.
not sure of url though
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Thu 22 Oct 2009, 10:16,
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And then placed over the actual badge on various Porsches so that you only notice if you look closely :)
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Thu 22 Oct 2009, 19:10,
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...precisely the same size as the real thing.
There are so many bloody Porsches round where I live, and most are clearly driven by people with something to make up for.
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Thu 22 Oct 2009, 16:29,
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There are so many bloody Porsches round where I live, and most are clearly driven by people with something to make up for.
fucking taking our money and giving us public fucking services! Thieving cunts! ;)
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Thu 22 Oct 2009, 10:02,
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Even though we have no choice whether we use them or not.
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Thu 22 Oct 2009, 10:08,
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www.b3ta.com/board/9757791
(not strictly a department, but still- why?)
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Thu 22 Oct 2009, 10:11,
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(not strictly a department, but still- why?)
bastards charged me £70 for a delivery a few months ago...
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Thu 22 Oct 2009, 10:05,
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They've admitted that they owe me a few thousand pounds in overpaid income tax.
Now, if you could send someone to bring me a croissant, I'll be on the balcony.
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Thu 22 Oct 2009, 10:22,
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Now, if you could send someone to bring me a croissant, I'll be on the balcony.
i've had one direct hit, many near misses. newer volvos seem to attract drivers, rather than myopic car owners.
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Thu 22 Oct 2009, 10:09,
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None that I'm aware of
we just aquired it to replace my knackered Hyundai Accent Deathtrap
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Thu 22 Oct 2009, 10:18,
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we just aquired it to replace my knackered Hyundai Accent Deathtrap
old box-shaped 340's etc - avoid like the plague. one of them smashed into the side of me because she pulled out from parked behind a van, on the other side of the road, on a blind bend. stupid, stupid bitch - get the bus next time!
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Thu 22 Oct 2009, 10:29,
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I love my old boxy 850. It's taken me across Europe and back, runs perfectly, dead comfy, big enough to fit all my kit and equipment in the boot with room to spare for a duvet and pillow for the longer trips.
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Thu 22 Oct 2009, 10:50,
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There's a lot of *very* posh houses full of millionaires on my way to work, and they all seem to have one though.
now where am I going to get a very small selection of overpriced and badly organised CDs?
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Thu 22 Oct 2009, 9:50,
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I miss Our Price :( Shitty fucking V Shop buying them out and closing down :(
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Thu 22 Oct 2009, 9:55,
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Somewhere I have a cassette of Spiceworld. It was bought in Our Price, but does not have an Our Price sticker upon it.
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Thu 22 Oct 2009, 10:02,
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*laughs*
Spiceworld. Did you buy it when you were a little girl?
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Thu 22 Oct 2009, 10:06,
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Spiceworld. Did you buy it when you were a little girl?
Easy there Grandad, I was 10 years old when it came out.
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Thu 22 Oct 2009, 10:10,
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What the hell are you playing at? I have been waiting for Andrew McDavies' return for literally MONTHS since you last promised his imminent return :(
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Thu 22 Oct 2009, 9:56,
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There hasn't been a record shop in my high street for about 7 years.
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Thu 22 Oct 2009, 9:53,
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You can tell your grandchildren.
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Thu 22 Oct 2009, 9:57,
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Well, two. One of them was "Captain" by Idlewild. The other was Buddy Holly's first "three" (ie 2 plus a compilation his record label pumped out in 1958 to cash in) albums. I was very pleased.
I like CDs. I like being able to choose the quality my music is at, instead of having Apple insist I get a really shit AAC, or these days a reasonable-more-or-less AAC. I like knowing that what came off the mixing desk is what's in the file, not what came off the mixing desk and then went through a couple of filters to chop off low and high frequencies and then went through a vaguely-defined psychoacoustic model to cut out more frequencies and then got encoded at a lower bitrate.
Just a pity people are mixing for MP3 and most likely releasing CDs that were mastered from 320kbs MP3. I hope they're not but if frankly I wouldn't be surprised anymore.
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Thu 22 Oct 2009, 10:07,
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I like CDs. I like being able to choose the quality my music is at, instead of having Apple insist I get a really shit AAC, or these days a reasonable-more-or-less AAC. I like knowing that what came off the mixing desk is what's in the file, not what came off the mixing desk and then went through a couple of filters to chop off low and high frequencies and then went through a vaguely-defined psychoacoustic model to cut out more frequencies and then got encoded at a lower bitrate.
Just a pity people are mixing for MP3 and most likely releasing CDs that were mastered from 320kbs MP3. I hope they're not but if frankly I wouldn't be surprised anymore.
I hate the fact that the mp3s I purchase are a more paler version of the originals.
Vinyl for the victory
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Thu 22 Oct 2009, 10:10,
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Vinyl for the victory
Played a lot of my parents when I was growing up and made sure my first stereo had a record player and... never bought a record. I'm a product of my times...
Dynamic range on CD is actually significantly greater than that of vinyl. (Which is obviously why mastering engineers enjoy compression the motherfucking shit out of music these days, to the point where putting it on vinyl would make the needle fly out of the groove.) I like that and it makes up for any disadvantage you might see in the fact that it's still digital.
/Can't hear anything wrong at all with CD quality sound blog. (Come to that, on my equipment my ~200kbs MP3s sound absolutely fine too -- that's above most people's transparency limit which I think is roughly 150kbs for MP3, and certainly above mine. But I like to make that choice myself, rather than have to reencode a 320kbs (or lower) MP3 and immediately entertain myself losing quality as a result.)
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Thu 22 Oct 2009, 10:14,
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Dynamic range on CD is actually significantly greater than that of vinyl. (Which is obviously why mastering engineers enjoy compression the motherfucking shit out of music these days, to the point where putting it on vinyl would make the needle fly out of the groove.) I like that and it makes up for any disadvantage you might see in the fact that it's still digital.
/Can't hear anything wrong at all with CD quality sound blog. (Come to that, on my equipment my ~200kbs MP3s sound absolutely fine too -- that's above most people's transparency limit which I think is roughly 150kbs for MP3, and certainly above mine. But I like to make that choice myself, rather than have to reencode a 320kbs (or lower) MP3 and immediately entertain myself losing quality as a result.)
mainly cos of having the real thing and not some intangible file I might delete by accident
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Thu 22 Oct 2009, 10:17,
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And the people who still put attention into the sleeve notes.
I thought I'd more or less stop buying them a few years back when I moved across here and had to rip all my CDs because there was no way I was lugging hundreds of them around the continent. Instead I think I've bought 50 or so in the last three years. Well, maybe 30.
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Thu 22 Oct 2009, 10:19,
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I thought I'd more or less stop buying them a few years back when I moved across here and had to rip all my CDs because there was no way I was lugging hundreds of them around the continent. Instead I think I've bought 50 or so in the last three years. Well, maybe 30.
They aren't overpriced, they have a fairly big selection and there are always a lot of good albums on sale. I always wonder how they do it.
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Thu 22 Oct 2009, 10:01,
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That or witchcraft....
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Thu 22 Oct 2009, 10:04,
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Dontcha understand, time MUST stand still for the sakes of the music (read CD) industry!!

Hell they've managed to keep the same tired old format kicking for over 25 years now and panic everytime someone invents a knew recording medium, give nipper an MP3 player and those lovely DRM advocating folks in the backrooms will implode!!
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Thu 22 Oct 2009, 9:56,
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Hell they've managed to keep the same tired old format kicking for over 25 years now and panic everytime someone invents a knew recording medium, give nipper an MP3 player and those lovely DRM advocating folks in the backrooms will implode!!
lots of people think it didn't
but it did
how else can we explain T*ploader?
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Thu 22 Oct 2009, 10:03,
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but it did
how else can we explain T*ploader?
I predict a lot of Micro$oft's this week. Not that I am slagging you of course Mr Bobs, yours is perfectly terrific!
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Thu 22 Oct 2009, 9:37,
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How do Ghosty? Not seen you around much recently....
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Thu 22 Oct 2009, 9:40,
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I've been constantly masterbating which has resticted my b3ta time.
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Thu 22 Oct 2009, 9:42,
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Now go sit in the corner and think about what you have done.
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Thu 22 Oct 2009, 9:47,
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I can delete it, no bother.
It is what they stand for though.
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Thu 22 Oct 2009, 9:44,
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It is what they stand for though.
...People need to see the BNP for exactly what they are as it does feel that they have built some kind of sympathy with more than their normal knuckle dragging angry white "man".
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Thu 22 Oct 2009, 9:42,
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current legal wranglings aside, they are a legitimate party that has democratically elected MEPs and councillors.
Gag them and they gain a cult following by the 'common man'*
Let them speak and they will show themselves for what they are; bigoted buffoons. give them enough rope to hang themselves. Look at the recent statement about the Army generals being compared to Nazis. Griffin can't help himself. He's a frustrated little mummy's boy who needs to lash out
* Stupid man
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Thu 22 Oct 2009, 9:46,
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Gag them and they gain a cult following by the 'common man'*
Let them speak and they will show themselves for what they are; bigoted buffoons. give them enough rope to hang themselves. Look at the recent statement about the Army generals being compared to Nazis. Griffin can't help himself. He's a frustrated little mummy's boy who needs to lash out
* Stupid man
www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5jzs28qVYY
Somehow BNP members see this interview as a triumph
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Thu 22 Oct 2009, 9:47,
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Somehow BNP members see this interview as a triumph
I can only listen to a bit of it. He seems to be making up membership based on races that are a light creamy colour
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Thu 22 Oct 2009, 9:48,
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I love how it seems that Simon Darby thought he was expecting an easy debate with a "simple 'paki' comedian" and was shocked to find he was actually coming out with intelligent arguments for which he had absolutely no verbal ammunition.
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Thu 22 Oct 2009, 9:57,
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What a fucking cunt! "You sound more like a politician than a comedian, you don't sound very funny...." Yeah, because that's the point of the comedian coming on....
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Thu 22 Oct 2009, 10:01,
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It's so childish - "I can't think of anything intelligent to say in order to counter your argument, therefore I'm going to try and change the subject and criticise your chosen career in a really petty manner"
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Thu 22 Oct 2009, 10:05,
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I hope they haven't got a bunch of twats to debate with Griffin - he needs showing up properly
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Thu 22 Oct 2009, 9:47,
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Sorry... this is becoming a little /talk
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Thu 22 Oct 2009, 10:06,
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I love the BNP, they are great
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Thu 22 Oct 2009, 9:39,
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Imagine the gasp from the audience as Griffin takes off his coat to reveal a Waffen SS uniform.
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Thu 22 Oct 2009, 11:00,
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I shall endeavor to use it often today.
must be a despot/questionable moustache correlation out there hitherto unknown to science...
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Thu 22 Oct 2009, 9:57,
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oh good. now, what am i had for lunch?
ps. woo!
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Thu 22 Oct 2009, 9:54,
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ps. woo!
I'm always here to help with that kind of thing. Popular culture is my home.
This post may come with a lie attached to it.
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Thu 22 Oct 2009, 9:42,
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This post may come with a lie attached to it.
One of the few times I have actually made any effort ;)
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Thu 22 Oct 2009, 9:18,
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OOOO, would you be willing to post a large version so i can steal for wallpaper...
Love It
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Sun 25 Oct 2009, 18:47,
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Love It
I'm-better-than-all-of-you lols
please?
Thanks awfully.
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Thu 22 Oct 2009, 9:19,
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please?
Thanks awfully.
The worst it got was a few saying "We've kind of done this before."
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Thu 22 Oct 2009, 9:37,
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I have asparagus syndrome you insensitive fuck! :(
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Thu 22 Oct 2009, 9:38,
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I'd hate to think I got Weil's disease for nothing.
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Thu 22 Oct 2009, 9:22,
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I want to go and take my own, but I'm more than happy to screw yours up instead if you'd prefer.
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Thu 22 Oct 2009, 9:30,
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Just thought you'd like to use some at some point -
it seemed too good a building to not point you to.
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Thu 22 Oct 2009, 9:34,
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it seemed too good a building to not point you to.
i'l have a McLard (tm) and a large heart attack please.
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Thu 22 Oct 2009, 9:21,
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I do occasionally have one, as it seems a good idea at the time, but I regret it within 10 minutes invariably.
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Thu 22 Oct 2009, 9:23,
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It may not be ten years, but I think it's pretty close to that
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Thu 22 Oct 2009, 9:26,
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over the morning after a bit of heavy drinking.
One the egg has been chucked, the cheesy-sausage-muffin is edible and salty, and the hash browns are quite nice, plus you get the satisfaction of going "however bad I feel, this young fella's working in Mcdonalds at 8.30 on a Sunday morning".
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Thu 22 Oct 2009, 9:29,
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One the egg has been chucked, the cheesy-sausage-muffin is edible and salty, and the hash browns are quite nice, plus you get the satisfaction of going "however bad I feel, this young fella's working in Mcdonalds at 8.30 on a Sunday morning".
food poisoning is a great anti-marketing tool
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Thu 22 Oct 2009, 9:25,
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Nice one
I had an idea to get a lot of fonts for populars brands, and spell 'CUNTS' in these fonts and the respective company colours, maybe accompanied by their logo. It was going to be a whole series of them. Too bad I can't be arsed though.
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Thu 22 Oct 2009, 9:25,
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I had an idea to get a lot of fonts for populars brands, and spell 'CUNTS' in these fonts and the respective company colours, maybe accompanied by their logo. It was going to be a whole series of them. Too bad I can't be arsed though.
Two hearts are better than one
Two hearts girl get the job done
Two hearts are better than one
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Thu 22 Oct 2009, 9:40,
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Two hearts girl get the job done
Two hearts are better than one
and besides, too easy and not terribly interesting to look at...
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Thu 22 Oct 2009, 9:06,
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But that worker is too old. Perhaps he's the marketing manager?
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Thu 22 Oct 2009, 9:07,
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but isn't he a bit old for that?
oh well, another day, another dollar... if he makes his quota, that is.
mornin b3ta
edit. prequal, you're living up to your name there. piss.
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Thu 22 Oct 2009, 9:08,
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oh well, another day, another dollar... if he makes his quota, that is.
mornin b3ta
edit. prequal, you're living up to your name there. piss.
I'm not sure "in before polished turd" is something to brag about though :)
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Thu 22 Oct 2009, 9:11,
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for everything else, there's Bankruptcy
hehehe, top stuff!
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Thu 22 Oct 2009, 9:10,
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hehehe, top stuff!
I am loving this compo, there's some great entries. and the added prospect of seeing our ginger fuhrer dragged to court by some multinational for copyright infringement.
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Thu 22 Oct 2009, 9:55,
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ningles to you all
ningles 'burgler, and ningles to the whole /board!
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Thu 22 Oct 2009, 8:43,
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Rub vaseline on your face and have a bath. FACT!
Ningles sir
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Thu 22 Oct 2009, 8:43,
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Ningles sir
and remeber, if you shave, don't use the usual shaving foams/gels, use Aqueous Cream! 'Tis the best, I say!
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Thu 22 Oct 2009, 8:45,
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Got to love the small print on those ads
*out of 97,000 women, 17% agree*
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Thu 22 Oct 2009, 8:44,
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*out of 97,000 women, 17% agree*
buy about 300%, there was the small print at the bottom of the screen saying something like "the lashes in this video are simulated"
hahahah, what a con...
Ningles A'!
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Thu 22 Oct 2009, 8:47,
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hahahah, what a con...
Ningles A'!
farkin fake lashes! Whats that about then?
"OMFG MAKE UR LASHES LUK LIEK DIS!*"
*wont look anything like this
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Thu 22 Oct 2009, 8:53,
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"OMFG MAKE UR LASHES LUK LIEK DIS!*"
*wont look anything like this
yeah...i also hate the invention of scientificcy sounding words like Zyklon-X to describe the ingredients which are probably just based on horse piss
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Thu 22 Oct 2009, 8:45,
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Literally that is - all those chemicals accumulating over the years of makeup, haircare, skin care, doing a surprising amount of damage...
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Thu 22 Oct 2009, 8:50,
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Yes, because YOU MADE IT UP!
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Thu 22 Oct 2009, 8:59,
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if anyone else uses that made-up name, they'll sue for copyright infringement
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Thu 22 Oct 2009, 9:11,
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"what type of hair is it for?"
"PUBIC HAIR"
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Thu 22 Oct 2009, 9:23,
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"PUBIC HAIR"
Wait a minute, who the fuck is that?
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Thu 22 Oct 2009, 8:51,
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"So guys, we've got this new product - it's supposed to be tanning moisturiser, but prolonged use causes incontinence"
"APPROVED!"
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Thu 22 Oct 2009, 8:54,
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"APPROVED!"
I don't think they use stuff like that any more but when I think about it ... that's proper evil genius, right there :)
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Thu 22 Oct 2009, 9:04,
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turns out he was 20 something and had been slathering himself with various anti aging creams since his teens in an effort to stay young forever, the sheer weight of it all the crap saturating his skin had pulled it into a floppy, greasy, jowly mess.
I vowed from there on never to use anything but decent soap and some sun dodging, and it seems to have served me well.
*edit* I will add tho, a mild anti-septic cream works fantastic as a shaving balm, esp for me as I wet shave the sides of my head every few days (mohawk) and the nape of my neck goes sore and lumpy otherwise, and once a week a good soak in the bath followed by some defoliating scrub on the face, usually Friday so I look scrubbed for the weekend, does wonders to get the week's crap out of your skin, stops you getting blackheads anyplace you're prone and clears off all the dead skin. Morrisons does a corking cheapy own brand men's scrub I recommend, no need for owt fancy but it's worth the little bit of extra effort, trust me, nobody likes zits n blackheads and this shit sorts it right out any place you get problems, digs the crap out your face before it has a chance to take, try it.
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Thu 22 Oct 2009, 8:49,
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I vowed from there on never to use anything but decent soap and some sun dodging, and it seems to have served me well.
*edit* I will add tho, a mild anti-septic cream works fantastic as a shaving balm, esp for me as I wet shave the sides of my head every few days (mohawk) and the nape of my neck goes sore and lumpy otherwise, and once a week a good soak in the bath followed by some defoliating scrub on the face, usually Friday so I look scrubbed for the weekend, does wonders to get the week's crap out of your skin, stops you getting blackheads anyplace you're prone and clears off all the dead skin. Morrisons does a corking cheapy own brand men's scrub I recommend, no need for owt fancy but it's worth the little bit of extra effort, trust me, nobody likes zits n blackheads and this shit sorts it right out any place you get problems, digs the crap out your face before it has a chance to take, try it.
i've never used any of that moisturising shit and love the fact that all my mates that do now have skin that looks 10 years older than mine :)
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Thu 22 Oct 2009, 8:52,
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They're crooks because the Global economy collapsed! LOL!
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Thu 22 Oct 2009, 8:40,
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that would make my life easier
Just designed a webpage- it's fine in Safari and Firefox on both Mac and PC - but IE 6 or 7? Forget it!
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Thu 22 Oct 2009, 8:44,
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Just designed a webpage- it's fine in Safari and Firefox on both Mac and PC - but IE 6 or 7? Forget it!
only work in IE, and we get a bollocking for installing Firefox.
Whilst our company bangs on about how it wants to be "at the forefront of innovation", whilst laying off it's interactive team...
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Thu 22 Oct 2009, 9:02,
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Whilst our company bangs on about how it wants to be "at the forefront of innovation", whilst laying off it's interactive team...
psst, i'm getting uncharted 2 tomorrow :D
No spoilerz pls ktthnxbi
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Thu 22 Oct 2009, 8:38,
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No spoilerz pls ktthnxbi
it's away getting fixed..allegedly
i'm surprised mine hasnt been killed of by the CONSTANT hard resets caused by fallout GOTY
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Thu 22 Oct 2009, 8:54,
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Thu 22 Oct 2009, 8:47,
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It's far too early
My youngest woke me up at ten to six this morning
uuuuuuuuugggg....
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Thu 22 Oct 2009, 8:24,
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My youngest woke me up at ten to six this morning
uuuuuuuuugggg....
waiting to fall over, any minute now...
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Thu 22 Oct 2009, 8:26,
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blimey! you'll be a zombie by 9 - get some sleep man!
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Thu 22 Oct 2009, 8:28,
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Scroll down there and there's about 6 bloody more, had nowt else to do all night essentially.
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Thu 22 Oct 2009, 8:27,
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