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What's your favourite bridge?I like the Sydney Harbour Bridge, it's like the Tyne Bridge but bigger, and as we all know bigger is always better.
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The bridge on my Rickenbacker is very niceIt is in the shape of an "R" and looks very nice, but make it a bugger for restringing, as do the hidden machineheads on the headstock. This is why I pay someone else to restring it.
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tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 6 Dec 2011, 16:12,
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That must be very annoying when you're about to play something at night and a string breaks.(, Tue 6 Dec 2011, 16:13, Reply)
A broken string is always annoying.Luckily this is a 12-string so there is some room to continue, as long as it hasn't gone too badly out of tune.
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tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 6 Dec 2011, 16:15,
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Sounds a bit ridiculous to meI'm all for nice looking guitars, but if it interferes with the actual function of it as an instrument it seems a little pointless.
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This guitar not only looks nice, but sounds nice too.(
tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 6 Dec 2011, 16:17,
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Can't we talk about biscuits instead(
Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Tue 6 Dec 2011, 16:12,
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Okay, but only you are allowed to discuss biscuitseveryone else must reply to you as if they were discussing bridges.
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Cheers Al, if I was going to make a biscuit bridge I'd rely primarily on bournville biscuits, cos they're chunkypink wafers would be seriously shit
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Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Tue 6 Dec 2011, 16:16,
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Does that go over the river Avon?(
tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 6 Dec 2011, 16:18,
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Don't be stupid, it's a biscuit bridge, totally unsuited to a river crossingfucks sake
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Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Tue 6 Dec 2011, 16:19,
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Mmm yes, I particularly appreciate the engineering that went into the seemingly impossible arch(
tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 6 Dec 2011, 16:20,
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I think I'll Plump for Battersea BridgeI like it's campness.
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CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Tue 6 Dec 2011, 16:16,
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It has to be the Millau ViaductIt is just fabulous.
In the UK, the Forth road and railway bridges side by side, take a lot of beating.
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Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Tue 6 Dec 2011, 16:22,
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Here's that 1994 interview M did for Guitarist Magazine that you were asking for:
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As opposed to the one Robbie Williams takes it towhich is just plain gay?
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You are correct in every way, young Mistress Berklington.(
Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 6 Dec 2011, 16:58,
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I like the little bridge by my housethere is a canal under it and on the canal are ducks and swans that I get to look at from my window
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TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Tue 6 Dec 2011, 16:36,
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Compared with maps they're well shit innit.(
Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 6 Dec 2011, 16:55,
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I wanted BGB to be here so she could goJEFF OF COURSE AHAHHAHAHAHA
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TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Tue 6 Dec 2011, 16:45,
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Best BridgeThere can be only one winner...
Its Biffins Bridge and you all know it
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The Notcher.(
the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 6 Dec 2011, 16:56,
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Rainbow Bridge of course.It's actually fucking appalling but the soundtrack is a work of untrammelled genius.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainbow_Bridge_(film)
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Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 6 Dec 2011, 16:55,
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Walking across Hungerford Bridge every morning and evening makes me feel pretty good about lifeSo I'll go with that.
Dull answer to a dull question though, raise yer game Alfonso.
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scarpe We Stole Bikes, Tue 6 Dec 2011, 16:58,
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His mum said'shoot up the shops and get us a pint of milk, love'
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Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 6 Dec 2011, 17:35,
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I'm quite partial to Sydney harbour bridge, for sureBut just because of my childhood I'm going to say the Ironbridge. Just because of the engineering achievement of the time.
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the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 6 Dec 2011, 17:11,
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Did you enjoy watching it get built?(
TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Tue 6 Dec 2011, 17:14,
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Oh, I say. Well played, there.*cricket applause*
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the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 6 Dec 2011, 17:16,
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*bows*thank you, thank you! Oh flowers! you shouldn't have
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TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Tue 6 Dec 2011, 17:18,
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I do feel that the rest of the heathens herehave massively underestimated the quality of your ZING, there.
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the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 6 Dec 2011, 17:19,
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Well you got it and that's all that matters(
TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Tue 6 Dec 2011, 17:21,
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No, /board's that way <(
Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Tue 6 Dec 2011, 17:38,
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The Gateshead Millenium Bridge is pretty cool.It's better than that fucking wobbling failure of engineering they installed in London at any rate.
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Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Tue 6 Dec 2011, 17:21,
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I like the Royal Border Bridge as well.(
Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Tue 6 Dec 2011, 17:21,
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Can handle 133% more vomit, Breezer and gunt than the london one, too ;)(
the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 6 Dec 2011, 17:23,
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It's just superior in every way.Plus it has lovely lighting that changes every few seconds.
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Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Tue 6 Dec 2011, 17:24,
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Damn us with our cheaper cost of living and good, clean air.(
Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Tue 6 Dec 2011, 17:30,
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I smoked for 21 years, I think that clean air would be wasted on these wrecked lungs.(
scarpe We Stole Bikes, Tue 6 Dec 2011, 17:33,
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you do know there's a reason it's cheaper up there don't you?(
CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Tue 6 Dec 2011, 17:33,
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Oh, don't get me wrong, there are huge disadvantages to the north as well (most notably the current economic climate).I like London as a place to visit, but I could no more live and work there than I could seal my own arsehole up. The sheer griminess I feel after a day out in the capital is horrible.
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Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Tue 6 Dec 2011, 17:37,
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When I were a ladwe used to come up to town to go to Kensington Market and we always used to remark upon the black bogies we'd have on the way home afterwards. With our 8' Bauhaus posters and gig bootleg cassettes.
London is fucking grubby. That said since they cleaned it up St Paul's looks amazing - or did until the Dale Farm overspill set up there.
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Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 6 Dec 2011, 17:38,
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I miss Kensington Market Monty.There's a particular smell of incense that always reminds me of that place.
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CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Tue 6 Dec 2011, 17:41,
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Me too.it's scary in some way we are so similar, in other, so different, there's a sitcom in this me thinks.
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CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Tue 6 Dec 2011, 17:44,
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Same here, but in reverse.the green stuff is pretty and the air is nice, but after a while I get a kind of cultural/social agoraphobia as I slowly realise how far I am form all the amenities and people of London.
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CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Tue 6 Dec 2011, 17:41,
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Same.When you want some quality foreign food and all you have is the Taj Mahal or Wong's fucking Garden or a shit doner....you know it's time to go back to London.
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Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 6 Dec 2011, 17:43,
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Yup, or when you want a bus more than once every 2 hoursor the ability to just wander into town and know there's something going on.
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CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Tue 6 Dec 2011, 17:45,
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You do realise that if you lived outside London you might actually have some money left over at the end of the month don't you?(
Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Tue 6 Dec 2011, 17:55,
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The engineering was sound.It was the people that failed.
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CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Tue 6 Dec 2011, 17:23,
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Yeah, people that failed in engineering.(
Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Tue 6 Dec 2011, 17:24,
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No, it was never going to fall downit was just that one lot of people failed by crying because i wobbled a bit and they got scared and another lot failed by giving into them and not telling them to MTFU or use another bridge.
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CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Tue 6 Dec 2011, 17:33,
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Bridges shouldn't wobble unless they're in an Indiana Jones film and made from rope and wood, though.(
Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Tue 6 Dec 2011, 17:35,
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Or at that treehouse place we went to!Those bridges were awesome!
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TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Tue 6 Dec 2011, 17:36,
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They were cool, yes.But were designed specifically to do that.
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Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Tue 6 Dec 2011, 17:37,
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I thought al had been on them and broken them(
TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Tue 6 Dec 2011, 17:38,
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No, but it was great when it did wobble.Towers shouldn't lean, but Pisa does alright out of the deal.
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scarpe We Stole Bikes, Tue 6 Dec 2011, 17:37,
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*puts finder on nose, points*I even though of using the Piza analogy.
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CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Tue 6 Dec 2011, 17:38,
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I prefer Pisa, as it is the actual name of a real place.(
Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 6 Dec 2011, 17:42,
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Why not?They should have just kept it and made a feature of it, it was perfectly safe it was just scardy cats like you that didn't like it.
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CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Tue 6 Dec 2011, 17:37,
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Yeah, they absolutely should.If they are suspension bridges supported in a certain way. It's to do with offcentre support or something. There's one in Shrewsbury that does it. Just outside London people people don't go off like screaming marys about it.
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the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 6 Dec 2011, 17:44,
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The Bridge/Viaductthing that takes the Trans Penine Express over Morecambe bay between Arnside and Kents Bank gives you what I firmly believe to be the finest view this country has to offer. But it's a shitty bridge that I am constantly scared is going to collapse, so I guess that doesn't count.
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scarpe We Stole Bikes, Tue 6 Dec 2011, 17:26,
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you know what I mean about the view too then.It's stunning. And different every single time it seems, depending on the tide, the weather, the time of day. It mesmerises me.
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scarpe We Stole Bikes, Tue 6 Dec 2011, 17:29,
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The view from the trainas you head into Berwick upon Tweed is pretty stunning too. Along the coastal cliff tops for a few miles, then the sweeping curve over the Royal Border Bridge into the town itself is one of the finest sights I've ever seen from a train.
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Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Tue 6 Dec 2011, 17:33,
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That sounds dangerously close to Scotland though, and I'm not going there...(
scarpe We Stole Bikes, Tue 6 Dec 2011, 17:37,
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Scotland is fucking great you oaf.(
Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 6 Dec 2011, 17:39,
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I know, I know.But I can't let DG have the upper hand on whose view is best.
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scarpe We Stole Bikes, Tue 6 Dec 2011, 17:40,
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We wereand then you pointed it out and made me realise its the gayest thing ever.
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scarpe We Stole Bikes, Tue 6 Dec 2011, 17:42,
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It is a very pretty town.It's just a shame that a lot of the people who live there are so fucking insular. I couldn't wait to leave in that respect.
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Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Tue 6 Dec 2011, 17:52,
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stupid late replyThey have redone the bridge recently and I went over it last weekend however the tide was in and I forgot how low to the water the bridge was...
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The Øresund Bridge.Drove across it in June. And then back the other way in July. Very beautiful and very awesome AND it has a tunnel too, woohoo.
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crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Tue 6 Dec 2011, 17:33,
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I prefer SLRs to Bridge camerasdoes that count as a valid opinion?
actually i just wanted to say 'evening everyone!' and wanted to make it look a little less 'HEY LOOK AT ME!'
i failed
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Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Tue 6 Dec 2011, 17:37,
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got a cold, but mainlymy own fault after making a class of students go outside for a lesson.
How's your life, Monters? Still fucking shit?
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Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Tue 6 Dec 2011, 17:41,
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Yup.Actually it's not so bad this week, I'm getting over being ill which is good. Not being able to enjoy food, drink or sleep for over a week helps one appreciate the simple things.
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Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 6 Dec 2011, 17:48,
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Why were you ill?I thought you were well 'ard
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Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Tue 6 Dec 2011, 17:49,
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I thought well 'ard was some sort of German Shepherd thing?(
the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 6 Dec 2011, 17:53,
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aren't you a german shepherd?Actually if you were a dog I think perhaps you would be
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Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Tue 6 Dec 2011, 17:54,
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I think you'll findIf I were a dog I would be a Dachshund.
Although unless you're fairly fluent in Kraut you might not get it.
Although I'm slightly unsure as to why I come across as an Alsatian and in fact whether that is a compliment or an insult.
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the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 6 Dec 2011, 17:57,
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to be honest, I'm not sure eitherI think I am poorly, my brain is doing odd things.
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Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Tue 6 Dec 2011, 18:00,
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i thought you'd gone?(
Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Tue 6 Dec 2011, 17:49,
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I like the bridge that goes near the the trains at Enfield Chase because IT'LL BE A BRIDGE THAT IS NEAR MY NEW FLAT WITHIN 48 HOURS(
G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩€, Tue 6 Dec 2011, 17:47,
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No last minute snags?Lucky you. My last flat purchase took 6 months longer than it was supposed to.
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Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 6 Dec 2011, 17:49,
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Yup, there are a few snags, and I'm expecting more this weekend.1) The sofa and waldrobe people were all like "YOU CAN HAVE THIS BY CHRISTMAS IF YOU ORDER IT IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS" until we went to put the deposit down and then he was like "NO, MID JANUARY, SUCKAZ" but I was already in love with the sofa.
2) The dreams bed people were all like "YOU CAN HAVE THIS BY CHRISTMAS IF YOU ORDER IT RIGHT NOW" so we did, and then in a few days they said "10TH ON JANUARY, SUCKAZ" so now I have to take my bed to the new place but I think I'll just take my mattris instead.
3) Fri/Sat I'm seeing Waldrobe Fitters, Carpet Fitters and Handyman. I really hope the waldrobe and carpet people can do it while the handyman is in 'cus otherwise that would suck the big one, he's in there for two weeks starting monday.
Things I've got to do on friday on top of meeting everyone:
- Cancel Sky, BT Landline, inform the gas/water/electrictity/council-tax people that I'm outta here.
- Tell my magazine subscriptions that when I told them to go do one, I meant it, seriously, stop sending me magazines.
- Tell work of my new address
- I'm alright with bank and doctors 'cus those things go to ma's,
- ermmm....donno.
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G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩€, Tue 6 Dec 2011, 17:56,
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I suggest you post boxes of shit to the sofa people and dreams, then.How did you manage to buy a place if you've still got your bank records at your mums? Skilz, Gonz.
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the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 6 Dec 2011, 18:00,
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I think most people my age who have a good relationship with their parents and live in rented acomidation do that.(
G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩€, Tue 6 Dec 2011, 18:05,
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Well, I know quite a few who do that anyway. (
G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩€, Tue 6 Dec 2011, 18:11,
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I like the Menai bridgeIt's only small but I love the engineering of it and the fact it was built for horse-drawn carriages.
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