Thursday Night!
Yay!

A new QOTW is upon us, but for anyone also finding time to be off-topic, do come in...


( thealternativefact, Thu 7 Aug 2008, 19:30, 162 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

I've actually been able to come up with some QOTW posts this week.
But it's nice here, isn't it?
( thealternativefact, Thu 7 Aug 2008, 19:31, Reply)

I'm making gingerbread
for tomorrow.
I'm just off down the shop to see if I can find jelly tots to use as boobies! (Not for me, for the gingerbread)
( wanderlust, Thu 7 Aug 2008, 19:45, Reply)

Hello!
It's 0146 and I'm awake. Oh yea, oh yea, oh yea*

* - Ed MAY be wasted also.
(Eds Meds Mathskillz=1,Socialskillz=0, Thu 7 Aug 2008, 19:46, Reply)

Hahahhaaha
I think this QOTW might have been designed for some of the veterinary horror stories I could post. Will check my diary and see what stories I can tweak to retain client confidentiality and post at the weekend.

Hello all, *hugs Clendrix*
I may be a little tipsy from wine consumed earlier :)
( fuck shit up the best you never had, Thu 7 Aug 2008, 19:47, Reply)

*Hugs*
for becky!

EDIT: the website will be updated soon ...
(Eds Meds Mathskillz=1,Socialskillz=0, Thu 7 Aug 2008, 19:48, Reply)

Hi
I have a big hot steaming cup of tea and some Green and Black's milk chocolate.


All I need is sex and I'd be as happy as a pig in shit.
( girlinthehole, Thu 7 Aug 2008, 19:49, Reply)

'ning all
Glad to see that some people are about.
( Mrs Entity is in hiding., Thu 7 Aug 2008, 19:49, Reply)

@Mrs Liveinabin
I see you've added your gorgeous mug to your profile.

Isn't it a relief to see that everyone on here is as cute as a button.
( girlinthehole, Thu 7 Aug 2008, 19:51, Reply)

Evening teacher!
How was non-school today?
(Eds Meds Mathskillz=1,Socialskillz=0, Thu 7 Aug 2008, 19:51, Reply)

Hello
Feeling slightly scarred after hot water splashed in my face while I was making tea. It looks like a really big spot.
(Pretty strangers and promises, Thu 7 Aug 2008, 19:51, Reply)

Hello lovelies
How can you drink hot chocolate in this weather? It's too humid and sticky.

*agrees*
Mrs Liveinabin is very gorgeous :)

Edit: Pretty strangers, ouch. No creams, just lots of cold water on it and it'll heal fine :)

Edit2: Looking forward to seeing it Ed :)

Edit3: Bollocks I jsut read Green and blacks as hot chocolate. Ignore me, I'm not very observant today
( fuck shit up the best you never had, Thu 7 Aug 2008, 19:52, Reply)

Hurrah
I looked away, and when I looked back, you'd all arrived!

*belated hugs all round*
( thealternativefact, Thu 7 Aug 2008, 19:55, Reply)

Aww Shucks you guys
Non-school was rather dull.

You know, I've not had his much time off since I was at school myself and I don't know what to do!

I keep baking cakes.
( Mrs Entity is in hiding., Thu 7 Aug 2008, 19:55, Reply)

MrsLiveinabin...
...possible future career as a baker?
(Eds Meds Mathskillz=1,Socialskillz=0, Thu 7 Aug 2008, 19:58, Reply)

Baking
I don't think so.

I did work for Fudges when I was 16 though.
www.fudges.co.uk
( Mrs Entity is in hiding., Thu 7 Aug 2008, 19:59, Reply)

Not
packing I take it?

EDIT: Apologies for the wholly inappropriate joke. I've been in an abundantly celebratory mood tonight!
(Eds Meds Mathskillz=1,Socialskillz=0, Thu 7 Aug 2008, 20:02, Reply)

Arf Arf
No, they are a bakers.

Small company in those days but now they are all fancy like.
( Mrs Entity is in hiding., Thu 7 Aug 2008, 20:03, Reply)

^^Haha
You couldn't stop yourself....could you.
( girlinthehole, Thu 7 Aug 2008, 20:03, Reply)

@BGB
Sorry.

I'm outside the majority of a bottle of red and a G&T to celebrate that the single biggest pain in the ar$e here has been FIRED!

W00t!!
(Eds Meds Mathskillz=1,Socialskillz=0, Thu 7 Aug 2008, 20:05, Reply)

@Ed
Congratulations.


I take it your working life will be considerably more enjoyable now.
( girlinthehole, Thu 7 Aug 2008, 20:07, Reply)

'Ning all!
I had sushi for the first time EVER today, and it was tiny but tasty. I did a lot of filing, except the database went down mid-morning and none of what I scanned got logged :( so I did a lot of data entry instead. Wah.

Still no word from the letting agent and Mr Maladicta is very low :( there are no jobs in Ashford he's capable of doing, apparently.
( Maladicta, Thu 7 Aug 2008, 20:08, Reply)

@Ed
Hurrah, although does that leave a power vacuum to be filled by another up and coming twunt?
( Mrs Entity is in hiding., Thu 7 Aug 2008, 20:08, Reply)

@BGB
Put it this way: I'm going in late tomorrow and chillin' out, leaving before 8pm!
(Eds Meds Mathskillz=1,Socialskillz=0, Thu 7 Aug 2008, 20:08, Reply)

@ Maladicta
please tell me it was decent Sushi and not some shit from the supermarket.
( Mrs Entity is in hiding., Thu 7 Aug 2008, 20:09, Reply)

...
@MrsL - the only up-and-coming twunt is the one I've been working with who knows better than to fcuk around with my models (yes, I know how much I sound like Gollum when I say that)

@Maladicta - great to see that you're still at work, if a bit bored with filing. Is there really zero Mr M could do? Also: was it Yo Sushi or a proper sushi / sashimi restaurant?
(Eds Meds Mathskillz=1,Socialskillz=0, Thu 7 Aug 2008, 20:10, Reply)

I wish we had sushi ooop north.
OMG! just realised I'm in London in a couple of weeks.



Must find sushi restaurant when I'm there.
( girlinthehole, Thu 7 Aug 2008, 20:11, Reply)

Yay, congrats Ed
Mmm...sushi. Reminds me, I'm hungry and need to eat. See you lot later :)
( fuck shit up the best you never had, Thu 7 Aug 2008, 20:11, Reply)

I wish we had a Sushi
restaurant here too.

That said I'm busy watching a thing about the Pacific ocean and fishing and feeling a bit bad.

*remembers is a vegetabist and doesn't eat fish anyway*
( Mrs Entity is in hiding., Thu 7 Aug 2008, 20:16, Reply)

Wooo everyone
Life is good.

*hugs and vaguely inappropriate snogs all round*
( Boss Keloid Got your mother's maiden name tattooed on my arm, Thu 7 Aug 2008, 20:16, Reply)

Hi BK.
Gosh everyone is in a good mood.

To be honest my life is going extremely well at the moment. I'm just waiting for the shit to hit the fan as it can't be this good for much longer.


Can it?
( girlinthehole, Thu 7 Aug 2008, 20:18, Reply)

@BGB
I wonder that myself.
There's a little voice going, "It'll end in tears!"
I'm doing my best to ignore it.
( Boss Keloid Got your mother's maiden name tattooed on my arm, Thu 7 Aug 2008, 20:20, Reply)

@BGB
nononononononononononono!

them's the way to get the wile e coyote suddenly standing in mid-air then gravity takes over moment, please don't tempt fate!
(Eds Meds Mathskillz=1,Socialskillz=0, Thu 7 Aug 2008, 20:21, Reply)

@ BGB
I'm feeling down right depressed if that helps.
( Mrs Entity is in hiding., Thu 7 Aug 2008, 20:21, Reply)

@MrsL
surely there's veggie sushi?
(Eds Meds Mathskillz=1,Socialskillz=0, Thu 7 Aug 2008, 20:21, Reply)

@BGB
As you appear to be a generally nice and fluffy person, yes, it probably can.
(Pretty strangers and promises, Thu 7 Aug 2008, 20:22, Reply)

Aw Miss Bin.
Tell auntie Blouse all about it.

Is it to do with trouble finding work?


Edit - Psap - doesn't always work that way sweetie but I have my fingers crossed : )
( girlinthehole, Thu 7 Aug 2008, 20:23, Reply)

@Mrs L
You see, that I can relate to.
It worries me that I'm happy, like I'm Conga-ing up to a fucking great precipice.

@Pretty Strangers
That was way more constructive than what I said.
Listen to her BGB! She's the wee angel on your shoulder to my devil.
( Boss Keloid Got your mother's maiden name tattooed on my arm, Thu 7 Aug 2008, 20:23, Reply)

Mrs L
What would make you feel better?
(Eds Meds Mathskillz=1,Socialskillz=0, Thu 7 Aug 2008, 20:23, Reply)

There is Vegi Sushi indeed
tamago and inari to name but a few.

Eating in Tokyo at a conveyor belt restaurant was like Russian Roulette.
( Mrs Entity is in hiding., Thu 7 Aug 2008, 20:23, Reply)

Auntie Blouse
The work thing, that's the one.

The real pain is that there is nothing I can do about it until September.

So all I can do is sit here and worry about how I'm going to pay the bills.
( Mrs Entity is in hiding., Thu 7 Aug 2008, 20:25, Reply)

Ah, kaiten sushi!
Not so keen on the octopus when it still has the suckers on it, but will eat the rest!
( thealternativefact, Thu 7 Aug 2008, 20:25, Reply)

Hey clendrix!
I shall love you and leave you with a *flex* cos I'm off to the pub, spring in my step and all! x
( Boss Keloid Got your mother's maiden name tattooed on my arm, Thu 7 Aug 2008, 20:27, Reply)

Miss Bin...this will cheer you up.
I bought some bathroom scales the other day. On the bottom on the scales is reads 1-9v battery. I took that to be 1.9v battery. I have been looking for a 1.9v battery for two days. There is no such thing of course.



I am stooooopid.
( girlinthehole, Thu 7 Aug 2008, 20:27, Reply)

BK
That'll keep me going!
*old-fashioned swoon*
( thealternativefact, Thu 7 Aug 2008, 20:28, Reply)

Well done BGB
Fairly impressive.

Evening all. I put up a shed today. It was fun.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Thu 7 Aug 2008, 20:28, Reply)

@ BGB
All bathroom scales are evil.

They deliberately miss led you there.
( Mrs Entity is in hiding., Thu 7 Aug 2008, 20:29, Reply)

I have resisted the urge to buy scales until now.
I have been judging my weight loss by my belt but I relented the other day : (
( girlinthehole, Thu 7 Aug 2008, 20:31, Reply)

Mine are DEFINATELY about half a stone out.
They keep telling me I'm heavier than I am.
Edit:@Pod: Your life is more exciting than mine, then.
(Pretty strangers and promises, Thu 7 Aug 2008, 20:32, Reply)

I've got some of those ones
which measure your fat% also.

They are truly evil.
( Mrs Entity is in hiding., Thu 7 Aug 2008, 20:33, Reply)

^ The sushi
was from WH Smith in Waterloo station, called Manga. It was lully.

Mr Maladicta is struggling because he's not very well qualified (he hated schol and was bullied a lot, so didn't do anywhere near as well as he could have, so he has a handful of Ds and Es at GCSE) and has only ever worked in retail. He's good with people, very well trained with tills, and enjoys being busy. He is also housetrained.
( Maladicta, Thu 7 Aug 2008, 20:34, Reply)

Fat%measurement
done by passing a small current through the body (i think(?))?
(Eds Meds Mathskillz=1,Socialskillz=0, Thu 7 Aug 2008, 20:34, Reply)

@Maladicta
Mr M = housetrained? Excellent, that's more than can be said for me!
(Eds Meds Mathskillz=1,Socialskillz=0, Thu 7 Aug 2008, 20:36, Reply)

You have to stand on two little metal plates while is sends electricity through you.
it tells you that you're overweight and then that 40% of you is fat.


@ Maladicta
Could he go back to college and redo some of his GCSE's?
I had to retake my maths.
( Mrs Entity is in hiding., Thu 7 Aug 2008, 20:37, Reply)

I don't need fancy shmancy scales to tell me I'm fat.
I can suss that out myself.
( girlinthehole, Thu 7 Aug 2008, 20:40, Reply)

Me too :(
but at least I've got an excuse, I'm burning off 520 miles from the pole to Alert ;)
(Eds Meds Mathskillz=1,Socialskillz=0, Thu 7 Aug 2008, 20:40, Reply)

Cuddly.
That's what we all are...cuddly.
*determined to see mood remain good*
( thealternativefact, Thu 7 Aug 2008, 20:42, Reply)

Yay! Ed...you have photo in profile too.
Yer handsome bugger : )


Eh! what's with this pole business?
( girlinthehole, Thu 7 Aug 2008, 20:43, Reply)

Cuddly
I can do cuddly.

As for Mr M. I too spent a very long time stuck in retail, although I have a degree I have naff all other qualifications. I ended up going to an agency and got an office based job through them. Might be a plan?
( Mrs Entity is in hiding., Thu 7 Aug 2008, 20:45, Reply)

@clendrix
Cuddly is good and I want to stay cuddly.


I just want to lose 1/2 stone so I can be a comfortable size 18 and not a flabby belly hanging over the pants size 18 but it's bloody hard work : (
( girlinthehole, Thu 7 Aug 2008, 20:45, Reply)

@BGB
I'm doing a little walk in the spring :)

Being delivered by a Russian commercial organisation to the geographic north pole and from there walking to the northernmost permanently inhabited settlement on earth (Alert, in Canada).

Oh, and *blushes* - Henry's FAR better looking than me!
(Eds Meds Mathskillz=1,Socialskillz=0, Thu 7 Aug 2008, 20:45, Reply)

Ooooo! Ed
Very exiting.

Wrap up warm : )
( girlinthehole, Thu 7 Aug 2008, 20:47, Reply)

@BGB
I went from a large 18 to a 14 - 16 (more towards the 16 being honest) by eating lunch.
Because I was so stressed though my training I decided that I couldn't cope with remembering to take lunch with me every day. So I had school dinners, including apple crumble and custard!
I then had less for dinner.
( Mrs Entity is in hiding., Thu 7 Aug 2008, 20:50, Reply)

Sounds awesome Ed
Makes me want to go away walking again.

*jealouses*

I'll just stick to the biking for now.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Thu 7 Aug 2008, 20:50, Reply)

Ed
That sounds fantastic!
( Mrs Entity is in hiding., Thu 7 Aug 2008, 20:52, Reply)

@ liveinabin
We've looked into him retaking things lately; it looks kind of pricey though and as we're in the middle of trying to move we may have to put it off till we get settled in Ashford :( it would be good for him; he hates the way his CV looks at the moment. I'm going to have to ask him about agencies, but I don't think he's too keen on the idea, sadly; if it's not going to be regular work to pay the bills we may come unstuck, but the job he's in is literally sending him insane and it's killng me to see it :(
( Maladicta, Thu 7 Aug 2008, 20:53, Reply)

@PoD/BGB/MrsL
Thanks both - you can keep up with expedition prep at duesouth2009 dot com. The aim's to raise £100,000 for three charities as I'm funding the exped costs out of my own pocket.

BGB - believe me I'll be keeping warm! I've done a few long walks in the arctic and antarctic before.

PoD - you'd be welcome to come with me but it's a solo and unsupported trip. I can put you in touch with a friend of mine who organises group trips?

MrsL - thanks, it's been two years in planning and the closer I get to it the scarier it becomes, esp as a couple of weeks ago I was out for a run and gave myself a hurt :( but it's OK now, just being careful and not running more than 8 miles in any one run until i'm properly well.
(Eds Meds Mathskillz=1,Socialskillz=0, Thu 7 Aug 2008, 20:53, Reply)

*wishes she was more active/athletic

(Pretty strangers and promises, Thu 7 Aug 2008, 20:53, Reply)

@ Edmund
That's truly awe-inspiring. I hope it goes really, really well :)
( Maladicta, Thu 7 Aug 2008, 20:57, Reply)

Miss Bin.
It's only because I am old that it's being a bugger to shift.

@Ed - On your own!!!! Woo! Your a brave little soldier : )
( girlinthehole, Thu 7 Aug 2008, 20:59, Reply)

*blushes*
Thanks Ms M. It's the longest single trek I've done and it'll be the last one. As far as I can tell it'll also be a first as well :)
(Eds Meds Mathskillz=1,Socialskillz=0, Thu 7 Aug 2008, 20:59, Reply)

@ Maladicta
I retook my maths at the cost of £120. Which is not cheap but worth the money in my opinion.

The agency I used found me full time work, not temping.
( Mrs Entity is in hiding., Thu 7 Aug 2008, 21:00, Reply)

@ BGB
Don't tell anyone but I'm 33. Not exactly a spring chicken.
( Mrs Entity is in hiding., Thu 7 Aug 2008, 21:02, Reply)

@Mrs L
Don't tell anyone but I'm 38!
(Eds Meds Mathskillz=1,Socialskillz=0, Thu 7 Aug 2008, 21:04, Reply)

^ That's not as bad as some of them I've seen.
We looked into getting his maths and English up to a better standard and one college wanted £800 out of him for a couple of hours a week!

Agencies round these parts haven't been too successful for me; they tend to forget about you after a while, but I think he's willing to take anything that's not his current job :(

*hates not being able to help*
( Maladicta, Thu 7 Aug 2008, 21:05, Reply)

It's ok Ed, I won't tell
but you run and do athletic stuff so age doesn't count.
I try to run, I can do about 2k at the gym but on the road I'm dead after about 2 metres.
( Mrs Entity is in hiding., Thu 7 Aug 2008, 21:07, Reply)

*Feels young*
My boss has just apparently started trying to keep fit, and as a result sprained her ankle at the beginning of the week. That's what exercise will do for you.

Then again, gets a nice adrenaline rush.

Hope I can still do that kinda thing when I'm that age Ed.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Thu 7 Aug 2008, 21:07, Reply)

Doesn't matter Miss Bin
33 is still relatively young. Try losing weight after 40. It's a bloody nightmare unless I starve myself and exercise like a demon which I refuse to do.

Ah well! onwards and upwards.


Edit - I can power walk for miles and miles but can only run for about 10 minutes.


Sorry Miss Bin....just realised it should be Mrs Bin.
( girlinthehole, Thu 7 Aug 2008, 21:07, Reply)

@ Maladicta
This was the local 6th form college that charges £120, and that was for a GCSE.
With the agency I just kept bothering them. They got so fed up with me, but I got a job.
( Mrs Entity is in hiding., Thu 7 Aug 2008, 21:10, Reply)

@MrsL
Where do you run? Is it in the middle of a city or out in the countryside? I try running on the treadmill and it bores me senseless so I always run (slowly - more of a jog than a run, truth be told) on a mix of street circuits and parks. Obviously not an option in the dark for you as a lady!

Edit: Oh, and age TOTALLY counts. I feel buggered after a long run!
(Eds Meds Mathskillz=1,Socialskillz=0, Thu 7 Aug 2008, 21:12, Reply)

@Ed
In the street. I used to go in the morning before work, but I haven't for a while.
( Mrs Entity is in hiding., Thu 7 Aug 2008, 21:14, Reply)

I don't think I have very big lungs......
No giggling at the back there.


I can't get enough oxygen in me to run.
( girlinthehole, Thu 7 Aug 2008, 21:15, Reply)

@MrsL (Mrs?Ms?Miss?)
In the street's good, but maybe running around a park would be good too, plus altering your course so you're not doing the same route all the time might help too?

If you're going to come back to it I can only advise you not to come back too soon - i.e., don't suddenly try to run 5 miles if you've been walking
(Eds Meds Mathskillz=1,Socialskillz=0, Thu 7 Aug 2008, 21:17, Reply)

@ liveinabin
I tried to retake my Latin A-level to get it up to a B and the local college wouldn't let me :( I was gutted!

I think we need to better check out the agencies both here and in Ashford; I never had any luck with the ones in Canterbury but we might have more luck with him. I'd just like anything that will make him happy. He applied for a shop job last night and already got told he was unsuccessful, so he's in a foul mood about everything and it makes me worry :(
( Maladicta, Thu 7 Aug 2008, 21:18, Reply)

@Ed
I live really close to a massive park.
My problem is the motivation.
( Mrs Entity is in hiding., Thu 7 Aug 2008, 21:18, Reply)

@BGB
Try this:

1. Put your hands behind your head and stretch out your elbows as far as they'll go (thus stretching the diaphragm (no laughing there either))

2. Close your eyes

3. Breathe in through your nose

4. Breathe out through your mouth

And don't run if you don't want to - walk!
(Eds Meds Mathskillz=1,Socialskillz=0, Thu 7 Aug 2008, 21:19, Reply)

@MrsL
Do you have a friend to run with? They're a great motivator. That, or getting music in your iPod and turning it up to eleven in a Spinal Tap stylee...
(Eds Meds Mathskillz=1,Socialskillz=0, Thu 7 Aug 2008, 21:20, Reply)

@Ed
No one to run with. I do have an iPod shuffle that I used at the gym, I've got special running ear phones and everything.

It's just getting my lazy arse out of bed.
( Mrs Entity is in hiding., Thu 7 Aug 2008, 21:21, Reply)

So...
...why not encourage MrL to get out running with you?
(Eds Meds Mathskillz=1,Socialskillz=0, Thu 7 Aug 2008, 21:23, Reply)

@Ed
I have been trying to run for 18 months now and have resigned myself to the fact that I'm just going to have to stick with the walking very fast.


At least I can run for a bus now : )


I've been told that the best time to run is around early afternoon. I couldn't do it in the early morning.
( girlinthehole, Thu 7 Aug 2008, 21:25, Reply)

@Ed
MrL runs too, on his own.
I prefer to be on my own to be honest.
( Mrs Entity is in hiding., Thu 7 Aug 2008, 21:25, Reply)

@All
sorry - this thread seems to be becoming the Ed show. Sorry.

@MrsL, have you tried walking for a while instead of running?

@BGB, walking is just as good for you as running, you just don't burn as many calories. It's the fact that you're exercising that's doing you good!
(Eds Meds Mathskillz=1,Socialskillz=0, Thu 7 Aug 2008, 21:29, Reply)

@ED
I would feel happier walking to be honest. I feel such a twunt running in the street.
( Mrs Entity is in hiding., Thu 7 Aug 2008, 21:32, Reply)

@MrsL
Walking's just as good for you. The fact that you're exercising, that you're raising your heart rate - no matter how - is good for you.
(Eds Meds Mathskillz=1,Socialskillz=0, Thu 7 Aug 2008, 21:35, Reply)

Just catching up...
Ed, it's nice to have you around for so long for a change!

Have been good food-wise ahead of my trip to the US where I'll put it all back on again!

Mmmm...huge food.
( thealternativefact, Thu 7 Aug 2008, 21:35, Reply)

Well Ed
I have to say that I am honestly going to go for a good brisk walk tomorrow.

Thank you.
( Mrs Entity is in hiding., Thu 7 Aug 2008, 21:38, Reply)

I worry
About getting older and starting to put on weight. I eat loads just now and I'm fine, but don't look forward to it all biting me in the ass someday.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Thu 7 Aug 2008, 21:38, Reply)

But I WANT to burn calories.
Tis nice being healthy as well.

I used to go swimming twice a week but to be honest I get pissed off if people get in my way at the pool and it's boring so I knocked that on the head.


Sex is good for burning calories but as my
lover lives in another country, that's not really a viable option at the moment.


Fer christ's sake Mrs Bin get your hubby up them stairs and watch the weight fall off : )
( girlinthehole, Thu 7 Aug 2008, 21:39, Reply)

@clendrix
Thanks! It's 0441 here and I'm not sleepy yet so I'm sitting up with discovery channel going in the background writing up something I should've done ages ago!

@BGB - you might find that doing low-impact things (like "spinning"(?)) might help?

@MrsL - great to hear it!

@PoD - worry thee not. It bit me in the ass in 2002 and I put on about 2 stone in a couple of months when I was having some hospital-induced downtime. Hated it and got sporty as a consequence!
(Eds Meds Mathskillz=1,Socialskillz=0, Thu 7 Aug 2008, 21:43, Reply)

@BGB
After 6 and a half years of marriage he might wonder what's going on.
( Mrs Entity is in hiding., Thu 7 Aug 2008, 21:44, Reply)

For tomorrow night
www.b3tards.com/u/95c1be9a51b242f0ac56/ginger_bits.jpg
( wanderlust, Thu 7 Aug 2008, 21:44, Reply)

Love them!!
Will anyone be here tomorrow night?
( Mrs Entity is in hiding., Thu 7 Aug 2008, 21:46, Reply)

Spinning!
Tried it once.
Nearly died.
Chose life.

However, some people are crazy over it.

Swimming and cycling in the gym. That's my choice.

Mrs Bin - I won't be here tomorrow night. I'll be with those adorable ginger chaps.
( thealternativefact, Thu 7 Aug 2008, 21:46, Reply)

^ Huzzah!
70s style gingerladygarden!

About tomorrow night: I finish work at 4 and it'll probably take me about 20 mins on the tube from Finsbury Park, plus I want to be home before the murderers roam Canterbury late at night, so what time is everyone else heading over?
( Maladicta, Thu 7 Aug 2008, 21:47, Reply)

@Lusty
Ooh they look ace! Could you put a couple in an envelope and send them to me in Honkers?
(Eds Meds Mathskillz=1,Socialskillz=0, Thu 7 Aug 2008, 21:47, Reply)

I might well be here
I most certainly shan't be at the bash.

Has anyone seen k2k6 recently?
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Thu 7 Aug 2008, 21:50, Reply)

I haven't tried one yet
So I hope they're ok!

I actually spent a while sculpting the ladygardens with a knife to make them look like pubes.

I really need to get out more.
( wanderlust, Thu 7 Aug 2008, 21:50, Reply)

OMG! they're the most wonderfullest gingerbread people I've ever seen.
*wants*


I shall be here tomorrow night Mrs Bin. I have no social life at the moment.

I don't know about spinning, I get dizzy very easily : )
( girlinthehole, Thu 7 Aug 2008, 21:50, Reply)

Has anybody noticed it getting dark earlier?
I am scared by the seemingly brief summer. Give me back my 10pm sun!
(Pretty strangers and promises, Thu 7 Aug 2008, 21:50, Reply)

I am also planning
on watching the opening of the Olympics.
I love watching the tiny wee countries like Uberekestan (may or may not be made up) that have about 2 athletes.
( Mrs Entity is in hiding., Thu 7 Aug 2008, 21:53, Reply)

@maladicta
I'll probably be there by 5.15/5.30
( wanderlust, Thu 7 Aug 2008, 21:54, Reply)

@Psap
I could tell you of the summers of my youth that went on for ever and the sun shone continuously but I don't want to upset you so I wont : )
( girlinthehole, Thu 7 Aug 2008, 21:54, Reply)

@ BGB
Yes but the summer of '76 (which I just remember) was an exception.

I don't remember this many thunderstorms though.
( Mrs Entity is in hiding., Thu 7 Aug 2008, 21:56, Reply)

Current summers are annoying and I'm not really a fan of warm weather.
I feel sorry for today's kids that don't have the summers we enjoyed.


Anyhoo! enough reminiscing, I'm off to bed.


See you all tomorrow.


Edit - and thanks for the tips Ed : )
( girlinthehole, Thu 7 Aug 2008, 21:59, Reply)

Evenin everyone
I shall be here tomorrow night entertaining those who aren't coming to the bash. I'll be missing Wanderlust's sculptured ladygardens.

Edit: 'night BGB
( mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Thu 7 Aug 2008, 21:59, Reply)

@BGB
No problem - good night, sweet dreams.

@mistaspakka - I'll be here. Well not "here" (geographically I'm in Asia) but I'll be on B3TA during the party :(
(Eds Meds Mathskillz=1,Socialskillz=0, Thu 7 Aug 2008, 22:01, Reply)

Right
party here tomorrow I think.

I'll bring a rather large picture of some cakes and the contents of the cellar. (lots of boxes and the Christmas decorations not the wine you might be expecting)

Night BGB
( Mrs Entity is in hiding., Thu 7 Aug 2008, 22:03, Reply)

@MrsL
Woo! I'll try to find an evergreen tree here that we can decorate and celebrate an Olympic Chrimbo.
(Eds Meds Mathskillz=1,Socialskillz=0, Thu 7 Aug 2008, 22:04, Reply)

@Edmund
B3taland may only be virtual, but it's got virtual tentacles all over the place in the real world.
( mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Thu 7 Aug 2008, 22:06, Reply)

Right
I'm off to have a bath.

Might drop back later before bed.
( Mrs Entity is in hiding., Thu 7 Aug 2008, 22:11, Reply)

True spaks, true
How are you this fine evening?
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Thu 7 Aug 2008, 22:12, Reply)

@POD
I'm multuitasking a bit. Am filling in a questionnaire one of the companies I'm applying for sent me, while b3taing, reading BBC News and sending e-mail.

And you?
( mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Thu 7 Aug 2008, 22:26, Reply)

Hmm
Well I am sitting watching Mission Impossible 2 having gone out for dinner at a friends, and the fitting anti-puncture stuff to one of the wheels on my bike.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Thu 7 Aug 2008, 22:29, Reply)

I am considering eating chocolate.
I am also watching TV and chatting with my flatmate. The cat is outside, pimping herself.

It's a normal end-of-evening here.
( thealternativefact, Thu 7 Aug 2008, 22:33, Reply)

What fun evenings in b3taland
I am given up sitting upright and have progressed to lying in bed with le mactop.

Good stuff.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Thu 7 Aug 2008, 22:35, Reply)

.
Am sitting in front of the computer in the dark, lit only by the glow of the monitor.

Am wondering whether to open the window. If I do, I'll let in a swarm of mosquitoes. If I don't, it will get too hot.

b3taland is much more fun.
( mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Thu 7 Aug 2008, 22:44, Reply)

@ wanderlust
I'll make my way to teh pub for as soon as I can, and are we doing flowers? Failing that I'll make a "B3TA" sign :)
( Maladicta, Thu 7 Aug 2008, 22:45, Reply)

Well
I know what wanderlust looks like (FTR - gorgeous) so I can find her. I think we'll all look like b3tans enough to seek each other out!
( thealternativefact, Thu 7 Aug 2008, 22:57, Reply)

I've only just remembered I have a photo on my profile.
And that I was singing Baby Got Back at work today while scanning. Eep.
( Maladicta, Thu 7 Aug 2008, 23:07, Reply)

Hello everyone
I have returned, I'm all nice smelling and am in my jimjams
( Mrs Entity is in hiding., Thu 7 Aug 2008, 23:15, Reply)

Mrs Bin Dweller
Indeed you do smell lovely!

I'm thinking it's nearly jimjam time for me too.
( thealternativefact, Thu 7 Aug 2008, 23:17, Reply)

Ladies and Gents
It's go-for-a-shower, get-dressed, have-a-leisurely-breakfast and then wander-into-work-whistling-a-happy-tune time for me.

And it's raining very heavily here today as well. Oh well.
(Eds Meds Mathskillz=1,Socialskillz=0, Thu 7 Aug 2008, 23:18, Reply)

Ha
I love the fact that I beat the oldies* to jimjam time.

*Meant in the good way.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Thu 7 Aug 2008, 23:19, Reply)

Dear lord, Edmund
did you go to bed at all?

Watch it, PoD!
( thealternativefact, Thu 7 Aug 2008, 23:27, Reply)

@clendrix
Nope.

Heh-heh-heh-heh-heh-heh

but I have managed to postpone the obvious hangover!
(Eds Meds Mathskillz=1,Socialskillz=0, Thu 7 Aug 2008, 23:28, Reply)

* follows nice scent *
* until he bangs head into monitor *

@Edmund:
Or did you get up early?
EDIT: If you've postponed the hangover, that must mean you're still drunk.
( mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Thu 7 Aug 2008, 23:29, Reply)

@mistaspakk
Nope, not gone to bed!
(Eds Meds Mathskillz=1,Socialskillz=0, Thu 7 Aug 2008, 23:30, Reply)

Oh dear!
*imagines Edmund on sleep-deprivation-induced rampage through streets of HK*
( thealternativefact, Thu 7 Aug 2008, 23:30, Reply)

Bah. I have to wash my hair before tomorrow to meet you lovely b3tans
after work too, and somehow it always ends up being 11.30. And I need cash on the way to work too.
( Maladicta, Thu 7 Aug 2008, 23:32, Reply)

Right kids, and adults
I'm away to that bed place. My eyes are starting to close themselves.

Night all.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Thu 7 Aug 2008, 23:36, Reply)

My dears
I am off to bed too.

Sleep tight all (apart from you Edmund - stay bright and bouncy!).
( thealternativefact, Thu 7 Aug 2008, 23:38, Reply)

Ed feels like Father Ted
bright and bouncy? ARSE!
(Eds Meds Mathskillz=1,Socialskillz=0, Thu 7 Aug 2008, 23:52, Reply)

G'night POD & C
And now I'm going to bed too. G'night.
( mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Fri 8 Aug 2008, 0:12, Reply)

Sorry chaps
wandered off there.

And you've all gone to bed.
( Mrs Entity is in hiding., Fri 8 Aug 2008, 0:15, Reply)

Hey Mrs L
I'm at work now and booooooooooooored. Still here?
(Eds Meds Mathskillz=1,Socialskillz=0, Fri 8 Aug 2008, 0:17, Reply)

kind of
I'm thinking that I should really go to bed.

What time are you on there?
( Mrs Entity is in hiding., Fri 8 Aug 2008, 0:25, Reply)

It's UK+7
so it's 0726 here at the moment
(Eds Meds Mathskillz=1,Socialskillz=0, Fri 8 Aug 2008, 0:27, Reply)

Well then
you should be in bed too!
( Mrs Entity is in hiding., Fri 8 Aug 2008, 0:28, Reply)

Should
but instead I'm at work :(
(Eds Meds Mathskillz=1,Socialskillz=0, Fri 8 Aug 2008, 0:30, Reply)

but you hate your job
why would you want to do that?
( Mrs Entity is in hiding., Fri 8 Aug 2008, 0:30, Reply)

I've missed all the fun
Too much basking in the reflective glow of winning QOTW follwed by a Buffy the Vampire Slayer fest will do that...

Ah well, off to bed for me too. It's been a tiring day, y'know.

Night all.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Fri 8 Aug 2008, 0:31, Reply)

Hate's too strong a word
In fact, I'm kinda liking it today. The biggest pain in the arse that I had has been fired ... w00t! Plus, it's another day closer to me getting to come home (double-w00t!)
(Eds Meds Mathskillz=1,Socialskillz=0, Fri 8 Aug 2008, 0:33, Reply)

I guess the excitment
of being in HK must have worn off by now.

Good that the twunt in your office has gone. Working with good people can make a shitty job fun.
( Mrs Entity is in hiding., Fri 8 Aug 2008, 0:35, Reply)

'fraid so.
This is my seventh time here this year. I do 2-3 weeks a month here and the remainder of the time in London. The novelty wore off ages ago, I'm afraid.

The twunt who's been fired is actually the reason I'm here: I designed something really boring but a bit clever for them and he decided to take it to pieces to reverse engineer a new one ... and then couldn't put it back together.

So when I've been putting it back together I've put a little special message into it, a little .mp4 file of HAL9000 (with my voice) saying "I don't think you want to be doing this".
(Eds Meds Mathskillz=1,Socialskillz=0, Fri 8 Aug 2008, 0:39, Reply)

You have to tell
me what you made!

I'm a geek, I can take it.
( Mrs Entity is in hiding., Fri 8 Aug 2008, 0:41, Reply)

Geek, y'say? Excellent ... :)
It's a genetic algorithm to predict market movements and bond pricing against multiple markets trading the different tranches of the same bonds.

Told you it was boring!

So how geeky are you? I'm a maths nut, I'm afraid.
(Eds Meds Mathskillz=1,Socialskillz=0, Fri 8 Aug 2008, 0:42, Reply)

Hell
I only understood one word in three.

I'm about 3/4 geek.
I retook my maths GCSE and got to really love maths.
Now I've started to teach maths and the way it works has all changed.
( Mrs Entity is in hiding., Fri 8 Aug 2008, 0:45, Reply)

:(
sorry. I wasted 10 years of my life at uni because I couldn't be bothered to go get a job and thus ended up with a PhD, practically all maths :)
(Eds Meds Mathskillz=1,Socialskillz=0, Fri 8 Aug 2008, 0:47, Reply)

But you've got a good job now though.
So it was all worth while in the end.

10 years at uni, that's good going.
( Mrs Entity is in hiding., Fri 8 Aug 2008, 0:48, Reply)

It's a reasonable job
and it's my own company :) so it's OK. Plus I employ six other people, all of them super-smart who intimidate me with their intelligence!
(Eds Meds Mathskillz=1,Socialskillz=0, Fri 8 Aug 2008, 0:50, Reply)

Sorry Ed
But I've got to go to bed now.

Oh yeah you know
It's a genetic algorithm to predict market movements and bond pricing against multiple markets trading the different tranches of the same bonds.

Magic 8ball will do just as well.
( Mrs Entity is in hiding., Fri 8 Aug 2008, 0:51, Reply)

magic 8ball
is easier to validate than a GA!

sweet dreams.
(Eds Meds Mathskillz=1,Socialskillz=0, Fri 8 Aug 2008, 0:52, Reply)

I know what you wrote
10 Print "the market is good today sell'
20 goto 10
( Mrs Entity is in hiding., Fri 8 Aug 2008, 0:55, Reply)