I live in arse end of Wigan.I'd have to put some effort in to find somewhere worse.
Anyone know someone called Lawrence Prentiss?I'm trying to work out if I should be worried - he's started following me on tw*tter and his login is 'sweetgirly172'.
*prepares to run to the hills*
AQ: I'm off to Slough in a bit, which shithole have you been to lately?
*prepares to run to the hills*
AQ: I'm off to Slough in a bit, which shithole have you been to lately?
I live in arse end of Wigan. Clearly you've not spent any timeon the M4 corridor ;)
I spent a few yearsliving a stone's throw from the M4. It was far nicer there, though I suspect I was at the nice end of that particular motorway
You were in Brizzle,that's deffo the nice end. And with that I'm off to play with the traffic.
Be nice, kids.
Be nice, kids.
brizzol rockswell bits of it do! ie north of the river
I prefer south gloucestershire myself `
well it is kindathere are just a few too many people in the south of briizzoll with webbed feet
I never really ventured south of the riverto be honest, South Glos was south enough for my delicate northern sensibilities.
I drove through Edmonton this morning need I say more?
Come friendly bombs... I manage to avoid shitholes mainlymind, Sunderland for the weekend
*flees the wrath of Roxy*
*flees the wrath of Roxy*
She's too busy watching videos of "forced blowjobs"to piss about on here, according to her twitter feed
my oh my.Its a good job Flan is without net access.
He doesn't need net access to explode about that one . . . he just knows
mainzI had to share a room with a hobbit that snored like a troll and smelled like an entire navys worth of unwashed brigands armpits
also, they made manky pizza
also, they made manky pizza
You let Flan crash at yours?...
He stayed at mine, and was thoroughly well behaved. This is a relief.I was dreading having to dry clean my cat after he stays at mine.
Still, I think Riggers is staying too...
Still, I think Riggers is staying too...
Cover everything in plastic just to be on the safe side . .
Rigby doesn't sleep.When everyone else goes to bed and he ends up alone he spends his time sat in an armchair either checking and cleaning his weapons or just waiting.
I thought that was Chuck Norris?"Riggers doesn't use Twitter, because he's already following you"
"Riggers can touch MC Hammer"
"Riggers doesn't have a chin behind his beard, just another fist"
"Riggers can touch MC Hammer"
"Riggers doesn't have a chin behind his beard, just another fist"
Well done for removing any humour there `
imagine jermey irons in Die hard with a vengancebut he's also a junkie
I just like what you type, and I needed a change from SSSS. 6am start this morning (9am deadline)Great.
Three day week!off to Sunderland for a regatta on Thursday.
Did you get it finished?Morning all.
nearly!It'll be there by the time the fuckers have made a coffee and scratched their arses.
well done `
this will cheer you up
that kittenlooks almost as sad as the one on the left
that one on the left looksan awful lot like Clive the b3ta kitten...
Nice colleaguemanaged to cock up a quarterly report recently. I put the data into last time's report document, then sent it to her to update the comments. She did, but then sent out the document I'd sent her with last time's writing on it. We're now being treated like naughty school children. I'm not very impressed.
She can't stop bullshitting,it's quite incredible.
four day week,followed by just over a weeks holiday. Yay : )
I'm off work this week.But I've got essay deadlines, so while I'm in my dressing gown, I have lots to do.
I'm off work this week also,looking after my daughter, until her first day of school on thursday! Haven't even left the house yet and i'm already knackered... Could be a long week
so after 6 days of graft I have the new house in a semblance if order... not nearly done by at least all the boxes are In the right room etc. To celebrate I put all the living room Shite to one side , out on the projector watched star wars and had a bottle if red.... awesome.
. at least one trip to IKEA and need to go to john Lewis for toasters etc.
New place has made me realise a few stupid things, like I've been pitting up with 2 crappy clothes driers between 3 people for 4 years, tyrns out you can buy new,ones in a shop for about the price if 2 pints.
Edit; oh and broadband is 7 days away!
. at least one trip to IKEA and need to go to john Lewis for toasters etc.
New place has made me realise a few stupid things, like I've been pitting up with 2 crappy clothes driers between 3 people for 4 years, tyrns out you can buy new,ones in a shop for about the price if 2 pints.
Edit; oh and broadband is 7 days away!
Well done.I fucking loathe clothes dryers.
Me too.I wish we had a laundry room to put them in. I'm sick of them permanently up in the kitchen.
TJ: I'm filling in an online application for for British Gas. The last question is 'Why would you like to work for British Gas (amongst other things -skills attributes etc). Why would I like to work for BG. What kind of stuff do they want tho hear? Have a sleep on it kids, I want your answers tomorrow when I shall be asking again before I send it off.
TJ: I'm filling in an online application for for British Gas. The last question is 'Why would you like to work for British Gas (amongst other things -skills attributes etc). Why would I like to work for BG. What kind of stuff do they want tho hear? Have a sleep on it kids, I want your answers tomorrow when I shall be asking again before I send it off.
You could tell themwhy you want to work for British Gas?
I think they'll want a longer response than'because I need to get paid', no?
Aye, but you could be a callcentre monkey more easily.You want to work for British Gas cos you're very good at whatever the job is and British Gas are the best people to work for for that kind of job.
'cos I need to get paid omore than a call centre monkeyand BG are recruiting'?
You see, that's all can think of!"I would like to work for British Gas because I can do the job and you would pay me for it.I might get a van and a uniform, but to be honest, I'm not bothered about the uniform. I might also be able to pick up other jobs from it, you know cash in hand sort of stuff. Hey here's a thought, have you seen 'Confessions of a window cleaner', well I reckon there maybe other perks aswell, if you know what I mean..eh?!Bored housewives at home,man fitting her consumer unit....eh...eh!"
Don't think that'll cut the mustard somehow.
Don't think that'll cut the mustard somehow.
Some crap about...a household name, reputation for quality (yeah, I know.... but that's what they think), best training and so-on....
Play the cards attached to being big, established and, er, ex-nationalised....
Play the cards attached to being big, established and, er, ex-nationalised....
Plus some bollocks about gas providing basic needs(heat, cooking) and you like the idea of working in an industry that helps people on a level that actually makes a difference...
...but with none of the socialismof the NHS. Capitalism's where it's at.
plusdon't British gas merely sell gas and electricity, rather than having anything to do with wholesale (actual supply) these days?
Ok that's good, I like that one.More bollocks please. It's bollocks I need.
Training- that's a good one,I hadn't thought of that.
It runs in the family.My grandfather for one, etc. etc.
"I Love Gas"?
i make my own on a regular basis..
and I'm BritishYou need Gas... I've got Gas...
"When I was 14 I did a test in school and it said I was most suited to being a [job title]"
"Gas Man"///
mine saidNaval architect.... who knew you could make buildings out of belly button fluff.
Likewise.I favour a length of rope & some pegs.
That said, the wooden airer which goes up into my ceiling space on pulleys is marginally awesome.
That said, the wooden airer which goes up into my ceiling space on pulleys is marginally awesome.
those are great. Had them for years in Scottish tenement flatsdo the job but don't take up floor space. Win.
you need decent ceiling heights thoughMores the pitty
hence the prevalence in Scottish tenements...I couldn't have one in this house... modern ceiling heights!!!
i always thoughti could fit something in the useless space above the stairs...
hmmm
hmmm
there is a firm that do really nice ones, pretty cheap.Easily googlable, I'm on my phone do not sure I could find.
Edit. Oh me of little faith. Castinstyle is the firm you seek
Edit. Oh me of little faith. Castinstyle is the firm you seek
i shall investigate.
pulley maid?
pulley maid?
actuallyfitting it up there would be a pain
and loading it half way up the stairs would be too
and loading it half way up the stairs would be too
They are greatThis sort of thing:
http://www.pulleymaid....
But you can do it cheaper.
Affectionately known in the West of Scotland at least as "the pulley".
http://www.pulleymaid....
But you can do it cheaper.
Affectionately known in the West of Scotland at least as "the pulley".
ayethe second house I lived in Cambridge had one- big old town house; had an Aga as well (which helped with the clothes drying)
i was all ready to buy one of themBut oddly, with off ceilings and kits of spot lights there is no where to put it.
I'd go to wilko myself.I don't think stuff like toasters and kettles are worth paying lots for. I doubt the benefit you get from the expensive ones is worth the extra expense.
I could do with finishing unpacking. I've been here over five months.
I could do with finishing unpacking. I've been here over five months.
oddly for the south of england there us one of them nearby.But again having had the same crappy toaster for 7.years I'm willing to invest. Kettle doesn't bother me so much as I don't use one very often.
I had geared myself up to splash the cash in a dualit, but I just can't bear to spend that much.
I had geared myself up to splash the cash in a dualit, but I just can't bear to spend that much.
Asda and wilkolooked to have nice toasters for a lot less than I'd expected them to be. Depends what you're after I suppose, but I'd have thought you'd pay more in lewis's then you need to.
That said, I spunked £75 in M&S when I moved in here and it was great. I didn't get very much but I did enjoy spending it.
That said, I spunked £75 in M&S when I moved in here and it was great. I didn't get very much but I did enjoy spending it.
I've had a Tefal Avanti for a feew yearsthey're ace (though they've changed the appearence of them at some point)
6 days,what the hell were you doing to it?
wanking loudly?...
i was at work as wellMoving in, getting the cat, breaking up with ladyfriend , IKEA, building IKEA stuff, traipsing around shops for stuff, and moving a fuckload of boxes.
a cat for your girlfriendsounds like a great swap
to her creditShe helped me move the cat halfway accross London before she dumped me.
Sky asky:I'm led to believe sky boxes transmit what they're displaying down the RF lead (arial lead). Now, I can't get this working. Is this something Sky say should work, or is it a bonus?
I don't know.Sky (and virgin for that matter) are a pain in the arse to deal with. I haven't had a positive experience with them, hence freeview is now how we receive TV here.
I'm not phoning them.I'm trying to tell my dad that he pays quite a lot per month because he's got two HD+ boxes, and that "sky multiroom" means he has more than one box, not that he's paying to be able to watch stuff he recorded in one room in a different room.
you're going to make him phone them?can you not just phone up and pretend to be him
No, he can live without.I might buy him one of those wireless AV senders.
While our Sky broadbandis absolutely rock steady and very fast, the telly box was crap, and has now been replaced with a Freeview box. It was the other way around with Virgin, they got kicked into touch when they kept trying to charge us for broadband we weren't receiving (at all, not even slowly), even sending bailiffs to the door when we refused to pay for it.
way back when Virgin was NTLthey did that to my student house, despite not having any internet for the year. I left the country shortly after that so I don't know what happened about it.
They were fine when they were NTL,but literally on the day Virgin bought NTL, our broadband started to fuck up, culminating in it going down altogether.
Possible plane nerd interestmy not-very-good photos from before my camera batteries failed. There's sixteen Spitfires and a Seafire. But I can't tell them apart. Sixteen of these flew in formation at the end of the show. Low and fast in front of the enclosure we had, pretty much in the middle of the display line. An awesome end to a great day.
Album also contains:
Hurricanes -four out of the six airworthy ones in existence. They flew together earlier in the show. A fifth one, plus yet another Spitfire, turned up from the Battle of Britain flight accompanying a Lancaster. In case that wasn't enough Merlin engines, there were also two P51 Mustangs
Two Messerschmitt Bf 109s
A Catalina
A Hawk
Album also contains:
Hurricanes -four out of the six airworthy ones in existence. They flew together earlier in the show. A fifth one, plus yet another Spitfire, turned up from the Battle of Britain flight accompanying a Lancaster. In case that wasn't enough Merlin engines, there were also two P51 Mustangs
Two Messerschmitt Bf 109s
A Catalina
A Hawk
NEEEEEEEEEEeeeeeeeeeeeeeOWWWWWWWW `
A Catalina!*comes*
It was part of the flying showdid decide that £4 to take a look around inside it was a bit steep- though to look around the B17 parked next to it required membership of the preservation society that owns it- £60 per year!
Looked like the engines weren't running too smoothly- when it was back on the ground the white paintwork looked rather manky.
Looked like the engines weren't running too smoothly- when it was back on the ground the white paintwork looked rather manky.
One of the most beautiful planes every.That graceful fuselage, that solid wing. I *heart* Catalinas.
But yes, £4 just to look around is definitely taking the piss, though sadly I would've paid up.
But yes, £4 just to look around is definitely taking the piss, though sadly I would've paid up.
dunno but i have just found out that google have just release sketchup 8lets hope they have som nice new modeling features
http://sketchup.google...
http://sketchup.google...
solid style addition and subtractionlooks pretty cool to me, but I've not tried it yet
i really want ot learn how to use Moi3dit looks awesom and i haven't really played with nurbs modelers much.
Results on it look pretty cool but i can't find any beginner tutorials for it.
nurbs are hard.
http://moi3d.com
Results on it look pretty cool but i can't find any beginner tutorials for it.
nurbs are hard.
http://moi3d.com
This is part of the reason the buildings I designhave radius curves, or better still, right angles.
There's a firm in Edinburgh who for many years had the reputation......of only owning a 45 degree setsquare.
All their buildings were 90 and 45 degree angles. No curves, nothing as exotic as a 30 or 60 degree angle... let alone anything else!
All their buildings were 90 and 45 degree angles. No curves, nothing as exotic as a 30 or 60 degree angle... let alone anything else!
Sensible folk.I actually think that even 45 degrees is one too many.
Any multiple of 90 will do fine for almost all purposes.
Any multiple of 90 will do fine for almost all purposes.
well,carrying on fro our conversation the other day we have an aerial cable going into the back of the sky box and two cables which are attached together (apart from the last foot) one is from the dish and the other goes into another aerial jack on the back the box.
Now the other 2 tvs in the house just get fed by an aerial cable. However if we tune to one of the channels you can pick up what's on sky.
This may or may not help, i dunno.
Now the other 2 tvs in the house just get fed by an aerial cable. However if we tune to one of the channels you can pick up what's on sky.
This may or may not help, i dunno.
I take it it's a standard definition box?I plugged the arial lead into the "RF in" bit on the sky box, and then linked the "RF out" to the arial lead too, but to no avail. His wiring is a bit odd though, always has been, but it might be that HD boxes don't output in SD while they're outputting in HD.
Yes, SD.it all went tits up funnily enough yesterday. I moved the sky box and put everything back but then found none of the other TVs worked ( I got some channels like sky 3 crystal clear and couldn't get BBC but ITV was fine then later vice versa. Even then they sometimes froze. I thought I'd fucked up properly. Anyway this morning thought I'd see if the cables could be swapped around and lo so they could. Now everything seems fine. I'm sure the aerial in doesn't go in the aerial in, which is why I got it wrong.
Hang on, I'll go check.....
Missus in bed, pitch black! From what I could see with the light from my phone was this..
There are 4 'jacks'; 3 in a vertical line and another to the side. The one to the side is where the dish comes in so forget that.
Starting from the top of the 3 1st, which I'm sure from memory says 'aerial in' is actually what I'd've thought was the aerial out, 2nd one is empty but would go to the 'aerial in' on the back of the dedicated 'sky' tv if you weren't using a scart lead and the 3rd one is the cable from the roof top aerial.
Hang on, I'll go check.....
Missus in bed, pitch black! From what I could see with the light from my phone was this..
There are 4 'jacks'; 3 in a vertical line and another to the side. The one to the side is where the dish comes in so forget that.
Starting from the top of the 3 1st, which I'm sure from memory says 'aerial in' is actually what I'd've thought was the aerial out, 2nd one is empty but would go to the 'aerial in' on the back of the dedicated 'sky' tv if you weren't using a scart lead and the 3rd one is the cable from the roof top aerial.
Thanks.I'll shift things round next time I'm at my dad's and see if I can get it working.
Ning!How are we all today? Did we have a fun Saturday night? We kind of did, we went to the Secret Cinema showing of Lawrence of Arabia. It was a *superb* setup in Ally Pally, like a big souk, with actors, food, sideshows and stalls, brilliant music and a fantastic crowd, 99% of whom wore excellent costumes. I brought Arabic music CDs I'd made, and bartered them for all sorts of cool bits and pieces. Then the film started, and it all fell over, nasty trebly sound, all splashy and echoey so you couldn't hear the dialogue, and dark, muddy picture quality. We buggered off about 20 mins in, got the DVD out when we got home, and picked out our favourite bits and pieces.
Edit: Also - huzzah! - we've just booked a week in Syria and Jordan next January!
Edit: Also, pffffft:- http://www.gybo5.com/v...
Edit: Also - huzzah! - we've just booked a week in Syria and Jordan next January!
Edit: Also, pffffft:- http://www.gybo5.com/v...
Morning.Shame about the movie being shit.
I watched the feature length episode of casualty that was on then Babel in HD.
I watched the feature length episode of casualty that was on then Babel in HD.
I'm now at my dad's.Came off the motorway a junction early and did the Devil's Bridge to Sedbergh road. I can see why it's popular with bikers.
A good chip shopin a lay-by?
I meant the roadrather than the chip van. that van makes a daft amount of money.
My Saturday was a total washout.I did none of the work I needed to, and spent the day watching old episodes of Top Gear and generally being a hopeless layabout.
Today however, I was up at 7.30, I've written about 2500 words, finished all the the text I need to write for my three essays (due Friday), and mainlined well over a litre of strong coffee.
I'm just about to hop in the bath with a big doobie, and then I need to pop out to get catfood and other victuals. This afternoon I have all the illustrations for the essays to get done, but I can at least put the radio on without losing too much concentration now the text is written.
Today however, I was up at 7.30, I've written about 2500 words, finished all the the text I need to write for my three essays (due Friday), and mainlined well over a litre of strong coffee.
I'm just about to hop in the bath with a big doobie, and then I need to pop out to get catfood and other victuals. This afternoon I have all the illustrations for the essays to get done, but I can at least put the radio on without losing too much concentration now the text is written.
I had a hair cut and made salsait was productive,
I am looking for a new job so much free time is spent in front of my ageing PC, it sucks but needs doing.
Could anyone pay me 50K a year to just be? I don't think that is an excessive dream...
I am looking for a new job so much free time is spent in front of my ageing PC, it sucks but needs doing.
Could anyone pay me 50K a year to just be? I don't think that is an excessive dream...
Rogan Jim is going to that today,he heard there were lots of queues and stuff. I think he just wants to see the camels.
My Saturday night involved staying home to await delivery of Picasso the cat. Right now he's asleep on his mammoth cat tree. Also I like firm cheese like Chaumes, and goats cheese, especially Rachel, best.
My Saturday night involved staying home to await delivery of Picasso the cat. Right now he's asleep on his mammoth cat tree. Also I like firm cheese like Chaumes, and goats cheese, especially Rachel, best.
The food queue thing was awful on Friday apprently,but they got it all sorted yesterday. And yes, they had 3 camels (and some sheep and lots of horses). The whole vibe is excellent, they put an awful lot of effort into the set. I hope he remembers to bring a cushion and a rug. And stuff to barter, I traded my CDs for a water pistol, a scarf, a 2gb memory stick, a Rubik's cube, an Arabic comic and a bottle of Kopparberg.
He's definitely taking stuff to sit onand in light of the queueing thing he's probably taking food as well.
We brought sarnies and wine,but we bought beers and (very good) kebabs too.
Hello from a festival toiletWearing a white tailor of panama style suit seemed a good idea up until now
mine was shitit was the last million hours of a billion hour bus journery to Ushuaia. it's fricking snowing outside, like lots. fucking hell.
see: http://www.twitpic.com...
oh, and my little pocket camera seems to have broken. anyone know if a pentax optio s80 is repairable?
see: http://www.twitpic.com...
oh, and my little pocket camera seems to have broken. anyone know if a pentax optio s80 is repairable?
you'd have thought virginwere cable of (a) not advertising broadband to its own broadband customers and (b) not advertising cable to people who don't live in a cable area.
I went quadbiking and hovercraftingthen ate the best meal of my life to date at a michelin starred curry house, Amaya.
Best meal in your life?*impressed*
What did you have?
What did you have?
Which cava is it you like at waitrose?I am finding I don't know what wines to drink back here as I don't recognise the brands, and the aussie ones I do see are the cheapies I wouldn't buy back there.
It's usually Prosecco we get a Waitrose,I don't know what it's called, there's none here at the moment. It has a minimal olive green label, and string around the top. Edit:- here it is - http://www.waitrosewin... - doesn't have the string any more.
There's a really lovely Prosecco called Botter at Nicolas wine shops (I think, someone brought it round the otehr weekend), it's not as fizzy as usual, and has the most gorgeous, light, floral taste.
There's a really lovely Prosecco called Botter at Nicolas wine shops (I think, someone brought it round the otehr weekend), it's not as fizzy as usual, and has the most gorgeous, light, floral taste.
The most expensive of the three tasting menus.I cant remember the individual dishes, but the grills in particular were out of this world.
I went to my localnature reserve open day yesterday. I talked to some bee-keepers. It was all jolly nice.
Huzzah!We did our weekly hive opening this morning, and they are in fine form.
It's really fascinating.If I had my own place I would definitely look into it.
Have a wordwith your nearest allotment. Tell them about the enhanced pollination.
My dad went to his allotment the other dayate a blackberry, and ended up in hospital because he didnt see the wasp that was attached to it. The wasp stung his tongue and he was close to anaphylactic shock when we got him to hospital.
I don't think he will be keeping bees any more
I don't think he will be keeping bees any more
'kin 'ell!Hope he's fully recovered.
I had to take my gloves off this morning to relight the smoker and two bees landed on my hands. Fortunately, no stings.
I had to take my gloves off this morning to relight the smoker and two bees landed on my hands. Fortunately, no stings.
He's ok but been told no more bee keepingand he will have to carry an eip-pen with him from now on.
He had been getting slightly worsening reactions to bee stings over time, but this one really hit him hard and he wasn't impressed with spending the best part of 2 days in hospital.
Cheers for the drinks recommendations above
He had been getting slightly worsening reactions to bee stings over time, but this one really hit him hard and he wasn't impressed with spending the best part of 2 days in hospital.
Cheers for the drinks recommendations above
I fucking love bees, me. KnackeredCrap sleep for about 4 nights in a row now.
And buggered after digging over the really compacted soil in the back garden, prior to vege growing. Shouldn't be that hard, but I am flattened. And have blistered palms!
Still, could be worse, could be in Canterbury
And buggered after digging over the really compacted soil in the back garden, prior to vege growing. Shouldn't be that hard, but I am flattened. And have blistered palms!
Still, could be worse, could be in Canterbury
At least the exercise should help you sleep.