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monkeon schmonkeon, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 9:33, archived)

Sweet.

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wonko the sane, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 9:37, archived)

He just can't believe his eyes!

t'wit t'woo!

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brainstuff can eat a whole shredded wheat, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 9:38, archived)

I was waiting

for him to rub his eyes next... heh

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pie, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 9:39, archived)

nice

simple things that make me chuckle:
#1) owlets with blinky eyes
#2) owlets with blinky eyes that bug out!
y/w/h!

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Occasional Lurker, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 9:48, archived)

Hi Everybody!

anyone got a spare liver?

edit: Rob, where is my Christmas tree, or did you lose the cheque?

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Dr Nick Riviera, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 9:32, archived)

Hi Dr Nick!

No.

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Baz Fuck off, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 9:33, archived)

Hi Dr Nick

Swap you one for a Megane radiator (see below)

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thirdman Ia! Ia! R'lyeh Cthulhu ftagn! Ia! Ia! Mglui nafl, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 9:33, archived)

sorry, I'm on the look for one as well. In fact any major organs that are going spare, send them to me. They are bound to be better than mine.

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Dr Drink, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 9:34, archived)

how was the blue meanie?

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Dr Nick Riviera, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 9:37, archived)

it's a bit good

to say the least.
Ok to send you an e-mail? I have a maintenance question.

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Dr Drink, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 9:38, archived)

yeah, go for it,

you still have my addy dont you?

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Dr Nick Riviera, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 9:39, archived)

indeed

The helpful Dr Phil furnished me with it on Friday.

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Dr Drink, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 9:42, archived)

yeah,

but not for you - you'll mistreat and abuse it.

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Dr Phil Kitten, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 9:35, archived)

A liver is supposed to process alcohol,

so I am actually treating mine really well.

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Dr Nick Riviera, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 9:38, archived)

Yep!

We have pig, goat, alsation or kitten.

(Dave the Explosive Newt, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 9:36, archived)

Chopped

and with onions?

Umm no.

Morning all.

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brainstuff can eat a whole shredded wheat, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 9:37, archived)

I'll swap you

for a throat that doesn't feel like I've just swallowed a load of glass, and a functioning brain.

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Craymen, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 9:39, archived)

"Is

life worth living - that depends on the liver."

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ablufia v0.43 - have your face drawn, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 9:41, archived)

well, a truly awful pun.

its good to be back.

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Dr Nick Riviera, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 9:44, archived)

indeed

i haven't enjoyed wasting work time so much in ages - the pun isn't mine though, it's from a band called "Eat".

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ablufia v0.43 - have your face drawn, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 9:46, archived)

Happiness is egg shaped.

Well, I thought it was, but according to some guy (Not Dave Gorman) this simple math exercise should show you just how happy you really are..

The formula for perfect happiness

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Darryn.R, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 9:30, archived)

I'll not waste too much time saying why this is bollocks but

(1) The properties they list are non-quantifiable.
(2) Different things make different people happy.

Dur.

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Baz Fuck off, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 9:32, archived)

i found out that

happiness = a bottle of wine + the planet of the apes box set + the day off work

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monkeon schmonkeon, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 9:35, archived)

i'd

settle for the day off work...

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ablufia v0.43 - have your face drawn, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 9:36, archived)

Tools down!

Most of you will be aware of my ongoing struggle with Tony Blair and the folks at his office regarding a publicly available email address. They promised to have this whole email thing sorted out by the new year. It’s the new year. I have stuff to get on with and so does Tony.

So...

As of 9:00am on the 6th of January 2003, I am officially on strike. All I will be producing, be it at my weblog or on this board, will be continued and relentless repeats of the picture that haunts my dreams.

If you wish to (finally) stop this insanity, you might want to contact the chappies in Tony Blair's office and inform them by mail or fax that you would much rather do so by email. You especially must do this if you live in another country - or even outside of London. I'd even go so far as to advise such far-flung folks to start their letter with the following statement:

"This letter reaches you from _______________. Getting it to you cost me _____. Please make a note of that figure and refer to it specifically in the paragraph of your reply that expresses your profound appreciation of my monetary sacrifice."

Downing St request that you include your full postal address in any correspondence. That is all.

Tony Blair
10 Downing Street
London
SW1A 2AA

Facsimile:
0207 925 0918

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Manic can teach you the secret of fire, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 9:25, archived)

Manic,

please god do something different.
Please, for me.

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bovine I'm so old, even my old is old, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 9:27, archived)

oh, but he is.

He's overthrowing the government.

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Dr Phil Kitten, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 9:28, archived)

He's getting on

my tits.

Sorry Manic.

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bovine I'm so old, even my old is old, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 9:32, archived)

That's

moobs I believe.
/pedant

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Samsonite, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 9:37, archived)

Never a problem, Bovine...

But if you want me stop, you know what you have to do.
:o)

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Manic can teach you the secret of fire, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 9:40, archived)

Its your problem mate,

you sort it out. Why annoy the rest of the board.

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bovine I'm so old, even my old is old, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 9:43, archived)

Um.

I'm not sure that he is

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Baz Fuck off, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 9:45, archived)

Sorry,

but I'm just fed up of those Star Wars pics...blah, blah, blah, blah.

:)

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bovine I'm so old, even my old is old, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 9:46, archived)

I'm not doing anything different

I'm just (finally) showing you how I can be stopped.
Please stop me, BTW. I woke up with 6 more this morning. It's starting to hurt my brain.

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Manic can teach you the secret of fire, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 9:47, archived)

Your going the

wrong way about it.
I was up at 6.30 whilst Fictional Kerry stayed in bed for another half an hour!

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bovine I'm so old, even my old is old, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 9:49, archived)

I couldn't get back to sleep

after my girlfriend woke me as she got ready for work at 5 this morning. :(

I don't think I'll last the day.

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Craymen, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 9:54, archived)

wtf?

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Occasional Lurker, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 9:30, archived)

Aww! Isn't it cute?

It's a celephant.

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Matazone has new icons, but is keeping this one, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 9:16, archived)

that

is quality.
WOO!

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Dr Drink, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 9:17, archived)

love it

wyh

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M@rkoni, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 9:22, archived)

hurrah

splendid

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barnesy, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 9:24, archived)

Yay!

With the emphasis on the Yay.

(Dave the Explosive Newt, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 9:24, archived)

that's

grrrrreat

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monkeon schmonkeon, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 9:32, archived)

I've

got this this lovely image of herd of wild celephants wandering through my bloodstream, coming to drink in my stomach as the sun slowly sets. It's very peaceful.

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Matazone has new icons, but is keeping this one, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 9:40, archived)

woo

to that image and to your vision of peace :)

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Occasional Lurker, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 9:53, archived)

hehe

that's fantastic!

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pie, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 9:40, archived)

I hate thread wasters

Morning troops, ready for the daily battle against the tedious grind of work?

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bovine I'm so old, even my old is old, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 9:15, archived)

Nope

not in the slightest.

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Dr Drink, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 9:17, archived)

SIR YES SIR!!!

Ah work, lovely - I have lots of typing to do and my fingers hurt from hammering my guitwanger @ practice yesterday.... Yay for *Bucks!!

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4838 Let the man go through, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 9:17, archived)

Tedious grind?

Every day is a delight m'dear. Shame my inbox is full of idiots.

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Matazone has new icons, but is keeping this one, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 9:17, archived)

Work

is shit.

FACT!

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bovine I'm so old, even my old is old, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 9:18, archived)

It is

when you're waiting to be paid by for different jobs that you've finished like I am, and there's a fifth that you might not even get paid for. Ho hum. How's you mate?

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Matazone has new icons, but is keeping this one, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 9:21, archived)

Better now I've seen I got frontpages!

But apart from that bored of this job, I've got to get out of here this year, I'm slowly going madderer.

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bovine I'm so old, even my old is old, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 9:23, archived)

You being madderererer

is a very worrying prospect. I can tell you're wasting away in that office. Time to spread the ninja love around the world by getting into some hardcore temp-to-permanent jobs. Hurrah!

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Matazone has new icons, but is keeping this one, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 9:30, archived)

I don't really want to

go temping, I have a fictional Girlfriend, a flat and a large appetite to support.

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bovine I'm so old, even my old is old, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 9:33, archived)

Temping is Hell

FACT

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Dr Drink, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 9:35, archived)

Fair point

so what kind of job are you looking for?

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Matazone has new icons, but is keeping this one, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 9:42, archived)

Ah,

that age old question, ideally something that involves art/computers but specifically, I don't really know.
Anything different would be good.

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bovine I'm so old, even my old is old, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 9:45, archived)

You

could always try entertainment, you're one of the best comperes (sp?) CJC has had.

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Matazone has new icons, but is keeping this one, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 9:52, archived)

Thank you,

I did try stand up comedy but I was crap.

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bovine I'm so old, even my old is old, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 9:54, archived)

Everybody falls the first time

/Matrix quote

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Matazone has new icons, but is keeping this one, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 10:04, archived)

at least you tried it

I wouldn't have the bottle to do that. Unless, of course, it was just in front of a few mates?

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Dr Drink, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 10:05, archived)

The first one was,

the second one wasn't and the third one was an Open Mike Spot... I have never been so scared in my life.

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bovine I'm so old, even my old is old, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 10:24, archived)

never been scared in your life?

You macho man you.

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Dr Drink, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 10:25, archived)

What are you

blathering on about fellow?

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bovine I'm so old, even my old is old, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 10:27, archived)

you aren't fooling anyone.

well, not me anyway

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Dr Drink, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 10:29, archived)

WYH to your frontpage BTW
Marvellous.

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Samsonite, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 9:18, archived)

Frontpage?

Blimey, I didn't even look.
Edit: So I have, Woo me!

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bovine I'm so old, even my old is old, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 9:19, archived)

yes the front page

is looking particularly lovely at the moment :)

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mnb098mnb used to be here, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 9:26, archived)

Yeah,

there is some top stuff on there at the mo, not sure about that Camping Panda one though.

OOOooonly joking.

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bovine I'm so old, even my old is old, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 9:28, archived)

hehe

bitch!

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mnb098mnb used to be here, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 9:30, archived)

How'd you get on

with that preloader?

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Matazone has new icons, but is keeping this one, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 9:30, archived)

Sorry sir

the dog eat it.. :(
I will look at it, had enough of flash for a bit. Am using photoshop for a bit.
Thanks for the link, I *will* look into it! :)

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mnb098mnb used to be here, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 9:32, archived)

*slaps hand*

Naughty!

...

Fair enough. Flash is fun, but you can get rather carried away with it sometimes... Next on my list of 'things I'd like to learn' is Shockwave Director :D Then I could make some really good games without having to rely on frame rates and suchlike.

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Matazone has new icons, but is keeping this one, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 9:44, archived)

I'm

trying to - i had 2 days last week to try as well - i think my will to work has stayed in 2002.

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ablufia v0.43 - have your face drawn, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 9:19, archived)

I am wearing

the biggest, pinkest jumper in the world.

I rule: FACT.

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Dr Phil Kitten, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 9:20, archived)

Does it look like

this?

Edit: I'm still in my dressing gown. Could be late for work today.

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Baz Fuck off, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 9:21, archived)

hmmm

an all over jumper.

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ablufia v0.43 - have your face drawn, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 9:22, archived)

Thats not

really like a jumper though, is it.

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bovine I'm so old, even my old is old, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 9:24, archived)

It came up when I did a Google

search for "pink jumper" so it must be true. Or are you dissing Google?

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Baz Fuck off, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 9:27, archived)

Tis sometimes refered to as a jumpsuit

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thirdman Ia! Ia! R'lyeh Cthulhu ftagn! Ia! Ia! Mglui nafl, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 9:50, archived)

nooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

not even a tiny bit.

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Dr Phil Kitten, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 9:25, archived)

does

the button at the bottom say "hack" ? if so does it mean the trousers off - it'd be closer to a jumper then...if you put the legs on your arms.

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ablufia v0.43 - have your face drawn, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 9:27, archived)

*Question*

do they match your pants?

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M@rkoni, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 9:21, archived)

the land of the button down oxford - the pink'ed jumper is queen ?

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ablufia v0.43 - have your face drawn, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 9:21, archived)

oh shite

I've just discovered the girl upstairs has had her eye on this exact jumper for over a month and couldn't find any her size in the sale... I'm in BEEG trouble.

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Dr Phil Kitten, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 9:28, archived)

point

her in the direction of the one baz linked to - or even better, buy it as a surprise gift !

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ablufia v0.43 - have your face drawn, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 9:29, archived)

It's both stylish

and affordable!

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Baz Fuck off, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 9:31, archived)

Are you scared

she'll nip down whip it off you?

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bovine I'm so old, even my old is old, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 9:30, archived)

I think

that's a fantasy of many members of this board.

*runs away very quickly before he gets slapped*

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Matazone has new icons, but is keeping this one, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 9:32, archived)

Ha ha ha,

er...I mean, you pervert!

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bovine I'm so old, even my old is old, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 9:35, archived)

grrr.

I'll get you next time, Matazone.

*shakes fist*

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Dr Phil Kitten, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 9:41, archived)

You'll never take me alive!

*flies away on biplane waving hat at chasing hoards of natives*

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Matazone has new icons, but is keeping this one, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 9:46, archived)

Is she a size 94?

*slaps own wrist*

Thanks for the pressie, it turned up after Christmas which prolonged the paper-ripping frenzy a bit longer!

(Amerella, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 9:31, archived)

oh I'm sorry about that.

I gave the pressies to tomsk to post, 2 weeks before Christmas, but discovered them sitting in a plastic bag by his desk 2 days before Christmas eve... so they didn't arrive in time.

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Dr Phil Kitten, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 9:40, archived)

S'okay

I thought that might've happened! Was most useful for our nice dinner that we went for the other day :)

(Amerella, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 9:46, archived)

Morning,

I have my grey jumper on, I like it cos the sleeves go past my hands.

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bovine I'm so old, even my old is old, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 9:22, archived)

that's the measure of a good jumper

mine only just covers my hands.
it's good, but not the one.
/roy walker

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mnb098mnb used to be here, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 9:27, archived)

same here.

It also has a sort of inside-outy double thickness on the cuffs so it's EXTRA warm, like gloves.

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Dr Phil Kitten, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 9:29, archived)

This jumper would be much better

though, if it had holes where you could poke your thumbs through.

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bovine I'm so old, even my old is old, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 9:31, archived)

you have any scissors and a needle and thread ? that'd do it - in a blue peter type fashion...

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ablufia v0.43 - have your face drawn, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 9:33, archived)

My sewing skills

are poor, V poor.

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bovine I'm so old, even my old is old, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 9:35, archived)

Gaffa

tape ?

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ablufia v0.43 - have your face drawn, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 9:38, archived)

I have one that does that,

buy from M&S, they'll soon wear through.

(Amerella, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 9:36, archived)

Useful

when you work on a switchboard.

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Matazone has new icons, but is keeping this one, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 9:33, archived)

It is,

it is indeed.

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bovine I'm so old, even my old is old, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 9:39, archived)

Ah-ha!

But I bet you don't have any pink trousers.

(Dave the Explosive Newt, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 9:23, archived)

You're in charge of the

Federation Against Copyright Theft?

*Hurredly hides dodgy games*

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thirdman Ia! Ia! R'lyeh Cthulhu ftagn! Ia! Ia! Mglui nafl, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 9:25, archived)

is it like this one?

www.b3ta.com/board/407223

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mnb098mnb used to be here, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 9:25, archived)

no no.

Much bigger and warmer.

Gosh, I talk a lot of twaddle about jumpers, don't I... trust you to find it in the spazz for me though, you ~~stalker~~ nice chap.

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Dr Phil Kitten, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 9:31, archived)

Jumpers

are an important part of everyday life. Especially this time of the year. So it's not twaddle, it's information :)

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mnb098mnb used to be here, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 9:41, archived)

Jumpermation.

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bovine I'm so old, even my old is old, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 9:43, archived)

Morning,

no.

(Amerella, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 9:22, archived)

Nor am I.

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bovine I'm so old, even my old is old, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 9:24, archived)

Plus,

my hands are cold, cos my jumper sleeves are not too long.

(Amerella, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 9:28, archived)

Uniqlo

£9 for wool jumper with long sleeves - as I am wearing today

& guess what, its not black!

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thirdman Ia! Ia! R'lyeh Cthulhu ftagn! Ia! Ia! Mglui nafl, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 9:35, archived)

love those japs

quality cheapnesseesess

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M@rkoni, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 9:37, archived)

I was surprised it fit

Didn't think the Japanese bred 'em my size...

appart from sumos, of course

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thirdman Ia! Ia! R'lyeh Cthulhu ftagn! Ia! Ia! Mglui nafl, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 9:40, archived)

mornin'

have a good crimbo?
It's been quiet and strange on the board without the regs on it.
back to the norm it is then.

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M@rkoni, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 9:36, archived)

Larvely,

it involved boyfriend's mum being stroppy from lack of alcohol, but all fab apart from that :)

(Amerella, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 9:42, archived)

nice

oh well, off for more coffee.

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M@rkoni, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 9:50, archived)

work is fab...

... I could watch it all day.

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bnt what, me worry?, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 9:28, archived)

For once, yes.

Unfortunately, I don't have a job.

/Irony

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wonko the sane, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 9:43, archived)

ah well, back to the grind. And I still get the weirdo sitting next to me on the bus.

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Fat Boab of dailyreckless.com fame, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 8:58, archived)

santa saying that ?

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ablufia v0.43 - have your face drawn, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 8:58, archived)

y'all act like you never seen

a white christmas before.
a decked up hall,
mince pies and carols.

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Professor Fnord Regius Professor of B3ta Chronology, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 8:58, archived)

well

i'm the real santa, yes i'm the real santa
all you other fake santas are just imitating.

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Professor Fnord Regius Professor of B3ta Chronology, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 9:03, archived)

Fnord!

Your DivX encode works fine. You might want to point people to this link to get the codec: www.divx-digest.com/software/divxcodec5.html

apparently a lot of people are switching to the xvid codec now, but I don't think you'll see a massive improvement.

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Baz Fuck off, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 9:13, archived)

go on...

have a drink...

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vulga is a foul mouthed cunt, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 9:00, archived)

yesh ah fuching will

you're my besht mate you are

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Fat Boab of dailyreckless.com fame, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 9:05, archived)

Lend us 50p for a cuppa tea?

*hic*

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Samsonite, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 9:08, archived)

I remember when it was 10p

... inflation eh!

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Dr Drink, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 9:19, archived)

In London

it's 64p - strangely exact, eh?

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Baz Fuck off, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 9:22, archived)

oh wow Boab

that's really good on so many levels...

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Dr Phil Kitten, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 9:20, archived)

ah HNY to you dearie

but shouldn't we be taking the christmas trees down now?

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Fat Boab of dailyreckless.com fame, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 9:22, archived)

oooh yes.

I'll 'ave a word.

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Dr Phil Kitten, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 9:43, archived)

Good

Morning fellow b3tans.

This is my first day back to trawl the spaz, I have been suffering withdrawal from the board over the festive season. And I still have not regained my hummus.

(Pickled_Herring, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 8:27, archived)

hands up who's back at school/college today....

(RowdsterDelux, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 8:38, archived)

Not

me, I'm back at work!
I left college way back in '97 and have had less cash ever since.

(Pickled_Herring, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 8:44, archived)

ditto

mornin' all

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M@rkoni, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 8:47, archived)

Hello

I've bin skint ever since leaving uni too - even more skint now that the radiator in my car went yesterday...

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thirdman Ia! Ia! R'lyeh Cthulhu ftagn! Ia! Ia! Mglui nafl, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 8:49, archived)

it is too bad for rad weld, you could try some of that putty stuff that is used on holes in exhausts. I have never tried it on a rad' but you never know, it could help. The inlet manifold went on my old car and I repaired it using that chemical metal stuff, it held together for over a year, I got rid of it last year and now don't care if it goes now.

(Pickled_Herring, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 8:58, archived)

Hopefully its just the hose that's split.

I had some other work done on it less than a month ago & it just seems a bit suspicious that its gone straight after. I'm calling trading standards this morning to ask if the garage has any complaints against them...

Paranoid, me?

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thirdman Ia! Ia! R'lyeh Cthulhu ftagn! Ia! Ia! Mglui nafl, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 9:00, archived)

It's

not a Renault is it?

I had a cooling pipe bust on a clio, took it into the garage to have the work done, then had another problem.

(Pickled_Herring, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 9:03, archived)

Yep

Its a Megane

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thirdman Ia! Ia! R'lyeh Cthulhu ftagn! Ia! Ia! Mglui nafl, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 9:04, archived)

I have

vowed never to get another Renault since the trouble I have had.
Was the garage in question a main dealer?

(Pickled_Herring, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 9:07, archived)

Nah

local garage in Herne Hill - tis Citroen & Vauxhall accredited tho...

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thirdman Ia! Ia! R'lyeh Cthulhu ftagn! Ia! Ia! Mglui nafl, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 9:14, archived)

ooooooooh

take it back!

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M@rkoni, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 9:07, archived)

I've always had french cars

only ones with a sense of style.

306, the Xantia & now Megane.

Its 6 years old so I spose stuff's bound to start to go wrong now...

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thirdman Ia! Ia! R'lyeh Cthulhu ftagn! Ia! Ia! Mglui nafl, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 9:21, archived)

Pah!

6? Pah!

(Amerella, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 9:23, archived)

Morning.

HNY, mate.

Its the oldest car I've ever had, I normally sell 'em at this point...

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thirdman Ia! Ia! R'lyeh Cthulhu ftagn! Ia! Ia! Mglui nafl, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 9:27, archived)

And to you.

I'm trying to buy one that's not 20 years old this very month.

(Amerella, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 9:29, archived)

Would you like a 6 year old Megane?

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thirdman Ia! Ia! R'lyeh Cthulhu ftagn! Ia! Ia! Mglui nafl, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 9:37, archived)

Avoiding renaults like the plague,

but thanks for the offer ;)

(Amerella, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 9:43, archived)

Ooo you naughty man

My rad has two holes and I must say it gives me endless hours of amusement as I sit in traffic and watch the look on peoples faces as steam seeps out from under the bonnet. I now try and time the steam release to time stopped in traffic ratio. How fun.

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Samsonite, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 9:03, archived)

You need to put on a whistle as well.

Or just sit in traffic going Woo! Woo! as your car steams.

(Dave the Explosive Newt, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 9:20, archived)

rad weld should work

cars just burn holes in your pockets, I've spent about 8k on my beetle...the bastard thing....but i do love it.

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M@rkoni, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 9:06, archived)

Ahh Dubbas

the only car to have ice on the inside in Winter.

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Samsonite, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 9:10, archived)

yep

that's why i drive a bmw in the winter. My beetle sits in a fleece lined cover in the winter only to come out on sunny days!

I'm such a nonce......help me

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M@rkoni, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 9:13, archived)

I just love

The extra 'heater' you can get. It's as powerful as a hand drier at a Bowling Alley.
Still, they are fun to drive.
/keep telling yourself that.

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Samsonite, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 9:16, archived)

they are fun when they are running well

i went out for a spin yesterday, loved it.
1956 oval, 1700cc, lowered, 5 spoke empi alloys, nice and swift...I'm getting an 1800cc fully chromed engine off a mate soon, stylish and fast...mmmmmmmmmmmmm

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M@rkoni, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 9:20, archived)

Cor that's a bit nice

next thing, you'll be getting a split screen camper

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Samsonite, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 9:31, archived)

Morning

i was back at work last thursday - did bugger all mind - the new year certainly makes you appreciate weekends more - work=arse - bugger !

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ablufia v0.43 - have your face drawn, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 8:58, archived)

slacker.

going back to work FIVE days after new years eve!

(RowdsterDelux, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 8:58, archived)

After

suffering a the festive period with family, I needed the time to regain my sanity.

(Pickled_Herring, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 9:05, archived)

absolut ross

in your dreams, my dear...

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bnt what, me worry?, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 8:18, archived)

source images

absolut.com have a press room where they let you download high-res EPS format images like the bottle... handy.

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bnt what, me worry?, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 8:19, archived)

aren't they kind

and it's worked they have free promotion from it.
Smirnoff (not too suprisingly) found this a while ago and did a series of versions. do a search for absolut showing threads and they'll probably show up :)
You've spun a couple of original ideas though.

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Professor Fnord Regius Professor of B3ta Chronology, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 8:24, archived)

his files are not there anymore

but you can guess www.b3ta.com/board/264872

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Professor Fnord Regius Professor of B3ta Chronology, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 8:25, archived)

probably the first one done

www.b3ta.com/board/2269
from www.b3ta.com/board/2264
How nice to see old b3ta pics still there.

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Professor Fnord Regius Professor of B3ta Chronology, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 8:27, archived)

free promotion?

I dunno. I'm no more likely to buy the stuff now than I ever was, if D. Ross is a typical user. (Not that they'd ever admit that, of course.)

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bnt what, me worry?, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 8:29, archived)

not you alone

i mean all around the world photoshoppers of all kinds can get the images and make their own versions.
It's all about brand awareness.

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Professor Fnord Regius Professor of B3ta Chronology, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 8:31, archived)

tough

now, boy, aren't you happy to be a consumer, knowing your place in our modern corporate society? I mean, I've just finished reading michael moore's books Downsize This and Stupid White Men, so I tend to think that advertising is evolution in action. now if you'll excuse me, I'm off to McDonalds for breakfast. Not.

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bnt what, me worry?, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 8:37, archived)

i know of his work

and went to see him at the roundhouse before xmas so i pretty much agree - if you look at the masses they are being sold ANYTHING by whoever shouts loudest. But there's an e-generation that pretty much ignores ads and, thanks to spam and pop-ups etc, will in some cases postiviely avoid products because of adverts or bad pr or net ettiquete, so yes advertising is having to change to try and deal with it.

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Professor Fnord Regius Professor of B3ta Chronology, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 8:50, archived)

what do they call that again..?

gorilla marketing, or something? whatever it is, I'm happy to play my part, and I expect a white envelope in the post from Sweden any day now. Skål!

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bnt what, me worry?, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 8:45, archived)

i did that for a few weeks

all i got was some bananas.

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Professor Fnord Regius Professor of B3ta Chronology, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 8:50, archived)

Most of the world's logos can be found here:

logo.nino.ru/

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thirdman Ia! Ia! R'lyeh Cthulhu ftagn! Ia! Ia! Mglui nafl, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 8:57, archived)

absolut drink!

more a hat of the past, perhaps..?

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bnt what, me worry?, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 8:13, archived)

Gandalf

had a spot of memory loss upon his return from near death...and for some reason thinks he is called `marti`...

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Tyronne Get To Falkirk, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 8:03, archived)

(!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 7:46, archived)

Fantastic!

your username is exactly what's coming out of her mouth!
You should put that in your profile as an example of how to pronounce it.

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Professor Fnord Regius Professor of B3ta Chronology, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 7:48, archived)

*snort*

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Batshitmentalist is sane for once, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 7:49, archived)

Can anyone who's around test this out

www.fnord.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ETrexDivX-5.avi
It's a Div-X 5 thing does it work on your computer? Do you know how to make it work? Is it any better/worse than a realaudio format? I know a lot of b3tans don't like realplayer on their system.
Go here www.fnord.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ for a realplayer version.

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Professor Fnord Regius Professor of B3ta Chronology, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 8:05, archived)

played fine for me and I have no problem wither it be realoaudio or not...and i liked how et gave the dinosaur the finger :)

(edit) and call me a real real sad person but i`m sure the bit at the beginning where you can hear the `iii fear` bit is from powerthemes 90 and is off the dangerman remix...as that has exactly the same sound...

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Tyronne Get To Falkirk, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 8:08, archived)

It's taken from a track

beatboxsaboteurs_happydaze.mp3
Check out their website ( beatbox saboteurs . com or something maybe) for the full tune and many other great ones. I wouldn't be suprised if they mixed all sorts into it.

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Professor Fnord Regius Professor of B3ta Chronology, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 8:15, archived)

ahhh

that would explain that then....wonder if its worth deleting me admiting to owning that particular cd....

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Tyronne Get To Falkirk, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 8:22, archived)

have you seen

remix.overclocked.org ?
You might like it.

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Professor Fnord Regius Professor of B3ta Chronology, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 8:26, archived)

think

i will as i download a lot of c64 remixes...

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Tyronne Get To Falkirk, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 9:07, archived)

works for me

(!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 8:12, archived)

Doesn't work for me.

I'm using linux. I know that linux can cope with divx, but I've always struggled to get AVIs to work reliably even under windows! I've tried to get linux to play them but had to give up.

Oddly, I normally can't stand realplayer, but it seems to behave itself fine on SuSe linux. Or it does for me anyway!

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barnesy, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 8:14, archived)

realplayer is a smaller file

and a better quality. But I hate it too.
I'll always remember it from it's dirty sub-phone call begininnings in the mid-90's. First impressions last.

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Professor Fnord Regius Professor of B3ta Chronology, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 8:20, archived)

very true

I only installed realplayer again because the BBC seem so keen on it, and was surprised to find out that it just gets on with it and doesn't seem to suck. But I think I'll always be biased against AVI formats!

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barnesy, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 8:25, archived)

You need

Mplayer, methinks.

(der_der_der_der_der_british_airfield, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 10:47, archived)

Not as such

Netscape 7.01, Mac OS X. I get either a page full of gibberish, or a page that stays blank for a bit then closes.
Anyway - good morning to you and all other early risers. Life back to normal, kids back to school, and I have the house to myself again.

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Cassidy : Vissi d'arte, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 8:23, archived)

hopefully one or the other

will work for most people.

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Professor Fnord Regius Professor of B3ta Chronology, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 8:29, archived)

Real Player is OK

It downloads and opens in RealOne Player.

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Cassidy : Vissi d'arte, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 8:39, archived)

sorry, my pc is comlete shit...i got this:

Unable to download an appropriate decompressor. (Error=80040200)

Cannot play back the video stream: no suitable decompressor could be found. (Error=80040255)

I need to reformat again, but I haven't had the heart for it yet. *sigh* took realplayer off the hard disk along with a bunch of plug-ins that kept getting errors.. will there ever be trouble-free computing? Ahhh, but then what would we all do for ~~fun~~ frustration?

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Occasional Lurker, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 9:07, archived)

div-x 5 should be downloadable

as a playing codec. I might try again tonight.
And change the 'punchline' while i'm at it.
Thanks.

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Professor Fnord Regius Professor of B3ta Chronology, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 9:12, archived)

as i said, a complete shit pc

1999 NEC - a din-o-saur! but crap when we got it (and then too lately i have been completely hummus free, and normally i am only marginally good at keeping this piece of junk running... and the dear beloved husband is so clueless as to need help to cut and paste something, so... I get no help unless we pay thru the nose or i find a kind word in a message board somewhere ;)

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Occasional Lurker, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 9:28, archived)

You need to install

DIVX beforehand - it's won't download on the fly.

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viama, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 13:45, archived)

yep

works fine

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huggybear, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 9:25, archived)

is`nt

that more a sine kinda waveform...or am i talking complete and total tosh....

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Tyronne Get To Falkirk, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 8:05, archived)

You shall not pass!!!

(MissGwen, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 7:12, archived)

mmm

I would. Maybe it's the robe.

Or the hat.

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gracielou, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 7:18, archived)

I had to do it...

I couldn't resist. And yes I know not exactly of the future but whatever, it was fun.

(MissGwen, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 7:28, archived)

Is there any reason his hat is worn down to a stump

rather than a point? Not a criticism, but a curiosity.

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Professor Fnord Regius Professor of B3ta Chronology, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 7:31, archived)

Fnord. you still around?

I need someone to talk to.

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Batshitmentalist is sane for once, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 7:36, archived)

only for a wee while

i need to get ready for court. (always wondered what it's be like to say that) Judy Duty, I'm here for half an hour say.

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Professor Fnord Regius Professor of B3ta Chronology, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 7:37, archived)

I just told my boyfriend that I think I'm falling in love with

him.

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Batshitmentalist is sane for once, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 7:39, archived)

And is he someone you think you want to go down the stretch with?

Is he of similar mind? Did he say it first?
On the surface it might seem a good thing.

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Professor Fnord Regius Professor of B3ta Chronology, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 7:47, archived)

Yes, I want to go the stretch with him.

I said it first. I'm stupid. Fuck!

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Batshitmentalist is sane for once, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 7:48, archived)

No, i wish more women would say what they feel rather than wait for the guy to say something

How long have you known him?

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Professor Fnord Regius Professor of B3ta Chronology, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 7:51, archived)

Almost two months.

Is that too soon? I don't deal with shit like this. I normally break up with them.

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Batshitmentalist is sane for once, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 7:51, archived)

I'm not the best advisor for this but it seems like you have a behaviour pattern

which you don't want to go on forever and would like to break it but you have it re-inforced by the fact that someone else HAS come along each time you keep your options open for the future.
Is there any way of comparing him to other people you've been in a similar situation with? Does he stand head and shoulders above them?
You probably have a niggling decision made already and eventualy that will probably be played out.
(all i'm saying is of course potential nonsense)

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Professor Fnord Regius Professor of B3ta Chronology, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 8:02, archived)

He's the best guy

I've met in a long long time. It's been ages since I felt like this about anyone.
We just talked. I told him I wanted to break up but he won't let me.
So I guess we'll see how it plays out.

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Batshitmentalist is sane for once, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 8:10, archived)

probably

he is gay..

(Peripheral Visionary, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 8:19, archived)

if you really want to break up

then explain to him why and tell him how it normally plays out in the end. Give him a chance to get out early or proceed with 'the knowledge'.
(I'm no Clare Rayner)

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Professor Fnord Regius Professor of B3ta Chronology, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 8:22, archived)

I've got to shoot off now.

Good luck with it.

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Professor Fnord Regius Professor of B3ta Chronology, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 8:29, archived)

Wa-hey!

I think I love that more than life itself.

(v1ctory_1s_m1ne Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 17:17, archived)

Dont ask why... it just had to be done...

(Peripheral Visionary, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 6:20, archived)

sporks...

...are funny

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pie, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 6:29, archived)

Sporks sounds like

norks!

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Batshitmentalist is sane for once, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 6:55, archived)

is definitely not 78deg F in California.

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gracielou, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 6:57, archived)

Not right now

but FUCK. Today was hotter than a nun's crutch!

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Batshitmentalist is sane for once, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 6:58, archived)

not

here

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gracielou, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 7:00, archived)

Where be you then?

CA I assume? Up north?

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Batshitmentalist is sane for once, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 7:01, archived)

North-ish

Modesto... pretty close to the navel of California.

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gracielou, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 7:04, archived)

Ah.

I'm down south in Orange County. Weather has been booootiful. Which is why I moved here

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Batshitmentalist is sane for once, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 7:05, archived)

thanks

to my crappy job, I do get to spend summers in Malibu, and it is fab. :)

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gracielou, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 7:07, archived)

May I take the liberty

of calling you a bitch? I mean it in the nicest possible way!

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Batshitmentalist is sane for once, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 7:08, archived)

I mean

it's foggy and cold and we're constantly afraid that the place will burn up... and I get to live there rent-free. : P

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gracielou, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 7:11, archived)

Dammit!

I'd rather have sun and pay ~~extortionate amounts of rent~~ rent.

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Batshitmentalist is sane for once, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 7:12, archived)

and

it's probably a bit more fun to not have 12 small children with you at all times. But Cal is great.

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gracielou, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 7:16, archived)

I read your profile.

Kudos to the blind thing - I have supported the UK blind charities for years. (I'm a brit...)

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Batshitmentalist is sane for once, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 7:17, archived)

has every state got an orange county?

i stayed in orange county NY and couldn't find any bloody orange trees

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Professor Fnord Regius Professor of B3ta Chronology, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 7:22, archived)

although

I do work there, it is more in a its-the-only-place-that-would-give-my-boyfriend-a-work-visa sense, than a yay for me sense. Or something like that, but with less gibbering and more sense-making.

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gracielou, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 7:23, archived)

poor old Cal, he's going to see that in the ego spazz and get all excited

and then click the message and frown.
Quick, say Cal is great too because it loads the main thread so he'll see this too.

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Professor Fnord Regius Professor of B3ta Chronology, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 7:29, archived)

ok...

edit: what is this "ego spazz"

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gracielou, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 7:34, archived)

nevermind it seems 3 letter words and smaller don't get picked up by the search

an ego spazz would be searching b3ta for occurences of your username.

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Professor Fnord Regius Professor of B3ta Chronology, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 7:49, archived)

ohhhhhhhh

duh...

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gracielou, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 7:55, archived)

just wanna see if we can ever fall off the board...

also, I would have said I want to have Cal's babies, but of course I'm post-menopausal so I must think of a new complimentary phrase.

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Occasional Lurker, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 9:40, archived)

But cal

is a god! But if he needs affirmation....CAL YOU ARE A GOD!

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Batshitmentalist is sane for once, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 7:41, archived)

Gila kitten...

Sorry, it's 228kb... so clicky.

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pie, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 6:06, archived)

fixed

it seems you were using crappy software, the trick is to extend the length of each frame rather than use 10 frames for 10ms of anim

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Dr. Kitteny Berk almost certainly drunk, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 6:11, archived)

heh

I could have told you that... I haven't installed all my software yet and I'm lazy so the stuff I'm reduced to working with is crap. Thanks, though =) I appreciate it!

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pie, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 6:13, archived)

lol

np, was easy enough

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Dr. Kitteny Berk almost certainly drunk, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 6:15, archived)

can anyone help me?

I need to shrink the file size of an animation and I don't have half the software on my new computer yet that I need... any suggestions? I've got a 15 frame animation that's 497kb...

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pie, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 5:53, archived)

download a trial of animation shop

from www.jasc.com about 4 megs of nice animation doohdah which is rather good at optimising files

failing that, mail me the file (addy in profile) and i'll see what i can do

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Dr. Kitteny Berk almost certainly drunk, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 6:02, archived)

cool

Will do, thanks... but for tonight I'm just going to leave it as 228kb and let people click on it, me thinks.

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pie, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 6:05, archived)

maybe

post a little one (like 150-200 pixels wide) and do a clicky biggy

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Dr. Kitteny Berk almost certainly drunk, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 6:06, archived)

I shrunk the image

size quite considerably (somehow it just doesn't look right anymore), but the file is still strangely big - I'll go download jasc now and see if I can fix it. Thanks =)

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pie, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 6:08, archived)

one last thing before i quit...

Not *quite* got the hang of this yet... but working on it.

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Sack Sack - Norfolks laziest, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 5:26, archived)

wooooooo!

its been done, but never animarteded

yay!

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Dr. Kitteny Berk almost certainly drunk, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 5:28, archived)

glad you said it was animated

or i wouldn;t have refreshed enough times for it to start moving probably.

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Professor Fnord Regius Professor of B3ta Chronology, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 7:28, archived)

wooo

woooo!

Acid trippy - I love it!

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Occasional Lurker, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 9:36, archived)

Bored bored BORED!!!

What is there to do on the interweb nowadays? My roomie is using my comp in my room so I can't take a shower to go out or potatoshop kittens.

(Kimbo, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 5:14, archived)

also bored

and cold

really fucking cold.

brrrrrrr

oh yeah, only delete the 8*** norman with a space in his name, the 6*** one is the good norman without a space

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Dr. Kitteny Berk almost certainly drunk, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 5:21, archived)

What is the world coming to???

wadded up paper for sale

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Purple Martin is board sigless, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 4:35, archived)

that site needs

more/better Engrish.

I like the performance art option, though.

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pie, Mon 6 Jan 2003, 4:39, archived)

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