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Today's question: What did you forget?


( mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Thu 15 Oct 2009, 19:14, 75 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

To oil my bike chain

( willenium Fist bump for verification, Thu 15 Oct 2009, 19:18, Reply)

Is it just slowing you down or making too much of a squeek?
( mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Thu 15 Oct 2009, 19:24, Reply)

slow

( willenium Fist bump for verification, Thu 15 Oct 2009, 19:26, Reply)

OIling does quicken things
but if I put too much on, it goes all over the end of my trousers for the first few days.
( mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Thu 15 Oct 2009, 19:30, Reply)

this
I have no chain guard.
( willenium Fist bump for verification, Thu 15 Oct 2009, 19:40, Reply)

Me neither
and my mudguards don't cover the full area they need to, meaning my back gets splattered with 'road-gunk'.
( mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Thu 15 Oct 2009, 19:57, Reply)

a decent set can be had from halfords for about a tenner

( willenium Fist bump for verification, Thu 15 Oct 2009, 20:24, Reply)

MIght be worth investigating
as the rainy season's just round the corner.
( mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Thu 15 Oct 2009, 20:26, Reply)

It saves on detergent
one less dry cleaning session and they are paid for
( willenium Fist bump for verification, Thu 15 Oct 2009, 20:31, Reply)

I forgot all prior knowledge
of computers. My hard drive has taken a massive dump and I can't fix it.
( Batshitmentalist is sane for once, Thu 15 Oct 2009, 19:21, Reply)

DO you know if it's a hard-drive failure or is something b0rked in the operating system?
( mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Thu 15 Oct 2009, 19:25, Reply)

There's a blue screen that says
a problem has been detected and windows has been shut down to prevent damage. it tells me to disable all anti virus stuff and to run chkdsk/f, but I can't even boot into safe mode
( Batshitmentalist is sane for once, Thu 15 Oct 2009, 19:35, Reply)

Emergency measures
As told to me by a friend, and I think a couple on here can vouch for thsi working.

Unplug hard drive and remove from computer. Place in freezer for a while (can't remember the exact time). Quickly - plug it in and put it back in, and backup asap. If it is the hard drive that's causing the problem... this should at least buy you enough time to backup important files
(stimpy, Thu 15 Oct 2009, 19:37, Reply)

"Quickly - plug it in and put it back in"

Or alternatively, put the PC/Laptop in the fridge when you put the HD back in.
( mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Thu 15 Oct 2009, 19:51, Reply)

Maybe a file or two has become corrupt
chkdsk is sometimes started automatically on booting up. IF you're still having trouble, you may want to boot a Windows installation from a different HD with the new one attached as a secondary or slave HD, and run chkdsk on the partition of the secondary HD That's causing the problem.
( mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Thu 15 Oct 2009, 19:47, Reply)

Me
I forgot my iPhone today. It was my first day without an iPhone in ages. And it was even "New QOTW day" too, so I had to wait until I got home to see what it was this week.
( mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Thu 15 Oct 2009, 19:23, Reply)

was it like losing a limb?

( willenium Fist bump for verification, Thu 15 Oct 2009, 19:28, Reply)

More like losing a means of distraction
That, and also losing my ability to listen to music at work.
( mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Thu 15 Oct 2009, 19:32, Reply)

To register with a GP
I filled out a form and confirmed I'm in their catchment area a week ago Wednesday, all I need to do is drop in after work and before 6 and give them the form.

Have I managed to remember? No.
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Thu 15 Oct 2009, 19:29, Reply)

I have the habit of picking places on catchment-area borders
and I still haven't gotten round to registering in my new place. Last time I registered, it motivated by me needing to get some vaccinations for my trip to Cuba.
( mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Thu 15 Oct 2009, 19:34, Reply)

how was cuba?

( willenium Fist bump for verification, Thu 15 Oct 2009, 19:42, Reply)

Excellent thanks
Went several years ago as part of a work-brigade and spent the mornings picking oranges and the afternoons being given a lecture of some aspect of Cuban society. Evenings were spent experimenting with different ratios of rum to coke in our Rum and Cokes.
( mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Thu 15 Oct 2009, 19:56, Reply)

learn and drink
sort of like a university
( willenium Fist bump for verification, Thu 15 Oct 2009, 20:01, Reply)

See also
this and the gaz I sent you.

Half of us were gap year students, but I'd graduated several years before.
( mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Thu 15 Oct 2009, 20:08, Reply)

I think my GP is in Wales.
However, I won't go to the doctor unless something is actually hanging off me!
( Maladicta, Thu 15 Oct 2009, 19:51, Reply)

I moved 20 years ago
I'm only now getting round to changing GPs.
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Thu 15 Oct 2009, 21:50, Reply)

I forgot that while my Boots of Awesome are indeed awesome,
they're bloody hard to walk in, especially in Trashford where the pavements are not even.
( Maladicta, Thu 15 Oct 2009, 19:46, Reply)

Greetings Maladelica
If your boots are heavy enough, they can flatten the uneven bumps.
( mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Thu 15 Oct 2009, 19:48, Reply)

That depends on whether I'm in a bad mood
and I've previously discovered that death metal should not be listened to before work. I'm more concerned I'd stagger since I seem to walk like Bambi in them...

They look good though.
( Maladicta, Thu 15 Oct 2009, 19:50, Reply)

They'd look better
if you were a computer rendering - the boots would probably have greater emphasis. Or perhaps even be self-illuminating.
( mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Thu 15 Oct 2009, 19:53, Reply)

I like this idea. I may insist a rendering of me is drawn, with flappy silk coat
and a gun of some description. As long as I can find someone to do such a thing.
( Maladicta, Thu 15 Oct 2009, 19:56, Reply)

Try the webbly mk. IV officers side arm

( willenium Fist bump for verification, Thu 15 Oct 2009, 20:00, Reply)

Sounds good.
Not too heavy, and easily reloadable!

(Aside: most hilariously ingenious reload technique, ever)
( Maladicta, Thu 15 Oct 2009, 20:08, Reply)

I could probably hack together an algorithm for simulating the physics of a flappy coat
and with luck, even add in an easter-egg or two. Perhaps the back of the coat could be a portal into another dimension.
( mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Thu 15 Oct 2009, 20:05, Reply)

Or something that says something random from a certain angle.

( Maladicta, Thu 15 Oct 2009, 20:09, Reply)

Would that be a means of enticing people to get closer to your coat
so that they can discover the inter-dimensional portal at the back?
( mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Thu 15 Oct 2009, 20:21, Reply)

The coat is awesome enough as it is.
I point it out to people in real life enough "isn't this coat great?" Even better with the Coat of Awesome....

However, in the rendered world, I would entice dudes into my coat as a way of despatching them to the alternate dimension of Barry Manilow.
( Maladicta, Thu 15 Oct 2009, 20:30, Reply)

i forgot to pay a cheque for £200 into my business account...
it's been in my wallet since monday.
( blaireau69 , the Cumbrian Travis Bickle., Thu 15 Oct 2009, 19:51, Reply)

Oh noes!
Still, money for the weekend. Buy yourself a kittum!
( Maladicta, Thu 15 Oct 2009, 19:56, Reply)

A tabby one !

( willenium Fist bump for verification, Thu 15 Oct 2009, 20:00, Reply)

Or a tortoiseshell!

( Maladicta, Thu 15 Oct 2009, 20:03, Reply)

He'll need it.
He's meeting me tomorrow and I have a fierce thirst on a Friday afternoon.
( The Disappointed Caravanner of the year, Thu 15 Oct 2009, 20:12, Reply)

Ooo.
Have fun :)
( Maladicta, Thu 15 Oct 2009, 20:14, Reply)

Seconded

( mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Thu 15 Oct 2009, 20:21, Reply)

fret not my soon-to-be-drinking-buddy...
i have a cunning plan!
( blaireau69 , the Cumbrian Travis Bickle., Thu 15 Oct 2009, 20:23, Reply)

Is it so cunning
you could stick a tail on it and call it a weasel?
( Maladicta, Thu 15 Oct 2009, 20:24, Reply)

oh faaaaaaar more cunning than that.
a plan sooooooooooo cunning that other plans go home and cry in despair.
a plan sooooooooooo cunning that if it were any more cunning, even a tiny weeny bit, it would be capable of resolving the credit-crunch. whilst asleep. on holiday. in a foreign country. after getting pissed on Grappa.
( blaireau69 , the Cumbrian Travis Bickle., Thu 15 Oct 2009, 20:31, Reply)

Ooh blimey.
You've only got four and a bit hours to execute all this, remember.

I book on at 11.00 on Saturday for yet another trip to the fleshpots of Blackpool.
( The Disappointed Caravanner of the year, Thu 15 Oct 2009, 20:36, Reply)

the cunning plan relates to the gathering of drinking funds!
the afternoon is about as easy as it gets...
1)beer
2)pizza
3)beer
4)beer
5)beer
repeat steps 3 to 5 as required.

simples! as the meerkat says.
( blaireau69 , the Cumbrian Travis Bickle., Thu 15 Oct 2009, 20:44, Reply)

Simples!
The meerkat is Flatmate's mum's ringtone, as I discovered on Saturday.
( Maladicta, Thu 15 Oct 2009, 20:53, Reply)

Aye
That'll do, Marrer.
( The Disappointed Caravanner of the year, Thu 15 Oct 2009, 20:53, Reply)

do you remember a pub called "The Shambles" on Lowther Street?
then it became "The Post" then it was an Irish one ...
and now it's called "The Gilded Lilly".
and that is where we will await your presence!
( blaireau69 , the Cumbrian Travis Bickle., Thu 15 Oct 2009, 21:22, Reply)

Well no, frankly.
I can't remember much of Carlisle because it was always a place to get drunk in then get the next train out.

Is Lowther Street the one that curves round opposite the station towards the old bus station?
( The Disappointed Caravanner of the year, Thu 15 Oct 2009, 21:41, Reply)

nah mate, that'll be the crescent...
which leads to lowther street.
the lilly is the pub on the right hand side of lowther street, opposite pizza express (used to be Lloyds bank). the howard arms is at the other end of lowther street opposite what used to be the old bus staion before it became either iceland or a car park. can't really remember the old bus station cos it were demolished about 35 years ago...
( blaireau69 , the Cumbrian Travis Bickle., Thu 15 Oct 2009, 22:11, Reply)

Oh I'll find it.
I'll check this tomorrow morning when I'm sober.

Look out for a 5'6", bespectacled, smartly dressed gent, with hair.
( The Disappointed Caravanner of the year, Thu 15 Oct 2009, 22:20, Reply)

and you keep a look out for a slightly tubby-yet-muscley 5'11" dude in jeans and t-shirt...
sitting quaffing booze with Gronzo. we will probably be laughing like a pair of drains!
( blaireau69 , the Cumbrian Travis Bickle., Thu 15 Oct 2009, 22:36, Reply)

best client ever..

( willenium Fist bump for verification, Thu 15 Oct 2009, 19:57, Reply)

Reminds me of when I got a cash advance at my first job
Was not sure how long it would take to clear if I deposited it in my bank account, and as I was flat-hunting at the time, I needed some instant money to pay a deposit if needed. This meant I spent ages carrying round hundreds of pounds in cash.
( mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Thu 15 Oct 2009, 20:03, Reply)

Good lad.
Your round then, I think...
( The Disappointed Caravanner of the year, Thu 15 Oct 2009, 20:06, Reply)

no you silly peeps, i forgot to pay in a CHEQUE.
meaning it'll get paid in tomorrow meaning it'll not be cleared until the middle of next week!
which is never a good thing.
but i do have a wee bit of scrap to weigh-in so that'll make a tenner or so...
( blaireau69 , the Cumbrian Travis Bickle., Thu 15 Oct 2009, 20:12, Reply)

oooh
are you playing out in Bradford?
(CheatingRabbit, Thu 15 Oct 2009, 20:27, Reply)

not Bradford, somewhere far further northwards.
The Carlisle Micro-microbash!
( blaireau69 , the Cumbrian Travis Bickle., Thu 15 Oct 2009, 20:33, Reply)

No, Carlisle.
But I'll have him drinking in Saltaire for the return fixture.

Do you still live in Chavford?
( The Disappointed Caravanner of the year, Thu 15 Oct 2009, 20:33, Reply)

indood
I dee
(CheatingRabbit, Thu 15 Oct 2009, 21:19, Reply)

Good - possibly unfortunate - lad.
I'm at the top of the hill in Undercliffe.

Tend to do my socialising in Saltaire, or occasionally Symposium in Idle village.

You?
( The Disappointed Caravanner of the year, Thu 15 Oct 2009, 21:39, Reply)

I forgot to do something to do with accom
and as a result I'm being fined £60.


Fuck :(
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Thu 15 Oct 2009, 20:53, Reply)

Gah. They'll take any excuse to screw you out of money.
What did you not do?
( Maladicta, Thu 15 Oct 2009, 20:57, Reply)

Leaving out a sanitary bin
That I haven't even fucking used.

RAGE.
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Thu 15 Oct 2009, 21:31, Reply)

Wait, what?
They want to charge you sixty quid for a jamrag bin?
( Maladicta, Thu 15 Oct 2009, 21:42, Reply)

A FUCKING EMPTY ONE
And I had a horrible day too.

I want some nice food but I feel it's a waste of money. I could just make dahl, but I want some chocolate.
God I'm a whiny cunt.
Sorry, good people!
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Thu 15 Oct 2009, 21:43, Reply)

Your body is telling you to have chocolate
so have chocolate, is what I say. Would be all the same if you had used the damned thing!
( Maladicta, Thu 15 Oct 2009, 21:55, Reply)

Evening Lampidoodle
Is £60 still a lot of money for students in the '00s in London? Back in the mid 90's, that was a small fortune.
( mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Thu 15 Oct 2009, 21:10, Reply)

I guess
I have a healthy allowance from my loans, I guess, but I've been so careful; literally thinking before I spend money on ANYTHING.

I'm just really pissed off at myself- I could have saved so much money.
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Thu 15 Oct 2009, 21:32, Reply)

Another thing I'd forgotten
Tuesday night I doubled my poker money and won about $150. I've literally just found the hand history, I'd forgotten all about it.
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Thu 15 Oct 2009, 22:14, Reply)

I had $75 left in my account
and I've turned it into $538. I'm verging on "making this my living" territory.
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Thu 15 Oct 2009, 23:55, Reply)