
to replace the one they have just withdrawn.

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Your version is actually funny. Their version is two quid of crap.
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Sun 7 Dec 2014, 16:57,
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i never forgave them for shutting down bubblegumclub
jellyhead was my favourite bubblegum bod
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Sun 7 Dec 2014, 19:59,
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jellyhead was my favourite bubblegum bod


I've only just noticed the pedestrian in the background who impacts upon my mighty pelvis repeatedly.
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you're not the site I fell in love with B3ta.
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Sun 7 Dec 2014, 15:00,
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or a punch in the face
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Sun 7 Dec 2014, 15:24,
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bOlBAdPcrI
(Warning : Contains traces of Ricky Gervais)
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Sun 7 Dec 2014, 16:59,
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(Warning : Contains traces of Ricky Gervais)

But I didn't wanna!
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But fun sponge, dogfingerer, Goderator would have a go at me. I did see that they said that you weren't very good. Bit like saying Michael Jackson can't moonwalk :)
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Sun 7 Dec 2014, 19:20,
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PEDRO 4 MOD
TOAST FOR DAY PEDRO FOR GAY
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Sun 7 Dec 2014, 10:14,
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TOAST FOR DAY PEDRO FOR GAY


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Sun 7 Dec 2014, 11:39,
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I'm guessing he keeps the mods as the hands-off supervision of the place, so he's hardly likely to listen to us mere posters. Could you give him a buzz anyway?
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Sun 7 Dec 2014, 13:50,
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(hey,that's an idea)
Oops.
Bindun by atomic.
:/
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Sun 7 Dec 2014, 16:48,
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Oops.
Bindun by atomic.
:/

Thanks for your input but I'm out of here
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Sun 7 Dec 2014, 11:58,
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faceswaps were so much better back when I were a lad. I don't know why I keep coming back to tell all you young uns ;)
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Sun 7 Dec 2014, 13:27,
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driven mad by a monkey eating his brain, Sean ConneryBond returns to fight Daniel CraigBond for control of the worlds bananas

Woo! :) can't think of anything funny to put. No change there blah blah...
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Sun 7 Dec 2014, 8:53,
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hurrah, that makes up for the fella that just left :)
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Sun 7 Dec 2014, 11:10,
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You wont miss me, but i'm not the only one buggering off. The site owners couldn't give two squirts of piss about B3ta any more, and most of the good posters left ages ago. I've been here years, and recently it's the first time I've been able to check the site Monday then Wednesday and see the same shit on the board. B3ta is dead unfortunately, and i am very sorry.
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Sun 7 Dec 2014, 3:21,
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If you haven't gone already, may I ask why you didn't post more pictures? Not a dig, genuinely interested why you didn't (for me heavy workloads are usually the problem).
Board members contributing is the only thing that will keep the pages turning, be it through posting their own images or w/y/h'ing other peoples stuff they like to encourage more. We do only have ourselves to blame for the site not showing what we like to look at.
Also, what do you think Rob and the other original staff should be contributing? I joined this place because I liked what everyone was doing and the variety that came with so many different minded people, not just the person who came up with the format/posted the newsletter/whatever it is Rob does/did.
Happy travels, feel free to pop back any time.
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Sun 7 Dec 2014, 8:25,
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Board members contributing is the only thing that will keep the pages turning, be it through posting their own images or w/y/h'ing other peoples stuff they like to encourage more. We do only have ourselves to blame for the site not showing what we like to look at.
Also, what do you think Rob and the other original staff should be contributing? I joined this place because I liked what everyone was doing and the variety that came with so many different minded people, not just the person who came up with the format/posted the newsletter/whatever it is Rob does/did.
Happy travels, feel free to pop back any time.

Plenty of constructive technical suggestions on simple things for Rob to do to help the site regain some of its old spark.
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Sun 7 Dec 2014, 10:33,
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I'm not sure I follow about b3ta having a successful advertising stream and whatnot. To me this place has always been about the everyday users just slapping up pictures for shits and giggles, not the people that created the framework leading the artwork. And I think that's what Rob intended.
Getting advertising money always goes down like a lead balloon full of Pact coffee, we don't want this place being run by investors. Although obviously it would be nice to see the occasional prize for the image challenge.
As monkeon and many other people have said, social media has reduced viewing numbers and attention spans everywhere. A lot of people prefer to just watch Twitter than pick up a pen or mouse and attempt the slow painful task of photoshopping something, especially when they think it will be received with silence or abuse instead of the jovial w/y/h :D of old.
But it's good that people complain, it shows they care. The only solution I can think of is do a picture and post it up to try and start a ball rolling. You never know, your next picture could be the next fucklift meme ;)
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Sun 7 Dec 2014, 11:23,
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Getting advertising money always goes down like a lead balloon full of Pact coffee, we don't want this place being run by investors. Although obviously it would be nice to see the occasional prize for the image challenge.
As monkeon and many other people have said, social media has reduced viewing numbers and attention spans everywhere. A lot of people prefer to just watch Twitter than pick up a pen or mouse and attempt the slow painful task of photoshopping something, especially when they think it will be received with silence or abuse instead of the jovial w/y/h :D of old.
But it's good that people complain, it shows they care. The only solution I can think of is do a picture and post it up to try and start a ball rolling. You never know, your next picture could be the next fucklift meme ;)

I've seen Sheep express that he can't post stuff with the restrictive gif size limit, for example. That could easily be changed.
Ultimately, I'd say /board needs to focus on people who make pictures, not lurkers. Photoshopping jokes isn't a fashionable hobby nowadays (the kids make videos), and it is good to have a place where people who share your hobby hang out.
If you focus on lurkers, then you start adding things like down vote buttons, and that takes away the encouraging environment which is what made this site stand out - people don't want to be told their work is shit, offensive or they are a spamcunt, they want to play and find out what works.
Focussing on getting lurkers subscribing to the Twitter feed seems sensible - presumably that is where most of them have gone already - and the more users on that, the more an fp is 'worth' (though I'd quite like it to post higher voted popular posts, too).
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Sun 7 Dec 2014, 12:19,
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Ultimately, I'd say /board needs to focus on people who make pictures, not lurkers. Photoshopping jokes isn't a fashionable hobby nowadays (the kids make videos), and it is good to have a place where people who share your hobby hang out.
If you focus on lurkers, then you start adding things like down vote buttons, and that takes away the encouraging environment which is what made this site stand out - people don't want to be told their work is shit, offensive or they are a spamcunt, they want to play and find out what works.
Focussing on getting lurkers subscribing to the Twitter feed seems sensible - presumably that is where most of them have gone already - and the more users on that, the more an fp is 'worth' (though I'd quite like it to post higher voted popular posts, too).

I agree the gif limit is restrictive and feels old (especially if we want to be in any way a cutting edge comedy site!), but I've never understood why not just post a thumbnail and link to Youtube?
the main problem with saying 2mb gifs are ok is when that is applied to every throwaway reply gif or a dance party happens with 100 replies.
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Sun 7 Dec 2014, 12:41,
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the main problem with saying 2mb gifs are ok is when that is applied to every throwaway reply gif or a dance party happens with 100 replies.

from /links to /board would perhaps be a solution. I like the idea of an all-encompassing "I made this" board, anyway.
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Sun 7 Dec 2014, 13:02,
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I would bloody love a 2mb gif rule. But as a thread starter. But as you said I could do one and link it.
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Sun 7 Dec 2014, 13:31,
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There's no-where else I could post my crap - nor get the inspiration/image challenges to make it.
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Sun 7 Dec 2014, 12:42,
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sometimes, and losing B3tards was a blow. I know it is my fault, but I lost a lot of work there; I changed computer a few times and lost the origionals, but could always link to them on B3tards. Now they are gone forever. Not the biggest tragedy the world will ever see, but mattered to me because I don't post anywhere else but here.
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Sun 7 Dec 2014, 13:21,
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although some of the links ask me for money, which I do not have.
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Sun 7 Dec 2014, 13:50,
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The money thing is just fundraising and not part of that site's content - you shouldn't have to pay to see anything.
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Sun 7 Dec 2014, 14:00,
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My tupenny's worth, as a previous frequentish and criminally underrated poster who now almost never posts anything, is very much as HappyToast said - I've changed job and I've got damn all time free at the minute at all, which is exacerbated by working in an open-plan office where photoshopping (well, gimping) things wouldn't go down at all well even if I can't do anything while compiling anyway. Back in the past I was in an office shared with one or two people, a wall to my back, and no-one who'd care checking what I was doing while things were compiling or running.
I totally agree I wouldn't spend time trying to appeal to the lurkers. Those like me are lurkers for a reason - grown too fat, too old and too tired - and that's unlikely to change; and others are unlikely to swap from lurking regardless. Any that do, I'd suggest would have been likely to at some point anyway.
We could do with changing the colour scheme, having a board that's more searchable (search is a perennial issue on B3ta), having a board of variable length that we can set ourselves, and having collapsible threads. Since no-one seems to be maintaining the codebase though, that's unlikely to happen. (If the keys could be opened, I'm sure some on here are good enough at whatever the hell the backend is written in - PHP would be my guess - that they could get something better hacked together. But the keys won't be opened not least because, for whatever reason, Rob doesn't give a flying fuck about B3ta anymore and robtoo hasn't been spotted in a long while too. I've no idea if anyone else would ever have had access.)
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Sun 7 Dec 2014, 13:32,
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I totally agree I wouldn't spend time trying to appeal to the lurkers. Those like me are lurkers for a reason - grown too fat, too old and too tired - and that's unlikely to change; and others are unlikely to swap from lurking regardless. Any that do, I'd suggest would have been likely to at some point anyway.
We could do with changing the colour scheme, having a board that's more searchable (search is a perennial issue on B3ta), having a board of variable length that we can set ourselves, and having collapsible threads. Since no-one seems to be maintaining the codebase though, that's unlikely to happen. (If the keys could be opened, I'm sure some on here are good enough at whatever the hell the backend is written in - PHP would be my guess - that they could get something better hacked together. But the keys won't be opened not least because, for whatever reason, Rob doesn't give a flying fuck about B3ta anymore and robtoo hasn't been spotted in a long while too. I've no idea if anyone else would ever have had access.)

The impression I'm getting is that those who could do something either can't be bothered or that the current situation suits them.
It's no good blaming twitter and facebook if this place appears moribund from the top down.
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Sun 7 Dec 2014, 13:19,
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It's no good blaming twitter and facebook if this place appears moribund from the top down.

Having started to post a few images years ago and getting in to the spirit of the site more I started uni and from then on (including now I work) I just don't have the time to fire up Photoshop or paint to make anything worth posting. I'm always disappointed when I log onto /board nowadays but I do feel that people like me not actually contributing anything is also a problem. A busy bar gets busier and a quiet bar gets quieter of course. So they, whoever they are, told me when I worked in pubs at uni.
Before uni I used computers for fun, now I use them at work and I just don't want to sit in front of a screen all evening as well.
I also think as a member of 11 years, and unregistered viewer for a few years before (2001 or 2002? I can't remember when the site started!), that the internet has changed significantly since then. Back when the site started people like Joel Vietch and Jonty, among many other talented folk, were cocking about with their sites and promoting their material on here which inspired others to post and so on. This isn't meant as a slight on them but a few years down the line, maybe 6 or 7 years ago these chaps started appearing on news channels being interviewed about the internet and stuff. The people that started and really gave b3ta a kick up the arse have used it as a platform to build on and gone on to other things. With the advent of social media there seems to be fewer people around with the time or ability to knock up amusing pictures in Photoshop etc. I may not have chosen the best examples, as I say I'm far too busy now to spend large amounts of time on the internet. I'm mostly typing this to delay having to go out and be disappointed by a not-starting motorbike, but it is something I feel, with rose-tinted glasses no doubt, passionate about.
/rant over
God I'm boring.
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Sun 7 Dec 2014, 14:05,
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Before uni I used computers for fun, now I use them at work and I just don't want to sit in front of a screen all evening as well.
I also think as a member of 11 years, and unregistered viewer for a few years before (2001 or 2002? I can't remember when the site started!), that the internet has changed significantly since then. Back when the site started people like Joel Vietch and Jonty, among many other talented folk, were cocking about with their sites and promoting their material on here which inspired others to post and so on. This isn't meant as a slight on them but a few years down the line, maybe 6 or 7 years ago these chaps started appearing on news channels being interviewed about the internet and stuff. The people that started and really gave b3ta a kick up the arse have used it as a platform to build on and gone on to other things. With the advent of social media there seems to be fewer people around with the time or ability to knock up amusing pictures in Photoshop etc. I may not have chosen the best examples, as I say I'm far too busy now to spend large amounts of time on the internet. I'm mostly typing this to delay having to go out and be disappointed by a not-starting motorbike, but it is something I feel, with rose-tinted glasses no doubt, passionate about.
/rant over
God I'm boring.

"You never know, your next picture could be the next fucklift meme"
noooooooooooooo, for pity's sake noooooooooooooooo
i've never been a high volume poster, work, laziness etc. means even less time to make images than i used to have, but every now and then i nip back and add something and this'll probably continue as long as i'm able
personally i found fuck/flan unfunny/uninspired/repellent right from the start, ditto fucklift, and the sheer volume of them has made me less inclined to even lurk, maybe that's just me, i'm sure others find them funny/inspired/attractive given their prevalence
b3ta also seems less fluffy these days
/sigh
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Sun 7 Dec 2014, 14:14,
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noooooooooooooo, for pity's sake noooooooooooooooo
i've never been a high volume poster, work, laziness etc. means even less time to make images than i used to have, but every now and then i nip back and add something and this'll probably continue as long as i'm able
personally i found fuck/flan unfunny/uninspired/repellent right from the start, ditto fucklift, and the sheer volume of them has made me less inclined to even lurk, maybe that's just me, i'm sure others find them funny/inspired/attractive given their prevalence
b3ta also seems less fluffy these days
/sigh



Gone on way too long. The Fucklifts are fine, but with so little else posted they do seem more than they are. I can't really complain because my stuff is only borderline B3ta anyway, but I like to think a nice little diversion from the norm.
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Sun 7 Dec 2014, 15:09,
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don't get the fucklifts thing (soz atomic/frogbeat), but a good freebase makes me laugh
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Sun 7 Dec 2014, 15:42,
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i do like your images
to me they recall b3ta of old when there'd be a fair smattering of artwork that took real effort/skill
plus there's the fun of finding the curly hair
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Sun 7 Dec 2014, 16:14,
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to me they recall b3ta of old when there'd be a fair smattering of artwork that took real effort/skill
plus there's the fun of finding the curly hair

There are a few people who do art on here still; Atomic, JP Gruntfutock, Twisted O and Shaz, to name but a few. I love the mix, when B3ta is rolling. The 'shoppers, the art, and yes the Memes.
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Sun 7 Dec 2014, 17:18,
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I'm not keen on fuck/flan, but forklifts are basically a one-word-challenge, and they usually do lead to some interesting stuff.
Short term memes are usually really fun to join in with - standing cat was the last I can think of, though.
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Sun 7 Dec 2014, 16:45,
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Short term memes are usually really fun to join in with - standing cat was the last I can think of, though.

I don't care if anyone doesn't get what FUCKLIFTS is all about. I do it for my own amusement. If others follow and make it a meme, then it should be treated like every other meme. You choose to join in or simply complain about it. Most of the complainers are are pretty brainless, sitting on the sidelines complaining because they're either not creative enough to incorporate a forklift and/or Freebase into a picture, or they can't think of anything to create to make themselves and their cliques happy. I hear complaints about every meme. It's usually by the members of Talk who've gone tired of saying "Prick" and venture over to the board to bitch about the current meme. I'm not on the board all day. They have plenty of time to make the things that they want to see. Lazy bitchy cunts, the lot of them. Fuck 'em. Nothing they say will ever influence what I'm doing.
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Sun 7 Dec 2014, 16:32,
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this is pretty much my attitude to b3ta. the fucklifts thing didn't really do much for me, but other people were amusing themselves posting them so that's fine. equally, i know freebase/flan aren't everyone's cup of tea, but i find them funny so i'll keep on doing them...
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Sun 7 Dec 2014, 17:23,
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Sun 7 Dec 2014, 9:04,
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Why, according to b3ta search in the last 2 years alone they had 3 image posts: a re-post, the same re-post, and something else that may have just been a screengrab. We'll never see quality and quantity output like that again, b3ta is clearly doomed by this turn of events.
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Sun 7 Dec 2014, 10:38,
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The site used to be SO GOOD, they liked nearly 2 pictures a year...
And posted a spam link as well.
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Sun 7 Dec 2014, 12:57,
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And posted a spam link as well.


he may be interested n this
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Sun 7 Dec 2014, 11:04,
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Sun 7 Dec 2014, 11:24,
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Sun 7 Dec 2014, 12:29,
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and the wrong way.
Let's keep doing the mash.
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Sun 7 Dec 2014, 16:50,
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Let's keep doing the mash.

on some forums I used to read but not really join in with.
Now... what is my password for Flashkit.com?
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Sun 7 Dec 2014, 11:24,
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Now... what is my password for Flashkit.com?

It's low tech, so what?
We're all much older - what can you do? Invent a time machine?
I love it!! Long as it's silly, I'M IN!!
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Sun 7 Dec 2014, 16:10,
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We're all much older - what can you do? Invent a time machine?
I love it!! Long as it's silly, I'M IN!!

The rest of b3ta is increasingly moribund.
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Sun 7 Dec 2014, 20:34,
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sure, it's not what it used to be, there's less going on, people slag each other off, it's like a blackhole where pure talent goes and disappears never to be found again, there's loads of fucklifts...
but in those piles of decrepitude, there are some nuggets of gold!
just like anal sex, if you don't like doing it anymore, piss off and get yourself a nappy to wear
:D
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Tue 9 Dec 2014, 14:12,
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but in those piles of decrepitude, there are some nuggets of gold!
just like anal sex, if you don't like doing it anymore, piss off and get yourself a nappy to wear
:D

Happy Toast for Day shift, Pedro for Gay shift.
It's almost a chant.
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Sat 6 Dec 2014, 23:17,
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It's almost a chant.

i promise to banish all posts featuring hitler and fucklifts!
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Sat 6 Dec 2014, 23:45,
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You'll not be getting my vote, my lad. Even Hitler didn't propose banning Hitler.
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Sat 6 Dec 2014, 23:48,
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Well, I guess you have a po...
WTF?
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Sat 6 Dec 2014, 23:49,
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WTF?

He can help us all. Unless you want to do it, in which case fuck Pedro.
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Sun 7 Dec 2014, 0:20,
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War is hell.
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Sat 6 Dec 2014, 20:41,
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www.imdb.com/title/tt0907285/
edit some ace photos of Nazi prototypes/plans
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Sat 6 Dec 2014, 20:45,
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edit some ace photos of Nazi prototypes/plans

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=isopontastic&oq=isopontastic&aqs=chrome..69i57.388j0j9&sourceid=chrome&es_sm=122&ie=UTF-8
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Sat 6 Dec 2014, 20:49,
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I bet they could've bombed the shite out of Berlin, a squadron of them :)
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Sat 6 Dec 2014, 21:17,
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i need a sense of scale before i can guess at possible bomb damage
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Sat 6 Dec 2014, 21:33,
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if the kits in available scales line everything up!
The perspective needs a bit of foodling if you ever go for a remake.
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Sat 6 Dec 2014, 21:53,
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The perspective needs a bit of foodling if you ever go for a remake.

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Penguins actually disprove the Bible. Anyone who had invented them would boast about it, but they don't get a mention.
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Sat 6 Dec 2014, 23:12,
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The RAF wanted to try them, but not with the superchargers or counter rotating propellers. Which was a bit like wanting a Ferrari but insisting on a 1.0 litre engine to save a few quid.
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Sat 6 Dec 2014, 22:48,
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counter rotating props mean two sets of spare engines and many parts? I can see that logistically that would be a problem. You can't just make an engine run backwards.
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Sat 6 Dec 2014, 23:00,
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as 'counter rotating props man'
the most niche superhero ever
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Sat 6 Dec 2014, 23:15,
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the most niche superhero ever

Perhaps he worked on Only Fools and Horses and rotated the counter...
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Sat 6 Dec 2014, 23:26,
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I think the point was that the P38 was designed with superchargers and counter rotating props. The RAF insisted on a version with those features removed and found it wanting, cancelling their order. The U.S. then had considerable success with it as designed.
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Sat 6 Dec 2014, 23:24,
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but just a trifle over-engineered for anyone on a budget.
Edit: In the end a Mustang could do escourt and a Typhoon could do ground attack at half the price.
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Sat 6 Dec 2014, 23:38,
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Edit: In the end a Mustang could do escourt and a Typhoon could do ground attack at half the price.
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