Public Service Announcement for HTC Desire users:
Sorry for the technical thread but I know a few of you recently have picked up Desires, the new version of the Android OS, 2.2 aka Froyo is now available for stock Desires, if your carrier hasn't messed it about with too much then you should be able to download it now by clicking menu, settings, about, software updates , check now. If they have made some changes then it will be currently undergoing carrier review and should be available soon.

It is about a 90MB download AI depending on your data plan you might want to grab it over WiFi.

Changes I've noticed so far are: much faster, flash support in the native browser, portable hotspot support, much better accuracy with the on-screen keyboard and (thank the gods) the ability to move some apps to the SD card.

Sorry for the interruption, we now return you to your regularly scheduled crass humour and food threads! ;)
(bill, Sun 15 Aug 2010, 19:05, 158 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

Could you summarise please
Am I going to die if I don't do this?
( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Sun 15 Aug 2010, 19:08, Reply)

Not at all,
If Eclair (2.1) is working for you then feel free to stick with it. I would say however that it has turned a good phone into a great one so why not give it a go.
(bill, Sun 15 Aug 2010, 19:11, Reply)

Oh. Thanks
*walks slowly away while keeping his eyes on bill*
( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Sun 15 Aug 2010, 19:15, Reply)

I really like the idea of the 'Desire HD' they're going to anounce over the next few weeks; to go live in a few months (hopefully).
Gutted to anyone who got the desire recently.

The only things iOS doesn't have, that I think it badly needs, which every other smart phone seems to have, is Widgets, (decent) Notifications and Smart Lockscreen.

CAH MON APPLE, IT AIN'T 'ARD, YOU CAN DO IT.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Sun 15 Aug 2010, 19:20, Reply)

The HD does look nice,
I think it is a bit big though. While I haven't tried anything larger I think anything with a screen size bigger than 4 inches would be too awkward to carry on a daily basis.

I'm happy with my Desire so far, then again I'm hardly a average usage case considering I still have my iPhone 3g in use as a mp3 player and GPS and the blackberry bold 9000 for when I need to write long emails.

As soon as a version of tomtom comes out for Android I'll happily retire the 3g but you would have to pry the BB from my cold dead hands before I'd let that go, BBM FTW!
(bill, Sun 15 Aug 2010, 20:47, Reply)

It's smaller than the X10, which isn't a bad size at all.
I'd retire the blackberry, BBM is on par with FaceTime; locked down to only users of the same system, and therefore, is shit for the majority of people.

If BlackBerry came out (and they may already have done without me looking) with BBM apps for the iPhone and Android, they'd sale the system as a viable platform, and could charge subscription rates for access to it, thus making them an absolute fortune. I'd pay £5/month for a Nintendo Friend Code BBM Pin, and I'm sure a lot of people would.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Sun 15 Aug 2010, 21:24, Reply)

Don't be gutted for me
I'm a bit of a casual/light phone user and the Desire has been doing absolutely everything spot on - great apps, fast interface, good camera, connection to net has been spot on. No way I'd pay a premium for an HD screen (although I appreciate I may have got a slightly cheaper deal for my new Desire). Saying that though I thought the iPhone 4 would drive the Desire prices down but that never happened.
( whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Mon 16 Aug 2010, 9:13, Reply)

titting bollocks
I'm going to have oven chips
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Sun 15 Aug 2010, 19:43, Reply)

Totally needs a smorgus board of condiments to go along with it, a painter's pallet of flavours.
Ketchup, Mustard, Sweet Chilli, Mayo, BBQ, Salad Cream, teryakki, burger, curry..... the whole shibang.

No two bites shall be the same !
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Sun 15 Aug 2010, 19:50, Reply)

i had no vinegar, so I used
worcester sauce instead. It is passable
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Sun 15 Aug 2010, 20:22, Reply)

I got a well lush vinigar, japanese seasoned rice viniger, been using it for years and years now.
so0o0o0o0o0 nice.

I fancy some real chips now, no where around here does them, they only do crappy asda value fries or those anemic chip shop chips that have no flavour or substance at all, and I'd be better off dunking cardboard in week old used-every-day oil.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Sun 15 Aug 2010, 20:26, Reply)

I gotta get my hands on a deep fat fryer.

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Sun 15 Aug 2010, 20:27, Reply)

they're cooking kievs in the kitchen and it's all garlicy and buttery and now I want that instead of what I had for dinner.
For the first time in my life, I regret getting sushi tonight, sad sad times.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Sun 15 Aug 2010, 20:30, Reply)

I totally have some cooking RIGHT NOW...IN THE OVEN.
With super classy cheese and onion slices too.

Blackberry FTW, anyone who says otherwise is a liar.
( fuck shit up the best you never had, Sun 15 Aug 2010, 20:18, Reply)

you confused me there, lady
i thought you meant blackberry to go on your chips. which would be Wrong. spicy mayo or if you feel like having a heart attack, melted cheese and spring onion.

i am eating ben & jerry's and horrifying myself by how much tidying up and work i am not doing. how is everyone else's sunday night??
( rachelswipe with a fork, Sun 15 Aug 2010, 20:20, Reply)

yeah
I thought maybe she was making blackberry crumble, that would be wierd
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Sun 15 Aug 2010, 20:23, Reply)

I thought I should do a cursory nod to the OP.
Paul Newman's barbeque sauce, none of that ketchuppy rubbish
( fuck shit up the best you never had, Sun 15 Aug 2010, 20:36, Reply)

i still stick with my spicy mayo
but bbq is very acceptable. ketchup will be illegal when i am queen.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Sun 15 Aug 2010, 20:47, Reply)

Ketchup has its place, but the only time mayo should be messed with is the garlic mayo m&s do. Anything else is wrong
Oh em gee, I found chunky monkey ben and jerry's in my local shop today. That and bacon and egg sandwiches were the only things I missed about east finchley - ok and the 15 minute journey into town, but now I'm adapting to zone 5 pretty well.
( fuck shit up the best you never had, Sun 15 Aug 2010, 21:10, Reply)

chunky monkey is the best of all the flavours
but i usually get the second best, cookie dough, because they do it in sad loser pots for one, to make sure you don't end up eating it the disgusting way i do - digging around to excavate all the cookie/chocolate banana chunks and then binning the rest at a fiver a pop!
( rachelswipe with a fork, Sun 15 Aug 2010, 21:12, Reply)

What? Why? Why not just buy a chocolate bar or bag of cookie dough mixture if you're going to neglect the best bit?

( fuck shit up the best you never had, Sun 15 Aug 2010, 21:25, Reply)

i don't know really
i've always done that, bought a tub, fished out the fancy bits, and binned the rest... it would be far too sensible to get a bowl and a spoon and eat it in instalments!
( rachelswipe with a fork, Sun 15 Aug 2010, 21:27, Reply)

I don't see why anyone appart from a big corperation buying 100s of the things for their employees and the buyer never has to use them himself; would see in a blackberry.

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Sun 15 Aug 2010, 20:29, Reply)

their own face
reflected in the screen?
( rachelswipe with a fork, Sun 15 Aug 2010, 20:30, Reply)

It mirrors the lust and hatrid right back at you.
It's the gadget equivilent of Chompy.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Sun 15 Aug 2010, 20:31, Reply)

soooooooo
you and chompy look at one another with lust and hatred burning in your eyes? that's some smoking homo-eroticism right there, gonz!
( rachelswipe with a fork, Sun 15 Aug 2010, 20:46, Reply)

When he holds me in his arms, i've never felt so confused, such strong feelings of safety and fear at the same time.

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Sun 15 Aug 2010, 21:11, Reply)

well done
you have actually made me vomit blood at that image right there.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Sun 15 Aug 2010, 21:13, Reply)

I'm not _that_ horrific =(

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Sun 15 Aug 2010, 21:25, Reply)

it wasn't the thought of you!

( rachelswipe with a fork, Sun 15 Aug 2010, 21:27, Reply)

Oh, in that case, you're right, I am one handsome prime-cut-of-beef of a man !

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Sun 15 Aug 2010, 21:31, Reply)

if you are swooning away in psychochomp's arms
i am seeing you more as a fair princess type
( rachelswipe with a fork, Sun 15 Aug 2010, 21:33, Reply)

Oh yes, israeli sea salt exfoliator and n-spa creme brulay boddy-butter does wonders for my skin !

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Sun 15 Aug 2010, 21:38, Reply)

he is going to kill you for this

( rachelswipe with a fork, Sun 15 Aug 2010, 21:39, Reply)

Oh lol, I knew I wasn't the only bloke who uses all that stuff.
Thank's for letting me though =)
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Sun 15 Aug 2010, 21:43, Reply)

haha
i am sure he has skin as peachy and smooth as a baby's arse, but never having met him, i can't confirm!
( rachelswipe with a fork, Sun 15 Aug 2010, 21:44, Reply)

I don't think I've ever touched him, I'm not entirely sure I want too.
Us guy's have a strict rule, no eye-contact and no touching, and whoever gets the front end gets an extra line.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Sun 15 Aug 2010, 21:49, Reply)

that's not what you said above
backtracking. bad gonz, no need to be ashamed of your secret love!
( rachelswipe with a fork, Sun 15 Aug 2010, 21:50, Reply)

Only got a 5-post memory, can't be expected to remember _every_ lie I say.

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Sun 15 Aug 2010, 21:55, Reply)

but i am an omgirl
you should remember every word you are lucky enough to exchange with me, innit.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Sun 15 Aug 2010, 21:56, Reply)

She's using her lawyer tricks!
Don't let her get in your head, Gonz.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Sun 15 Aug 2010, 22:04, Reply)

hey
no seeing through the devious lawyer-ness and cruelly exposing it
( rachelswipe with a fork, Sun 15 Aug 2010, 22:06, Reply)

Haha, busted
I know some lawyers, and know many tricks.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Sun 15 Aug 2010, 22:15, Reply)

lies. i am a veritable sphinx of mystery and intrigue

( rachelswipe with a fork, Sun 15 Aug 2010, 22:16, Reply)

More lies
It's easy to see people generally. It's when sitting in a cafe people watching can become fun.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Sun 15 Aug 2010, 22:19, Reply)

true, people watching
is great. another reason why you should move to london.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Sun 15 Aug 2010, 22:20, Reply)

A whole new world of people to watch
It's amazing what you can tell about someone from watching them.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Sun 15 Aug 2010, 22:21, Reply)

and there are so many crazies
in london for that added twist of surprise. like the old man who shocked me and my friend by wanking at us through the window of cafe rouge... although there are better examples.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Sun 15 Aug 2010, 22:23, Reply)

How nice of him
I do miss all the crazies you used to see in Glasgow. Small town life is getting a bit dull.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Sun 15 Aug 2010, 22:25, Reply)

it's nice to go back to, though
i will end up back in cheshire eventually
( rachelswipe with a fork, Sun 15 Aug 2010, 22:27, Reply)

I had to google Cheshire
Have no idea where English stuff is. Turns out I was near there last weekend.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Sun 15 Aug 2010, 22:31, Reply)

I think bumhole pics might jog my memory a bit better.
Weird condition that, I donno the ins'n'out of it, I ain't medical staff, but Chompy works for the NHS, and mentioned that bumhole pics are great for the memory, and I for one believe him.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Sun 15 Aug 2010, 22:05, Reply)

i think you are confusing me with batshitmentalist/workboresme
i have never sent anyone a butthole shot. have you ever tried to photograph your own arse attractively? IMPOSSIBLE.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Sun 15 Aug 2010, 22:07, Reply)

Fuck the bumhole pics, that one pays your mortgage, I wish I didn't bully her off when I found that out.
I could have totally OH WOE IS ME'd myself into a Bently.

Nah', I ain't got load-baring walls, I'd lose the deposit on my place if I rigged up a pully system.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Sun 15 Aug 2010, 22:11, Reply)

Pully system for the photos, I mean.

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Sun 15 Aug 2010, 22:12, Reply)

yeah
you screwed up royally there...
( rachelswipe with a fork, Sun 15 Aug 2010, 22:13, Reply)

It's cool, I'm hopefully gonna be buying next year.
I'm just gutted that I missed out on the penthouse of One Hyde Park. Sad Times.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Sun 15 Aug 2010, 22:14, Reply)

some of our clients
have bought flats in there. dareisayit, i actually don't like it now they've taken the scaffolding down. it looks a bit... cheap and unoriginal. but then i only like older buildings.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Sun 15 Aug 2010, 22:17, Reply)

I love the idea of getting a "take-away" from Heaston Bluemental's place and the SAS guy inspecting the delivery man.
If I'm honest, I wouldn't go for it even if I was a billionare. Think about this, you know those country mansions, with swimming pools and golf courses on the outskirts of london, such as Hertfordshire. Well, they're around £10-15m. You could buy _ten_ of them for the cost of that. Those places don't even come with swimming pools and squash courses, but something like 'discounted access', as if you'd need a discount if you're shelling out that sort of cash.

I donno what I'm going for yet, hopefully a 3 bed with garden so I can get a dog, a couple of flatmates and an office.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Sun 15 Aug 2010, 22:23, Reply)

ooooooooooh
what make of dog?
( rachelswipe with a fork, Sun 15 Aug 2010, 22:25, Reply)

I donno yet, depends on the situation.
If I go for a small dog, I like pugs/jack-russels/king-charles/scotty thing.
If I go for a big dog, something like a labradoor/husky/[whatever batehoven was]

I go for soppy and silly dogs. I'd research it properly, but I wouldn't get the sort of dogs that all the ru'boys seem to get these days.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Sun 15 Aug 2010, 22:31, Reply)

I see iphones in exactly the same way Gonz. Greasy screens and pointless apps.

( fuck shit up the best you never had, Sun 15 Aug 2010, 20:37, Reply)

Oh Becks, it's like Romeo and Julliet.
Nobody is 'wrong', par-say, it's just a different way of thinking. One likes style, form and function... the other likes excel spreadsheets and TPS reports. Who's to say who's wrong, and at the end of the day, I think, I just think, we can look past this and you can gaz me the details of thinggy in a few weeks 'cus I accidently deleted it off my phone the other day.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Sun 15 Aug 2010, 20:41, Reply)

my friend brought her i-pad over last night
i want one. i would never ever use it. but i still want one with a passion.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Sun 15 Aug 2010, 20:45, Reply)

When I used to ride the jubilee line through canary wharf, I ran the risk of twatting people with them.
Commuters packed into tubes trying to use them and looking round every couple of minutes to make sure that everyone around them was aware that they had one. I've used one and found it to irritate me. I like buttons dammit.
( fuck shit up the best you never had, Sun 15 Aug 2010, 21:00, Reply)

it would be nice
to find an all-in-one that suited everything. i juggle my blackberry, iphone and ipod every morning, utterly pointless!
( rachelswipe with a fork, Sun 15 Aug 2010, 21:02, Reply)

Can't you put music on iphones? I've never tried as I'm a smug creative zen user

( fuck shit up the best you never had, Sun 15 Aug 2010, 21:11, Reply)

you can indeed
but my iphone is too big for the gym, so i prefer to keep all the music on my ipod as i am far too lazy to bother uploading it onto both.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Sun 15 Aug 2010, 21:14, Reply)

Again mine wins then...drag and drop and its done :)

( fuck shit up the best you never had, Sun 15 Aug 2010, 21:16, Reply)

ahhh
but is it pink??

hmm, i guess you might see its lack of pinkness as a good thing!
( rachelswipe with a fork, Sun 15 Aug 2010, 21:17, Reply)

Can you really see me messing about with anything pink?
It's black and its beefy and I love it. Google creative zen w to drool a little and just ignore the weight since it's about 3 1/2 years old and still works after being dropped numerous times
( fuck shit up the best you never had, Sun 15 Aug 2010, 21:28, Reply)

a couple of my friends have them
they are quite nice looking and good for sports i hear as they are pretty robust
( rachelswipe with a fork, Sun 15 Aug 2010, 21:30, Reply)

I love it dearly. I used mine for watching tv programmes and films when I had silly commutes to places
I got through all of soprano's in a few weeks on it :)
( fuck shit up the best you never had, Sun 15 Aug 2010, 21:47, Reply)

must be good for long train/flights

( rachelswipe with a fork, Sun 15 Aug 2010, 21:49, Reply)

I miss drag and drop to load music
My old Archos used to work like that, so lovely and quick.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Sun 15 Aug 2010, 21:17, Reply)

That's OK, you can buy an Apple Mac, starting at £699, going up to £17,500.....
... and run iTunes without it taking 5 minutes to load !
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Sun 15 Aug 2010, 21:29, Reply)

I could list all of the ways that would never happen, but I really can't be arsed you shitstirrer.
Bad and wrong.
( fuck shit up the best you never had, Sun 15 Aug 2010, 21:49, Reply)

having seen
the stuff about above him making sweet sweet love with chompy, i think "shitstirrer" is more accurate than you realise!
( rachelswipe with a fork, Sun 15 Aug 2010, 21:50, Reply)

Heh, I was dissin' Macs there, it's up to Apple to get iTunes running well in Windows; not microsoft.
And they do cost three times as much as PCs, but to be fair, if you spent £1000 on an apple computer, in three years, you'll still get at lest half of your money back, rather than giving it to your gran.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Sun 15 Aug 2010, 21:51, Reply)

Yeah you can
In just the same way as any other iPod.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Sun 15 Aug 2010, 21:14, Reply)

hello mr penguin!
good weekend?
( rachelswipe with a fork, Sun 15 Aug 2010, 21:15, Reply)

Spent a lot of it fighting with computers
Trying to transfer parents from their old computer to a new one, with all the pitfalls that this includes. A large amount of today was spent sitting outside in the sun eating Sunday lunch. I preferred today.

Good weekend, swipey?
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Sun 15 Aug 2010, 21:16, Reply)

parents and computers do not mix
when i see my dad with his, it is the same sort of feeling as when i see a cyclist merrily barreling along in central london oblivious to the fact that they have a mahoosive double decker bus right up their arse.

yes thanks - friday night was embarrassingly drunk with work friends and ended up in a couscous barn; sat had friends over here; today been up to oxford now procrastinating so i don't do any work or tidying up... i agree with your al fresco sunday lunch preferences.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Sun 15 Aug 2010, 21:19, Reply)

What in the hell is a couscous barn?
And the weekend isn't for working. Now that I'm finished uni, I'm making sure of that.

Parents and computers often don't go well. Mum complains about her boss doing stupid stuff, then asks equally stupid questions.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Sun 15 Aug 2010, 21:24, Reply)

it's just a random moroccan restaurant
we fell into it after mojito night at the pub next door. it was a good night. sat morning was not quite so good, i spent most of it lolling around avoiding work and playing "angry birds".

you have more sense than me, jobwise...
( rachelswipe with a fork, Sun 15 Aug 2010, 21:26, Reply)

Angry Birds is awesome
I'm waiting for the new levels to be released.

I don't know if I have more sense, but you currently have a job, and I don't. Every day's the weekend for me just now.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Sun 15 Aug 2010, 21:31, Reply)

we should totally swop lives for a month
you'd be good at my job, you are articulate and eloquent and are sometimes a little bit angry/evil.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Sun 15 Aug 2010, 21:34, Reply)

I'd be up for that
I can argue with people quite well too. Would I get to keep the pay?

edit: In real life I get angry with people a lot, especially Daily Mail mouthbreathing idiots.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Sun 15 Aug 2010, 21:38, Reply)

yeah
the cash is the only reason you'd do it. most of your clients would be daily mail reading breathers though.

actually that's not true at all, it is a very difficult but very rewarding career. it's just easier to be flippant about it!
( rachelswipe with a fork, Sun 15 Aug 2010, 21:40, Reply)

There are so many careers
I wish that I'd gone for. I just found myself looking at where to purchase a copy of Gray's Anatomy online to learn all sorts of stuff that only doctors generally know/care about.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Sun 15 Aug 2010, 21:44, Reply)

you could do something medical without having to be a doctor though
3 years for a physio or chiro rather than 7 years to become a real edmund!
( rachelswipe with a fork, Sun 15 Aug 2010, 21:45, Reply)

5 years at uni was enough
I'll go for a job now, and just learn about loads of stuff, and generally be really sad/good at pub quizzes.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Sun 15 Aug 2010, 21:47, Reply)

my father would say
you need a career, not a job...
( rachelswipe with a fork, Sun 15 Aug 2010, 21:48, Reply)

I'm working on it
I am working on it. I just need to actually bother trying a bit harder. I'll probably end up in that London, even though I don't really want to.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Sun 15 Aug 2010, 21:51, Reply)

london is awesome
i came for 3 years. 14 years ago!

fuck i'm old.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Sun 15 Aug 2010, 21:52, Reply)

I just dislike the idea of how busy it is
Despite having lived in Glasgow for years and managing fine.

edit: I was going to make an 'old' joke.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Sun 15 Aug 2010, 21:56, Reply)

very lucky for you that you didn't
i only look 21, so it's fine...

you get used to it. the upside to the busy is the permanent exciting pulse that keeps your adrenalin going.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Sun 15 Aug 2010, 21:58, Reply)

But commuting sounds awful
And I don't imagine I'd be able to keep my car too easily.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Sun 15 Aug 2010, 22:00, Reply)

depends where you work
i drove when i worked in uxbridge. or live within walking distance. but you do get used to it, honestly!
( rachelswipe with a fork, Sun 15 Aug 2010, 22:02, Reply)

You make it sound better than it sounds in my head
But I'd still prefer not to. Most jobs are there though.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Sun 15 Aug 2010, 22:06, Reply)

you should try it
if you hate it, just quit and go home!
( rachelswipe with a fork, Sun 15 Aug 2010, 22:08, Reply)

You make a good case
This may open up more job options. Also, I'd quite with style.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Sun 15 Aug 2010, 22:10, Reply)

AND
you could go to /OT bashes. what more reason do you need to relocate?
( rachelswipe with a fork, Sun 15 Aug 2010, 22:14, Reply)

True
Since none ever really happen up this way, other than the Edinbash, which I got ill just before.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Sun 15 Aug 2010, 22:16, Reply)

of course
some would see that as a reason to avoid london forEVER.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Sun 15 Aug 2010, 22:18, Reply)

It would just be that initial meeting people
That would be the scary bit.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Sun 15 Aug 2010, 22:21, Reply)

they always seem to be when i am busy
i am beginning to suspect deliberate sabotage
( rachelswipe with a fork, Sun 15 Aug 2010, 22:24, Reply)

You're probably away getting expensive haircuts and things
Or sipping champagne while sitting on verandas.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Sun 15 Aug 2010, 22:27, Reply)

hur hur, 'came for 3 years', hur hur, etc.

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Sun 15 Aug 2010, 22:08, Reply)

[content deleted for excessive crudity]

( rachelswipe with a fork, Sun 15 Aug 2010, 22:10, Reply)

DAmn, missed out on some smut, sad times.

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Sun 15 Aug 2010, 22:18, Reply)

yeah
you can share too much ONLINE.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Sun 15 Aug 2010, 22:18, Reply)

You could probably knock all those gadgets into the iPhone, only feature you'd lose is BB Ping or whatever it's called.
If you wanna read stuff or do emails/internet/book/video/games on a bigger screen, include the iPad on that.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Sun 15 Aug 2010, 21:16, Reply)

work
won't let us sync emails to iphones, for obvious security reasons. so the blackberry stays, sadly!
( rachelswipe with a fork, Sun 15 Aug 2010, 21:23, Reply)

Donno what security reasons, iOS4 has just as much encrpytion facilities as Blackberry, I *think*.

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Sun 15 Aug 2010, 21:25, Reply)

as not everyone has an iphone
i guess it might be easier for IT if everyone has the same blackberry maybe then?
( rachelswipe with a fork, Sun 15 Aug 2010, 21:28, Reply)

See.... point proven, blackberries are good for companies because they can buy 100s of units on the cheep.
And if you don't factor in mantance, they're cost effective too.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Sun 15 Aug 2010, 21:34, Reply)

I love my one, use it quite a lot.
/ac
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Sun 15 Aug 2010, 21:14, Reply)

This is NOT HELPING my lust

( rachelswipe with a fork, Sun 15 Aug 2010, 21:15, Reply)

Add
That they're utterly pointless to your list. Lovely to use, yes, but pointless.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Sun 15 Aug 2010, 21:15, Reply)

i don't even play games
and i never go on facebook. i just WANT one because they are so pretty and tactile.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Sun 15 Aug 2010, 21:16, Reply)

Pointless

(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Sun 15 Aug 2010, 21:17, Reply)

you could say that about most of my purchases
high heels i can't stand up in. handbags that don't even fit my door keys, never mind my wallet, ipod and lipgloss. every limited edition thing that chanel/bobbi brown/lancome/clinique/clarins/estee lauder/givenchy/benefit/laura mercier can sell me...
( rachelswipe with a fork, Sun 15 Aug 2010, 21:21, Reply)

Damn, I wish I had a job
Then I could buy that camera I wanted. I presume you just have a cupboard full of the things.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Sun 15 Aug 2010, 21:22, Reply)

just the one
it is far too good for me, i have no idea how it works. i just bought it because it was pink and it matched my mobile/ipod!!
( rachelswipe with a fork, Sun 15 Aug 2010, 21:24, Reply)

Booo to you
I really need to finish those application forms at some point soon rather than just arsing about more.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Sun 15 Aug 2010, 21:25, Reply)

this website is distressingly bad
for arsing around.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Sun 15 Aug 2010, 21:28, Reply)

The internet in general is
I'd achieve so much more without it.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Sun 15 Aug 2010, 21:32, Reply)

but your life would be poorer too
as you wouldn't have us lot. or something.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Sun 15 Aug 2010, 21:35, Reply)

So true

(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Sun 15 Aug 2010, 21:37, Reply)

You include mac or Nars to that list and I'll happily take the bits you tire of ,)

( fuck shit up the best you never had, Sun 15 Aug 2010, 21:31, Reply)

What's Nars?
I'll happily take any cameras that folk have going free.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Sun 15 Aug 2010, 21:33, Reply)

oh god oh god
how could i forget nars? best of all the makeup artists/ranges! although i tried to buy "orgasm" shimmer last week and work blocked it as a porno site..... waiting for the disciplinary email from IT.... i love MAC too, yes, very much.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Sun 15 Aug 2010, 21:35, Reply)

Ok, next question:
What is 'orgasm' shimmer?
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Sun 15 Aug 2010, 21:39, Reply)

you don't need to know
you just need to tell us we look pretty when we wear it.

as a clue, though, it is made without using any real orgasms.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Sun 15 Aug 2010, 21:41, Reply)

They don't grind them up and make them into a liquid?
I think we really do live quite different lives.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Sun 15 Aug 2010, 21:42, Reply)

we certainly do if you think
they are sufficiently tangible to be ground up and pasted across women's cheeks. what kind of girls have you been sleeping with, stone statues?!?!?
( rachelswipe with a fork, Sun 15 Aug 2010, 21:46, Reply)

Now there's a strange image if ever I've seen one
I'm still no further forward as to what it is. I'm sure it'll make your lips look simply fabulous though.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Sun 15 Aug 2010, 21:49, Reply)

you're nearly there!
it's a shimmer stick for use on eyes, cheeks and lips, retails at around forty pounds, lasts forever.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Sun 15 Aug 2010, 21:52, Reply)

£40!?!
That's as bad as someone I was talking to earlier who said her haircut was nearly £60.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Sun 15 Aug 2010, 21:54, Reply)

jesus
mine is 340 for a cut, colour and highlights. where does your friend have hers done, maybe i should change!
( rachelswipe with a fork, Sun 15 Aug 2010, 21:55, Reply)

See, this is the thing about not living in cities
Also, I conclude that you make far too much money. But still hang around on b3ta, so you can't be all bad.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Sun 15 Aug 2010, 21:58, Reply)

generally i work from about 8am-9pm
sometimes until 2 or 3am, depending on whether i have a major case on.

if i were more efficient, i could probably achieve the work in more like 9am-7 or 8pm. but pissing around a bit, either on here or with colleagues, is how i choose to cope with the long hours and the stress!
( rachelswipe with a fork, Sun 15 Aug 2010, 22:00, Reply)

I'd have a pellet gun in the office
And shoot stuff if I got annoyed. And not work as long hours.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Sun 15 Aug 2010, 22:02, Reply)

there is a distinct appeal to this

( rachelswipe with a fork, Sun 15 Aug 2010, 22:03, Reply)

Damn right there is
I'll probably get one anyway wherever I end up working.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Sun 15 Aug 2010, 22:07, Reply)

Maybe he only goes for Maybelline girls

( fuck shit up the best you never had, Sun 15 Aug 2010, 21:56, Reply)

She was born like that
Honest.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Sun 15 Aug 2010, 21:57, Reply)

My sister in law used to send me tons of MAC and Nars freebies as she's a make up artist
Sadly she became a shitcunt and we're no longer friends so I don't get freebies anymore. Nars lip things are the best. Urban decay and benefit are nice for funky eye shadows on the cheap, but MAC beats them hands down for quality.
( fuck shit up the best you never had, Sun 15 Aug 2010, 21:55, Reply)

i also think mac is pretty cheap
for a designer brand. i have loads of their shimmer pots, they are nine quid and last forever.

shame about the shitcunt-age, for more reasons than the make-up.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Sun 15 Aug 2010, 21:59, Reply)

Yeah, that was a tiny reason why I liked her, but her choice I guess.
Too bad I don't do pandering or I'd probably be on better terms with her again.
( fuck shit up the best you never had, Sun 15 Aug 2010, 22:02, Reply)

Oh becky, you're worth so much more than a man in a raincoat handing out mars bars.
You're worth at least a bar of galaxy.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Sun 15 Aug 2010, 21:36, Reply)

Oi, I'm worth at least a bar of hotel chocolat
Oh my god oh my god OH MY GOD, they've opened a benefit shop in my mum's town. I neeeeeed to go see her when I get paid. *squeeeeeeees*
( fuck shit up the best you never had, Sun 15 Aug 2010, 21:59, Reply)

benefit shops are the best
they look like a 1950's bedroom
( rachelswipe with a fork, Sun 15 Aug 2010, 22:03, Reply)

Yeh', but can we wait 'till I'm next by knightsbridge, 'cus I ain't stumping out for the delivery, not in this economic climet.
I ain't been there in yonks, not since I found out about that mini-harrods in belsize park.

I'm down there tomorow, thinking about it, I might have to pick myself up something posh.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Sun 15 Aug 2010, 22:07, Reply)

I think, and I could be wrong here, but I doubt it.
That it is a vital tool to facilitate an increase in productivity in your work enviroment; how are you expected to look over those big important documents on your phone? .... Oh, and do you _know_ how much ink costs these days? Pound for pound, it's more expensive than pure gold. It makes much more financial sense to get one.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Sun 15 Aug 2010, 21:18, Reply)

I despise excel and I'm gonna need that TPS report on my desk by monday mkay?
Will gaz
( fuck shit up the best you never had, Sun 15 Aug 2010, 21:03, Reply)

Aces of Bases !

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Sun 15 Aug 2010, 21:18, Reply)

Cheers for the heads up
downloading now! Apps to SD Card is something I've been needing for a while now!
( whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Mon 16 Aug 2010, 9:15, Reply)