since people are up and about
have a hsh thread y'all.


(Poppet some assembly required., Sun 1 Mar 2009, 8:58, 89 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

We're about
but it looks like we're not exactly up yet...
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Sun 1 Mar 2009, 9:10, Reply)

eh that's okay
soon I'll be about and not up but in bed.
(Poppet some assembly required., Sun 1 Mar 2009, 9:29, Reply)

Good morning, all!
What do we all have planned for the day?
(The Stig, Sun 1 Mar 2009, 9:34, Reply)

hmmm
well my day is almost over,
so I shall be having a shower and going to bed soon.

but not too soon.
(Poppet some assembly required., Sun 1 Mar 2009, 9:38, Reply)

I plan on catching up on my TV
Having a pub lunch and doing some laundry.
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Sun 1 Mar 2009, 9:38, Reply)

@TLIC
Do you know, I can't remember, the last time I "ate out".

I reckon it was, literally, years ago. I hate eating out. I much prefer to cook my own food.
(The Stig, Sun 1 Mar 2009, 9:40, Reply)

why do you hate
eating out?
(Poppet some assembly required., Sun 1 Mar 2009, 9:42, Reply)

Many reasons.
1. I used to be a chef and got fed up of the inside of a resturant.
2. I prefer to cook my own food, so it hones my culinary skills. You'd be suprised how many people there who can't do a good scrambled eggs*!
3. If I had a date (a highly frigging unlikely situation) I'd prefer to cook for her, rather than take her out. Taking her to a resturant is so impersonal. Cooking for her is much better, in my opinion.
4. I trust the food I cook myself.

* = 2 eggs, a dash of milk and some cheese. Whisk until totally beaten. Then cook until it's still slight moist. Not too dry and not too undercooked.
(The Stig, Sun 1 Mar 2009, 10:00, Reply)

scrambled eggs = bleagh
fried, soft boiled, hard boiled, poached, omelette... but not scrambled.
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Sun 1 Mar 2009, 10:05, Reply)

going 'home'
time to fly back to NYC and then see my brother off on his plane to California the following day. sad!
( cackers, Sun 1 Mar 2009, 10:05, Reply)

@Cackers.
Have a safe trip. Shame I couldn't see you. It would have been nice to meet you.

Who are you flying with? Delta?

@TLIC

Scrmabled eggs are the only form I can eat eggs. Fried, boiled or poached, makes me heave!

I could just tolerate an omelette.
(The Stig, Sun 1 Mar 2009, 10:08, Reply)

Stig
I used to be the same way - fried eggs with breakfast made me nauseated.

Then I had one in the evening and it was fine. Seems it was just having them first thing. Now they're great any time.
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Sun 1 Mar 2009, 10:51, Reply)

mmmmm egggggsssssssss
I fucking LOVE eggs.

enough said. Eggs are the food of gods!
(Poppet some assembly required., Sun 1 Mar 2009, 10:57, Reply)

@VC
It's very clear that you love eggs.....

......it's sausage you've got a problem with!


;O)
(The Stig, Sun 1 Mar 2009, 10:59, Reply)

well there's a certain type of sausage that I like
but it's not yours stiggy.

/grins.

sorry if that was a tad harsh or anything.
(Poppet some assembly required., Sun 1 Mar 2009, 11:01, Reply)

@VC
You're not the first girl who doesn't like my sausage and I doubt you'll be the last!

Don't worry, I don't like Australian girls. So, all's well! :O)
(The Stig, Sun 1 Mar 2009, 11:02, Reply)

Oh snap
ooh Stig mreeeeow.
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Sun 1 Mar 2009, 11:04, Reply)

I'm very hurt
you automatically don't like me because I'm australian?

/goes off to cry.

I don't not like you just cos you have a sausage you know. I look past that. :(
(Poppet some assembly required., Sun 1 Mar 2009, 11:04, Reply)

@VC
Live with it!

Could be worse. Your name could be "Alex", then we'd REALLY have a problem!
(The Stig, Sun 1 Mar 2009, 11:06, Reply)

ahah why??
Did a girl call alex laugh at your willy?
(Poppet some assembly required., Sun 1 Mar 2009, 11:07, Reply)

@VC
Nope, something far more sinister.

Suffice to say, if your name is "Alex", I don't want to know you.

I don't speak to "AltheGeordie".....
(The Stig, Sun 1 Mar 2009, 11:09, Reply)

hmm
I'm guessing Al's name is alex then? Come on - tell me! I won't laugh I swear :)

Scouts honour.
(Poppet some assembly required., Sun 1 Mar 2009, 11:10, Reply)

@VC
It's none of your business. Leave it at that.
(The Stig, Sun 1 Mar 2009, 11:11, Reply)

fair enough
I'll drop it.

So. /looks around awkwardly.

how about this awkward silence? Gotta love the..awkward..ness.....

...
(Poppet some assembly required., Sun 1 Mar 2009, 11:12, Reply)

The Stig.
I would say it's more althegeordie doesn't speak to you, not the other way round.
( wanderlust, Sun 1 Mar 2009, 11:21, Reply)

@Wanderlust.
I tried to offer an olive branch, just to keep the peace, because I was brusque with him. No other reason. I don't like him, he doesn't like me. And the balance is restored.
(The Stig, Sun 1 Mar 2009, 11:22, Reply)

hey lusty
/huggles

how're you?
(Poppet some assembly required., Sun 1 Mar 2009, 11:23, Reply)

im off to the train
Flying Continental. Stig, wish we could have met. Sure to pass thru again at some stage.
( cackers, Sun 1 Mar 2009, 11:27, Reply)

althegeordie is a lovely man.
I will not have people badmouthing him.

I have spoken.
( wanderlust, Sun 1 Mar 2009, 11:28, Reply)

@Lusty.
I'm not badmouthing the guy. I'm sure he's a great bloke.

There's just people you just don't get on with.

@Cackers.

Doesn't matter, you didn't miss much! :O)
(The Stig, Sun 1 Mar 2009, 11:29, Reply)

Joins the Al appreciation
He may well be a donkey felching, Bert loving Jizz lobber, but he's my friend and I won't hear a bad word about him.

Morning cunts.
( fuck shit up the best you never had, Sun 1 Mar 2009, 12:23, Reply)

hey becky
Love the timing.

/grins.

I'm about to head off to bed. Have an awesome day!!
(Poppet some assembly required., Sun 1 Mar 2009, 12:26, Reply)

Afternoon'
I have spent the morning having a mega bathroom-cleaning spree. I now have the shiniest bathroom in all of London. Woohoo!!!

@Stig: If you think about it, the only reason you hate Al is probably because you believe you hate Al. Think about it.

Oh, and while I'm here, have a big barrel of hugs to pass round and share!
( mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Sun 1 Mar 2009, 13:03, Reply)

@ Spak
Thanks for the hug. At Heathrow. This place is rather hug-deficient. Cheers on the sparkly bathroom!
( cackers, Sun 1 Mar 2009, 13:30, Reply)

@Kak
Let's hope this hug gives you an anti-airport shield. Douglas Adams said it best when he said "It can hardly be a coincidence that no language on earth has ever produced the expression “As pretty as an airport.”". To date, this is the best novel-opener I've seen.
( mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Sun 1 Mar 2009, 13:36, Reply)

must have worked!

Made it thru dread securrity. Now headed for a good, cleansing beer.
( cackers, Sun 1 Mar 2009, 13:54, Reply)

Ooh ooh!
I dreamt about b3tans last night! I can't remember much else about the dream except being on a plane, or possibly a train... or both... and there were a few of us travelling, and I was looking for you, Mista, coz I thought you'd been left behind, but then you jumped up and I saw you and was very relieved!
( warmfuzzies Isn't here, Sun 1 Mar 2009, 18:29, Reply)

What a co-incidence!
After a long Wikipedia browsing session, I just checked the HSH thread and saw your post. The time of the post was exactly the same time as my Windows clock (which periodically syncs itself to a time-server).
( mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Sun 1 Mar 2009, 18:32, Reply)

Sssshpooky
synchronicity!

Are you wearing a bizarre outfit too? You were in my dream!
( warmfuzzies Isn't here, Sun 1 Mar 2009, 18:34, Reply)

*Emerges from pit*
Hi guys, I seem to have lost the weekend. Too. Much. Booze! Ow my head hurts. In other news, I am all sorted for Edinbash, got a place booked, and train tickets sorted. If anyone wants to stay the same place as me, I'm staying at the Castle Rock Hostel, specifically www.hostelbookers.com/hostels/scotland/edinburgh/3358/. If anyone wants to bunk in the same room as me drop us a gaz and I will modify the booking.
( jim_bob can herd cats., Sun 1 Mar 2009, 18:35, Reply)

@Fuzzy
Just an ordinary outfit. A t-shirt with an old map of Cuba and tracksuit bottoms.

BTW: AFAIK, this is the first time I've appeared in another b3tan's dream. You've appeared in one of my dreams some months ago. Can't remember much but you were driving a car. I can't remember it moving - maybe you were waiting for something (or someone).
( mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Sun 1 Mar 2009, 18:39, Reply)

Appearing in each other's dreams are we now?
Be glad it hasn't happened concurrently. It can make for very interesting breakfast conversation.
( jim_bob can herd cats., Sun 1 Mar 2009, 18:40, Reply)

I think
last night was my first b3ta dream.

Or maybe I've had loads and I just can't remember...

Edinbash. Hmpf. I may have to sell my body to raise funds for that one. And, also, if I haven't got a body I can't go to work, which would give me the time off I need to go to Edinburgh too...
( warmfuzzies Isn't here, Sun 1 Mar 2009, 18:48, Reply)

Also
pimpy post.
( warmfuzzies Isn't here, Sun 1 Mar 2009, 18:50, Reply)

Greetings PB
Alas, I'm going to a different YH - www.budgetbackpackers.com/ (the site appears to be down at the mo')

BTW: As my office shuts down for Easter, I've decided to turn this trip into a week-long trip to Scotland and the far North of England. I'll try and make it as far North as the North coast of Scotland, but also try and stop off for a few microbashes with other local b3tans. So far, only DG has expressed interest, but hope to make a post about it sometime soon.
( mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Sun 1 Mar 2009, 18:50, Reply)

Spak
Me too! I'm interested :o)

I also had a b3ta dream recently. Can't remember much, other than it involving belming and poo.
( Tourette's ( . )( . ) has a monkey hair in her fried egg, Sun 1 Mar 2009, 18:57, Reply)

Well Spaks
Make sure you pop to Leeds on your way back, meet up for a few drinks on your way to London. You can crash at mine if needs.
( jim_bob can herd cats., Sun 1 Mar 2009, 18:59, Reply)

Haha!
Well that's all a b3ta dream needs.

Mista, if you're over near the west coast of the north of England (and I am around!) then we can have a minibash here too!
( warmfuzzies Isn't here, Sun 1 Mar 2009, 19:00, Reply)

Well WFF
My hostel was £13, and I suspect train tickets will be considerably cheaper for you.
( jim_bob can herd cats., Sun 1 Mar 2009, 19:04, Reply)

£13 might be doable
but I looked into trains and it's prohibitive :(
I could hitch but prolly wouldn't get there til it's over...
( warmfuzzies Isn't here, Sun 1 Mar 2009, 19:08, Reply)

Cool!
@Tourettes, PB, and Fuzzy: That sounds cool! I just need to sort out the offers by geographical location, your availability dates and plan a route. Don't even know if I'm coming up on the East Coast line and going down on the West Coast Line, or vice versa. Also not sure if I'm travelling the whole week or just spending the last few days in London yet.

@PB: Visiting you would also give me an excuse to visit an old stomping-ground of mine!
( mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Sun 1 Mar 2009, 19:09, Reply)

@Fuzzy
I thought you were hitching a ride with the Leamington road-trip posse.

BTW: Do you live in the Lake-District?
( mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Sun 1 Mar 2009, 19:12, Reply)

Possible indeed

( jim_bob can herd cats., Sun 1 Mar 2009, 19:16, Reply)

Speaking of dreams involving other b3tans
I've listed mine in my response to this thread.
( mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Sun 1 Mar 2009, 19:33, Reply)

Soz I disappeared
Suddenly remembered I had houseworky stuff to do. I will disappear again shortly to do some more.

Mista - it'd be brilliant if I am getting a ride with those guys! But I'm not sure, I think there was a conversation about it in the vague and nebulous mists of previous threads... but I can't remember and I suspect even if I did have a seat I may have forfeited it by not being here much for a while...
( warmfuzzies Isn't here, Sun 1 Mar 2009, 20:08, Reply)

Fuzzy...
stick a post up. Ya never know...
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Sun 1 Mar 2009, 20:49, Reply)

@DG
Did you just ask Fuzzy to "stick a post up herself"?!
(The Stig, Sun 1 Mar 2009, 20:50, Reply)

Erm...
*blushes*
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Sun 1 Mar 2009, 20:51, Reply)

Hey folky folk folk
I've been trying to work on my old laptop all evening. Was frustrated by several screws that didn't want to come out, which made it rather awkward. It was working reasonably and trying to look for the hard drive when I had the casing off, but now it's back on it isn't working :(

Think I'll just have to wait until summer and then build it it's own nice we new casing where everything is easily accessible.


So how are we all?
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Sun 1 Mar 2009, 20:52, Reply)

@DG
You're a bad man! I thought I was a git, but you surpass me!

Shame on you! :O)
(The Stig, Sun 1 Mar 2009, 20:53, Reply)

Not a git at all
I don't need much encouragement to stick things up myself ;)

OK, enough of that. I'm too tired and any further innuendo would just be half hearted... Now I can't stop thinking about Groucho Marx*

The problem with the Edinbash is that I won't know how much time I've got off work and what I'm supposed to be doing with it until much nearer the time. The Fella is prolly moving to Ireland that very weekend... Poochunks :(

*Love flies out the door, when money comes innuendo.
( warmfuzzies Isn't here, Sun 1 Mar 2009, 21:04, Reply)

sounds serious Fuzzy
I take it poochunks are worse than pooflakes?
( Tourette's ( . )( . ) has a monkey hair in her fried egg, Sun 1 Mar 2009, 21:08, Reply)

Tourette's
It can't surpass "Poo-Colossus-of-Rhodes", surely?
(The Stig, Sun 1 Mar 2009, 21:10, Reply)

@ Tourettes
Sounds like Poochunks could be Pooflake's Dad. He would be, quite literally, 'a chip off the old block'. Eeeww.
( Boss Keloid Got your mother's maiden name tattooed on my arm, Sun 1 Mar 2009, 21:12, Reply)

@POD
Dismal.

Spend most of my year hibernating, then wake up and get drunk during cricket season.

We've been thrashed - again - by another side who ought not to be thrashing us.

Did Strauss declare too early? Possibly. Is the pitch impossible for bowlers? Probably. Did our brave boys meet the challenge? Did they buggery.

I creep onto B3TA, sulk about cricket, and creep off again.

Somebody needs to.
( The Disappointed Caravanner of the year, Sun 1 Mar 2009, 21:16, Reply)

Poochunks
are much worse than Pooflakes.

And Boss...

:(

That is all.
( warmfuzzies Isn't here, Sun 1 Mar 2009, 21:19, Reply)

Evening All
Am I alone in waiting all week for the weekend to come and then when it gets here I can't think of anything to do?
But when it gets to this time on a Sunday I don't want to go back to work.
( Mrs Entity is in hiding., Sun 1 Mar 2009, 21:19, Reply)

Evening Mrs Bin
No, you're not - I usually end up going to bed late, getting up late and then bemoaning the fact that another weekend has passed by.

Although I got the dog out for a walk this afternoon and have done a fair bit around the house while Tourette's caught up on her homework, so not a total loss.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Sun 1 Mar 2009, 21:22, Reply)

MrsBin
I thought I was the only one.

I think it all stems from wanting money, but not wanting to work for it.

Once my mortgage is paid, I'm changing jobs.
(The Stig, Sun 1 Mar 2009, 21:24, Reply)

And I'm back
@Fuzzy: If you let TGB know your predicament, I'm sure she'll boot one of the others out the car.
[EDIT: only just read the bit about the fella. Poochunks indeed.]

@POD: I once fixed my old laptop by completely dismantling it and putting it back together. If there's a loose connection, this should hopefully fix it.
( mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Sun 1 Mar 2009, 21:29, Reply)

@spaks
I don't think it's a bad connection cable-wise, so much as chip-wise, and i'm not taking them all off and checking them.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Sun 1 Mar 2009, 21:32, Reply)

Mrs Bin
Apart from cricket-induced melancholia...

I work Sunday - Thursday and love it.

Because what, frankly, can you do on Sunday that every other clown in the world isn't already trying to do?

I adore my Friday off because I still feel like I'm playing hookey - jigging it - skiving - whatever your frame of reference might be.

Strolling about in the world safe in the knowledge that the polyester-trousered unfortunates of the world are still panting at their desks.
( The Disappointed Caravanner of the year, Sun 1 Mar 2009, 21:32, Reply)

The thing is Stig
I love my job, I really do, I just don't want it to be Monday.

At least I get a holiday every 6 weeks!

*edit* Shameless pimping of Little Big Planet level on Links page.
( Mrs Entity is in hiding., Sun 1 Mar 2009, 21:33, Reply)

MrsBin
You love your job? Really? When I was at school, all the teachers looked miserable (well, you would if you had to educate me).

I used to feel sorry for them.
(The Stig, Sun 1 Mar 2009, 21:35, Reply)

Lots of teachers hate it.
But they tend to be the ones who have only ever been teachers and don't know how fucking lucky they are!
( Mrs Entity is in hiding., Sun 1 Mar 2009, 21:40, Reply)

MrsBin
You're going to have to elaborate on that statement!

Why should they feel lucky....?
(The Stig, Sun 1 Mar 2009, 21:42, Reply)

Stig....
I spent 15 years working in soul sucking jobs for minimum wage. I now have a job where what I do is appreciated, not for the amount of money I make to line someone else's pocket, but for how well I do it.
What I teach is governed by the national curriculum but how I teach it is not. My day is as fun as I want to make it.
Yes there is a lot of work to do, yes it can be very hard and there are targets to meet, but it is rewarding.
On top of all that for the first time in my life I am earning a wage where I can afford to eat out when I feel like it. Also I only work 195 days a year.
( Mrs Entity is in hiding., Sun 1 Mar 2009, 21:47, Reply)

MrsBin
You feel like that about your job and that's fair enough.

But I could never be a teacher. It just looks like such fight. I feel it would suck the life out of me.

But it takes all sorts....

But to be fair, if you're continually working minimum wages jobs for 15 years, then to do a job which pays signifcantly more, it's always going to look like a godsend.

I felt the same way when I went from minimum wage to my first "real" job.

When I left said job and got a new one, I didn't realise how much better I could have had it....
(The Stig, Sun 1 Mar 2009, 21:50, Reply)

I have a theory
It's called Future Notional Happiness Investment. I've had this theory for many years, but stil haven't come up with a pithier acronym...

I like fridays because although I am at work I am happy in the knowledge that I have the weekend off work.

And I am miserable on sundays because although I am not at work I know that I will be at work the next day.

Somehow, with careful tweaking, I am sure it is possible to create perpetual happiness while not actually physically doing the things that make you happy... Of course, there is always the potential for it to go the other way... and to never be happy even while doing the things that make you happy all the time... Anyway, I haven't got to the implementation stage of the process yet.

Also, I used to work tuesday to saturday. I liked it. Even though I had that "sunday night" feeling on monday nights, somehow I just didn't get tuesday morning blues... Mondays are just a terrible day to go to work.

/waffle
( warmfuzzies Isn't here, Sun 1 Mar 2009, 21:51, Reply)

Oh it is a fight
I don't know how people teach secondary school, I really don't. I have enough trouble with my lot telling me to fuck off and they're only 10. The chairs in the face are getting a bit tedious too.

*edit* Warmfuzzy. I used to work Tuesday to Saturday too. I never did quite get used to it. Took me about 2 years to get used to not working Saturdays though when I changed jobs.
( Mrs Entity is in hiding., Sun 1 Mar 2009, 21:52, Reply)

Anyway...
...on that note, I bid you all goodnight.

Have a nice night (what's left of it) and I'll see you soon. Maybe....
(The Stig, Sun 1 Mar 2009, 21:55, Reply)

Oh and Mista
soz, in reply to your question earlier - no, I'm not in the Lake District, I'm about 15 miles south of it on the edge of the Yorkshire Dales. I'm also about 15 miles from the coast. It's a lully part of the country!

As soon as I have a better idea of what is happening (and when) I shall share the information, as I really really really want to go to the Edinbash, and stuff.

Btw, poochunks is my earliest known swear word. It was invented by my tiny playmate Hamish, and we both used it throughout infants school.
( warmfuzzies Isn't here, Sun 1 Mar 2009, 21:57, Reply)

.
If Fuzzy did stick a post-it note up herself, it would say "Don't shave".

@BK: So is Pooflake's granddad just called Poo?

@Madame Vivre dans une Poubelle: I get that feeling too. Despite not going out on Saturday (my two options cancelled within half an hour of eachother) and getting up early enough for a full day of productivity (who needs alarm-clocks when you've got kids next door), I too fell like I've not done as much as I should this weekend.

EDIT: @Fuzzy: I still don't have my route planned so I'm pretty flexible with regards to meet-up times.
( mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Sun 1 Mar 2009, 21:58, Reply)

warmfuzzyfeeling
Ingleton? Kirby Lonsdale? Or thereabouts?

My roots are in the the South Lakes, now I'm in Bradford and I motor along the lonely ol' A65 to see my folks when I feel the need.
( The Disappointed Caravanner of the year, Sun 1 Mar 2009, 22:07, Reply)

Well it's just after ten on a Sunday night
that means it's bath time and then straight to bed. Night all.
( Mrs Entity is in hiding., Sun 1 Mar 2009, 22:10, Reply)

OK Mista
I'll give you a shout :)

I am so tired now, can't stop yawning. Had an excellent day today. I went to watch my beloved old car being crashed into on purpose at Warton Stock Car Club. Banger racing is just the best sport entertainment ever invented... The twisted metal, flying debris, burning rubber, noxious fumes and smoke, ear splitting engine noises, the sunburn, the freezing rain, the grit rash - that perpetual gale force wind coming off the sea that drives the smoke, grit and flying debris so far into your skin they become an intimate part of you and leaves you with the phenomenon known as Warton Face... Donuts made for you on the spot and hot chocolate... what's not to love? And even better when you're watching your own car out there on the track being smashed to pieces.

*is content*

But also very very very tired, so I bid you all goodnight... sweet dreams! Maybe even b3tadreams...
( warmfuzzies Isn't here, Sun 1 Mar 2009, 22:14, Reply)

Warmfuzzyfeeling
Tuesday - Saturday would be awesome. Your first day off where you just decompress would be Sunday - where you can't do anything anyway. Then your second day off where you feel you ought to accomplish things is Monday and not only are all the shops open, they're not as full as they would be on Saturday.

It would work pretty well I think.
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Sun 1 Mar 2009, 22:22, Reply)

It does work well.
Everyone should do it.

*realises folly of statement*

And now for my next trick I shall disappear for longer than 5 minutes. Night!
( warmfuzzies Isn't here, Sun 1 Mar 2009, 22:28, Reply)

G'night Bedgoers. May we all link up in our b3tadreams.
@Madame Vivre dans une Poubelle: That is indeed an enjoyable level to watch. Little Big Planet is one of the reasons why I should get a PS3.

BTW, while searching for the link on the links-board, I found LOLClits.
( mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Sun 1 Mar 2009, 22:39, Reply)