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 morning you lot...
	morning you lot...ready for what wednesday will throw at you? cos here it comes...
(, Wed 4 Mar 2009, 7:29, 145 replies, latest was 17 years ago)
 well if nobody wants to play...
	well if nobody wants to play...then i may as well go to work!
got big strenuous stuff to do today, involving steel and acro-props and stuff. feeling some mild anxiety about it, which i guess is a good thing. keep me on my toes, so it will!
see you all later, p'raps,
Blaireau69
(, Wed 4 Mar 2009, 8:09, Reply)
 Wednesday can get to FUCK
	Wednesday can get to FUCKWhy isn't it the weekend or why am I not on holiday!
*scours calendar for holiday opportunities*
(, Wed 4 Mar 2009, 8:45, Reply)
 Well.....
	Well.....I have an interveiw in about 3 hours, and such. So no, I am basicaly not ready for wedensday. Can I go back to bed please?
(, Wed 4 Mar 2009, 9:17, Reply)
 I wonder
	I wonderWhat someone will say today that will be in TGB's signature tomorrow...
(, Wed 4 Mar 2009, 9:19, Reply)
 Looks like it
	Looks like itMorning all. I'm stealing myself to start on project appraisals today, but my motivational chip won't kick in until my second cup of coffee...
(, Wed 4 Mar 2009, 9:34, Reply)
 I'm supposed to be having a team meeting
	I'm supposed to be having a team meetingBut I cancelled it because I can't be arsed. I'm having a quiet day today.
(, Wed 4 Mar 2009, 9:35, Reply)
 Wish I had the option
	Wish I had the optionIt's been bedlam here recently, projects flying at me from all directions.
Still, I'd rather be busy than not most of the time. I'm feeling a bit fuzzy this morning though, so need to kick myself up the arse to get started.
(, Wed 4 Mar 2009, 9:40, Reply)
 News just in
	News just inApple are cunts.
Does anyone know what the hard drive is in a first gen MacBook Pro, 2.5" SATA-300 I assume? Can't be arsed to look it up and I need a USB adapter for it.
(, Wed 4 Mar 2009, 9:51, Reply)
 Sorry Sam
	Sorry SamAm a techno Luddite with regard to these things.
Right, best get off and work. Laters.
(, Wed 4 Mar 2009, 9:54, Reply)
 I made sandwiches this morning
	I made sandwiches this morningFor work, which is something I do intermittently depending on how awake I am between 7 and 8. However I wasn't awake enough to remember I have the afternoon off so I could have not bothered and made them once I got home. Oh well.
(, Wed 4 Mar 2009, 10:00, Reply)
 I have to make mine the night before
	I have to make mine the night beforeIt takes me 5 minutes then; if I try and do it in the morning it takes half an hour, and that's for wonky bread and a 200% extra chance of slicing my fingers off.
I'm not very good at mornings. Only dull people are brilliant at breakfast.
(, Wed 4 Mar 2009, 10:01, Reply)
 If I made them the night before
	If I made them the night beforeThey'd get soggy as I usually have tomato and cucumber on them.
(, Wed 4 Mar 2009, 10:11, Reply)
 I'm crap at mornings
	I'm crap at morningsAnd also crap at going to bed at a reasonable time, so I always get less sleep than I should.
But I kick myself at weekends for sleeping until 11am and wasting valuable time off.
(, Wed 4 Mar 2009, 10:12, Reply)
 Morning Eth
	Morning EthNot bad thanks, apart from fact that it's morning. How's yer good self?
I really should get back to reading the business plan that's sat in front of me...
(, Wed 4 Mar 2009, 10:14, Reply)
 Chains
	ChainsAre you just jealous nothing you have ever said has got into my signature?
(, Wed 4 Mar 2009, 10:21, Reply)
 I slept in :D
	I slept in :DBut then HSH threads need a pic to be obvious to those of us so lazy we can't be bothered to actually read and stuff.
(, Wed 4 Mar 2009, 10:44, Reply)
 Well good morning
	Well good morningI didn't sleep in, I was just doing other things.
(, Wed 4 Mar 2009, 10:48, Reply)
 My connection was down
	My connection was downAnd just when I decided to use my phone as an mp3 player, it has returned. I lost the big long post I wrote about my cat though. Perhaps that's for the best.
(, Wed 4 Mar 2009, 10:52, Reply)
 Like Dok
	Like DokI've been doing other things ='[
Good news though - As of last night I'm no longer available!
(, Wed 4 Mar 2009, 10:54, Reply)
 Aww V, does that mean I can't forcibly bugger you until you bleed anymore?
	Aww V, does that mean I can't forcibly bugger you until you bleed anymore?*has teh sads at such news despite being unavailable herself*
(, Wed 4 Mar 2009, 10:57, Reply)
 Indeed it does Becky
	Indeed it does BeckyIt was a difficult sacrifice to make, I'm going to miss it a lot.
(, Wed 4 Mar 2009, 10:58, Reply)
 V
	VNo longer available? Is that for entetaining children at parties as a clown?
(, Wed 4 Mar 2009, 11:04, Reply)
 I've been unavailable for that for several years Dok
	I've been unavailable for that for several years DokEver since the police told me that getting little children to suck on my lollipop isn't considered entertainment.
@Bill Only on Thursdays. Thursdays are my night off.
@LiC I most certainly have =D
(, Wed 4 Mar 2009, 11:06, Reply)
 Congrats V
	Congrats VI just broke my stress ball. This has made me more stressed
(, Wed 4 Mar 2009, 11:10, Reply)
 Booooo V
	Booooo VThat sucks, not the lollipop though.
So tell us all about her.
(, Wed 4 Mar 2009, 11:12, Reply)
 Sorry Badger
	Sorry BadgerI knew you'd be upset but didn't realise it'd be quite so bad!
In annoying news - I can't replace the glasses I lost at the weekend because they no longer do the frames in the colour I had. Now I have to choose a different colour or find new frames =/
(, Wed 4 Mar 2009, 11:13, Reply)
 Yeah V
	Yeah VI don't think I can go on any more.
I'm fed up of talking to stupid people on the phone. Aptly my stress "ball" was actually a stress telephone and I broke the receiver off
:(
I think I need a drink
(, Wed 4 Mar 2009, 11:19, Reply)
 Badger
	BadgerIs the official B3ta sexehtiem provider, and is required to sign off on you going private.
(, Wed 4 Mar 2009, 11:20, Reply)
 I'd like
	I'd likeTo use some of the people here as stress balls, and punch the living crap out of them.
(, Wed 4 Mar 2009, 11:23, Reply)
 @Dok
	@DokNot much to say. She had a thing for me when we were at school and I was dating her friend. We had a one night stand after me and her friend had split up but I didn't really want anything to do with her (romantically) back then because she was very weird.
Lost contact with her about a year ago but started talking again recently. She's changed quite a lot, is now pretty much normal (relative to me at least!) and have been getting on really well. We'd been discussing where things might be going and last night decided that as we've been behaving like a couple we may as well stop discussing it and just say that we are a couple.
(, Wed 4 Mar 2009, 11:23, Reply)
 haha
	hahaVery good Chains if it wasn't too long I'd use that as my sig :p
(, Wed 4 Mar 2009, 11:24, Reply)
 I shall have to take length into account
	I shall have to take length into accountWhen making my next attempt. How many characters am I allowed again?
(, Wed 4 Mar 2009, 11:32, Reply)
 2 played by A list actors
	2 played by A list actorsA couple of B and C list and as many as 42.3 extras.
(, Wed 4 Mar 2009, 11:33, Reply)
 Nice one V
	Nice one VGood luck to the pair of you.
Badger you could shorten it to 'Official B3ta Sex Worker'. ;)
(, Wed 4 Mar 2009, 11:33, Reply)
 You should always take length into account
	You should always take length into accountI know I do ;)
and 50 characters
(, Wed 4 Mar 2009, 11:38, Reply)
 I'll go with
	I'll go withSir Anthony Hopkins and Salma Hayek, with David Spade and the rotting corpse of Chris Farley in supporting roles.
(, Wed 4 Mar 2009, 11:46, Reply)
 Dok
	Dokare you trying to mould the "more than a handful is a waste" boob line to suit your tiny fella? :p
(, Wed 4 Mar 2009, 11:50, Reply)
 Not I
	Not IFor the friend didn't say it about me.
I did mention the boobie one to him, and he giggled like a schoolgirl.
(, Wed 4 Mar 2009, 11:57, Reply)
 Jim
	JimStill waiting to find out all of the ins and outs, but I'm not terribly hopeful.
*whips out nob*
*whirls it about*
(, Wed 4 Mar 2009, 12:04, Reply)
 Sam
	SamWhere is the sam solidarity?!
And woo shake it like a polaroid picture Dok
(, Wed 4 Mar 2009, 12:05, Reply)
 Well good luck to you
	Well good luck to youthis is potentially my last week at the current job.
Also loser :(
Also, Birthday?
(, Wed 4 Mar 2009, 12:09, Reply)
 *puts nob away*
	*puts nob away*That's enough excitement for the time being.
Hi Red.
(, Wed 4 Mar 2009, 12:10, Reply)
 Last week?
	Last week?Cut backs?
And mine or yours? Mine is obviously more important.
OOOH my friend Boot is hopefully coming up for my birthday too *glees hard*
(, Wed 4 Mar 2009, 12:11, Reply)
 The company I work for
	The company I work forceased to trade on Friday the 13th.
Hmm.
Mine is obviously less important as I don't like it.
(, Wed 4 Mar 2009, 12:13, Reply)
 You can have my job if you want himjim
	You can have my job if you want himjimI'm bored of it now.
Pros: get paid for drinking tea and surfing b3ta all day
Cons: the novelty wears off, believe me. And it's in the middle of bloody nowhere.
(, Wed 4 Mar 2009, 12:13, Reply)
 Badger
	BadgerMy birthday is far more important.
And I don't know if I'm going to make your one, due to having to spend near £800 last weekend.
This makes me sad.
(, Wed 4 Mar 2009, 12:15, Reply)
 Birthdays are all of the win
	Birthdays are all of the winIf you promise not to be a cunt Jim you are welcome to join the celebrations of the birth of the best person ever (me) on the 21st
and fine fuck you Dok *sulks*
(, Wed 4 Mar 2009, 12:15, Reply)
 At the moment
	At the momentI am being paid to drink coffee and surf the web (mostly Kotaku and B3ta).
Soon I shall be loading computers into the back of my car though :D
Mwhahahaha.
Badger, when's your Birthday? Actual day I mean.
(, Wed 4 Mar 2009, 12:16, Reply)
 on the 20th
	on the 20thwhich is a Friday. I'm thinking of having a dinner party to prove I am slightly grown up. It will probably end up as cider and pizza though
(, Wed 4 Mar 2009, 12:18, Reply)
 Sam
	SamI'll have your job, it's a lot like what I do now.
Badger, If there is anyway I can be there I will be that's a promise.
Jim, load those computers, load them now. I'm thinking of doing the same.
(, Wed 4 Mar 2009, 12:19, Reply)
 I've got my eye on a couple
	I've got my eye on a couplemostly raiding the older ones for parts though.
Mine's on the 17th, so I'm not sure whether to go for drinks on 14th (Irish band on at bar) or actually on the 17th.
No-one will come anyway, so it should be fine either way.
(, Wed 4 Mar 2009, 12:23, Reply)
 Yeah
	Yeaheveryone is saving themselves for mine. Sucks to be you!
Ooh steal me a flatscreen monitor!
(, Wed 4 Mar 2009, 12:24, Reply)
 I'll give them your details Dok
	I'll give them your details DokThere's a strong possibility I'm going to move to Sussex and sign on for a bit quite soon so there'll be a tea drinking vacancy here.
You winning any interesting computer equipment jim?
(, Wed 4 Mar 2009, 12:24, Reply)
 Just the usual
	Just the usuala few flatscreens (lully shiny ones) some 150gb IDEs and Dell Precision 380 (no idea what it's doing here, but I'm having it).
I will see what I can sort out.
I kind of meant that no-one will come because no-one knows it's my Birthday!
(, Wed 4 Mar 2009, 12:27, Reply)
 Sam
	SamI can just see that description now;
Tea drinking, web surfing, Scottish nutter, wants to work for you. Master of bad spelling and grammar.
(, Wed 4 Mar 2009, 12:30, Reply)
 That might be a problem
	That might be a problemMy colleague is pretty dyslexic, so I have to catch all his spelling mistakes...
In fact I'm using a piece of software now which has the options 'mangage customers' and 'ammendment history', amongst many others!
(, Wed 4 Mar 2009, 12:31, Reply)
 Himjim
	HimjimWe now know about your birthday. If you lived within fifteen miles of me I might even come out for a drink.
(, Wed 4 Mar 2009, 12:35, Reply)
 Go out on the 18th
	Go out on the 18thPound a pint.
I'm getting quite hungry. I may have a pasty for lunch
(, Wed 4 Mar 2009, 12:35, Reply)
 I'm starving
	I'm starvingI can't wait for lunch!
I have no pasty today but I do have some sausage rolls.
(, Wed 4 Mar 2009, 12:38, Reply)
 I have already eaten my sandwiches
	I have already eaten my sandwichesAnd a sausage roll and a yoghurt.
(, Wed 4 Mar 2009, 12:41, Reply)
 Hey
	HeyI'll have you know I'm not retarbed. Nobodies going to mangage me!
(, Wed 4 Mar 2009, 12:47, Reply)
 I'm making roast potatoes infused with salt and Chili oil
	I'm making roast potatoes infused with salt and Chili oilThey smell goooood :)
Afternoon Himjim
(, Wed 4 Mar 2009, 12:57, Reply)
 'lo becky
	'lo beckySounds nice. You're not making that on reception, I hope?
*Sigh* I have 2 meetings this afternoon, neither of which I can be remotely arsed with.
*EDIT* Bit slow in here isn't it?
(, Wed 4 Mar 2009, 13:08, Reply)
 Need some advice
	Need some adviceInspired by this and not being able to recieve some naughty photos on my phone over the weekend I'm considering getting a new one.
Only problem is finding one that does what I want - one that's effectively a miniature PC that can make phone calls.
(, Wed 4 Mar 2009, 13:18, Reply)
 Phones
	PhonesA Phone is a very personal decision but for me I'd recommend the following depending on which OS you prefer:
OSX: iPhone is the only option here - Still can't recieve MMS messages directly
Series 60: Nokia N96 for the media features, Nokia E71 if you want a qwerty keyboard.
WinMob: HTC Touch HD for a touchscreen or one of the Samsungs for qwerty
BBOS: The Blackberry Bold 9000 for a qwerty or the Storm 9500 for a touchscreen or the girlie 8220 pearl flip if you like that sort of thing
Edited to add 8220, thanks for the reminder duckie!
(, Wed 4 Mar 2009, 13:23, Reply)
 Captain
	CaptainAvoid the Windows Mobile devices like the plague. I've had 3 different ones (WM2003, WM5 and WM6), 2 of which were HTC and one was Asus. Without fail, they were shite. They were slow, buggy and seemed to have a very fragile TAPI layer, meaning that even phonecalls were a bit hit and miss sometimes.
Much as I hate to admit it, my current crackberry is in a different league. It's only a Pearl, but I wanted something small enough to rattle around in my pocket with everything else.
Edit: Bludgeons thread brutally with a rotten lettuce, before making a macabre glove puppet out of its still-fresh corpse.
(, Wed 4 Mar 2009, 13:24, Reply)
 I'd pretty much ruled out windows mobile
	I'd pretty much ruled out windows mobileConsidering how much I hate using windows on desktops and find laptops to be even worse I just assumed windows mobile would be awful.
I think I'll have to get into some shops and try some phones out 'cause my impression from what I've read about the different OSs on the net is that I should wait in hope that openmoko project matures some more.
(, Wed 4 Mar 2009, 13:36, Reply)
 Hi Zap!
	Hi Zap!Cap: Don't bother waiting for openmoko, get something soon and you'll be due an upgrade again before that project gets anywhere close to viable!
Edit: Same goes for Google Android (T-Mobile G1), needs at least 12-18 months before it's worth considering.
(, Wed 4 Mar 2009, 13:39, Reply)
 I've had a few smartphones, went off them though
	I've had a few smartphones, went off them thoughCan't be arsed with having to charge them every day, and they all seem slow and buggy, particularly Win Mobile and S60 ones.
(there are a lot of rumours about a new version of WinMob, as to be fair the current one is years old. No idea when it'll come out though)
The iPhone has the best implemented UI but is handicapped in a lot of crucial areas, and I couldn't live without some buttons, I fucking hate this current trend for touchscreens. And I try to refuse to buy Apple products on principle, unless I really need to.
Blackberries send me into a foaming rage and I can barely stop myself stamping them into smithereens, everyone else seems to like them though.
You missed the G1 as well bill, I haven't tried that yet but it does at least have a keyboard as well as the touchscreen.
I've settled for having a normal phone that texts and calls people and has a reasonably good web browser (and a lot of battery life), and a 13" laptop which is fairly portable if I want to do anything more computer ish. Not keen on trying to do much on a small resolution screen.
I thought you had a netbook anyway Captain, surely this is the niche they're designed to fill?
(, Wed 4 Mar 2009, 13:40, Reply)
 I've just
	I've justlogged into Youtube and one of the videos 'recommended' for me is two girls one cup.
What the bull shuddering fuck?
*May* be looking at too much pron?
(, Wed 4 Mar 2009, 13:42, Reply)
 Zap
	ZapIt might not count but I'm clicking I Like This anyway!
Thanks, I needed a giggle!
(, Wed 4 Mar 2009, 13:45, Reply)
 Custard Creams
	Custard Creamsare vile.
Rich Tea is the way forward.
I did get attacked by some little chavs the other day. Little bastards seemed to feel that I needed to get my phone out to tell them the time. They were a little confused when I pointed to the tall church tower with a clock on...
(, Wed 4 Mar 2009, 13:47, Reply)
 Zap that's worrying
	Zap that's worryingBut hilarious.
@Bill You've got a point about openmoko but based on my interwebs browsing that's going to be the closest to what I'm after and if I can't get what I'm after now I'll just get a cheap phone that can handle MMS.
@Sam My netbook doesn't fit in my pocket though allowing me to have a real life HHGTTG on me at all times!
(, Wed 4 Mar 2009, 13:48, Reply)
 You mean you haven't got a man bag? :P
	You mean you haven't got a man bag? :PI was tempted by netbooks until I had a go on one, I could probably cope with the tiny screen resolution at a pinch but the slowness of the Atom was a definite deal breaker for me.
(, Wed 4 Mar 2009, 13:51, Reply)
 What OS were you using?
	What OS were you using?I wouldn't install XP on a netbook if you paid me but my full fat Ubuntu with an eee pc optimised kernal installed runs absolutely fine. Going to try out the two eee pc optimised ubuntu installs at some point to see if they're any faster but as I'm happy with the standard one I've been slow getting around to it.
(, Wed 4 Mar 2009, 13:54, Reply)
 XP
	XPSome of the software I use isn't available for Linux.
They may not be particularly designed to run XP but I'm pretty hot on stripping all the useless shite out, and it honestly felt slower than a P3 laptop with 256MB RAM I've got. Not really progress in my book, even if the Atom isn't supposed to be mega fast!
(it was an Acer netbook with 1.5GB of RAM I think)
My laptop's still alright but it's getting a bit long in the tooth now, I'll probably buy the new version of the same (or possibly a Toshiba, they've been impressing me lately) when I've got the cash. I don't mind sacrificing a bit of portability for all the extra features and performance.
(, Wed 4 Mar 2009, 13:57, Reply)
 Oh onions
	Oh onionsI have a possibly semi interesting story about onions.
This was 2005 and I was trying to impress a young lady so that she would remove her pants and let me lie on top of her in an invigorating manner.
So how did I try to impress her? I smoked a lot of weed, drank a lot of cider, and then at a party staggered up to her and turned on the charm.
I stared into her soft brown eyes, stroked her cheek, made her smile... and thats when the hunger hit me. She (along with a few other people) accompanied me to a local kebab van. For some reason one of the other drunks bet me that I couldn't eat two whole onions, chopped up.
No fricking problem thinks I.
So I order two whole onions, chopped up. I pay with a £20 and only remember getting £4 change.
We went back to mine, I put a movie on and about 5 of us sat in the dark watching it. Her hand found my leg and stroked it. I found my plastic fork and began shovelling raw onion into my face.
When she tried to kiss me she almost vomited.
When I tried to talk the next day I had onion juice induced blisters on my tongue and cheeks that made it incredibly painful.
She ended up going out with a chemical engineer.
I ended up smelling of onions for a fortnight.
(, Wed 4 Mar 2009, 13:58, Reply)
 Its
	Itsamazing what deeply humiliating personal stories I'm willing to pull out to avoid work...
(, Wed 4 Mar 2009, 14:01, Reply)
 Fair enough Sam
	Fair enough SamI reckon if I were buying it again I'd consider something bigger, maybe about 13". All I really use it for is browsing the net, plugging usb devices in (mainly cameras) and, when I get around to setting it up, remote access to my PC.
I seem to be saying "when I get around to it..." a lot lately.
@Al Fuck you cum bucket.
(, Wed 4 Mar 2009, 14:07, Reply)
 My list of 'when I get round to it' technical jobs is ever growing too...
	My list of 'when I get round to it' technical jobs is ever growing too...I've just ordered an eeePC for someone at work's mum so it'll be interesting to play with it when it arrives anyway.
Re. screen sizes, I have a 17" and a 13" so I can pick and choose which one I take somewhere! The big one usually stays at home though, it's not as good apart from the screen size.
@ Al - MAN THE FUCK UP
(, Wed 4 Mar 2009, 14:13, Reply)
 Top of my list
	Top of my listIs to setup my Mum and sister's old PC as a file server so that I can really fuck about and learn to use Linux without fear of losing my data and do clean installs as often as I bugger shit up.
I've been saying "this weekend" for about 2 months now though =/
(, Wed 4 Mar 2009, 14:22, Reply)
 Al man the fuck up and stop being bored
	Al man the fuck up and stop being boredor I'll set Bert on you. Anyone seen him lately? Or has he disappeared up a goats arse again?
(, Wed 4 Mar 2009, 14:24, Reply)
 Yay!
	Yay!Trouble and strife!
I've just cut my thumb open.
Blood is such an attractive feature
(, Wed 4 Mar 2009, 14:33, Reply)
 Nah,
	Nah,I'm ok thanks.
I need to be much more careful about taking strange men from the internet up on "sucking it off" offers.
(, Wed 4 Mar 2009, 14:49, Reply)
 That'd
	That'dbe the first time for a while.
So I win!
Ahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!
(, Wed 4 Mar 2009, 14:56, Reply)
 Sometimes if my
	Sometimes if mybiscuits have gone a bit dry I moisten them up with my ladyjuice.
(, Wed 4 Mar 2009, 15:00, Reply)
 Nice
	NiceSoviet style editing of the past there.
Its to be applauded.
My housemate had just rang me from an aeroplane back from Japan to ask what I'm having for dinner tonight.
(, Wed 4 Mar 2009, 15:17, Reply)
 What panda?
	What panda?I'm hungry again. But it's only because I am massively bored.
Get my wii fit later though woot woot woot!
(, Wed 4 Mar 2009, 15:33, Reply)
 Oh yeah I recall now. Thanks ethel
	Oh yeah I recall now. Thanks ethelOh no. Another Kaol *rolls eyes*
(, Wed 4 Mar 2009, 15:50, Reply)
 I was the first one.
	I was the first one.And clearly the best.
I've always wanted a clone-army though.
(, Wed 4 Mar 2009, 15:59, Reply)
 Well I'm not
	Well I'm notgoing to be one of your stupid clones. In fact I may start hunting them and eating them.
(, Wed 4 Mar 2009, 16:03, Reply)
 Hmmm...
	Hmmm...I think we've just solved world hunger.
I'm irre-fucking-sistible.
(, Wed 4 Mar 2009, 16:05, Reply)
 I dunno fake Kaol
	I dunno fake KaolI like your style. You may be spared.
Viva la Sam Army!
(, Wed 4 Mar 2009, 16:15, Reply)
 Oi!
	Oi!You filthy little defecting scum-bastard turncoat!
You'll join one, and one only. My one.
(, Wed 4 Mar 2009, 16:18, Reply)
 Ok...
	Ok...Damn bribery!
I'm excited though!
I've been flexing my review muscles.
(, Wed 4 Mar 2009, 16:35, Reply)
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