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(I helped save b3ta! rob, Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
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I bid good evening to you one and all
pray tell what dreams and hopes does your evening hold?

I, for one, shall be joining with a friend to attend a steampunk evening of tea and good manners.
(I helped save b3ta! Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 18:29, 194 replies, latest was 14 years ago)
I've had an unwanted 320 mile round trip to Manchester for the sole purpose of having a customer moan at me today
Therefore I will be reclining and wining this evening post kiddie bedtime
(I helped save b3ta! sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 18:35, Reply)
ffs, that sucks
wine with your whining?
(I helped save b3ta! Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 18:37, Reply)
Damn straight

(I helped save b3ta! sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 20:09, Reply)
Steampunk.
A lolarious simulacrum of Vernesian Victoriana. Amirite?
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 18:36, Reply)
kinda, yeah
mostly corsets and goggles. I don't have an appropriate corset, though
(I helped save b3ta! Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 18:37, Reply)
Oh dear.
Retrofuturism gone mad I fear.
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 18:38, Reply)
I'll tell you when I've been

(I helped save b3ta! Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 18:40, Reply)
So is it pretentious to use words like simulacra in day to day situations?
Or just high standards caused by a good vocabulary?
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 18:43, Reply)
kinda pretentious
especially if you are specifically using it in a Baudrillardian sense. But sometimes words like that are the ones you need for the occassion
(I helped save b3ta! Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 18:51, Reply)
I meant it as in 'a false representation of the past, presented as a possible version'.
Which is the correct usage. Therefore not pretentious.
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 18:55, Reply)
Pretentious, 'cus you think knowing words makes you more inteligant than other people.
It's not hard, if you wanna do that, just speak in a different language. The clever bit comes with choosing words that give you reverence and resonate into people's very beings, innit.
(I helped save b3ta! G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 18:58, Reply)
That's unfair and untrue.
I value emotional intelligence and sensibility over booky cleverness.
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 19:00, Reply)
I don't
feelings are for pussies
(I helped save b3ta! Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 19:02, Reply)
Having said that, I do love exposing people's staggering stupidity whenever I can.

(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 19:04, Reply)
But defiantly not pretentious at all.

(I helped save b3ta! G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 19:32, Reply)
You kindda implied it though.
And a good vocabulary is not about knowing words, it's about stringing them together in the right context for the right audiance.
(I helped save b3ta! G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 19:18, Reply)
IMMA PAINT MY BUMHOLE GONZ!

(PERSONALITY HORSE Graham Tapes - free download album - coming soon, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 19:04, Reply)
PAINTING MY BUMHOLOLOL!

(PERSONALITY HORSE Graham Tapes - free download album - coming soon, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 19:02, Reply)
I am making naughty brownies.
No-one tells you your home will smell of cooking oil.
(I helped save b3ta! girlinthehole, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 19:35, Reply)
Oh man, with reaces pieces and little bits of toffee, where they're slightly goo'ie on the inside but crusty on the outside?
I fucking love naughty brownies, what's also quite good is to serve them with a dollop of creme fresh or greek yoghurt. And just a sprinkling of crumbled up afgani hash put straight into the mix, the kind with all those crystal things. OH OH OH OH, maskapony with icing sugar dusted through it
(I helped save b3ta! G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 19:49, Reply)
Have you seen those zig-zaggy baking pans
so that everyone gets an outside crusty bit? They're very clever but incredibly simple.
(I helped save b3ta! b3th Not shit. Not mod., Wed 26 Oct 2011, 19:50, Reply)
I actually have one ! true story, makes a wicked pasta bake too.

(I helped save b3ta! G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 20:00, Reply)
Cool!
When are you going to make me a nice lasagne then?
(I helped save b3ta! b3th Not shit. Not mod., Wed 26 Oct 2011, 20:03, Reply)
Totally whenever you want =)
Although I make nicer things than that, my pumpkin and pinenut stuffed pasta with a (ermm... burn-wah-zet) is quite delish.
(I helped save b3ta! G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 20:10, Reply)
beurre noisette?

(I helped save b3ta! b3th Not shit. Not mod., Wed 26 Oct 2011, 20:11, Reply)
That's the one !
Lovely stuff, just make sure the plate gets washed up on the night 'cus when that butter residue clarifies it really brings home the fact that you just blocked your arteries a good 7 days ealier than god's schedual.
(I helped save b3ta! G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 20:16, Reply)
Haha!

(I helped save b3ta! girlinthehole, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 20:24, Reply)
No Gonz, grown up brownies.

(I helped save b3ta! girlinthehole, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 19:52, Reply)
*wonders if you read my posts*

(I helped save b3ta! G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 20:01, Reply)
No sorry Gonz. Just skimmed.

(I helped save b3ta! girlinthehole, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 20:04, Reply)
My evening will include some unexpected but very welcome sofa time.
I will soon be home and horizontal I hope this will give me a chance to relax befor a weekend of fun and games. I may also experiment with clother, makup and stuff for halloween, or just watch telly. /dull
(I helped save b3ta! CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Wed 26 Oct 2011, 19:35, Reply)
We got back to find that the central heating had packed up
so we had a fun half hour of tinkering, and we seem to have McGuyvered a solution for tonight.
Now I am in absolutely no mood for anything, unless it involves me being very very quiet and being left alone. Or unless it involves me beating the shit out of some whiny pussy of a boy who can't do anything without bleating for his mummy.

....aaaaaand.......relax.

So, how's everybody else?
(I helped save b3ta! b3th Not shit. Not mod., Wed 26 Oct 2011, 19:36, Reply)
Yay for McGuyvering.

(I helped save b3ta! CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Wed 26 Oct 2011, 19:39, Reply)
I have been warned NOT TO TOUCH the fixed thermostat until he can get a replacement one in.

(I helped save b3ta! b3th Not shit. Not mod., Wed 26 Oct 2011, 19:40, Reply)
....... I just wanted some chicken soup and she offered first =/

(I helped save b3ta! G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 19:50, Reply)
I just don't get the whole 'mummy's boy' thing
After a certain age it just seems a bit sad. And it's bloody annoying too.

Actually, maybe it's not so bad if you live alone, but I don't want to be someone's mummy!
(I helped save b3ta! b3th Not shit. Not mod., Wed 26 Oct 2011, 19:53, Reply)
There comes a time in every bloke's life when he needs a bit of TLC, a bit of looking after, someone to make the tea and let him have control of the remote for the evening even though you know he's gonna put on some show that'll bore you to tears.
It's normally when he's sitting in his pants and vest, with a hot water bottle and a bin full of snot rags.
(I helped save b3ta! G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 20:03, Reply)
I can totally understand that
and when you have a wife, she will cheerfully do all of that TLC stuff. But she is not your bastard mother!!!!!!

Sorry, are my issues showing again?
(I helped save b3ta! b3th Not shit. Not mod., Wed 26 Oct 2011, 20:05, Reply)
Hah, yeah', so I take it you're not up for some William/Diana rollplay? It's just that I've found a wicked white dress on ebay.
Is it your fella or your fella's kids who are acting like that?
(I helped save b3ta! G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 20:07, Reply)
the old one.
Apparently he was always a mummy's boy. He looked after her for a long time before she died, and then seems to have trsasnferred the role to me.
Yay.
(I helped save b3ta! b3th Not shit. Not mod., Wed 26 Oct 2011, 20:09, Reply)
I think you're mistaking being a mummy's boy for meaning always pathetic.
I'd do anything for Ma', and I know she'd do anything for me, but that doesn't mean that eaither of us would _ask_ for anything.

There were people in the cab office where I used to work, in their late 40s and 50s, who don't know how to cook anything or wash any of their clothes. They lived with their parnets 'till they got married, then their wives did everything for them, then they got devorced and straight back home with Ma'. They say they can 'cook' but all they can do is grill an edible steak.... now _that_ is pathetic.
(I helped save b3ta! G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 20:15, Reply)
Tru dat.

(I helped save b3ta! b3th Not shit. Not mod., Wed 26 Oct 2011, 20:18, Reply)
Dish the dirt then, what's he making you do?

(I helped save b3ta! G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 20:22, Reply)
Hmmm.
I think I'd probably better rein myself in before I say too much.

/already way too late for that
(I helped save b3ta! b3th Not shit. Not mod., Wed 26 Oct 2011, 20:33, Reply)
I'm so glad I made dinner instead of getting a takeaway. It was nomtastic.
Tinned mackerel, onion and chickpeas in a tomato, garlic and all purpose seasoning sauce with brown rice.
(I helped save b3ta! girlinthehole, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 19:43, Reply)
That sounds productive.
I couldn't face cooking, so it was a chippy dinner for us. Now I'm full of nommyness.
(I helped save b3ta! b3th Not shit. Not mod., Wed 26 Oct 2011, 19:44, Reply)
Very easy and quick to make apart from the rice taking longer than white rice.

(I helped save b3ta! girlinthehole, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 19:52, Reply)
We use brown basmati.
It has a lovely nutty texture.
(I helped save b3ta! b3th Not shit. Not mod., Wed 26 Oct 2011, 19:54, Reply)
Me too : )

(I helped save b3ta! girlinthehole, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 19:54, Reply)
That sounds ace.
Although earlier I made the best dinner I've had in ages. Sirloin steak with kidney beans, spring onions, peppers and mushrooms in black bean sauce. Five big fuck off steaks for £3.50, bare cheapness.
(Barry from Eastenders is, despite the words written above, not a woman, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 19:58, Reply)
Wow!
It's not often you can get horse meat over here.
(I helped save b3ta! CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Wed 26 Oct 2011, 20:00, Reply)
Ha.
They go out of date tomorrow, so tomorrow for dinner I'll be having steak with a side dish of three steaks.
(Barry from Eastenders is, despite the words written above, not a woman, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 20:04, Reply)
What are you having ?

(I helped save b3ta! girlinthehole, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 20:05, Reply)
been fed some quite tasty vegan stuff
Now going to get chips on the way home as still hungry.
(I helped save b3ta! CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Wed 26 Oct 2011, 20:16, Reply)
Friday we're having nut roast with potatoes, veg, yorkshire puds and gravy : )

(I helped save b3ta! girlinthehole, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 20:20, Reply)
I'd be up for a bit of that, sod the meat.
I like using the yorkshire pud as a gravy-bathtub with the veg and meat/main-bit, and then biting into it so it all goes down in one go 'cus otherwise you get gravy down your shin.
(I helped save b3ta! G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 20:24, Reply)
I usually have nut roast for Christmas dinner as a treat.

(I helped save b3ta! girlinthehole, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 20:25, Reply)
luvly.
that will go down very well.
(I helped save b3ta! CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Wed 26 Oct 2011, 20:33, Reply)
I may not be a fantastic cook like Gonz and tourettes but I know what people like.

(I helped save b3ta! girlinthehole, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 20:43, Reply)
And how to keep them happy : )

(I helped save b3ta! girlinthehole, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 20:47, Reply)
Ding Dong!

(I helped save b3ta! b3th Not shit. Not mod., Wed 26 Oct 2011, 20:50, Reply)
: D

(I helped save b3ta! girlinthehole, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 20:50, Reply)
Actually it's just all about being a good hostess.

(I helped save b3ta! girlinthehole, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 20:52, Reply)
Hostess?
Or 'hostess'?
(I helped save b3ta! b3th Not shit. Not mod., Wed 26 Oct 2011, 20:56, Reply)
hostess with a small h.

(I helped save b3ta! girlinthehole, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 20:59, Reply)
rrrrrrrr

(I helped save b3ta! b3th Not shit. Not mod., Wed 26 Oct 2011, 21:04, Reply)
I just want to get home
I am cold and tired and no cash machines are working.
(I helped save b3ta! JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 20:24, Reply)
There there.

(I helped save b3ta! girlinthehole, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 20:26, Reply)
They'd only give you monopoly money if they *were* working.

(I helped save b3ta! b3th Not shit. Not mod., Wed 26 Oct 2011, 20:29, Reply)
Why would you say such a thing?

(I helped save b3ta! JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 20:36, Reply)
I'm always being told taht Scottish money is 'funny'
I was playing a racial stereotype.

are you firmly ensconced in Embra airport then?
(I helped save b3ta! b3th Not shit. Not mod., Wed 26 Oct 2011, 20:39, Reply)
No
Back in Bristol now. Just making my way home.
(I helped save b3ta! JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 20:50, Reply)
Welcome home!

(I helped save b3ta! b3th Not shit. Not mod., Wed 26 Oct 2011, 20:56, Reply)
I miss Bristol, well I miss England, well I miss my xbox, decent tv, my gym, my bike, and a handful
of my mates.
(I helped save b3ta! SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 21:26, Reply)
no longer planing on moving over there then bob?

(I helped save b3ta! CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Wed 26 Oct 2011, 21:33, Reply)
I still love it here but the addition of those things would make it ace.

(I helped save b3ta! SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 21:38, Reply)
I'm watching The Red Baron
with a glass of red and some very nice biscuits that were a present from a very attractive girl.

So not a shit evening, all in.
(I helped save b3ta! Kroney, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 20:57, Reply)
Do biscuits taste better if the girl is attractive.
I think not.
(I helped save b3ta! girlinthehole, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 21:00, Reply)
Well not exactly
But the feeling of smug self-satisfaction makes everything seem a little better by comparison.

Besides, they're very nice biscuits in their own right.
(I helped save b3ta! Kroney, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 21:01, Reply)
depends if you're using her as a naked human table I suppose...

(I helped save b3ta! CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Wed 26 Oct 2011, 21:14, Reply)
Make sure you don't try that when it's the 'time of the month'
You too could be a jammy(rag) dodger.
(I helped save b3ta! JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 21:44, Reply)
^ I thought that might have started a biscuit pundown.
:(
(I helped save b3ta! JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 22:06, Reply)
I've been staring at my cleavage for ten minutes and I think I'm in love.

(I helped save b3ta! girlinthehole, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 21:32, Reply)
Congrats, You are a man.

(I helped save b3ta! CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Wed 26 Oct 2011, 21:33, Reply)
So everybody says.

(I helped save b3ta! girlinthehole, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 21:36, Reply)
Well, this reaction to tits is very male.

(I helped save b3ta! CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Wed 26 Oct 2011, 21:41, Reply)
Or very lesbian.

(I helped save b3ta! girlinthehole, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 21:41, Reply)
I'll take your word on it, I always assumed women, or any sexual persuasion, were more subtle.

(I helped save b3ta! CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Wed 26 Oct 2011, 21:58, Reply)
Me subtle?

(I helped save b3ta! girlinthehole, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 22:05, Reply)
As If I would say such a thing. :)

(I helped save b3ta! CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Wed 26 Oct 2011, 22:16, Reply)
I think my presentation is finished. Would anyone be willing to read through it and give me honest feedback?

(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 21:32, Reply)
I'd not have anything usefull to say as it's not my feild
nor do I have the energy, but I want to appear supportive because I feel partially responsible for branding you as pretentious.
(I helped save b3ta! CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Wed 26 Oct 2011, 21:35, Reply)
Ha!
I have no qualms about being thought of as pretentious. It's not a bad thing. There's a massive gulf between being wordy without having any understanding of the subject at hand and being wordy.

Y'all knows what I mean, aight?
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 21:41, Reply)
I dunno, can you say it in smaller words?
/obvious joke.

Anyway, It was Berk who called you pretentious, I called you an absolutist.
(I helped save b3ta! CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Wed 26 Oct 2011, 22:00, Reply)
I am not an absolutist.
IN NO WAY AT ALL AM I AN ABSOLUTIST.
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 22:04, Reply)
So you're OK with being thought of as pretentious
because you see yourself as wordy, but not wordy without understanding the subject?
(I helped save b3ta! Kroney, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 22:17, Reply)
I am thick so therefore no use.
Changed my mind.
(I helped save b3ta! girlinthehole, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 21:37, Reply)
Here, have some Mos Def
www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-y-lS0YqF0
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 21:44, Reply)
I love your musical tastes Doze.

(I helped save b3ta! SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 21:46, Reply)
Is that sarcasm there?
You probably wouldn't like my current listening.

Sunn O)))- A Shaving of the Horn That Speared You.

Unless you are into drone.
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 21:58, Reply)
No I fucking love Mos Def!

(I helped save b3ta! SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 22:00, Reply)
I got Black on Both Sides back in the day.
I took it back to the shop to complain- it was orange on one side and silvery on the other.

I should have bought the vinyl instead.
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 22:05, Reply)
One of the first hip hop cds I bought in my teens.

(I helped save b3ta! SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 22:09, Reply)
Mos Def is a thoroughly talented MC.
Excellent flow, conscious lyrics, intelligent rhymes. His stuff with Talib Kweli is some ill shit as well.

I think what helped him so much was that producers were falling over themselves to work with him.
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 22:12, Reply)
Oh, and I also love the Cowboy Junkies.
I have this on right now.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyUCxKM1yT8
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 22:08, Reply)
Thanks.

(I helped save b3ta! girlinthehole, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 21:46, Reply)
I'm shattered PD
But send it over and I'll give it a ten minute review for you.
(I helped save b3ta! JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 21:45, Reply)
Obviously. Say if you're sending it.

(I helped save b3ta! JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 21:50, Reply)
ooh ta babes. on its way.

(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 21:55, Reply)
Question - and apologies if it's pointless, I've been up since half three this morning.
One Slide 9, Tax Relief and Inflation, you could be a bit clearer. So make it clear that whilst inflation is a good thing for borrowers, highlight that this related to Andy.

Also, BoE is (I'm guessing) Bank of England. This is a undefined term.
(I helped save b3ta! JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 22:05, Reply)
Thanks.
And do I need to define BoE when I am presenting to a financial services company? I'll change it anyway.

Does it flow okay and does it answer the question?
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 22:08, Reply)
If you are presenting to a FS company, you'd probably be fine with BoE - but if presenting to a varied audience you can't assume anything.
Also...

Slide 6 (Risk) you say there are 4 different asset classes, neither the Pension or Mortgage slide say what asset classes these investments are in.

Finally. The graph. It includes a cash-investment but there is no other reference to cash or the rate used in the document (unless I've missed it).
(I helped save b3ta! JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 22:12, Reply)
The notes on the graph slide state that cash is there as a benchmark.

(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 22:16, Reply)
Sorry missed that.
Just keep reading it and try and work out what the like questions will be.
(I helped save b3ta! JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 22:19, Reply)
Is it bedtime yet?
I'm all curled up in bed and ready to write today completely off.
Anyone else still up?
(I helped save b3ta! b3th Not shit. Not mod., Wed 26 Oct 2011, 22:15, Reply)
Just about.
How was the auction b3th, and why has today been shit?
(I helped save b3ta! JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 22:16, Reply)
Auction was pretty good actually. We managed to get everything we wanted
Just been a long day. I'm ready for sleep.

Edit: sorry, how rude of me. Was your day successful?
(I helped save b3ta! b3th Not shit. Not mod., Wed 26 Oct 2011, 22:19, Reply)
It was probably bastard longer than yours.
It wasn't a bad day, but I should have gone up the night before.

I might have to spend a few weeks up there in the not too distant - I don't mind hotels for the odd night, but a couple of weeks in a 'business' hotel is a bit much.
(I helped save b3ta! JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 22:24, Reply)
What time did you get back to Bristol?

(I helped save b3ta! Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 22:25, Reply)
Got home about 9
Landed about half-seven. Various post-meeting-meetings before heading back.
(I helped save b3ta! JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 22:32, Reply)
Well at least you can rest now

(I helped save b3ta! Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 22:45, Reply)
I thought longer term, contractors used guest houses?
You could always descend on badger...
(I helped save b3ta! b3th Not shit. Not mod., Wed 26 Oct 2011, 22:28, Reply)
Nah, I'll try and stay where I did last time, the hotel wasn't too bad. There were lots of pubs nearby
And it had facilities like a pool and a gym that I'll never use thrown in.

(My room had a resonable view of the castle)
(I helped save b3ta! JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 22:33, Reply)
Do they have a microwave our something? Or do you just charge expenses for meals out?

(I helped save b3ta! b3th Not shit. Not mod., Wed 26 Oct 2011, 22:36, Reply)
I charge. But you've got to go to the expense of paying for stuff first.
If I'm there for a couple of weeks, I reckon it'll cost me a couple of grand.
(I helped save b3ta! JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 22:38, Reply)
Can you arrange to have exes paid weekly, or do you have to put the invoice in at the end in a oner?

(I helped save b3ta! b3th Not shit. Not mod., Wed 26 Oct 2011, 22:43, Reply)
I submit in the run up to a pay date.
I'll sort something out.
(I helped save b3ta! JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 22:47, Reply)
*worries*

(I helped save b3ta! b3th Not shit. Not mod., Wed 26 Oct 2011, 22:52, Reply)
Why?
If I'm north of the border for a few weeks you can tell me where to go to get my boozin' done!
(I helped save b3ta! JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 22:53, Reply)
Still around for a bit, enjoying having nothing to do but pootle on the net and watch crap telly.

(I helped save b3ta! CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Wed 26 Oct 2011, 22:19, Reply)
I could link you to top tuneage?

(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 22:23, Reply)
S'OK Doze, I appreciate the offer
but we only half agree on these things and I'm not feeling very musical tonight anyway.
(I helped save b3ta! CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Wed 26 Oct 2011, 22:26, Reply)
I have Tortoise on now and have just listened to Mogwai.

(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 22:29, Reply)
Are you just naming animals now?

(I helped save b3ta! b3th Not shit. Not mod., Wed 26 Oct 2011, 22:30, Reply)
No.
Tortoise= jazzy post rock band from Chicago. One of the many acts that descended from Slint.

Mogwai= one time noisy bastard post rock band, now quite sedate and quite frankly way past their best band from Glasgow. One of the many bands influenced by Slint.

I love Slint.
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 22:32, Reply)
Why does my fucking central heating keep going off??

(I helped save b3ta! Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 22:38, Reply)
Because you've forgotten to fiddle the 'leccy, lar.

(I helped save b3ta! JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 22:39, Reply)
You need to put a 50p in the meter.
What kind of scouser are you?
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 22:39, Reply)
coz it's nearly winter, innit?
It's all cold and doesn't feel like doing any work.
(I helped save b3ta! CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Wed 26 Oct 2011, 22:39, Reply)
What a load of shit it is

(I helped save b3ta! Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 22:40, Reply)
Yes, yes it is.
Time for big jumpers and blankies.
(I helped save b3ta! CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Wed 26 Oct 2011, 22:43, Reply)
I second the big jumpers comment

(I helped save b3ta! Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 22:45, Reply)
it's still not too bad herecoz lahndin is warm, innit?
but I shall enjoy my jumpers soon.
(I helped save b3ta! CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Wed 26 Oct 2011, 22:48, Reply)
I think I'm quite inured to the cold
Apart from the feet obviously
(I helped save b3ta! Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 22:49, Reply)
How are the tootsies today?

(I helped save b3ta! CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Wed 26 Oct 2011, 22:50, Reply)
Hah
they really hurt this morning, completely ice cold despite about three pairs of socks. But not bad now thanks, curled up under a duvet on the sofa. How are you?
(I helped save b3ta! Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 22:53, Reply)
Not bad.
Feeling better and enjoying unexpected relaxing time and The Blues Brothers on TV.

I'm pretty cold-tollerant, probably the scotts blood.
(I helped save b3ta! CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Wed 26 Oct 2011, 23:01, Reply)
That sounds rather nice

(I helped save b3ta! Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 23:12, Reply)
It is.
I got 2 free unexpected sofa-hours tonight. I feel a million miles better for it, especially after a shit work day. unless you mean the scotts blood, in which case, fuck off you vampire, it's all mine.
(I helped save b3ta! CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Wed 26 Oct 2011, 23:15, Reply)
Why unexpected?
And you can keep your blood, even though a REAL communist would share it
(I helped save b3ta! Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 23:21, Reply)
alright Amberl?
I am listening to Low. Then I am going to bed.
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 23:22, Reply)
Enjoying?

(I helped save b3ta! Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 23:34, Reply)
Of course.
I love Low.

I now have Galaxie 500 on.
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 23:44, Reply)
Shhh! Don't tell any one about my weakness!
I was supposed to look after my son tonight, but my ex didn't go to uni because they are off on holiday tomorrow, so I got to go over and have dinner with them but leave at half 7 instead of 2 hours later.
(I helped save b3ta! CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Wed 26 Oct 2011, 23:24, Reply)
L'esprit de l'escalier:
A REAL Capitalist would take it anyway.
(I helped save b3ta! CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Wed 26 Oct 2011, 23:28, Reply)
Is it the boiler? Is the pilot still on?
Could be an air bubble in the pipes then. Or, as we had today, a ducked relay in the thermostat.
(I helped save b3ta! b3th Not shit. Not mod., Wed 26 Oct 2011, 22:41, Reply)
There's no pilot as such. Just a green light.
Keeps going off. Sometimes it lasts 10 mins, sometimes 2 hours, sometimes all night. It willnot, however, be relied upon. It refuses.
Coming home to no heating despite using the timer is a cacker innit.
(I helped save b3ta! Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 22:43, Reply)
The one in my little flat used to go off overnight
So I'd wake up in the freezing cold with no hot water. 2 inch baths filled with the kettle is not a great way to get ready for work.
(I helped save b3ta! b3th Not shit. Not mod., Wed 26 Oct 2011, 22:45, Reply)
ive got a timer and the fit gas bloke set it all up lovely
but it wont come on if the thermostat ent on. and if i put it on 25 and the room temp hits 25, it goes off. now im not saying this information will help you in any way but im going to bed anyway and the gas bloke was well fit
(I helped save b3ta! rosalicious i fucking love youve been framed, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 22:46, Reply)
Where's my thermofuckingstat :(

(I helped save b3ta! Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 22:49, Reply)
With the rest of your picnic hamper!
YAY!
(I helped save b3ta! JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 22:50, Reply)
ha!

(I helped save b3ta! Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 22:52, Reply)
I never heard Ma Boswell using such sewer language.

(I helped save b3ta! JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 22:53, Reply)
"THANK YOOO!"

(I helped save b3ta! Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 22:55, Reply)
I had you down as more of a 'Li-lo-Lille' type.

(I helped save b3ta! JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 22:56, Reply)
Cheeky git!
I'm The cunt from the DHSS.
(I helped save b3ta! Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 23:01, Reply)
I liked her.
Didn't she get a name eventually?
(I helped save b3ta! b3th Not shit. Not mod., Wed 26 Oct 2011, 23:04, Reply)
Yeah, forgotten it...

(I helped save b3ta! Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 23:07, Reply)
Martina.

(I helped save b3ta! CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Wed 26 Oct 2011, 23:10, Reply)
in the hall?
or on the boiler usually.
(I helped save b3ta! CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Wed 26 Oct 2011, 22:51, Reply)
Wherever you turn your heating on and off.

(I helped save b3ta! b3th Not shit. Not mod., Wed 26 Oct 2011, 22:53, Reply)
That is shit and set high but has no numbers on it

(I helped save b3ta! Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 22:53, Reply)
It will still be some kind of thermostat. Or do you adjust the heat on your radiators?

(I helped save b3ta! b3th Not shit. Not mod., Wed 26 Oct 2011, 22:55, Reply)
Ah both

(I helped save b3ta! Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 22:56, Reply)
You may need to pop downstairs and ask the landlord.

(I helped save b3ta! b3th Not shit. Not mod., Wed 26 Oct 2011, 22:59, Reply)
He hasn't a clue.
He likes to get shafted by cowboys instead. Figuratively.
(I helped save b3ta! Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 23:00, Reply)
*Imagines people flirting with a boiler*

(I helped save b3ta! JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 22:54, Reply)
I can't do links on my phone, but imagine I did a link to that tortoise going ' easily turn off and on-able'

(I helped save b3ta! b3th Not shit. Not mod., Wed 26 Oct 2011, 22:57, Reply)
Gerrin' that shower!
*Pig lolz*
(I helped save b3ta! JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 22:58, Reply)
Frank. Love him.

(I helped save b3ta! Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 23:00, Reply)
lord knows but my timer and boiler are in the airing cupboard and the thermostat is in the living room
again this does not help you but you just need one of them fit gas blokes to sort you out. and im still going to bed
(I helped save b3ta! rosalicious i fucking love youve been framed, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 23:01, Reply)
Can you send me one? Ta.
Goodnight, love you, see you very soon.
I have the night off work on Sunday!
(I helped save b3ta! Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 23:07, Reply)
aww, look at you, being all practical.

(I helped save b3ta! CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Wed 26 Oct 2011, 22:44, Reply)
I try.
Comes from living with an engineer, innit.
(I helped save b3ta! b3th Not shit. Not mod., Wed 26 Oct 2011, 22:46, Reply)
Your doggie is a qualified engineer!
Blimey. And I thought GCSE qualifications were getting easier.
(I helped save b3ta! JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 22:48, Reply)
Right benders.
It's been a 19.5 hour day.

I'm bailing out. Sweet dreams!
(I helped save b3ta! JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 22:58, Reply)
Sleep well Jeff

(I helped save b3ta! Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 22:58, Reply)
*Wishes Amberl warm feet*

(I helped save b3ta! JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 22:59, Reply)
She's not far away. You could go and warm her feet up...

(I helped save b3ta! b3th Not shit. Not mod., Wed 26 Oct 2011, 23:00, Reply)
Now there is a thankless job
if ever there was one
(I helped save b3ta! Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 23:01, Reply)
There's probably someone somewhere with a fetish for cold feet.

(I helped save b3ta! CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Wed 26 Oct 2011, 23:06, Reply)
Wind stiffened nipples!
Night all.
(I helped save b3ta! CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Wed 26 Oct 2011, 23:35, Reply)
well I'm back
How've you all been? I met someone I'd not seen properly in nearly 10 years who only turned up because she saw me on the facebook group and lots of other people I vaguely recognise or know. Steampunk is cool.
(I helped save b3ta! Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 23:52, Reply)
dreams of not getting on the wrong train & ending up in some SE London hellhole (Caford)
full of wine & Florence v2 now, so feeling better
(weaselinajetengine, Thu 27 Oct 2011, 1:02, Reply)

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