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 Evening Thread!
	Evening Thread!I summon you, b3th! I someone you, Jeff! I summon you, CQ!
I summon all those who would waste their evening discussing their tea on here!
I summon all those who would post youtube links to things other people probably don't care about!
THIS IS YOUR TIME
(, Mon 26 Mar 2012, 18:44, 172 replies, latest was 14 years ago)
 Woo hoo!
	Woo hoo!Someone wants me!
by teh way, cavy: Jeff is being a pansy and has decided to go to a wedding or something equally bent on July 14th. so we either do without him or reschedule. is there another date you would like?
I'm quite close to just cancelling it. I think there was only you and me going anyway.
(, Mon 26 Mar 2012, 18:46, Reply)
 different date, perhaps?
	different date, perhaps?As long as it's a weekend that isn't a larp event or something I'm fine with it
(, Mon 26 Mar 2012, 18:51, Reply)
 sounds fine to me
	sounds fine to meI think you need some kind of USP to drag in the punters
(, Mon 26 Mar 2012, 18:54, Reply)
 You mean
	You meanmore than the fact that we'll be there?
EDIT: there's this
(, Mon 26 Mar 2012, 18:57, Reply)
 um...possibly
	um...possiblyIt's your bash, perhaps you should promise to get your boobs out, or snog the 10th person to sign up or something
(, Mon 26 Mar 2012, 18:59, Reply)
 Hold the fucking train man, I've signed up and everything, say it aint true :((
	Hold the fucking train man, I've signed up and everything, say it aint true :(((, Mon 26 Mar 2012, 19:13, Reply)
 wecould make big sand sculptured cocks!
	wecould make big sand sculptured cocks!oh :( but the 1st weekend is a big larp event, the second is my friend's birthday do.
(, Mon 26 Mar 2012, 19:02, Reply)
 Nah, I give up.
	Nah, I give up.The only ones signed up who were definitely going were the two of us.
You can come to Weston any time, and I'll take you round the seafront.
(, Mon 26 Mar 2012, 19:06, Reply)
 aww man
	aww manpeople seem allergic to go further west than bristol. I suspect one to the pier round here would get even less response...possibly as far as people not even on b3ta turning it down just in case they were asked. Even with the monkey with tits
(, Mon 26 Mar 2012, 19:09, Reply)
 I'm here, waiting for my venison burgers to grill.
	I'm here, waiting for my venison burgers to grill.I has goats cheese to.
(, Mon 26 Mar 2012, 19:17, Reply)
 Gets boring very quickly.
	Gets boring very quickly. There's not that many words and the ticker stops going over when you reach round 99.
(, Mon 26 Mar 2012, 19:23, Reply)
 If I had anything to do there's no way in hell I'd watch it.
	If I had anything to do there's no way in hell I'd watch it. In fact I still might not. As soon as they go two up I'm turning off.
(, Mon 26 Mar 2012, 19:56, Reply)
 Why don't you entertain your neighbours with really loud music again?
	Why don't you entertain your neighbours with really loud music again?(, Mon 26 Mar 2012, 20:49, Reply)
 Because I'm a nice person.
	Because I'm a nice person.I'm gonna go round there tomorrow and talk to them.
(, Mon 26 Mar 2012, 20:50, Reply)
 Tea?
	Tea?I've got spicy kale and tomato with turnip chips and garlic mushrooms. It is surprisingly nice for something I made.
/fascinating
(, Mon 26 Mar 2012, 19:41, Reply)
 I'm making a nice curry
	I'm making a nice curryDid all the cooking myself and everything. I'm very proud.
i can't do the rice though. My rice always comes out clumpy.
(, Mon 26 Mar 2012, 19:47, Reply)
 Try draining any leftover coconut milk into the rice
	Try draining any leftover coconut milk into the ricethen turn the heat off, stir it up real good like and put a lid on so it suffuses the rice in the residual heat.
(, Mon 26 Mar 2012, 20:09, Reply)
 Nah, I just leave that shit to the boss.
	Nah, I just leave that shit to the boss.He does nice fluffy rice.
And I didn't make the *whole* curry from ingredients. There may have been a jar of sauce involved.
But I'm learning. One day I might be domesticated.
have you recovered from your big dance thingy yet?
(, Mon 26 Mar 2012, 20:11, Reply)
 I'm doing surprisingly well at not being bitter, thank you for asking :-)
	I'm doing surprisingly well at not being bitter, thank you for asking :-)(, Mon 26 Mar 2012, 20:20, Reply)
 those pictures were well cool
	those pictures were well coolyou look like you lapped up the attention
(, Mon 26 Mar 2012, 20:23, Reply)
 I'm available for all weddings, birthdays, funerals, bar mitzvahs, I've got no shame
	I'm available for all weddings, birthdays, funerals, bar mitzvahs, I've got no shameI was thinking of the moniker DJ 'Dangerous Steve'
(, Mon 26 Mar 2012, 20:28, Reply)
 You could spend your Saturday nights playing to a single-figure audience on the world's best internet radio station, o*en*ecksr*dio.com!
	You could spend your Saturday nights playing to a single-figure audience on the world's best internet radio station, o*en*ecksr*dio.com!(, Mon 26 Mar 2012, 20:38, Reply)
 I heard chicks really dig internet dj's with no audience figures and an inability to wash, clean, or leave the bedroom for weeks at a time
	I heard chicks really dig internet dj's with no audience figures and an inability to wash, clean, or leave the bedroom for weeks at a timeGazzing chicks to reinforce what a success in life you are also seems to work it's trick and all
(, Mon 26 Mar 2012, 20:56, Reply)
 Pissing, whining and deleting threads when you get as good as you give is a definite fanny magnet too.
	Pissing, whining and deleting threads when you get as good as you give is a definite fanny magnet too.(, Mon 26 Mar 2012, 21:01, Reply)
 Constantly reminding someone that you've fucked their missus is in no way a manifestation of an underlying sociopathic nature, chicks dig that shit an all
	Constantly reminding someone that you've fucked their missus is in no way a manifestation of an underlying sociopathic nature, chicks dig that shit an all(, Mon 26 Mar 2012, 21:04, Reply)
 I don't know what any of this means, if only Bella was here
	I don't know what any of this means, if only Bella was herewww.avoiceformen.com/feminism/study-reveals-female-rape-victims-enjoyed-the-experience/
(, Mon 26 Mar 2012, 21:08, Reply)
 It won't last five minutes, she's been known to delete mere statements of inconvenient truths, never mind red rags like that article.
	It won't last five minutes, she's been known to delete mere statements of inconvenient truths, never mind red rags like that article.(, Mon 26 Mar 2012, 21:14, Reply)
 She's no fun
	She's no funWe didn't delete her posts about having 5 periods at once and god knows that was more of a red rag than anything
(, Mon 26 Mar 2012, 21:15, Reply)
 I KNOW!!!
	I KNOW!!!Mind you, it was a reference to one example of her actual real-life behaviour, so that probably got up her nose as it couldn't just be dismissed as "misogyny".
(, Mon 26 Mar 2012, 21:17, Reply)
 God almighty.
	God almighty.That site is as much of a train wreck as the raving feminist ones, if not more so.
(, Mon 26 Mar 2012, 21:13, Reply)
 I had a pizza express Sloppy Giuseppe
	I had a pizza express Sloppy Giuseppe(it's a pizza not a sexual act)
As they were 2+side for £5 in Sainsburys. I chopped up a chili and added it for extra yum, and had a giant dollop of coleslaw (my chosen side).
I may have put the kibosh on my London job chances by asking for more money than I originally asked for. The recruiter is worried, anyway. We shall see...
(, Mon 26 Mar 2012, 20:05, Reply)
 i guess the HR bods are the ones with their hand on the purse strings.
	i guess the HR bods are the ones with their hand on the purse strings.But if everyone else liked you, it could still go in your favour.
Fingers crossed, anyway.
(, Mon 26 Mar 2012, 20:08, Reply)
 What sort of percentage increase are you asking?
	What sort of percentage increase are you asking?May not be a bad thing if it's a realistic assessment of your intrinsic value - depends on the going rate for your thing in your area.
Also - evenin' all.
(, Mon 26 Mar 2012, 20:12, Reply)
 I originally said I'd be ok with a range x to x+5k
	I originally said I'd be ok with a range x to x+5k(apparently, I'd forgotten I said that) but when talking to the HR lady I said X+5k to X+10k.
Recruiter thinks around X+5k is the most they'd pay and they might consider me greedy. It was, I admit, a clumsyish ruse to make sure I got X+5 rather than X.
(, Mon 26 Mar 2012, 20:21, Reply)
 Everything is circumstantial
	Everything is circumstantialWere you being dogmatic or flexibile with your request?
(, Mon 26 Mar 2012, 20:24, Reply)
 Flexible I think
	Flexible I thinkI said I'm obviously prepared to negotiate - and listed some factors like relocation and my current good pension vs their no pension - but I'm thinking of X+5k to X+10k.
So it may all work out, or they might go with somebody else on that basis alone. I think I passed on all the other criteria.
(, Mon 26 Mar 2012, 20:29, Reply)
 It's a long time (10 years plus in a far softer market) since I did any recruiting
	It's a long time (10 years plus in a far softer market) since I did any recruitingBut in those days we'd look at skills first, look at what we'd pay for the ability and slap the best candidate down to an acceptable pay bracket regardless of what they were asking.
Things are probably different now.
(, Mon 26 Mar 2012, 20:36, Reply)
 Evening benders!
	Evening benders!I've got dinner in the oven, and my ironing done.
(, Mon 26 Mar 2012, 20:19, Reply)
 You've got...shit....
	You've got...shit...."Runs downstairs, gets shirts out of oven and retrieves congealing pie from ironing board."
(, Mon 26 Mar 2012, 20:22, Reply)
 Hello children
	Hello childrenI'm home for "top model". It gets no better than this.....
(, Mon 26 Mar 2012, 20:42, Reply)
 I worked with a lass who's cousin won the first series of Model Behaviour, or whatever it was called.
	I worked with a lass who's cousin won the first series of Model Behaviour, or whatever it was called.It was on Channel 4. This was about nine or ten years ago.
(, Mon 26 Mar 2012, 20:49, Reply)
 It's tyra that makes this so watchable
	It's tyra that makes this so watchableShe is such a solid gold fuckwit!
(, Mon 26 Mar 2012, 20:52, Reply)
 The girl that won was called Camilla, if memory serves.
	The girl that won was called Camilla, if memory serves.And she was entered as a bit of a wildcard (not THAT kind of entered, you filthy perverts.) Northern, too.
*edit* yep, she was news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/tv_film/newsid_2483000/2483445.stm
(, Mon 26 Mar 2012, 20:54, Reply)
 She had a good work ethic, apparently.
	She had a good work ethic, apparently.All the other contenders would turn up to shoots and bitch and complain about what they had to do, but she just got on with it.
(, Mon 26 Mar 2012, 21:09, Reply)
 Couple more interviews tomorrow and Wednesday, Jeff.
	Couple more interviews tomorrow and Wednesday, Jeff.I'm assuming last week's was unsuccessful due to lack of hearing anything.
(, Mon 26 Mar 2012, 21:00, Reply)
 I love it when companies do that.
	I love it when companies do that.I mean, after I've made the effort to apply and turn up, why would I be the slightest bit interested in how I did?
Benders.
(, Mon 26 Mar 2012, 21:04, Reply)
 They did say they'd only contact the successful applicant by Friday.
	They did say they'd only contact the successful applicant by Friday.But yeah, I know what you mean. There were only seven candidates an' all.
(, Mon 26 Mar 2012, 21:08, Reply)
 I once went for an interview in June
	I once went for an interview in JuneHeard nothing and got another job.
In December they wrote to me (at my old address, 150 miles away) asking when I could start.
(, Mon 26 Mar 2012, 21:16, Reply)
 That's excellent.
	That's excellent.That sounds like teh sort of well-organised company you'd do well to work for.
(, Mon 26 Mar 2012, 21:19, Reply)
 It was with Independent Insurance
	It was with Independent InsuranceWho crashed very spectacularly not long afterwards.
(, Mon 26 Mar 2012, 21:22, Reply)
 Good luck with those!
	Good luck with those!Are you interested in doing either of the jobs, or is it just a case of hoping to get something until something else turns up?
(, Mon 26 Mar 2012, 21:38, Reply)
 And anyway
	And anywayI'm suffering from hayfever already and it's only March.
What is the world coming to etc.? Death etc. End of civilisation etc. Rise of Bon Jovi as acceptable musical combo etc.
EDIT - and the end of Game, which will lead to hoards of inadequates being thrust upon the labour market.
(, Mon 26 Mar 2012, 21:31, Reply)
 I expect that the game message boards will be full of that tonight.
	I expect that the game message boards will be full of that tonight.(, Mon 26 Mar 2012, 21:43, Reply)
 I'm not sure why it has come as a surprise to people.
	I'm not sure why it has come as a surprise to people.The high street can't compete with Amazon/Play and other online retailers.
(, Mon 26 Mar 2012, 21:44, Reply)
 I don't do games
	I don't do gamesBut I do books - I love the concept of bookshops but I can buy books online and I suppose it's the same.
(, Mon 26 Mar 2012, 21:46, Reply)
 I'd rather buy records in a shop than online
	I'd rather buy records in a shop than onlineEven if it meant paying slightly more.
Sadly that isn't an option.
(, Mon 26 Mar 2012, 21:48, Reply)
 Either way there are still no record shops here
	Either way there are still no record shops hereUnless I go to Birmingham.
(, Mon 26 Mar 2012, 21:55, Reply)
 I don't do so bad up here near Leeds
	I don't do so bad up here near LeedsBut there isn't the old choice of record shops there was.
(, Mon 26 Mar 2012, 21:51, Reply)
 I think I'm the only person out of everyone I know that isn't at the Drake gig at the O2 tonight.
	I think I'm the only person out of everyone I know that isn't at the Drake gig at the O2 tonight. I would quite like to be there.
(, Mon 26 Mar 2012, 21:41, Reply)
 I doubt it, besides all the guys and girls I know going it'll be full of sixteen year old lasses and South London 'geezers'.
	I doubt it, besides all the guys and girls I know going it'll be full of sixteen year old lasses and South London 'geezers'.(, Mon 26 Mar 2012, 21:44, Reply)
 It's the people I know going and Drake playing that would make it good.
	It's the people I know going and Drake playing that would make it good. Basically I'm pining for home.
(, Mon 26 Mar 2012, 21:45, Reply)
 Still on my own, been on me todd since Tuesday. Don't go home til Wednesday.
	Still on my own, been on me todd since Tuesday. Don't go home til Wednesday.Boredom doesn't cover it.
(, Mon 26 Mar 2012, 21:48, Reply)
 I'd take Ian Huntley for a pint at this moment in time.
	I'd take Ian Huntley for a pint at this moment in time.We've just been robbed at Old Trafford.
(, Mon 26 Mar 2012, 21:55, Reply)
 i seem to remember
	i seem to rememberIan Huntley sorted out those two Man Utd players that time.
You know, the two little ones with the long hair.
(, Mon 26 Mar 2012, 22:00, Reply)
 Oddly.
	Oddly.I wrote something similar and decided against posting it. YOU SICKO.
(, Mon 26 Mar 2012, 22:02, Reply)
 I'm tired.
	I'm tired.I've been doing stuff and exercising and whatnot.
What 'ya doin' tomorrow?
(, Mon 26 Mar 2012, 22:04, Reply)
 I have some plans I need to start putting into action
	I have some plans I need to start putting into actionotherwise I'll still be sat here in a year's time, doing fuck all.
(, Mon 26 Mar 2012, 22:06, Reply)
 Set some short, medium and long
	Set some short, medium and longTerm targets. Little steps and all that.
(, Mon 26 Mar 2012, 22:17, Reply)
 I don't know this new Drake.
	I don't know this new Drake.I'm not complacent, I like new music.
Barry - link to Drake please.
(, Mon 26 Mar 2012, 21:49, Reply)
 Hmm he has mentioned one or two alright bands
	Hmm he has mentioned one or two alright bandsBut I had a bad experience clicking his links one night, where every one took me to something extremely bent.
(, Mon 26 Mar 2012, 21:57, Reply)
 I was going to give him one more chance when I get to the end of this record
	I was going to give him one more chance when I get to the end of this recordThst sounds like you are not recommending that link?
(, Mon 26 Mar 2012, 22:10, Reply)
 It's not my normal thing at all, in fact it's the only thing in this sort of genre I come close to liking.
	It's not my normal thing at all, in fact it's the only thing in this sort of genre I come close to liking. Very mainstream, but easy listening all the same
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hF_uSkcQX_4
(, Mon 26 Mar 2012, 21:55, Reply)
 Yeah, not bad thanks.
	Yeah, not bad thanks. Got a number of chores done, now reading various sports pages.
(, Mon 26 Mar 2012, 21:47, Reply)
 Evenin'
	Evenin'I must stop reading Private Eye - I end up all irate about bankers and politicians.
Someone post a kitten.
(, Mon 26 Mar 2012, 22:00, Reply)
 Evening Tangles
	Evening TanglesI tried that takeaway - simple keema mattar & chapattis - superb stuff!!
(, Mon 26 Mar 2012, 22:09, Reply)
 Good stuff!
	Good stuff!He is a genius of a chef and it is well worth working your way through the menu.
(, Mon 26 Mar 2012, 22:12, Reply)
 I fully intend to!
	I fully intend to!Never mind the damage to my waistline! Thanks for the heads up. How's you?
(, Mon 26 Mar 2012, 22:15, Reply)
 You're very welcome.
	You're very welcome.I'm tired and ready to hit it the sack as soon as the needle hits the run out groove of this record.
You?
(, Mon 26 Mar 2012, 22:17, Reply)
 Kinda good so far
	Kinda good so farBut this change of hour really buggers me up by the end of the week -I'll be off to bed soon too - cuppa tea first! Damn I live a rock 'n' roll lifestyle.
(, Mon 26 Mar 2012, 22:20, Reply)
 Feel like I ought to go to bed
	Feel like I ought to go to bedBut I've no work until tomorrow afternoon so I also feel like staying up.
Expect I'll be on my own on here though.
(, Mon 26 Mar 2012, 22:28, Reply)
 I'm torn between wandering to the offie and going to bed
	I'm torn between wandering to the offie and going to bedBed is easier and cheaper.
(, Mon 26 Mar 2012, 22:34, Reply)
 OK, Sisters of Mercy reference aside, who the buggery flip are you?
	OK, Sisters of Mercy reference aside, who the buggery flip are you?(, Mon 26 Mar 2012, 23:04, Reply)
 If you are really Monty, you're doing a very good not posting like him at all routine.
	If you are really Monty, you're doing a very good not posting like him at all routine.(, Mon 26 Mar 2012, 23:07, Reply)
 Having two accounts of faux-grumpy drug-addled drivel would be pointless
	Having two accounts of faux-grumpy drug-addled drivel would be pointlessPlus, I wasn't getting enough attention
(, Mon 26 Mar 2012, 23:09, Reply)
 As if.
	As if.I'm off to bed as I need to be relatively fresh tomorrow and I slept for about four hours last night.
(, Mon 26 Mar 2012, 23:24, Reply)
 Christ promised resurrection of the dead…
	Christ promised resurrection of the dead… I just thought he had something a little different in mind
(, Mon 26 Mar 2012, 23:50, Reply)
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