Good news and bad news
The good news are that at the moment the client and my boss are agreeing the terms and conditions for my assignment in Runcorn (I'll still be living in Manchester, don't worry) which could be starting as soon as tomorrow. This is a new, exciting job, where I'll be working as a consultant directly with the client and, if I do it right, could open plenty of doors for me to do the type of work that I love.

The bad news are that, if everything goes ok, I'm going to love my job so much that I doubt I'll find much time to come here and say hello. And I don't know if I'll have access to this fabulous place on the client site, anyway.

So, any good news on this fine morning?

Alt Q: any bad news on this not so fine morning?



P.S.: I hope I can come and talk to you, I'm going to miss you lot.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Tue 3 Aug 2010, 7:39, 191 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

Do you have a fancy phone that can get online?
It'd be slower, but you could still post here :)

Bad news: In work at 7am
Good news: I'll be leaving at 3:30pm
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Tue 3 Aug 2010, 7:46, Reply)

I'm not sure I can use the phone on site
If they are very serious about fire and explosions, I don't think they'll allow me to bring any electronic equipment on site.

I started at 7 too, but I'll finish at 5:30; then 2 shortish days and a very short Friday at work, long on the beer (Mark's farewell do II)
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Tue 3 Aug 2010, 7:58, Reply)

How long will Mark be gone for before you can head down to live with him again?
I can't imagine how he'll cope without your tapas and sangria! And your lovely company of course :p
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Tue 3 Aug 2010, 8:02, Reply)

It should be no more than 4 months
But that's because then we'll go on holidays for 3 months. My plans to move to the south are for begining of March at the latest.

I'm not very happy with him today, as he's been planning all week (since last Friday) to meet and say bye to all his friends, and he "didn't think" to leave some time for the 2 of us only, so I could say bye... He's going to change his plans so we have half of Sunday together, but still...
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Tue 3 Aug 2010, 8:05, Reply)

We'll miss you too : (
Apart from Chompy of course.
( girlinthehole, Tue 3 Aug 2010, 7:58, Reply)

He'll miss me too
But he'll never admit it.

I don't want to get too sentimental, in case I do have access and time, and then everybody thinks I've been trying to get you sad for nothing, like Darth did.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Tue 3 Aug 2010, 8:00, Reply)

You're one of the ok ones.

(PsychoChomp, Tue 3 Aug 2010, 9:02, Reply)

Oh, thank you
That means a lot coming from you.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Tue 3 Aug 2010, 9:03, Reply)

the good news - I got my midyear exam results yesterday and am really happy with them.
and I have monday off school cos of a teacher PD day or something.

Bad news is I am now crook as anything. woo. :(
(Poppet some assembly required., Tue 3 Aug 2010, 8:09, Reply)

I don't know what crook is
So I'll stay with the good news: Congratulations!! I'm very glad you got good results after all the *hard* work!
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Tue 3 Aug 2010, 8:16, Reply)

thank you!
Crook means unwell. I've caught the lurgy that's gone through my family.
An alternate meaning is to call someone "a crook" which is slang for a criminal.
(Poppet some assembly required., Tue 3 Aug 2010, 8:18, Reply)

Oh, I see
So you have your mum's cold now. Is it only a bad cold or coming into flu?

Just stay in bed all day today. Hot chicken soup. Hot milk with honey. Hot lemon juice with honey. You'll be fine in no time.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Tue 3 Aug 2010, 8:20, Reply)

Mum's got whooping cough.
And now I'm getting all the same symptoms as her...really hoping it's just a bad cold though.

it's night time now. I'm taking the morning off school tomorrow though since I only have chem after lunch (can't miss that).
(Poppet some assembly required., Tue 3 Aug 2010, 8:21, Reply)

That sounds like a good plan
I wish I could have taken the morning off today. I'm tired.

Are you taking anything for the cold?
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Tue 3 Aug 2010, 8:28, Reply)

can only take painkillers for the headaches and cough lollies.
can't take cold and flu tablets because they conflict with my medication.
(Poppet some assembly required., Tue 3 Aug 2010, 8:37, Reply)

Ouch
That's not very good. Well, hot drinks and honey should help. And plenty of vitamin c
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Tue 3 Aug 2010, 8:54, Reply)

Done, done, and done. :)
you'll be a good mummy one day Aberracion.
(Poppet some assembly required., Tue 3 Aug 2010, 8:56, Reply)

My dad had whooping cough in the 1940s
So he tells me. But I thought it had been pretty much eradicated these days. I'm fairly sure I've been vaccinated against it.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Tue 3 Aug 2010, 8:57, Reply)

you can get it if you've not been immunised or if you've had it before.
Mum's a nurse so she works with people who haven't necessarily been vaccinated.
(Poppet some assembly required., Tue 3 Aug 2010, 9:04, Reply)

Yeah, I just assumed everyone had been immunised these days.
A wrong assumption, evidently!

Mind you, I had measles when I was 25, despite having had the jab when I was a kid. I don't recommend it. I've never been so ill in my life.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Tue 3 Aug 2010, 9:05, Reply)

I caught chicken pox three years ago.
it was wretched.
(Poppet some assembly required., Tue 3 Aug 2010, 9:10, Reply)

Yup
Had that a couple of years after the measles! Nothing like as bad as the former though.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Tue 3 Aug 2010, 9:12, Reply)

I actually got a few pretty big scars from it.
I have a raised pink weal on my left shoulder blade the size of an Aussie 5 cent coin.
(Poppet some assembly required., Tue 3 Aug 2010, 9:14, Reply)

Battle scars!
I've got one big one, but it's on my ribcage, under my left arm, so not really on show that much.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Tue 3 Aug 2010, 9:22, Reply)

Oh, I hadn't realized
I thought you were using whooping as an adjective to mean a very bad cough. I didn't realize it was pertussis. Sorry about that! I hope you don't have it and you get better soon.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Tue 3 Aug 2010, 9:06, Reply)

aha it's okay.
Hoping I don't have it, and that it's just a bad cold.
(Poppet some assembly required., Tue 3 Aug 2010, 9:09, Reply)

You can get it if you have been immunised as well.
I was reading a thing about it the other day - if you had the jab as a kid then you shouldn't get it quite as bad, but you might still crack a rib from the coughing.
(wellgroomedwookiee is a filthy-minded hobgoblin, Tue 3 Aug 2010, 9:53, Reply)

Good news: I'm not dead
Bad news: I'm not dead
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 3 Aug 2010, 9:01, Reply)

Give it time.

( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Tue 3 Aug 2010, 9:02, Reply)

Couple of hours, you reckon?

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 3 Aug 2010, 9:02, Reply)

or about 40-50 years.
give or take.
(Poppet some assembly required., Tue 3 Aug 2010, 9:04, Reply)

haha no chance
20 tops.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 3 Aug 2010, 9:06, Reply)

you're not *that* old surely? :P

(Poppet some assembly required., Tue 3 Aug 2010, 9:10, Reply)

It's the massive drugs and rich food

(PsychoChomp, Tue 3 Aug 2010, 9:11, Reply)

Don't forget the excessive drinking, too.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 3 Aug 2010, 9:12, Reply)

ahh fair enough then.
die young and happy. :)
(Poppet some assembly required., Tue 3 Aug 2010, 9:13, Reply)

Or young and fucking miserable
as the case may be is.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 3 Aug 2010, 9:14, Reply)

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
Mo
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Tue 3 Aug 2010, 9:15, Reply)

I've nearly finished the campaign now
It's so good.
(PsychoChomp, Tue 3 Aug 2010, 9:16, Reply)

So are you on Char yet?
I had to restart a few of the final missions, especially the last one, as I was getting annihilated.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Tue 3 Aug 2010, 9:17, Reply)

Which one's char?
I just got the final artifact thing and I've got to go after kerrigan.
(PsychoChomp, Tue 3 Aug 2010, 9:19, Reply)

It's the last planet
Almighty warfare! You get to choose one of two approaches. I found the 'taking out their air defenses' nice and easy.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Tue 3 Aug 2010, 9:21, Reply)

Ah, well I'll see. I liked the final protos mission.
That was fun.
(PsychoChomp, Tue 3 Aug 2010, 9:22, Reply)

Was that the one on the floating ship/island?
That one rocked!
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Tue 3 Aug 2010, 9:23, Reply)

Nah it was the one set in the future where you just had to kill over 1500 zerg before you died.
The floating one was good too, 20 dreadnoughts was enough to kill everything and then some.
(PsychoChomp, Tue 3 Aug 2010, 9:27, Reply)

Ah yes, I even got the achievement for killing an extra 250
I liked sending the protoss ninja dudes in under cloak.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Tue 3 Aug 2010, 9:30, Reply)

it's guys like you that give geeks a bad name

( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Tue 3 Aug 2010, 9:40, Reply)

You're a gamer too

( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Tue 3 Aug 2010, 9:44, Reply)

are you kidding?
I'm loving the dialogue between these two. It makes me smile.
(Poppet some assembly required., Tue 3 Aug 2010, 9:45, Reply)

It makes me belm, and belm HARD.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 3 Aug 2010, 9:50, Reply)

Your face makes me belm hard

( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Tue 3 Aug 2010, 9:52, Reply)

Computer games are arguably the pinacle of human artistic achievment.
/just going to leave this here and go for a fag.
(PsychoChomp, Tue 3 Aug 2010, 9:53, Reply)

I makes me think I want that game
But I have no time or habilities, so I'll have to give it a miss.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Tue 3 Aug 2010, 9:51, Reply)

Oh, get a room already.

( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Tue 3 Aug 2010, 9:53, Reply)

Some people
are never happy!

What else do you need, if you have massive drugs, rich food, alcohol and bad women, eh?
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Tue 3 Aug 2010, 9:15, Reply)

Proper access to my daughter
and a job that doesn't suck the life out of me, would be nice.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 3 Aug 2010, 9:17, Reply)

Do you?
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Tue 3 Aug 2010, 9:19, Reply)

Hahahaha!

(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Tue 3 Aug 2010, 9:20, Reply)

Ok, right
it be nicer; but that goes with the bit of visiting bad women, you see? It's all your fault (only joking there, don't get upset)
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Tue 3 Aug 2010, 9:23, Reply)

And your visiting bad women

(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Tue 3 Aug 2010, 9:14, Reply)

And he doesn't correctly follow the green cross code.

(PsychoChomp, Tue 3 Aug 2010, 9:15, Reply)

I'm afraid
I'm not aware of that code. Unless you mean crossing the road on green traffic lights. Then he's just CRAZY!!! Betting for an early death, clearly.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Tue 3 Aug 2010, 9:16, Reply)

THINK! Find the safest place to cross, then stop.
STOP! Stand on the pavement near the kerb.
USE YOUR EYES AND EARS! Look all around for traffic, and listen.
WAIT UNTIL IT'S SAFE TO CROSS! If traffic is coming, let it pass.
LOOK AND LISTEN! When it's safe, walk straight across the road.
ARRIVE ALIVE! Keep looking and listening
(PsychoChomp, Tue 3 Aug 2010, 9:17, Reply)

That's so funny!!
Imagine we all did that! It'd be great to have a balcony with views onto a busy junction. Who needs TV anymore?
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Tue 3 Aug 2010, 9:19, Reply)

I agree, we've never had anything like this here.
it's just Stop Look Listen and Think here...
(Poppet some assembly required., Tue 3 Aug 2010, 9:25, Reply)

That's a lot more than what we have
Green: go, Red: don't go
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Tue 3 Aug 2010, 9:30, Reply)

If you didn't google that, and its right, then 10 POINTS DEDUCTED.

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Tue 3 Aug 2010, 9:22, Reply)

Direct from wikipedia

(PsychoChomp, Tue 3 Aug 2010, 9:29, Reply)

Good man, I'd hate to think you were a bod in school

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Tue 3 Aug 2010, 9:32, Reply)

does anyone remember Tufty the Road Safety Squirrel?

( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Tue 3 Aug 2010, 9:41, Reply)

Funny you should say that
I drove by him this morning, looked like he was having a nap at the side of the road. He's lost a lot of weight.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Tue 3 Aug 2010, 9:44, Reply)

Mainly from the side of his head.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 3 Aug 2010, 9:49, Reply)

I must say
It's not a good look.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Tue 3 Aug 2010, 9:52, Reply)

visi penetra
(TheColonel, Tue 3 Aug 2010, 9:15, Reply)

Well, yes
That's what I meant, clearly; did it need the strikeout?
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Tue 3 Aug 2010, 9:17, Reply)

You make it sound
like I use prostitutes.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 3 Aug 2010, 9:16, Reply)

Then I would have said
Women of bad life. Bad women are women that are bad for you, giving you a headache more than giving you pleasure.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Tue 3 Aug 2010, 9:18, Reply)

I prefer the shorter term 'women'.
No offence, like.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 3 Aug 2010, 9:19, Reply)

I'm so offended by that
When have I given you a headache, eh? True that you've never visited me either, but you can't prove right now that I'd give you a headache.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Tue 3 Aug 2010, 9:21, Reply)

I'm getting one now.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 3 Aug 2010, 9:22, Reply)

Sorry dear,
Can I get you a cup of tea?
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Tue 3 Aug 2010, 9:24, Reply)

Make it a large cognac, if it's not too much trouble.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 3 Aug 2010, 9:25, Reply)

Would you like some food to accompany it?

(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Tue 3 Aug 2010, 9:31, Reply)

Devilled kidneys please.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 3 Aug 2010, 9:33, Reply)

Just a second
I'll have them ready while you cool yourself down watching TV. Some snacks while you wait?
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Tue 3 Aug 2010, 9:36, Reply)

Thank you very much!

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 3 Aug 2010, 9:40, Reply)

You're welcome
I couldn't let you there, having a headache.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Tue 3 Aug 2010, 9:46, Reply)

^ top breakfast here ^

(lkjshaglkasjdhglkhjz lkcvl; g;aodh;owih, Tue 3 Aug 2010, 9:37, Reply)

With cognac?
That's a strong start of the day!
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Tue 3 Aug 2010, 9:45, Reply)

"breakfast of champions"
and heavy drinkers.
(lkjshaglkasjdhglkhjz lkcvl; g;aodh;owih, Tue 3 Aug 2010, 9:49, Reply)

Clearly
I have a friend who, after a heavy night out of drinking a lot, woke up in the morning and asked for the leftover sangría for breakfast. He drunk half a bucket, and ate all the fruit on it. I felt like puking all the time.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Tue 3 Aug 2010, 9:53, Reply)

My brother
used to keep a can of Special Brew by his bed for when he woke up in the morning. Not even in the fucking fridge. Disgusting.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 3 Aug 2010, 10:03, Reply)

Ajjjjjjj
You're making me sick!
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Tue 3 Aug 2010, 10:12, Reply)

we're not that bad surely...
you've just met one of the real cunts methinks.
(Poppet some assembly required., Tue 3 Aug 2010, 9:22, Reply)

Oh I've met a great deal more than just one.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 3 Aug 2010, 9:22, Reply)

well maybe it's just you attract crazy people with your loathing of bowie?

(Poppet some assembly required., Tue 3 Aug 2010, 9:24, Reply)

I fear
it's more that I am attracted to the mental ones, than the other way round.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 3 Aug 2010, 9:28, Reply)

dude, I'm trying to give you an out here so you don't blame yourself.

(Poppet some assembly required., Tue 3 Aug 2010, 9:34, Reply)

you don't know much about the English do you?

(PsychoChomp, Tue 3 Aug 2010, 9:35, Reply)

I guess not.
I'm trying to learn though. Educate me?
(Poppet some assembly required., Tue 3 Aug 2010, 9:38, Reply)

We're cunts.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 3 Aug 2010, 9:39, Reply)

hahaha!
I find that hard to believe. I like pretty much everyone I talk to here.
(Poppet some assembly required., Tue 3 Aug 2010, 9:43, Reply)

Maybe you're one too....

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 3 Aug 2010, 9:45, Reply)

quite possible.

(Poppet some assembly required., Tue 3 Aug 2010, 9:46, Reply)

Misery loves company
take psychochomp down with you
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Tue 3 Aug 2010, 9:47, Reply)

Nowt wrong with that
You don't want to be poo'ing in the mouth of someone you have to respect the next day.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Tue 3 Aug 2010, 9:23, Reply)

Depends.
It might be a slow day for deaths.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Tue 3 Aug 2010, 9:04, Reply)

On a different note, I had your recommended crab Linguine for tea last night
It was an absolute delight. Very fresh with the lemon zest with just enough chilli to leave a lasting tingle in the mouth and a smile on the face. Well played sir.
(TheColonel, Tue 3 Aug 2010, 9:09, Reply)

Excellent!
Very pleased you liked it old chap.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 3 Aug 2010, 9:22, Reply)

Pfft! that's my favorite recipe.

( girlinthehole, Tue 3 Aug 2010, 9:58, Reply)

Niiiiice, I'm tempted to do that tonight now =)
Not that I don't trust monties food choices, it's just that it is nice to hear recommendations.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Tue 3 Aug 2010, 9:25, Reply)

I can generally be trusted on matters of self-indulgence.
It's my specialist subject.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 3 Aug 2010, 9:27, Reply)

if you can advise me on something yummy that does NOT have any seafood in it, go ahead.
I'm having chilli con carne tonight, but what should I have tomorrow?
(Poppet some assembly required., Tue 3 Aug 2010, 9:35, Reply)

Put a dessert spoonful of black treacle into your chilli
a few minutes before serving - it'll be the best chilli you've ever cooked.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 3 Aug 2010, 9:44, Reply)

....what's black treacle?
is that like Golden Syrup?
(Poppet some assembly required., Tue 3 Aug 2010, 9:46, Reply)

Yes
But black. Like molasses.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Tue 3 Aug 2010, 9:48, Reply)

oh okay! now I getcha.
would if we had any but I will try that next time!
(Poppet some assembly required., Tue 3 Aug 2010, 9:50, Reply)

Heh, as sad as it is at my age, gluttony is my favorite sin.

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Tue 3 Aug 2010, 9:40, Reply)

I couldn't choose one.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 3 Aug 2010, 9:52, Reply)

Strongly recommended, my housemate was very impressed/jealous
I also chopped extra parsley and garlic to make garlic bread. Not essential but there's not enough garlic in the world for my liking.
(TheColonel, Tue 3 Aug 2010, 9:29, Reply)

I got some smoked garlic at home, that might work well.
Can you please link me to the recipe.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Tue 3 Aug 2010, 9:41, Reply)

Smoked garlic RULES THE WORLD.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 3 Aug 2010, 9:45, Reply)

Heh, yup, I find it costs twice as much, but goes 5 times further
Love shop in cockfosters does it.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Tue 3 Aug 2010, 9:50, Reply)

Didn't have a recipe but this was how i did it.
Linguine
Tin of crab meat
Large clove of garlic
Zest and juice of one lemon
1 fresh chilli
2 small shallots
Parsley

Cook pasta, while it's cooking slowly soften shallots, then add chilli garlic and lemon zest. Add the crab meat to heat through. Add parsley and lemon juice to taste. Drain pasta and mix.
Finish with sprinkle of parsley and chilli and serve with lemon wedge and garlic bread
(TheColonel, Tue 3 Aug 2010, 9:49, Reply)

FUCKPISS
I went to Tesco last night, and forgot to buy garlic! I wanted to try this so much.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Tue 3 Aug 2010, 9:51, Reply)

BINGO!

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 3 Aug 2010, 9:53, Reply)

I'm totally going to make this
and also have seafood linguine when I go out for dinner tonight
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 3 Aug 2010, 10:01, Reply)

Cool, I'm going to add to that prawns as I've got some that need to be used, and fresh crab meat as I'm near a posh fishmongers today.
Thanks mate, I'll do that and blog it up =)
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Tue 3 Aug 2010, 9:54, Reply)

I WANT BLOG-CREDIT.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 3 Aug 2010, 9:57, Reply)

Deffo !

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Tue 3 Aug 2010, 10:02, Reply)

Can we have a link to that blog?
I'm going to have a lot of time for cooking from next week.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Tue 3 Aug 2010, 9:59, Reply)

Yup =)
blog.90nz0.com

The Asian salmon and Thai coconut soup are my faves so far.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Tue 3 Aug 2010, 10:03, Reply)

Thanks!
I might to go for healthier versions of these, at least until the wedding. After that I'll go for the full lot.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Tue 3 Aug 2010, 10:13, Reply)

You can add some breadcrumbs too.

( girlinthehole, Tue 3 Aug 2010, 10:01, Reply)

;)

(TheColonel, Tue 3 Aug 2010, 10:39, Reply)

Good news? I have a nice lunch today. Ham, cheese and pickle sandwiches, with crisps, and a gold bar
Bad news? No word from my landlord yet, emailed him last night. I'm ludicrously skint this month, and I'm at a festival next weekend (my friend bought me the ticket when things were easier). I'm just not quite sure what I'll do this month.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 3 Aug 2010, 9:02, Reply)

Did you call your landlord yesterday?
That information you need from him, can you guess it or it has to be exactly right?
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Tue 3 Aug 2010, 9:04, Reply)

I managed to work it out, but I still need him to send me a copy of the tenancy agreement I signed
Also, I've asked him whether he allows housing benefit to be used, as some landlords don't.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 3 Aug 2010, 9:27, Reply)

I hope you get an answer soon
In any case, don't forget that gaz I sent you, oky?
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Tue 3 Aug 2010, 9:32, Reply)

Thanks
I won't.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 3 Aug 2010, 9:42, Reply)

my boss is in the worst mood ever
can someone help me re-attach my head to my shoulders?

ta.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 3 Aug 2010, 9:29, Reply)

What have you done now?

(PsychoChomp, Tue 3 Aug 2010, 9:31, Reply)

got the giggles in a BD meeting

( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 3 Aug 2010, 9:45, Reply)

Not yet
I'm not done with it.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Tue 3 Aug 2010, 9:31, Reply)

I'm ill still
and my boss said "oh you shouldn't have come to work today" and I glared and then sneezed and pointed out as I am here I may as well stay.

stupid work
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Tue 3 Aug 2010, 9:31, Reply)

Poor Badger
*gives Lemsip*
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Tue 3 Aug 2010, 9:32, Reply)

our sick policy is riduiculous as well
we don't get paid unless we get specific confirmation from the plant manager we aren't fucking skiving cuntbags.
and thanks
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Tue 3 Aug 2010, 9:34, Reply)

That's a bit shit
Ours is alright, just have to self-sign when we get back if it's only a day.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Tue 3 Aug 2010, 9:35, Reply)

I haven't had a sick day in 8 months
so I'd probably be ok. But I'm playing my martyr card as teh other girl is on holiday and they would be screwed without me
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Tue 3 Aug 2010, 9:39, Reply)

You? Milk something for all it's worth?
I can't imagine such a thing!
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Tue 3 Aug 2010, 9:45, Reply)

It is shocking I know

( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Tue 3 Aug 2010, 9:48, Reply)

thing random stranger
worth man batter
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Tue 3 Aug 2010, 9:57, Reply)

Really?
So he's got to visit you at home to check every time you get sick?
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Tue 3 Aug 2010, 9:38, Reply)

He looks at how many times we have been off/how much he likes us etc

( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Tue 3 Aug 2010, 9:40, Reply)

That sounds fair enough
In a communist world.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Tue 3 Aug 2010, 9:47, Reply)

We use something called the Bradford Index.
Basically, if you have lots of one or two day spells of sickness, a score mounts up that triggers action once you get to a certain threshhold (125 I think). Conversely, if you have two fortnightly spells of sicknesss, you score less because of the way it's worked out. It's supposed to discourage people taking Monday and Friday sickies, but most of my spells of sickness have been one or two days as when I'm starting to feel shit I take to my bed and dose up on drugs, which usually sorts it out quickly, so I can get back to work and not disrupt things too much.

It's a bit shit if you ask me. You could have ten days off, individually, and get hauled in by HR, but if you had 24 days off in two blocks of a fortnight, nothing would happen.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Tue 3 Aug 2010, 10:08, Reply)

Uh oh...
*guilties*
( thealternativefact, Tue 3 Aug 2010, 9:38, Reply)

Yes I have blamed you

( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Tue 3 Aug 2010, 9:39, Reply)

Well, just so you know...
it's been over two weeks and I'm still poorly.
Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahahahahahahahackhackhack
*coughs up a lung*
( thealternativefact, Tue 3 Aug 2010, 9:43, Reply)

You'll be needing this
*hands lung back, after having washed off the grit and sin*
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Tue 3 Aug 2010, 9:46, Reply)

If you can wash off sin,
I might hand you some of my other bits.
( thealternativefact, Tue 3 Aug 2010, 9:54, Reply)

You'll probably make more money off 'em if you leave the sin in

( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Tue 3 Aug 2010, 9:54, Reply)

Are you calling me a hoo-er?

( thealternativefact, Tue 3 Aug 2010, 9:58, Reply)

Never!
Just saying you're not marketing yourself to your full potential. You have unrealised commodities.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Tue 3 Aug 2010, 10:00, Reply)

You're being very smooth this morning, Labbles.

( thealternativefact, Tue 3 Aug 2010, 10:01, Reply)

Thanks, I epilated

( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Tue 3 Aug 2010, 10:02, Reply)

It suits you

(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Tue 3 Aug 2010, 10:05, Reply)

Really?
I thought women thought hairless men were "weird, wrong and abhorrent".
Oh, or you're saying that I am weird, wrong and abhorrent, and epilating helps advertise as such to others, so they can cross the road to avoid me...
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Tue 3 Aug 2010, 10:06, Reply)

It depends which parts you epilate
I can't stand men with hair in their shoulders, back or belly.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Tue 3 Aug 2010, 10:15, Reply)

I don't actually epilate
But I'm blessed in that I don't have hair in those places.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Tue 3 Aug 2010, 10:16, Reply)

Good for you
My brother is like a bear and I'm trying to convince him to epilate his back and neck.

In Tenerife, guys usually epilate all but armpits and genitalia, although they trim those.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Tue 3 Aug 2010, 10:17, Reply)

*cries*
In other news. My phone is awesome and I wasted a lot of my life looking at all the apps yesterday
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Tue 3 Aug 2010, 9:47, Reply)

Yeyeyeyeyes!
I only have the wildfire (much cheaper) but I'm in love with it. Get google sky and google goggles at least! And the navigator is pretty good too. And task killer will save you tons of battery.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Tue 3 Aug 2010, 9:48, Reply)

I have task killer
and spent 20 mins taking pics of everything with google goggles!
The GPS on it is fantastic though it found my location to pretty much the house on maps! And I like how when you turn it on you get pretty screen graphics relating to the weather.

Weirdly though it went through all my facebook friends and pulled out mobile numbers which it then put in my phone book. I may deactivate the facebook link as I hate facebook.

And it connects to my wifi which was the single most annoying thing about my last phone (apart from the fact it was wank)
OOOH I got me amazing F1/MotoGP/Rally apps as well so I can keep up to date with my motomadness! I may look for a tennis one too
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Tue 3 Aug 2010, 9:51, Reply)

I love the fact that
if it starts ringing and you're on a meeting or a quiet place, you only need to put it face down or pick it from the table, and it stops making noise. It doesn't cancel the call until you press the button, just stops the ringtone. Brilliant.

We had to use the navigator on Sat in Altrincham and it did work very well indeed.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Tue 3 Aug 2010, 9:58, Reply)

I got addicted to robodefence as well

( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Tue 3 Aug 2010, 10:03, Reply)

I'm addicted to traffic jam
What's the name of the F1 app? I'll love to know live next time Hamilton breaks the car!
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Tue 3 Aug 2010, 10:04, Reply)

F1 Racing
I just searched F1. It's not as shiny as the MotoGPone but it's still pretty awesome!
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Tue 3 Aug 2010, 10:10, Reply)

Good news
I finally got my sleep clinic appointment, although it's when I'm on holiday so I need to change it.

Bad news, I have a shit load to due in the next 5 days before I go on leave.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Tue 3 Aug 2010, 9:57, Reply)

That's it leave like all the others
and who'll be around to pick up the pieces as usual? Me of course.
( Undulating Tentacles of Love getting fun down to acceptable levels, Tue 3 Aug 2010, 10:08, Reply)

Sorry about that
I don't know what we'd do without you.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Tue 3 Aug 2010, 10:15, Reply)

Good news - I have already done my one hour of punishment this morning
Bad news - I think I've lost the power to do the punishment well.

This could be rather bad for me in the long run. Bugger.
( chickenlady b3ta's very own Elizabeth Taylor, Tue 3 Aug 2010, 10:44, Reply)

Oh dear. Details please?
what happened?
(Poppet some assembly required., Tue 3 Aug 2010, 10:50, Reply)

It could be the Big One
The One that Must Not Be Named - and I'm not talking about a Potter fanboy here either.

This could mean I'm screwed and will have to keep teaching for the rest of my fucking sad little life.
( chickenlady b3ta's very own Elizabeth Taylor, Tue 3 Aug 2010, 10:54, Reply)

I've no idea what you're talking about
but I'm sensing despair and I don't want you to feel that way.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 3 Aug 2010, 10:58, Reply)

Hopefully it'll pass
Apparently you just have to work through it.

If it doesn't pass I'll have to work at Tesco.

Fucked. Truly fucked. And not in a good way.

Translation: Possible w.r.i.t.e.r.s. block FUCK!
( chickenlady b3ta's very own Elizabeth Taylor, Tue 3 Aug 2010, 11:01, Reply)

It will pass, you barmcake

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 3 Aug 2010, 11:15, Reply)

I truly hope so
Otherwise I'll lose my jobs.
( chickenlady b3ta's very own Elizabeth Taylor, Tue 3 Aug 2010, 11:24, Reply)

Way to jump the gun, Positiva!
Snap right out of that or I'll stand on your fingers.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 3 Aug 2010, 11:26, Reply)

It'll be fine - just about getting back up on that horse again
Fuck. What's with the godawful horse analogy?

Anyway, at least the Life after Death thread is filling up the creative reserves - I'll be able to write a short story about a load of loonies now! :D
( chickenlady b3ta's very own Elizabeth Taylor, Tue 3 Aug 2010, 11:50, Reply)

See, you made something!
Now get on your horse and drink your gin.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 3 Aug 2010, 11:51, Reply)