This weekend, I will be celebrating Kate's B'Day at her parent's house. The babysitting is inked in, so will happen rain or shine! You'll have to leave instructions and mark relevant inputs and outputs on a diagram.
Rob Lang
- Fri Jan 30 13:04:03 2004

I babysat once. Wasn't a great success, though ...
Jimmy
- Fri Jan 30 12:28:44 2004

Sadly today its Boo in the drizzle - the weather is horrible here. You're not coming tomorrow are you? never mind, will hopefully see you in Feb if you're still up for babysitting....
Alex
- Fri Jan 30 11:12:36 2004

Sis, she had a lovely birthday. Just got the pictures of Boo in the snow. Fabulous!
Rob Lang
- Fri Jan 30 10:54:24 2004

...or maybe in the grand tradition of kiss-o-grams and strip-o-grams he's going to start doing raj-o-grams (TM). You can hire him out to go round to your mate's house and be unmanageable with a condemned fire extinguisher. A bargain, at fifty quid.
John
- Fri Jan 30 10:10:27 2004

Is Raj going into the hired gun business instead?
My name is Raj and I will destroy you - for a price.
John
- Fri Jan 30 10:07:25 2004

Hello bro. Did you and Kate have a good day yesterday?
Alex
- Fri Jan 30 09:15:08 2004

No news yet, sis.
Rob Lang
- Fri Jan 30 09:06:20 2004

Has Tom's baby arrived yet? Hope his wife is OK.
Alex
- Fri Jan 30 08:25:03 2004

Captain Caveman! Nice to hear from you after all this time. Where you going to now?
Rob Lang
- Thu Jan 29 14:18:21 2004

Hi All just a note to say I'm leaving Harrier after all these years (next Friday is my last day) laterz Raj
Raj <raj@ikillpeople.com>
- Thu Jan 29 10:49:06 2004

Chocolate cake, chocolate cake, have ye any nuts?
Mike Kapalski
- Thu Jan 29 10:22:52 2004

It was the worst of weather. It was the best of weather. It was the worst of ice. It was the best of sun. Winter had descended on Reigate like Grannies on BHS at the start of the winter sale. It was bitter and deadly.
Mr Lorrey
En route to Paris where he hopes to find the Doctor of Bauvais, - Thu Jan 29 09:55:05 2004

Yes, but you haven't heard it yet...
John
- Thu Jan 29 09:47:43 2004

... it doesn't sound too scary to *me*.
Jimmy
- Thu Jan 29 09:43:06 2004

sisnister obviously being a Finnish medical term, meaning sinister.
John
- Thu Jan 29 09:30:30 2004

In Japan, they have a sound for the growing of the beanstalk when telling that fairy tale. It is:

nyoki-nyoki-nyoki

...as one might expect. It sounds insanely cute the first time you hear it, but after a while of repetition it actually starts to take on a disturbing and sisnister undertone, until eventually it becomes downright frightening.
...or perhaps there has been a translation error, and actually the Japanese beanstalk grows gnocchi, not beans.
John
- Thu Jan 29 09:29:23 2004

There was a dense fog too; as if it were a city in the clouds, which they had been travelling to all night up a magic beanstalk; and there was a thick crust upon the pavement like oilcake; which, one of the outsides (mad, no doubt) said to another (his keeper, of course), was Snow.
Martin Chuzzlewit
Accompanying Mr Pecksniff and his charming daughters to the City of London, - Thu Jan 29 08:58:02 2004

Yes, even Agnes could not have failed to enjoy such a verse.
Anne Bronte
- Thu Jan 29 08:55:31 2004

Nigel- great limerick. Well done, sir!
Jimmy
- Thu Jan 29 08:49:00 2004

The 28th of January was a wild, tempestuous day: there was a strong north wind, with a continual storm of snow drifting on the ground and whirling through the air. My friends would have had me delay my departure, but fearful of prejudicing my employers against me by such want of punctuality at the commencement of my undertaking, I persisted in keeping the appointment.
Agnes Grey
- Thu Jan 29 08:47:18 2004

Reverse Engineering's quite naughty, It's something you just shouldn't do, Recurse that stack, Decode and crack, And find it was written by you! Ho-ho!
Nigel
The Wild West, - Thu Jan 29 08:45:23 2004

... and the weather! Bloody Hell! I don't know about Pangbourne, but in Grove it was cold and dark one moment, then cold and totally white within the space of about two minutes!
Jimmy
- Thu Jan 29 08:43:49 2004

No, no ... the bad indentation is his. The reverse-engineering is mine. We would both go to jail, except that he works here too - so I guess it's just him. Come to think of it, I believe that's *exactly* what I was trying to complain about in my original comment ...
Jimmy
- Thu Jan 29 08:42:03 2004

Flib-Flob
Simon W
Szeged, Hungary - Thu Jan 29 05:20:20 2004

Reverse engineering AND bad indentation... I think combined that's still a hangable pair of offences.
John
- Wed Jan 28 16:37:37 2004

How so?
Jimmy
- Wed Jan 28 15:59:23 2004

Sounds like you're going to be sent to prison on a number of counts there then.
John
- Wed Jan 28 15:16:05 2004

Hey guys ... I'm trying to reverse-engineer a bit of code here, which would qualify for the Garry Taylor Indentaion Award(TM). And it's brand fucking new!!!
Jimmy
- Wed Jan 28 15:14:56 2004

Stop that, John! No, it's not me! It's him! Argh! STOP IT!
John
- Wed Jan 28 13:18:55 2004

Swiss Waltons? In German? What has that to do with oscilloscopes?
Jimmy
- Wed Jan 28 13:18:08 2004

Ooops, oddly I wrote that from you, it was me, not John.
dsp
- Wed Jan 28 13:10:54 2004

John: It could me worse mate! You could have struggled through the snow to go in for a lecture that didn't happen!
John
- Wed Jan 28 13:10:18 2004

I'm watching a Swiss version of the Waltons, dubbed into German. I think that proves Wesley's point beyond a shadow of a doubt.
John
- Wed Jan 28 12:24:49 2004

I must disagree. There are no insignificant blips on sine waves. They go up, and they come down; there are no wobbles ... it's in their nature (and indeed their mathematical definition).
Jimmy
- Wed Jan 28 12:07:35 2004

Cheer up John, you know, life is like a sine wave and all that. From the point of view of a very big oscilloscope, this is just an insignificant blip.
Wesley
- Wed Jan 28 11:59:55 2004

I really need a drink now. Where is that bottle of whisky in the desk drawer when I need it?
John
- Wed Jan 28 10:53:22 2004

Oh I see now.... sorry I think I misread it.
John
- Wed Jan 28 10:48:27 2004

John - perhaps that should have read "when" it's your birthday!
Mad Mumsie
- Wed Jan 28 10:39:14 2004

I just got a call from the university. I was supposed to be doing a lecture there this morning (starting at 10), and I'd completely forgotten about it. I'm really annoyed about it. I don't think I can do a 9 to 5 job any more, it just turns your life into a shitty boring mess where every day seems like every other, and you can't remember what is actually supposed to be happening ever.
John
- Wed Jan 28 10:28:09 2004

Errr, Jill did you mean to ask Rob what he's doing on his birthday? Isn't today Kate's birthday...?
John
- Wed Jan 28 10:05:55 2004

Reading, schmeading also works pretty well.... but you try saying Staines, schmtaines or Slough schmlough. What about Guildford, schmuildford? Or Bracknell, schmracknell?
John
- Wed Jan 28 10:02:35 2004

Took the day off, TOOK THE DAY OFF, you've hardly been at work 5 minutes and you TOOK THE DAY OFF. What are you going to do on your birthday then?
Mad Mumsie
- Wed Jan 28 09:55:59 2004

Boom Boom!!
Mad Mumsie
- Wed Jan 28 09:54:37 2004

Jimmy I'd like to congratulate you on your stupendous usage of "Reigate, schmigate" there. If there was an Oscar for neo-Jewish belittling of Southern English towns, then I'd be on the phone right now nominating you for it.
John
- Wed Jan 28 09:54:33 2004

I tend to do it in chunks actually. Sort of three days at a time. This is handy though, as this is typically the limit on the number of days I can actually remember what happened.
John
- Wed Jan 28 09:49:13 2004

John, how are you finding updating your diary every day? I'm impressed as I would not be able to keep it up! (or the diary)
Rob lang
- Wed Jan 28 08:51:03 2004

Reigate, schmigate!
Jimmy
- Wed Jan 28 08:35:30 2004

Not in Mozambique today, at the Uni to do some corrections while Kate is at work. It's her Birthday, so I took the day off!
Rob Lang
Reading Uni, - Wed Jan 28 08:17:04 2004

Not me, Jimmy. I am in Reigate, in Mozambique. It's where the two famous wrestlers Bomber Harris come from. Both of them.
Rob Lang
- Tue Jan 27 16:11:14 2004

... and why is Karl labelled "Dr. Evil" ?
Jimmy
- Tue Jan 27 15:55:23 2004

You're in Mozambique? Next you'll be saying that you've unexpectedly come into a few million quid, and need to borrow somebody's UK bank account through which to move it ...
Jimmy
- Tue Jan 27 15:54:42 2004

That snow joke. Not snowing here. In Mozambique.
Rob Lang
- Tue Jan 27 15:40:05 2004

It's snowing!!
John
- Tue Jan 27 15:38:32 2004

Kev, you should mark that picture 'Not Safe For Work'.
Rob Lang
- Tue Jan 27 13:48:00 2004

Here is photographic evidence, Karl is the one in orange http://www.untidy.net/pictures/karl.jpg
Kev
Work, - Tue Jan 27 13:32:31 2004

Make that 9
Kev
Work - Tue Jan 27 13:28:05 2004

We just had free Pizza at work after out company meeting ;) Karl had 8 pieces
Kev
Work - Tue Jan 27 13:26:37 2004

Or Oompa-Loompas?
Jimmy
- Tue Jan 27 13:00:35 2004

Are there any Dwarves in it?
Rob Lang
- Tue Jan 27 12:49:14 2004

No... it's about a Welsh Bob Marley impersonator who has a day job as a travelling cavity wall insulation salesman.
John
- Tue Jan 27 11:01:26 2004

Is it about nerdiness?
Rob Lang
- Tue Jan 27 09:08:31 2004

Well ... what's is about? Give us a clue!
Jimmy
- Mon Jan 26 18:12:47 2004

I'm going to flesh it out a bit and send it to the BBC. Then they're going to give me lots of money and make me famous.
John
- Mon Jan 26 15:04:25 2004

John ... what happened to your musical? Where are the lyrics? Who's gonna perfom in it? Where will it play?
Jimmy
- Mon Jan 26 13:18:06 2004

Yeah, tommy, please update us. When can we all become non-related uncles?
Rob Lang
- Mon Jan 26 10:12:31 2004

Tom: How is Sarah and the bump doing? Acording to my records, tomorrow is D-Day (D is for Due).
dsp
- Mon Jan 26 09:27:17 2004

i am not stupid but i just want to test if i can post comments here
Personal Page <idiot@homemade.com>
Germany, - Sun Jan 25 23:36:26 2004

ra cha cha
Simon W
Szeged, Hungary - Sun Jan 25 16:42:43 2004

Morning!
Rob Lang
- Sun Jan 25 10:46:16 2004

Morning (Sunday that is).
tom
- Sun Jan 25 00:04:27 2004

Morning Tim!
Simon W
Szeged, Hungary - Sat Jan 24 10:36:43 2004

Morning everyone!!
dsp
- Sat Jan 24 10:11:48 2004

Well, whatever you chaps get up to tonight, enjoy yourselves. I'm just on the nappy run... Then a bath and the Aqvavit! (Er, one aftre the other, not together.. Although...)
Nigel
The Wild West, - Fri Jan 23 20:16:32 2004

Any preferred method of dispath...? Bludgeoning? Plummeting from a cliff? Airborn pathogen? Stapling? Being confused to death by moles?

- Fri Jan 23 17:25:34 2004

Kill me now. Please, somebody! I can bear it no more!
Jimmy
- Fri Jan 23 17:15:32 2004

No thanks Rob, but thanks for the offer... I think I shall get mightily drunk tonight, but in the safe confines of my own little village.
John
- Fri Jan 23 16:59:32 2004

Nigel, I like the cut of your gib!
Rob lang
- Fri Jan 23 16:50:06 2004

Probably safer, job-wise, to just soak the label off an empty bottle instead and affix it to some handy piece of office furniture. A reminder of a pleasure once tasted, and to come! Either that or a really long straw if you're feeling dangerous.
Nigel
The Wild West, - Fri Jan 23 16:48:14 2004

You could always visit the TUC. I will be there from about 23:30 to close at 2. Kate will be there long before me with the Scotsman (on a horse) and a large part of the RUSU Rock Soc. Ah go on...
Rob Lang
- Fri Jan 23 16:46:19 2004

Mmmmmm Laphroaig. I'm wondering if it might be wise to protect myself from future bland days like today by installing a bottle of that fine beverage in the bottom drawer of my desk.
John
- Fri Jan 23 16:43:21 2004

Tell me about it... My I enliven your day? I notice your admiration for fine Scotch. I have a bottle of Laphroaig which may get an outing tonight. However I have the burgeoning taste today for something different: Aqvavit - I have a couple of flavours and some new shot-glasses at home I *need* to test. Hope the Memsahib is agreeable to watching her hubby go all silly... Happens rather a lot.
Nigel <absolute.shower@btinternet.com>
West Midlands (The Wild West), - Fri Jan 23 16:35:46 2004

For christ's sake, if today got any more bloody tedious I'[d be forced to drill my own eyes out.
John
- Fri Jan 23 16:12:50 2004

Cheers dsp. Will check that!
Rob Lang
- Fri Jan 23 14:23:37 2004

C'mon John! Post the lyrics!
Jimmy
- Fri Jan 23 12:02:56 2004

Nice looking forum Rob! A word to the wise if you're doing stuff in your lunch breaks; check the IP agreement in your contract of employment. You may find it all belongs to your employer!! Be careful.
dsp
- Fri Jan 23 11:58:55 2004

I've been churning out code during my lunchbreaks for Icar Online. Nice. Bit by bit, it's coming together. Nearly got all the login and registration objects done! Most of the design elements are on the Icar Forums
Rob Lang
- Fri Jan 23 11:36:51 2004

Are you sure you didn't copy it from Tim?
tom
- Fri Jan 23 10:45:43 2004

...and where's the evidence?
Simon W
Szeged, Hungary - Fri Jan 23 09:46:05 2004

Yesterday I wrote a musical. It's about a Welsh travelling salesman who is really into reggae, told through reworkings of famous Bob Marley songs. I'm very pleased with it.
John
- Fri Jan 23 09:12:41 2004

Happy one to you, John!
Rob Lang
- Thu Jan 22 14:31:46 2004

Hey - happy chinese new year everyone! It's the year of the monkey...! Err.... so, um, go eat a banana.
John
- Thu Jan 22 10:04:56 2004

Nice John! HAHAH! I can also see Murdock in the background sitting at the controls with a big grin and dribbling down his chin saying "OK, Frank, come fly with ME! HAHAHAHAHAHA!".
Rob Lang
- Thu Jan 22 09:31:05 2004

Hey, that would be a great duet - Frank Sinatra and BA singing "come fly with me". Of course, BA wouldn't be singing at all, he'd just be doing the whole "ain't gettin' on no plane you fool" routine.
John
- Wed Jan 21 14:45:37 2004

Shut up fool.
BA
- Wed Jan 21 13:53:02 2004

I am perfectly sane, though I may smell. People probably hate me, and I'm bound to be some sort of fool. Not sure about the voices, though ... they have so many arguments.
Jimmy
- Wed Jan 21 08:35:03 2004

Are you mad, or just insane, do people hate you or do you just smell ? Are you a fool or a fool that follows? Is everyone talking about you or are those just the voices in your head... www dot queendom dot com well... someone had to post Something interesting...
Kev
At home - Tue Jan 20 22:12:01 2004

Nice Watson, you globetrotting Wurzel!
Rob Lang
- Mon Jan 19 16:20:53 2004

Is the post drunk or you?
tom
- Mon Jan 19 16:08:33 2004

A ha! A drunken post! I'm just going to town. Happy Saturday night everyone! God YEAH! John & Rob - See you soon sirs!
Simon W
Szeged, Hungary - Sat Jan 17 17:18:04 2004

No. It's bad for you.
tom
- Fri Jan 16 23:03:18 2004

Could you pass the salt, please?
Jimmy
- Fri Jan 16 11:58:12 2004

I passed my first aid course. :-)
tom
- Thu Jan 15 16:45:29 2004

I'm ok at the mo. Ominous. Probably drop dead next week!
Rob Lang
- Thu Jan 15 15:53:11 2004

Is this like an epidemic then? Are people going to be wearing face masks in the street?
John
- Thu Jan 15 15:45:42 2004

yup...had it for about three f*cking months...
Chris Rowan
- Thu Jan 15 15:42:57 2004

Yep, I do, Simon and Kevin here in the office both seem to have it too.
John
- Thu Jan 15 12:51:33 2004

Damn. Does everybody else have this stupid cold, too?
Jimmy
- Thu Jan 15 12:50:50 2004

OK John, you win - I can't possibly top that!
Mad Mumsie
- Wed Jan 14 15:17:48 2004

Personally, I'd describe it as a group of people just chewing the curd.
John
- Wed Jan 14 13:42:42 2004

This message board looks as though its "all jammed up"!
Mad Mumsie
- Wed Jan 14 13:20:33 2004

Yeah, you gotta watch out for those. I had a big chocco-milkshake last night, which no doubt contained buckets of colouring and preservatives and flavourings and all sorts. Needed a bit of a walk after that.
Jimmy
- Tue Jan 13 08:27:41 2004

Preservatives. Mmmmmmmm. pre-serv-a-tives.......
Kev
home - Mon Jan 12 20:08:25 2004

How about a salty frozen cheese jam pickle? Then you'd have all your preserving bases covered.
John
- Mon Jan 12 17:51:23 2004

Do you think it would be possible to make cheese jam? Or is that Dairylea?
Jimmy
- Mon Jan 12 17:43:01 2004

Didn't know you were in to jam making Rob
Mad Mumsie
- Mon Jan 12 16:39:21 2004

Anyone ever tried NT-authentication with Oracle?
Jimmy
- Mon Jan 12 15:44:19 2004

Had a nice weekend. Doing computery stuff, jamming with Kate's housemates and relaxin'.
Rob Lang
- Mon Jan 12 12:00:52 2004

Still, at least it isn't raining.... AH!
John
- Mon Jan 12 09:28:50 2004

That should read I finally feel like...
John
- Sat Jan 10 11:06:18 2004

Elizabeth, thank you, that is the sort of really nice message from a stranger I have waited absolutely years for! I finally file like all this web effort has been worthwhile...
John
- Sat Jan 10 11:05:46 2004

For anyone vaguely interested, some more pics on my shack-de-stuff!
Simon W
Szeged, Hungary - Sat Jan 10 10:41:08 2004

Hi all! Happy New Year! You all have a very nice colloection of pictures. Keep it up. Chie is very pretty. Asian girls are cute, don't you agree? Haha, I am Chinese myself. I am still working on my own website right now. Drop me a note if you are interested to see it later. :)
Elizabeth <bluesleepie@hotmail.com>
USA, Hollywood - Fri Jan 9 18:08:08 2004

Of course, I was into the google bar before it got popular and everyone liked it.

(not really)
dsp
- Fri Jan 9 17:08:37 2004

Jimmy, I am an old hack at Google-bar and have found it excellent. Seeing as I do a lot of searching, being able to whack the search straight into the little box is invaluable! I also like the referred-by type lists it will automatically generate.
Rob Lang
- Fri Jan 9 14:02:51 2004

Guys- have you tried the (fairly) new-ish Google-bar? You know, the IE-plugin? It has an "Anti-popup" feature, so you never get those annoying ads. How good is that?!
Jimmy
- Fri Jan 9 12:44:26 2004

I could be wrong, but I think it's not *strictly* a sentence.
Jimmy
- Fri Jan 9 12:42:34 2004

I think that's the first time "Nice" and "Oh bugger" have ever been combined together to form a sentence. Good work Simon.
John
- Fri Jan 9 09:26:16 2004

Rob: Nice - and Oh Bugger!
Simon W
Szeged, Hungary - Fri Jan 9 09:11:04 2004

Yeah Simon, "Damn wheels out." or "There goes a tire". I76 won't run under XP or any DirectX later than 4. Bastards.
Rob Lang
- Thu Jan 8 17:40:37 2004

A Ha! That does explain it....I am glad about that!
Simon W
Szeged, Hungary - Thu Jan 8 17:38:39 2004

Must be something to do with this article I wrote: http://www.maison-de-stuff.net/archives/00000096.html
John
- Thu Jan 8 16:08:06 2004

I feel like playing interstate '76 with Rob and John, in the school bus of course....
Simon W
Szeged, Hungary - Thu Jan 8 15:47:57 2004

I didn't dare to click it.......
Simon W
Szeged, Hungary - Thu Jan 8 15:14:02 2004

Just doing a search for Maison-de-stuff on Google (Bored), and it returned this "Searchable-Sex Search Results For japanese cross dresser".....Hmmmm
Simon W
Szeged, Hungary - Thu Jan 8 15:13:11 2004

A little late but I want to wish you a good luck in this year Happy New Year
hgh age <hgh@n>
Germany, - Thu Jan 8 01:58:09 2004

Ah, the case of the disappearing man
Mad Mumsie
- Tue Jan 6 14:20:55 2004

That long post was from me, but my name vanished.
Rob Lang
- Tue Jan 6 12:30:40 2004

Boom.
tom
- Tue Jan 6 12:23:08 2004

I feel tired today, but only because I danced like a mad bastard last night. My own fault. Don't really mind the 6:30 rise, although I did mind the family of four including 2 screaming kids on the way to Gatwick today. They can sod right off. Would have liked to have snoozed if it wasn't for the screaming little bastards who had learnt the phrase Mickey Mouse and were going to shout it as much as possible. Tomorrow, I am going to take a shotgun with me.

- Tue Jan 6 11:09:46 2004

Weirdo.
John
- Tue Jan 6 11:01:06 2004

I was up a 0600, fully intending to whizz into London and work hard all day.... but I feel crap, and I'm working from home. Much better all round! (And I still started at 0700...)
tom
- Tue Jan 6 10:42:05 2004

Not only dark, but raining!
Mad Mumsie
- Tue Jan 6 10:27:18 2004

I don't feel that marvellous this morning. When I woke up, I was immediately annoyed by how bloody dark it was. It can't be healthy being awoken unnaturally by a bloody irritating alarm clock when you want to sleep much longer, and it's not even light yet outside. I'd like to see something done about this. Maybe people should work shorter hours in winter, or something.
John
- Tue Jan 6 09:26:26 2004

http://www.maison-de-stuff.net/board/messageboard12-2003.html
graf
- Mon Jan 5 20:41:04 2004

Yup. Damn. Where are last months messages BTW?
tom
- Mon Jan 5 17:33:23 2004

Well, it appears to bhe Monday today then.
John
- Mon Jan 5 11:27:56 2004

As I clearly don't fit into the first category, I assume me and Rob must be related somehow....?
John
- Sun Jan 4 15:39:27 2004

A roatingly good Happy New One to all the Geeks and family members out there!
Rob Lang
- Sun Jan 4 15:27:31 2004

Noooo noooo don't say that has an abbreviation now! You only have to use it once a year! Why does it need abbreviating?
John
- Fri Jan 2 12:49:29 2004

Happy New Year everyone!
Alex
- Fri Jan 2 10:05:34 2004

Happy New Year everyone - back at work.
Mad Mumsie
- Fri Jan 2 09:03:39 2004

hny
Jimmy
- Fri Jan 2 08:24:05 2004

Oh. H. N. Y.
tom
- Thu Jan 1 20:30:03 2004

I/we!
tom
- Thu Jan 1 20:29:45 2004

It is with pride that I we are mentioned in the first message of the year. Blush!
tom
- Thu Jan 1 20:29:29 2004

It is with pride that I bag the honour of the first message of the New Year!I hope everyone has a great 2004 and the best of luck to Sarah and Tom with the bump!!! I can't wait. Love and kisses, Tim
dsp
- Thu Jan 1 12:21:44 2004