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Mid Morning OT!Hows about some history to start your day?
www.beautifulbritain.co.uk/htm/onthisday/onthisday.htm
www.thisdayinmusic.com/
*warning* the music link has one of them sound ads. How annoying are they? What else annoys you today? (mythreadslol)
alt. What is your favorite era in History?
Altalt. Dunno, just talk. You all expect far to much!
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GeordieJay Bummers are deaf, Wed 26 Mar 2014, 11:02,
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History?How about Herstory, you sexist pig?
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MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Wed 26 Mar 2014, 11:05,
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because men, even when dressed as women, are better.(
GeordieJay Bummers are deaf, Wed 26 Mar 2014, 11:08,
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If it weren't for boobs and fannies, there'd be literally no point in women at all.(
Kroney, Wed 26 Mar 2014, 11:13,
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I well like boobs and fannies and that(
tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 26 Mar 2014, 11:14,
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They're my second and third favourite things.Unfortunately they're attached to my 1092nd favourite thing.
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Kroney, Wed 26 Mar 2014, 11:15,
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Stick with the cars mate, always number one yeah(
tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 26 Mar 2014, 11:16,
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Fannies chafe less and generally leave fewer carbonised deposits."fewer"
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Kroney, Wed 26 Mar 2014, 11:19,
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You can make babys in jars these days!(
GeordieJay Bummers are deaf, Wed 26 Mar 2014, 11:16,
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Jars don't have boobs.I don't really expect you understand this distinction.
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Kroney, Wed 26 Mar 2014, 11:19,
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You can make them too!Have your own pair if you'd like!
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GeordieJay Bummers are deaf, Wed 26 Mar 2014, 11:23,
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Which reminds meWhy do women wear perfume and make-up?
Because they're ugly and they smell, of coure!
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Two Hats 🎩🎩, Wed 26 Mar 2014, 11:23,
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and because of societies crippling expectations!!!!(
GeordieJay Bummers are deaf, Wed 26 Mar 2014, 11:34,
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I read a good one in Viz a while backGirls - Men don't give two shits what your eyelashes look like. Buy a wonderbra instead.
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Two Hats 🎩🎩, Wed 26 Mar 2014, 11:50,
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is it not a big let down when they take them off?(
GeordieJay Bummers are deaf, Wed 26 Mar 2014, 12:00,
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i have the most enormously horrendously complicated piece of work to dothat's annoying me.
alt: american pioneers or elizabeth 1
altalt: i need a diet coke please
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rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 26 Mar 2014, 11:07,
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alt. I like the Elizabethan eraI also love mythology, Greek or Roman.
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GeordieJay Bummers are deaf, Wed 26 Mar 2014, 11:08,
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Oh, and today is really my Thursday cos I have a long weekend!\o/
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GeordieJay Bummers are deaf, Wed 26 Mar 2014, 11:11,
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It was a better time.I've got Kisstory on today for a reminise
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GeordieJay Bummers are deaf, Wed 26 Mar 2014, 11:24,
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Wow they are some shit websites.Alt: I've always been a bit obsessed by the 1950s and 60s. More recently, pre-war Coventry.
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tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 26 Mar 2014, 11:13,
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I can understand this, given the state of modern-day Coventry.(
Kroney, Wed 26 Mar 2014, 11:16,
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It's quite sad when you see how nice it actually was.(
tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 26 Mar 2014, 11:18,
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I wish you were around to see it, as you might be dead by now.(
MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Wed 26 Mar 2014, 11:19,
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The irony* is that if the Blitz hadn't happened, I wouldn't exist.*Check required here please dozer
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tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 26 Mar 2014, 11:20,
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I've heard of this Coventry place.None of it nice.
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GeordieJay Bummers are deaf, Wed 26 Mar 2014, 11:19,
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Some of it is, we just hide it all behind horrible bits.(
tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 26 Mar 2014, 11:21,
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It's a sad day when the 20 year anniversary of Soundgarden entering the US album chart at No.1 with 'Superunknown' goes unheralded(
Bill Clay a.k.a. Claudio, Wed 26 Mar 2014, 11:14,
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Well if you keep you Head Down maybe something will come later with the Mail man(, Wed 26 Mar 2014, 11:16, Reply)
I was more mortified that Mel C and Lisa Left Eye (RIP) was 14 years ago.(
GeordieJay Bummers are deaf, Wed 26 Mar 2014, 11:17,
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Music really meant something in those days(
tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 26 Mar 2014, 11:22,
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I was more leaning towards "fuck, Im old"(
GeordieJay Bummers are deaf, Wed 26 Mar 2014, 11:25,
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But good to remember that Aswad sound as fresh today as they did 26 years ago.(
MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Wed 26 Mar 2014, 11:17,
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I'm basically on my own in my little section of IT.It's annoying how quickly fully grown adults regress to childhood tantrums when told they can't have every whim catered to immediately.
Alt: The Byzantine period of Greece.
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Kroney, Wed 26 Mar 2014, 11:15,
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IT seems like a really fulfilling job.I might branch out from call centre monkey and see what life is like on the other side.
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GeordieJay Bummers are deaf, Wed 26 Mar 2014, 11:20,
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I love fixing stuff.Unfortunately, a major part of our job is dealing with tantrums because the other person put "Microsoft Office proficient" on their CV and doesn't like hearing "yeah, you'll want to book an appointment with the training department."
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Kroney, Wed 26 Mar 2014, 11:22,
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I'm annoyed by the postie walking up to my door with a 'sorry we missed you' card ALREADY FILLED OUT.I'm in the house you fuckwit! I even opened the door to you and you STILL handed it to me.
Alt: The jet age. I'm fascinated by the leaps in technology from propeller planes to supersonic jets.
Altalt: Can't get started writing some new blurb for our website. Any suggestions (apart from DYAAKY)?
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They ought to be issued with additional"Soz, I didn't have space in my van" cards.
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Kroney, Wed 26 Mar 2014, 11:18,
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Actually they should be'Couldn't be arsed to load it, get it yourself even though we've been paid to deliver it' cards
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Im never in. The people at the delivery office know me by name.Stupid drunk Amazon purchases.
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GeordieJay Bummers are deaf, Wed 26 Mar 2014, 11:22,
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we just got boxerchips in our staff restauranthow have i not been aware of these until now? ama-zing.
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rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 26 Mar 2014, 11:19,
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big square crisps from what I can see.Come in a crackers packet.
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GeordieJay Bummers are deaf, Wed 26 Mar 2014, 11:27,
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it's probably a rip off, because you get fewer crisps than in an ordinary crisp packet, i thinkbut the flavouring was REALLY STRONG
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rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 26 Mar 2014, 11:36,
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Robert Palmer could never really foll zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz(, Wed 26 Mar 2014, 12:10, Reply)
Fucking printers going mentalI've got toner over my face and hands, we've fucked a £200 toner, and today was not the best day to wear a white shirt.
In other news, woo payday!
Alt: Germany between the wars was quite interesting to study.
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Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 26 Mar 2014, 11:34,
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Kroney's on a training course.or something
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GeordieJay Bummers are deaf, Wed 26 Mar 2014, 11:42,
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my printer jams about 15 times a dayand my computer keeps losing connection to the servers, which drives the outlook reminders crazy, and they ping off one after another. this happens about 15 times a day as well. I HATE COMPUTERS.
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rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 26 Mar 2014, 11:44,
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Smooth sailing from my station.hth xx
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GeordieJay Bummers are deaf, Wed 26 Mar 2014, 11:51,
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Doesnt count if you only have a terminal and aren't trusted with a proper computer
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How do you think im on the internet now?By projecting my thoughts?
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GeordieJay Bummers are deaf, Wed 26 Mar 2014, 12:02,
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That'll teach you for turning down a dance with Nigel from IT at the Xmas partyYou're never getting off that blacklist
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Bill Clay a.k.a. Claudio, Wed 26 Mar 2014, 11:54,
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Thats what I thoughtIf she had just let him get a sticky finger all would be well
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Yeah, your PC has never been the same since you used the CD drive to hold your coffee cup(, Wed 26 Mar 2014, 11:57, Reply)
Sorry, forgot that you're a massive foodwrong(, Wed 26 Mar 2014, 11:59, Reply)
IT was the one that fucked it, I had to unfuck it as best as I could.Sadly, it was un-unfuckable, so we replaced it and hid the broken part.
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Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 26 Mar 2014, 11:53,
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sportscow, bonz and I could change the face of corporate IT, by the sounds of it.I'm amazed some companies even manage to function with the fucking know-nothing chimps they employ to support their kit.
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Kroney, Wed 26 Mar 2014, 11:54,
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i like thisalthough not when it happens to me
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rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 26 Mar 2014, 12:15,
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^IT guy referencing supporting Windows 98, rather than a more modern OS(
Kroney, Wed 26 Mar 2014, 12:02,
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Damn you and your cunning waysOn that note have you had a look at the office 365 InTune pack.
Very good
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Office 365 is the cloud solution, isn't it?We're all Enterprise dinosaurs, here.
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Kroney, Wed 26 Mar 2014, 12:23,
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Its very usefulYou can monitor the health of all machines on the network from virtually and push through updates etc. if users keep ignoring them...
It even has a great sever app that allows you to view users activity and take control of their machine for lulz.
I know this information doesn't support me not working in IT but I dont
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Hah! I did go for an interview with a 365 support company a month or so back.I'd like to do some more cloud work, it's the future.
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Kroney, Wed 26 Mar 2014, 12:29,
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I guess the moral of the story is not to fuck machinary(
GeordieJay Bummers are deaf, Wed 26 Mar 2014, 11:55,
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Our printers have step by step visual instructions on how to change the tonersbut they still come and get me to do it.
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Bill Clay a.k.a. Claudio, Wed 26 Mar 2014, 11:57,
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I stop others from doing it, as one of them knackered the carousel in one of our printers(
Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 26 Mar 2014, 12:02,
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