 Off Topic
 Off TopicAre you a QOTWer? Do you want to start a thread that isn't a direct answer to the current QOTW? Then this place, gentle poster, is your friend.
(, Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
« Go Back | Popular
 Screw you guys.
	Screw you guys.I'm going home.
FFOOW
(, Fri 27 Jan 2012, 14:57, 154 replies, latest was 14 years ago)
 Damn you,
	Damn you,I'll just sit here replying to emails for the next few hours.
(, Fri 27 Jan 2012, 15:05, Reply)
 So anyone got a contained scalable process for leechate purification I can borrow?
	So anyone got a contained scalable process for leechate purification I can borrow?(, Fri 27 Jan 2012, 15:06, Reply)
 I was thinking something
	I was thinking something like using the crushed glass and pebbles reclaimed from the landfill as a filtration system, then just keep pumping it through until it's decent enough for reed beds.
I don't know what the evaporation rates would be though. It's all very confusing.
(, Fri 27 Jan 2012, 15:13, Reply)
 Enough for it to be pumped out into a river ideally.
	Enough for it to be pumped out into a river ideally.But generally enough of the toxins that it won't kill aerobic bacteria.
(, Fri 27 Jan 2012, 15:48, Reply)
 The major problem with landfill leachates are heavy metals.
	The major problem with landfill leachates are heavy metals.You need to adsorb them onto fines, but then you still have the problem of how to prevent that escaping again as soon as you put that shit back into a landfill. And you also want to avoid creating monoliths so just sticking the whole lot in a massive cement block doesn't work too well.
(, Fri 27 Jan 2012, 16:01, Reply)
 What you want is graphene
	What you want is graphenewww.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/01/120126100639.htm
(, Fri 27 Jan 2012, 16:06, Reply)
 I actually read about that today, it would be perfect.
	I actually read about that today, it would be perfect.But not cheap enough or have a high enough throughput.
(, Fri 27 Jan 2012, 16:11, Reply)
 It would do, but it would also lead to any volatiles being evaporated off with the water vapour.
	It would do, but it would also lead to any volatiles being evaporated off with the water vapour.There is an entire industry centred around the treatment of landfill leachate. You aren't the first to have tried this.
(, Fri 27 Jan 2012, 16:11, Reply)
 Yep, I've seen,
	Yep, I've seen,from the looks of it no one's got it quite right yet.
(, Fri 27 Jan 2012, 16:18, Reply)
 But with your extensive knowledge of spreadsheets, you're the man to come up with the solution?
	But with your extensive knowledge of spreadsheets, you're the man to come up with the solution?(, Fri 27 Jan 2012, 16:20, Reply)
 Warning. The above post contains 82% ZING and should not be approached without appropriate safety goggles.
	Warning. The above post contains 82% ZING and should not be approached without appropriate safety goggles.(, Fri 27 Jan 2012, 16:23, Reply)
 I enjoy thinking about things, and trying to solve problems.
	I enjoy thinking about things, and trying to solve problems.The end result is secondary to the process. Think of it as a form of mental masturbation, I don't see any problem with it.
(, Fri 27 Jan 2012, 16:32, Reply)
 I wasn't trying to be mean, I think it's good that you're thinking about it
	I wasn't trying to be mean, I think it's good that you're thinking about itIt's quite an interesting topic. A lot of the leachate is just recirculated within the landfill to keep the temperature down.
(, Fri 27 Jan 2012, 16:40, Reply)
 Same as.
	Same as.And my clients smell of BO.
Seriously, all the windows are opened, and it stinks of stale sweat.
(, Fri 27 Jan 2012, 15:20, Reply)
 like my cab driver this morning
	like my cab driver this morningAND he was late
AND he went a stupid way
AND he nearly crashed into a van at trafalgar square
AND AND AND he INSISTED on CHATTING TO ME the WHOLE WAY THERE.
i hate that. i want to put my ipod on and daydream, thank you.
(, Fri 27 Jan 2012, 15:26, Reply)
 Take the Tube, and meet some proper smellies.
	Take the Tube, and meet some proper smellies.Or take a Boris Bike. If they haven't all been nicked.
(, Fri 27 Jan 2012, 15:29, Reply)
 Not worth nicking.
	Not worth nicking.I've occasionally cast a speculative eye over them and day-dreamed about making one decent but, presumably intentionally, they have very few 'normal' parts and you cant really make them anything other than what they are; heavy, slow, practical, uncool city bikes.
for £50 I could and have got an old rahleigh that does all that and has at least some style to it.
(, Fri 27 Jan 2012, 15:41, Reply)
 you've never seen me doing anything
	you've never seen me doing anythingand nor will you, so you'll just have to imagine.
(, Fri 27 Jan 2012, 15:47, Reply)
 Yo' DAWG, I got Yo' village bike a boris bike so she can get her bike in while she's getting her bike on !
	Yo' DAWG, I got Yo' village bike a boris bike so she can get her bike in while she's getting her bike on !(, Fri 27 Jan 2012, 16:47, Reply)
 my business partner joe: hey quinten, do you think we should call pete to offer condolences on his wife losing her baby last week?
	my business partner joe: hey quinten, do you think we should call pete to offer condolences on his wife losing her baby last week?me:
Tricky: don't worry about it, it'll be in the last place she looks
(, Fri 27 Jan 2012, 15:30, Reply)
 what an horrific thing to say about someone having a miscarriage
	what an horrific thing to say about someone having a miscarriageshame on you
(, Fri 27 Jan 2012, 15:51, Reply)
 Leave a coathanger and one of those tiny £2 bottles of gin in her draw.
	Leave a coathanger and one of those tiny £2 bottles of gin in her draw.(, Fri 27 Jan 2012, 16:45, Reply)
 What's the most impressive/your favourite tourist attraction you've ever seen in the UK?
	What's the most impressive/your favourite tourist attraction you've ever seen in the UK?Alt: What is the shittest? I've never been, but Madame Tussauds looks epically shit and costs a fucking fortune.
I think the British Museum is hard to beat.
(, Fri 27 Jan 2012, 15:48, Reply)
 Madame Tussauds is shit, as is the London Eye
	Madame Tussauds is shit, as is the London EyeI like Alton Towers, science museum, the tate modern and that place with all the war planes and shit.
(, Fri 27 Jan 2012, 15:50, Reply)
 It's a top-notch castle but the way it's run seems a little cheesy.
	It's a top-notch castle but the way it's run seems a little cheesy.(, Fri 27 Jan 2012, 15:51, Reply)
 It's been years, just remember that I enjoyed it.
	It's been years, just remember that I enjoyed it. Another worst: The Whisky experience near Edinburgh castle. So shit I spent about half the time nearly crying with laughter at how shit it was, which made it worth the money.
(, Fri 27 Jan 2012, 15:53, Reply)
 Dunstanburgh Castle near Amble was good
	Dunstanburgh Castle near Amble was goodI bought the kids foam swords. This turned out to be NOT A GOOD IDEA
(, Fri 27 Jan 2012, 16:17, Reply)
 Has it got to be the UK?
	Has it got to be the UK?I went to the shittest wax museum ever in Barcelona, but I would advise everybody to visit it. I almost died laughing. Bill Clinton was exactly Jimmy Durante, for example. And the Fairytale section was a fucking terrifying experience.
(, Fri 27 Jan 2012, 15:51, Reply)
 It has, yes.
	It has, yes.I don't give a fuck about sunrises over the Taj Ma-fucking-hal or what have you.
(, Fri 27 Jan 2012, 15:52, Reply)
 Alright, Lake fucking Vyrnwy
	Alright, Lake fucking VyrnwyMy dad took us there. The Dambusters was filmed there and it's where Liverpool gets its water supply.
(, Fri 27 Jan 2012, 15:57, Reply)
 So everyone should go there and piss in it?
	So everyone should go there and piss in it?When you finally move up to scotchland, you should go on a day out to The Whisky experience, it's honestly the shittest thing you've ever seen.
(, Fri 27 Jan 2012, 16:00, Reply)
 The Northwich Salt Museum.
	The Northwich Salt Museum.Seriously, devoted to salt and salt like issues.
(, Fri 27 Jan 2012, 15:52, Reply)
 I leave it to your imagination mate.
	I leave it to your imagination mate.How interested are you in salt?
(, Fri 27 Jan 2012, 15:55, Reply)
 Quite a lot if I'm honest.
	Quite a lot if I'm honest.Enough to have bought this: www.amazon.com/Salt-World-History-Mark-Kurlansky/dp/0142001619
(, Fri 27 Jan 2012, 16:00, Reply)
 I've driven past that loads of times!
	I've driven past that loads of times!Never quite been tempted though
(, Fri 27 Jan 2012, 16:01, Reply)
 York Minster.  Salisbury Cathedral.
	York Minster.  Salisbury Cathedral.  Walking the wall in York.
National Railway Museum.
All great.
Tower of London - gash.
(, Fri 27 Jan 2012, 15:52, Reply)
 I did 6 months contracting there
	I did 6 months contracting thereit was mostly flooded at the time. Still very nice though.
(, Fri 27 Jan 2012, 16:04, Reply)
 York is fucking cool
	York is fucking coolMy favourite place for a daytime wander/pint-a-thon
(, Fri 27 Jan 2012, 16:02, Reply)
 Shell Grotto
	Shell Grotto in Margate is both shit and impressive at the same time, like a pikey version of the catacombs of Paris
(, Fri 27 Jan 2012, 15:57, Reply)
 I've not been back to Stonhenge since you can walk amongst the stones again.
	I've not been back to Stonhenge since you can walk amongst the stones again.Am v keen to do that asap. Last time I went was in the 80s, to see how close we could get on Midsummer's eve, without getting turned back by the police. It was a like an annual sporting event in the grubby cunt community.
(, Fri 27 Jan 2012, 15:59, Reply)
 Yep. That's the only reason I'm running 26.2 miles, so I get free entry.
	Yep. That's the only reason I'm running 26.2 miles, so I get free entry.I don't know if it would be easier to just pay the entry fee, since it costs £25 to register for the marathon. But I reckon I'll drink that much lucozade so I'll break even.
(, Fri 27 Jan 2012, 16:08, Reply)
 I entered a Marathon the other day.
	I entered a Marathon the other day.  I got peanuts all over my dick.
(, Fri 27 Jan 2012, 16:11, Reply)
 HAHAHAHA!
	HAHAHAHA!You are LITERALLY the first person I have ever seen make a joke based on the fact that the old name for a snickers is the same as that of a long distance running event.
(, Fri 27 Jan 2012, 16:13, Reply)
 Have you considered a career in stand up?
	Have you considered a career in stand up?Monty will be impressed with your act, he can't stand up without his helper these days due to him being such a senile old bellend.
(, Fri 27 Jan 2012, 16:16, Reply)
 He's so senile, every time he orders his food at Needoo
	He's so senile, every time he orders his food at Needoohe thinks it's all for him. And the waiters have to help spoon it into his mouth because he can't use cutlery anymore.
(, Fri 27 Jan 2012, 16:19, Reply)
 It looked OK, does that help?
	It looked OK, does that help?I was being talked dirty to via mobile phone by my ex-girlfriend and had a stonk on so hard that it nearly steered the car itself
(, Fri 27 Jan 2012, 16:12, Reply)
 I'm off to Newgrange in a couple of weeks, ent been there since skweel
	I'm off to Newgrange in a couple of weeks, ent been there since skweel(, Fri 27 Jan 2012, 16:10, Reply)
 That's on my 'must see' list - as is the stuff in the Orkneys.
	That's on my 'must see' list - as is the stuff in the Orkneys.Some incredible things being uncovered up by the Ring of Brodgar at the moment.
(, Fri 27 Jan 2012, 16:11, Reply)
 Def worth a gawp, leave till after April though as they don't open up some of the Brú na Bóinne complex till then
	Def worth a gawp, leave till after April though as they don't open up some of the Brú na Bóinne complex till thenThe Burren should be included, and there's plenty on the Ventry peninsula
(, Fri 27 Jan 2012, 16:17, Reply)
 Gotcha.
	Gotcha.If I actually get it together I shall be asking you again, I fear.
(, Fri 27 Jan 2012, 16:19, Reply)
 Alt: A number of years ago, the ex and I went to a teddy bear museum.
	Alt: A number of years ago, the ex and I went to a teddy bear museum.She was into the Steiff ones at the time. Anyway, the museum turned out to be a creepy old woman's front room, stuffed to the fucking gills with ratty old bears and the tour consisted of her telling us how Clive, the dark brown moth-eaten old cunt at the back, had been put there because he'd got into the biscuit tin again.
Completely barking fucking mad, she was.
And so was the owner of the museum LOL
(, Fri 27 Jan 2012, 16:11, Reply)
 I had a similar experience
	I had a similar experienceat Gnome World on the A303.
It's not as exciting as it sounds, just hundreds of gnomes in a caravan site.
(, Fri 27 Jan 2012, 16:13, Reply)
 It's in Cornwall so it's a fair shlep.
	It's in Cornwall so it's a fair shlep.  Summer camping bash in Cornwall?
(, Fri 27 Jan 2012, 16:24, Reply)
 Fuck that, man!
	Fuck that, man!Sell your flat and buy a fixed berth there. Money woes solved and GNOMES!
(, Fri 27 Jan 2012, 16:36, Reply)
 They have traditional scrumpy.
	They have traditional scrumpy.Gnomes, caravans and scrumpy. Sounding better.
(, Fri 27 Jan 2012, 16:43, Reply)
 I am a compulsive and rather vocal onanist.
	I am a compulsive and rather vocal onanist.I think my own tent might be best.
(, Fri 27 Jan 2012, 16:50, Reply)
 I suppose her curling out one onto his coffee table doesn't count?
	I suppose her curling out one onto his coffee table doesn't count?(, Fri 27 Jan 2012, 16:20, Reply)
 Suddenly the peanut brittle they were making on TV last night doesn't appeal as much
	Suddenly the peanut brittle they were making on TV last night doesn't appeal as much(, Fri 27 Jan 2012, 16:22, Reply)
 Fucking Hell 38 Degrees really are a bunch of pretensious cunts aren't they.
	Fucking Hell 38 Degrees really are a bunch of pretensious cunts aren't they."Dear Superfly with a badger gonna GIT your al sucka!!!!,
Have you seen the news today? Stephen Hester, chief of the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), has been awarded a bonus worth £1 million. [1]
We’ve already had to bail RBS out to the tune of billions of pounds. Since then, it's failed to meet small business lending targets set by the government. [2] Now, we’re expected to cough up £1 million to reward the chief executive for good work.
Politicians have failed to stop RBS awarding this bonus to Stephen Hester. Today, lots of them are speaking out, asking him to refuse to accept the money. [3] If we all add our names to a huge petition telling Stephen Hester to refuse his bonus, we can shame him into doing the right thing."
I've now unsubscribed.
(, Fri 27 Jan 2012, 16:15, Reply)
 The best thing about them is
	The best thing about them isTHERE'S 38 OF THEM!!!11!!!!!11111111!!!!!!!!11111
(, Fri 27 Jan 2012, 16:22, Reply)
 a leftwing pressure group who appear to comprise a bunch of prentious cunts
	a leftwing pressure group who appear to comprise a bunch of prentious cuntswho invite as much scorn as the idiots on the Daily Mail website.
(, Fri 27 Jan 2012, 16:22, Reply)
 I signed their petition against the NHS reforms, but then they kept asking me for money and to sign other wanky petitions.
	I signed their petition against the NHS reforms, but then they kept asking me for money and to sign other wanky petitions.(, Fri 27 Jan 2012, 16:27, Reply)
 Oh god yes, not a week goes by where they're not begging about something I dont' give the slightest shit about
	Oh god yes, not a week goes by where they're not begging about something I dont' give the slightest shit about(, Fri 27 Jan 2012, 16:42, Reply)
 Awwww, have you forgotten how to read again?
	Awwww, have you forgotten how to read again?Don't worry Monty, lusty will be along soon to change your adult nappy.
(, Fri 27 Jan 2012, 16:46, Reply)
 GRRrRRR
	GRRrRRRI am a grumpy cloud. Gas place not answering my call, I don't know if that's an engaged noise or a 'we're closed, now fuck off' noise. I need some fucking gas to make my house warm. Also, why the fuck has my house phone stopped working? Also my knee hurts because I've had to walk funny all day because my shoe is broken and I don't have any other shoes.
(, Fri 27 Jan 2012, 17:37, Reply)
 worst thing is I took the pigs over yesterday
	worst thing is I took the pigs over yesterdayand now there's no heating for them - I don't think guinea pigs come with wilderness skills.
How's you?
(, Fri 27 Jan 2012, 17:43, Reply)
 I imagine the Nombie Apocalypse is here
	I imagine the Nombie Apocalypse is hereand you're going to have to LARP yourself to safety.
(, Fri 27 Jan 2012, 17:47, Reply)
 Jesting aside I always have one of those electric blow heater things in case of gas-related emergency.
	Jesting aside I always have one of those electric blow heater things in case of gas-related emergency.(, Fri 27 Jan 2012, 17:48, Reply)
 that would be useful information if you lived in south wales
	that would be useful information if you lived in south walesI'd raid your house. As it is you live in an urban hellhole. So, thanks for basically telling me that your house is warmer than mine
(, Fri 27 Jan 2012, 17:50, Reply)
 *arms self with sword, shield, crossbow and terrible over-acting skills*
	*arms self with sword, shield, crossbow and terrible over-acting skills*OK, I'm ready
(, Fri 27 Jan 2012, 17:49, Reply)
 The Hunterian Museum looks good
	The Hunterian Museum looks goodwww.rcseng.ac.uk/museums/
If only because they have the Bishop of Durham's rectum.
www.guardian.co.uk/education/2010/apr/27/improbable-research-bishop-durham
(, Fri 27 Jan 2012, 18:37, Reply)
« Go Back | Reply To This »

